A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 198. Chapter 198

On the northern border, it was late at night, and the fortress stood on a snowy field that had turned white, like a towering mountain guarding the northern border.

The cold wind was whistling high in the sky, and large swaths of snowflakes fell from the night sky and landed on the white ground.

A guard braved the cold wind and quickly walked across the corridor and came to the prison in the corner of the fortress.

In such cold weather, in the middle of the night, the guards still braved the wind and snow to stand in front of the prison, and dutifully stopped people at the gate.

The guard showed the warrant to the guard, and the guard was allowed to enter the prison.

Not long after, he came out of the prison door, and an extra person followed behind him.

A person who spent more than half a month in prison.

After being notified by the guards outside the door, Suo stepped in.

As soon as he entered the door, he raised his head and met the golden red eyes. Soga felt a shock. He bowed his head and knelt down.

“His Royal Highness…”

He opened his mouth and shouted, and all the remaining words choked in his throat, and for a moment he didn’t know what to say.

Not long ago, he concealed Prince Garland’s information from the royal city without authorization. At that time, Heymos looked at him with deep eyes and vague vigor surging in his eyes.

Then, Prince Huimos, who didn’t say a word, threw him directly into prison.

On the grounds of delayed military intelligence.

Originally, Suoja, who was put in prison, was still very unconvinced, thinking in his heart how to speak to His Royal Highness the next time he saw Heimos, so that Heimos could understand his good intentions.

However, shortly after he was thrown into prison, a shocking news suddenly came, like thunder, blowing up the entire Northland Fortress into a deadly silence.

This terrible news also made Suo Jia sluggish on the spot.

His mind was blank, and he was stunned.

King Camos, he… he…

The undefeated God of War in the minds of all Aaron Landis people-including Soga also subconsciously think so.

He never thought that King Camos actually—

Actually…

This year, the winter in the northern border of Aaron Landis was exceptionally cold.

Kneeling down on the ground, Soga thought silently.

Not long ago, he was still thinking of ways to encourage His Highness Heimos to confront King Camos, but when he suddenly received the news of the king’s death, his chest seemed to be empty in an instant.

There was nothing but the cold wind from the north, which was filled with cold air, bone-chilling cold.

…

Perhaps most of Aaron Landis now feel the same as him.

Grief.

Hesitate.

disturbed.

There is still confusion…

The ground of Aaron Landis collapsed.

The solid ground under their feet collapsed.

“Suojia, I want to return to the city, you stay here, my army will be handed over to you.”

Standing in front of Soga, Huimos looked down at the priest of the night god who was kneeling at his feet.

He said, “Assist the riding commander Heya and guard the northern border.”

Suo Jia was shocked and raised his head abruptly.

“His Royal Highness! No way!”

The golden-red eyes seemed to be dyed by the winter wind, becoming more and more icy.

Huimos stared at Soga and said, “The Garstad army has already marched towards the city.”

His voice is not loud, very calm.

But it was such a calm that Suojia understood in an instant that no one could change Heimos’ decision.

Because the wounded Prince Garlan is now in the royal city.

“His Royal Highness, I can understand your feelings. The one I love is also in the royal city at this moment.”

Taking a deep breath, Suo Jia said.

At this moment, his eyes, which had been somewhat confused these days, became clear again.

The calm that belonged to the night once again returned to the priest of the night god.

“I feel your concerns about Prince Garland.”

He calmly persuaded Huimos.

“But, Your Highness, for the sake of Aaron Landis, please…”

Before Soga’s words were finished, Hiemos suddenly let out a low laugh, interrupting him.

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The night passed, and it was dawn, but the light was still on in the commander’s room in the North Fortress.

Heya stayed up all night again.

At this moment, the always strong and tough riding commander’s eyes are black and blue. In the past, the neatly combed forehead was scattered in front of his eyes.

The man who had stayed up all night was sitting at the table with his head down and one hand on his forehead.

Only when he was alone in the room did Heya dared to show a bit of exhaustion.

The news of King Camos’s death in battle came to him and the soldiers in the north.

While everyone was still immersed in grief and anger, the Geshu army, which had been repelled by them not long ago, suddenly came back.

Although the Northland Legion with grief and indignation succeeded in repelling the enemy again, the Geshu army, which had clearly learned the news of King Kamos’ death in battle, was stationed on the border.

Obviously, the Geishers are waiting for opportunities.

Misfortune never comes singly.

The day before yesterday, there was another news that the Gasdad people took the captured Judas city as a stronghold, and hundreds of thousands of troops began to march towards the royal city.

In the royal city, only half of the Third Army was guarded.

The city of Kings is precarious.

The prince who was seriously injured in the city is in danger.

Hea gritted his teeth, his fists on the table were clenched tightly, and his nails pierced deeply into his palm.

However, the Northland Army could not move.

They can’t go south to rescue the king city.

The Geshu army was just across the border, eyeing Aaron Landis.

As soon as they move, the Northern Territory will fall immediately.

The Geshu army will invade the north and head south all the way.

In this way, Aaron Landis is really over.

Not only the northern border, Heya would want to get it without guessing, and the eastern border might also be the same. The country of Islam will never let go of this great opportunity.

The Fourth Army in the East must also be unable to move, unable to rescue the King City.

The dim light shone on Heya’s side face, and he closed his eyes in pain and let out a long breath after making the difficult decision of’not to rescue the king city’.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of rapid footsteps outside the door.

In the next second, the door of the room was pushed open heavily without being notified, and the anxious shouts of the visitors sounded in the room.

“Your Excellency! His Royal Highness is going to break out of the city gate!”

Heya stood up abruptly.

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When Hea hurried to the gate, what he saw was Prince Huimos who was facing the defenders of the fortress gate, and the guards following him.

At the beginning of the day, Heimos stood on horseback in front of the city gate, and white snowflakes fell on his head, dyeing his dark hair a little white.

He stood quietly, his expression was indifferent, and he did not act too fiercely. It didn’t look like he wanted to break through the city gate, but more like he was waiting for Heya’s arrival.

Layers of soldiers stopped at the gate of the city, watching him nervously.

Everyone in the Northland knew the reputation of this’black knight’, and knew in their hearts that no one could stop him here.

But they must obey the orders of their superiors, and even if they die, they can’t let Heimos out of the city.

Hea rushed over on horseback and stopped in front of Heimos’ horse.

“His Royal Highness!”

He snapped.

“What do you want to do!”

Facing Hea with a stern look, Huimos looked extremely calm.

“Back to King City.”

He said, an understatement.

The faint words choked Hea. He just wanted to get angry, but looking at the faint look in Huimos’s eyes, the anger in his heart was flushed for some reason. .

He gave a wry smile.

“His Royal Highness, you should understand the current situation.”

Heya’s tone also became calm.

He looked at Huimos and said, “King Camos died in battle, and the army of Gasdade has attacked the royal city. Prince Garlan is ill in bed and unable to support the overall situation. I am even more unable to rescue the royal city. ”

“once……”

Once the royal city fell.

Heard paused, but in the end he couldn’t say this sentence.

“Prince Huimos, if things turn like that, you are the only one who can support Aaron Landis, so you must stay here.”

He said, “For the future of Aaron Landis…”

The royal city didn’t know if it could hold it.

Once the city falls, the prince in the city will undoubtedly die.

If so, Prince Huimos is the only hope.

In any case, he could not allow the last heir to the throne of Aaron Landis to return to that dangerous place in the royal city.

As if he hadn’t heard Heya’s hard persuasion at all, Huimos spoke lightly again.

“Open the gates.”

He said that Zongma took two steps forward again.

Hea rode in front of Huimos, and the group of soldiers behind him also stopped in front of the city gate.

He stared at Huimos.

“Unless I step on my corpse.”

He said, categorically.

“Unless you kill all the Aaron Landis soldiers behind me, otherwise, Your Highness, we won’t let you step out of the city gate!”

Huimos raised his eyes and looked at Heya with his golden red eyes.

He raised his hand, revealed the scroll he had been holding, and threw the paper away directly in the air.

On the underside of the parchment, the familiar fiery red coat of arms appeared in front of Heya.

“The manuscript written by King Camos himself, he ordered me to return to the city immediately.”

As Huimos said, he threw the scroll to Hea.

Heya caught it and looked at the familiar handwriting on the parchment, his eyes widened suddenly.

This is the manuscript written by King Camos more than half a month ago…that is, a few days before he passed away.

Holding the parchment scroll, Heya didn’t know what to do for a while.

Wang Ling is absolute.

However, the current situation…

Just as Heya was hesitating, suddenly a voice came from the opposite side.

“Your Excellency Heya, could it be said that you are going to disobey his orders because King Camos has passed away?”

A word made Heya furious.

“How dare you slander my loyalty to the king so much!”

He glared at the Tsing Yi Priest who had said the words behind Huimos.

“Then, please express your loyalty, obey the will of King Kamos, and let His Highness Huimos return to the city.”

“…”

During this period of time, Hea had been exhausted due to the ensuing disaster, and had no time to rest for a long time in the past few days. Just seeing the handbook with his own eyes, he was confused for a while, and Suoga caught the conversation.

He had a calm face and did not speak.

Seeing Hea standing there on horseback, watching the scroll in his hand motionless.

Soga said again: “Your Excellency Heya, please follow the will of King Camos.”

Decree.

Heya felt a sudden pain.

Even if the king is dead, he can’t go against the king’s will.

He lowered his eyes, pulled his horse back aside, cleared the way, and raised his hand to beckon the soldiers on the wall to open the gate.

The heavy winch turned slowly, causing the gate of the Northland Fortress to rise. A group of cavalry rushed out of the gate, and under the leadership of the black-clad knight, galloped away on the white snowy field.

Reflected in the morning sun, their figures gradually disappeared from the horizon, only the series of horseshoe prints on the snowy field signaled their departure.

Then, those horseshoe prints were quickly buried by falling snow.

Standing on the high city wall, Soga looked at the direction where Huimos was leaving.

He remembered the conversation between them last night.

…

“His Royal Highness, I feel the same for your anxiety, but for the future of Aaron Landis…”

A low laugh interrupted him.

“Similarly?”

Suddenly, Suo Jia had a shivering feeling.

The feeling of crippling made his neck numb for a while and it was difficult to breathe.

It was unclear whether it was the sight of the person above, or the tremor caused by the inexplicable voice of that person.

“If he is not here…”

That extremely calm voice came from above that made him chill from the bottom of his heart.

“Then everything in this world is meaningless.”

He heard Prince Huimos say.

“…Including Aaron Landis.”

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Suojia chose to help his master leave the Northland and head to the imperial city that was about to fall into danger.

Because he felt fear.

If Prince Garland really disappears in this world…

He did not dare to think about what would become of His Highness, and what terrible things would be done.

His Royal Highness Huimos is powerful.

Unparalleled powerful.

Everyone thinks so.

But Suoga suddenly realized at this moment that maybe…Prince Hiemos was actually more vulnerable than anyone else.

Because as long as one person, that one person, it can completely collapse.

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Judas City.

Gasdad’s army had been away for several days, and the whole city became quieter and quieter.

Perhaps because of the departure of the Gasdad army, the Gasdad who remained in the city responsible for guarding this stronghold treated the Aaron Landis more harshly.

They adopted a high-handed rule and used extremely harsh methods to control the city, allowing the Aaron Landis to obey their orders honestly.

As long as they show their dissatisfaction with the Gasdad people or disobey the orders of the Gasdad people, they will be arrested or even executed on the spot.

The soldiers of Gasdad can do whatever they want in the city, they can break into anyone’s house and plunder what they want, and if the city people dare to resist, they will be beaten or killed directly.

They controlled the city of Rudas with this terrifying and rude way of ruling.

In these days, the residents of the city have tightened their nerves whether they are talking or walking, and the atmosphere is afraid to take a breath.

They live in fear and trembling under the cruel rule of the Castadans.

They even couldn’t sleep well every night, and they would worry about Gasdad soldiers breaking into their homes, humiliating their wives and daughters, robbing their belongings, and even taking their lives.

Prestige.

Such hard and humiliating days made the Aaron Landis’ dissatisfaction like a greased flame, becoming more and more violent.

However, no matter how they gritted their teeth with hatred of the Gasdad, they can only continue to endure the other side’s bullying.

On this day, the daylight hurriedly passed, and it was already late at night.

The road is cold and calm, with few people seen.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the street.

A young girl wearing an old cloth towel and holding a bamboo basket in her hand was entangled by several Gasdad soldiers passing by on her way home.

Panicked, she begged the soldiers to let them go home.

Of course, her pleading had no effect.

After gritting her teeth, she took advantage of the fact that the other party was unprepared and kicked the soldier who was holding her hand. The basket in her hand fell to the ground, and the dry cakes scattered all over the floor.

In the dark, she ran forward desperately.

The sound of chasing footsteps and the screams of soldiers coming from behind were like the footsteps of the devil, approaching her little by little.

The tragic end of the neighbors and friends that she saw in the past few days at the hands of these devil-like soldiers emerged in her mind. She gritted her teeth and ran forward desperately.

She stubbornly held back the tears that were about to shed.

There is no use crying now. If she is caught up or caught, she will only have a dead end——

Seeing that the soldier who was catching up stretched out his hand to grab the girl’s hair, suddenly a stone was kicked over in the dark, blocking the soldier’s feet without a trace.

The soldier in the front tripped and fell to the ground with a thump, blocking the two companions behind him.

The girl who didn’t know she had escaped turned a bend in front, but rushed in, only to find that she had run into a dead end.

She looked at the wall in front of her with a pale face, and the footsteps of those people were getting closer and closer, making her look desperate.

Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the roof of a neighboring house.

“catch me.”

As if someone who was about to drown suddenly saw a driftwood, the girl desperately grabbed that hand.

In the next second, she was pulled up to the roof forcefully by that hand.

In the dark, she couldn’t see who was saving her, and she hurriedly fled here with that person in panic.

The man led her to jump off the other side of the roof, turned several turns, and came to a remote and safe place.

She was still in a panic, seeing safety at this moment, and the fear that had been suppressed just now suddenly surged into her heart.

She squatted on the ground, buried her head in her skirt, holding her arms trembling.

The fear of that incident just now, and the fearful life that the Gasdad people have been living since they occupied the city of Judas, made this young girl finally couldn’t help it anymore at this moment, sobbing in her voice. Up.

After crying for a few minutes, she finally remembered something.

“Thanks…thank you for saving me.”

She wiped her tears and raised her head to thank the person in front of her.

As soon as she looked up, the moonlight face left her for a moment.

What a beautiful boy.

She had never seen such a good-looking person.

“Then, that…I really appreciate it, thank you…”

In front of such a good-looking teenager, she felt a little embarrassed when she remembered her dusty and embarrassed appearance at the moment, flushed her face and bowed her head and stammered to continue thanking her.

The teenager looked at her and smiled at her.

“During this time, it’s not safe to go out so late alone.”

He said, then leaned over and stretched out his hand to her, as if he wanted to pull her from the ground.

Looking at the slender and white hand in front of her eyes and her rough hand covered with mud, the girl shook her head in panic.

She didn’t dare to grasp the beautiful hand in front of her, she lowered her head, let alone see the young man, and began to talk flusteredly.

“I’m sorry for causing you trouble… Actually, I don’t want to go home so late, but there is no way…”

Her mind was blank at this moment, and under the gaze of this beautiful teenager, she didn’t even know what she was talking about.

Perhaps it was because those amber eyes were too reassuring, and made people unconsciously take off all their defenses.

Perhaps it was because the boy’s smile felt too warm, filling his chest, as if it was about to overflow.

“I am also afraid of those Gasdad people…”

She stammered.

“But I can’t do it if I don’t go to work… Dad is sick… I have to go out to make money…”

“Obviously it was the same before… Obviously we had a good time before. Before those Gasdad people came… even if Dad was sick, we would also have a good life, but…”

A few words were incoherent and incoherent.

The corners of her eyes were so sore that she couldn’t control it anymore, and the big tears fell suddenly.

She has endured it for a long, long time.

Suddenly, the world turned upside down, and her world suddenly changed its appearance.

“Woo…umm…I don’t want this kind of life, if I can go back to the past… back to the time when I don’t need to be afraid…”

She clenched her hands on the ground, and her face was messed up by the tears that fell.

She whimpered twice, and suddenly realized that when there was still someone in front of her, she quickly raised her hand and wiped the tears that were constantly falling.

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, I suddenly said these messy things to you, I didn’t mean it, I just…”

The teenager who had been standing quietly in front of her leaned over.

He knelt and squatted in front of the girl.

He stretched out his hands and gently held the girl’s hand that was trying to wipe her tears.

He carelessly grasped the rough, soil-stained hand.

“No need to apologize, you did nothing wrong.”

He said softly,

“It is the people who have put you in this situation to apologize.”

Being held by her hand, the girl stared at the boy in front of her in a daze.

In the moonlight, those eyes that were as clear as amber reflected her shadow.

The gaze seemed to embrace her whole person in the warm golden sunlight.

“You did a good job and you were strong.”

Can’t tell why, the sweet voice of the teenager seemed to have a magical power that penetrated the human heart, soothing her heart.

“Soon, everything will go back to the past, I assure you.”

Obviously it is impossible, but speaking from the boy’s mouth, inexplicably, she has a feeling of wanting to trust.

She has a strange feeling.

The boy looked at her gaze as if he was guarding her.

That gave her a sense of peace of mind and peace at this moment, who had been in a state of anxiety all these days.

“Now, go back first, back to the father who is waiting for you, okay?”

“Um……”

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At this moment, the blond knight hiding by the side watched the scene not far away.

Seeing Garlan’s faint smile at the girl, his heart that had been quite uneasy these days finally relaxed at this moment.

“fine……”

He looked at the prince.

Fortunately, the prince is still the same as before.

“…Has not changed.”

“Are you worried about the prince?”

A sturdy man appeared beside him.

“Twa, did you solve it over there?”

“Well, those guys couldn’t find anyone, so they left.”

Tewa said.

Not long ago, he secretly kicked the stone over and tripped the soldier.

More than half a month ago, the city of Judas fell into a melee at night. Tewa, who was extremely sensitive to danger, was one of the few people who fled the city of Judas.

After avoiding the chasers, a few days later, he discovered the secret sign of Kaihuos, and followed the secret sign to find Prince Garlan and Kaijos hiding in the deep mountain forest.

Then, following the prince’s order, he sneaked into the city of Rudas and mixed into the slaves in the city. He had old slave tattoos on his body, which made people never doubt his status as a slave.

Tonight, he came out to meet the prince secretly in the alley, mainly to report on the current situation.

But I didn’t expect to accidentally ran into the Aaron Landis girl who was chased by Gasdade soldiers.

“Your Excellency Kaijos, I don’t think you need to worry about the prince.”

“…His Royal Highness has experienced very cruel things. He has witnessed the death of King Camos with his own eyes. He must be very painful in his heart. I am worried…”

“You are worried that the prince will be irritated by that, and his temperament will change drastically, are you?”

“…”

Kaihus did not speak, but silence was the default.

In just half a month, the prince grew up quickly.

After that day, he did not shed a tear, and he rarely showed an expression of pain.

In these days, he has been planning everything calmly and calmly.

Kaihuos is very worried, because the death of King Camos will make the prince’s temperament indifferent and paranoid.

But at this moment, the knight finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The prince has not changed.

Although his eyes began to become sharp.

But his gentleness and radiance were the same as before.

“When I was a slave, I saw a lot of people whose temperament changed drastically because they suddenly became a slave.”

Tewa said,

“They are too fragile, and the sudden change in their surroundings makes them unbearable. They instinctively want to escape, so their temperament changes drastically.”

He suddenly changed the subject.

“Your Excellency Kayjos, more than ten years ago, King Camos witnessed the death of his ancestor with his own eyes. This is extremely cruel to him. Then, has his temperament changed drastically because of this?”

Kaihus didn’t speak, and turned to look at Twa.

“I’m just a brash man born as a slave. I don’t understand many things. But I know that a real strong man will not change himself because of anything he encounters.”

“Because their strength allows them to take on everything.”

Tewa said,

“King Camos is so, and now, so is the prince.”

Looking up, Twa looked at Garlan not far away.

“Master Caijos, the prince doesn’t need your worry, nor anyone’s worry.”

“He is very strong, very strong… and this kind of strength is better than you and me, better than anyone.”

“King Camos chose the prince.”

Tewa said,

“Because Prince Garland is the only person in this world who is strong enough to inherit the will of the Lion King.”

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Touch the friends who are willing to continue walking with the little prince.

The little prince has a strong heart, so he won’t be blackened.

Except that he will become stronger and grow rapidly, there will be no change.