Veronica CEO's Underworld Queen

Chapter 9

"We managed to gain entry last night and the force was finally stable, Lady Cleopatra. We are yet

to spread out and gain more power and connection."

The red-haired woman wearing the most serene yet alluring expression nodded her head. "Good.

Make sure to familiarize and adapt well with how things work here. Remember that despite our

powerful mother base in Country R, we are yet to gain a strong hold here. Do not be over confident.

Always be extra careful and alert."

"Yes, my Lady."

"Speak." Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

"My lady?" Zero was buffled by her lady's sudden question.

"Don't give me that confused look. You know very well that I can read you. What is it you want to

say?"

"My lady, it's not that I do not trust your capability to protect yourself but I believe it is for the best

that you take at least one of us to follow you around." Zero was nervous but he needs to be brave. He

always valued his lady's wellfare and would be even ready to sacrifice his life for her. After all, she was

the one who gave his life back when she bought his life almost two years ago at an underground

bloody ring.

He was almost dead and his opponent was about to finished him off when someone from the

ground, red hair with a mask that of an Egyptian Queen, intervened and promised to pay everyone in

return of preserving his life. This brought a divided decision from the audience and even to the owner of

the said arena but she added another interesting bet. She will also fight "Death", his current opponent,

and winner takes it all, all or nothing. This excites the audience who were thirsty for blood bath and a

loud cheer of agreement filled the arena.

"Death" is a formidable opponent and he must admit that he was overconfident about his own skill

that he forgot how dirty of a player he was. That's the reason why he almost lost his life if not for his

Lady Cleopatra.

Zero was an orphan who doesn't even know his own origin and one day when he went out of the

gate of the convent, he was abducted and sold to the syndicate. He was nine years old by then and

had witnessed and experienced the bloody and harrowing life of the underground. His years with the

syndicate is an everyday death for him.

He could stil remember that he was shipped to another country next day after his abduction and

right after he arrived, was sent straightly to the death or alive arena where blood thirsty audiences pay

just to enjoy men, women and even children fought to kill each other just to survive.

The bloodiest example of the survival of the fittest. With every fight that one survived from is the

every death of one's soul.

Zero could still vividly remember and he believed will forever etched unto his mind how he was up

against a ten years old kid. He was already seventeen that time. He looked wildy at the booming

cheering from the audience and his urge to kill all of them was too much.

Before anyone could settle to watch the show, Zero striked to knocked the girl unconcious

simultaneously whispered for her to pretend to die. The girl did so but the owner of the arena witnessed

and was aware of what he has done that he ordered an underling to sliced the head of the girl in front

of the shocked silent audience but later on cheered so loud after the morbid death of the young girl.

Afterwards, the owner of the arena talked to the syndicate leader about what he had done and he

was tortured and left with no food or even water for one week. He thought it was his time to die but the

syndicate still valued him as he was their best fighter till date and after seven days, rescucitated him

back to health. After he recovered, he was clearly warned by the leader that if he was going to do again

like what he did with the young girl, his little brothers in the syndicate will shoulder all the torture.

From then on, Zero has to kill the last bit of conscience and morality he has left to survive. And

when the day when he thought was his time to die, there, the red-haired Queen saved him from his

death.

She gave him a new name and a new life. Zero, because he is the first of none. "The very first of

my subordinate. I will conquer the underworld, and I want you to help me." That's what he heard from

her. And from then on, he became the most loyal subordinate of Lady Cleopatra or what people in the

underworld called, the Rising Queen of the Underworld.