Chapter 209

“Gregory stop! Please, stop for me! I-I don’t know what happened to you so please don’t do this anymore!”

Some moments passed before there was a low chuckle that echoed through the area. Everyone shivered in fear as they heard it. Gregory was laughing!?

Gregory couldn’t believe this would happen. He had been waiting for her for so long! He had been hoping that she would come to see him! He had been searching for a way to talk to her! Just so he can look her in the eyes as he chokes the fucking life out of her!

It was too fast for anyone to react to! One moment Gregory was standing opposite them and in the next moment, he was flying towards duchess Willow. His outstretched hand grabbed her by the neck and slammed her to the ground as she slid across the floor! She choked in shock! What was happening!? She had never even been hit before and something like this was too much for her to bear! She spat up blood immediately!

Gregory heard the duke and duchess (Willow’s mother) shout while coming down from the carriage as well, but he turned around and unleashed the full force of his bloodlust on them!

The duke stumbled and fell to his bottom immediately and the duchess fainted on the spot! Gregory looked down at Willow’s face with a smile.

“Hello. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? How have you been? I don’t think we’ve had time to catch up on all the things we said we would”

Duchess Willow scratched at her neck helplessly! Gregory was choking her!

“I-I can’t breathe! G-Gregory, I can’t breathe!”

Gregory’s face squeezed in disgust. She was just going to keep saying that? Fight back. Do something. Don’t tell me that you spent the six years that I’ve been gone just wasting your time with parties and balls. You’re a disappointment.

“Lance of light!!”

The queen put a hand to her mouth and took a step back. She felt like she was going to vomit in disgust! Was all this done by her son? No! She refuses to believe it! The Gregory she knows wouldn’t do something like this! But was this still her son!? She told her husband a long time ago that this was a bad idea! Isolating someone is not the way to solve a problem! If only he had listened to her!

And then the king told her what agreement he had come to with Gregory and the queen knew that it was finally over for her and her family! Before long, everyone in the royal family was kneeling in a straight line. The only person that wasn’t kneeling with them was the princess and she was being held back by the duke to prevent her from running up to her family.

The princess begged Gregory like a mad person! She cried and shouted that this was his family too, but Gregory didn’t even turn to her. All his focus was on the people kneeling before him. The queen’s eyes were shut, and she was silently crying while kneeling there! She just had to endure this! Her daughter would live if she endured this! She should never have done that to her son! What sort of end is this for the royal family!?

Even if the princess survives now, it was obvious that the royal family was dead and done. The princess could not take the throne and if she were to get married to someone else, then the man’s family is the one who would be the new rulers of the kingdom! To Gregory, killing these people is just like killing his entire family line.

The sound of a sword being drawn echoed through the clearing and the royal family all flinched. The people kneeling were the king, the queen, and the second prince who, miraculously, did not die from the first attack he experienced.

Gregory was about to do it but there was some sort of feeling that rose in him. He wouldn’t call it regret. It was more like concern. Was he doing the right thing? Gregory’s hand squeezed around his sword. He waited for this day for long enough to go mad from the anger! If this isn’t the right thing, then he might have as well died in that prison!

“Looks like you’re confused. Don’t you want to do this anymore?”

Gregory jolted in shock when someone’s voice suddenly whispered to him from behind! How did this man get that close to him!? He didn’t even hear him stepping close!

Han smiled at the shocked expression and then he straightened up. He could see from almost a mile away that Gregory was having second thoughts. Well, it was to be expected. The boy is a human so he would have human emotions. He might be used to killing now, but it is a very different thing to look your own enemy in the eyes like this.

“If you are so unsure of it then how about I help you?”

Gregory wondered what Han meant before he saw a dark Shadow Hunter rise from the ground. It drew its sword after a mental command from Han and started walking toward the royal family. If Gregory wouldn’t kill them then let Han take care of it. This would save Gregory from the trauma of knowing you used your own hands to end your family.

But Gregory glared up at Han in anger! Who asked for his help!?

“Stop your knight. I never asked for your help”

The look in Gregory’s eyes was almost nostalgic for Han. It was the eyes of someone with resolve. Han smiled. Fine then, show me what you can do, boy.

What Han just did gave him the confidence to do what he needed.