Chapter 67: Which Side Are You On, Rhys?

"So, you're really abandoning me, Recruit?"

"Ayesha…"

"I know, I know. We've had this talk a hundred times; the only reason you joined the Underworld Corps is to become an Explorer. Zeus, why take the long road for revenge? I can squash that Noble bitch like a bug — I'll do it before he becomes even more of a menace to society."

"Why don't you join me instead?"

"I don't belong here, Recruit."

Rhys could see the reflection of the sky from Ayesha's eyes — the looping horizon that always painted them, replaced by an endless blue instead,

"My place is down there — at least the monsters that live down there are honest with what they want and are. Here? You won't know the monsters until they stab you in the back."

"Hm, that is true."

"And you're one of those people, Recruit."