The Author's POV

Chapter 68

"How pathetic..."

Looking back at those two emotionless eyes, Jin's mouth opened and closed a couple of times.

...Though he tried, no words came out from his mouth.

-Thud!

Kneeling on the ground, Jin lowered his head and stared at his blood-soaked clothes.

Those words hit him straight into the heart.

No matter how much he wanted to refute...he couldn't.

He couldn't even defeat a bunch of nobodies, and yet he dreamt of people erecting statues of him?

'How pathetic'

...No other words better matched how Jin felt at the moment.

Expresionesly staring at Jin's sorry figure, Ren spoke

"Is this all your pride amounts to?"

"..."

Staring at the ground, Ren's words went from one ear to the other...the world around Jin became dyed black and white, and all sound around him became faint.

Seeing Jin's state, walking next to him, Ren looked down on him

"So this is the real Jin Horton huh?"

An insecure brat with an overly inflated ego.

That's who Jin Horton was...

Only in his darkest moment did his true personality become evident.

People around him thought of him as a genius and a prodigy.

They lauded his talents and efforts continuously...but in the end, all that did was fuel his ego and insecurities.

Just like a castle made out of cards, all it took was a simple push, and everything came crashing down.

-Bam!

Staring at Jin's sorry figure for a couple more seconds, Ren raised his foot and kicked him in the stomach.

"kaahhh.."

Feeling a strong force on his abdomen, Jin curled on the ground as he gagged multiple times.

"To think your pride only amounted to this much...all it took was a couple of setbacks and this is the result...pathetic"

Walking over to Jin, Ren grabbed him by the hair and dragged his face towards his.

"You disappoint me"

-Pa!

Slapping Jin on the face once, Ren released his hair and flung him to the side as if he was a piece of garbage.

"I honestly couldn't care less if you died, but..."

Looking at Jin's pathetic figure for a couple of more seconds, Ren turned around and headed towards the exit of the room.

As he left, in an almost inaudible voice, he mumbled

"...I didn't want to discard such an important chess piece"

Watching Ren's figure leaving, leaning against the wall, Jin looked up and weakly said

"Y-ou y-our that guy called Ren Dover right?"

"..."

As if he didn't hear Jin's voice, Ren kept walking towards the exit of the room.

silence as confirmation, bitterly smiling, Jin looked down

"It's you isn't it?"

haha.

would've thought another person stronger than he

his power, he knew he killed those two black-clad individuals

he,

react to it, didn't that mean he was stronger

up at the ceiling of the room, Jin covered his

to me? What did I deserve for

again his pride

he thought he was closer to his goal, another obstacle showed up to screw

-Bang!

the ground, Jin

me why!! Why is this happening to

footsteps halted. Looking

shouldn't this be happening to

Jin glared

you know!

at Jin, Ren opened

understand?...What did you actually do to make yourself stronger? Train? Spar? or suck onto

"What ar--"

his mouth to refute,

life on the line? Did you actually ever think about what the others had to sacrifice in order to get to where they were now? You keep comparing yourself to Kevin, but

character had their

from a very young age fought with his life on the line, Amanda was alone for the most part of her life...Emma and Melissa too had their very own setbacks that shaped who they were

of those setbacks, they fought through it and got to

Jin?

setbacks did he

comfortably lived his life as a rich second-generation young master

reality checks that helped him mature. He was

to be prideful and claim

Jin fiercely glared at

you telling me all

shed when he trained? All the days where he would sacrifice his sleep to train and become

looking at Jin, Ren looked at the room. Pointing towards the

it matter if it was useful or not? In the end, you're the one that almost got killed by a

of seconds to look at the room which was now a mess, Jin looked at the corpses of the black-clad individuals in the room and

blabbering nonsense since coming here, what do you

stomach, with the aid of

did to get to where I am. How

at a time, jin walked

talk to me as if you know anything about me? What do you know

to Ren, the

are you to criticize me when you hide your power like a

slowly moved closer in his direction, Ren's face remained

anxiety

if you know

a time, Jin

-Halt

at him

to talk to me like that when you know

from him, Ren extended his hand forward and

"uh?--kghhh"

his body in the air, Ren coldly

all the time, you don't seem that impressive to

"Khhhh...let go!"

Jin struggled to speak as

"It's useless..."

Jin's neck, Ren looked

doing whatever you are doing...I want you to remember this moment...I want you to remember my hand at your throat

hold of Jin's neck, Ren emotionlessly looked at Jin who kept

"Khhh...damn it! Let go!"

Jin tried to do, he couldn't free himself from Ren's grip. All he could was

"khhh"

of his grip to shut Jin up,

that stupid pride of yours...whilst

the moment where your pathetic self

listened to Ren's

he stopped

he ever

the strong grip on his neck, Jin realized at this

wanted to deny what he was saying. He wanted with all his being to release

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