371  370: Preparation

    After the announcement of the Battle of Chosens rang out of the U-Watch of every Underworld prisoner, the Underworld became gripped with several emotions; Anxiety, Fear, Hope, and Joy,.

    It was similar to when The Clown decided to replace the Amphitheatre games with The Clown Games.

    However, despite the similarity, there was a huge difference in the reactions, feelings and emotions of the Underworld prisoners. The reason for this was simple,

    Freedom.

    No matter how slim. No matter how minute. No matter how little. There was an opportunity for them to regain a modicum of their freedom.

    Although the majority knew that they would most likely become slaves if they were chosen by the outside forces, and that there was a possibility of their future master maltreating them... What could they do?

    It was either they stayed in the Underworld for the rest of their lives or they took the opportunity to leave the Underworld and see the real sky and the sun.

    Some had not even seen the outside world, and to some - especially kids, the outside world was a myth to them.

    Because of this, the majority of the Underworld prisoners had no choice but to look forward to the Battle of Chosens with hope in their hearts.

    Hope is the sweetest, most alluring, and one of the deadliest poisons one would willingly choose to consume.

    Meanwhile, while the majority of the Underworld was caught in a frenzy due to the sudden announcement of the Battle of Chosens, Divine, Corey, and the rest of the group were stunned and mostly worried.

    Most especially Divine.

    Divine never expected the Battle of Chosens to take place in such a short time, and he could not help but curse at Calista, the Lord of the Central Area, and every other person who was in charge of the Underworld.

    Divine knew that having the Battle of Chosens early was advantageous for him since that meant he would only have to worry about getting ambushed or attacked by random attackers for a week.

    However, Divine also hated the fact that the Battle of Chosens was occurring in a week.

    Corey tried to use the fact that apart from Kiefer, his young gardener butler, he was the person with the lowest tier. However, despite using this argument, none of them relented at all.

    Corey was stuck with Divine as his temporary roommate.

    Speaking of roommates, Corey suddenly remembered Justin, his roommate in the Outer Area. He had not seen him for a long time, and Corey guessed that Justin was dead.

    If he was, he did not care. If he wasn''t, he still did not care.

    Moving away from Justin, time went by.

    Before the day of the Battle of the Chosen, Corey decided to increase his battle prowess as much as possible.

    He absorbed as many elemental stones as possible, actively trained his skills in the training room of his house, and he also recorded all the books in the library of the Inner Area to get more knowledge.

    When Corey attempted to enter the library of the Inner Area, he was stopped and if not because of the pass he got from Rosa, Fatty Black Bonez, and his master, he would not have been able to enter the Inner Library at all due to his low tier.

    In fact, if not because of his affiliation with the group, he was not qualified to step foot into the Inner Area at all.

    And Corey knew that he was extremely lucky to have been scouted and approached by Divine when he first entered the Underworld, or else it would have taken him a much longer time to reach where he currently was.

    After recording every single book, scroll, and object that stored information in the library of the Inner Area, the information in his library of records expanded by a large degree, and as his stars of consciousness went through everything he recorded with immense fervor and desire. And on the day before the Battle of Chosens, Corey''s stars of consciousness came across a very interesting piece of information.

    The History of their world... The History of New Earth.

    When Corey''s stars of consciousness found a book that contained a part of the history of New Earth, Corey delved into the book without hesitation.

    Unfortunately, the information in the book was not complete at all, and Corey knew that he had to go to the Library of the Central Area to get the complete version.

    However, he had a feeling it would not be so easy for him when it came to the library of the Central Area. Although, no matter how difficult it became, he was not going to be deterred.

    Despite Corey''s immense urge to complete this interesting piece of information he found, he was not able to since the day of the Battle of Chosens had arrived.