A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 149. Chapter 149

The soldiers rudely pushed the two of Garlan into the dungeon. With a bang, the iron door closed, and they turned and left.

The light in the dungeon is very dim, only the oil lamp hung on the wall of the dungeon hall emits a dim yellow light, making it difficult to recognize the outline of the surrounding things.

There are other prisoners in the big dungeon, but everyone is lifeless. Even if they see a newcomer being pushed in, they just raise their eyelids, then lower their eyes again, indifferent.

Garlan stood in the dungeon, hanging his head slightly without saying a word, and his hands were still tied behind him.

He tightened his lips, the shadow from his slender eyelashes concealed the expression in his eyes, and the long golden hair fell from his side cheeks, covering the half of his reddish cheeks.

Shuluos, who hadn’t said anything since the incident happened, approached him like a wooden man, and looked at his red cheeks.

He whispered: “What? Young master, feel wronged?”

Gallan didn’t say a word, her lips pressed tighter.

“Since you have decided to come here, you should be prepared not to be trusted.”

Shuros shrugged.

“A child is a child. I can’t bear any grievances.” He said with some emotion, “As a powerless commoner, even a lowly pariah, how much grievance will be suffered every day, and may even be wronged by others. To death, a noble young master like you can’t even imagine it.”

Gallan raised his eyes to look at him. Although he was trying to suppress it, there was still a faint anger in his eyes.

“I have never been treated this way before.”

He said, the tone was very blunt.

Shuros smiled.

“The civilians who have been at the bottom from birth have become accustomed to this kind of stubborn life. It is just a slap in the face. It is nothing to them, and it is not as important as their meal.”

He said, “Little Master, if you are a commoner, you won’t be able to live now with your character.”

Gallan was silent for a moment, and suddenly got angry.

“Obviously I took the risk to help them. Instead, I was locked up. This group of people has a brain disease, right? Especially that guy-that guy, he deserves to die! He deserves to be crushed to death by the mountain and deserves to be killed. Drowning in water, I will let him die!”

He kicked the iron gate fiercely, and the iron gate slammed.

“Even if something like a mountain torrent is a lie, you have to confirm it, right? If you think about it, you know that no one will lie about this kind of thing! It’s all a bunch of pig brains! Pig brains!”

After cursing in one breath, Garlan took a deep breath.

Then, he turned his head calmly to look at Shuros.

“We have to find a way to get out, the flash flood will not give us too much time.”

“…”

Gallan’s expression changed too quickly. The moment before, he lost his temper like a child, turned his head and calmly discussed the flash flood with him, which made Shuluos a little confused for a while.

He couldn’t laugh or cry and said: “I said, you just said to take care of them, why turn around and become anxious again?”

“If you are in a bad mood, you have to scold him and vent it. Moreover, I’m talking about letting him die, not about them.”

The boy who lost his temper a little smoother, shrugged his shoulders like Shuros.

“You can’t just throw a basket of good eggs on the ground and smash it just because you were hit by a rotten egg? If you are angry, you should be saved or you should be saved.”

“You can say it is simple, if you carry something that can prove your identity, we will have seen the lord of the city a long time ago.”

Shuros said angrily, his hand tied behind his back stretched out, a thin blade slipped from his cuff, he cut his backhand and the rope fell down.

He moved his wrist and stepped forward to help Garlan untie the rope.

“Okay, little master, don’t be wronged.”

He leaned to Garlan’s ear and said in a breeze, “I will take you out of this ghost place until later.”

“Huh? But…”

The bard smiled.

“It’s just a broken lock.” He said nonchalantly. “When I don’t have any money, I will go to the rich merchant’s house to’borrow’ some belongings and unlock small things like… ahem.”

When he accidentally told the truth, Shuros coughed embarrassingly in the face of Garlan’s stunned eyes widening at him.

“Don’t look at me like that. I have investigated beforehand. They are all for the rich and unkind, and I will give some of the stolen property to the poor.”

He said, “Okay, just sit and wait late at night.”

Garlan thought for a moment, then lowered his voice and asked, “Can you sneak into the city lord’s room?”

“Impossible. The defense is too tight. Not to mention the city lord’s room. It is dangerous to sneak into the ruling government. At most, I have sneaked into the rich merchant’s house before.”

Finding a cleaner pile of straw in the dungeon, Garlan sat there with her hands on her bent knees, looking down at the ground, not knowing what she was thinking.

He didn’t say a word, Shuluos didn’t speak, put the thin blade in the palm of his hand and kept turning, carefully looking at the structure of the dungeon, thinking about the fastest way to escape.

After a long silence, Garlan spoke suddenly.

“Schloss.”

“Um?”

“If I’m still a nobleman…this matter can be easily resolved, right?”

Shuros’ eyes flashed.

“Listen, Gal.” He said, “Mind is not worth mentioning, everything depends on the outcome.”

The village that had been burned down because of his recklessness flashed through his mind, and even though it had been a long time, his heart still tingled slightly at this moment.

“Even if a person with no power has the best idea, he can’t do it, and the result will be bad.”

“But even if a person with power has a plan that is not very glorious, but he did it, the result is good.”

“People never care about your purpose, they only care about getting a good result, because only a good result can give them peace and happiness.”

“Don’t care about… the purpose?”

The young man repeated this sentence.

“In this world, personal martial arts is not worth mentioning. You can beat ten people, but you can’t beat a hundred people.”

What Shuros said was very straightforward.

“To tell you the truth, Gal, as a civilian, you don’t have the ability to help others. It can even be said that with your appearance, once you meet a powerful person with special preferences, you may not even be able to protect yourself.”

The bard’s words hit the nail on the head.

The boy froze for a moment, then fell into silence with his knees.

After another period of time, Shuros estimated that it was almost done, got up and looked at the situation, then stood in front of the prison door and reached out to touch the iron lock.

But at this moment, there was a bang from the hall of the dungeon, and Shuros suddenly withdrew his hand, pretending to sit back in the corner.

A middle-aged man with a pot belly walked in, looking at the clothes that seemed to be the housekeeper of the powerful. The warden was by his side with a respectful look.

As soon as he entered, the prisoners in the cell became agitated, as if they all knew him.

Garlan was surprised when he saw the face of the person in the prison next to him showing fear and struggling. At this moment, the person who looked like a housekeeper spoke.

“The adults want to see a show of animal fighting tomorrow, who of you wants to come?”

He hummed, standing on the steps of the passageway and swept around the people in the dungeon.

The prisoners who were swept by him all shrank into the shadows, and some of them shook. He looked away disdainfully, as if he saw something dirty.

He said: “The old rule, as long as you win, the adults will satisfy a request you make, and even the murderer can be exempted from the death penalty.”

“What kind of animal fighting performance?”

Garlan asked the man in the dungeon next to him in a low voice.

The thin man hesitated and answered him in a low voice.

“It is for you to fight against beasts such as wolves, leopards, and wild boars in the arena. If you can kill the beasts, even if you win, the nobles and adults will agree to any request you make.”

The man shuddered and said, “But, after so many times, almost all the players on the court died.”

Moreover, his death was extremely tragic, and his flesh and blood were eaten directly by the beast, and there was no bones left.

So no one dared to go, and only those condemned prisoners who were destined to die dared to fight to the death.

“Isn’t it just those nobles who want to find some excitement.”

Shuluos snorted.

“The ground movement just happened, but they were boring.”

“No one?”

The man asked again loudly, and couldn’t help frowning when no one said anything.

Because of the ground movement not long ago, his family was in a bad mood and wanted to give vent to him, so he asked him to pick a criminal and hold a fight.

If his errands go wrong, he will surely make the adults furious.

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang in the silent dungeon.

“Will any request be accepted?”

The voice was obviously very young, even a little immature.

The aristocratic butler carried the lantern, and at a glance, he could not help frowning when he saw that he was speaking as a young man, who seemed to be underage.

“Child, you are too young, it’s better not to get involved in this matter.”

He had no mercy before looking for the murderous criminals to die.

But this time, he was just a beautiful underage child, and the butler couldn’t bear to persuade him.

“Really, I will agree to any request?”

The boy insisted on asking.

Since the other party insisted, the butler sighed inwardly and stopped persuading.

He nodded: “Yes, you can make any request, as long as it is something within the city of Twylo, you win, whether you have money, or impunity, any request from adults will satisfy you.”

The blond boy nodded.

“Okay, I’ll go.”

The noble butler sighed and left. Although it was very pitiful, the young man himself was willing to die for property or forgiveness, and he couldn’t stop him.

The prisoners in the dungeon looked at the not strong boy with pity, and looked at the dead.

Shuros grabbed Garlan’s hand.

“Are you crazy? Looking for death is not this way of looking for death!”

He lowered his voice, “Don’t say it, I’ll take you out of here later. It’s a big deal when we put up flash flood notes in the city, and we can’t control the rest! Whether it’s the officials in this city , Or other people, can only resign themselves to fate. They don’t believe our words, they can only say that their fate has been set by God, but we can’t die with them!”

Gallan turned to look at Shuros.

“Even the destiny set by God can be changed.”

In previous lives, Huimos changed the destiny predetermined by God.

In this life, he changed the fate of Huimos.

In addition, the fate of many people has changed, such as Opada, the Little Queen, and so on.

He should no longer indulge in the fate of the so-called past.

Gallan already understood.

This time he hit a wall because of himself.

He said that he would give up his identity as a prince, but he still habitually acts as a prince, thinking of being a prince. He falls into the trap so easily because he still thinks he is a prince subconsciously, and there is no need to worry about safety in the government.

After suffering a big loss this time, he finally realized this.

Gallan suddenly raised an eyebrow and smiled at Shuros.

“Since we are a ranger now, we will use the ranger’s way to solve this matter simply and rudely this time.”

During this period of time, the heaviness and confusion hidden deep in my heart disappeared, and the youth’s smile returned to its former bright.

“I said, do you want to meet with Lord City Lord after you win?”

“Guess~~”

The young man smiled and curled his eyes.

“…Don’t guess.”

The bard decisively refused.

I always feel that Gal is even more difficult to deal with now.

he thinks.

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Over the night, Tweeul City became bustling and noisy again.

Residents in the city are still busy restoring their damaged houses, and countless people pass by on the road.

As time went by, as it approached noon, a richly decorated room in the northeast corner of the city was bustling with excitement.

It is a small indoor arena where only the powerful can enter and watch.

It was built very sturdy, so it didn’t cause much damage in two consecutive moves, only a few traces of the side room were slightly cracked, and it was repaired a long time ago.

The young noble children came with their company and greeted each other reservedly. Then, he couldn’t wait to cast his eyes on the arena in the middle.

There are also a few aristocratic women wearing Chinese clothes, holding the hands of their husbands or lovers, and coming in for money, sitting gracefully on their seats.

The anger of fear in the ground movement, they will vent happily in this bloody battle.

Generally speaking, the fighting venues in large open-air arenas are very low and the audience seats are very high. That is to avoid hurting the audience during the fighting.

And this indoor arena is different, it uses a huge iron cage to close the fighting arena. In this way, it is more exciting for the audience to watch it up close.

Under the gaze of everyone, a blond teenager appeared in front of them, causing a buzzing whisper from the crowd.

The noble ladies were even staring at the boy, their faces full of pity.

“Gosh, such a beautiful child…”

“He’s underage, right? What crime did he commit at such a young age?”

“It’s a shame to think that this child will be torn apart by wild animals.”

“If I had known that there was such a beautiful boy, I would have bought him one step in advance.”

An aristocratic woman covered her mouth with a fan, suddenly smiled weirdly, and whispered: “But you don’t think that such a beautiful boy, when his slender body was torn by wild animals, when his white skin was stained with blood, Is it more exciting and exciting?”

“…”

No one answered.

Some people glanced at each other and imagined the bloody but tragic and beautiful scene that this woman said, their heartbeats suddenly accelerated, and they couldn’t help but look forward to it.

Some nobles frowned and looked away in disapproval.

Many people showed pity to the young man in the iron cage, with unbearable expressions in their eyes. There are even a few soft-hearted noble ladies or men who have sent their servants to ask if they can stop this gladiatorial fight, and they can pay for the kid’s atonement.

But it was too late, and the servants had not had time to go down. On the opposite side of the boy, the wild beast had been released from the cage.

Everyone exclaimed.

There were nervous and worried exclamations, and there were excited exclamations.

It was a majestic gray-black giant wolf.

The hair is thick and the body is huge. The body shape is more than half the height of a teenager just by the shoulders.

The sharp claws, the hideous teeth, and the fierce light from the flushed eyes are all frightening.

It was a beast that scared people at a glance.

When it appeared, the room that was noisy because of the youth suddenly fell silent for a moment.

It no longer knows how much human flesh and blood it has swallowed, and many people here have witnessed the terrible scene where the ferocious wolf tore the criminals apart.

Wolves that have eaten human flesh are extremely aggressive towards humans.

As soon as it appeared on the stage, its red eyes stared viciously at the live food opposite.

Unable to hold it down for even a second, it sprinted and rushed over the distance between it and its prey in the blink of an eye with the shouts of everyone.

Then, the giant wolf leaped, leaped high in the air, and opened its mouth to bite its prey.

Its sharp teeth exposed to the air refract the cold light in the light.

The teenager who was thrown by him seemed to be frightened and stupefied. No matter how many people called him to run, he still stood motionless.

In the exclamation of everyone, the giant wolf was about to bite the poor young man’s neck in full view of the crowd——

Suddenly, a bright light flashed in the air, and a dagger was handed out like lightning.

The gray wolf slapped it and bit it hard on the hard iron blade.

It still didn’t react. The fist wearing the iron finger cot had already hit its most vulnerable nose, slamming it into the stars.

Four claws fell on the ground, and its body couldn’t help but pause for a moment.

But its prey does not give it time to rest.

The young man loosened the dagger still bitten by it, turned his back, and grabbed the long sword that had been placed on the ground beforehand.

A sword slashed fiercely on its back waist.

The giant wolf wailed, his back was splashed with blood, his lower limbs softened, and he knelt on the ground involuntarily.

And the young man who was supposed to be the bloody food in his mouth had already raised his long sword high with both hands and backhands.

A sword pierced through the back of its neck, nailing its head to the ground fiercely.

The young man stood on top of the giant wolf, panting violently.

The gray wolf’s body twitched a few times and stopped breathing.

Stepping on the head of the wolf corpse, he pulled out the long sword.

The splattered blood stained most of his clothes and splashed on his cheeks sporadically.

He raised his head and looked at everyone.

At this moment, the whole room was silent, as if time had stopped at this moment.

The blond boy who stepped on the wolf’s corpse looked up, and the long sword in his hand was still dripping with blood.

His fair skin was still stained with shocking blood red.

Long golden hair fell from his shoulders.

The look he raised his head to look at everyone was shocking for some reason.

It was as if in that glance, heaven and earth held their breath for a moment.

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“What? You say it again?”

“Please let me see City Lord Kanile.”

“It’s impossible. You can change your requirements, such as property, etc., all of which are okay.”

The middle-aged nobleman standing in the middle of the audience seat shook his head and rejected the young man’s request that he seemed extremely presumptuous.

Released from the fighting arena, the blond boy who simply changed his clothes was taken to the nobleman in charge of the arena, and his request was simply rejected by the middle-aged nobleman.

The young man was silent for a while, then changed his request.

“Pardon my sins, and, I want that.”

He pointed to the gold bracelet on the wrist of the middle-aged nobleman and said that there was also a huge gem on the bracelet, which shone in the light and was very conspicuous.

At a glance, you can see that it is extremely luxurious and valuable.

The middle-aged noble frowned unhappily, but in the crowd, he had already rejected the request of the young man once, and promised to agree to any request. If he refused, his reputation would be affected.

“good.”

He nodded and said, taking off the gold bracelet.

Under the gaze of everyone, the young man stepped forward calmly and reached out his hand to catch the gold bracelet handed to him by the middle-aged nobleman.

But in the next second, abnormal changes emerged.

The blond boy who seemed to be about to catch the bracelet suddenly grabbed the middle-aged nobleman’s wrist, swiftly turned over and jumped, and jumped behind the nobleman.

As soon as he raised his hand, the thin blade emerging from his fingertips hit the middle-aged nobleman’s throat.

“do not move.”

The boy said, the corners of his lips raised slightly.

“Be good.”

The middle-aged nobleman was shocked and turned pale.

The air was quiet for a second, and then the whole indoor arena exploded.

As the nearby nobles quickly got up and retreated to a safe distance, the noble ladies screamed in horror.

As long as they remembered the terrifying scene of the young man stepping on the giant wolf’s corpse with a sword in his hand not long ago, they couldn’t help being frightened, afraid to avoid it, let alone move forward.

Regardless of the mess around Garlan, he grabbed the stiff middle-aged nobleman and dragged him towards the gate.

The guards had already rushed over. Although there were a lot of people, they looked at the middle-aged nobleman in his hands and the blade on his neck, one by one, and they didn’t dare to approach him.

The door was opened, and he dragged the man out of the door.

As soon as he went out, the sound of horse hooves came, and in a blink of an eye, the black-haired bard ran to the gate, holding another horse in his hand, looking at Garlan with a smile on his face.

Without talking nonsense, Shuros stretched out his hand, knocked the middle-aged nobleman unconscious, and then threw it on his horse.

Gallanli landed on his horse. At this time, the middle-aged nobleman’s butler, servants, and guards all chased him out, watching him nervously, and the middle-aged man lying on the back of Schloss’s horse. noble.

The boy rode on the horse and raised his chin at the group of people.

He said, “Come and chase me.”

He smiled and his golden eyes were bright.

Turning his head and galloping away, the blonde hair flying behind him.

The group of people could only watch the two people take their fainted master Juechen away, leaving them only a piece of dust, and the indoor arena that has been completely messed up.

“Catch up, catch up! Also, go and call for someone! Go and notify the city gate guard at once!”

The butler of the middle-aged nobleman was already so anxious that cold sweat came out. He shouted: “Call the chief of the city gate to chase after him! Immediately! You must save the lord!”