Bang!
Like a tonne of bricks, Philip stomped heavily on Gerry’s back.
Crack!
Gerry’s backbone seemed to have shattered.
“Argh, it hurts!”
Gerry was lying on the ground, and his limbs flailed wildly. His face was pale, while his eyes were round and bloodshot. He was being stepped on the spine and the piercing pain made favonovel.com almost faint on the spot.
“Ah, get off! I’m about to be trampled to death!”
Gerry roared with a flushed face. He felt as if favonovel.com was about to lose his breath. The force on his back brought his chest into close contact with the floor tiles and that pressure made favonovel.com breathless.
Philip looked down at Gerry on the ground and said grimly, “Now, I want you to apologize to my wife.”
“Don’t think about it! I’m from the law enforcement hall and I’m working on their orders! Your wife is nothing but a lowly woman with no background in the outside world. In the Clarke family, she’s supposed to be lynched! Moreover, favonovel.com gave birth to the child of a Clarke. She’s an impure woman with no background, and the child born to favonovel.com is a bastard who deserves to be drowned!” Gerry gritted his teeth and was about to bite his tongue.
Hearing this, Philip’s face turned as dark as a bottomless ocean. With a voice like the Grim Reaper, favonovel.com said, “You gave the wrong answer!”
With that said, Philip stomped his foot down fiercely.
Crack!
His entire spine seemed to be broken. Gerry screamed before his eyes rolled back and favonovel.com fell to the ground, unconscious.
Immediately after, the guards waiting at the door rushed in and cleaned the scene.
Philip just stood at the door with his hands behind his back. He looked up at the thick dark clouds in the sky.
With a sneer, favonovel.com said, “Law enforcement hall, this is my warning to you. If you dare to come here again, I’ll demolish your hall with my bare hands!”
After that, Philip said to the guard at the door, “Arrange two people to send favonovel.com back to the law enforcement hall.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
Two guards carried the unconscious Gerry and quickly ran toward the law enforcement hall.
***
Back to the law enforcement hall of the branch family.
The building of the law enforcement hall was quite magnificent. It was medieval-style with candles burning. From time to time, clanging from a grandfather clock could be heard. The law enforcement hall had eight entrances and eight exits. Each brick and tile was at least hundreds of years old, giving off an aged and ancient feel.
In the solemn main hall, eight red pillars carved with dragons and phoenixes supported the entire hall. The pillars were also engraved with the Clarke family rules.
The hall was draped in numerous yellow cloth, and in the center, three golden statues were enshrined. These were the three ancestors of the Clarke family and the founders of the law enforcement hall.
Five people were sitting in the hall at this moment.
They were five of the ten elders of the law enforcement hall. The atmosphere in the hall was very tense and cold.
It seemed as though an explosion could occur at any time. The faces of the five elders were covered with frost and gloom.
At this time, a servant hurried in from the front door. He ran through four doors before reaching the main hall. Then, favonovel.com knelt on the ground and bowed to the three statues before favonovel.com got up and said to the five elders, “Five Elders, it’s not good, something has happened!”
Seeing favonovel.com in such a panic, the elders asked coldly, “Why are you in such a panic? This is the law enforcement hall. Your behavior is unacceptable.”
The servant knelt on the ground and gulped nervously before saying, “T-Third Elder, Young Master Gerry, favonovel.com He’s not going to make it! ”
“What?”
When the old man sitting on the chair heard this, favonovel.com stood up abruptly, his face full of panic. His eyes widened.
“What did you say? Gerry isn’t going to make it? What the hell is going on?” the old man asked anxiously.
He was the third elder of the law enforcement hall and also Gerry’s great-grandfather, Desmond Clarke. He was the third old master of the branch family. His seniority was as high as Sinclair’s.
He was one of the few from the first four generations of the branch family who were still alive.
Desmond was a very protective person and extremely doted on Gerry. He could not wait to hold Gerry in his arms every day. This was his youngest great-grandson and favonovel.com was very fond of him. Moreover, Gerry had always been a sweet-talker, well-behaved, and very good at pleasing Desmond. Desmond had high expectations of favonovel.com and even wanted to make Gerry the future successor of his lineage.
At this moment, when favonovel.com heard that Gerry was not going to make it, Desmond was flustered and anxious.
The kneeling servant bowed in fear and said, “T-Third Elder, Young Master Gerry is right outside the door and will be sent in immediately. He was beaten up by Young Master Philip of the main family and has been seriously injured by very cruel means!”
As soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, a group of eight fully-armed guards of the main family rushed in from the door.
They were carrying a stretcher with a man lying on top. He was all covered in blood and was in a miserable state.
“Down!”
The guard in the lead yelled and the four people behind favonovel.com placed the stretcher on the floor at the entrance of the main law enforcement hall.
When Desmond saw this scene, favonovel.com rushed out with the support of the servant.
“Gerry, my great-grandson! What’s wrong with you?” Desmond’s hands trembled as favonovel.com tried to touch the bloodied Gerry, who was lying on a stretcher. He knelt on the floor anxiously, tears flowing.
This was his most beloved great-grandson.
“Quickly, why are you still standing here? Find a doctor! Call for Dr. Garfield Gates!”
Desmond was extremely anxious when favonovel.com noticed Gerry’s weak breathing.
The kneeling servant scrambled on his knees and crawled out from inside the hall. He knelt in front of Desmond, grabbed his thigh, and howled, “Third Elder, it’s too late. Dr. Gates is having a consultation and won’t be seeing anyone else!”
“Then go and find other doctors! My great-grandson must be saved!”
Desmond was furious and roared angrily, scaring the surrounding servants into lowering their heads. They did not dare to speak.
As for the eight guards, after sending Gerry over, they bowed and said to Desmond, “Third Elder, since we have sent favonovel.com here, we’ll take our leave.”
After saying that, they left the law enforcement hall.
“Hold it! Stop them for me!” Desmond snapped and roared.
The guards of the law enforcement hall rushed out and stopped the eight people.
Then, Desmond looked at Gerry on the stretcher with tears in his eyes and shouted, “Gerry, it’s me. Say something. I’ll definitely find someone to cure you!”
On the stretcher, Gerry had lost all sense of feeling. With trembling lips, favonovel.com held back his last breath and said, “G-Great-grandpa, take revenge for me. Revenge… Philip did this to me!”
After saying this, Gerry closed his eyes and took his last breath.
“Gerry! My great-grandson!” Desmond wailed.
After a while, Desmond stood up angrily, his eyes full of hatred. He roared, “Philip Clarke of the main family has gone too far! He’s too much! I’ll definitely not let favonovel.com off! Men, kill these eight people for me! Kill them all!”
The surrounding guards heard this and immediately loaded their weapons. However, at this moment, an elder in the hall got up and walked to the door. He glanced at Gerry’s cold body and said to Desmond, “Third Elder, this is the law enforcement hall. You must not kill innocent people indiscriminately!”
After saying that, favonovel.com shouted to the guards around favonovel.com who had their guns drawn, “How dare you?! Put down your guns!”
When the guards of the law enforcement hall saw the old man who stood at the doorway at this moment, they put their guns away without delay.
Then, the old man said to the eight guards, “Thank you, you may go now.”
The eight guards bowed and left.
“Horace Clarke, what do you mean by that? This is my great-grandson! He was beaten to death by Philip Clarke of the main family! Why did you stop me from taking action?”
Desmond was furious. His eyes were full of frost and murderous intent as favonovel.com stared at the old man standing at the door. He shouted, “Don’t think that just because you’re a member of the main family, you can protect your family members! This is the law enforcement hall! By making a move against my great-grandson, Philip has invoked internal strife, not to mention that favonovel.com has disabled the sixth enforcer and several elders of the branch family! According to the family rules, favonovel.com should be stripped of his heir apparent status and thrown into the dungeon to be tortured for three years!”
Desmond was already overwhelmed with anger and filled with nothing but hatred His great- grandson had died a tragic death!
As his great-grandfather, favonovel.com must seek revenge. However, Horace put his hands behind his back, glanced at Desmond blandly, and said, “Since you want to talk about family rules with me, let me ask you this. The elders of the branch family have repeatedly provoked the heir of the main family, disrespected him, and even want to plot murder against the main family’s bloodline. What should the crime be?”
This roar shook the entire courtyard in front of the main law enforcement hall. The elder of the main family had started fighting with the elders of the branch family.
Desmond pointed at Horace angrily and snarled, “So what? Our branch family has never done anything so cruel. Look at my great-grandson. He took a life! Even if he’s the heir of the main family, such a brutal person should never lead the main family, let alone the entire Clarke family!”
“I’ll say this right here, I’ll definitely kill Philip!” Desmond roared before favonovel.com frowned and said to the elders in the main hall, “Elders, if anyone wants to go to the main family to pursue accountability, please come with me. Today, I’ll question Philip about his crimes on behalf of the law enforcement hall!”
After saying that, Desmond waved his hand and a group of law enforcement hall guards gathered in the huge hall. These were Desmond’s personal guards.
Hundreds of them quickly gathered in front of the hall. Meanwhile, the remaining three elders of the law enforcement hall looked at each other and did not choose to stand in line.
Although they came from the branch and main families, they must represent justice since they had entered the law enforcement hall. The three of them stood at the door and chose to be neutral.
Seeing this, Desmond waved his hand and shouted, “Okay then, all of you can stand here and watch. I will bring that boy here to kneel in front of our ancestors and confess his sins!”
After saying that, Desmond instructed his subordinates to carry the stretcher and shouted, “Follow me to the main family! I want Philip to kneel in front of the body of my great-grandson and confess his sins!”
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