Underworld Council

A native faction of the Underworld.

## Influence and Power

“The Council is a group of extremely strong warriors. They are on the frontline in the fight against the incursions, but they also control a lot of the best training grounds. They aren’t as wealthy as the Union, but they make up for it with military might." **(Chapter 325)**

The Council included 13 members, with representatives from all races -- 6 humans, 3 Ishiate, 3 Molemen and a single Zhix. There were at least five times as many humans in the underworld compared to the molemen and Ishiate combined, but perhaps the somewhat even distribution was by design so that the humans on the council wouldn’t bully the others. The Speaker was simply a rotating position amongst the council, and it changed person every month.

At the time of **(Chapter 368)**, all three of the molemen on the council were in the top 5 on their ladder, and the lowest rank amongst the others was rank 20. All apart from one were also on the Dao Ladder. These people made a stronger faction than anyone on the surface of the New Earth, barring Port Atwood. Neither the Marshall Clan nor the New World Government could boast of having nearly as many peak elites.

They did not work with the invaders like the Union, though they were indirectly benefitting from them. The Council bought things from the Union that they, in turn, had gotten from the invaders. And the Council almost exclusively fought with the fishmans and the fire golems, so they knew about the Union's dealings with the other incursions. **(Chapter 328)**

After Zac had demolished the Underworld's Incursions, the Council complied the contractual obligations and brought their whole force to fight with the Undead Incursion, leaving just enough manpower to protect their settlements from the beasts in the area. All in all, they were supposed to bring almost two hundred thousand experienced warriors and cover the teleportation expenses themselves. Their choice was not only about saving New Earth. They wanted to bring enough strength to secure a corner of the surface, turning it into their own kingdom. Humans and Ishiate were ultimately not built to permanently live underground, and many would no doubt want to live under the blue sky again. The Council didn’t explicitly tell Zac about their plan, but their intentions were quite clear. **(Chapter 368)**

Since then, there were some minor conflicts brewing between the Council and the New World Governments (according to the intelligence provided by Julia Lombard), and Zac was actually a bit surprised at how unified the Council stayed even after returning to the surface. None of the thirteen councillors had joined any of their racial factions as far as Zac could tell, instead choosing to stay with their former group. **(Chapter 519)**

The Underworld Council provided warriors of all four races for Zac's venture in the Mystic Realm, along with Gregor and five fellow councillors. The rest would stay to make sure nothing happened to their bases in their absence. **(Chapter 564)**

## Members

### Known Councillors

* Lararia (Moleman)
* Romal (Moleman)
* Gregor (Human)
* Francis (Human)
* Oksana (Human)
* Enigma (Human) (deceased)

### Regular Members

* the Council controls about two hundred thousand of warriors. **(Chapter 368)**
	+ Johanna Larkin (Human)