A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The sun is about to set from the distant horizon, the light is disappearing from the earth little by little, and the sky is about to darken.

The heavy horn sounded and spread far across the earth.

The soldiers who surrounded the royal city densely like ants and gnawed at the city wall retreated amidst the sound of the horn.

Like the tide falling suddenly, it was completely evacuated in an instant, leaving only corpses everywhere and blood stains all over the place under the tall city wall.

The moat surrounding the royal city is flowing slowly, as always.

It's just that its originally clear water surface has long since become unbearably turbid, and the city gate has almost stopped flowing, and it has been filled up by sand bags.

Countless corpses and sacks of sand and gravel piled up in the middle of the moat, cutting off the river, and the innumerable limbs and arms mixed with the sand, like a mass grave, dyed the nearby water a strange sauce red .

It took the Garstad people three full days to drop countless corpses here before they could barely fill up the moat at the city gate.

This is because Tire ordered in advance to cut off the upper reaches of the moat belonging to the living water, so that the amount of water in the moat was reduced and the difficulty of filling the river was reduced.

However, the Gastadians are not distressed.

Anyway, it was a mixed army composed of soldiers from other countries who surrendered to carry sand and sacks to fill the river under the rain of arrows.

For them, these surrendered soldiers are pure cannon fodder, and they are useless except risking their lives to help them open the way to attack.

After Ming Jin withdrew his troops, Gastard's army quickly returned to the camp.

The commander of the Gastades, Prince Tyr, stood quietly in the sunset on his horse.

The fiery red sunset reflected on his icy side cheeks, and the wind, which was insanely gentle compared to the extreme north, gently brushed over his cheeks, lifting his velvety silver-white hair.

Those pupils that looked like lavender gemstones reflected the huge city standing on the ground in the distance.

The royal city of Aaron Landis.

Unlike Kanal's exquisite and gorgeous but extremely fragile royal city, Aaron Landis's royal city gives people a majestic feeling.

The royal city of Aaron Landis with a long history of civilization.

It has come from ancient history, and has accumulated a vicissitudes and simple atmosphere in the long time, but the passage of time makes it more magnificent.

It is an indomitable giant.

It is a towering mountain that rises from the earth.

No matter how time passes, no matter how many years of wind and rain it has experienced, it is still so majestic and magnificent.

Even if you look at it from such a distance, you can faintly feel the invisible coercion coming from that city.

It stands under the setting sun, like a cluster of black and red fires burning fiercely.

Burning, violent, huge, as if it would never go out.

Looking at the majestic city, Tire frowned slightly with his slender eyebrows.

The attack on Aaron Landis King City did not go as smoothly as he expected.

Today, the northern and eastern armies of Aaron Landis are restrained on the border because they want to defend against Gashu and ISIS, unable to move.

The Western Legion has been destroyed by him, and King Kamos, who is known as the undefeated Lion King, has also been killed by him.

Although there are still scattered armies in the various cities of Aaron Landis, without a unified commander, it is impossible to organize forces to confront the Gastadians.

He has also led the army to the royal city of Aaron Landis.

His army of 10,000+ is like a colossus, while the defenders in the royal city are no more than 1 at most.

It is said that some of them are the city guards who have not had much combat effectiveness in nearby towns.

In the eyes of others, the Gastadian's attack went as smoothly as a miracle.

With such a balance of forces and no external reinforcements, the fall of Aaron Landis King City will happen sooner or later.

And once the king city is broken, it means the death of Aaron Landis.

Now, almost the entire continent is paying attention to this place.

Many people sighed that Aaron Landis would follow in Canal's footsteps, and would soon perish and fall into the hands of the fierce Gastadians.

However, the so-called success in the eyes of others, in Tire's eyes, was full of surprises.

At this moment, he looked at the distant Wangcheng blankly.

If it really goes well, according to his plan, he should have entered the city by now and sat on the throne of Aaron Landis.

His indifferent pupils reflected the golden palace in the city, protruding from the top of the city wall.

Garland.

The crown prince of Aaron Landis should be among them at this moment.

It is said that he was seriously injured in the assassination not long ago and is still bedridden.

So it was another prince, Heymos the Black Knight, who commanded the battle.

According to the information Tire has collected over the years, the crown prince, who is not even a teenager, has a beautiful appearance, a beautiful boy with a face that is praised by the world.

This crown prince is completely different from the brave and powerful King Kamos. He is a prince with very weak force value, even inferior to the knights under his command.

Generally speaking, Tyr had never had much interest in weaklings.

The weak are not qualified to enter his eyes.

However, Tire was somewhat interested in this rumored not-so-powerful crown prince.

Because the crown prince has spoiled him a lot in recent years.

This is why his attack on Aaron Landis did not go well.

Not to mention other trivial matters, at least three of his important deployments were disrupted by the crown prince.

If it weren't for the crown prince intervening in the Tasda mission, the Tasda country would not only be in civil strife for a while, but should have changed its ruler long ago.

And the new ruler should have joined him at this time, splitting his troops into two groups, and marching into Aaron Landis together.

Then there is the city of Tozes in the south, where his people spent several years lurking, corrupting local dignitaries and officials, and secretly forming an alliance with pirates.

After he decided to attack Aaron Landis this winter, he directly ordered the people lurking in Tozes City to summon the group of pirates.If Tozes, an important maritime trading city, is occupied by pirates, Aaron Landis will not only suffer economically, but also contain part of Aaron Landis's forces, including the navy.

Even, when he is attacking at this moment, those pirates can attack the city of Tozes again, and start a war in the south, making Aaron Landis even more at a loss.

It's a pity that this important chess piece was also abolished by the crown prince.

And the most important pieces are the people he sent to lurk in the royal city.

It took him more than seven years to secretly set up a big net in the Wangcheng, just to make those people riot in the city when they attacked the Wangcheng, and help him open the city gate from the inside, so as to break the city easily.

Unexpectedly, even if the crown prince was stabbed and injured, he could fight back, set traps, follow the vines, and wipe out all his people.

Without the cooperating people inside and outside the city, Tire could not break through from the inside, so Tire could only forcefully attack the city.

All of the above were done by the crown prince.

The action that led to Tire's attack on Aaron Landis could not proceed as smoothly as he expected.

Moreover, there is another point that makes Tire quite puzzling.

He obviously should have succeeded in provoking the relationship between the two princes and splitting them, so he forced the eminent prince Heymos to go to the Northland.

Unexpectedly, Heymos rushed back to the royal city at a critical moment, and even helped the injured Prince Garlan to defend the city.

This kind of behavior that doesn't care about the past at all... doesn't seem like this person's character at all.

Or, what key thing did he not notice?

Just as Tire was staring at the distant royal city and lost in thought, suddenly there was a rush of hoofbeats coming from behind.

A general looked anxious and rushed towards him on his horse.

When he got to Tire's side, the general eagerly leaned over and whispered a few words into Tire's ear.

Tyre's gaze paused for a moment.

He seemed a little lost for a moment.

"Your Highness?"

After hearing the shocking news, Tire kept silent, the general shouted quite nervously.

"His Royal Highness Tyre?"

The constant shouts from his subordinates brought Tire back to his senses.

He looked up at the royal city standing under the setting sun, then turned his head and looked to the west.

At this moment, there seemed to be a strange light surging in his lavender eyes.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

He suddenly laughed.

Under the astonished gaze of the general, the prince of Gastad, who had always looked indifferent, laughed loudly.

"very good."

Tyre's eyes were flickering, his eyes were bright and his spirit was bright.

As if he had discovered something extremely interesting, he looked at the west with great interest.

That was the direction he came from, and it was also the direction that the crown prince he was most interested in now was in.

He thought that the person in the royal city led his troops thousands of miles away to recapture Judas city in one fell swoop on the night he arrived in the royal city three days ago.

"Garlan."

He said the name carefully and carefully.

Then, repeating the name again and again that made things out of his control countless times.

"...Garlan."

For some reason, when he said this name, something predestined to pour into his body made his usually cold chest become extremely hot at this moment.

That was the first time he felt the fiery fighting intent gushing out of his body since he traveled all the way.

Fine silver hair scattered on the corners of Tyre's sharp upturned eyes. He looked into the distance with a cold smile on his lips.

Garland.

Crown Prince of Aaron Landis.

my enemy.

There is bound to be a war between you and me.

I look forward to the day I meet you.

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It was already night, and the city of Judas, which had been jubilant all day, returned to silence.

The people who vented all their negative emotions on this day were exhausted, but they sank into their dreams early with great peace of mind.

Their brows and eyes were finally able to relax, and even though they had fallen asleep, there was a faint smile on the corner of their mouths.

The castle in the city was still brightly lit, and the light radiated warmth in the dark night.

There was a crash, that was the sound of chains hitting.

Located deep underground in the castle, the gate of the dark iron prison was opened.

The old man in the prison knelt under the only skylight in the dungeon, and the starlight came in and fell on his gray temples.

He knelt there with his hands clasped against his forehead.

That is the posture of prayer.

The old man kneeling and praying was like a stone sculpture, motionless under the starlight. No one knew how long he had maintained this posture.

"Master Yunus."

Someone's voice came from behind.

The old man who had been praying to the gods raised his head and opened his eyes.

Faint starlight fell into his eyes, and there seemed to be many things entangled in his eyes, gathering into an extremely complicated look.

He stood up slowly, put one hand on the ground, erected his legs that were out of control because of kneeling for too long, and stood up with difficulty.

He turned his head, and the familiar face of the one-eyed knight fell into his eyes.

His slightly cloudy eyeballs fixedly stared at the face, which had a white complexion different from his own.

Rider of the sun.

A powerful knight who is famous across the continent.

One of Aaron Landis's four remaining riders.

In a great battle, the Lion King died in battle, and almost half of the seven cavalry commanders who symbolized the strongest strength of Aaron Landis died.

Three of the six major legions have gone, especially the destruction of the first legion, which caused Aaron Landis to lose almost half of his military power.

Gastad's army has approached the royal city, seeing that the danger of the country's subjugation is in sight, Aaron Landis is in turmoil, and all people are in mourning.

And the culprit that caused all this...

Yunus closed his eyes, hiding the pain in his eyes.

Without saying anything, he followed Keyhors out of the gloomy dungeon.

He walked up the stone steps slowly, step by step, faltering.

Walking through the familiar halls and up the long spiral staircase, Kyhors led him to a room above the castle.

As soon as he entered the door, Yunus saw a familiar face.

His former subordinate Juta.

At this moment, the high-spirited general who once stood outside the prison with his arms bound behind his back by ropes was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed.

Seeing this despicable traitor, Yunas suddenly felt hatred in his heart.

His eyes turned red when he stared at Juta, wishing he could rush over immediately and devour his flesh and bones.

But as soon as he took a step, he was stopped by Keyhos raising his hand.

As if being hit hard by someone suddenly, Yunus froze in place.

Yes, he hated Juta the traitor.

But what right does he have to hate?

As the chief culprit who killed King Kamos, what is the difference between him and Juta?

Yunas stood in the room blankly, with a blank expression and blank eyes.

After a few minutes, footsteps sounded from outside, the door opened, and Garlan walked in.

Vata, who was following behind him as a guard, glanced at Kaihos in the room, but did not follow in, but closed the door outside and guarded the door.

As soon as the boy entered the door, Yunus, who was standing there like a wooden stake, subconsciously raised his head and looked at the boy.

Prince Garlan, the beloved younger brother of King Kamos.

It was this prince who rescued Kamos from him a month ago.

The reason why he made up his mind to betray Kamos is because King Kamos canonized the prince as the crown prince.

And he does not allow white races without noble blood to inherit the throne.

But it was this white-skinned prince who he thought was not pure and noble enough to save the city of Judas.

Yunus' eyes fell on the top of Garlan's head.

His pupils constricted violently.

The familiar lapis lazuli gold crown was worn on the young prince's head, and the bright red of the blood on the azure gem made his eyes ache.

Yunus stared fixedly at the crown, his eyes in a trance.

"I always thought... what I did was right..."

He said, "King Kamos has deviated from the will of the gods, and I want to pull him back to the right path."

He closed his eyes, his face was haggard, and his voice was hoarse.

"I have no son, and my only daughter has sworn never to marry because of serving the gods. I have no descendants who can inherit the throne... So I think that I sit on the throne not for myself, not because I want to be king... I think , After I become the king, according to the will of the gods, and redirect Aaron Landis to the correct path... After I die, I will hand over the throne to Prince Heymos."

"That's the proof that I didn't betray King Kamos for the sake of the throne..."

Garlan looked at him quietly, Kaihos was also silent, and Uta, who was kneeling, tightened his body.

No one else in the room spoke, only Jonas's voice echoed.

"I told myself that I betrayed King Kamos not because of my own selfish desires, but just to set things right..."

"My daughter also encouraged me, saying that this is God's will for me, and this is what I should do."

"That makes me firmly believe that everything I do is for Aaron Landis, to establish a correct order, and to restore the glory of the royal bloodline."

"I've been telling myself that..."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, interrupting Yunus' words.

Vata's voice came from outside.

"Your Highness, the daughter of Lord Yunus is here, and she wants to see her father."

Garlan pondered for a few seconds, then glanced at Yunus who suddenly turned his head to look at the door.

He said, "Let her in."

The door opened and a woman who appeared to be in her 20s walked in and the door closed behind her.

Her long, fluffy brown-black hair hung loosely behind her slender shoulders. She clasped her hands in front of her body, and the big goose-yellow skirt swayed gently.

She has a slender face, and her slender eyelashes cast rose-colored shadows on her cheeks. She pursed her lips slightly, and her eyelashes fluttered slightly, making her look as weak as a feather.

Three maids of the same slender figure followed behind her, their heads lowered quietly, without saying a word.

This weak and beautiful woman glanced at her father Yunus with a heartache.

Then, she took two steps straight forward, leaned over, and the skirt spread out on the ground.

She bowed her head and knelt in front of Garlan.

"Your Highness, please, Your Highness."

She begged hurriedly, with a slightly choked voice.

"Please forgive my father. He is too old to suffer. Please, Your Highness, I can accept all the punishments on his behalf. I just ask you to forgive him..."

Kehos, who was standing aside, frowned. He took a step forward and opened his mouth to say something.

But suddenly, a sudden change occurred.

The maid who had lowered her head and stood quietly and humbly by the side suddenly rushed towards Kaihos, and the two of them entangled Kaihos tightly, one left and one right.

And the remaining maid took out a dagger from her chest and rushed towards Garlan.

Kaihos raised his hand and wanted to shake off the two maids, but to his horror, the seemingly weak maids were surprisingly strong, and they were able to hold him in place.

A stern look flashed in his eyes, and the knight directly slapped him hard.

As soon as he raised his hand, his elbow severely smashed the ribs in the chest of one of the maids who were holding his arm.

However, something surprising happened.

The maid whose ribs were crushed by Kaihos was still holding on to Kyhos without even a wail. She stared at Kyhos, the whites of her eyes occupied most of them, and she looked quite terrifying. And that look is even more weird to the extreme.

When the maid rushed over, Garlan, who reacted extremely quickly, had already pulled out the sword at his waist, knocked the dagger flying from the maid's hand, and pierced her chest with a sword.

If it was an ordinary person, he would have already fallen to the ground.

But at this moment, the maid whose heart had been pierced by him stretched out her hands and firmly grabbed his hands on the hilt of the sword.

Her strength was surprisingly great, like iron clamps, Garlan couldn't break free no matter what.

The maid stared straight at Garlan with her red eyes, and pools of blood flowed from her pierced chest, but she didn't seem to feel the pain at all, she just grinned strangely at Garlan. Horrible laugh.

"My great god, Timyat, mother goddess who created all things."

Yunas's daughter, who had been kneeling on the ground and weeping, had stood up at some point.

That weak appearance disappeared without a trace, her face was extremely excited at the moment, with madness, her eyes were frighteningly bright looking at Garlan.

"Your loyal believers will offer you the most precious sacrifice! Offer the blood of the gods!"

She yelled like singing, and stabbed Garlan, who was restrained by the maid and couldn't move, with a dagger in her hand——

"prince!!!"

In Kyhors' shouts of surprise and anger.

A cold light flashed across the air with the edge of the sword, stabbing heavily.

In an instant, blood splattered.

The blond knight looked shocked.

Garlan suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Yunus, who rushed over suddenly in the chaos, stood in front of Garlan and spat out a mouthful of blood heavily.

The dagger in his daughter's hand had completely sunk into his chest.