Single Wish: Rise Of The Omniscient Paragon

Chapter 362  361: Without Cost?

"We can now leave."

After those words drifted into Divine's ears, his gaze shifted from the unconscious taxi driver to Corey.

Despite hearing Corey's words, his mind was still on what Corey had just done to the taxi driver.

To him, Corey only knocked out the taxi driver using a strange method, and then he allowed a black centipede to enter the head of the taxi driver.

Although it seemed like the black centipede was Corey's way of knowing the location of the Assassins' headquarters, he didn't know why, but he just had a subconscious feeling that the centipede was not all that Corey did.

Knowing he was not going to get any answers just by thinking so much on it, he could not help but ask.

"Was that the centipede your method of knowing the location of the Assassins' headquarters?"

Corey glanced at Divine. A thoughtful expression appeared on his face as he wondered if he should expose an ability of his to Divine.

'I'll just answer his question but I won't say anything more.'

Although it seemed like some seconds had gone by because of his thoughts, only a single second had gone by.

His mental capabilities were increasing as time went on. "You're right. It is."

Corey nodded, and Divine furrowed his brows. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"But even if your centipede is able to locate the Assassins' headquarters, what about us? Won't the taxi driver report us to their headquarters?"

Divine questioned with a tinge of worry in his tone. Normally, he would not be worried by any group in the Underworld, however, since the only thing he could was defend himself in any battle before his battle with a tier 5, Divine was now afraid of going into unnecessary battles.

In fact, he was more worried than he was showing it since he didn't like how powerless he currently was.

"Don't worry about it."

Corey replied with an indifferent tone, and Divine's eyes widened slightly. His gaze alternated from Corey to the unconscious taxi driver, then to Corey once again.

"Your centipede has mind altering abilities?" Divine exclaimed with a shocked tone and wide eyes.

Corey raised his brows at Divine's behavior. Although he was curious, he didn't think too much about it and chose to push the matter to one of his stars of consciousness.

A second later, he shrugged nonchalantly in response, "Who knows."

"This… This…"

Divine continued to alternate his gaze from Corey to the unconscious taxi driver, almost like he could not believe what he was hearing.

It took some time, but he finally calmed down and looked at Corey with a serious expression.

"Hey, as a friend, I'm going to tell you this and I hope you take my warning seriously."

Corey raised a brow.

"Never tell a person you don't trust about this ability of yours. Abilities that can affect the mind are very rare and once word of a person having this ability gets out, the person can be captured and then enslaved or worse… be killed."

Divine spoke with a serious tone and Corey furrowed his brows.

"You say it's rare, but I'm sure a lot of people would have wished to have one or two abilities that can alter the mind, are you saying all those people would become targets of extremely powerful people?"

Corey asked, and Divine stared at him for a few seconds before he released a soft sigh.

"Let's walk as we talk, I don't want to stay here for even a second longer." Divine said, while looking at his surroundings with a disgusted expression.

Corey agreed with a nod. He too wanted to leave the sewers.

"Instead of walking, let's run in case more members of the Assassin group come looking for us." Corey said, and Divine nodded.

They began running, and after a few seconds, Divine's voice resounded in his mind.

{I'll talk to you using the Mind-Link skill since what I'm about to say should not be heard by just anybody.}

Corey was slightly taken aback when he heard Divine's words. It seemed like what Divine was about to say was somewhat sensitive.

Corey gestured for Divine to continue speaking.

Divine looked around for a bit as he ran, then he spoke:

{You already know that there are beings from outside our planet that have established their forces on New Earth right?}

Corey nodded, {I do. Why?}

{Before I delve deeper into that, have you ever heard of a blessed planet?}

The instant Corey heard the words, "Blessed", his eyebrows shot up. Luckily for him, he and Divine were running, so Divine did not notice the change in his expression.

{Blessed planet?} Corey questioned to be sure he heard correctly.

Divine nodded, {Yes, a Blessed Planet. Have you heard of it before?}

Divine asked once again, and Corey shook his head.

{No. I've never heard of a Blessed Planet. What is a Blessed Planet?}

Corey asked, and Divine's expression became more solemn.

{A Blessed Planet is a planet that is favored by the Universal System. It is a planet where every inhabitant of the planet is given an opportunity to make any wish they want… New Earth is a Blessed Planet.}

Corey's eyes widened slightly at the shocking information he just received from Divine. Multiple questions arose in his mind, and he felt that he would need an entire day to answer all his questions.

'Does a Blessed Planet have anything to do with the heavens?'

Corey thought with slightly furrowed brows. But a second later, he felt he was wrong based on what Divine said and what he knew.

'A Blessed Planet is a planet that is favored by the Universal System… And the Universal System was created by the Ancestor of the Supremes… Then that means…'

A deep frown immediately appeared on Corey's face as he ran.

'... that a Blessed Planet is actually a planet that is favored by the Supreme Ancestor… But what can a planet have to make a being like the Supreme Ancestor favor it?'

'And most importantly, are the wishes we make truly free and without cost?'