Chapter 312 311: Three Things
As the seconds ticked by, the air within the room thickened, wrapping around everybody in the room except Calista whose gaze still contained visible amusement.
The stifling pressure in the room was mostly aimed at Corey and Corey did not need to look, to know the source of the pressure.
Corey could feel a gaze filled with malicious intent, shock, and bafflement coming from his right.
He wanted to try and defend himself, but he decided not to.
He knew that if he did, his master would beat him black and blue even in the presence of a tier 6.
Corey knew that it was only because of Calista that his master had not acted, nor had he said anything.
And he didn't know whether he should be happy or frustrated.
"You seem to know quite a lot Mrs. Manager."
Corey said with a wry smile and twitching lips.
"Not really."
"I mean, I still haven't caught the thieves that stole from my domain."
The smile on Calista's lips widened, and Corey's heart skipped a beat.
Although he was slightly nervous internally, he didn't show even an iota of it.
Calista drank from her glass wine cup with her eyes staring at Corey without blinking. A slight frown which even Corey failed to notice, flashed in her eyes in less than a second.
She removed the glass cup from her mouth, and gestured it towards the Terror Queen who grabbed a nearby jug and refilled her cup.
"Besides, Mr… Anon. I can call you Anon right?"
"It's more comfortable for me since I want to talk to the creator of Neon."
Calista said while uncrossing her legs and leaning forward slightly, and Corey's lips twitched.
"Sure." Corey replied with a smile that was not a smile.
Calista nodded, then she rested her back on the couch once again.
"You know, instead of being angry at me. You should be thanking me instead."
Calista drank from her cup while looking at Corey with smiling eyes, and Corey raised his brows."
"Why should I be grateful towards you?"
Corey questioned and Calista looked at Kiefer, making Kiefer's heart to skip a beat and Corey to frown.
"I'm the one currently preserving your life because of your previous actions."
Calista spoke with a nonchalant tone and Corey frowned.
'Tell me what you've done and stop beating round the bush.'
Corey thought, but didn't dare say his thoughts out loud.
"Please enlighten me Mrs. Manager."
Corey said with a strained smile, and Calista slowly took a sip from her glass cup while crossing her legs once again.
Three seconds passed, then she spoke:
"You have done three things Anon which are quite remarkable if I might say."
Calista raised three fingers with a smile.
"You created a narcotic which can permanently increase the stats of tier 0s to tier 3s."
Calista dropped a finger.
"You killed this boy's father who was a close friend to the younger brother of Savage, the leader of the Legion of Nightmare. Who is now earnestly seeking you for revenge by the way."
Calista dropped another finger while chuckling softly.
Meanwhile, Corey's eyes were as wide as saucers the instant he heard Calista's words.
He now had a blood feud with the Legion of Nightmare, the strongest group in the entire Underworld?
How?
Why?
And, what the fuck?
Corey's mind was all jumbled up with various thoughts and questions, and despite these questions, he knew the right answer to these questions.
It was the consequences of his actions.
Corey had taken an interest in Kiefer and he decided to save the boy so as to make use of him in the future.
In the process, he had killed Kiefer's father, who shockingly had a connection with an important member of the Legion of Nightmare, which resulted in him now having a blood feud with the Legion of Nightmare.
Assuming Corey never decided to take Kiefer for himself, maybe, he wouldn't be at odds with the Legion of Nightmare currently.
But was Corey going to start blaming anybody for his current predicament?
No!
Corey was not going to blame Kiefer.
Nor was he going to blame Nina for telling him to take Kiefer for himself.
And he definitely was not going to blame himself for being greedy.
Since this was the consequences of his actions, then so be it.
He would find a way to cross the bridge when he got to it.
Corey looked at Kiefer who was trembling slightly while subtly glancing at him with eyes filled with fear.
Corey raised his hand, and Kiefer flinched and closed his eyes.
He expected a terrible and resounding slap of anger.
But to his surprise, he felt a gentle pat on his head.
He opened his eyes, and with a confused expression, he looked at Corey.
"Don't be afraid. Since you're my property from now, I'm not going to let any harm come upon you. Nor am I going to allow anybody to take you."
"They'd have to step over my dead body before they can hurt you or harm you."
"Nobody takes my property."
Corey calmly said while looking into Kiefer's amber eyes which stared blankly at him.
Kiefer's mind was currently a mess.
"Awwn. Such touching and courageous words. Are you done?"
Calista voice which was filled with mockery resounded in the room, and Corey exhaled deeply before he nodded.
"Great." Calista nonchalantly said while swirling her glass wine cup.
"As I was saying, the third thing you've done is that you're related to Divine and his group who have been under a lot of heat recently."
Corey frowned.
"As you can see, you have quite a lot of people who want to so desperately meet you."
"They either want to recruit you, enslave you, kill you, torture you or use you for something else."
"And guess what?" Calista's smiled widened.
"You're to weak to prevent any of these people from doing these things to you."
Calista mocked, but Corey was not fazed since it was true.
"You know that information about anybody and anything in the Underworld can be gotten with the right price?"
Calista questioned and Corey nodded slightly.
"So guess who has been safeguarding your information from those who want you?"
"Guess who has been protecting you for quite some time now?"
Calista asked with an amused smile as she looked at Corey who had a slightly frustrated and annoyed expression.
He actually had the urge to face palm right now.
Corey exhaled once again, then he looked at Calista with an indifferent expression.
"So, what do you want Mrs. Manager?"
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[A/N: Sixth extra chapter. Next chapter coming up in a few hours.]
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