A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Thatched huts are so huge.

Because of being impacted by the river all year round, there are dozens of caves, large and small, on the lower side of the cliff, and the surrounding areas are covered with moss.

At this moment, the river surged, and the tidal flats were completely submerged, and many caves under the cliff were also submerged, and even huge boulders were washed up to block the entrance of the caves.

The Knight Commander's plan was to let King Kamos and Garlan hide in one of the hidden caves, and then block the entrance of the cave with boulders.

And he disguised himself as King Kamos, and led the rest of the knights to lead the pursuers away.

At this moment, King Kamos was already standing on the beach submerged by the river, and the river had covered his chest.

He stood in the river, raised his head, and stretched out his hand to Garlan who was still standing on the bank of the tidal flat.

Before Garlan could react, he had already been carried into the water by King Kamos.

Standing on the tidal flat, the river water had just reached King Kamos's chest, but it had already covered the chin and even the lips of the much shorter Garlan.

Seeing that Garlan who entered the water choked, King Kamos laughed, and didn't put him down at all, just hugged him and walked in the water.

On the shore, Kehos stood and watched the back of King Kamos walking in the water with the prince in his arms for a long time.

The wet golden forehead hair was scattered in front of the pitch-black eyepatch, and the side cheeks made it impossible to see his expression at the moment.

Then, he jumped into the water, and with a plop, a big splash was made.

Kayhos walked quickly through the water and caught up with King Kamos.

Garlan tried to struggle a few times but couldn't get away at all. He could only give up the idea of ​​getting down and walking by himself. He was hugged by King Kamos and came to the cliff on the other side of the tidal flat.

One of the more hidden caves is looming in the water, and most of the caves are flooded, leaving a small half exposed.

And a boulder washed down by the river happened to block the outside of the cave, covering it tightly, so that the situation inside the cave could not be seen clearly from the outside.

King Kamos placed Garlan on a protruding rock on the cliff.

He stood in the water, took a deep breath, pressed his hands on the side of the boulder, exerted force with both arms, and the muscles in the arms suddenly tensed and bulged.

The boulder in the water was suddenly pushed aside by him, revealing the cave covered by the boulder.

The river water that submerged most of the cave shook violently inside.

Kaihos, who was following behind, walked forward. When he passed in front of King Kamos, he turned his head and looked at King Kamos.

No one could see the glance between them.

Kyhos lowered his head and went straight into the cave.

Garlan sat on the rock on the cliff, turned his head and looked ahead.

The knights who followed King Kamos from Judas City stood here in twos and threes on the bank of the river, calmly making final preparations for the battle.

No one was unwilling, and there was only determination on everyone's faces.

They calmly accepted the ending of distracting the enemy and being abandoned.

for their king.

They can give their lives and even their souls without hesitation.

When Garlan was looking at them blankly, he stretched out his hands, and the familiar palms cupped his cheeks.

In the wet palm, the warmth still permeates through the skin.

He turned his head and looked at King Kamos standing in front of him.

The man's warm hands stroked his wet forehead hair, stroking it behind his ears.

This king who is unbeatable on the battlefield, those brown eyes that make others terrified always look at him with tenderness that surpasses everything else.

"Brother Wang, do you really want to do this?"

Abandoning one's own people, abandoning the warriors who fought side by side with him, just to keep himself alive.

Garlan thought.

This is not something that Brother Wang would do.

King Kamos smiled.

He said: "Garlan, Aaron Landis needs a king."

Aaron Landis cannot lose its king.

If there is no king on the throne, the country will collapse in an instant.

"But……"

Before Garlan could finish his sentence, a pair of arms stretched out and hugged him.

The powerful arms of King Kamos held his brother tightly in his arms.

"Garlan."

The deep voice of the Lion King rang in the boy's ears.

The voice seemed to come from the deepest part of his body.

He stroked Garlan's hair with his hand, and his fingers penetrated deep into the soft hair, softly, extremely tenderly.

He said, "I love you."

He chuckled and said, "You are the person I love the most on this earth."

When my father passed away, I thought I would be alone from now on.

But the gods sent you to my side.

You are a miracle given to me by the gods.

Garland.

my brother.

My only relative.

my favorite person.

He said, "Forgive me."

forgive me.

I left you with a devastated Aaron Landis.

forgive me.

Let you bear and face the cruel future alone.

forgive me.

From now on, I can no longer guard by your side.

forgive me……

……

The moment King Kamos said "forgive me", Garlan had no time to react, and was suddenly hugged by Kamos forcefully.

The scene in front of him changed instantly, and he was thrown into the cave by Kamos.

The young man fell into the water, he choked heavily, and finally struggled to stand up.

The throat that choked on the water was coughing with burning pain, and the water flowed down from the forehead and seeped into the eyes, which hurt the eyes.

But at this moment, he didn't care about other things, and quickly reached out his hand.

"Do not……"

With a bang, his eyes darkened.

Boulders blocked the cave heavily.

He stretched out his hand desperately, only to hit the cold stone.

Garlan took a breath, his heart was beating like crazy, the sense of panic welled up from the bottom of his heart, swallowed his internal organs, and made him unable to control the trembling of his fingertips——

He desperately wanted to push the boulder, but even with all his strength, the boulder blocking the entrance of the cave remained motionless.

Through the two-finger-wide gap between the boulder and the cave, he saw the back of King Kamos who pushed the boulder to the entrance of the cave, leaving him little by little.

He was so anxious that he opened his mouth to shout.

"king--"

A pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness behind him, wrapping Garlan in a hug.

Those hands hugged him tightly, and one hand tightly covered his mouth, so that he could no longer make a sound.

... Keyhors!

In the darkness, the blond knight hugged the prince in front of him tightly, the hair scattered in front of his eyes made it difficult to see his expression at the moment.

The light coming in through the gap fell on his chin, and only his tightly pressed lips could be seen, which turned slightly white at this moment.

…………

………………

King Kamos, who had landed on the shore, whistled, and a dark horse galloped not far away, approached its owner, and arched Kamos' hand.

King Kamos smiled and patted his horse's neck.

"Your Majesty! Why did you—"

"Your method is useless."

King Kamos interrupted his knight commander.

"........."

"The people of Gastad know my existence, they are coming for me, if I hide, they will search everywhere, and they will find me."

King Kamos said flatly, "So, your method is useless."

However, we still have to use this method.

But, the bait is himself.

"But……"

"They know I'm here, so they must catch me, but they don't know the existence of Garlan."

The Gastadians would search desperately for him, but would not expend energy trying to find a missing ordinary knight.

"His Majesty……"

"Do not worry."

King Kamos raised his hand and wiped away the blood that flowed from the corner of his mouth. It was black blood.

All this time, the poison in his body was barely suppressed.

With the non-stop fighting along the way, the poison finally exploded in his body again when he used all his strength to push the boulder just now.

Suppressing the churning blood in his body, he got on his horse.

Reining in the reins, the pitch-black steed raised its hooves high and let out a high-pitched neigh.

"Don't worry, Aaron Landis will not lose its king."

King Kamos said he was laughing.

The hearty laughter accompanied by the neighing of the horse below penetrated the fine rain.

…………

The rain has stopped, and the leaves have been washed away from the lead, stained with water droplets, and become more green and proud, and the green color is about to drip.

Outside the woods, the more than 100 knights stood quietly here on horseback.

Although the armor was torn and scars were everywhere, the eyes of these knights were brighter than the sun at this moment.

The waters of the Enki flowed behind them.

There was a faint shaking sound from the ground in the distance. It was the sound of countless cavalry trampling the ground as they galloped.

A white army appeared on the distant horizon, rushing here.

The thousands of troops rushed towards the Aaron Landis cavalry standing on the bank of the river.

Facing tens of thousands of enemy troops, the Aaron Landis people, with a small number of more than 100 people, were like a lone boat with leaves about to be overturned by the overwhelming waves.

However, no one backed down.

No one is afraid.

For their king is before them.

After the rain, the bright sun cast a ray from the cracked clouds and landed on the stalwart figure, dyeing the brown hair with a layer of golden light.

Their king stood at the forefront of everyone from beginning to end, and used his body to help the people of Aaron Landis resist all the storms.

Enemy troops flooded all over the mountains and plains, densely packed and boundless.

King Kamos stood on the ground on horseback, standing still in front of thousands of troops.

The giant sword in his hand was carried on his shoulder.

He was grinning, black blood stains remained at the corners of his mouth, and there was a short cyan stubble that had just grown on his chin.

The surging white army paused hesitantly, opposite King Kamos.

Camos.

Aaron Landis' hero.

A king who no one can defeat on the battlefield.

He was alone, and let the thousands of troops stand still in front of him.

That pair of tiger eyes swept across the crowd, and King Kamos raised his eyebrows and smiled with his huge sword on his shoulder.

The wind howled, sending his brown hair like a lion's mane flying in the air.

His bronzed skin glowed brightly in the sun.

"Who's coming."

He said with a smile.

…………

The river was rushing, and the waves hit the cliffs on the submerged tidal flat fiercely.

In the dark cave, the boy was tightly embraced by the arms of the knight behind him.

The boy struggled frantically, but he couldn't get rid of the knight's steel-like arms no matter what.

The knight's right hand tightly covered his mouth, with such force that his fingers almost drew blue marks on his face.

Through the gap between the boulder, his wide-open golden eyes reflected the battlefield outside.

The fearless Aaron Landis knight, who only had more than 100 people, rushed towards the enemy army dozens of times larger than himself.

Like moths on fire.

That was the immortal glory of Aaron Landis.

One after another, the knights fell on the land of Aaron Landis.

The blood flowing under their bodies flowed into the rushing Enki River along the winding ditch.

The knights around him fell one by one.

In the end, only King Kamos was left.

His majestic black horse had already fallen under a spear piercing his forehead, neighed him lowly, and died.

At the feet of King Kamos, there was a mountain of corpses. Blood flowed from his forehead and melted into one with the red Shamash runes in the center of his brows.

The boots under his feet and his robe have been stained with blood.

He stood there covered in blood, his blood in it, but more of the Gastadrian blood.

He stood on top of the corpses of Gastadians, on top of countless stumps, smiling nonchalantly, looking down at the people who surrounded him.

Like a male lion, looking down contemptuously at the wolves surrounding it.

Every time he swung the giant sword in his hand, a Garstad was killed by his sword.

A handsome silver-haired man stood among the army on horseback, quietly watching the King Kamos standing on the ground covered in blood.

As soon as he raised his hand, the Gastard warriors who besieged King Kamos retreated like an ebb tide.

On the empty land, among the corpses everywhere, only the Lion King remained.

Tire waved again, and immediately a row of archers came out.

The longbows in their hands were raised, and the cold arrow pointed at the lonely King Kamos.

In the pitch-black cave, the boy's golden eyes suddenly enlarged.

In the next second, the rain of arrows reflected in his pupils shot out overwhelmingly.

……

【From now on, you are my younger brother. 】

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In the gazes of the Gasdad people who had unconsciously shown respect and admiration, King Kamos, who had been shot with dozens of arrows, was still standing on the ground.

He stands upon his land, before his enemies, and stands firm.

The prince of Gastard looked at King Kamos with cold eyes.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Tire charged forward on his horse.

In the dark cave, the boy no longer struggled.

His golden pupils reflected the scene on the river bank.

He stared blankly at everything in the distance, motionless.

Perhaps it should be said that he was immobilized.

……

【I will protect you as I protect Aaron Landis. 】

…………

On the far bank of the river, the prince of Gastad galloped past King Kamos on his horse.

The big sword in his hand roared through the air, and a silver light streaked across the air.

Blood gushed out like a spring, splashing into the bright sky.

The tall and burly body of the Lion King is still standing on the ground.

Stand firm.

But the severed head flew high, throwing a glaring blood in the bright sunlight.

……

【Garlan, my younger brother. 】

【I will fight for you and Aaron Landis until my life returns to the hands of the gods—】

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In the dark water hole, there was a deathly silence.

The golden pupils glowed brightly in the dark.

The boy climbed on the boulder, watching everything through the thin gap.

His gaze was terribly calm at this moment.

He seemed to want to brand this scene deeply into his eyes with a branding iron.

Garlan opened his eyes without shedding a single tear.

But no one could see him in the dark, he clasped his fingers between the stones, the knuckles were tense to the extreme, and the whiteness was so terrible that it was almost broken.

In the darkness, no one could see that the trembling fingertips on the boulder had already been rubbed off by himself.

The shocking blood dripping from the fingertips penetrated deep into the cracks in the stone...

His breathing seemed to have stopped at this moment.

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from the top of the cloud

sigh of the gods

The throne fell from the sky.

The god of the people of Aaron Landis, has fallen.