Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 174: Enemy with the world
[Many people have the same idea—Magicists and other races can coexist peacefully and even help each other. 】
At this moment, Thales' mind flashed through the conversation from a long time ago.
That was Longxiao City six years ago.
Giza just dissipated under the Front of the Pure World.
In the ashes of the sky, when Thales vowed to find a new future for the magician, the scholarly and elegant Ashida lightly said to him, intentionally or unconsciously:
[Whether it is a magician, a human, or even an elves, there are countless similar efforts and attempts...]
[They all failed. 】
The nice voice is in my ears, but the cruel truth before me shakes my heart.
They all failed.
Thyls looked at Saker in front of him seriously, but was thinking of another figure.
Ashida.
How many things did you hide from me?
Eighteen years ago, you and Giza, and...what did you do?
"Your Majesty, have reached a covenant with disaster...?" In the ultimate silence, Tardin was incredibly authentic.
"Qi and blood? Oh, I still remember, the blood bottle helped..." This was thoughtful.
Their utterance broke the silence, and the shocked people all spoke.
In an atmosphere of uproar, Barney Jr. stepped abruptly and cried out:
"Quiet!"
The noisy dungeon suddenly cleared.
Barney Jr.'s expression is still stiff, but Thales can see that there is a surging emotion behind his calm appearance.
Just listen to Barney's cold voice: "That's it?"
"Three Plagues Alliance?"
Across from him, the penalty knight withdrew his gaze from Thales, as if immersed in his own world, muttering:
"Those disasters...they are not at ease. They don't care about the future of the stars. On the contrary, they just want to achieve their goals through the kingdom, regardless of the bad luck and disasters that will be left to us."
"And that was just the beginning."
Only listening to Sackel’s dry and dull voice sounded like a dream disillusionment:
"It seems that overnight, the kingdom's natural disasters continued, grains were harvested, freight was blocked, sea roads were blocked, business and farming turmoil throughout the territory, all industries were abandoned, and contradictions were frequent. /
Everyone in the field sank after hearing the words.
"At this moment, when we are busy quelling the chaos and rebelling, and eager to appease the country, the whole world seems to have received a certain order at the same time..."
The penalty knight looked blankly into the air:
"Our allies and comrades are silent by coincidence: whether it is the Three Kingdoms of the Lost Sea, the Sacred Tree Court, the Hall of Kings, or even the Taixuan Palace on the other side of the sea, they are secretive about helping the stars."
"Our enemies and opponents are united in an unprecedented tacit understanding: from the commercial boycott of the Comus to the military intrusion of the desert, the maritime plunder of the Kasai, the blockade of the route of Humbler, the Provocation, even the rebels seem to have endless support behind them, as if they have agreed to attack together."
He recalled the history of the **** years every inch, and the sadness in his words infected the atmosphere in the field, making the faces of the royal guards more and more ugly.
Thyls frowned unconsciously.
"The source of the magic guns purchased from the imperial kingdom was cut off for no reason. Eternal Oil and Lijing Mine could not keep up. Conventional weapons and military supplies became extremely difficult."
Sacker's words continue, his voice getting tighter and tighter, as if slowly suffocating:
"We lost more than just the war... Kings and vassals were separated, protests from the nobles continued one after another, the relationship between the three major temples and the Revival Palace fell to a freezing point, and the shameless Tower of End even sent letters accusing His Majesty of reign. "
"Everything has rushed to one piece and turned into the most unfavorable situation for us..."
Pain and sadness appeared in his eyes:
"And what you can see is that the brothers in the guards have been reduced one by one. For the sake of duty and honor, they left their wives and children, followed by the stars, and set off in batches. Go to the battlefield, or return a letter in half a month to report safety, or there will be no news forever."
At that moment, no one from the royal guard, including Semir, spoke, but they all reacted, bowed their heads deeply, or turned aside their eyes unnaturally, and Cannon even whimpered softly.
"But do you think that all of this was really just a coincidence?"
Sackel looked at the firelight in Naki’s hand ignorantly, and as the memory progressed, his words slowly became ferocious:
"I know, I know why, I know why we are the target of public criticism."
"No matter what your Majesty’s original intention, but walking with disasters-this is the origin and beginning of our disasters, making the stars into an unprecedented predicament and turning the whole world into our enemy."
"Grass!" Nucky slapped his thigh, cursing.
I don’t know if it’s for King Eddie or Thaker.
The whole world will become our enemy...
Tyles' breathing became unconsciously disordered.
"Why?"
Hearing this, Barney Jr. coldly interrupted Thaker:
"If you think this is the root and cause..."
"Why didn't you tell us then? Why didn't you ask the old captain, or even my father?"
"They must have a way!"
"Why make a proposition?"
Sackel's eyes moved.
The knight slowly swept across the royal guards present.
Thyls noticed that many people subconsciously avoided his sharp gaze.
A few seconds later, Thacker chuckles mockingly and lowers his head:
"You don't understand."
"When I really want to do something, it's too late."
He shakes slightly:
"The situation has deteriorated, and things are getting worse, even the most elite guards guarding the princes, there are sometimes bad news."
"In less than a year, the momentum of the rebels has grown stronger and stronger. Our army has been declining morale and retreating steadily. The wars of the Western Wilderness and the Southwest have spread to the interior and burned all over the country. ……"
Every time Thaker said a word, the brows of the guards tightened.
"Until Exeter—the terrifying dragon that had just conquered the Golden Corridor and the Kangmas—also showed its fangs, joined the ranks of falling stones, and spared no expense to use all the soldiers of the country, one hundred thousand elite , Unstoppable, rolling iron hoof, coming menacingly."
"I think that is our enemy's final blow for the kingdom, the final chapter of the epic poem of annihilation."
Thyls couldn't help but think of Nunn VII.
The old but powerful king.
That cunning, shrewd, and fierce lion.
He also thought of the purpose of Exeter's army southward, which he had dictated through the death of the Crow.
Thinking of this, Thales couldn't help but wonder: Was it really just for political purposes that King Nunn sent troops so decisively?
"And we are already devastated and exhausted, we can't even form a decent army..."
Sackel’s words become more painful and difficult to understand:
"In this way, the kingdom of stars, which carried the brilliance of the empire and established the world for 700 years, reached the brink of destruction, and fell into the abyss with only one step, and ended completely."
"But even so, even if the disaster has brought the kingdom to the prison river step by step, you can hardly imagine your majesty's stubbornness and stubbornness..."
Speaking of this, the penalty knight suddenly raised his head, looking forward angrily:
"It is hard to imagine his unwavering trust in the woman next to the pillow... in that monster."
"And it all originated that night."
Sackel slowly stopped.
Barney closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"So you betrayed and conspired? Throw in your majesty's enemy?"
Your Excellency Pioneer seems to try to suppress his shock, trying to shift the focus to the present.
Sackel was silent for a long time.
Seems to hesitate.
"Your Majesty is confused."
Finally, the penalty knight spoke lightly:
"He can't see that disaster is the root of everything."
"He must be sober."
The eyes of the penalty knight gradually became clear:
"Just stay away from the monsters with unpredictable intentions, cast aside their sinister conspiracies, no longer hope for taboos, but return to the right track of the kingdom..."
He is like a traveler struggling under the abyss, seeing hope at the last moment:
"The strange alliance in which the enemy has fallen into trouble has lost its foundation and will be self-defeating. Even the two great taboos in the legend will take away their eyes..."
"The supply of magic guns and eternal oil will be restored, the attitude of allies will be restored, the hostility of irrelevant interests will be eliminated, the backstage support of the rebels will cease, the plight of our enemies will be reduced, and the divided hearts will gather. The precarious situation on the frontline will improve, and we need to worry about the old opponents."
"The Star Kingdom will survive this catastrophe."
Sac'el's expression grew more agitated, but after a moment it turned dark.
"But before that, someone must stand up, shoulder responsibility, and turn the tide, even if that means the most unforgivable betrayal, the most unforgivable stigma."
There was a deep pain in his eyes, and he looked at his fist intently:
"Someone must save ourselves--before your Majesty turns the whole world into an enemy and brings the whole kingdom into the abyss."
"There must be someone to completely end this hopeless and unnecessary confrontation."
No one spoke, even the mocking-looking Samuel closed his lips, and the little Barney in the front closed his eyes deeply, seeming to be thinking.
Nucky sighed deeply beside Thales. Not only him, but the others also looked worried and worried.
The prince was in a state of confusion.
He remembered that in Mindith Hall, when Yordel and himself had a showdown about the magician, he secretly encouraged him.
[I have seen those disasters more than once...Your family, from the moment of birth, is destined to be entangled with those disasters...]
More than once.
That's definitely not only Ashida, maybe it includes Flelan and even Giza?
Speaking of Yodel, he thinks of Secret Science and Black Prophet. What role did they play in that catastrophe?
Thyls recalled the hysterical questioning and accusation of King Kessel in the Palace of Revival after the defeat of the Duke of Allend in the Northland six years ago.
[Just like your **** father, you and he both know what your choice will bring, but you never care...If you didn't bring the monster back...]
They said it was probably the new queen, Flelan.
He has seen the appearance of Kessel, especially the scene where the Ironfist King coldly asked him to leave the city of Longxiao, which is still vivid.
His grandfather, Eddie II, was the same?
Thyls also remembered the evaluation of Eddie II that was inadvertently leaked by Duke Peffert in the Hall of Heroes in the Palace of Valor.
[Sooner or later, we will have a lunatic like Eddie II of the stars, dragging his entire country to hell! 】
Tels stared at Thacker in front of him blankly.
As the trusted watchman in the royal guard, he should have been the most loyal guard.
But...
"No."
In the dungeon, a faint groan of undue affection sounded in everyone's ears:
"Even if it must be someone..."
"It shouldn't be you, it shouldn't be you."
Thyls turned his head in surprise, and saw Barney slowly raise his head, his eyes shot a sharp cold light directly at the penalty knight.
"Imanu Saker."
Sackel was silent.
"You are not your majesty."
"You are not Crown Prince Midil, or Prince Horace, you are not the Prime Minister, you are not an administrative officer, and you are not your Majesty’s military and diplomatic advisers."
Barney Jr. seems to have survived the betrayal of his colleagues and the shock of the truth back then.
He seems to have figured out something. At the moment, his voice is not high, but his sentences are powerful and decisive:
"You are not even the captain of the royal guard, but only your majesty's servant, the second son of Viscount Thacker!"
Little Barney took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and asked:
"What power do you have to assert the future for the entire kingdom with arrogance?"
Sackel did not speak, but deep pain surged in his eyes.
The voice of the vanguard officer is getting louder and more determined:
"What qualifications do you have to stand in the depths of filthy darkness and pretend to "save the world"!"
The guards froze for a moment, and looked at each other a few times, the scattered eyes gradually unified, and at the same time they shot at the penalty knight.
Faced with the frowning and struggling Saker, Barney snorted coldly:
"Do you remember the guard's oath?"
The penalty knight was slightly startled.
The Guardian's Oath.
But before he could react, Barney opened his mouth:
"I swear to dedicate my throne to the throne in this life, and to honor the imperial power forever. There is no other master."
"I swear that this sword is only swung for the emperor's order, and only for the emperor's edict to break, and it is useless."
"I swear that this body will be buried at the throne's breath, or buried halfway through the emperor's life, nothing else will end."
Only three sentences, but Barney's voice is very loud, echoing between the walls, sweeping away the hatred from before.
It seems that he has changed back to the heavy, calm, stable pioneer officer.
Sackel slowly fell into a trance listening to this familiar sentence.
"They did it."
"The old captain, Tony, and even my father," Barney held back the soreness of his throat, keeping his voice steady: "And all the guards who sacrificed inside and outside the Fuxing Palace, and even sacrificed on the front line. Brother."
"No matter where your Majesty is going, they will follow to the death. They don't ask to go, they don't doubt that he is there."
Sackel's body trembled.
Old Captain Cullen...
The Chief Guard Officer Tony...
Deputy captain of the guard, Grand Quill Barney...
In Thales’s eyes, not only Saker, but also the guards have different feelings:
Semir lowered his head, sinking into deep panic and struggle.
Cannon leaned against the wall, hiding his face and trembling, the big man Brie clutched his chest tightly, and Naki looked at his torch blankly, as if there was a good trick inside.
Taldin, Belletti, and Nai were all startled.
"I believe, even on the way to the prison river."
Little Barney’s voice also began to tremble:
"They will also do their best~IndoMTL.com~ to grab the ferry boat for your majesty."
"And what about you?"
The penalty knight's chest rises and falls.
But Barney’s words are like a sharp sword, denounced his vital point:
"Everything you say, Saker, cannot excuse you from your sins."
"It's just your selfishness and persuasion of your own dreams."
Little Barney finished his words, leaving only eyes with disgust and spurning.
His words are obviously very powerful, and everyone in the Royal Guard has figured out something.
They cast aside their hesitation and intolerance towards the old siblings, and replaced their eyes with the same disgust and rejection.
This time, Thacker was silent for a long time.
Until he opened his lips with difficulty:
"I didn't want to excuse or shirk responsibility, let alone ask for forgiveness."
"You said you want the answer," the penalty knight whispered, "this is my answer."
"Everything back then, all the guilt..."
"I will bear it all."
Barney stared at him for a long, long time.
Until Barney's expression returned to normal, he seemed to have figured out something, and shook his head with a sad smile: "No."
"You can't bear anything."