A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

"Those two are indeed the royal knights of Kanal."

With the two knights, Garlan and his party returned to the palace in the afternoon.

The High Priest, who was dissatisfied with Garlan's sudden overnight stay outside, approached him immediately after Garlan's return, but before he had time to speak up, he was blocked by Garlan with this incident.

After meeting the Kanal knight named Moya in person, Ximuer confirmed the identity of the other party.

"Four years ago, the crown prince of Kanal got married. I went to congratulate on behalf of Aaron Landis. I have met this person before."

Shemur said,

"At that time, he was with King Kanal, so he should have gained the trust of King Kanal."

Garlan nodded.

"In other words, what they said about the prince of West Asia being alive and being imprisoned by the All Things Cult is true."

"This little prince of West Asia is really unlucky..."

The little fat man Tal couldn't help but muttered in a low voice.

"However, those two knights were very lucky. If they hadn't happened to bump into Lord Kehoes and the others, they might have died aggrieved in the valley in the middle of the night."

Hearing Tal's words, Garlan suddenly remembered something, and asked Kaihos strangely.

"Speaking of which, Kehos, what did you and Heymos do in the woods so far away at night?"

Keyhors: "..."

It is fighting to protect you.

Knock back the wolf's paws that are reaching out to you.

Of course, it was impossible to say such words in front of Garlan.

He hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Fortunately, the high priest who had no interest in his private affairs spoke up and relieved him, although the high priest did not intend to do so.

"King Garlan, what are you going to do?"

Shemur offered his opinion.

"The royal family of Kanal and the royal family of Aaron Landis have always been in contact with each other, and they have had a close relationship through the ages. Although Kanal is now dead, since the last survivor of the royal family of Kanal has come to ask for help, I think we should Rescue that prince."

"I think so too."

The boy king, who was distracted by Ximuer, nodded, not noticing his relieved guardian knight.

"All things teach..."

Garlan said these three words.

His voice sounded very calm, but it was this calm tone that inexplicably made people feel palpitations, with a certain invisible sense of oppression.

The All Things Sect was mainly active in Aaron Landis and Kanal before. Since Kanal is relatively rich and stable, they chose Aaron Landis, which has always been at war, as the main area of ​​activity.

Since Garlan sat on the throne, not only has Aaron Landis, who was almost caught in a war, stabilized, but after stabilization, he began to attack the All Things Cult with the greatest force.

As long as the Ten Thousand Things Religion appeared anywhere, he would mercilessly send out an army to kill them and destroy all the altars.

King Garlan even issued a decree that the sect of all things loathes - all the people who notice the trace of the sect of all things and report it to the governing government will receive a large bounty if it is verified to be true.Even, if the ability and character are qualified after the inspection, they can be given low-level official positions in the township.

The consequence of this is that the All Things Sect has completely fallen into the vast ocean of war among the people, and lost in a complete mess.

If we say that during the time of King Kamos who also suppressed them, they just hid in Tibet, lurking in the gutter like mice and continuing to do things secretly, now that King Garlan has only been in power for more than a year, they are almost in hiding There are no more places.

Several sacrificial sites that were destroyed were all secretly reported by the public.

This also makes it even more difficult for them to develop believers - because they themselves are not sure if they contact the believers they want to develop today, will they turn around and sell them tomorrow.

Therefore, the All Things Sect has gradually disappeared in Aaron Landis recently.

However, Kanal, which was occupied by the Gastadians and a large area of ​​the country was still in chaos, became their best breeding ground.

They gradually withdrew from Aaron Landis and began to become active in the chaotic border between Kanal and Aaron Landis.

Although Gallan has always wanted to uproot the cult of the Sect of Everything, according to the Continental Convention, as King Aaron Landis, he cannot send troops into the land of Kanal.

But now, the prince of Kanal asked him for help, and he could justifiably send troops into the territory of Kanal.

………………

In a certain room of the palace, after talking with the high priest who had met several times, Moya was lying on the bed, but his mind was restless.

After going through untold hardships, they finally met the rumored boy king and completed their mission.

However, his heart is still heavy.

During the year of being imprisoned by the All Things Sect, he and his companions were trying to find opportunities to rescue the prince.After such a long time, I still found some ways.

It's just because those cultists guarded the prince of West Asia who was concerned with the treasure so closely that they couldn't find a chance at all.

Moreover, the prince of West Asia didn't care about anything this year like a walking dead, and they were helpless.

This time, after Prince West Asia finally cheered up again, although he was still gloomy and cold, he acted much more soberly and decisively than before.

He directly asked Mo Ya and others to leave him alone and run away by himself.

Moya and the other knights naturally refused, but Prince West Asia said blankly that they couldn't save themselves at all, and instead of wasting time here, they might as well try to escape by themselves, and then go to Aaron Landis's King Garlan asked for help.

Facts have proved that Prince West Asia is right, they have no ability to escape with the prince.

Just because they escaped desperately by themselves, they were constantly hunted down by believers of the All Things Sect along the way, and their companions lost their lives one after another.

When they fled to the vicinity of Wangcheng, only the two of them were left.

If it wasn't for luck, he would meet those two world-renowned powerful knights—he already knew that the one who was with the knight of the scorching sun that night was a black knight as famous as the knight of the scorching sun—both of them would disappear. Died silently in the valley without anyone knowing.

Moya still remembers.

Before they fled, what Prince West Asia said to himself.

Prince West Asia said, don't tell about the treasures of the Kanal royal family. If King Garlan is unwilling to help, forget it, and don't care about his life or death anymore.

As for these knights, whether they want to vote for others, or commit suicide, it's up to them.

Moya still remembers the prince's indifferent look and the emotionless tone when he spoke.

Even though he was still a child less than ten years old, his eyes were full of coldness and his expression was lifeless.

Thinking of the prince's lifeless abyss-like eyes, Moya's heart suddenly became heavy.

He never thought about it, or rather, didn't dare to think about it at all.

Even if people can be rescued, but the prince's heart...has been completely destroyed by hatred and pain.

Such a prince... what will he look like in the future...

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Just this night, when the knight Moya was tossing and turning on the bed, on the other side, in Garlan's palace, the roar of the high priest of Shamash shook the entire room.

"I disagree!"

Shemuer stared at Garlan sternly, his tone was firm, and there was no room for change.

"I will never agree to this."

Garlan glanced at him.

"Ximuer, I'm just 'informing' you of this matter, not asking for your consent."

Xie Muer said angrily: "As the lord of a country, how can he go to the dangerous place in person?"

"It's just a hideout of the All Things Cult, not even a battlefield. I don't think there will be any danger with Kaihos."

"Even with him—"

"Ximuer, either you help me make all the preparations, or I will find a chance to leave by myself."

The young man sitting on the white jade balcony with his knees bent tilted his head slightly, put his hands on his knees, and smiled at his high priest.

"Unless you can make sure, you can keep an eye on me all the time so that I can't sneak out."

Shemuer: "..."

A breath stuck in his throat, choking His Excellency the High Priest up and down.

He always felt that King Kamos was capricious enough to give him a headache.

Unexpectedly, Garlan, who became the king, was actually better than the blue, and the incidents of sneaking and disappearing from time to time made him very upset.

At any rate, King Kamos was always afraid of him talking about it, so he could be honest and compromise, but now it was replaced by Garlan, and he was often stuck by Garlan.

In the end, almost all the people who had no choice but to compromise were him.

Just like this time...

"……I understand."

Shemuer took a deep breath and kept telling himself in his heart.

Calm down, you must be calm, the person in front of him is no longer Prince Garlan, but King Garlan.

As a priest of Shamash who obeyed the rules of etiquette, he could not be disrespectful to the king.

Yes, you can't.

After repeating this warning to himself several times, the high priest finally suppressed his urge to scold Garlan with all his strength.

"I'll do everything for you."

"But, I also have a request," he said.

"what?"

"In addition to Kaihos, please let His Excellency Heymos accompany you there."

Since Garlan couldn't dispel the idea of ​​going there in person, Shemuer could only ensure Garlan's safety as much as possible under the premise of compromise, and gave Garlan the two strongest knights of Aaron Landis together. Lan, let him pack it up and take it away.

Garlan was taken aback.

If it was changed to before, he had already agreed.

but……

"Heymos... No need, I still need him to sit in the king's city, as long as I have Kaihos to accompany me."

Since what happened the day before yesterday, he felt embarrassed whenever he saw Heymos, and he always unconsciously wanted to avoid him.

"There is nothing more important than your safety. Even if the royal city is destroyed, as long as you are still there, Aaron Landis will be as safe as Twill Mountain."

Ximuer said, he watched Garlan calmly, not giving an inch.

"Please agree to my request."

Garlan looked at him and nodded helplessly.

Kehos, who was standing aside, didn't speak all the time, just tilted his head and glanced to one side from the corner of his eyes.

Through the window, he could vaguely see the black-clothed figure who came here not long ago and suddenly stood motionless in the courtyard from a distance.

He just looked at the figure and turned away.

Turning around, the blond knight's eyes were a little complicated.

………………

Because he planned to go to the western border to see if he needed to mobilize the army, so when Garlan secretly left the palace, he only brought a team of knights, about a hundred people.

Not to mention that each of these elite knights is loyal and outstanding in martial arts, just the existence of Kaihos and Heymos on the left and right is enough to make this team terrifyingly strong.

Garlan felt that with such a luxurious configuration, even if he took a good tour of the territory of Kanal under the control of the Gastadians, he would be able to return unscathed in the end.

Not to mention just solving a secret hideout of a cult.

Because Knight Moya was seriously injured, the young knight led the way.

These more than 100 people avoided crowded places and rushed all the way to the west from remote places.

After rushing to the evening, Kehors chose a flat land near the river and set up camp here.

Soon it was late at night, and the crescent moon hung high in the sky.

The bonfire in the camp was burning, and the fire illuminated the night here, and the whole camp became quieter a little bit.

Just as Garlan took off his cloak and was taking off his boots, someone suddenly opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.

He raised his eyes subconsciously, and his eyes froze for a moment.

The familiar tall figure walked in, and the warm yellow firelight in the tent reflected on the man's handsome side cheeks, and those golden red eyes fell on him no matter what time he was.

After only looking at each other, Garlan uncomfortably looked away.

When he was watched so intently by Heymos before, he was used to it since he was a child, and he didn't feel anything.But since that day... I don't know why, being looked at by Heymos like this, he felt a little weird...

Watching Garlan avoid his gaze, Heymos pursed his lower lip and lowered his eyes.

He didn't say anything, just walked in and began to take off the armor on his body.

Gallan was startled.

"What are you doing undressing here—?"

The frightened boy looked at each other warily like a kitten whose fur was blown off.

"Ximuer told me before leaving that when we go to sleep at night, one of Kaihos and I must be with you." Heymos said lightly, "Kayhos is in charge of the night watch, so I will come here."

Gallan: "..."

Ximuer, don't be so overprotective of me?

Sitting on the cot with his knees bent, Garlan didn't know what to say for a while.

For the sake of lightness and simplicity, the camp tent that I brought was also the smallest and lightest, with a small space that could accommodate three or four people at most.

So the distance between him and Heymos is actually very close.

But both of them were silent, did not speak, and the atmosphere was a bit depressed.

Garlan was a little confused.

In the past, he and Heymos often got along alone, but at that time he had been talking and laughing with Heymos casually, just like he was joking with Kejos and others.

He had never felt so uncomfortable before.

Garlan secretly glanced at Heymos out of the corner of his eye.

Heymos had already taken off his armor, and his body, which was only wearing a thin shirt, looked extremely fit against the light, and the tight skin texture lines seemed to be sculpted.

He was sitting on another cot, with his eyes downcast, his jet-black hair slanting down, half covering the corners of his long and narrow eyes.

Her thin lips shimmered a little under the light.

The more you want to forget some memories, the more they will linger in your mind.

When he saw Heymos' lips, the words Heymos said not long ago rang in his mind again.

...'In every late night's dream...'...

Garlan took a deep breath, he was a little flustered.

Now, it is late at night.

But he and Heymos were alone again.

Lonely and widowed.

This guy has a lot of desire for him.

What if this guy is like last night and suddenly becomes wild...

calm down.

It's camping now, everyone is here, and Keyhors is also there, and the thin layer of tents can't stop any sound.

It is impossible for Heymos to force him in this situation...

Garlan comforted himself repeatedly in his heart for a long time before calming himself down.

however--

Just when he had just relaxed, when he raised his eyes, he was shocked to find Heymos standing in front of him at some point.

At the same time, the right hand was reaching out to him.

My heart tightened.

My head panicked.

Almost instinctively, Garlan raised his hand suddenly, and opened the hand that Heymos had extended to him.

The crisp snap was especially loud in the quiet camp.

The camp was eerily quiet.

Heymos stared at his opened hand, at the red marks that had already appeared on the back of the hand.

A frightening glimmer could not be suppressed in the golden-red eyes.