The Primordial Record novel Chapter 1066

Chapter 1066: Mortal Shenanigans

Rowan felt the mortal heart of this body quicken, and he had to admit, battling with immortals was something he desired over challenging an infinite number of mortals, this mortal body had never slain an immortal, and Rowan began to feel his battle intent rising,

"What matter of treachery is this? How dare you speak to the Divine Ascendant with such terms. Kneel and beg for your quick execution!"

A loud voice that carried disdain and anger came from a mortal, the Ruler of Stone Reach, dressed in a regal robe of silver and a crown with large jewels, he stood ahead of hundreds of Explorers, all dressed similarly. The elites of Stone Reach are all here and they had thousands of Explorers in armor all holding powerful weapons standing behind them.

Rowan ignored them, his gaze on the Divine Ascendant alone, it would take more than mere words from mortals to shake him,

"Intruder, are you deaf to what the Ruler has ordered you to do? Know your place when you stand before the divine. Kneel immediately and plead for your quick death or your family line up to your ninth generation would be drawn and quartered!"

For a moment Rowan was a bit stunned at the words from the mortal, he knew of mortal politics and shenanigans, their shortsightedness and arrogance among other things were clear to him, and yet he had never once experienced it, he had to admit, it was almost... cute, but he could see how others would find it annoying.

Rowan did not look away from the Ascendant despite all the amusing distractions, he began to agitate the Ascendant Energies inside his body, he pointed towards the Ascendant and a blue glow began to gather over his fingertips, but a roar of outrage erupted from the ruler of Stone Reach, spit flying out of his mouth,

"Heresy! You not only do not kneel, you dare hold up your hands against the heaven, and attempt a strike..."

For the first time since he entered this floor level, Rowan's eyes shifted to the mortals, and the ruler must have seen something inside their endless depths for his mouth snapped shut with so much force that he bit off a sizable portion of his tongue and nearly choked on the blood that erupted from his wound.

"Attacking me inside my domain is foolish," the whispery voice of the Divine Ascendant took center stage once again, he had never looked away from Rowan all this while and Rowan could feel the weight of his gaze trying to force its way through his skin.

The Ascendant took a step forward in that air and pointed at Rowan with a sharp finger that ended at a needlepoint, and although his flesh resembled smoke, the sharpness of his finger left a bleeding trail of power through the air as it easily sliced space apart, whatever Rank an Ascendant was, it was surely not low,

"I will assume from the powerful presence from your body that you must be a Blood Bound, only they have the disgusting smell of flesh surrounding their bodies kike that, and you must also be an ancient one of your cursed race, I have always thought that rumor was farfetched, it is a rare thing that I find myself ecstatic when I am wrong, but are you sure that angering an Ascendant would not lead to the eradication of your line, or at best increase the suffering already imposed on all of you?"

"You all talk too much," Rowan said, the blue energy gathering over Rowan's finger reached its peak, except for the Ascendant who appeared calm, the hall went tense and then the bright light unexpectedly fizzled out, and a slight trail of black smoke encircled Rowan's finger as if it was burnt.

It was as if the tension was a bubble that had been burst with a pin, the ruler of Stone Reach chuckled, his amusement echoed by the elites around him, he spat out with clear bitterness in his tone,

"Fool, do you think you can use the energy of Ascendancy in the presence of an Ascendant? The Silver Alliance has always been against the trade and utilization of Blood Bound as slaves, but I promise you, that is all about to change, your people shall regret this day and your name shall be a curse on their lips for all eternity."