A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In the early hours of the morning, there was already a twilight in the sky.

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A stone rolled down the mountain wall.

It fell to the ground, rolled over twice, and lay down quietly.

The palace's slave yards are at the very back, closest to the mountain wall.

At this moment, Nuer looked at the rolling stones under his feet, feeling a little strange.

After staying in this place for more than a year, it was the first time he saw a stone falling from it.

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A companion not far away suddenly let out a soft sigh.

Nuer saw that the companion was holding a bigger stone in his hand, and asked around: "Which one of you hit me with a stone?"

This man thought that his companions had been waiting for a long time, and they were in a good mood because they were free again, so they threw stones at him on a whim to amuse them.

At this moment, there was a crisp sound.

Many people noticed that another stone fell from the sky and fell to the ground.

Subconsciously, everyone looked up to the sky.

Heymos also instinctively looked up.

In the next second, the golden-red pupils shrank violently to a point.

The huge shadow formed by the crushed rocks and broken wood that fell from the sky enveloped his entire figure——

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Kanal King City is built on the hillside.

That mountain is also called Kanal Mountain, and it is hundreds of meters high.

Behind it, there are huge mountains that stretch endlessly.

Because the last piece of palace building was embedded on the mountain wall, so before that, the craftsmen of Kanal spent a lot of energy to smooth the original uneven mountain wall, and then pasted white stone slabs on the mountain wall .

In this way, from a distance, the mountain wall looks like it was built artificially, and even the winding arc of the gurgling water flowing down the mountain wall is designed just right.

For so many years, there has never been an earthquake in the royal city of Kanal, and all the springs flowing down from the mountain wall are very thin springs. These countless springs converge at the bottom of the mountain wall to form a river, so it is also Flooding is impossible.

Therefore, this white palace has been standing steadily and peacefully under the mountain wall.

The people of Kanal believe that this is a place blessed by the gods.

However, at this moment, no one saw that on the mountainside about 100 meters up from the mountain wall, nearly a hundred Gasdad people were busy on the slope here.

The gurgling spring water flows down from the mountain wall and flows into a depression here.

Originally, the depression was very shallow, less than half a meter deep.On a normal day, the spring water would continue to flow down from this filled hollow.

But now, the thick tree trunks were tied together by strong ropes, blocking the opening of the cave, raising the originally extremely shallow cave to a height of several meters.

Obviously someone did it on purpose.

The ropes tied to the tree trunks stretched out from both sides, split into several strands, and were tied to the thick tree trunks on both sides far away. The huge load-bearing capacity made each rope stretched to its limit.

On the inner side of the tree row, a lot of stones or chopped wood were thrown in.

They piled up in one place, almost completely blocking the flowing spring water.

After several days of accumulation, the spring water has filled the man-made hollow several meters high, and even overflowed from above.

The long night has passed, and it is early morning. On the high mountain, you can clearly see the distant horizon, and the fiery red sun is slowly rising.

A burly Gastadian stood here, looking down at the white palace beneath his feet.

It was him who, during the past few days, led nearly a hundred soldiers to artificially create such a dangerous situation.

He looked down at the ants-sized Aaron Landis and the palace that had grown tiny at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, he saw a black flag protruding from the window on the tallest white tower of the palace, swaying constantly.

His eyes became fierce by the way, he turned around and waved his hand.

The people standing nearby all retreated far away.

Someone was already standing by the roped trunk, holding a sharp knife.

When their leader waved his hand, they swung their sharp blades and severed the rope in front of them.

A loud bang.

The wooden row of tree trunks blocking the entrance of the concave hole crashed down, and the huge tree trunks tied together spread out in the air.

Huge streams of water spurted out fiercely.

Countless large and small stones piled up at the mouth of the depression were forced out by the terrifying jet force of the flowing water and fell from the sky.

They followed the flood all the way from the mountain wall, washing away countless trees and boulders.

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The first thing to be washed down by the black torrent was the white tower leaning against the mountain wall, and a small black flag could be vaguely seen being sucked into the flood and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The boulders and trees rolled down from the mountain wall smashed the ingenious buildings embedded in the mountain wall one by one.

The splintered building collapsed forward, and was eventually swept into the torrent of rubble.

The huge roar attracted the attention of everyone in the royal city.

When looking up, everyone's face showed a look of horror.

They saw countless boulders and collapsed buildings rolling down the mountain wall like a flood, submerging the huge white palace in an instant.

The group of crushed stones swallowed the palace, smashed the ground, and then merged with the river surrounding the palace to form a larger mudslide, which rushed towards the entire city without stopping.

All of a sudden, there were screams in the city one after another, accompanied by the neighing of frightened horses.

There was no time to think, the instinct to survive made everyone run forward desperately.

The mudslides chased after them like a god of death.

Large areas of buildings were smashed to pieces.

Countless people who couldn't escape were slowed down by a step, and were swallowed in the black torrent, leaving no bones left in an instant.

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After a long time, the rocks finally stopped collapsing, and the earth finally returned to calm.

The sun had already risen high in the sky, and the people who escaped from the dead looked at the ruins buried by the mudslide with lingering fear.

Kyhors stood before the vast ruins.

The hand hanging by his side was tightly clenched, and he clenched his teeth, so hard that the muscles in his face convulsed and throbbed.

Jade all burnt.

No one would have thought that the people of Gastad would be so frenzied.

The ruins before his eyes covered almost a full third of the royal city.

All the houses in the large area near the palace were crushed under the rubble and soil, and hundreds of thousands of Kanals were buried alive in their homes.

And the palace closest to the mountain wall has been completely smashed and buried deeply in the ground.

Although some of them escaped, many Aaronlandis who hadn't escaped from the palace died among them.

Among them... Aaron Landis' coach, Heymos.

According to the soldiers who escaped, Heymos was in the deepest part of the palace, closest to the mountain wall.

Scanning the ruins in front of him darkly, Kaihos' nails pierced deeply into his palm, and he closed his eyes tightly.

No one can escape from such a dangerous situation.

Before the roar and power of nature, the power of human beings is so small.

He knew he couldn't do it.

Even if he is as strong as that person, he can't do it.

Although he has always been at odds with Heymos, but at this moment, Kaihos is actually uncomfortable and has a feeling of being unable to breathe.

He never thought that that person... would die in this way.

And he felt so sudden and unacceptable.

Well, if Prince Garlan, who is closer to Heymos than anyone else, learns of Heymos' death, then...

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In the far southeast, a golden palace stands by the sea, bathed in the rising sun and glistening.

The autumn and winter seasons of Aaron Landis have just passed, and spring has arrived.

The warm spring breeze blows from the sea, carrying the moist breath of sea water.

White seagulls are flying in the endless blue sky.

The boy who just woke up stretched and got out of bed.

Bright sunlight fell from the skylight and fell into his eyes.

A short cry came from the open French window, Garlan lifted the thin veil and walked to the balcony outside.

The black eagle Anu stood proudly on the bird stand, his black feathers reflecting the sunlight were black and shiny, and he had a cold posture. After seeing Garlan, he flapped his wings lightly.

Garlan stretched out his hand and teased it.

"Don't worry, your master will be back in half a month at most."

He said with a smile.

Gently pecking Garlan's finger, Anu stared at him with a pair of bright black eyes, revealing the unique vigor of a bird of prey.

The fierce aura emanating from its body is very similar to its owner.

Inadvertently thinking of that person, Garlan turned his head and looked west.

That was the direction Kanal was in.

In the military report he received yesterday, it was said that the attack on Kanal's royal city had already begun.

With the abilities of Heymos and Kaihos, it shouldn't take too long to break through the royal city.

He was not used to the sudden disappearance of the person who used to follow him every step of the way.

When Heymos just left, there were several times when he was lost in thought and forgot about other things, and when he wanted to talk to someone, he almost called out Heymos' name.

Fortunately, in those few times, except for being heard by Taputi once, there was no one around him at other times, or he reacted in time and closed his mouth.

Otherwise, if Heymos came back and heard about it, he didn't know what he would say.

Maybe he will say something like he misses him very much...

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Ok.

At worst, he would admit frankly that he was indeed thinking about him.

After all, that guy is the commander-in-chief of an army, so it's normal for him to think about it all the time as a king, isn't it?

Garlan pursed his lips slightly and lowered his eyes in thought.

He teased Anu absent-mindedly, but there was a hint of a smile that he himself hadn't noticed at the corner of his mouth.

However, he thought again, according to Heymos's character, after the war ended after conquering Kanal King City, he would leave all the troublesome things after the war to Kaihos, and he would hurry back .

So maybe it doesn't take half a month, and I can come back in a week.

Ok.

How about this, he asked Taputi to prepare the banquet earlier. After all, as a just king, he had to give some rewards for his subordinates who made such great contributions.

Of course, if that guy made any...excessive demands, he would never agree.

Garlan was thinking about some messy things indiscriminately.

Suddenly, there was an eagle's cry beside him, which was extremely sharp, revealing a strong sense of mournfulness.

His heart skipped a beat.

A black shadow suddenly passed by his eyes, straight into the sky.

"Anu?"

Garlan yelled in surprise.

The black eagle Anu, who was still quietly staying on the bird stand just now, suddenly rushed to the sky, spread its wings and circled over him, and let out another long and shrill cry.

Garlan suddenly panicked violently.

He had never heard Anu make such a cry.

"Anu—!"

After that mournful cry, the black eagle circled around him again, then spread its black wings and flew west like lightning.

It flies so fast that in the blink of an eye, only a black dot can be seen far away in the sky.

Garlan stood on the balcony, staring blankly at Anu who left him and flew away.

The bright sunlight fell on him, but for some reason he felt a chill all over.

An indescribable sense of panic welled up from the deepest part of his body.

He stared blankly at the direction Anu left.

The west.

Canal.

A gust of wind blew from that direction, lifting a strand of blond hair across the boy's shadowed eyes.

There was a disturbing smell coming from afar.

It seems that something terrible is happening in the distance...

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【it is good. 】

[I will bring the throne of Kanal and your people back to Aaron Landis. 】

[I swear to you. 】