When the surface's traitors—this was how the surface dwellers referred to the underground denizens—were chased out, they were forced to struggle desperately to survive.

Exiled due to fellow men’s fear and envy, the underground population had its fair share of talented individuals, some of whom possessed authorities that rivaled even the Goddess’s.

[This will be our new nation. We'll settle down here...and survive.]

Of course, the one with the most talent was Jissehanu, the second prince who inherited the royal family's ability to create barriers with the darkness element.

Although he hadn't been able to break through the Magic Emperor's barrier, he had managed to expand the space underground, create a barrier that stabilized it and kept it from collapsing, and protected the people.

And thus, he had become ruler of the Underground Empire, the Undead Emperor.

[Nature can flourish underground as well. The spirits will help us with that.]

The Chief Elementalist, who had formed an alliance with Jissehanu, recreated the miracle of mother nature over the vast land that Jissehanu had acquired.

The earth spirits would either flatten...