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CHAPTER 62

TALON'S POV

"Sir Ethan asked us to get”

“Who the fuck is Ethan? You gruesome idiot. You have the guts to walk up to me to say words that I don't want to hear. How stupid of you” I uttered as I raised his body high and tossed him into a tent as he shattered the tent, people got alerted by my presence, I was back to instill fear and pains on the people.

“What's going on with you sure why would you want to treat your soldiers in that manner” I picked up a jar of wine and shattered it on his skull, I growled knowing that Ethan would have heard me and wanted to know what had gotten into me to warrant my behavior?

“We have an impending war, and you're destroying my soldiers” he uttered as he stared into my eyes, his eyes were blood shot. I knew he was drunk.

“I need you to rephrase those words you just said,” I ordered as he laughed in a wild manner, I knew I had lost my hold on him, but it's about time I got it back.

“They're my soldiers and not yours” I sighed, wearing a smile on my face.

“They're my soldiers” he retorted as he screamed,

“My people, who's your leader?”

“Ethan, Ethan, Ethan” they all chorused.

“Now you can see that the table has changed, I've been waiting for this day” he divulged as he unbuttoned his shirt.

“You get to look me straight in the eyes and watch me challenge you to a traditional duel. If you win, you have the mantle to rule, but if you lose, you're banished from this community, you'll go back to the forest where you belong, and you can take this whore with you when you want to leave” he continued as I stopped him in his words.

“You don't know what you're asking for, do you?”

“I know exactly what I want. You've brought nothing but pain and discomfort among my soldiers, they don't want you. It's time the tables changed, and I'll be your superior so you would understand what it takes to be a leader. It's not all about arrogance or self-indulgence trying to act dark, let's see how that holds up for you on the battlefield" I wore a smile on my face knowing that Ethan just signed his death will with his words.

“Ethan, are you sure you want to do this?” I inquired, staring at the smile on his face.

“Are you scared of losing to me?” I chuckled,

“Well I'm not scared, I'm just hoping that you don't run out of luck with your attitude” I sighed, wearing a smile on my face.

“Well I don't run out of luck, but you could,” Ethan growled as he threw the spear at me, I loved the fact that I could see the wounds on his leg, he wasn't healed completely.

He rushed me, hitting me hard, I wanted every man to understand that he was a weakling as he didn't understand the basics of a duel. He was hurting me hard, finding the opening was all I asked for, and I was glad when I found it, I held his leg and punched my hands through his knee.

“Arrrrrrrgh” he screamed as I knew that his leg was damaged, it would take a long while before he walks again.

“What are you waiting for? Take him now. Show them that you're the reason for their nightmares and don't be a weakling go now” I obeyed my inner voice as I held his leg and twisted it, raising him off onto my shoulders and landed his back on the bed, I continued punching his legs until I felt a flat surface on his knees, didn't even realize that I had punched his bone out of his skin.

“Arrrrrrrgh” I growled as I stared at the look on everyone's faces, they were all scared of me, feeling like I was being possessed.

“Acknowledge me”

“Bow down and worship your new king” I growled as everyone bowed their head down, including Elena.

“I have three aims to achieve, and I have one, I'm coming for you Dan and Elena, you would be mine at the end”

“That's more like the Talon that I knew before, to embrace your new power” I was glad that I conceded to my inner voice.

“Now I'm the emperor of this community, and you all would have to respect my words for your leader is crippled” I scoffed as I stared at Ethan, still wincing in pain.

“No one should ever raise his or her voice at me, or you'll have yourself beheaded, if you want to return to your wives in safe hands, then you'll do as I say and don't worry, I'll be done with you guys soon” I walked to the place where Ethan removed his shirt, I wiped off his blood with his shirt and proceeded to my tent after shoving the shirt in his face and stepping on his legs again.

“Fuckkkk that was beautiful, you deserve a reward for that”

“It's time I regained my dominance over the whole community, your terror would spread among nations, trust me you might not even stress yourself into battles they'll surrender to you” I loved my inner voice, I couldn't deny the fact that I was living the life I expected.

“What did you just do?” I expected Linda to walk right into the tent at this time to ask me about what I did.

“I just showed everyone that I'm the emperor and no one should dare think of taking over, I'm the leader and everyone should know that. Ethan didn't know that and see what happened to him, the outcome was very nice to me and I loved it” I scoffed as I filled my cup with wine.

“Ethan's never going to walk again, do you have any idea that he's never going to walk on his two legs” Linda retorted,

“Oh I'm sorry I did that to him, why would I be sorry…” I paused in my words, “Yes I know, I was the one who injured him in the first place, it was the beginning. This is the end of him ever getting up on his both feet.” I sighed,

“Do you know how that would make him feel?” Linda stopped me from filling my cup again.

“Well I don't care he demanded to fight me and I asked him twice because I don't know how, but I get very brutal when I'm fighting” I chuckled, as a voice shuddered,

“That's why you made him crippled”