A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 178. Chapter 178

【wait me back. 】

Garland sat on the ground in a trance. Ten days have passed, and Heimos has been gone for a long time, but the man’s whisper that night seemed to be still echoing in his ears.

If that person used a strong attitude and a strong tone to say such a thing, Gallan would definitely put it behind him, but the tone of the partial Heymos said this sentence is really… …

It is really……

Gallan didn’t know how to describe it.

【……I beg you. 】

The tone seemed to be asking for his mercy, showing a bit of powerlessness, and even a little trace of pain. The last word could not suppress the trembling that oozes, making the listener’s heart seem to tremble. one time.

People can’t say anything to refuse.

And that voice has been reverberating in his head continuously over the past few days, lingering.

Garlan raised his hand and pressed it to his chest, as if the uncomfortable feeling of being pinched tightly still remained here.

…………

A huge mane head stretched out and arched him. Garland recovered and looked at the big lion rubbing against him, and couldn’t help but smile.

He sat on the ground, the big lion Nega lying on his stomach, with his head lying on his knees, squinting his eyes and enjoying him stroking.

Just now, when he stroked his hand combing the long mane and stopped, Niega arched him in dissatisfaction and motioned him to continue.

Temporarily burying Heimos’s affairs in his heart, Gallan smiled, put his arms around Negana’s dangling head, and rubbed it twice.

Nega didn’t care about being rubbed, and pressed Ding Gallan’s cheek with the tip of his moist nose.

Gallan’s eyes were bent, he buried his face in the fluffy mane and rubbed it, then he looked up at the sky.

It’s time for the noon break, and he has to finish the task this afternoon.

“Well, Nega, you should go back now.”

Gallan said, standing up.

The big lion stood up, bit the corner of his clothes and refused to let go, staring at him, obviously he hadn’t played enough with him.

Gallan smiled and patted it on the head.

“Nerga, I have something to do. If I am obedient, I will play with you tomorrow, okay?”

As if he understood what Galan said, Nega hesitated and let go, Galan kissed him rewardingly, and let him take him back to the lion garden. He went back to the room, changed his simple and comfortable loose clothing, and put on a brand new outfit under the service of the maid.

Although it is also a light-colored dress, the pure gold embroidery patterns at the corners and cuffs are shining in the sunlight, and the erect neckline on the neck is dotted with fine gems.

The long golden hair combed a few strands, and tied the golden malachite crown of the laurel branches on his head.

The pure white cloak like snow was fastened on the shoulders with a pure gold chain, and platinum tassels fell from his chest.

The sun fell into the room from the skylight and fell on the crown prince who raised his hand at will and lifted the cloak backwards. He walked out. On the snow-white wrists and calves, several hollow or smooth gold ring bracelets were placed on it. , During the action, occasionally the golden rings collided and made a crisp golden chime.

Tapti looked at the prince well dressed by her, nodded in satisfaction, and then stood at the door with a smile and watched her little prince leave.

“Master Caijos, please protect the prince.”

She said to the blond knight passing by her.

That was a word she would definitely say to Kayjos every time she sent her prince out, and she had repeated it so many times.

If you change to someone else, you will definitely get bored, but Kaihus has been like a day for ten years, earnestly nodding to Taput in answer, and then quickly followed the prince’s footsteps.

As soon as he walked out of the gate, someone greeted him.

“Brother!”

His eyes brightened as soon as he saw Garlan, Xinyas ran to Garlan quickly, showing a brilliant smile.

“Brother, where are you going?”

Xinyas’s name to Gallan has long since been changed. The reason is that Xie Muer overheard Xinyas’s screams one by one, and her face suddenly turned black. He unceremoniously grabbed Xinyas hard. After being reprimanded for half an hour, the young man was stunned, and he looked at Garlan pitifully at him for help.

At that time, Gallan looked away and pretended not to see it. You should know that he himself was being trained by Xiemur from time to time, how could he have the ability to save people.

After that time, Xinyas changed his name to Gallan. In crowded public places, he would be called “His Royal Highness” like everyone else. When there are few people and get along in private, he would call “Brother Sir”. ‘.

“I can’t accompany you today, Sinyas, I have to inspect a project outside the city this afternoon.”

It was like a big black dog with both ears pulled loose. The whole person was wilted, and his face also showed a look of loss.

However, in the next second, Xinyas seemed to think of something and his eyes lit up.

“Brother, I will go with you, okay?”

He said, looking at Garlan expectantly, as he said, he raised one of his arms as a gesture.

“Look, I am very strong, and I am also very strong. I can be your guard to protect you.”

The arms raised by the sturdy teenager were full of Gallan’s two arms, and they were full of strong muscles. They bulged up with force, and Gallan’s eyes couldn’t help but twitch. .

It stands to reason that Heimos also trains almost to the limit every day, and he also develops tight muscles, but his arms are not so strong… How did his brother develop such a bear-like physique?

But this young man with a bear-like figure is looking at him imploringly with a pair of deer Bab’s eyes brighter than normal.

This sense of disharmony really made Garlan a little tingling in the back of his neck.

“My brother?”

“I see, you can follow along, but be obedient.”

“good!”

As a result, Xinyas, who had obtained Garlan’s permission, followed happily.

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Garland’s itinerary this afternoon was to inspect a temple under construction.

The shrine of Solga, the god of wisdom.

Located outside the city, it is the intersection of three towns. It can be said that this temple of wisdom was built for these three towns.

Because the shrine of the god of wisdom, Solga, apart from offering worship to believers, another most important function is to teach knowledge. The priests of the God of Wisdom will teach in the temple every week. At that time, the people of Aaron Landis with the status of civilians and above can go to the school of the temple to learn.

This temple of wisdom was built near the mountain, close to a low mountain, and the stones used to build the temple were mined directly from the low mountain.

When Garlan and his party came here, the officials in charge of this construction site waited outside early to welcome their arrival. Behind the officials were the captain of the guard in charge of public security here, the supervisor in charge of the progress of the entire site, the chief craftsman in charge of artisans, and the officials who controlled slaves.

When they saw the figures galloping on horseback, the officials supervising the temple took the lead, leading the crowd behind them to kneel to the ground and salute the crown prince.

The reins were strangled, and the white horse made a long neigh, raised its front hoofs, and stopped.

The young man rolled over and got off his horse neatly, and the white cloak flew up behind him like unfolded wings.

He stood, raised his hand, and let everyone get up.

After the people who got up got permission, they got up and looked up at Garlan. Most people’s eyes lit up.

The young prince stood on the ground.

Obviously, like everyone else is bathed in the sun, there is no difference. I don’t know why, perhaps because of the bright blond hair, but the young figure seems to be surrounded by sunlight, like a luminous body, making people Can’t look away.

It was as if the crown prince was loved by the sun’s brilliance.

People can’t help but think of the rumor that the crown prince was favored by the sun god Shamash.

The leading official walked to Garlan’s side, bowed slightly, stretched out a hand, smiled and asked Garlan to enter the construction site.

Garlan nodded slightly, and walked inside.

Everyone naturally rushed forward and followed him closely, while Kaihus naturally led the guards around Garlan’s body without leaving any step.

In the crowd, some people’s eyes darkened, and followed quietly.

The temple has been built for a while, and it has begun to take shape.

Numerous columns with lotus leaf patterns rose from the ground and stood on the ground.

On the side of the cliff, the smooth stone platform has risen against the cliff, level by level.

At the top of the stone platform, a platform stood high and looked down on the earth.

That is the location of the altar.

When he first entered the construction site, Xinyas had been happily following Garlan’s side, keeping pace with each other, sticking very tightly.

He was too sturdy. One person blocked most of Garlan’s side and separated everyone else. Some people who wanted to squeeze to the prince’s side were stared. Gallan spoke.

Seeing Xinyas’s silly appearance, Gallan couldn’t help but laugh, but if this went on, the officials on the construction site couldn’t get through and couldn’t speak. So, he winked at Kaihus.

Kaihuos stepped forward, pulled Xinyas away from Garlan’s side, whispered a few words to him, Xinyas touched his head and nodded honestly.

He followed behind, staring at Garlan, who was surrounded by people, but when he was really bored, he turned his head and looked around.

Inadvertently, when he turned his head, he happened to see the cliff on the side where the altar was built, and there seemed to be people dangling on it.

Just a casual sweep, Xinyas didn’t care too much. Seeing Garlan walked away surrounded by others, he hurried to catch up.

Garlan walked slowly forward on the construction site of the temple. The officials in charge here followed him while reporting to him the progress of the temple construction. From time to time, some people took a few words.

Where they passed, the busy people put down their work one after another, knelt on the ground, with bright eyes looking at Garlan who was walking in front of them.

The Prince’s visit to this temple under construction is a great honor for them.

Garlan looked around and found that the construction site was full of people.

On the left side, in the dusty place, there are countless craftsmen who are carefully carving stone pillars, masonry, or small idols. A lifelike stone statue, large or small, was born in their hands.

On the right, the rhythmic shouts of the slaves spread loudly in the sun. Dozens of big-waisted slaves carried thick ropes. Under the sun, their skin was rough and dark, and they were bent over deeply, step by step. Walking.

The rope was squeezed tightly into the meat, making heavy marks.

Behind these slaves who were desperately moving forward, a huge stone of tens of square meters was moved forward little by little on the round log spread out on the ground, and then it was hauled into it little by little along the log.

On the other side, another group of people shouted slogans and worked hard together to erect a huge cylinder by rope.

The whole construction site is full of noisy noises, and the shouts, calls, and voices of countless people gather together, which is very lively.

Garlan turned around and probably understood the construction progress of the temple, which was a bit faster than the estimated time.

So he didn’t say anything, just smiled and complimented, seeing that it was getting late, he planned to leave and return to the palace.

After getting the crown prince’s affirmation of his merits, the local official in charge was naturally in a good mood. He just humbled a few words, and when he planned to send the crown prince away, an official behind him suddenly spoke.

“His Royal Highness, why don’t you go to the altar and have a look before you leave?”

The official said with a flattering smile.

“If you can go to the altar, everyone can see your noble figure there.”

The altar is built on the mountain, is the highest point of the whole temple, and it is also the first place to be completed.

Standing there, you can overlook the entire temple grounds.

“No, I…”

Gallan shook his head, just about to refuse, but several officials in the same group felt that this was a good idea, and they all persuaded it.

“His Royal Highness, the altar has been completed, it is very strong, it is the highest point here.”

“Yes, Your Highness, the time is just right now. It’s good to go up and see the sunset.”

“If you can let everyone see your appearance, it will definitely bring great encouragement to everyone.”

Everyone smiled and persuaded you every word.

After all, on the altar at the highest point, the crown prince can look down on the entire temple construction site and clearly see the results of their hard work.

“Standing on the altar, you can overlook the entire temple. His Royal Highness, Sorga, the god of wisdom, also hopes that you can be the first person to climb this altar.”

“Yes, everyone here also hopes that you can see the temple we have built little by little, Prince Wang.”

Everyone was persuading, Gallan thought for a while, walking inside the temple construction site, no matter how he could only see part of it, he really wanted to see the whole picture of the temple, so he nodded and agreed.

Surrounded by the crowd, he climbed to the altar built against the mountain.

The altar is indeed very high. The steps leading up to the altar are all slanted sideways, closely leaning against the mountain wall, presenting a zigzag shape, until the last step of the altar is the step forward.

When they reached the last inclined ladder, everyone stopped on the platform of this level.

Even if the temple has not yet been built, but the altar has been built, not everyone is eligible to step on the altar.

Everyone stopped, only Garlan took Kaihus up.

Standing on the high altar, Garlan looked down at this huge temple that had already begun to take shape. The sun had slowly fallen to the horizon, and the fiery sunset enveloped the earth.

When he stood on the altar and looked down, he could see that countless people in the construction site were still busy in the sunset. He turned his head and saw clusters of burning clouds on the horizon.

Gallan lost consciousness for a moment.

The fiery red color stained with golden light inexplicably reminded him of that night, when Hiemos was watching his eyes.

The loss of consciousness was only an instant, he quickly woke up, shook his head, and shook off the golden red eyes that appeared in his mind.

He turned his head back, intending to walk down the steps and leave the altar.

It’s a bit late, it’s time for him to return to the palace.

The night wind blew up, lifting up the blond hair on Garlan’s cheeks, the moment his foot stepped on the first stone steps–

Boom!

There was a loud noise.

He saw the horrified faces of everyone on the platform below.

Boom boom–

The huge roar seemed to be in the ears, deafening, and even the altar under his feet was shaken by the huge roar.

“His Royal Highness Gallan!”

“The Crown Prince——”

The screams of the people with horrified faces were drowned in the huge roar, and they were crushed to pieces.

Gallan turned his head.

His pupils suddenly dilated.

A huge rolling stone as large as a small house rolled down from the sloping hillside with the rumbling sound.

It crushed countless protruding rocks along the way, entrained countless rubble, and swooped toward the altar with the majestic momentum of a flash flood and tsunami.

Wherever it went, the trees broke, the vines and grass turned into sauce, and everything was crushed into powder by it.

Just a moment later, it will abruptly crush Garlan on the altar——

On the altar, there is nowhere to hide.

Both sides are suspended in the air, and the height of tens of meters is daunting.

“Prince!”

A hand stretched over and grabbed his hand.

It’s Kaijos.

His guardian knight led him quickly to the stone steps ahead.

There is only one step directly in front of them, and only when they reach the next platform can they turn to the other step and avoid the rolling stones.

But Gallan knew it was too late.

This section of the stairs leading to the altar is too long, and the huge rolling stone is already behind him, and he can even feel the steps under his feet shaking frantically.

The roar followed like a shadow, like the footsteps of death chasing behind him——

He turned his head, his golden pupils reflected the huge rolling stone roaring down the hill like a monster.

The rolling stone has fallen on the altar.

After a few seconds, it will rush into fiercely, crushing everything in front of it to pieces——

Suddenly, someone rushed past him.

Gallan opened his eyes wide.

He watched the person who rushed raise his hands and pressed them on the rolling stone, and he was actually abruptly holding the rushing stone against it.

Obviously the figure was not even half the height of the huge rolling stone, but he just used his hands to support the huge boulder that fell from the top of the mountain.

The muscles of the man’s arms supporting the boulder were violent, and they were as hard as steel.

The huge impact of the rolling stone caused the person’s feet to drag two deep marks on the bluestone platform.

Even where the person’s feet were stepping on, the rocks had cracked, shattered and sunken.

The altar was silent for a moment, only countless rubble was still rolling down.

The crowd opened their mouths for a long while and couldn’t get back to their senses.

What a supernatural power to withstand the house-sized boulders that fell from the top of the mountain abruptly.

Even Kaihuos who saw this scene was stunned.

Ask yourself, he can’t do it.

Few people in this world can do it.

This is something that only those who are sheltered by God and given innate supernatural power can do it.

And this person…

Xingyas breathed a sigh of relief after exhausting all his strength to support the huge rolling stone and confirming that it had stopped rolling.

He turned his head and smiled brightly.

“Brother, I will help you block the stone~~”

The young man who supported the falling boulder with his own power smiled brightly, and there was a tail behind him, shaking vigorously at his brother.

To be praised, to be praised, to be touched by the elder brother~~

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Long waiting, happy New Year’s Day~