Great Demon King

Helen Tina gritted her teeth in silence for a while, before raising her head to glare resentfully at Han Shuo. She said with determination, “I agree, but only after you help me get rid of all of the hidden troubles in Helon Duchy. Otherwise, this matter is over here and now!”

“No problem. Haha, the beauty has personally sent herself to my door with a duchy as the dowry. Only a fool would refuse this toast!” Han Shuo was smug as his laughter echoed into the sky. He hadn’t expected to stumble upon such an unexpected harvest on this trip to the seven grand duchies. It seemed that the evil bunch of Chester, Dick, and the others who’d spread those vicious rumors had done him a great favor. Women are truly a strange creature; their hearts were fickle indeed!

As Han Shuo and Helen Tina were talking, the miserable, tragic screams around them also gradually stopped. As he turned his head to look, Han Shuo found that none of the rebels, including Ferrodias, had escaped from the savage claws of the great undead army. All of them had fallen, corpses doomed to eternal silence.

But the surrounding area was a little bloody. With a beauty right next to him, Han Shuo felt that the scenery didn’t look too good. He took out the skeletal staff and chanted out a quick incantation, causing the group of undead creatures to slowly fade away.

“Alright. Let’s first leave this place and see if the army still heeds your command.” Han Shuo smiled at Helen Tina and said.

“Rest assured. Not everyone in my army is like that bastard Ferrodias. My family guards definitely won’t betray me, that I can guarantee!” Helen Tina said proudly.

Han Shuo actually believed this. From the moment he’d set foot into the seven grand duchies. Han Shuo already knew a little about Helen Tina’s situation. Her family clan was the largest aristocratic clan in the Helon Duchy, holding the majority of control over Helon Duchy’s soldiers. Otherwise, she would long have been overthrown by the rebels.

To Helen Tina’s clan, only with Helen Tina herself in the position of grand duke could the benefits of the clan be maintained. Once Helen Tina fell, her family clan would naturally suffer the consequences. Helen Tina understood this fact clearly, which was why she’d given various positions of power in the Helon Duchy to her family members. As such, she’d been able to sustain her position until now despite being opposed by the people and a minority of the aristocrats.

The seven great dukes of the seven grand duchies all followed the same practice. Once they successfully climbed in their positions of power, they would spare no effort to let their family members take over the important positions of the duchy. The benefit was that the power and benefits would remain concentrated in their family clan even when some domestic aristocrats opposed them. In addition, they could rely on the virtue of clan power to pressure those aristocrats. However, the incredible disadvantage was that not all of the trusted clan members was talented. If they held power in the duchy with mediocre ability, then not only was it impossible to fully exploit the potential of the duchy’s territory, the national strength would also gradually be exhausted.

“Alright, no need to be arrogant in front of me. If you don’t even have this little bit of ability, you aren’t fit to be my woman!” Han Shuo sent a verbal jab at Helen Tina. Turning his attention to the fire phoenix, he frowned. The fire phoenix’s entire body was powerless after being struck by the magic arrow. “The poisoned magic arrow broke off inside her body. This’ll be a little troublesome.”

“My body is only a little weak right now. With my race’s natural healing ability, it’ll only take a few days to recover!” The fire phoenix angrily said. Evidently, she hadn’t adapted to Han Shuo’s new identity, and her attitude was still unfriendly. After all, she had been putting her heart and mind into killing Han Shuo to take revenge for Helen Tina until today. Who would have expected that there’d be such a dramatic turn of events? This super rank magic creature had yet to fully accept the situation.

“No need to make such a fuss. You can’t be my burden right now!” Han Shuo walked straight to the fire phoenix and firmly pulled out the broken magic arrow without caring about her pain. Afterwards, his left hand firmly held her body down despite her struggling and he placed his right hand on the wound.

The effect from the poisoned magic arrow had weakened her enough that her feeble struggling couldn’t shake of Han Shuo’s hands. A powerful suction force radiated through her body through Han Shuo’s big hand. The poison overflowing her body quickly flowed out through the wound under the power of the force.

The poison in her body flowed into Han Shuo’s palm that was touching her wound. As her previously suppressed power was gradually restored, the fire phoenix understood that Han Shuo was helping her, and she no longer trembled her feathers. Her struggling body gradually quieted down, her blazing feathers once again recovering their luster.

When Han Shuo let go, the fire phoenix once again felt her power overflowing. She happily let out a high pitched chirp and flapped her wings to shoot up into the sky, starting to swoop around joyously.

“Big sister Firewind, is, is she okay?” Helen Tina was very pleasantly surprised. Her eyes that looked at Han Shuo carried a somewhat different meaning, her body also involuntarily moving closer to Han Shuo.

Nodding, Han Shuo flipped his palm and flicked a pile of stinking blood on the ground. He then casually replied, “I’ve sucked out the poison in her body. You see her skipping and jumping around like that, does she look anywhere near injured?”

“Alright, consider it as us owing you a favor, thank you!” Helen Tina very reluctantly thanked Han Shuo. She was also a little apprehensive about the miracle he’d just worked. She was very clear about his astounding strength, but he shouldn’t be a priest nor an alchemist. But even priests and alchemists didn’t seem to have such a miraculous ability!

In the Profound Continent, once poison entered the blood, no priests nor alchemists could easily suck it out like Han Shuo had done. To Helen Tina, this was something incredibly miraculous. She suddenly felt glad about her decision, thinking how fortunate she was to avoid becoming the mortal enemy of this person. Otherwise, it would have brought about irreversible disaster to the Helon Duchy.

Taking advantage of Helen Tina’s surprise, Han Shuo quickly reached out to caress her pretty, silky smooth, warm cheek. Helen Tina’s pretty face looked shocked as she turned to face him. Enjoying the delightful smoothness of her skin, Han Shuo smiled gallantly and said, “We’re already family, so why act polite?”

Helen Tina jolted out of her silent pondering and suddenly reacted. She flung her head back in alarm and retreated a few steps back. She glared hatefully at Han Shuo, saying, “We are not a family yet. You, behave, or I won’t be polite!”

“Oh? Okay, I’d like to see how you’ll be impolite!” Han Shuo paid no heed to Helen Tina’s threat and stalked towards her. He found it somewhat interesting to tease this proud and arrogant grand duke.

“Bryan, can you stop acting like that? We need to have a proper discussion about the internal affairs of my duchy.” Helen Tina changed tacks like the breeze, using a fatigued, weak voice to persuade Han Shuo upon seeing him approach.

Helen Tina knew full well that it was simply impossible to stop Han Shuo head on with her power. Han Shuo’s shocking strength was powerful as that of a demon god. She had almost lost the will to resist. Helen Tina was already considering this man as her greatest support. He might just be able to give her everything she needed. Subconsciously, Helen Tina had long since admitted defeat, which finally dawned on her when she saw Han Shuo draw near.

Han Shuo was startled. He looked closely at Helen Tina. At this moment, the weak Helen also had a kind of charm that roused an inexplicable pity in him. He didn’t continue to aggressively approach her, but instead abruptly stopped his steps and said with a smile, “Then forget it. Let’s talk about your duchy’s affairs!”

“Ferrodias is just one of my senior knights. I’m absolutely sure he wouldn’t have to guts to betray me without someone to encourage him. Humph! Currently in the duchy, only Marquis Kekaru hold the advantage in taking my place. He’s always been impatiently waiting in the shadows, so I reckon he’s prepared to strike a fatal blow to push me off the political stage. I dare say for sure that he is the person pulling the strings behind the scenes.” Killing intent flashed in Helen Tina’s bright eyes as she bit off her words.

“Very good. Now that we know who it is, I’ll come to Helon Duchy with you, and kill all of those traitors, so they will never have the chance to even foster the idea of rebelling against you.” Said Han Shuo coldly.