Heartbreaker

Pharos, dressed as a king, was bound hands and feet by the people with strong cowhide ropes and brought to the high platform of the central market.This high platform is often the place where the king hangs some heinous criminals. Now there is a cross in the center of the place, embedded on a solid base. The rebels tied his hands and feet to the cross. He spat hard in the face.

"..."

Fallows raised his head, revealing a pair of stern ice blue eyes.His eyes swept over the disgusted faces of the audience, and he felt those vicious eyes bared their fangs like a snake, biting his flesh.He was clad in the fur of a king, and his golden-brown hair fell over a dark red cloak.The Silver Scale Knight moved his hands, and the ropes on both sides imprisoned his movements like iron hoops.

The torches held up by the crowd looked like angry eyes, and a fierce roar came from the audience, "The tyrant of Vulture City! You don't care about our lives!"

The others followed, "Tyrant! Tyrant!"

"We never should have made you king in the first place!"

"You're making our lives miserable!"

"Since you came to the throne, hunger and disease have enveloped Vulture City. You are a devil who brought disaster to us!"

The people began to recount the king's crimes noisily, and Fallows listened quietly, barely distinguishing the words "ruthless", "greedy" and "malicious" from the chaotic sea of ​​voices.The Silver Scale Knight raised his head slightly and looked at the cloudy night sky. There was no hatred or remorse in his heart, only desolation.

When the crowd spoke of their anger, they picked up the broken bricks and rocks on the ground and hit him. He was beaten to the point of bleeding, but he looked at the night sky vaguely and calmly, staring at the sky far away from him, like an abyss. The silent and lonely vault.

The sky is so quiet, but the earth is full of blood and noise.

Someone in the crowd shouted angrily, "The army seems to be doomed! The so-called Winter Ting Legion was unable to defeat the army of the Twilight Empire a few years ago! Now the so-called 'replenishment' has not been raised for so many years. Raising a fart is a disaster for us! It makes us poorer and more difficult!"

Another bitter voice echoed, "Yeah! We shouldn't count on the king and the army, the former is a tyrant who squeezes people's lives, and the latter is a bunch of pussy bastards who can't beat the flies! They both suck our blood Blood, eating our flesh, and pretending to be for us, it's just nonsense and hypocrisy!"

"To me, Twilight Empire is really thinking about us, and all the people! Think about the monthly convoy of supplies, think about the abundance of food and clothing for the cold. It keeps us from hunger and cold, we have no allegiance Emperor Eliot, the emperor has been giving generously, without extortion or complaints!"

"Yes, Emperor Elliott is the real emperor! That is the emperor we should follow!"

"Long live Emperor Eliot!"

The crowd suddenly set off an upsurge of shouting for the Twilight Empire and the Emperor, and the combination of thousands of arms was like a vast sea of ​​trees, swaying and swaying with the chilling wind.

"Long live Emperor Eliot!"

"Long live the Twilight Empire!"

Hahahaha...

At this time, the knight on the high platform suddenly smiled.His laughter grew louder and trembling, and the cross vibrated dully.The noise of the crowd gradually weakened, and Fallows' laughter became extraordinarily loud.The people of Vulture City stared wide-eyed at the laughing "King" on the stage, and the chaotic scene fell into a brief silence.

A whip was thrown on Fallows, and the rebels glared, "Damn it, why are you laughing?!"

Fallows widened his sharp eyes like a wild wolf, and sneered loudly, "Traitor, I laugh that you will go to hell sooner or later, enduring the pain of burning fire and the pain of iron nails piercing your chest!"

The rebel was so angry that his facial features were distorted, and he was about to whip the king again, but the sudden coercion released by the other party made him put down the whip involuntarily.Fallows stared at the thousands of people in the audience, glanced at the distorted and disgusted faces, and said loudly, "Since you said 'Long live Emperor Eliot'—"Long live the Twilight Empire"—" He is the emperor you should follow'—”

"I'll tell you how your Emperor Mingjun treats the people of the former Wanjiang Empire who don't have Mogor blood!"

There was a commotion below, "He gave every old citizen a house to live in, food to eat, work to do, and clothes to wear!"

"Wrong, you listened to those sweet rumors, and you were completely wrong!"

Fallows's eyes burst out with crazy and fierce light, and he roared, "After he invaded the Wanjiang Empire, the people of the old country who surrendered were divided into several categories. One category is the miners, who spend all day with the gray haze in the mines. Being with the poisonous gas, being enslaved by the whip to reclaim the ore! One category is farmers, the land does not belong to them, but they have to pay rent to the owner of the land on time every month, and endure overbearing terms! The other category is laborers , Weavers are locked in a spacious room all day long, stepping on the weaving boards all night long, and their monthly salary is only enough to eat gruel to fill their stomachs. They are mixing cement day and night, building bricks into high walls, and they don’t even have a house for themselves, but they are building houses for the Mogul people!”

"The last category is the unemployed. They become beggars on the street, prostitutes in Huajie. Their lives are not guaranteed. Even a Mogol dog can bark at them!"

Someone yelled angrily, "Even if what you said is true, they survived! And how many people we have died, we don't even have the right to live!"

"Did they survive? Did they really survive?!" Fallows roared, "Three years ago, a mine collapsed in the Twilight Empire, and hundreds of Mogol miners died. The emperor gave generous support to the families of the victims. Compensation and consolation. But for nearly a thousand old people who lost their lives, the emperor waved lightly, 'Since you were once a member of the Wanjiang Empire, don't worry about it, just recruit people'!"

"Two years ago, a riot broke out in the farming garden of the Twilight Empire. All the farmers in the garden who tried to resist were shot dead by arrows from the Mogol garden owners! The corpses made the soil extremely fertile, and the blood moistened the dry crops. Wives and daughters become lowly playthings, and sons repeat the bitterness of their fathers, forever being slaves who can be traded with coins, and targets who can be shot to death if the master is unhappy!"

"Okay, this is the future life you imagined! A thousand feet away from the southern border and the northern border, you believe in those illusory lies, those beautiful pictures drawn up by the Twilight Empire for you! You think that resisting surrender is Is it wrong?! Let me tell you, loyalty and dignity are never cheap! Those who have surrendered on their knees have no human rights in the Twilight Empire and have become the most humble laborers. They will be ridiculed and bullied by the Mogol people all their lives! "

"A heart is not always dedicated to a monarch, but also has a different blood from the emperor's body. Do you think he will really treat you well?! When you completely lose the protective layer of 'Vulture City', lose For the sole dignity and value of being a citizen of the old country, and surrendering your life and lives to the hands of the new emperor, you will realize how stupid your wishful thinking is!"

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The cold wind blows from the edge of the earth, and the people under the high platform fell into a rare silence.

Fallows felt that his throat was hoarse, and the blood was burning hotly, and he could no longer speak, maybe his voice was hoarse.The cowhide rope was like a knife cutting his wrist, and the piercing pain hit the barrier of the young knight's body.

"Don't take his word for it."

For a long time, someone in the crowd passed the verdict, "Don't trust the king, look at the poor people who died in the famine-he is not worthy of our trust."

"Emperor Eliot said he would give us citizenship, and I believe him."

"That's right, I've had enough of the northern border, enough of this damn Vulture City. No matter what, I want to seek refuge with His Majesty the Emperor..."

The people below were discussing a lot, and after a while, the whispers became noisy, and the noise once again occupied the king's execution platform.Fallows looked up at the sky again and opened his mouth, but the numb throat could no longer make the last sound.

He is dumb.The voice is only the voice of the people, he is dumb.

The noise in his ears gradually dissipated, and Fallows focused his attention on the vast night sky. For the first time, he discovered that the world above his head was so harmonious and beautiful.He remembered that he had been exiled to Vulture City with his father and the army four years ago, and since then he never dared to look up at the sky, as if he felt ashamed and unworthy to face God with his head held high.

But after the army set off, he often looked up at the cold day and lonely night, the perfect golden wheel hidden behind the snow-white clouds, and the bright moon and stars.How beautiful this world is, beautiful and peaceful, the hustle and bustle and sorrow only belong to the broken land and the suffering people.The body is annihilated, the soul is flying, and the blue sky is always enveloped in all directions, boundless, as if loneliness is the eternal elegy in the world.

"Let us cut off the king's head as our deepest loyalty and respect to the Emperor!"

The crowd responded with one voice, and the noise shook the sky, like raging waves and a cracked sky.Everyone held up the torches and rushed to the high platform together, while Fallows still watched the vast and distant world quietly.In his eyes, the night sky was no longer as dark as an abyss, but instead revealed a light the size of a firefly.

Chirp - chirp - chirp -

At this time, the falcon's scream pierced the silence and frozen time, like a deep blue storm sweeping the earth.Fallows glanced and saw groups of man-eating eagles flapping their wings from behind the mountains, their wide wings gliding in the air, and the leader Eagle King still had blood stains on his neck.Their black wings opened and closed like a group of bloodthirsty bats in the night. With a long cry, the Eagle King flew to hover over Fallows' high head, as if waiting for his instructions.

Cut off the king's head!overthrow him-

Chirp - chirp -

Two voices scattered into his ears, and the Silver Kirin Knight looked wearily at the angry crowd, and at the flock of eagles soaring high in the sky in bewilderment.The leader of the man-eating vultures has been domesticated by him, as long as he blows his whistle or nods his head to signal, the ferocious flock of vultures will swoop down and peck humans bloodily——

"..."

Fallows closed his eyes, without giving any instructions, and let the eagles turn around and leave, sinking into the gloomy night again.The noise of the people and the howling of the man-eating eagles were far away from him, as if he had been thrown into the deep sea, and the calm and soft sea water surrounded him.He felt the blade go through his chest, and warm blood gushed out along the king's down.At that moment, he suddenly felt that the body became light with the passage of certain things, as if the exhaustion and guilt had been drained, and there was no longer any shackles and burdens.

From the gap between his closed eyes, he saw a faint light of fire, probably the fire that burned him.His soul rose with the curling black smoke, touched the top of the sky, and passed through the misty clouds.

【Fallows...】

【I'm very happy...you were a true knight until the end of your life...】

【Your soul is the supreme glory. 】

That familiar voice sounded again.It seems to go back in time, tracing back to the moment when he caught the prey for the first time, slashed the enemy's shield with a sword for the first time, and received the knight's medal at the conferment ceremony with tears streaming down his face for the first time.That voice will always ring in his ears, even when he is most lonely and helpless, it has always lingered in his heart.

【Father……】

Fallows opened his eyes, and found that he was far away from the earth, so far away that all the noises were blown away by the wind, and all the sufferings were turned into clouds.He saw his own soul, golden, without a trace of impurities and dirt, even the stars that covered the sky were eclipsed by it.

As for his father, standing not far away, his golden soul was also soft and shiny, and his eyes were full of pride and love when he looked at him.Fallows broke down in tears, and for the first time laughed freely through his tears, and the laughter filled the lonely night and lasted for a long time.He flew towards his father's stalwart and straight figure, as naked and pure as he was when he was born, his soul was covered with a silver armor that was more brilliant than the vast Milky Way, and he saw the eternal and immortal light above the sky .

****

I woke up because it seemed like a thunderbolt had exploded in the sky, making every cell in my body scream to wake up.It was still a night darker than hell, and the fire was like countless twisted ghosts, and I could hear their sneering smirks.They seem to be laughing at a fool.And I seem to be familiar with that idiot.I saw the one-eyed Ior's silent profile, Chichikov's indifferent and twitching corners of his mouth, and Popolo's red and swollen eyes from crying bitterly.I don't know what happened, but silence and pain gripped my guts, urging me to wake up, urging me to turn my frozen head to the source that thawed the river of evil.

"The tyrant is dead! Freedom and happiness shall come to us!"

"Long live Emperor Eliot!"

A lone head was poked on a crude spear.The spear was held by a few demons with teeth and claws on the high platform, and a vague black dot appeared in front of the golden flames. They shook the lonely head and laughed wildly, as if they were waving a victory banner.

And I, staring straight at the blood-spattered head, can hardly see the original face.The body belonging to the head was trampled under the feet of the crowd. I saw the corner of my dark red fur and saw the remains of the cross scattered on the ground.

And that stupid knight who is no longer with me.

... Lemon Bonespur.One in a million notoriety, if I wouldn't be as proud as you...

...Faros Plummer!Remember this name for me and I will be the one to beat you! ...

...for you, my king...

...I have this awareness when I stab it at the dragon, not because I am not afraid of the threat of the dragon, not because of blind courage, but because once you are dead, I don't know what the meaning of my life is...

... Only when an army is guided by a correct and lofty thought, will the soldiers move forward fearlessly to achieve this great achievement! ...

...With all due respect, the people are not pigs and sheep, Your Majesty.And contempt and indifference to the people is often the source of the downfall of a country...

...Okay, you won't call me "Fool Pulumo" this time!You finally know how to respect others?How happy I am, Your Majesty! ...

【His Majesty……】

In my memory, that fool stared at two piercing eyes, cold, resolute, young and sharp like a wolf.He faced me, knelt down on one knee, his fist clinging to his chest was reverent and solemn.

【If you have resentment towards this world, and hate that no one stands by your side when you are most lonely and helpless, blocking all the harm for you...】

His voice echoed in my ears, opening the gap of time very clearly, connecting the dark past and the flickering present, leading to the more distant, boundless edge of the world.

——From then on, I will block for you!

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

I roared like a beast with a spear through its heart.I jumped off the back of One-Eyed Ior, snatched the bone cutting knife from Popolo's hand in the blink of an eye, and crazily rushed towards the crowded high platform!Blood and heads splattered in front of me, and everyone's sharp knife-like shouts pierced me densely. I ran forward stepping on the corpses all over the ground, stepped on the blood path I created, rushed to the top, and swung the spear in my hand. The bastard was chopped into pieces!

"what--!!"

The solitary head fell from the sharp point of the spear to my arms, and the blood once again stained my golden hair and settled down firmly at the roots.I screamed out of tune, bathed in sticky blood and sporadic bone fragments all over my body, towards the blood-colored sky, the sharp roar finally tore through my throat, making my throat full of scarlet blood.

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You said you would block for me.

But where are you now?

Silver Knight.Fallows Plummer.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel "la la la" for the nutrient solution!