A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 131. Chapter 131

When Gallan said a word, everyone was shocked.

Those two royal knights were killed by the now thrown royal knight?

It was difficult for everyone to accept it for a while.

The Royal Knights have been handed down since ancient times and have a long history. It is almost one of the symbols of the Aaron Landis royal family.

The loyalty of those who have been carefully selected to become royal knights is recognized by everyone.

It can be said that even if there is a king in Aaron Landis who is perverse and cruel to the extreme, even if the whole world rebels against him, the royal knights will still follow him and guard him loyally.

So when Gallan said that the murderer was actually one of the royal knights, almost no one believed it.

Especially for Sa Ge, the head of the regiment, as soon as Gallan said those words, his face instantly turned pale.

“Prince Garland, please be careful!”

The expression in his eyes looking at Garlan had changed. If he was only a little angry at the beginning, the expression in his eyes when he looked at Garlan was already cold, even showing a bit of sorrow.

The big lion Nega, keenly aware of the evil spirit released by Sa Ge, turned around and roared at Sa Ge, with a warning in his roar.

Naturally knowing that Garlan would not let it attack this person with its intelligence, but it couldn’t bear it either.

Sa Ge faced the lion’s low roar without moving his eyebrows, and stood steadily on the spot. His eyebrows were upside down, his square face was awe-inspiring, and he stared sharply at Garlan.

For him, the honor passed down by the Royal Knights is more than his life, more than anything else.

Anyone dare to slander the reputation of the Royal Knights, even if it is a prince, he will not let it go!

“Some things cannot be said casually.”

He stared at Garlan in a cold tone.

“Even you, can’t easily slander my subordinates!”

The Chief Secretary stood aside, watching coldly.

Just now, he was startled by the big lion’s low roar, and then by the person thrown by Kayjos, he was in a very bad mood.

At this moment, seeing that the head of Sage and Prince Garland seemed to fall out, he naturally stood by silently watching the good show, waiting for the fisherman to benefit by the way.

Gallan didn’t feel angry about the cruel words that Sago said, anyway, he had guessed that the dead-headed leader of Sago would almost react like this, so he didn’t think about Sago’s words.

However, he doesn’t care, some people don’t want their little prince to be wronged.

Kaihuos took a step forward, his tall body firmly blocked in front of Garlan, and Sago faced each other.

With slightly longer blond hair scattered on his dark blindfold, the handsome sun knight smiled at Sa Ge.

It’s just that in the laugh, there is a rivalry and toughness.

“Head Sage, you are right. There are some things you can’t say casually.”

Kaihus said with a smile, soft but hard.

“Even if you are the commander of the Royal Knights, you can’t easily offend your Highness, can you?”

Speaking softly and hardly, the one-eyed knight spoke again, and immediately brought Sa Ge’s thoughts to business.

“I know that you may not believe what I say. In order not to be said that I brought my subordinates to slander the Royal Knights, let your subordinates speak for themselves.”

Kaihus said, raising his hand and making a gesture.

Everyone thought that Kayhus was talking about a red-armored knight who was tied to the ground with his hands, but they guessed it wrong. Kayhus made a gesture, and the group of guards who followed him moved, and a knight came out from inside.

It is also a royal knight in scarlet armor, and there is a special lion emblem on his shoulder.

This is still a knight commander.

At this moment, the knight commander’s face was pale, his eyes were in a trance, and his expression was even more ugly.

But even if his face was ugly, he still had a look of enlightenment on his face, and walked steadily towards Sa Ge step by step.

Then, under the eyes of everyone, only to hear the clatter of the armors when they hit each other, the knight commander snapped on one knee and knelt in front of Sage.

“Head of Sage…”

He spoke with great difficulty, every word as if swallowing a knife.

“What your Excellency Kehos said… and what Prince Garland said is true.”

His hand on the ground was trembling slightly because of extreme shame and anger.

“Among our royal knights, there is a traitor.”

As soon as these words came out, there was another uproar on the square.

Even the right secretary, who had been squinting his eyes and pretending to be a nap, stopped pretending at this moment, opened his eyes suddenly, and stared sharply.

The royal knights, which has always been known as the last line of defense of the royal family, have made trouble, and that is a major event.

He thought awe-inspiringly.

At the moment, Sa Ge’s mind was already in a mess.

He gritted his teeth and asked, “What the hell is going on—”

The knight commander on his knees was silent for a while, and then directly said the matter.

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Time went back not too long ago, because Prince Garland said that he would find the murderer on the Plaza of the Gods, so, in addition to the team of knights guarding Prince Huimos, the leader of Sakura stayed in the temple of the Royal Knights. After the next team of knights was on duty, they brought all the remaining royal knights to the Plaza of the Gods.

He left, naturally leaving a knight commander second only to him to sit here.

After the knight commander arranged a patrol route and time for the knights who stayed willingly, he first returned to the administration office to handle some daily duties.

He plans to go out on patrols after he has processed all the documents.

Because many knights have left, the temple is extremely empty at this time, and the royal knights do everything by themselves, and there are no servants in the temple. Therefore, he was the only one walking in the empty corridor at the moment.

Just when he reached the door of the administrative office and stretched out his hand to open the door, he suddenly felt danger coming from behind.

He turned his head subconsciously, and as soon as he saw Kehos’s face, the back of his neck had a sudden pain, and he passed out in a coma.

I don’t know how long it took, the coldness from all over his body made him woke up leisurely.

As soon as he woke up, he found himself lying on the icy ground, his whole being tied firmly by the five flowers, unable to move. And there was something stuffed in his mouth, making him speechless.

He turned his head and found that this place was actually an ice cellar. No wonder he was awakened from freezing.

At this moment, a voice came from the side.

“Woke up?”

When he turned his head again, he saw Kaihuos smiling and looking at himself next to him.

The memory before the coma came back to his mind, and he suddenly understood that it was Kayhus who knocked him out and tied him here.

His mouth was blocked and speechless, he could only glared at Kayjos.

Kaihus squatted in the corner of the ice cellar, with something obscured in front, casting a shadow on both of them. He couldn’t make out the face of Kaijos, but saw Kaijos raise his hand, put his fingers in front of his mouth, and made a silent gesture to him.

Suddenly he was knocked unconscious and tied up here when he was in anger, no matter what this person meant to silence him, but because his mouth was blocked, the person was also tied up, except for the sight of fire-breathing Can’t do anything but stare at each other.

Kaihus leaned over and said in a low voice: “Sorry, I invited you in this way, just want you to see the murderer with your own eyes.”

When he was startled, he heard Kaihuos continue to say: “Don’t let you see it with your own eyes, whether you or the leader of Sarge, I’m afraid you won’t believe that a betrayer has emerged from within you.”

The knight commander was shocked as soon as Kehuos said this.

traitor?

What’s the meaning?

That means… was it someone in their own regiment who killed the two royal knights?

impossible!

This was the first thought on his mind.

Absolutely impossible!

“His Royal Highness said that there are other clues to find the murderer on the remains. It is deliberate. Only by doing this can the traitor among you be drawn out.” Kayhus said, “Today is the best time for everyone. Attention is focused on the Plaza of the Gods, and that person shouldn’t let go of this opportunity.”

The knight commander didn’t believe it.

He never believed that there would be a betrayer within them, he glared at Kaijos, and shook his head vigorously.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise at the entrance of the ice cellar, and he turned his head subconsciously to look and found that someone had come in.

The man’s movements were very light, light-handed, and he looked out carefully, and then quietly closed the cellar door, giving people a sneaky feeling at first glance.

When he saw it, his heart suddenly tightened.

The visitor was wearing a fiery red armor, and he also knew that he was one of the knights who took the initiative to stay on duty today.

This person is very reticent and strictly self-disciplined. He has always had a good impression of this person.

Really, as Kayhus said, was this man killed his companion?

Seeing this man walk straight towards the remains of the two knights, his heart sank deeply.

But he still had a little expectation in his heart, thinking that this person might just be responsible, and he didn’t even let the ice cellar go when he visited… Or maybe it was because he had friendship with these two knights, so he came to mourn them. What about it?

Thinking so nervously in his heart, he no longer cared that he was tied up by Kayjos, just staring at the knight’s every move with his eyes wide open.

For a while, he was so nervous that he could even hold his breath.

He watched the man walk to the long box containing the body, and as soon as he bent over, he fumbled on the body of the knight whose neck had been twisted.

The man didn’t have the slightest respect for the body. Not only did he fumble aside from start to finish, he pulled the body out, threw it on the ground, turned it over and touched it aside, and in the end he even began to take off the body’s armor. .

No matter what it was, it was obvious that the person was looking for something on the body.

The knight commander watched the good subordinate in his eyes desecrating his companion’s body without mercy, and his heart was full of sadness.

He never felt that this ice cellar was so cold, so cold that his breath and beating heart were cold.

He closed his eyes in pain.

Having reached this point, he can no longer deceive himself.

Yes, his trusted subordinates betrayed him, betrayed the captain, and betrayed the glory of the royal knights.

But when he wanted to understand, Kehuos, who had been waiting for him by his side, stood up suddenly and leaped towards the man.

At the same time, several guards who were also ambushing here also rushed up and pressed the royal knight who was still trying to take off the body armor to the ground.

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When the knight commander knelt on the ground, his expression was painful, but he was extremely determined to tell all the facts, there was no sound around him.

The knight commander didn’t care about the eyes of others.

He was full of clarity.

They protect shortcomings, but it does not mean that they will shield sinners.

The glory of the Royal Knights cannot be tainted by sinners.

Now they have a betrayer within them, it is their own negligence.

They will not cover up.

Covering up the rotten flesh will only make the rot more contagious, and they must face this piece of rotten flesh calmly, no matter how painful they are, they will have to gouge out this piece of rotten flesh fiercely.

This is the correct way to protect the glory of the Royal Knights.

And his thoughts were also the thoughts of Sage Chief.

After hearing the report from the knight commander, Sa Ge’s mind was blank.

He regards all members of the royal knights as his companions and trusts them deeply.

He didn’t expect that one of his trusted members was fucking in the same room and killing his companion.

After a moment of trance, Sa Ge took a deep breath to wake himself up.

With a firm look on his face, he endured the heartache, and looked away from the knight who was still lying motionless on the ground.

Then he took a step forward and pressed one hand on his chest.

Sa Ge leaned over and bowed his head deeply to salute Garlan.

“Prince Garland, I apologize to you for my recklessness and ignorance.”

He lowered his head, with a look of annoyance, and said very sincerely.

“You found the murderer of my subordinates, but I offended you because of my stupidity and prejudice.”

“No matter how you punish me, I have no complaints.”

Sage apologized to Garlan very frankly.

Right is right, wrong is wrong.

He had misunderstood Prince Garland and should apologize.

His character has always been this way.

However, the head of Sage didn’t think there was anything, but his behavior surprised the noble ministers beside him.

They didn’t understand Sa Ge’s character. After all, Sa Ge didn’t interact with anyone at all, unless it was an official business or the order of King Camos, he would not pay attention to anyone.

So in everyone’s impression, Sa Ge is a very arrogant person.

However, this group leader, who looked down on anyone other than the king, actually bowed his head to anyone other than the king at this moment.

This is simply incredible.

Everyone looked at Garlan with strange eyes.

Seeing Sage’s sincere apology, Kaihuos was satisfied and retreated to the side.

And Gallan shook his head at Sa Ge.

“It’s okay.” He stretched out his hand to help Sage up, smiled, and said, “After all, you will be like this, half of the reason is because I kept hiding from you.”

He said: “But there is no way. If I told you from the beginning that the murderer was someone inside of you, you would never believe it, and you would be stunned, and I would have to hide it from you.”

After opening his eyes, Sixiang You, who had been looking at this side, suddenly spoke.

“Prince Garland, why did you think that the murderer was a member of the Royal Knights in the first place?”

“Because of the injury.”

Gallan said, “Kyjos told me after investigating the remains that the two knights were almost killed in an instant, so apart from the fatal wounds, there were no scars anywhere else on the armor. The scratches should have been deliberately cut in order to disguise it afterwards, otherwise, when the sword was cut on the armor, it would have already moved people.”

“So I think that if you want to kill the two knights in an instant without disturbing the other knights on patrol, it means that the murderer is very close to the two knights, so close to the point that they can’t even give a warning until they die.”

“And the people who can make those two knights defenseless, apart from Brother Camos, are probably only members of the Royal Knights.”

Most people have relatives and friends, but royal knights are exceptions.

They sever all family ties, become royal knights at the expense of not marrying a wife or having children, and serving the royal family for life, so there is no close person.

With the indifference and repulsive attitude of the royal knights towards the noble ministers, even if the chief civil servants visit them, they will keep a certain distance, let alone those military generals.

So the only ones who can make them defenseless are the companions who are also royal knights.

Hearing this, the knight commander who was still kneeling couldn’t help asking.

“But the Lord Kaijos didn’t do it all at once…”

He didn’t say it in the middle of it, obviously he didn’t want to say what he had no resistance in front of Kayjos.

Gallan smiled.

“Do you think how many’knights of the blazing sun’ can there be in this world?”

There can be a few people who are as strong as non-human beings like Huimos.

By the way, he secretly hurt Huimos in his heart.

The knight commander thought that it was true.

Although the strength of royal knights is not comparable to that of elite guards, it is not weak.

A powerful warrior who can easily kill each other in an instant when two knights are guarded is one of the few in Aaron Landis.

And warriors like Kaihuos are well-known, and they will not fall to the point where they are instructed to frame others.

Gallan stopped talking, but the right secretary who had guessed the cause and effect on the side smiled slightly, and continued to speak on his behalf.

“So, if there is a prince who is the subject of guessing, you will let out the wind, saying that you will find the murderer in front of everyone in the Plaza of the Gods, and draw everyone’s attention to this.”

“Then deliberately told the Sage leader that he wanted to find the murderer with scratches on his hands. The Sage leader trusts his subordinates, so he will not deliberately conceal this in the group. Those who are interested will inevitably find out that you are in the body. In the conversation next to me, I naturally knew the sentence you said,’There are other clues on the body’.”

He said with a smile.

“The murderer, when you kill someone, no matter how calm you are on the face, you will always feel a little uneasy. When you hear this, you can’t help but wonder if you really dropped something or missed any clues. .”

“And the prince, you are looking in the wrong direction with great fanfare at this time, and he will naturally feel a lot more stable in his heart.”

“You again deliberately asked Captain Sage to bring the Royal Knights here. The door was wide open. Give him a great opportunity. He will naturally seize the opportunity to destroy the so-called’evidence’.”

He smiled and said, consciously or unconsciously, he praised Prince Garlan among the crowd.

His words caused everyone in the square below to show a look of sudden realization, and then whispered, whispering in admiration.

“I see.”

“His Royal Highness is amazing.”

“You just said that your Highness is unreliable in doing things.”

“I am a fool who is as wise as a prince, so naturally I can’t understand what the prince is doing.”

There was a lot of discussion and admiration. You Sixiang raised his head slightly with satisfaction, and retreated.

As expected, he dragged his old body out to give Prince Garland such a wave, which should make the prince feel good about him.

He thought contentedly, not feeling that there was anything wrong with being an elder to please the young prince.

Anyway, as a courtier, isn’t it natural to please the future King Aaron Landis?

Just as everyone below was talking and the square was buzzing, on the high platform, Sa Ge looked at his subordinates who were lying on the ground.

“Fal, why are you doing such a thing?”

Asked Sage.

Although he couldn’t wait for a sword to kill this guy who discredited the honor of the royal knights, he knew that the most important thing was to find out who was behind the erosion of the knights, so he held back the anger in his heart and began to ask.

The red-armored knight, who had been lying on the ground with his head down, raised his head.

His face looked sharp and righteous, but his eyes were flushed at the moment.

It was like a beast with burning eyes, and his eyes were full of hostility.

“I’m not……”

He also wanted to resist, trying to deny it.

However, before Farr finished speaking, Kayhus sneered, stepped forward and split the rope that bound his hands with a sword, and then slammed him to the ground.

No matter how hard he struggled, Farr couldn’t get away from the hand that Kayjos was holding on to him.

Kayhus pressed him with one hand, twisted Farr’s right arm with the other, and pulled off the hand armor on his right arm with force.

As soon as the armrest was pulled off, Farr struggled desperately like crazy, even ignoring the danger of dislocating his arm.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that his crazy look was not right.

The next second, with a chick, Kaihus tore off his sleeve.

In the bright sunlight, the four clear scratches on the arm appeared in front of everyone.

At the moment when the sleeves were torn apart, Farr, who was still struggling frantically the previous second, seemed to vent his energy and collapsed on the ground.

He seemed to be completely desperate, and he just lay on the ground, motionless.

When everyone looked at the scratches on his arm and what he looked like at the moment, they all knew what to do.

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That old guy who can only flatter! It’s still exactly the same as before!

Hearing one after another around the discussion, the Chief Secretary hated fiercely in his heart.

He waited to see Prince Gallan’s ruin, but things went beyond his expectations. At this moment, the old guy’s deliberate praise made Prince Gallan’s reputation to a higher level.

At the beginning, this old guy had always crushed him because he would please King Camos.

Now that he is so old, he still shamelessly flatters a prince who is not as old as his grandson.

The Chief Secretary was still slandering the right secretary in his heart, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a pair of bright golden eyes looking towards him.

There was a sudden thud in his heart.

But before he could think about how to deal with it, Gallan had already smiled at him.

“Although I only played games with Nega, this game is considered a good result, not a waste of your time, isn’t it, Chief Secretary?”

The boy looked at him with a smile and said.

The Chief Secretary’s face froze, and Prince Garland’s remarks were obviously aimed at the sentence he said not long ago,’Let everyone waste time here playing games with you and your lion’.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he reluctantly reduced the pressure of the fire in his heart, pretending to be nonchalant.

“Hey, I’m old, my energy is not as young as you, and my brain is not flexible enough.”

He paused, and reluctantly said, “You young people will take care of the next thing.”

Although his heart was fierce, but in this situation, he had to take a step back.

His words were hinting that he would back down and would not participate in this matter anymore, so don’t hold on to him.

This is considered a tactful surrender.

After speaking, he returned to his seat and sat still quietly.

It’s just that his eyes were staring at Garlan’s figure closely, and his eyes were full of gloom.

Look at it wrong.

This little prince is not easy to play with.

The Chief Secretary thought gloomily.

He originally wanted to support the well-controlled Prince Garland to ascend to the throne so that he could control the power in the future.

But now, Prince Huimos, Prince Garland, neither of them can be dealt with.

…He has to think of something.

Everyone present had their own minds, and no one noticed that the red-armored knight, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, opened his eyes at some point.

Those eyes were staring at Garlan, his eyes full of spitefulness.

It shouldn’t be like this.

No one would have discovered it.

He had already designed it.

No one will find that he did things.

Without this prince…

If it wasn’t for being deceived by this prince…

Yes, it’s all because of him!

I fell to this point because of this Prince Garland!

The knight’s pupils shrank violently, and he gritted his teeth, his facial muscles convulsed, showing a crazy look.

When things have reached this point, he will undoubtedly die.

He must not survive anyway.

Well, it might as well–

While not many people paid attention to him at this moment, while the prince was only a few steps away from him, the red-armored knight who had been lying motionless on the ground suddenly jumped up.

He dashed forward and stretched out his hand in Garlan’s direction.

The gaze he stared at Garlan was extremely hideous at this moment.

Even if he died, he had to put the prince on the back of the miserable prince!

His eyes flushed red, and he thought fiercely.

As long as he grabs that slender neck, he can severely squeeze it off in an instant!

At this moment when the red armored knight desperately and desperately rushed to Garlan–

Clang, the sword on the blond knight’s waist was out of its sheath.

The royal knight commander who just stood up has already pressed his hand on the hilt.

Sa Ge on the other side stretched out his hand eagerly and grabbed the hand that was reaching for Prince Gallan.

But they are all a step slower.

A huge but extremely swift figure leaped forward violently.

The brown mane flicked in the air.

The lion opened his mouth, showing his hideous sharp teeth, and bit the arm that stretched towards Garlan.

There was a crackling sound that made everyone’s heart tremble.

The red-armored knight fell to the ground and let out a scream. There was only a bloody piece on his right shoulder, revealing his bones, and the entire arm under his shoulder was gone.

Before he uttered a second scream, a sharp claw stepped heavily on it, and only a slight click was heard. It was obvious that his rib was broken by the step.

The lion stepping on the red-armored knight held a bloody arm, and the blood stained the mane around its sharp teeth, dripping to the ground.

That scene made everyone feel chilly.

The lion opened his mouth and threw his bloody arm to the ground.

It still stepped on the human being underneath, and when it raised its head, it burst into a big mouth.

There was a roar.

Deafening, shocked to the extreme.

The earth seemed to tremble with this roar.

Everyone was shocked, and some people even knelt on the ground with their legs weakened.

The reverberation of the roar seemed to be still in the air endlessly.

The huge lion stands proudly on the high platform, its thick mane is flying in the wind, and its scorching eyes look down on the crowd.

The roar of the lion was shocking everywhere.

It stood majestic in the wind, its majestic posture, terrifying figure, the blood dripping from the corner of its mouth, and the bloody severed limbs thrown on the steps, made everyone who looked up to it terrified.

A hand stretched out and pressed it on the head of the lion.

Give it a light pat.

The fierce aura of the terrifying big lion from the previous second dissipated, and it turned around and rubbed its hand like a baby.

Then, it leaned over and lay meekly and quietly beside Garlan who patted its head.

The fierce lion leaned over and lay quietly beside the slender blond boy.

The scene that should have felt weird, at this moment, for some reason, gives people an indescribable sense of harmony.

…Moreover, it seems that I have seen or heard of this picture somewhere…

Many people have this strange feeling in their hearts.

……Where have you seen it before…………

“Shamash…”

Someone muttered to himself.

“…Shamash’s punishment…”

Someone murmured in a daze.

“…The legend… the legend of the myth… of the sun god Shamash…”

“Isn’t this…”

“Ah, Shamash…”

More and more people wake up.

They know why they are familiar with this picture.

Under the bright sunlight, the blond boy stroking the head of the lion.

The brown lion lying meekly beside the boy.

Liar whose wrist was bitten by a lion.

The bloody broken arm rolling on the steps…

This seems to be the myth about Shamash that has been handed down since ancient times.

[The liar will be bitten off his wrist by the messenger of Shamash. 】

The scene before them seemed to be the reappearance of ancient myths and legends before their eyes.

They opened their eyes wide, unbelievable, but inexplicably, a feeling of trembling for this scene surged from the bottom of their hearts——

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You always call me Cavin.

Well, today I put the weights for today and tomorrow together.

Love me like this, huh (ˉ(∞)ˉ)ch