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In the depths of the underground cavern beneath the palace garden…
“Are you Logan?” Quill couldn’t help but ask as he looked at the frenzied struggles of the savage.
But the savage couldn’t hear his voice at all. Just like an injured beast, he had lost all semblance of human consciousness, continuously emitting angry roars as he struggled against the roots and vines that bound him, leaving deep bloodstains on his body.
However, the cage formed by the roots and vines seemed tailor-made for the savage. With his weakened body, there was no possibility of breaking free.
“Logan, can you hear my voice?” Quill suddenly remembered something. “Oh right, do you remember Howard? He’s the one who sent us to rescue you!”
Upon hearing Howard’s name, the savage suddenly lifted his bloodshot eyes and gazed fixedly at Quill, his angry roars subsiding into weak murmurs.
Seeing some reaction, Quill breathed a sigh of relief and continued, “Do you remember Lucy? She should have been left on this planet with you… Oh, and Kyle, do you remember the name Kyle?”
As the savage heard Lucy’s name, his expression softened considerably, and the madness and wildness in his body gradually faded. When he heard Kyle’s name, the rugged face of the savage showed a momentary confusion, followed by violent trembling.
Just when Quill thought the savage had lost his sanity again, the savage suddenly hoarsely spoke, “Why… do you… know that name?”
“So you are Logan,” Quill took a deep breath and replied, “You don’t know, do you? Kyle specifically came to the Galaxy to find you. Later, we met Howard, and from him, we learned that five years ago, you and Lucy were left on this planet.”
“Is that so, Sir… he came to find me?” Logan muttered to himself with tears of blood flowing from his sunken eyes.
“Don’t worry. He should be coming to rescue you on this planet soon,” Quill comforted.
“No! No!” Logan was stimulated, his body bristling, hastily hoarse, “Don’t let him come here! Stop him, it’s dangerous! It’s very dangerous here!”
“Logan, even in your current state, you still care about Kyle,” Quill shrugged, straightforwardly saying, “I can’t do it. Not to mention persuading Kyle, with his nature, if he knew you were in this state, he’d probably wreak havoc on this planet.”
“I’ll rescue you first.”
Quill opened his palm, and with the power of the celestial, the blue light radiated, causing the roots and vines that bound Logan’s body to slowly loosen.
“Thud!”
Logan fell from the wall to the ground, half-kneeling and sprawled on the ground. Quill quickly stepped forward to help him up.
With trembling feet, Logan struggled to stand up, then thanked Quill, “Thank you. Before I ask, who are you, and why are you here?”
“I, I am…” Quill hadn’t answered yet when clear footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, freezing his words and expression in an instant. Logan’s keen hearing hadn’t diminished, and hearing the noise, he and Quill looked back together, only to see Ego, dressed in a silver uniform, staring at the two of them with an icy expression.
“Ego!”
Logan surged with boundless anger, instinctively extending his steel claws. Quill moved faster, stepping in front of him and facing Ego, saying, “He is my friend.”
“Friend?” Ego smirked, coldly saying, “Son, Quill. Do you know? Five years ago, he, as a bandit, forcibly entered my territory planet and killed countless innocent native lifeforms!”
“Hah!” Logan put his hand on Quill’s shoulder, spat out a mouthful of blood, then took a deep breath, and said with effort, “You’re talking nonsense! I, except for accidentally killing my original family, after being helped by Master Kyle, all the people I’ve killed until now are deserving bastards! And you, using all living beings as fodder for your planet— who is the true executioner here?”
The two were at odds, Quill hesitant, unsure of whom to believe.
Ego watched Quill quietly and said gently, “Quill. You must understand, that I am your family, while those over there are aggressors who seek to invade our home.”
Stepping forward, Ego spoke kindly, “Son, come here. Stand by my side, we are family.”
“Family…” Quill lowered his head in thought, taking a step forward. Ever since his mother fell seriously ill and passed away on Earth, he had been searching for the warmth of family.
Seeing Quill moving towards Ego, Logan urgently shouted, “Your name is Quill, right? Don’t believe that bastard’s lies! Your mother, Meredith, was killed by the seemingly gentle father figure in front of you!”
The expressions on Ego’s face changed slightly, and Quill turned abruptly, grabbing Logan’s collar, asking loudly, “What did you just say?”
Logan hoarsely replied, “I said, your mother Meredith was killed by Ego. He came to the underground caverns many times, boasting of his ambition and plans to devour the stars. Among them, he said that twenty years ago, he intentionally implanted a tumor in your mother’s body, claiming that the so-called love between humans was only for the purpose of producing offspring to inherit the bloodline of the Celestials. After you were born, your mother was no longer needed.”
“Your mother died of cancer, right?”
After Logan finished speaking, Quill’s face turned pale, and he turned back to Ego, his tone icy cold, “Is what he said true, Ego?”
Ego sighed lightly, helplessly saying, “That is true and I wanted to tell you slowly in the future.”
“Why? Why did you do that?” Quill clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms, but the pain in his heart was even greater.
“Son, you’ll understand in the future.”
Ego took a step forward, persuading, “We Celestials possess infinite life and power. Your mother was just a lowly human, with a lifespan of barely a hundred years, completely incomparable to us.”
“So you killed her?” Quill found it hard to accept as he looked at Ego approaching him, his hand gripped the laser pistol at his waist, and said angrily, “Stop right there! And don’t call me son, you’re not my father!”
Ego stopped, the warmth on his face dissipating, replaced by a cold, emotionless indifference. “Forget it. I was going to play the role of the kind father with you, but it seems there’s no need for that now.”
“You bastard…” Quill quickly drew his guns, but before he could chamber a round, Logan behind him exclaimed, “Watch out!” and pushed Quill hard.
Quill fell sideways to the ground, and as he looked to the side, he saw a green vine piercing through Logan’s back, protruding from his chest, crimson blood dripping along the vine.
“I will drain the blood of you barbaric humans here. Also, Quill, the power of the Celestial within you now belongs to me!”
Ego raised his hands, a faint blue light emanating from his body, filled with the mighty power of the Celestial. Finally, he stopped pretending and revealed his cold, brutal, and ruthless villainous nature!
(End of Chapter)
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