A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Back in time a week ago.

In the middle of the night, at the moment Garlan turned around because he wanted to return to King Kamos' bedroom, a figure suddenly rushed out from the shadows by the side of the road.

A cold light flashed across the night.

The dagger in the visitor's hand suddenly stabbed at Garlan.

In the blink of an eye, Garlan suddenly raised his left hand.

With a clang, the sound of metal impact resounded in the night.

The long sleeve on Garlan's wrist was cut by the dagger, revealing the gold-plated bronze bracer on his wrist.

The tip of the dagger stabbed by the man hit the hard metal wrist guard squarely, and couldn't penetrate even half a point.

And at the same moment when he nimbly raised his hand to block the blow, Garlan had already drawn out the dagger at his waist.

He swung his sword fiercely with his backhand.

In the next second, blood splashed in the night, and the assassin whose throat had been cut by Garlan's sword opened his eyes wide and fell backwards.

However, even if he had already killed the assassin who suddenly attacked him, it was still not time to breathe, because immediately after, several assassins rushed out from the dark corner and rushed towards Garlan.

Garlan stepped forward, just about to meet the person closest to him.

But before he could make a move, suddenly a knife pierced through the air, piercing the man's heart from behind instantly.

Garlan was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw a majestic figure who seemed to have known him running towards him, pulling out the knife that was stuck in the back of the assassin who had fallen to the ground.

It was a burly general in black and red leather armor.

He stood in front of Garlan, holding a pair of knives, swung vigorously in the dark night, and together with several other guards, chopped down all the assassins who attacked Garlan to the ground.

At the end of a battle, the dark-skinned general knelt on Garlan's body. His body was covered in blood, which was the blood spattered on him by the assassin who was cut down by him.

Garlan looked down, his eyes moved, and immediately fell on a certain place on this person.

The upper sleeve of the general's right arm was ripped open during the battle just now, revealing strong muscles and... tattoos on the skin.

It was a tattoo symbolizing slavery.

"Teva?"

He called out the name.

"Why are you here?"

Garlan remembered that Kaihos had told him that he had arranged for Teva to be one of his personal guards. Later, when Kyhos joined the Third Army, he brought Tewa with him.

Kaihos has been busy taking over as the commander-in-chief of the legion during this period of time, and rarely returns to the palace, and Teva followed Kaihos, so he should be in the third legion's station.

Kneeling on one knee with one hand on his knee, Watt lowered his head and answered.

"Master Kehoes asked me to come over. During his busy time, I will be responsible for your safety, Your Highness."

He said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness, to surprise you. I should have rushed over earlier."

"No, you came just in time."

Garlan said, took off the cloak behind him, and put it on Teva directly.

Facing Tewa's astonished gaze, he patted Tewa on the shoulder and smiled at him.

"This is your reward for saving me."

After speaking, he straightened up and walked forward.

"I'm going to Brother Wang's place now, come with me."

Tewa grabbed the cloak that the prince suddenly put on his shoulders in a daze, and didn't react for a while.

For the first time in his life, he saw someone using the cloak as a reward for others, which made him unable to turn his mind for a while.

It wasn't until Prince Garlan walked forward that he came back to his senses, and immediately stood up and followed quickly.

After all, Lord Kehoes gave him the order to protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at every step during the absence of Lord Kehoes.

After walking a few steps, the cloak that was fastened on his shoulders slid down, and Tewa instinctively turned his head to grab the cloak. When he turned his head, he saw the torn clothes on his right arm. Sleeves, and slave tattoos peeking through the rips of the sleeves.

He was stunned.

Suddenly, he understood why the prince had given him the cloak.

Most of the people who can become bodyguards are of noble birth.

Once it is known that he was born as a slave...Maybe Mr. Keyhors can keep him, but he will definitely be despised and excluded by others.

Unexplainable emotions surged in the eyes of this mature man who was born as a slave. His fingers holding the cloak were slightly clenched, and then loosened.

Fastening the cloak around his shoulders, he quickly followed the prince's pace.

Even if he has become the crown prince, this prince...is still the same as in Tozes City.

nothing has changed...

Just as Tewa was thinking this, Garlan, who was walking in front, suddenly paused and stopped.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

"No... that's not okay."

"what?"

"In this way, you smear me with some blood on your body, and then carry me back, showing a panicked and angry look along the way."

"what?"

"In addition, I immediately sent someone to inform Brother Wang, saying that I was attacked by an assassin again, and this time I was seriously injured, the kind that was on the verge of death."

"...???"

Although he didn't understand His Highness's reason for doing this at all, Teva, who was confused, still carried out Garlan's order honestly.

When he rushed to Garlan's palace with the prince lying on his back pretending to be unconscious and smeared with blood on his back, he surprised many people along the way.

Many people saw Garlan's 'serious injury' with their own eyes.

King Kamos, who received the news, immediately dropped the ongoing military meeting and came quickly with Ximuer.

The obvious panic on the Lion King's face and the unstoppable anger emanating from his body made people more sure that the crown prince's injury was serious.

...is not light.

Anyway, when King Kamos rushed to Garlan's palace anxiously, as soon as he entered, he saw his younger brother sitting on the bed drinking milk while sipping a freshly baked cookie, eating and drinking deliciously. When it was time, he couldn't hold back his breath, and slapped his beloved brother on the head hard.

It made Garlan's forehead turn red.

The priest Shamash who followed also stared at Garlan expressionlessly with a stinky face.

If he hadn't repeatedly warned himself in his heart not to commit the following crimes, I'm afraid Xie Muer couldn't help but do it too.

The servants and maids were driven out, and King Kamos's personal guards surrounded the palace tightly, forbidding anyone to approach.

In Garlan's dormitory, there were only him, the female officer, King Kamos and Shemuer at the moment.

"You mean, there are spies in Aaron Landis?"

"I think that's the case. Whether it's the Tasda Mission or the Tozes city being attacked by pirates, there is a behind-the-scenes manipulator in the dark."

Garlan said, "Perhaps even my assassination has traces of their actions."

"King Kamos."

After pondering for a while, Shemuer spoke.

"Prince Garlan's suspicion... Maybe it's possible. During this period of time, I was investigating the assassination of the prince. Although it was true that those nobles who valued blood did something, there seemed to be a strange force outside of that. involved in this."

"Brother Wang, I think you should not rush to the north."

Garlan said, "Heymos is over there, and I believe he won't let the Geshurians break in easily."

Although the current situation in the northern border seemed dangerous, Garlan felt that as long as Heymos was there, nothing major would happen.

He continued: "Now I can't act rashly. I pretended to be seriously injured, and I wanted to take this opportunity to lure out the black hand behind the scenes. At the same time, Brother Wang, you can use the excuse of worrying about me to stay in Wangcheng for a few more days, and wait for definite news. After seeing the real situation clearly, we can decide what to do next.”

……

The battle situation is changing.

Because of Garlan's 'serious injury', King Kamos, who had stayed in the royal city for two days, had secretly obtained the exact news of each battlefield.

After the news of Yisi's invasion of the eastern border of Aaronlandis was made public, King Kamos led his troops to the eastern border in front of everyone, declaring that he would repel the Yisi people and then go north to support the northern army.

Because the crown prince was 'seriously injured', he only brought the first army to the expedition, and left the third army in the royal city to protect the crown prince.

The First Legion is also known as King Kamos's personal guards. It is Kamos' confidant army. It has always followed Kamos in the north and south. It is the army with the largest number of troops and the strongest combat effectiveness among all the legions.

The other legions are all led by cavalry commanders, and the commander of the personal guards is King Kamos, and two cavalry commanders are in charge of the army as deputy commanders.

After marching for half a day, King Kamos suddenly ordered the army to turn around and make a detour to the west.

In the eyes of everyone, the crown prince who was supposed to be sick in bed, after dyeing his blond hair black, changed into a bodyguard, sneaked out of the palace, and claimed to be training outside with the cavalry unit of the Third Army. The Keyhors Confluence.

Then, they led the cavalry unit, disguised as the army of King Kamos, and hurried to the east.

The infantry unit of the Third Legion was led by the old cavalry commander to guard the royal city.

Garlan deliberately brought Nega with him.

As we all know, when King Kamos went to war, most of them would be accompanied by lions.

The lion is the symbol of King Kamos.

So, relying on the big lion Nega, who is usually mighty and arrogant in front of others, and acts coquettishly as soon as he gets in front of Garlan, Garlan and the others successfully disguised the illusion that King Kamos's army was marching east. .

…………

a week has passed.

To the west, King Kamos is showing his might in the Kameya Valley, attacking Gastard's army head-on.

On the east side, Garlan and Kaihos led the cavalry troops to sneak around to the frontal battlefield, set a trap, and robbed the food and grass transported by the Yisi people to the front line in one fell swoop, cutting off the food for the Yisi army.

In the north, the snow is falling and the sky is gradually darkening.

Another day passed, and it was a little bit late at night, perhaps because the temperature dropped, and the fine snow gradually increased.

The wind and snow covered the sky, and thick clouds hung high in the sky, making it almost impossible to see the moonlight and starlight. This night's visibility was much lower than usual.

For most people, this night is no different from normal, but for some people, tonight is an extremely critical moment.

The Geshu people's camp was very quiet and pitch-black, only the oil lamps were hung on the wooden pillars around the patrolling guards, and the faint light of the fire spread out in all directions.

Seen from a distance, the Geshu people have fallen into a deep sleep just like every night before.

However, in this dark night, under the cover of darkness and snow, Geshu's army is secretly attacking the Northland Castle standing on the ground.

The horse's mouth was put on a bridle, and the horse's hooves were also wrapped in cloth to make as little noise as possible.

The Northland Castle was quiet in the night, and he didn't even notice that countless rogues were quietly approaching him.

Gaishu’s generals led an army in ambush at the bottom of the city wall, snowflakes fell on him one by one, and the icy wind that blew past was so icy that it almost took away all the heat from his body, making his lips turn white.

However, at this moment his heart was burning.

He raised his head and stared at the city wall without blinking.

This time, if he can lead the army into the Northland castle first, he will get the greatest merit in this war!

He will be rewarded personally by King Geshu, whether it is official positions, property, or servants. He will win the favor of countless noble women, be regarded as a hero by everyone, and become the envy of everyone.

Thinking of this, it was as if a fire was burning in his heart, making his blood boil.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally expected the signal to appear after living like years.

Through the wind and snow, a torch could be vaguely seen shaking constantly on the city wall.

He immediately asked his personal guard to light the torch, and shook it vigorously in that direction.

It should be that they saw the torches shaking under the city wall, and the torches above were extinguished.

He suppressed his excitement and waited patiently for a while.

Amidst the creaking sound, and under his fiery gaze, the gate of this strong northern fortress castle was lifted up little by little.

Almost impatient, he waved his hand and led the army into the city gate.

He galloped his horse, his face was flushed with excitement, and he rushed in with a fierce aura, like a wolf pounced on its prey.

This Northland castle has never fallen since it was built, and has a great reputation.

He will be its first conqueror!

The excited General Geshu did not see that there was someone standing on the high wall, looking down on him and his army.

Pure white snowflakes fell on the silver-black armor, jet-black hair scattered in front of his eyes, and those golden-red eyes looked like burning clouds in the sky at sunset in the dark night.

Heymos looked down at the Geshu army entering from the city gate from a high position, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Hooked.