A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 152. Chapter 152

The Tweelul Mountain, even if it is late at night, is still very lively, just like the day. The dim light of dozens of oil lamps illuminates the gully that has begun to take shape. The people living in Twyllul City are still digging hard, changing over and over again. No matter how much the digger changes, the trench’s Digging never stops for a moment.

No one complains. Everyone knows that now they are fighting the flash flood and must race against time. If they take a step slower, their own home will be destroyed.

The people in Twyllul City have also been evacuated, and they can only sleep in the wild tonight. Many people look at the mountains in the night and pray to the gods of Aaron Landis, hoping for the good news. Come quickly, so that they can return to their warm home soon.

There was a loud voice in the area where the gully was dug, and a little farther away, on a flat ground around a small hill, Garland sat on the ground, and Shuros was lying on his back with his limbs spread out on his back. , Both of them looked exhausted.

Gallan felt that his whole body was hurting.

On the other hand, Shuros, who was always talkative, lay weakly, and didn’t even want to say anything.

Hearing the faint voices from the other side of the mountain, Garlan shook his head.

“As a result, I was far worse than those people.”

He thought he had practiced martial arts somehow, and his physical strength should not be worse than that.

Unexpectedly, digging a hole is worse than those civilians who have never practiced martial arts, and even less efficient than them.

“They are more proficient in this kind of thing, and they are used to working from morning till night.”

Shuros answered.

“Without hard work, it will be difficult for the family to live on.”

Garlan stared at the sky in a daze, then he fell backwards and lay on the ground like Shuros, with the stars shining on his face.

“Shoulos, you said that you have been on the mainland for a long time and have seen many things. Then, what you have seen, whether you have been wronged or bullied, and those who are too poor to survive, Are these things common in Aaron Landis?”

“Yes, everywhere.”

Gallan sighed softly.

The class is clear, this is the rule of this world.

No one can break it easily.

No one is exception, he is the same. He used to think too simple, because he has enjoyed privileges for so many years, so he took it for granted, and forgot the hardships of ordinary people’s lives.

Shuros looked at the night sky as if in a daze, but his eyes seemed to have many things surging at this moment.

His eyes are struggling.

After a long time, he made up his mind and spoke.

“I think King Camos is not a competent king.”

Garlan turned his head and looked at Shuros in astonishment.

For a long time, King Camos in Aaron Landis was an existence that everyone admired, and everyone regarded him as a god.

Even the people who were in turmoil were in awe of them.

It was the first time he heard dissatisfaction with King Camos from others, which surprised him, but also felt a little unhappy in his heart.

After all, that was the brother Wang who loved him.

He doesn’t like to hear that King Camos is not good.

“I am not saying this to discredit King Camos. On the contrary, I also think that he is a great king and a powerful and respectable king. In the wars of the year, he was the one who saved him. After Aaron Landis, all the people of Aaron Landis admire him…I am no exception.”

Shuros looked at the countless broken stars in the sky, and he murmured.

“Maybe I asked too much, but, Gal, I think it’s not enough. As the king, he hasn’t done enough.”

“He is the king of Aaron Landis, the king of the nobles, but also the king of us common people, but he seldom listens to our voices and cares about our thoughts.”

“Gal, maybe what I say next is strange, absurd, and may make you angry, but I really want to say it, tell you.”

After traveling the mainland for so long and seeing too many things, this kind of thought has always been in his heart about to move.

He never dared to say it, because he knew that he would only be regarded as a lunatic by others.

“I don’t think this should be the case. Even if the nobles are indeed noble than the commoners, but we common people are also the people of Aaron Landis. I…I don’t know how to describe it, but… the common people, untouchables, even We are slaves. Everyone is the same. We and the nobles are actually the same. Why can’t we be treated as human beings the same?”

Garlan opened his mouth in surprise, and did not recover for a long while.

Half a step ahead is a genius, a step ahead becomes a lunatic.

Although Shuros’s idea is still a vague prototype, and even he himself can’t understand it, in this world of slavery, his idea is already shocking the world.

When Shuros said this, he shut his mouth again and shook his head with a wry smile.

“Forget it, just treat you as if you haven’t heard such crazy talk. Common people are the same as nobles. I think these words are stupid.”

He put his hands behind his head and sighed.

“The current Aaron Landis seems to be very powerful, but he has been fighting for years since the first king. Even because of King Camos’s reputation, it’s better now, but the war has never stopped. The nobles may not care. , But the common people, especially the poor, have a very difficult life.”

“Obviously, as a commoner who can live safely under the blessing of King Camos, I should be grateful, but I want more greedily. In addition to being able to live safely, I also want to live a better life. This is the idea. …… Isn’t it too clue what is good or bad?”

“…No, it’s not that I don’t know what’s good or bad, it’s human nature to think of a better life.”

Gallan’s answer made Shuros stunned for a while, he turned his head and looked at Gallan.

The boy didn’t look at him, he could only see half of his face.

He didn’t see the lies and perfunctory from that side of his face. For a moment, all kinds of feelings rushed into his heart, and for a moment he didn’t know what it was like.

He knew he had said a lot of things he shouldn’t have said.

But I don’t know why, perhaps because he will soon go to jail for kidnapping the nobles. Now, in this night, in front of this young man, he just wants to say these absurd things.

Gal is a nobleman after all.

He thought that Garr would be angry, he thought that Garr would berate him for not knowing good or bad, he thought that Garr would say he was crazy and that he was rebellious.

However, none of them.

In this way, he actually didn’t know what to continue to say.

Shuros took a deep breath, smiled, and forcibly changed the subject.

“Speaking of which, the rumored Prince Garland seems to be very different from King Camos. He seems to be loved by civilians. Huh? Gal, by the way, your name is the same as that of Garr. Prince Lan looks alike, hahaha.”

“That’s me.”

“I’m telling you, it’s enough, don’t talk nonsense, I’m talking to you seriously.”

“……Oh.”

“In addition to him, there is also a His Highness Huimos. One day, one of them will become the next King Aaron Landis. Gal, which prince do you think is better?”

The boy was silent for a moment.

He said: “Hey Moss, he is more suitable.”

“Hahaha, I know you, the noble young master, would say that. I think he can fight and protect Aaron Landis, right?”

“…”

“However, as a commoner, I still hope that Prince Gallan will inherit the throne.”

Shulos said, “Prince Hiemos is just another King of Camos, a heroic king, but the common people look forward to a kind king who can make their lives less difficult.”

The boy lowered his eyes and said nothing.

“However, if you think about it carefully, even if Prince Garland treats everyone well, Aaron Landis would be dangerous if he fails to fight. So, I think it would be better if those two could become one person. Bravery and good fighting can deter the Quartet, so that other countries will not dare to invade the slightest, and can also be kind to their people, regardless of whether they are high or low, and treat everyone justly and wisely.”

“Two people become one? You think so well.”

Gallan, who had been silent, couldn’t help but speak.

“Tsk, I also know that this kind of king only exists in fantasy, but doesn’t it make people dream?”

“Then go to bed and dream! Get up tomorrow morning and continue to work!”

“I protest! I just said it was just for a while–”

“The protest is invalid.”

…………

The fine noise gradually disappeared under the night, and the two people on the top of the mountain went to sleep one after another in exhaustion.

At the foot of the mountain, the people in the city of Twyllul had been evacuated to a safe place in daylight. At this moment, the city was empty.

However, in the middle of the city where there should be no one, a young black-haired young man who sneaked into the government not long ago stood on the street, looking down at what was on his palm.

That is what he just took out of the ruling government.

He held his hand, squeezed it tightly in the palm of his hand, and placed it next to his body.

Afterwards, he unfolded a note.

That was a message sent to him by his subordinates not long ago.

‘…Menister City…’

Huimos took a quick glance, then grabbed the note into a ball, raised his hand, and threw it into the river in the city.

He rode away, and his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

The parchment paper soaked in the river water was soaked, and the text on it quickly melted into a smudge, and it was no longer clear.

……………………

For a whole day and night, under the people’s sleepless digging, a channel was finally dug, connecting the piled pool and the crack on the other side of the mountain.

At this moment, only a small section of the water pool entrance has not yet been dug, and several specially selected young, strong and agile youths are carefully digging there.

They are also tied with thick ropes, and the other end is firmly tied to a solid rock or tree trunk in the distance to prevent danger.

Just when there was only a thin layer of soil left in the ditches and pools, that layer of soil suddenly shook violently, and it was about to be washed away.

The ten or so soldiers who had been focusing their attention here were quick-eyed and quick-handed, and suddenly dragged the young men who were digging below from under the ditch.

It was too late and it was fast, only a muffled sound was heard, the thin soil wall was instantly broken by the water, and a huge amount of water poured into the newly dug ditch, along the ditch to the crack on the other side of the mountain. Away.

The sudden splash of water was like a huge wave, and all of the people who were closer to the ditch were soaked all of a sudden, they ran back quickly, leaving far away.

The huge amount of water rushing to the crevice rushed straight down from the crevice, entraining countless rubble, rolling up fallen trees, roaring down from the high mountains, and quickly formed on this mountain wall. A small mudslide.

The huge roar of mudslides from halfway up the mountain reverberated in the mountains, deafening, as if the top of the mountain was shaken by this sound, and it was shocking to hear.

But no one was frightened because of this, on the contrary, there was a look of joy on everyone’s face.

They dug the channel before the blocked water pool collapsed, and they defended their homeland.

The crisis in Twyllul City is over.

Everyone looked at the turbulent flowing water, and the heart that had been trembling all day and night finally came down, and some even clenched their hands and knelt on the ground to thank the gods he believed in.

After digging the trenches for a day and a night, everyone was disgraced and looked extremely embarrassed, but an atmosphere of joy was permeating here.

When the water in the piled-up deep pool was about to flow, leaving only the thin layer on the rock platform, submerged to knee-level water, the young people with ropes on their bodies immediately jumped down and moved away. Rocks and trees piled up on the openings of the rock platform, excavated the soil blocked in the crevices of the rocks.

Like ants gnawing on wood, they cleaned up the broken pile of rocks little by little.

On the cliff with a thin layer of waterfall, only gravel and trees were continuously rolling down.

This work was another day and night.

The sun went down and rose again, and when it rose to the highest point of the sky again, there was another thud. The last bit of rubble no longer needed to be cleaned up, and it was directly washed down the cliff by the running water.

The majestic waterfall reappeared on the Twyllul Mountain, and the sound of the water that was not too loud became deafening again, making everyone’s eardrums humming by the waterfall.

Water vapor splashed all over.

The bright sunlight shone down, forming a colorful rainbow on the steaming water vapor of the waterfall.

The crowd uttered a huge cheer, the sound was so huge, it almost overwhelmed the deafening sound of the waterfall.

Everyone is covered in mud, like crawling out of a mud pit, but everyone’s smile is brighter than the noon sun at this moment.

At this moment, City Lord Kanile, who had also been on this mountain for two full days and two nights, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Don’t look at his expressionless face and a mountain of motionless appearance, in fact, he is also very nervous.

The first king gave him the city of Tweeul. If the city is destroyed in his hands, then even if he is dead, he will have no face to go to see the king in the dark.

On the other side, Shuros stood there, and when he saw the waterfall reappear with his own eyes, what had been blocked in his heart for a long time seemed to be washed away at this moment.

His heart was more relaxed than ever before, and he raised his lips and showed a smile.

Just when he was happy, footsteps came from around him, and when he turned his head, he saw the middle-aged staff member who had been following the city lord approaching him.

“Are you here to arrest us? Want to punish us?”

Shuros looked at the middle-aged man warily, he hadn’t forgotten the abduction of the nobleman by him and Garlan.

“No, it’s just that Lord City Lord invited you over, he has something to say to you.”

The middle-aged staff member said, “That palace…Well, where is your companion?”

“Hey, over there, it’s too dirty to wash.”

Looking in the direction that Shuros said, he saw Garlan standing on the edge of the waterfall, reaching out and following the falling water, washing away the dust on his face and hands.

The blonde hair that was originally stained with dust was washed by the water splashing on him, and it became wet, but it also shone again with a golden luster.

Shuros stood with the middle-aged staff, looking at the boy by the waterfall, waiting for him to finish washing.

The bard sighed.

“Hey, I ran over to find the unicorn, but the unicorn didn’t see it, and it caused such a big trouble. Goddess Afdomir, did you abandon your most handsome believer?”

Thinking of the experience of the past ten days, he couldn’t help muttering to himself.

“What? Unicorn?”

His muttering sound was heard by the middle-aged man next to him, and the staff member was taken aback and then laughed.

“You are also hearsay, you have heard this false rumor.”

“What? Fake?”

The middle-aged staff member smiled.

“Of course it is false. How can there be a unicorn in this world? Even if it does, it will only follow the gods and cannot appear in front of us.”

“But I obviously heard… and it’s been passed on for many years.”

“There is an ancient poem in Twyllul that has been circulating, and there is such a sentence, [White holy beasts haunt the sacred Twyllul Mountains]. Old people, they all know.”

The staff shook his head slightly and said to him.

“It’s just that in recent years, I don’t know that the tourist listened to this poem from the old population and spread it, and the message that was spread changed in the middle. It spread from side to side, and it turned out to be in the mountains of Twyllul. There are white unicorns infested, and some people add fuel to the rumors of distortion, saying that unicorns will appear in front of the most beautiful and pure girls in the world.”

“Because of this incident, many inexplicable people have come over these years just to find the so-called unicorn.”

Shuros was stunned by the staff’s words.

“Then why don’t you explain clearly?”

“Why explain clearly?”

The middle-aged staff member smiled meaningfully.

“Because of the rumors of this unicorn, many people came to Twyllul City specifically for this, making our place a lot more prosperous than before.”

Shuros: “…”

Ah, it was actually fake. He thought he could really see the legendary unicorn with Garlan, which really disappointed him.

…………

Um?

Wait, it seems something is wrong.

If the white unicorn doesn’t exist at all, then, what is the white shadow that Garlan saw that day…?

Moreover, when Shuros thinks back now, he always feels that the white image deliberately led them to the waterfall…

Patter.

Click, click.

It was a very soft sound of treading on the water.

Click, click again.

Gently, step on the ground and splash the water.

The extremely light sound of trampling on the ground seemed to be in my ears.

Shuros was startled.

wrong.

Obviously they were beside the big waterfall, and the sound of the water pouring down from the waterfall was deafening, making them heard even when they were standing so close to speak.

But what came to my ears…

Not only him, but the middle-aged staff around him, and the city lord of Kanile standing not far away, as well as everyone by the waterfall at the moment heard the gentle sound of stepping on the water.

Patter.

Da da.

It was like the sound of the four hoofs landing lightly, and it sounded in their ears so unreasonably, once, once, as if stepping into their hearts.

Everyone raised their heads unanimously and looked in the direction of the sound.

In the dense and verdant jungle, a light figure ran from among the beautiful trees.

Its limbs are slender but powerful, and with a light kick, it jumps high.

When it ran lightly, its body showed an indescribable graceful arc, even the posture of leaping lightly on the water and the ground was so graceful.

Click, click.

It ran from the forest, leaped on the ground, and splashed a few small water splashes when its four hooves alternately stepped on the ground.

It leaped lightly, leaping off the rocks of flowing water.

In the blink of an eye, it came to the blond boy by the waterfall.

It was a snow-white white deer, like the incarnation of a mountain spirit.

It has a huge body, almost a little taller than a teenager, but its posture is more beautiful than anything else.

The bright sunlight shone on it, and its fine white hair was as smooth as fine velvet.

The long horns on its head that stand like branches seem to be carved from flawless white jade.

It stood in front of Garlan, eyes clear as water, watching Garlan quietly.

Then, it lowered its head slightly, and delivered the dripping laurel branch in its mouth to the wet hand of the young man.

The waterfall fell from the cliff, splashing a layer of cloud-like water vapor.

On the edge of the splashing water, the blond boy stood there, bright sunlight falling on him.

He raised his head and stared at the white deer in front of him.

The golden pupils reflected the shadow of this beautiful white deer.

He raised his hand and touched the snow-like fine velvet with his fingertips.

The snow-white white deer stood in front of the boy, lowered his head, and gently approached the boy’s cheek.

It was as if he was rubbing his ears with a young man.

………………

The sound of the waterfall is still rushing.

Except for the sound of water, there was no other sound.

When he saw the beautiful white deer, City Lord Kanile paused for a while.

At this moment, the old ballad from the Twyllul Mountains flashed in his mind.

Magher, God of the Earth

The benevolent among the gods.

His body turned into the earth, carrying all the heavy burdens.

His blood turned into two rivers, giving birth to Aaron Landis.

His flesh and blood turned into wheat fields, nurturing all his people.

His skeleton turned into a towering mountain.

The sacred Mount Twilur, is his spine.

His heart beats deep in the mountains.

White holy beasts haunt this sacred mountain range.

That is his incarnation.

Looking down at the land of Aaron Landis from a high mountain.

The sacred Mount Twilur, stands on the ground.

People of Aaron Landis, please bear in mind.

The white holy beast.

Will only appear in front of the Saint King.