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At this moment, Richard and Grandmenil also rushed in from another gate, covered in blood. It was obvious that the entire perimeter had been lost.

In the firelight, Bohemond's eyes were like an unbeatable Hydra monster. Instead, he burst into laughter and said to the two of them, "Let's take the secret path, rush out of this acropolis, and swim across the lake." Go to the desert to escape. Don’t worry, no matter where I go, I will be Gawain’s nightmare and I will fight him to the end.”

In the dark corridor at the lower level of the castle, the fire on the stone pillars swayed a few times in the wind that swirled out of the corner from time to time. Richard gritted his teeth and tried his best to swing the battle ax in his hand, splitting the unglued parts. a stone wall, The bricks and stones there rolled down, smoke and dust came out, and soon a passage was formed that could accommodate one person. The three people raised torches and gathered together, illuminating the area close at hand, but there were circles of halo and light inside. Soil, I don’t know where it extends.

Bohemond spent a lot of money to dig out this secret passage under the Acropolis, but in fact he never walked through it even once.

But this time he had to leave. Looking at the bottomless secret passage, Bohemond swallowed secretly, then raised the torch and stepped on the gravel that Richard had just dug.

Suddenly, like a gust of wind, he felt the fire flashing behind him several times. The vigilance instinct on the battlefield made him turn around and wave the torch. He leaned against the stone wall and began to grasp the hilt of the sword on his belt.

At that moment, Bohemond saw that the torch in Richard's hand rolled down, his chest was cut open, and blood spattered. He quickly knelt on the ground. Before he could shout anything, he was struck with a sword from his hand. Cut down on the spot.

Then Bohemond saw the sword light rushing towards him again, and before he could pull out the sword, his wrist was cut off in heart-wrenching pain.

"Ahhh!" Bohemond screamed with his eyes wide open, holding on to his broken wrist, which was bleeding like a fountain, and the sword that fell to the ground, and slowly fell against the stone wall.

The murderer standing in front of him was naturally the remaining man, William Grandmenil, who was holding a bloody sword in his hand.

"You were the one who killed Xio back then..." Bohemond seemed to have guessed something. He sat on the ground, exhaling painfully and asked.

Grandmenile said coldly, "Initially, you and Gawain conspired to pretend to be Emperor Alexios and attempted to ambush and kill Hugh and I, because both the French king's brother and I were a thorn in your side. , but in fact, I had secretly negotiated terms with Gawain. First, he was 'disappeared under attack', and then went to the French Palace to deliberately kill the murderer and continue to attack Alec. You thought I was being kept in the dark throughout the whole process, but you didn’t know that you were the one who was deceived. Later, when I returned to Apulia, I settled the relationship with you and gained your trust, which is what I did at this moment. Things. Unlike Guy and the others, I can't surrender so early. Then you might really escape from this secret passage, right?"

As he said this, Grandmenil's shadow slowly covered Bohemond, "So don't blame me. The blood of the Normans is flowing in everyone's body, and the stench of rebellion is exuding all the time. Only the most despicable and cunning people survive to the end.”

Bohemond chuckled, "The rules of the game are indeed like this, but if I die, you won't survive." After saying that, he held his broken wrist, clicked his tongue twice, and whispered, "You think killing If you leave me, what fiefdom will Gawain give you, Latakia or Tartu? Si? You're wrong. If I die, you won't be able to live. Everyone wants to keep the secret truth of Xio's death hidden forever, so the best way is that only one person knows about it, and other related people have died one after another, so you Who will survive, or Gawain?"

These words made Grandmenil a little scared and regretful, but he immediately said, "I can't help it," and then raised the sword blade downward over his head, facing Bohemond... ...

The two soldiers who broke into the Four Sisters Tower grabbed Bohemond's dog herder half an hour later and forced him to reveal the secret passage, and then they reported it to the emperor.

Gawain's attitude was very calm. Under the protection of a group of guards, he first walked down the steps of the basement, and then saw Bohemond standing on the left in front of the broken wall at the end of the corridor. His body was covered with blood. Longmenile fell in front of him, with swords stuck in the front and back - behind him lay Richard in armor, and several extinguished torches were scattered on the ground.

It seems that a thrilling fight to the death occurred here not long ago.

Gawain raised a piece of pineapple and lit it in front of the brazier on the stone pillar. The light reappeared, and then he saw Bohemond sitting there in front of the bright stone wall. His pale face lost all color in the firelight, and his glass-like eyes were still there. Staring at himself - he still had the breath to say, "Hey, the banker who set up the trap." Seeing Gawain, a smile actually appeared on his face, and his eyes became angry.

The emperor stood about five feet in front of him, blocking the approach of several guards.

"Bohemond, you should not betray my alliance and friendship with you. You believed a baseless lie, and your ambitions grew infinitely."

Bohemond breathed and rolled his cold eyes, "I have endured the pain until now, just hoping to die after seeing you. I will use my last strength to tell you - I don't need any cheap covenant. , and your self-righteous charity, you will never be able to control me, Gawain."

Gawain looked at the dying Bohemond and the other two dead bodies on the floor, and suddenly a wave of sadness overflowed in his heart. Yes, he used a conspiracy to harm the other party, a person who had fought with him all his life, so his subsequent regret was full of sincerity, "It would be great if you could follow me to the Oxus River."

With a soft sound, Bohemond grinned, struggled to raise his head, and leaned against the stone wall behind him, "Yes, I think so too, whether it is the Oxus River soon or returning to Apulia in the future, there could have been many magnificent wars, adventures and glory. Glorious, just like Antiochus and Aksu in the past... but it is no longer possible... This is my choice, and it will be your regret..." Then he pointed his toes at the ring that rolled down from his broken wrist, which symbolized his claim to power over Apulia and Calabria, "Take it away, don't let my child with Constance be forgotten, you absolute bastard..."

Looking at the blood-stained ruby-encrusted ring, Gawain said softly, "Goodbye, Bohemond."

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"Goodbye, I'll go to the hell first... and wait for you." After saying this, Bohemond's mouth opened slightly, his eyes seemed to freeze, and the paleness and grayness of death floated from all over his skin, embracing his ending life, like the whisper of a demon.

The entire secret room and corridor were dead silent, with the occasional sound of torches.

When a guard took off the ring and handed it to the emperor, Gawain whispered, "Collect the body of Prince Antiochus and bury it in the cemetery of the Arahant Monastery. Let my brother, the monk Peter, accompany him there." Then Gawain put the ring on his finger, turned around, and walked out of the secret room filled with the breath of death step by step slowly.