Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Compensation

"Where… where have you brought us?"

"The Surface, where else?"

And although his neck was currently being held and under the threat of being torn to shreds, he seemed completely unperturbed and just raised his palms in the air. He slightly glanced back and up at Edissa, only for him to be nudged hard, and the dirty shattered claws of Edissa to dig through his skin even further, but still not fully penetrate it.

"The Surface…" Edissa's eyes once again quickly scanned the area, and the only thing she could really see was that they were inside some sort of ruins, with the broken walls leading to some sort of endless darkness. But most importantly, the longer she scanned the area, the more corpses she could see,

"...You lied! You described Olympus, and yet all I see here is death!"

"Well…" Rhys turned to look at Talia, shaking his head to signal her not to do anything, "...This isn't the Surface."