Chapter 1618 In Hortus

Chapter 1618 In Hortus

"Hortus, huh." Immortal looked around, hands on his waist and nodded to himself with a satisfied smile. "I have to say, this is a good loot for killing a nobody like you." Findd new stories at novelhall.com

Varian's eyes turned cold and he had a chilling smile on his face. Dark clouds gathered in the sky, forming a spiral above Immortal. The ground began to hum and the gravel started rising into the air. Air warmed up a little before it scorched up to unbearable levels.

Every beast in Hortus prostrated on the ground and looked up at the sky in fear and reverence, crying out their surrender and chanting the song of war.

Aura in Hortus revolved around Varian, pulling itself away from Immortal and pushing him near a state of aura vaccuum.

While all this happened, Immortal didn't flinch much less act. Crossing his arms, he watched everything with interest. In particular, he never stopped staring into Varian's eyes.

Those eyes...those defiant eyes...he wanted to pull them out and crush them once again. But it wasn't really the eyes that posed the problem. It's the confidence in that gaze, the flame of hope that Varian's soul bore, the defiance which coursed through every fibre of his being.

Immortal didn't want to acknowledge it but every second he watched those eyes, the feeling of inferiority surged inside him, screaming over and over again that he wasn't the best choice for this endeavor. Varian almost reached him in a shorter time, on a worse foundation, in a harsher trajectory.

His own logic told him that he should give up. But that's precisely why he hated it.

Immortal's very existence was for this holy mission, this great endeavor. Every cell of his body, every strand of his soul and every bit of his energy were all programmed for this very task.

"But you, a pampered brat who had two idiots for parents and a birth that would put you on top of everyone by simply existing...you don't know hardship, you can't compete with me in any metric, you are just a jealous bastard who can't accept reality.

Even now, you want to see me break down and validate yourself. But both of us know, even if you win this duel, my name will forever haunt your soul.

Stop pretending to be confident or self-assured. You are an insecure little pup."

"..." Immortal froze for a moment before veins popped on his forehead and he gnashed his teeth to the point they started bleeding.

It felt like he was stripped naked on the street and paraded for the crowd to see. There was no one to hear those insulting, revealing remarks and yet, he could not wait to destroy every plant and animal in this world just so he could wipe out everything which witnessed his shame.

"Varian, I tortured you to the point you couldn't even whimper. Now, I won't stop even if you beg me. It might take years or even decades, but you brought this onto yourself."

The omnious words of Immortal were followed by a lotus formed from gloomy red and a bright green that swifly emerged around him.

"Brought this onto yourself?" Varian laughed and his eyes burned with anger. "Right back at you! Oob, do it!"

Hortus shook and the full power of Heaven's Will landed on Immortal. "I-Is that all you got?" Immortal withstood the pressure with some effort and sneered in contempt.

Varian swung his sword and cut him into two.