Single Wish: Rise Of The Omniscient Paragon

"So what's next Smile Reaper?"

Inside an isolated residential building were eight individuals: Corey, Old Man Poison, Fatty Black Bonez, and the rest.

All eyes were on Corey after Fatty Black Bonez asked the question that was on the minds of every single individual present… including Corey.

Corey glanced at the faces of the people he had formed a sort of bond with ever since he was brought into the Underworld.

If he was told in the past that there would come a time when people higher tiered than him would sit and await his decision like he was their king or leader…

He would not be surprised.

Ever since the apocalypse started and Corey was given his talent, he always knew that he was destined for greatness.

Although he acted like a fool and an idiot when the apocalypse started, he always had this feeling that he was special.

This feeling did not just come from anywhere but from his talent, Omniscience.

His talent instilled some sort of pride and belief in him from the beginning, and Corey had a few thoughts and questions related to his talent.

As Corey looked at his allies, his eyes landed on Rosa who was no longer asleep after he helped heal the injuries in her body.

He rubbed his chin a few times with his brows slightly furrowed in thought. A few seconds later, he stopped, then he spoke:

"I need to know what exactly happened to Divine. What did he do exactly? What did he steal? How did he get captured? Where is he imprisoned? What's his current status? "

"Tell me everything you know."

Corey questioned while leaning into the chair where he was sitting.

Rosa rubbed her arms slightly, and she adjusted her sitting posture. She released a soft sigh, and her lips parted open to speak:

"Divine-"

"Let me take it from here Rosa. Although your injuries are healed, you still need to rest."

Just as Rosa was about to speak, Dave interrupted with a light smile.

Rosa looked at Dave with a slightly surprised expression, then she nodded and rested her back on the couch she was sitting on.

"Hmm."

Dave hummed a little bit, then he spread out his right hand, and a transparent plastic bottle appeared in his hand.

Seeing the bottle in Dave's hand, Corey raised a brow at Dave,

"It's just water, and I'm thirsty."

Dave said, then he took a gulp from the bottle of water. "Much better." Dave released a sigh of satisfaction; then he looked at Corey.

"I'm sure you know that Divine was imprisoned because he was caught stealing an object from the mansion of the Underworld Lord of the Central Area of the City of Sin."

Dave said with a questioning tone, and Corey nodded.

"What you know and heard is not wrong. Divine tried to steal from the Central Underworld Lord, and he was caught."

Dave said, and Corey furrowed his brows slightly.

"Divine told us a week before that fateful day that he had to take a certain object from the Central Underworld Lord, and you can imagine how shocked we were when he told us."

"I asked him how confident he was that he wouldn't be caught, and his exact words were: 'I would never do something that would cost me my life, nor would I do something where my chance of success is low.'"

Dave paused and took in another gulp from the water bottle in his hand. Meanwhile, Corey's frown was slightly deeper as he pondered on the words Dave said.

"Even though Divine was confident in his success, I wasn't. I could guess the consequences we would all face if he failed, so I told him I wanted to see the fate of his operation…"

Dave took a brief pause, and a slightly bitter smile appeared on his lips.

"But that arrogant fool told me not to check his fate. He said that if he always needed assurance from me for whatever action he wanted to perform, then he would always stagnate. He would never improve as a warrior and a leader."

Dave chuckled softly with a tinge of bitterness in his voice.

Although he knew that Divine's words were not wrong at all, he still wished that Divine had allowed him to see his fate. As a result of his failure, he caused them a lot of pain, suffering, and discomfort.

He knew that it was not Divine's fault, but he was still slightly displeased regardless.

Sigh

Dave released a soft sigh. Then he took in another gulp from the bottle of water.

"Divine didn't specify what he wanted to steal, he only said that it was an extremely important object that would help us when we want to escape the Underworld."

Corey raised his brows.

"We don't know how Divine failed, but he failed. Also, it was not made public as to where Divine was imprisoned, but I know that he was imprisoned in the Central Area of the City of Sin."

Corey looked at him with a questioning expression, and Dave pointed at his eyes.

"I divined his location. But I could only get a general location. I'm not completely sure if he's in the main prison of the Central Area "

Dave said, and Corey rubbed his chin.

"He was also sentenced to life imprisonment," Dave said, then he finished the remaining water in the plastic bottle.

Corey rubbed his chin with a pondering expression. He had a few thoughts and questions after what Dave told him. Some of those thoughts were not exactly good and could cause a dispute amongst the group, so he decided not to say anything yet.

He looked at Dave and spoke: "Is that all you know?"

Corey asked, and Dave nodded.

"Information on Divine is so expensive to the point that even Divine would not be able to pay for it, which is not surprising since he literally offended the Central Underworld Lord."

Dave said while gesturing with a pissed-off expression, and Corey released a deep sigh. He frowned deeply, and then he spoke:

"We need to meet up with Divine so that we'll know what to do and so that we'll not make a wrong move. And we need to meet up with Divine in the next hour at most."

"Although your barrier prevented people from sensing our battle, the remaining members from the House of Hellfire would know something is wrong when the people they sent don't come back."

Corey said, and Dave and the rest nodded with solemn expressions.

Although they were able to defeat the group the House of Hellfire sent to them, who was to say that a tier 5 would not be sent to them next time? Or worse, every member of the House of Hellfire that was currently present in the Underworld.

Just the thought of such a future made all of them solemn and slightly nervous.

"You're right. But how can we meet him? Even if we use all of our Value Points, I don't think we'll be given permission to see Divine."

Melissa asked with a curious tone, and Corey looked at her with a smile.

"I have a way, don't worry. It'll probably cost a bit, though."