A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The sun is setting, and the sunlight between the sky and the earth is disappearing little by little.

The afterglow of the setting sun shrouded the distant horizon, covering it with a layer of crimson brilliance.

The white hall is still very quiet, except for breathing sounds of different frequencies, there is nothing.

Heymos had stood beside the peacock sarcophagus for a whole day, motionless, as if he was completely still in that place.

He didn't raise his head until the last ray of sunlight completely disappeared.

There was a little gleam in the red eyes, which made people shudder.

"You can all leave now."

A voice suddenly sounded in the hall that had been silent for too long, which was unavoidable.

Suo Jia looked up at Heymos and frowned.

He understood what Heymos said, Heymos said, let them all go, meaning he wanted to stay here.

"Master Heymos..."

Before Suo Jia could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Heymos.

"Walk."

Heymos' voice was very cold, and he didn't even look back at everyone.

Suo Jia could only see his back, and the unquestionable voice of orders coming from above.

Before Suo Jia could say anything, the High Priest Shamash who was standing next to him turned around abruptly and left without saying a word.

Suo Jia sighed in his heart, followed Shemuer and planned to leave here.

At this time, Heymos' voice came from behind again.

"Tell the mausoleum guards to close the gate so that no one can enter."

Even though it was the hottest end of summer, his voice was only the coldness of the northern winter.

"Trespassers, whoever they are, are to be killed on the spot."

Suo Jia's footsteps stopped.

"Yes."

He turned and bowed to answer.

Once this order came out, unless all the guards guarding the tomb were killed, no one would be able to step into the tomb.

Suo Jia stood in the endless square of the royal mausoleum, and the gate of the white palace slowly closed in front of his eyes.

The figure standing at the end of the hall disappeared from his sight along with the closed stone gate.

He turned his head, looked at the back of Xie Muer, who had gone away, looking more and more desolate and lonely in the dark night, and sighed deeply.

Suppressing the worries in his heart, he turned and left with heavy steps.

Above his head, the sky is full of stars.

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The huge stone gate of the White Palace closed slowly, isolating everything from the main hall.

Accompanied by the sound of the last tight click, Heymos' eyes, which had been closed all the time, opened suddenly.

He leaned over, stretched out his hand, and hugged Garlan who was lying in the peacock sarcophagus.

The sound of heavy footsteps echoed in the silent hall, and Heymos walked up the stone steps on the side of the hall with Garlan in his arms.

On the main hall of the royal tomb palace is a relief stone statue of the goddess of the underworld who protects the soul.

On the left side of the main hall, there is a spacious stone step, together with the main hall and the highest point of the palace.

It leads directly to the top of the palace.

Heymos stepped on the stone steps and walked up step by step.

The walls on both sides of the stone steps depict cities in the world at the beginning, and as they go up, they become patterns of wings, and then up, there are clouds and sun runes. The arm seems to be a pattern of a goddess welcoming someone.

The stone steps and the patterns along the road imply that the soul of the owner of the royal tomb palace will enter the kingdom of heaven along the invisible road.

At the end of the high stone steps is a spacious temple, located at the highest point of the entire palace.

On the head is a vaulted dome roof, and on the surrounding stone walls are reliefs of the gods of Aaron Landis, symbolizing that this is the heaven where the gods live.

Heymos walked to the temple with Garlan in his arms. He bent down and put Garlan on the ground.And he landed on one knee, half-squatting on the ground, wrapping Garlan's upper body in his arms.

He lowered his eyes and gently rubbed the soft but cold golden hair of the person in his arms.

Then, Heymos raised his head and looked around at the relief stone statues of the gods on the stone wall of the temple.

The temple was not lit, and it was pitch black, with only tiny stars shining in from the skylight, bringing a little light to the place.

In the dark night, only the golden-red eyes of Heymos were frighteningly bright.

There was obviously no light in his eyes, but they were born with the cold light from the pupils of cold-blooded animals like lizards in the dark.

Just looking at it, it is cold to the heart, cold to the bone.

"The gods... are they?"

He stared coldly at the reliefs of the gods in the darkness, his eyes were like the bottom of an abyss, and he couldn't see any life, only silence.

His voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear in the silent temple.

"I know, you can hear me."

Heymos' voice echoed in the empty temple, like traces of cracked ice.

"Gods of Aaron Landis, I want to make a deal with you."

"I can promise you, do what you ask, and let fate go on what you call the 'correct track'."

"However, as a price..."

The night was silent, and in the temple of the gods, only one person's voice sounded.

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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, two days and nights have passed.

Seeing that it was already the evening of the third day, Suo Jia, who had black circles around his eyes, was standing at the gate of the royal tomb. He was so anxious that he kept walking back and forth in front of the gate.

The mausoleum guard in armor held a silver gun and stood solemnly in front of the gate, dedicated to his duties without looking sideways.

They are like lifeless stone statues, no matter how much Suo Jia shakes in front of them, there is no movement.

But Suo Jia knew that as long as he dared to take a step inside, the tip of the spear in the guard's hand would stab him mercilessly.

This is the third day!

Suo Jia thought anxiously, stretched his neck, and kept looking at the white palace inside the royal tomb, his eyes wishing to see the scene inside through the thick stone wall.

However, no matter how he looked around, the stone gate of the white palace was still tightly closed, motionless.

He frowned, thinking of the conversation he had with Heymos that day, he felt more and more uneasy.

Could it be that Lord Heymos really intends to...

Just when Suo Jia was burning with anxiety, two people appeared at the entrance of the royal tomb.

Shemuer still looked expressionless, glanced at him, and then looked towards the closed white palace.

The blond knight who hadn't been seen for two days had nothing but indifference left in his eyes at this moment, as if all the little tenderness had been taken away by that person's passing, and there was nothing left.

"He hasn't come out yet?"

Keyjos asked.

Suo Jia nodded.

"It's the third day and I'm worried—"

The last half of the sentence was swallowed by Suo Jia, but all the people present understood his unfinished words, and their expressions became serious.

Although the grief in their hearts has not been relieved by half, they cannot let the situation develop like this.

After all, Heymos is the only heir to the throne of Aaron Landis, so nothing can happen to him.

Otherwise, the kingdom that King Garlan managed to revive would decline again.

The high priest was about to go inside, but the mausoleum guards guarding the door froze, and all the silver guns in their hands were aimed at him.

Shemuer raised the heavy golden scepter expressionlessly.

"...It seems that we can only force our way in."

Keyhos said flatly.

He raised his hand, and the long sword at his waist was unsheathed with a clang.

The prince said that his remaining task is to protect Aaron Landis.

He failed to fulfill his oath to protect the prince, at least the prince's last entrustment must be fulfilled.

The knights of the scorching sun and the high priest of Shamash wanted to force their way into the royal tomb, but the loyal guards would not back down.

Just when the two sides were on the verge of firing, suddenly, a long and heavy sound of friction came from the royal tomb.

The originally tense atmosphere was stagnant, and Suo Jia's heart that had been hanging high finally let go, and he quickly raised his head to look inside.

This look, his breath is a pause.

He stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure blankly and blankly.

Kaihos and Shemuer in front of him looked at the figure, and a complicated look flashed in their eyes.

In the dazzling sunset like a raging fire, Heymos appeared from the royal tomb and walked towards them.

The red sunset light shone on his body and reflected on his hair.

Heymos's expression was indifferent, showing no emotion at all, but among his jet-black hair, the few strands scattered on his forehead and cheeks had turned into snow-white.

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aaron landis

During the reign of King Garlan, later generations call it Years of the Wise King.

Five years later, King Garlan died of illness.

The rule of the wise king is over.

Later, Heymos, who was originally a military commander, came to the throne, and was initially called King Heymos.

During his reign, later generations called Heymos Years.

After King Hymos succeeded to the throne, he continued to appoint ministers and generals from the period of King Garland, continued to use the codes of King Garland, and continued to implement the governance policies of King Garland.

And he himself is devoted to the development of the military.

[I hope that the people of my Aaron Landis will never abandon their compatriots easily. 】

That is what the wise king once said.

It has already been spread in the army and among Aaron Landis. Since then, rescuing captured soldiers has gradually become a tradition of Aaron Landis.

King Heymos also fulfilled this promise when he led his army into battle.

This is the beginning of the centripetal force of the Aaron Landis army, fearless of life and death, and gradually becoming more powerful than any country.

In the third year of the Heymos Year, because Aaron Landis unilaterally cut off the purchase of livestock products such as beef, mutton and wool from the Islamic State, the economy of the Islamic State, which has become a pillar industry, was hit hard .

Yisi brazenly sent troops to attack Aaron Landis.

King Heymos led the army to the east to fight back, defeated Is's army, and then directly marched eastward to capture the royal city of Iss.

In the fourth year, the King City of Yisi was breached, and Yisi destroyed the country.

In the First World War of ISIS, the veteran Kareni, who was over 70 years old but insisted on participating in this expedition, made great contributions in the war, but after the subjugation of ISIS, he returned to the royal city and died with a smile.

In the fifth year of the Heymos Year, Geshu and Gastard jointly attacked Aaron Landis.

With the assistance of Tasta, the attacks of the two countries were defeated one after another by King Heymos.

In this battle, the name of Xinyasi, the younger brother of the former king Garlan, was famous all over the world.

In the seventh year, Aaron Landis and Tasta joined forces to attack Geshu.

After struggling for two years, the royal city of Geshu was broken by King Heymos.

In this war, Novi, the disciple of the sun knight Kaihus and later known as one of the pillars of Aaron Landis, began to shine.

In the ninth year of Heymos' year, Geshu died.

Seeing that Aaron Landis is unstoppable, some of the small countries that have been struggling to survive in the gap between the three kingdoms of Gaisu, Yisi, and Aaron Landis took the initiative to vote for Aaron Landis, considering him as the suzerain country.

Aaron Landis, who successively annexed the two big countries of Isis and Geshu, as well as several small countries, temporarily stopped his aggression and expansion of the surrounding areas and began to recuperate.

While recuperating on the mainland, the huge navy built by Aaron Landis over the past ten years began to sweep towards the southern waters.

In No.13, Aaron Landis has unified the entire southern sea area except Elson Island.

Born in the city of Tozes, the general Seth, who made great achievements in the naval battle and became the commander of the navy, retired because of his old age. He settled in the city of Tozes with his family and died eight years later.

In the year No. 14 of Heymos, King Heymos led an army to the west.

All the way, he broke through many small countries such as the country of Hida occupied by the Gastadians, forcing the Gastadians to flee all the way to the northwest and return to the Gastad Snow Field.

When he set off to the Garstad Snowfield, the "slave general" Tewa, who was already in his 60s, fell ill due to acclimatization and died on the battlefield.

In No.15, Aaron Landis vanguard general Novi broke through the royal city of Gasdad.

Gastad dies.

So far, Aaron Landis has unified the entire continent.

Since then, this continent has been called the Aaron Landis Continent.

Only Tasda in the northern plateau and Elson in the southern ocean island country were allowed to continue to form their own country because they had led the army to follow Aaron Landis in the southern and northern wars.

Aaron Landis has since entered the empire period.

Therefore, the Heymos Year was also called the Empire Year by later generations.

The bard Shulos retired after Aaron Landis unified the continent, and he was never seen again.

In the year No. 20 of the Imperial Chronicle, Kaihors, who was known as the Knight of the Sun, passed away at the age of 66.

This knight, known for his flair, has been wandering among many noble ladies, never married and has no children.

He has fought on the battlefield all his life. From the beginning, he has fought for Aaron Landis for more than 40 years.

After his death, he was buried in the side hall of King Garlan's mausoleum because of his status as the guardian knight of King Garlan.

In the year No. 30 of the Imperial Chronicle, Shemuer, the high priest of Shamash, died at the age of seventy.

Although it is not recorded in the history books, in the same year, Taputi, the female official who served Emperor Heymos the Great, died at the same age of seventy.

In the second year of Imperial Year No. 30, Heymus the Great died at the age of 59.

He did not leave any descendants, but only selected a person from the collateral blood of the Aaron Landis royal family to be the successor to the throne.

According to unofficial records, Emperor Heymos's appearance has hardly changed in the past few decades since he succeeded to the throne.

When he died, he was nearly sixty years old and his appearance was the same as that of the 27-eight-year-old him when he succeeded to the throne. Everyone thought it was the protection of the gods.

People of later generations regarded this record in the unofficial history as a myth and legend fabricated by the Aaron Landis for the ancients, and laughed it off.

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At the end of summer, the sun is scorching hot, and the earth is exposed to the sun as if being cooked by a raging fire.

The high priest of Nanna stood in front of the snow-white royal tomb, looking at the two palaces standing side by side.

Because of his age, his eyesight has deteriorated a lot, and he has to squint to see carefully.

The fiery wind blew over, stirring his gray hair at the temples.

He thought, in the blink of an eye, more than 30 years have passed.

"Your High Priest."

The voice came from behind, Suo Jia turned his head and saw someone walking towards him.

It was a chubby figure.

Suo Jia narrowed his eyes and looked at the person coming.

The little fat man who was walking around King Garlan wagging his tail like a puppy back then is now a superior who is not inferior to him in power.

Today's Tal stands above the royal court and controls the financial power of the empire, which makes people dare not look sideways at him.

There was still a smile on that chubby face, but that smile never reached his eyes again.

Tal said, "General Fataya has been waiting for you outside for a long time."

Although Fataya was married to Suojia, she did not settle down in her family.

Over the past few decades, she has been following Heymos in the north and south, and is the only general in Aaron Landis who became a general as a woman.

Although he is old now and no longer on the battlefield, he still leads the city guards commander of Wangcheng.

Suo Jia nodded, turned around and walked outside quickly.

After walking a few steps, he heard Tal's low whisper coming from behind.

"prince……"

Suo Jia's footsteps paused, he turned his head, and saw Tal standing there, looking at the white palace in the royal tomb, with a trance on his side cheek.

He saw the corners of Tal's eyes, and there were already traces of deep wrinkles.

For some reason, there was a bit of sadness in his heart.

After walking out of the royal tomb, Suo Jia saw the female general whose hair was mostly gray but was still standing upright in leather armor.

The woman he loves the most in his life.

His eyes softened.

"Fataya, are you here to see off His Majesty?"

Fataya hummed.

Looking at the royal tomb in the distance, she sighed: "That's good, for His Majesty, it's a relief... Finally, I can follow King Garlan..."

"Fattaya?"

Suo Jia was startled, and Fataya's clear tone surprised him.

Although King Garlan publicly announced his affair with Heymos in front of several of them, but before he had time to announce it to the public, he...

Everyone who knew about it at the time kept the matter secret, and he never told Fataya.

"How do you know..."

Fataya smiled at her lover.

There was emotion in that smile, and a deep sigh.

She remembered, a long time ago, under the bright sunlight that day, Heymos on horseback showed the most gentle gaze to Garlan who was hugged by him in front of him.

He looked at Garlan, his eyes were as bright as if they were shining.

She just watched from the side, and her heart was inexplicably moved for a moment.

"Suo Jia, haven't you noticed?"

The female knight sighed.

"From the day King Garlan passed away, he never smiled again."

From that day on, there was only a bottomless abyss in that person's eyes, and there was no light at all.

Perhaps from that day on, 'Heymos' no longer exists.

In this world, only the king of Aaron Landis.

"........."

Suo Jia didn't answer.

After a long silence, he raised his hand and gently stroked the strand of gray hair that fell before Fataya's eyes.

How lucky he is to be able to grow old with his beloved.

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The death of Emperor Heymos announced the end of the golden age of famous generals since the era of the wise king.

Many generals have fallen or aged one after another, and Aaron Landis's famous generals are scarce.

In addition, this period coincided with the most intense period of the slave liberation movement, and the Aaron Landis Empire was in turmoil.

Under the guardianship of the two generals Novi and Xinyas, known as the "Pillars of the Aaron Landis Empire", and with the presence of senior officials such as Tal and Soga in the royal court, the turbulent empire finally stabilized.

The Aaron Landis Empire thus continued.

According to historical records.

During this period of turbulent situation, once, when Emperor Aaron Landis led the army to go out, a rebel army mainly composed of slaves and civilians took advantage of the emptiness of the royal city and actually broke into the royal city.

The rebel army even broke into the royal tomb, which was only across the river from the royal palace. They dug up the tombs and palaces of the kings in the royal tomb, and took away gold, jewelry and other funerary objects.

However, when the army came to the tomb palace of King Garlan, Qiu committed no offense and retreated in front of the tomb.

The mausoleum and palace of Hymos the Great, who was located after King Garlan, were thus preserved.

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After that, thousands of years passed.

During this long period of time, the Aaron Landis Empire had its ups and downs.

There are times of unity and times of division.

There are moments of prosperity, and moments of life and death.

Sometimes when it was in decline, it was invaded by powerful foreign enemies, when the country was subjugated several times, and when it was separatist by many countries and slaughtered by foreign races, it seemed that the country was about to die.

But no matter what happened, no matter what happened, thousands of years passed, Aaron Landis was always there.

【Aaron Landis will never give up on his compatriots. 】

They always remember this sentence.

A sentence handed down from the age of the ancient wise king made them stand up again and again from decline and disillusionment.

That has become the belief of all Aaron Landis people.

It is the existence of this belief that allows Aaron Landis to always stand on the land of Aaron Landis no matter what hardships and trials he has experienced.

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Among the later generations, among the thousands of years of ups and downs in the history of Aaron Landis, the history of the three dynasties of the Lion King, the Wise King, and Heymos the Great is the most talked about by future generations.

That was the most turbulent era in the history of Aaron Landis, where famous generals emerged in large numbers.

Among them, what historians study the most is not the heroic era of the Lion King, which was full of wars, nor is it the chronology of the empire when King Heymos fought in all directions and finally unified the continent of Aaron Landis.

What historians are most curious about is the age of the wise king, the shortest of the two dynasties.

King Garlan, known as the Wise King by later generations, has only been on the throne for five years, but Aaron Landis has undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the era of the wise king, it may not be as exciting as the heroic era of the Lion King, or it may not be as magnificent as the era of Heymus the Great.

However, it was a special era that shaped the beliefs and civilization of the Aaron Landis people.

The Wise King Gallan was the only Aaron Landis king in history who still allowed the Aaron Landis who had become rebels to voluntarily retreat from his tomb decades after his death.

His love among the Aaronlandians is evident.

At the same time, countless "firsts" in the history of the world all appeared in the era of the wise king of Aaron Landis.

The first kingdom in history to establish a centralized state.

The first kingdom in history to start a large-scale emancipation of slaves.

The first kingdom in history to establish a plague prevention mechanism.

The first kingdom in history to establish a commercial tax mechanism.

The first kingdom in history to build roads extending in all directions on a large scale.

The first kingdom in history to create the 'separation of powers system'.

... All kinds of things, all of the above, were born in the rule of the wise king.

Among them, the most important, the most influential, and the iconic existence of Aaron Landis, is the code of law created by the wise king.

The Code of Aaron Landis, also known as 'The Code of the Wise King'.

It contains many laws and regulations such as national law, civil law, criminal law, and military law of the ancient kingdom of Aaron Landis at that time.

It is the world's first normative and systematic written code, the foundation of all laws in later generations, and has a pivotal position in the legal history of the entire world.

The code of the wise king is also the proof and symbol of Aaron Landis as an ancient civilization with a long history.

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King Garlan.

Aaron Landis No.30 Six Kings.

Reigned for five years.

Because of his fair and wise governance, compassion and love for the people, he is deeply loved by the people.

He was honored as the wise king by later generations.

In just five years, he created many origins in Aaron Landis, like a miracle, leaving a strong mark on world civilization.

Therefore, historians of later generations called this era "The Age of Miracles of the Wise King".

The author has something to say:  …

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A strong desire to survive is the end of history, not the end of the full text.

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And, about some friends saying that Heymos took away Garlan's achievements.

I want to say that merit cannot be taken away.

As the great emperor, Heymos was remembered by history for his unifying feats. He is not the only one. There will definitely be emperors with similar feats in Aaron Landis's future generations.

But what Garlan left to future generations was civilization and spirit.

He has been remembered by the people of Aaronlandis as a belief, and also remembered by history as one of the symbols of Aaronlandis civilization.

...well...for example.

The Great Wall or Qin Shihuang, who do you think is more a symbol of civilization and spirit?