BXBX NOVEL Chapter 106 106: Three Places
(Four Days Later)
Corey laid on his bed which was way to soft and old, showing it's low quality.
With closed eyes and his head laid upon his crossed arms, Corey looked at the ceiling of his room with various thoughts going through his mind.
First of all, the room he was in was his room in the Underworld.
It was not too big and not too small, it also had a bathroom which was surprisingly clean.
Asides from having a bathroom, two beds, a chair and a table. It had nothing else.
And yes, it had two beds.
He had a roommate and when he asked Divine if he knew his roommate, Divine had a strange expression before he told him that his roommate used his value points to apply for a short break.
Corey did not know why Divine had such a strange expression and when he asked, Divine just told him that it was nothing too dangerous, though he might be surprised.
As he remembered Divine, he could
not help but have a strange and confused expression.
"This place is... strange."
Corey opened his eyes and mumbled when he thought about something which didn't add up in the Underworld.
"Divine is higher than tier 2, and it's not only Divine, there are so many people that are higher than tier 2 here.
Ashley told me that the people that wished to become gods and the strongest humans were cheated and became only tier 4 or tier 3 humans.
So if the strongest powers amongst humans on New Earth are tier 4 or 3 humans, how can this guys here be tier 4 or 3?
Something doesn't add up. It's either Ashley's dad lied to her or didn't tell her the full truth.
Or maybe there's another reason entirely."
Corey sighed while rubbing the middle of his brows.
"But this place is actually much, much bigger than I expected."
Corey mumbled once again when he remembered what he saw and what Divine told him.
According to Divine, the Underworld was divided into three places.
The Dining Room
The Amphitheatre
And The City of Sin
The Dining room was where everybody ate and after Divine explained what the dining room and meal time was to him, Corey now knew why Scar said he was 'lucky' he arrived at meal time.
Meal time, just like the name, was when meals were ready for the residents of the Underworld.
One would think that during meal time, the Underworld would provide food for everybody, but this was where one would realize the cruelty of the Underworld.
The number of Underworld resident's was at least 10,000, in fact more than 10,000 and despite this immense number, the Underworld only provided enough food that was only enough for 2,500 people.
When Corey heard this from Divine, he was stunned and he asked how people survived.
Divine shrugged nonchalantly while telling him that people would have to buy food using Value points and if they don't have enough value points, they steal food, kill, eat other humans or join a powerful group that could get enough food for their members.
When Corey heard that, he could imagine the number of hungry and starving people in the Underworld and that just made the danger of this place to increase in his mind.
Divine also told him that the reason nobody harmed him was because a newcomer had 10 days of protection, which meant that as long as the newcomer did not harm or provoke a non-newcomer, nobody could harm the newcomer, except other newcomers.
The boy who had his head ripped off his body and the two girls who were brutally raped were newcomers, but since they 'provoked' Savage who had very high value points, Savage could harm and kill them.
The Amphitheatre was the place where official battles took place and was also the place where the audience watched and enjoyed fights.
The Amphitheatre had a barrier that protected the audience from stray attacks.
Meanwhile the City of Sin was where Corey was and where everybody went to after meal time.
The City of Sin was just like the name, a city where everybody lived.
It was divided into three areas: The outer area, which is basically the Slums and where Corey was.
The Inner Area and The Central Area.
To move from a lesser area to a better area, one would need to spend value points which was definitely not cheap.
Also, every resident of the Underworld had a house or to be more exact, something like a boy's quarters. People in the outer area and some in the inner area had roommates.
If one did not want a roommate, he or she would have to pay with value points.
Another thing which was... unique, about where they lived was that where they lived was actually a safe house for the residents of the Underworld.
When somebody was inside their house, they must not be harmed and they had the authority to decide if somebody could enter their houses.
According to Divine, the doors and the houses were indestructible, making it to be a safe place from attacks, though, Divine told him to not fully believe the fact that he had full authority on the decision on who could enter his house.
"With the right price, the rules can be bent."
Those were Divine's words and Corey was 100% sure that his words did not only apply to the houses.
Sigh
Corey released a sigh then touched the left side of his chest.
"Having a smart pet like Rhea is extremely useful.".
Corey mumbled as he moved his index finger around the tattoo of Rhea on his chest absentmindedly.
The main reason he was grateful he had a pet like Rhea was that she could decide to go to her pet space without his permission or him ordering her to.
She knew when to enter her pet space and an example was when she entered the pet space the moment the titanic creature in the black sea got close to them.
Another thing that Corey did not know Rhea had was the ability to make her tattoo vanish temporarily.
In the past four days, Corey wondered why the officials of the Underworld did not do something about Rhea, but Rhea later showed him the ability to make the tattoo vanish.
"Tomorrow is the day I fight and after that, I'll finally become tier 1."
Corey muttered as he looked at the ceiling with the desire to become stronger in his heart.
He was in a place where he needed strength more than anything and he would definitely get it.
A few seconds later, his eyes closed and he decided to get some sleep so as to be in the best possible condition for tomorrow's battle.