A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Leaning against the city wall with his eyes closed for a while, and after suppressing the intense dizziness, Garlan got up and stood up straight.

When he got up, his whole body shook slightly, as if he was about to fall.

But in the next second, he forcibly supported his body and allowed himself to stand firmly on the ground.

Just when Garlan's body swayed, Kaihos, who had been watching him silently by his side, subconsciously wanted to reach out to help him.However, as soon as he moved his hand, he silently withdrew his hand when he saw that Garlan supported himself.

He stepped aside, silently watching Garlan step forward.

Garlan walked forward along the city wall. He walked very slowly because his body was already overwhelmed. The hood of the cloak covered his abnormally reddened face, leaving only his wet blond hair exposed.

Where he passed by, those soldiers who were exhausted and slumped under the city wall to rest all cast their eyes on him.

Their dim eyes only showed a little brilliance when they saw him.

Only when they saw him, their gloomy faces regained a little vitality.

Gallan's heart was heavy.

Even with his increasingly blurred vision, he could still see the corpses lying here and there on the road he walked. Among them, there were the corpses of pirates, and more of them were the dead of countless Tozes soldiers. dead body lying on the ground.

Someone has a look of pain.

Some people open their eyes wide and don't rest in peace.

Blood soaked the mutilated corpses.

The scene before him was like walking in hell, which made Garlan's heart tighten and his vision became more and more blurred.

He let out a hot breath gently.

"prince……"

Next to it, there was a faint shout from suddenly.

Garlan subconsciously turned his head to look.

On the side of the road he just passed by, a thin young man was sitting under the city wall, looking up at him with reverent eyes, and showing him a shy smile.

After taking a look, Garlan's chest tightened.

He saw the boy's severed arm bleeding in the berth, and he saw the boy's other hand covering his waist, which was completely stained red with blood.

From the huge hole in the waist and abdomen, the internal organs can be seen faintly.

Garlan walked over, bent his knees and squatted in front of the boy.

He looked at the boy and opened his mouth, but his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't make any sound.

At this moment, he couldn't say a word.

He could only stretch out his hand in silence, and pressed his hand on the back of the slave boy's hand that was soaked in blood and internal organs.

The slave boy who was clumsily pleasing him for more food a few days ago was about to die at this moment.

The boy he brought to the battlefield was about to die.

Countless slaves who went to the battlefield have died.

It was he who led them to the path of death.

"Prince... please don't show such an expression..."

The dying slave boy made a weak voice, but he smiled at Garlan.

"Although I'm going to die...but...the prince..."

He spoke intermittently.

"These few days... have been the happiest... time since I was alive..."

He smiled from the heart.

"No one... despises me... despises me and scolds... I... um... these days... I am no longer a lowly slave..."

The slave boy smiled happily.

"Even if it's just for a few days... I can live like a human... Die a human... I'm really, really... very happy..."

"Thank you, Prince...Because of you, I can truly...be a human..."

In the last sentence, the voice is almost gone.

After the last word fell, the slave boy closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

The rain soaked through his body, washing the blood from the young man and gathering it into a small pool of blood under the young man.

Garlan didn't speak, he lowered his head, his wet blond hair drooped down, covering his eyes.

All he could see was his bloodless lips that were as tight as a line, and the slightly pale cold fingertips that pressed tightly on the back of the blood-red hand of the slave boy.

Footsteps came, and Seth came here at some point.

But in a few days, he seemed to have aged ten years, and he looked extremely haggard.

"Your Highness."

He knelt beside Garlan and said softly.

"The fourth day has passed..."

The sky had gradually dimmed, and it was already evening.

If there are reinforcements, they should have arrived.

But until now, there is still no sign of any reinforcements arriving.

Seth whispered in a hoarse voice: "...There are no reinforcements, are there, Your Highness?"

"I know, you said that there are reinforcements in order to let everyone persevere as much as possible..."

His voice seemed to be shaking.

"But, I'm sorry, Your Highness, I've reached my limit now, I'm afraid I can't hold on anymore..."

No reinforcements.

Perhaps there would be no reinforcements from the start.

The prince of Aaron Landis lowered his head and remained silent.

He slowly looked around, seeing corpses all over the place, and blood stains everywhere.

There seemed to be something unspeakable surging in his golden pupils.

The rain had stopped at some point, and the sun emerged from behind the clouds.

The crimson light of the setting sun shrouded the city wall even more blood-red.

Countless lives were lost in the war.

The blood-stained city, the weeping lights, the silent cry.

The cruelty of war is so nakedly displayed in front of everyone at this moment.

Everyone cast their eyes on him and placed their hopes on him.

It was such a heavy, almost overwhelming responsibility.

Also, at this moment, I can't do anything, I can only watch the powerless feeling of losing my life...

……

Looking at Garlan who was half-kneeling silently in front of the dead slave boy for a long time, Kaihos leaned over and wanted to say something.

However, before he could speak, there was a loud bang.

The entire city wall shook in the loud noise.

This violent shaking shocked all the Tozes who were sitting on the ground and resting, stood up and looked around in panic.

Then, everyone saw a scene that made their hearts jump.

I saw a huge warship sailing along the wide river channel of the outer city to the gate of the inner city wall.

Its bow is a huge metal ram in the shape of a devil.

It was slowly retreating, so the metal ram that hit the gate a second ago took the sawdust of the gate and followed it back.

The giant warship retreated several hundred meters slowly.

Then, the huge sail was hoisted, and the three rows of wooden paddles on the side of the ship moved rapidly. Under the agitation of the violent sea wind, the giant warship galloped forward again.

There was another loud bang, and under the horrified eyes of everyone, the warship slammed into the gate of the city wall again with a bang.

The huge impact caused part of the hull to shatter with a click, but the huge gate of the city wall made of special hardwood also cracked a gap again under the impact of the giant metal ram.

The warship retreated slowly again.

For the third time, under the desperate eyes of everyone in Tozes, including Seth, there was only a deafening bang, and the gate of the city wall was completely shattered by the impact of a giant warship.

Most of the shattered warships smashed open the gate, and slowly drove into the city wall in a dilapidated appearance.

But it doesn't matter even if it crashes, because there are dozens of pirate ships following behind that warship.

The city is broken.

All the Tozes people stood on the city wall dumbfounded, their minds went blank at this moment.

The city of Tozeth has fallen.

Someone's legs softened and he knelt on the ground.

Someone cried out in grief.

Someone crazily smashed the city wall in front of him with his fist, and couldn't stop even if he bleed out.

Their city, the home they were desperately trying to protect, was over.

At this moment, the shadow of despair hangs over everyone's heads.

Standing on the city wall, Garlan's eyes went dark, and his chest felt like he had been stabbed severely by a sharp weapon, causing sharp pain.

Almost falling, he stretched out his hand and pressed against the city wall to support his body, barely standing still.

He was still trying to stand, but his fingers that clenched the bricks of the city wall were shaking, and his hands clenched the bricks so hard that his knuckles turned white.

In the river channel of the outer city, the pirates let out a huge cheer, the sound was deafening and resounded through the entire sky.

Pirate leader Basha stood triumphantly on his ship, raised his chin, raised his hand, and was about to call the crowd to rush into the city and wash the city of Tozeth with blood——

However, at the moment when he raised his hand before he could wave it.

The pirate on the watchtower yelled.

"Boss! A large number of unknown fleets are coming from behind!"

Before Basha could say "Come in for me", he was stuck in his throat.

A bad premonition surged in his heart, and he suddenly turned his head to look.

At the same moment, on the high city wall, Garlan's heart suddenly moved, and he raised his head suddenly.

At this moment, he almost forgot to breathe.

In the distance, on the endless sea, through the crimson sunlight, a large-scale fleet can be vaguely seen approaching rapidly.

The first thing people can see clearly is the flag flying high on the warship.

Seth on the side has already cried out.

"Elson's Navy!!!"

Elson's reinforcements have arrived!

Tal arrives with the Allson Navy—

Garlan opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly, he felt his heart beating violently.

An indescribable premonition made him grasp the city wall tightly with both hands, and looked away from afar.

In the next second, the boy's golden eyes suddenly widened.

"Kayhors!"

Garlan shouted loudly, pointing forward.

That's not where the Allson Navy is headed.

His fingers pointed at the sea on the other side at this moment.

There, covered with the fiery red light of the setting sun on the sea, countless shadows of ships sailed from the horizon.

The banner of the fiery lion fluttered in the sky.

Aaron Landis' Royal Navy—

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On the other side of Tozes City, on the river outside the city gate facing the land.

Compared with the fierce battlefield on the other side, the pirates who were responsible for blocking this side and preventing people from escaping sat leisurely on the boat, waiting for the fall of Tozes City, so that they could go in and get a share.

On the pirate ship near the river bank, the little boss captain wearing a pirate hat was standing on the deck, scolding the two young men in front of him.

When he was scolding happily.

Suddenly, a sharp arrow pierced through the sky.

Under the horrified gazes of all the pirates, the arrow pierced fiercely through the throat of the little pirate leader from behind.

The little boss didn't even have time to say a word, and the whole person fell straight forward, making a loud bang.

The pirates subconsciously looked in the direction of the arrow.

Hundreds of meters away, the dust was flying, and countless knights came galloping from a distance like a black cloud.

The leading knight, with his pitch-black armor reflecting the fiery red sunset in the sky.

Yu Hui fell into those golden-red eyes with a deep evil spirit. He was holding a strong bow, and he was full of evil spirit, as if he came from hell.