Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 217: List of families to kill

Chapter 217: List of families to kill

Kane violently pushed his spear to Henry’s neck, but Henry smiled under his helmet, he then leveraged his feet against his horse’s torso, and did a somersault in the air like a slack cat. What Kane planned to be his last blow only passed through empty space. The heavy momentum caused him to fall forward, and left him open for a counterattack.

Henry landed on his feet on the horse’s saddle, and struck Kane with a powerful blow with his spear, the spear struck Kane directly in his arm, his heavy mass was thrown off his horse. Clouds of dust rose as his body rolled on the ground, and when he stopped, he glanced at Henry in disbelief with blood oozing out of his arm but he didn’t so much as make a sound.

Henry looked down at him from above with his spear now pointed at Kane’s throat, any foolish move would take his life immediately. Kane’s expression darkened, in his entire life no one had ever defeated him in any tournament, he clenched his teeth, but Henry only smiled,

"It’ll be a thousand years before you can defeat me, bull. How does it feel to be down there while am up here?"

All the audience were stunned speechless at the turn of events. The almighty Kane De Biville was defeated for the first time in history of all the tournaments he’d ever fought. No one moved or made any noise, until the referee regained his senses and announced,

"The goddess of war has smiled upon Henry Boxton! The victor of this year’s tournament!"

The audience all leapt to their feet and roared with a loud cheer,

"Henry!"

"Henry!"

"Henry!"

Ara, who watched from the royal stands smiled wildly, and Hamon whispered beside her ear, "I told he would win."

Henry’s name was being called so loud, Eadlin had walked to the open where the royal guards would easily spot her presence, she couldn’t help but smile at Henry’s victory. As if sensing her gaze, Henry turned towards her direction, At least she’d done something good today, and she was proud of herself. Even though she knew she had to face her mother later...

Eadlin offered him a curt nod with a bitter smile before she turned and made her way towards the royal guards who were looking for her, with her right arm wobbling on her side.

"I found the princess!"

Henry watched as the guards took her away...Her arm, he hoped she’d be fine though.

"Son!" Richard’s voice called out from the elites stands, he then turned towards his father, "Well done, my son. You did well!"

Hamon and Ara soon made their way towards Henry, who’d dismounted his horse and was walking out of the arena. Hamon patted his shoulder, "Congratulations on today’s victory, Lord Henry."

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Hera, made towards Merona who looked like she’d explode in rage anytime soon as she watched Kane being taken away by the physicians. Hera swallowed hard before leaning to whisper to the queen’s ears.

Immediately Merona’s expression darkened even more, "Where is she?" She asked calmly. Conscious of the crowds around her, Merona tried to keep a straight face, but it was still clear that the moment she returned to the palace, the princess would be the one to take the blow for what had happened.

Meanwhile on the other side, Cornell left the arena while still having his blank expression, and made straight to where Kane was taken to. He couldn’t believe his son had lost to Henry, and with the anger stirring up inside him, he stormed inside the room Kane was being treated and barked angrily at the two physicians,

"Get out!" Without another word, the physicians hurriedly left the room.

Noting his father’s anger, Kane hurriedly stood up from where he sat, "Fath_" not giving him a chance to speak, Cornell sent a bone-cracking blow to his face, making Kane’s head jerk to the side.

"You are such a bozo! How could you lose to that boy? And you have gone as far as to bet your title on the tournament, but look what had happened! I trained you to be a warrior, Kane!"

Cornell hadn’t come to Findara for the tournament, they’d just used it as an excuse to get with his plans to take the throne, but his stupid son had gone on and bet on his title, which meant Kane would no longer be welcome to the palace anytime he wanted.

Kane raised his hand and wiped away the blood that came out from Cornell’s blow at the corner of his mouth, "Father, he took me by surprise, you_"

"Ha." Cornell gave a sharp bone-chilling laughter. Even with the laugh, his eyes were still cold and dark, "Did you hear yourself, Kane? You are a damn warrior, the commander of my slayers, how could a mere soldier take you down so easily?"

"..."

Even though the Boxtons were a family of generals for generations, they had no more than a thousand army. And Kane had commanded the strongest army compared to Henry, but he was still taken down.

Cornell hadn’t started to take his actions to take over the throne, because he’d focused more on finding the stone of Helga to make it easier for him. However, what he’d discovered about the damn magical stone had made him changed his mind about possessing it...that damn cursed stone would bring nothing but destruction, thus he wanted to get the throne by himself without the help of any magic.

But now that he’d started his plans, Kane had almost ruined it for him.

Cornell’s expression turned grim as he said, "Kane, since you’d made the bet in the presence of my brother...You must stick to your words, you will leave Findara first thing tomorrow."

"Hell be damned, father! I will not leave until I see the end of the crown Prince and the Boxton family!" Kane bellowed angrily slamming away the physicians medical tools.

Cornell’s expression darkened, "You will do as I say and nothing else, unless you want to ruin everything we’ve planned."

"But_"

"You will leave and no more, Kane. You shouldn’t worry about the Boxton family, they will be eliminated from the face of the earth after all. You will get your chance to get back at Henry after I become king."

Kane’s expression brightened up a bit, "Are the Boxton’s on your list?"

"Yes, they are one of the families who supported Frederick to take the throne. And I have sworn to kill every single household who supported Frederick instead of me years ago." Cornell stated with a distant expression. Ever since he was deprived of his right to the throne, he had held nothing but hatred for his own family members. And he had made an oath to see that every single household who were involved in making Frederick king, would pay the the huge price after he becomes king, he would destroy every single one of them.

Including the Boxton household...

Kane smiled in satisfaction, he would so much like to kill ever single one of the Boxton’s, starting from Henry. And after that he would take back his position from Hamon and perhaps make his wife his concubine.

"When do you plan to begin, father?"

A deep smile creased Cornell’s mouth, "I must wait until either the queen or Hamon are taken out. Findara rests strongly on them at the moment, and I can not confront two powerful forces at once. Therefore, I will wait until they bring down each other before I strike."

"You mean..."

"I might be on the queen’s side now, and pretending to be her puppet. But then it also doesn’t matter to me if Hamon wins against her, because I must still continue to act like his favorite uncle before I kill him."

Ever since Hamon was young, he’d always sought after the love of a parent, but never had it. So Cornell had taken that opportunity to get close to him, he’d acted like a father to him. Even when Kane would bully Hamon, Cornell would purposely scold Kane and sometimes hit him in front of Hamon to gain his trust. Even though Hamon doesn’t show or say it, Cornell was sure he trusted him more than he did with Merona. Therefore, killing Hamon in the future wouldn’t be hard for him.

"You should leave first thing tomorrow, and when the time is right, You shall come back."

Kane nodded obediently, despite the fact that he hated the fact that he was no longer a De Biville for now, but that doesn’t mean he was done with them. He would return, and by then, he would be the crown Prince and would have the authority to do as he pleases.

"I shall leave for Zari tomorrow, your majesty."

Cornell’s eyes glimmered at the title his son addressed him with. He slowly stroked his dark beard with a smile, "I like the sound of that...I will certainly take back my title."

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