A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 37. Chapter 37

In the depths of the silent valley, there was already a mess on the ground of the altar. There were mutilated corpses everywhere, lying on the ground in all directions, the black cyan stone slabs originally erected around the altar were also smashed, and the gravel was paved with countless corpses.

The dried blood stain has turned into an ugly black-red color, sticking to the bluestone slab.

It seemed that this altar had been completely destroyed and was useless. However, no one could see that the faint but lingering dark breath on the altar was infiltrating the earth little by little.

This altar used to sacrifice the flesh and blood of young children to the gods all year round is condensed with the grievances of those children before their deaths, and this time, the flesh and blood of countless believers of the All Things Sect and their unwillingness and resentment before their deaths. Before no one noticed, those resentment breaths penetrated into this land.

Of course, after ten days of sunshine, the earth that has been infiltrated with Yin Qi can purify itself and let these dark breaths completely dissipate.

However, although these yin qi will dissipate in the end, it will still have some impact in the past ten days, especially on living things-the animals in this forest will be very grumpy lately, carnivorous animals Will be more bloodthirsty. Moreover, not only animals, but humans living in towns close to this valley will also be affected. Many of their negative emotions that are usually hidden deep in their hearts will be much higher than usual. If there is an incentive, it will be easy to completely Broke out.

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When she hurriedly walked outside the house with a few knights, Shemer saw another knight squatting in front of a dense bush in the courtyard.

The knight lowered his head, was tying a small copper tube to a dark little mouse, and then made a gesture to it.

The little black mouse stood upright, squeaked twice at its owner with two small paws, and then slipped into the bushes. The night is its best cover, and its pitch-black fur quickly disappeared among the vegetation.

The knight stood up and reported to Xiemur who was standing in front of him.

“Master Xiemuer, I have already sent a message to King Camos.”

Xiemuer nodded, then raised his eyes to look at the sky.

The bright moon is high in the sky, it is late at night, even if King Camos has handled the affairs of Venal City at this moment, he will rush over after receiving the call, I am afraid that it will not be until sunrise.

Well, before that…

The hooves of horses rang outside, from far and near, and then a horse neighing sounded outside the courtyard gate.

The young knight rolled over and dismounted and ran in quickly.

“Master Xiemuer!”

He is the last knight to stay here. King Camos stayed in the town of Ayr to protect Garlan. There are only five knights in total.

“Did you find it clear? Why did riots occur at this time?”

Xie Mu’er didn’t talk nonsense, and asked directly.

“Yes.” said the knight. “The emotions of those refugees have been very unstable since the last few days, because the food and grass for the refugees here was transported from the city of Wiener, but this has been more than a week. , The amount of grain and grass provided for assistance is decreasing every day, and the refugees have long been dissatisfied. It was the governor of Aier Town who did his best to appease him and even mobilized the town’s grain reserves. However, the grain and grass reserves of Aier Town It’s almost exhausted, so the refugees’ emotions have become more agitated these days.”

“And…” Under the gaze of Sheemur, the knight paused before continuing. “Moreover, in the evening, those refugees accidentally caught a female believer of the God of All Things who wanted to abduct a child. Under the torture of the children’s people, the female believer could not survive and told most of the truth, including the collusion between the dignitaries of Wiener City and the Church of All Things to arrest the child, so…”

The knight didn’t continue to speak, but he didn’t need to continue to speak, and Sheemer understood.

Those refugees are all refugees from the city of Wiener. Many of them lost their children in this disaster. Originally, they could only blame their lives. First, the flood and then the thieves. But now It turned out that it was not that he had a bad life, but that he was forced to such a point by those damn Venal City dignitaries… plus the panic that was about to run out of food that had been brewing these days.

At this time, as long as there is a brave person ascending to shout, those refugees may do everything to survive, to get food and to snatch their children back.

So, naturally, riots occurred.

This is not occasional. It is something that will happen sooner or later under the pressure of those selfish and disregarded powers.

Xie Muer gritted his teeth and thought.

Those damn greedy silverfish–

“Can I find a way out of town?”

Xiemuer asked calmly.

His current duty is to protect the prince, not to suppress the mob, so the top priority now is how to bring the prince out of the siege.

“I’m afraid not, Master Xiemu’er, I have already made a circle just now, and some of the roads out of the town were blocked by mobs with wood or something, and some were simply burned.”

“…”

Xie Muer looked up at the night sky. In his line of sight, the fire from the far side of the town was flashing, and there was a restless breath in the wind. He vaguely saw a few gloomy breath blocking the bright moon in the sky, making the whole night change. It got gloomy.

“…Ominous breath…”

Feeling something, the priest of Shamash murmured to himself, watching the countless fire lights in the night are moving towards here, it is the mob who are holding torches.

Then, he turned his head, his eyes sharpened instantly, and he glanced at the five knights in front of him.

“Protect the prince, this is the only thing we should do.”

He said, “Stay here, you can’t let anyone step in here.”

The knights leaned over and knelt on one knee, their clenched fists pressed against the heart.

“Yes!”

That was the act of swearing an oath to Shamash, the sun god they believed in.

They are the knights of King Camos, and they must guard the prince of Aaron Landis.

As long as their hearts are still beating, they will never let anyone step into this house!

In the dark, Xiemur nodded blankly.

He raised his hand and extended the scepter in his hand to the five knights in front of him. In the dark, the green leaf-carved gemstone on the scepter became more and more verdant.

The priest of Shamash spoke, his voice at this moment as deep and distant as a chant.

He said: “The brilliance of Shamash will always shine on the souls you wait for.”

After speaking, Xiemur glanced outside again, then turned around and walked into the house quickly.

When he walked into the door, the door panel slowly closed behind him, shutting the door to the countless messy footsteps rushing to the house.

The torch swayed in the dark, and the mob holding the torch had swarmed to the street to surround all the mansions here.

The other mansions are full of fireworks, and the owners of the mansions keep all their guards and strong slaves outside and wait for them. Only this place was quiet and dark, only a little light came out from the tightly closed room.

When Sheemur entered the house, she saw the little prince sitting on the bed looking at him.

“Is it dangerous?”

The little prince asked him, the snow-white bandage on his neck was a bit scorching under the firelight.

He was silent for a while, and then said, “Don’t worry.”

He said: “The knights under King Camos are the most elite and powerful knights.”

Soon, there was the sound of the clash of weapons, followed by the screams of people.

But fortunately, those voices are always outside, unable to break through.

The mighty knights guarded the outside loyally, using their bodies as walls of flesh and blood to wipe out all the mobs trying to rush in under their own swords.

Hearing the sound of fighting outside, Garlan couldn’t help but grabbed the sheets tightly.

He cast his gaze to the side, and the priest of Shamash stood firmly by the bed, with his back facing him, holding a scepter like a stone statue of a patron saint.

The tall and steady back gave him an inexplicable sense of peace…

Do not.

Gallan shook his head vigorously.

Don’t forget.

This man betrayed him.

Can’t forget about this–

“His Royal Highness! Master Xiemuer! Be careful—”

A heart-piercing roar from a knight suddenly heard outside the room.

Suddenly, there were bangs in succession, as if something sharp was nailed hard outside the room.

Xie Mu’er reacted immediately, it was an arrow!

Those mobs actually have bows and arrows? !

It seems that they have captured the ruling house in El Town and opened the weapon arsenal in it.

He gritted his teeth.

If it was just an ordinary mob, relying on the five elite knights, relying on the narrow terrain, as long as the knights were blocked at the key points, it might not be impossible to stick to King Camos and rush back.

However, that group of mobs now have bows and arrows in their hands… dozens of bows and several rounds of volleys, it is impossible for the guard knights as powerful as King Camos to hold them.

Just as Xiemuer’s mind was swiftly turning, he suddenly swished a few times, and another round of arrows came, and several of them went through the most vulnerable part of the house and shot into the room.

Xie Muer waved his hand violently, and the hard scepter fended off those arrows.

However, at the moment when he was blocking the arrows, he swished twice.

Garlan sitting on the bed suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

He suddenly raised his head, his breathing suddenly stagnated.

I saw a sharp arrow broke through the thin wooden window and slammed at him like a bolt of lightning.

The sharp arrow flashed with the cold metal luster in the flame of the oil lamp, reflected in the child’s dilated pupils, from far to near——

In the next second, the cold arrow will be nailed into the child’s soft forehead——

A tall figure suddenly appeared in Gallan’s sight, blocking the terrifying sharp arrow in his eyes.

He was hugged by a pair of powerful arms and fell into a chest that seemed strange, but vaguely familiar.

With a very slight puff of an arrow submerged into the flesh, Gallan felt the body holding him tremble, and a painful snoring sounded in his ears.

…Xiemuer?

He opened his eyes wide, and the point of the arrow that pierced through the ribs of the priest holding him was right in front of him.

The sharp tip is no more than a few centimeters away from his pupil.

Jiaerlan opened his mouth and wanted to call Ximuer’s name, but before she made a sound, she was dragged off the bed by Ximuer.

Panting for breath, Xie Muer pulled the carpet under the bed and pulled up a small wooden door from the floor.

Then, he stretched out his hand and pressed Garlan into the dark hole under the floor.

“Hide well.”

Xiemur knelt on one knee, holding the scepter in one hand, and pressing the barrier of the open secret door in the other, and said to Garlan in a deep voice.

Garlan, who was stuffed into the dark hole by him, raised his head, his pale little face, and those big golden eyes were looking at him.

Xie Muer looked at those bright golden eyes, really like the rays of the sun.

…That may be the last sun he can see.

The priest of Shamash looked at the little prince who always made him angry. A sharp arrow pierced his shoulder, and the blood oozing out flowed down his arm and dyed the scepter in his hand.

He said: “Wait here, King Camos will come to you.”

At this moment, the man’s low voice was softer than ever before, and he seemed to use his own way to do his best to coax the child who was about to be locked in the dark underground.

He said: “His Royal Highness Gallan, you will be safe.”

boom! The secret door bar was pressed heavily by Xie Muer and closed.

Then the tiny gap was also covered by the blanket.

Gallan’s eyes went black, and the whole person was plunged into darkness.

In the darkness, he heard the sound of the man’s footsteps hitting the floor hard, coming from above him.

Then, gradually away from him.

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I don’t think I can feel your love in these two days…

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