A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The wind that came from nowhere whizzed across this ruined land.

Collapsed altars, shattered steles, and broken stone pillars all over the place.

The huge male lion closed his eyes, fell to the ground, and lowered his head.

The golden mane fluttered in the wind, as if the rustling sound could be heard when the mane was flicked endlessly.

Garlan stood there in a daze, with an unbelievable look in his eyes.

"Shamil?"

Shocked, he called out the name again.

"It's me, prince."

The golden lion raised its head, staring at Garlan with its huge eyes.

"........."

Garlan was a little dazed, and a little bit at a loss.

He reached out and stroked the mane of the lion standing in front of him.

There are thick manes in the fingers for a real touch, and the fingertips can feel the warm flesh and blood under the manes.

What stood in front of him was not an illusion, but a real existence.

The familiar touch came from his hands. When he was young, and Niega was also young, he would always ride the lion named Shamil by relying on the momentum of King Kamos.

Shamir is different from the lively Nirga. He has a very quiet and calm temperament, and he is always lazy on weekdays.

Although it seemed that it was under the orders of King Kamos, they carried him impatiently, but every time they carried him, they walked very slowly and steadily, and never once let him fall off.

When I played with Nega in the lion garden, although it didn't respond, it always looked at them quietly, as if it was guarding them.

It can be said that Shamir is more like a majestic father than King Kamos.

The lifespan of a lion has always been only about twenty years, and the lifespan of a lion that often fights is even shorter. When I first met Shamil, he was in his prime.

Later, he grew up, and Nega also grew up, and Shamir became old, and he could no longer walk around slowly on his back.

Then, suddenly one day, Shamil disappeared, and he couldn't find him no matter what.

Brother Kamos said that Shamir didn't want people to see him dying of old age, so he left quietly before dying and found an unknown place as his cemetery.

At that time, he was sad for a long time, and Nirga also withered for a long time.

He still remembered Shamir's aging appearance at that time.

Time is cruel, even the mighty King of Beasts is no match for the erosion of time.

But now, Shamir standing in front of him is as strong and majestic as when he first saw him.

He saw his own shadow in Shamil's eyes, it was his youthful appearance.

If it wasn't for the different scenery around him, Garlan would have had the illusion of going back to the past again.

"You are here...and this place..."

Garlan's mind was so confused that he stuttered a bit.

"I'm back here again...does it mean, I, I'm dead again?"

too suddenly.

Gallan panicked.

He hasn't had time to say anything yet, and there are still many things he hasn't had time to explain to Ximuerkaihuos and the others.

Obviously he has already thought about what to do next, at least give him time to leave his last words before he dies.

and also……

And...Heymos...if he dies, what will he...do?

"No, Prince, you are still alive."

"Huh? But, every time I used to come here after I died..."

"There is no time, this place will disappear soon, so, I introduced your soul here."

"Soul? This... I don't understand..."

Garlan shook his head, feeling that his mind was in a mess, but amidst the chaos, he suddenly remembered something, and his pupils shrank violently.

"Shamir! If this is the place where the soul of the dead is located, you are here, so what about Brother Wang?"

He looked at the golden lion nervously and expectantly with his eyes open, his voice trembling.

"You should be by Brother Wang's side. If you are here, Brother Wang should be here. He is here now, right?!"

The majestic lion's eyes were like burning coals, looking at the excited young man in front of him.

Its huge head shook slightly, and its thick mane shook slightly.

"My king is not here, prince."

Its thick and heavy voice resounded in this dead and silent place.

"That's why you are here now."

"What do you mean?"

Garlan was in a daze.

Immediately afterwards, as if he realized something, the hand holding the lion's mane was suddenly clenched.

"The one that brought me here from my original world and made me reborn again and again..."

As if he was afraid of getting an answer, his voice paused here, but he insisted on asking.

"...Is that you, Shamir?"

"No, it's my king."

"........."

Garlan didn't speak.

Shamil's words made him understand a lot.

He loosened the hand that was holding the mane tightly, and his pale lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything after all.

The boy closed his eyes, and the shadow of his eyelashes fell on his cheek.

[My king is not here. 】

【That's why you are here now. 】

In this world, no matter what you do, you have to pay the same price.

And the price of his rebirth again and again...

"No need to be sad, prince, you have fulfilled my king's entrustment."

said the lion,

"You have recast destiny."

"History and fate have returned to the right path."

"The gods will also recover."

Garlan opened his eyes, and he keenly grasped one of the words.

"recovery?"

Staring at Garlan, Xiongshi didn't answer this question immediately, but solved another doubt in his heart first.

"After my king's death, because he made great achievements in this world, he was believed by all people, and because the previous God of War, Assyria, just fell not long ago, the seat of God has been vacant for a hundred years."

"Therefore, the sun god Shamash sent his mount from the heaven, took my king to the heaven, and bestowed on him the throne of the god of war."

"I ascended to the kingdom of heaven with my king, and because of this, Shamash bestowed a trace of divinity."

The majestic eyes of the lion stared at the prince in front of him, with a trace of gentleness hidden in his eyes.

"That's why, Prince, I can talk to you like this."

It raised its head and looked around the ruined land, with a humanized sigh on its face.

"The beginning of everything... must start from the age of the gods a long time ago..."

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In this world, there is a trajectory of destiny.

That is the supreme power in the dark.

Even the gods can't control fate, they can only follow the line of fate.

A long time ago, the world was in chaos.

In chaos, there is only one god.

God of all things.

The power of the All-God is the power of Chaos, and then she fell into a deep sleep, and while she was asleep, Shamash, the sun god, was born from her origin.

Then, the gods were born one after another.

The birth of each god will cause some of the divine power of the God of All Things to disappear, or in other words, her divine power will be divided into those gods.

The power of the mother god of all things is derived into heaven and earth, into the gods, and into all things in the world.

She will eventually disappear and become everything in the world.

This is her doomed fate.

However, this powerful god is not willing to sacrifice himself and transform all things, let alone disappear.

She wants to wake up from her deep sleep.

If the God of All Things revives, all things in the world will return to chaos, and the gods will become part of the Mother God of All Things again.

Thus, the war inevitably broke out.

During that battle, the sky and the earth shook, and the sky became dark.

In the end, after paying an extremely heavy price, the gods knocked the Mother Goddess of All Things into the abyss and let her sleep forever again.

However, before being forced to sleep, the God of All Things cut off a corner of fate with a final blow of hatred.

The thread of fate broke in one place.

If it cannot be continued, fate will collapse as a result.

Thus, the Son of Destiny came into being.

Make up for the broken and missing part of the thread of fate, continue the trajectory of fate, and protect the cause and effect of the world.

That is the mission of the Destiny Child.

"The son of destiny who came into being, the prince, is you."

"Under the gaze of the gods, you were born."

"The moment you were born, the whole kingdom of heaven was shaken, and all the gods were calling your name."

"Afterwards, according to the trajectory of fate, you became my king's younger brother, the prince of Aaron Landis."

"The corner of fate that was cut off is the part after my king."

"After my king, you will inherit my king's crown, ascend to the throne, and become the king of Aaron Landis until you connect to the other end of the broken thread of fate."

It sounds simple, but it is a place that even the gods dare not set foot on easily.

The missing part of the line of fate, because there is no established path, the rules of the world cannot govern this period of time.

The power of chaos is huge, black and white are unclear, demons dance wildly, and day and night are reversed.

Just like a stormy sea under a thunderstorm, it is extremely dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.

Only the Son of Destiny, born in response to the times, can suppress the power of chaos and all chaos.

"Prince, that is your previous life."

Shamil's thick voice echoed in the ruins.

However, the gods did not realize that the Goddess of All Things planted a small seed in the world before she fell asleep again.

Grasping the greed and desire of human beings, she lent the remaining weak power to human beings, and by the hands of human beings, she destroyed the fate of human beings themselves.

The power of the gods cannot intervene in the world. Even if the power is forcibly lowered, it will be swallowed by the rules of the world.

However, all things in this world are formed by the power of the Mother God of All Things, and the origin is the same. Therefore, the weak power left by the Mother God of All Things has escaped the monitoring of the rules of the world.

"In your real previous life, that night in Judas City..."

Following Shamil's narration, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and the surroundings became pitch black.

Garlan was floating in the pitch-black night sky. He lowered his head and looked at the city below that was ignited by flames.

He remembered that this was the night of the war.

Sleepless nights in Judas.

A night he will never forget.

He floated in the night sky, watching that scene reappear before his eyes again.

However, it was different from what he experienced.

What he saw was that King Kamos died under the poison of the traitor.

What he saw was 'he' fighting hard among the enemy troops under the escort of the guards, trying to rush out of the city of Judas.

At the moment when 'he' was about to rush out of the city gate——

A sharp arrow struck from the darkness.

From behind 'him' through his heart.

'He' fell off his horse, fell to the ground, and stopped breathing.

Believers of All Things Sect lurking in the darkness killed 'him'.

"Those stupid humans destroyed their only hope with their own hands."

Standing in the dark night sky like him, Shamir looked down at the scene below with cold eyes.

The night wind howled, blowing its thick mane rustling.

"That is to say, in my real previous life, I died in Judas City like Brother Wang?"

The lion nodded, and it continued.

"You and my king died, and then, the royal city fell, Aaron Landis died, and Prince Heymos abandoned most of Aaron Landis's land, allowing it to fall into the hands of many countries..."

Even if Shamil didn't say anything, Garlan could guess it.

The subsequent development is probably the same as what he saw in his dream.

Since then, the flames of war have never disappeared from the land.

One war after another is endless and never-ending.

Countless people died in the flames of war, and the land was barren, with white bones everywhere.

People on the earth are struggling in the flames of war...

The surrounding scenery changed again, and Garlan found himself back in the ruins.

"With the demise of Aaron Landis, in the endless war, the people on the earth gradually despaired and no longer believed in the gods."

"Losing the people's faith, the gods gradually weakened. As time went by, the situation became more and more serious. They finally couldn't maintain the throne, and the throne began to shatter, and their power was also disappearing."

"The weak gods began to fall one after another, and the powerful gods had to fall into a deep sleep in order to avoid the fate of falling. In the end, even the most powerful sun god Shamash fell into an eternal sleep, my king So is it."

"After the gods fell asleep, the Aaron Landis continent sank into the bottom of the sea forever in an earthquake and was completely destroyed."

"After that, more than 2000 years later, my king woke up from his deep sleep..."

The Aaron Landis continent was destroyed, the power of faith was completely lost, and the gods could no longer wake up because of this.

However, only Camos is different.

Among the sleeping gods, only Kamos was given the throne by Shamash as a human being and became a new god.

The power supporting his throne is not only the belief of the people, but also his immortal achievements and his own powerful soul.

In 2000 years, the names of the gods have all disappeared in the passage of time.

Only Kamos, as the Lion King of the legendary lost land Aaron Landis, left an immortal name in history and was remembered by many future generations.

That is also a kind of faith.

Relying on the weak faith of the later generations, Kamos woke up from his deep sleep.

After he woke up, in order to save the ruined Aaron Landis, and to save his younger brother who was cursed by the fallen gods and reincarnated from generation to generation——

At the cost of giving up his eternal throne, Kamos sent Garlan's soul back to his previous life.

"My king said that only you, the prince, can recast the destiny."

However, history is not so easily changed.

The inertia of history that has been formed has an extremely powerful force.

Just like a little butterfly flapping its wings, it can cause a huge storm by the sea.

The souls of later generations broke into the river of time in the past, and the inertia of history then triggered a butterfly effect in some key places, so as to prevent the change of history.

Coupled with the crazily counterattack of the power of the God of All Things, who had a premonition of something...

As a result, Heymos had an accident when he was young. Although he survived despite his death, his temperament became cruel and violent. He killed Garlan time and time again and took away the throne.

Aaron Landis is still going to the end of destruction again and again.

It wasn't until the last time that the strongest power erupted after the shattered throne was able to contain the power that guarded history, send Garlan's soul back to his childhood, and prevent that accident.

And this time, he finally succeeded in correcting the trajectory of his fate.

…………

The place of the ruins was very quiet, Garlan bent down and knelt on the ground.

His hand pressed lightly on the broken altar stone on the ground.

"This is the king's throne?...Isn't it?"

The golden lion did not answer.

But silence is the answer.

Garlan closed his eyes, his long golden hair fell from his shoulders and fell on the gravel at his feet.

There was silence for a while.

After a long time, he finally spoke again.

"[No Time]...?"

Garlan repeated these words softly.

"Shamir, you can tell me now, who is Heymos?"

he asks.

The shadow of the male lion is clearly reflected in the clear golden pupils.

This time, the lion finally answered after a long silence.

"Heymos..."

it says,

"He is after you, the king of Aaron Landis."

………The original trajectory of fate………

King Kamos was poisoned to death in the city of Judas.

Prince Garlan led the crowd out of Judas City, and then joined Prince Heimos who led the army.

The two worked together to repel the Gastadians and save Aaron Landis.

Subsequently, Garlan succeeded to the throne.

Because of his just and wise governance like Shamash, he was called the wise king by later generations.

Under the ruling of the Wise King, Aaron Landis, who had been in turmoil, returned to stability.

King Garlan's policies focused on recuperation. Therefore, during his reign, Aaron Landis's economy gradually prospered, and his national strength gradually became stronger.

King Garlan reigned for five years.

Five years later, he died of illness.

After the death of the wise king, Heymos inherited the throne and began to vigorously develop the military.

In the second year after he inherited the throne, he led an army to completely defeat the Gastadians in the west, and brought Kanal, which was occupied by the Gastadians, into the territory of Aaron Landis.

Subsequently, he began to expand outward on a large scale.

In the next ten years, he successively defeated and annexed many countries such as Geshu and Is, and led Aaron Landis's army across this continent, conquering all the countries on the continent.

So far, Aaron Landis has unified the continent.

The Aaron Landis Empire was born.

It was the largest empire in ancient history.

Heymos, Aaron Landis No.30 Seventh King.

He is the successor of the wise king Garlan.

He led the army to fight north and south, and he never failed in his life. He expanded the territory of Aaron Landis to the entire Aaron Landis continent, and established a huge empire.

Later generations called him Heymos the Great.

The author has something to say: Aaron Landis will unify the entire Aaron Landis continent and expand from a kingdom to an empire.

You guys all know this.

……

However, I don't know if the friends have thought about it.

The title of Garlan in history has always been, [Wise King].

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