When Garlan said a word, the whole audience was shocked.
Those two royal knights were killed by the now thrown royal knight
It was difficult for people to accept it for a while.
The Royal Knights have been passed down from ancient times to the present, with a long history and almost one of the symbols of the Aaron Landis royal family.
The loyalty of those who were carefully selected to become royal knights was recognized by everyone.
It can be said that even if any king in Aaron Landis was rebellious and cruel to the extreme, even if the whole world rebelled against him, the Royal Knights would still faithfully follow him and protect him.
So when Garlan said that the murderer was actually one of the royal knights, almost no one believed it.
Especially as the head of the Sage, as soon as Garlan's words came out, his face immediately turned blue.
"Prince Garland, please be careful!"
The way he looked at Garlan had changed. If he was just a little angry at the beginning, now he looked at Garlan with cold eyes, and even revealed a bit of evil spirit.
The big lion Nega, who was keenly aware of the evil spirit released by Sage, turned around and roared at Sage, with a warning in his roar.
With its intelligence, it naturally knew that Gallan would not let it attack this person, but it couldn't bear it either.
Sage faced the low roar of the lion, without moving his eyebrows, he stood firmly on the spot. His eyebrows were raised, his square face was stern, and his eyes were staring at Garland.
For him, the legacy of the Royal Knights was more than his life, more than anything else.
Anyone who dares to slander the reputation of the Royal Knights, even if he is a prince, will not let it go!
"There are some things that can't be said casually."
He stared at Garland with a cold tone.
"Even if it's you, you can't easily slander my subordinates!"
The Chief Secretary stood aside, watching with cold eyes.
Just now, he was startled by the low roar of the big lion, and then was startled by the person who was thrown up by Kaihos. He was in a very bad mood.
Seeing that the head of the Sage and Prince Garlan seemed to be falling out at this moment, he naturally stood by without a word and watched the show, waiting for the fisherman to profit by the way.
Garlan didn't feel angry at the cruel words that Sage said. Anyway, he had already guessed that Sage, the brain-dead head, would react like this, so he didn't take Sage's words to heart.
However, he doesn't care, some people don't want their little prince to be wronged.
Kaihos took a step forward, his tall body sternly blocked in front of Garlan, and faced Sage.
The slightly longer blond hair on one side was scattered on his pitch-black blindfold, and the handsome Sun Knight smiled at Sage.
It's just that the smile is full of toughness.
"Head of the Sage, you are right, there are some things you can't say casually."
Kaihos said with a smile, his words were soft and hard.
"Even if you are the head of the Royal Knights, you can't easily offend Your Highness, can you?"
The one-eyed knight changed his words again, and immediately brought Sage's mind to the business.
"I know that you may not believe my words. In order not to be told that I brought my subordinates to slander the Royal Knights, let your subordinates speak for themselves."
Kaihos said, raising his hand and making a gesture.
Everyone thought that Kaihos was talking about the red-armored knight with his hands tied to the ground, but they guessed wrong. With a gesture, the group of guards who followed him moved, and a knight came out.
It is also a royal knight in crimson armor and has a special lion badge on his shoulders.
This is also a knight commander.
At this moment, the knight commander's face was pale, his eyes were a little dazed, and his expression was extremely ugly.
But even if his face was ugly, he still had a look of enlightenment on his face, and walked steadily towards Sage step by step.
Then, in front of everyone's eyes, only to hear the clanging sound when the armors collided with each other, the Knight Commander knelt down on one knee in front of Sarge.
"Head of the Sage..."
He spoke with great difficulty, and every word was like swallowing a knife.
"What Lord Kaihos said...and what Prince Gallan said is true."
His hand on the ground was trembling slightly with extreme shame and anger.
"Among our royal knights, there is a betrayer."
As soon as these words came out, there was another uproar in the square.
Even You Sixiang, who had been squinting and pretending to be dozing, stopped pretending at this moment, opened his eyes suddenly, and stared at him sharply.
The royal knights, which have always been called the last line of defense of the royal family, had trouble, and that was a big deal.
he thought sternly.
Sage's mind was already in a mess at the moment.
He gritted his teeth and asked, "What the hell is going on—"
The knight commander, who was kneeling on the ground, was silent for a while, and then directly said the matter.
…
Time went back not long ago, because Prince Gallan said that he would find the murderer on the square of the gods, so, in addition to the team of knights guarding Prince Heimos, Captain Sarge stayed in the temple of the Royal Knights. After the next team of knights was on duty, they brought all the remaining royal knights to the square of the gods.
He left, naturally leaving a knight commander who was second only to him to sit here.
After the knight commander arranged the patrol route and time for the knights who voluntarily stayed, he first returned to the administration room to handle some daily official duties.
He plans to go out on patrol himself after all the papers have been processed.
Because many knights have left, the temple is extremely empty at this time, and the royal knights do everything by themselves, and there are no servants in the temple. Therefore, at the moment, he is the only one walking in the empty corridor.
Just when he reached the door of the government office and reached out to open the door, he suddenly felt that danger was coming from behind him.
He turned his head subconsciously, and as soon as he saw Kaihos's face, the back of his neck suddenly hurt, and he fell unconscious.
I don't know how long it took, the coldness from all over made him wake up leisurely.
As soon as he woke up, he found himself lying on the cold ground, the whole person was tightly bound by the five flowers, and he couldn't move. And something was stuffed in his mouth, making him speechless.
When he turned his head, he found that it turned out to be an ice cellar, no wonder he was woken up.
Just then, a voice came from the side.
"woke up?"
When he turned his head again, he saw Kaihos smiling at him beside him.
The memory before the coma returned to his mind, and he suddenly understood that it was Kaihos who knocked him unconscious and tied him here.
His mouth was gagged and unable to speak, he could only glare at Kejos.
Kaijos crouched in the corner of the ice cellar, something blocked in front of him, casting a shadow over the two of them. He couldn't see the face of this Kaihos, but saw Kaihos raised his hand, put his fingers in front of his mouth, and made a silent gesture to him.
He was suddenly knocked unconscious and tied here when he was burning with anger. He didn't care what the man gave him to keep silent, but because his mouth was blocked and he was tied up, he didn't use his fire-breathing gaze. Can't do anything but stare at each other.
Kaihos came over and lowered his voice: "I'm sorry, I invited you over in this way, just to let you see the murderer with your own eyes."
He was stunned when he heard Kaihos continue to say: "I won't let you see it with your own eyes, either you or the head of the Sage, I'm afraid you won't believe that there are betrayers within you."
As soon as Kaihos said these words, the knight commander was immediately stunned.
traitor
What's the meaning
That means... The two royal knights were killed by members of their own regiment
impossible!
This was the first thought in his mind.
Absolutely impossible!
"His Royal Highness said that there are other clues to find the murderer on the body. It is intentional. Only by doing this can we lead out the betrayer among you." Kaijos said, "Today is the best time, everyone's All attention is on the square of the gods, and that person should not miss this opportunity."
The knight commander didn't believe it.
He never believed there would be traitors among them, and he shook his head vigorously as he glared at Kaijos.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the entrance of the ice cellar. He subconsciously turned his head to look and found that someone had entered.
The man's movements were very light, with his hands and feet lightly, and he probed out to look carefully before closing the cellar door quietly, giving people a sneaky feeling at first glance.
When he saw it, his heart tightened.
The person who came was wearing fiery red armor, and he also knew that he was one of the knights who volunteered to stay on duty today.
This person is usually taciturn, and his actions are quite strict and self-disciplined. He has always had a good impression of this person.
Was it really like what Kaihos said, was this man the one who killed his comrade
Watching the man walk straight towards the remains of the two knights, his heart sank deeply.
But he still had a little hope in his heart, thinking that this person might just have a heavy sense of responsibility, and he didn't let go of the ice cellar when he was patrolling... Maybe it was because he was friendly with these two knights, so he came to mourn them. Woolen cloth
Thinking so uneasily in his heart, he no longer cared about the fact that he was tied up by Kaihos, and only stared at the knight's every move with wide eyes.
For a time, he was so nervous that he even held his breath.
He watched the man walk to the long box containing the corpse, and as soon as he bent down, he groped on the corpse of the knight whose neck had been twisted.
The man had no respect for the corpse. He not only groped the body from head to toe, but also dragged the corpse out, threw it on the ground, turned it over and touched it to the side, and in the end even started to take off the armor of the corpse. .
That action, no matter who it is, can see that the person is looking for something on the body.
The knight commander watched helplessly as the subordinate who was good in his eyes desecrated the body of his companion without mercy, and his heart was full of sadness.
He never felt that this ice cellar was so cold, so cold that his breath and beating heart were cold.
He closed his eyes in pain.
At this point, he can no longer deceive himself.
Yes, his trusted subordinates betrayed him, betrayed the captain, and betrayed the glory of the Royal Knights.
And when he wanted to understand, Kaihos, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, suddenly got up and jumped towards the man.
At the same time, several guards on the opposite side who were also ambush here also rushed up, and pressed the royal knight who was still trying to take off his body armor to the ground.
…
…
When the knight commander knelt on the ground with a painful expression, but said all the facts with great determination, there was silence around him.
The knight commander paid no attention to the gazes of others.
His heart was clear.
They protect the short, but that doesn't mean they protect sinners.
The glory of the Royal Knights cannot be tainted by sinners.
Now they have traitors within them, and it is their own dereliction of duty.
They don't hide.
Covering up the rotten flesh will only make the rot more infected, and they must face this rotten flesh calmly, and goug out this rotten flesh ruthlessly no matter how painful it is.
This is the correct way to protect the glory of the Royal Knights.
And his idea is also the idea of the head of the Sage.
Just after listening to the report of the knight commander, Sage's mind was blank.
He regards all the members of the Royal Knights as companions and trusts them deeply.
He never thought that it was one of his trusted members who fought in the same room and killed his companion.
After a moment of trance, Sage took a deep breath to wake himself up.
With a determined look on his face, he endured the heartache and looked away from the knight who was still lying motionless on the ground.
Then, he stepped forward and put one hand on his chest.
Sage leaned over and bowed his head deeply to Garlan.
"Prince Garland, I apologize to you for my recklessness and ignorance."
He lowered his head, with a bit of annoyance, and said very sincerely.
"You found the murderer of my subordinates, but I offended you because of my stupidity and prejudice."
"No matter how you punish me, I have no complaints."
Sage apologized to Garland very frankly.
Right is right, wrong is wrong.
He had misunderstood Prince Gallan, and he should apologize.
He's always been like that.
But the head of Sage didn't feel anything, but his behavior surprised the noble ministers on the side.
They don't understand Sage's character. After all, Sage doesn't interact with anyone at all. Unless it's official business or the order of King Camos, he doesn't pay attention to anyone.
Therefore, in the impression of everyone, Sage is a very proud person.
However, the head of the regiment, who didn't look down on anyone other than the king, actually bowed his head to anyone other than the king at this moment.
This is simply incredible.
Everyone looked at Garland with strange eyes.
Seeing Sage's sincere apology, Kaihos was satisfied and stepped aside.
And Garlan shook his head at Sage.
"It doesn't matter." He stretched out his hand to help Sage up, smiled, and said, "After all, you are like this, half of the reason is because I have been hiding it from you."
He said, "But there's nothing you can do about it. If I told you from the very beginning that the murderer was someone from within you, you would never believe it, and it would even startle the snake, so I would have to hide it from you."
Sixiang You, who had opened his eyes and had been looking at this side, suddenly spoke up.
"Prince Garland, why did you think the murderer was a member of the Royal Knights from the beginning?"
"Because of the injury."
Garlan said, "Kayhorth told me after examining the body that the two knights were almost killed in an instant, so apart from the fatal wound, there were no other scars on the body. The scratches on the armor should have been deliberately scratched for camouflage afterwards, otherwise, when the sword was scratched on the armor, it would have been shocking."
"So I think that if you want to kill the two knights in an instant without disturbing the other knights on patrol, it means that the murderer is very close to the two knights, so close that they are too late to issue a warning."
"And the people who can make those two knights defenseless, apart from brother Camos, I am afraid that there are only people in the royal knights."
Most people have relatives and friends, but royal knights are special cases.
They cut off all family relationships, and became royal knights at the cost of not marrying a wife or having children, and serving the royal family for life, so there is no close person.
And with the indifference and rejection of the royal knights towards the noble ministers, even if You Sixiang, the head of the civil service, sees them, they will keep a certain distance, not to mention the military generals.
Therefore, the only people who can make them unprepared are their companions who are also royal knights.
Hearing this, the knight commander who was still kneeling couldn't help but ask.
"But that time Lord Kejos didn't suddenly..."
He didn't say anything halfway through, obviously unwilling to say things that he had no resistance in front of Kaihos.
Garland smiled.
"Do you think there are several 'Knights of the Scorching Sun' in this world?"
There can be a few people like Heimos, who are as strong as non-humans.
By the way, he secretly damaged Heimos in his heart.
The knight commander thought about it, indeed.
Although the strength of the royal knights is not comparable to that of the elite guards, they are not weak either.
There are only a handful of powerful warriors in Aaron Landis who can easily kill each other in an instant while the two knights are on their guard.
And warriors like Kaihos are famous, and they will never fall to the point of being instructed by others to frame others.
Garlan stopped talking, but You Sixiang, who had already guessed the cause and effect, smiled slightly, and continued talking on his behalf.
"So, with the prince who has guessed the object, you let out the wind, saying that you will find the murderer in front of everyone in the square of the gods, and attract everyone's attention to it."
"Then deliberately told the head of Sage that he wanted to find the murderer through scratches on his hands. The head of Sage trusted his subordinates, so he would not deliberately conceal this matter in the group. Those who are interested will definitely find out that you are in the body. The conversation next to you naturally also knew the sentence you said 'there are other clues on the body'."
he said with a smile.
"Murderer, killing someone, no matter how calm your face is, you will always feel a little uneasy in your heart. When I hear this, I can't help but wonder if I really lost something or missed a clue. ."
"And Prince, you have gone to the wrong direction with great fanfare at this time, and he will naturally feel much more at ease."
"You deliberately asked the head of the Sage to bring the Royal Knights here, and the door is wide open. Give him a good opportunity, and he will naturally seize the opportunity to destroy the so-called 'evidence'."
He said with a smile, intentionally or unintentionally giving Prince Garlan a wave among the crowd.
His words made everyone in the square below look suddenly enlightened, and then whispered in admiration.
"I see."
"His Royal Highness is amazing."
"You said just now that His Highness is unreliable."
"I, a fool, can't be as wise as a prince, and naturally I can't understand what the prince is doing."
Everyone was discussing and admiring constantly, and You Sixiang raised his head slightly in satisfaction, and retired when he succeeded.
As expected, he dragged his old body out to show Prince Gallan such a wave, which should make the prince feel good about him.
He thought contentedly, not at all feeling that there was anything wrong with him as an elder to please the young prince.
Anyway, as a courtier, isn't it natural to please the future King Aaron Landis
Just as everyone below was talking and the square was buzzing, on the high platform, Sage's eyes turned to his subordinates lying on the ground.
"Fal, why are you doing such a thing?"
Sage asked.
Although he wanted to kill this guy who smeared the honor of the Royal Knights with a sword, he knew that the most important thing was to find out who was behind the erosion of the Knights, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and asked.
The red-armored knight, who had been lying on the ground with his head down, raised his head.
His face looked angular and upright, but at the moment his eyes were flushed red.
Like a wild beast with red eyes, his eyes were full of anger.
"I'm not… "
He also wanted to resist, to try to deny it.
However, before Farr could finish speaking, Kaihos sneered, stepped forward and slashed the rope that bound his hands, and then pinned him to the ground.
No matter how hard Farr struggled, he couldn't get away from the hand that Kaijos held him down.
Kaihos pressed him with one hand, twisted Farr's right arm with the other, and pulled the glove off his right arm with force.
As soon as the gauntlet was pulled off, Farr struggled like crazy, even ignoring the danger of dislocating his arm.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that his crazy look was wrong.
The next second, with a chirp, Kaijos tore off his sleeve.
Under the bright sunlight, the four clear scratches on the arm appeared in front of everyone.
And at the moment when the sleeve was torn, Farr, who was struggling frantically a second ago, seemed to have lost all his energy and collapsed on the ground.
He seemed to have been completely desperate, and the whole person just lay on the ground, motionless.
Everyone looked at the scratches on his arms and his appearance at the moment, and they all knew it.
…
That old guy who only flatters! Still the same as before!
Hearing the chatter around him, the Chief Secretary hated him badly.
He was waiting to see Prince Garland's reputation ruined, but things went beyond his expectations. At this moment, under the special praise of this old guy, Prince Garland's reputation has been raised to a higher level.
At the beginning, this old guy kept pressing him down just because he would please King Camos.
Now that he is so old, he should shamelessly flatter a prince who is not even his grandson.
The chief secretary was still slandering the right secretary in his heart, and when he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a pair of bright golden eyes looking at him.
He suddenly felt a shudder in his heart.
But before he could figure out how to deal with it, Garland had already smiled at him.
"Even though I'm just playing games with Nega and I, this game can be considered a good result. It's not a waste of your time, isn't it, Chief?"
The young man looked at him with a smile.
The Chief Secretary's face froze for a moment. Prince Garlan's words were obviously aimed at the sentence he said not long ago, 'Let everyone waste time here playing games with you and your lion'.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he forced the anger in his heart down, pretending to be nothing.
"Hey, I'm old, my energy is no longer than your young people, and my brain is not flexible enough."
He paused for a while, and said reluctantly, "The next thing, it's up to you young people to toss."
Although his heart was very angry, under the current situation, he had to take a step back.
What he said was a hint that he would take a step back and would no longer be involved in this matter, so don't hold him back.
This is even a polite admission of defeat.
After speaking, he returned to his seat and sat quietly without saying a word.
It's just that his eyes were fixed on Garlan's figure, his eyes were full of gloom.
Look away.
This little prince is not an easy man to play with.
The Chief Secretary thought gloomily.
He originally wanted to support Prince Gallan, who was in control, to ascend the throne, so that he could control the power in the future.
But looking at it now, Prince Heimos and Prince Garlan are not easy to deal with.
… He has to figure something out.
Everyone present had their own thoughts, and no one noticed that the red armor knight who was paralyzed on the ground like a dead dog opened his eyes at some point.
Those eyes stared at Garlan, his eyes full of resentment.
It shouldn't be like this.
No one would have found out.
He had already designed it.
No one will find out that he did it.
Without this prince...
If it wasn't for being deceived by this prince...
Yes, all because of him!
It was because of this Prince Garland that he fell to this point!
The knight's pupils contracted violently, he gritted his teeth, his facial muscles spasmed, showing a crazy look.
When things got to this point, he would definitely die.
He certainly won't survive anyway.
Well, it's better than-
Taking advantage of the fact that not many people were paying attention to him, and that the prince was only a few steps away from him, the red-armored knight who had been paralyzed on the ground suddenly jumped up.
He jumped forward suddenly and stretched out his hand in the direction of Garlan.
The gaze he stared at Garlan was extremely ferocious at this moment.
Even if he died, he would have to pull the back of the prince who made him miserable!
His eyes were red and he thought hard.
As long as he grabs that slender neck, he can crush it in an instant!
At the moment when the red-armored knight desperately rushed towards Garlan—
Sonically, the blond knight's sword was unsheathed on his waist.
The hand of the royal knight commander who just stood up was already on the hilt of the sword.
Sage on the other side stretched out his hand eagerly and grabbed the hand that was reaching towards Prince Garlan.
But they were all a step behind.
A huge but extremely fast figure swooped over.
Brown manes swept through the air.
The male lion opened his mouth, revealing ferocious sharp teeth, and bit the arm that was reaching out to Garlan.
There was a crackling sound that made everyone's heart tremble.
The red-armored knight fell to the ground and let out a shrill scream. There was only a bloody piece left on his right shoulder, showing the bones, and the entire arm below the shoulder was gone.
Before he could let out a second scream, a sharp claw stepped on it heavily, only to hear a slight click again, obviously his ribs were broken.
The lion that stepped on the red-armored knight had a bloody arm in his mouth, and the blood stained the mane around its sharp teeth, dripping on the ground.
That scene made everyone feel chills.
The male lion opened his mouth and threw his bloody arm to the ground.
It was still the one who stepped on the human body under it, and when it looked up, it opened a big mouth.
A roar.
Deafening, shocking to the extreme.
The earth seemed to tremble at this roar.
Everyone's faces changed in shock, and some people were so frightened that their legs fell to their knees.
The lingering sound of the roar seemed to be still lingering in the air.
The huge male lion stands proudly on the high platform, its thick mane flutters in the wind, and its burning eyes like coals of fire are condescendingly looking down at everyone.
The roar of the lion shook all directions.
It stood majestically in the wind, its majestic posture, terrifying posture, the blood dripping from the corners of its mouth, and the bloody severed limbs thrown on the steps made all those who looked up at it tremble with fear.
A hand reached out and pressed it on the lion's head.
Tap lightly.
The ferocious aura of the big lion, which had been daunting a second ago, dissipated, it turned around, and rubbed its hand like a spoiled child.
Then, it leaned over and lay meekly and quietly beside Garlan who patted its head.
The ferocious lion leaned down quietly beside the slender blond boy.
The picture that should make people feel weird, at this moment, I don't know why it gives people an indescribable sense of harmony.
… and it seems like I’ve seen or heard about this scene somewhere…
Many people have this strange feeling in their hearts.
... where did you see it...
"Shamash..."
Someone muttered to themselves.
"... Shamash's punishment..."
Someone murmured in a trance.
"...that legend...the legend of the myth...the sun god Shamash's..."
"This is not..."
"Ah, Shamash..."
More and more people are waking up.
They know why this picture is familiar.
Under the bright sunlight, the blond boy caressing the lion's head.
A brown male lion lying meekly beside the boy.
A liar whose wrist was bitten off by a lion.
The bloody broken arm rolling on the steps...
This seems to be the myth and legend about Shamash that has been handed down since ancient times.
[The liar will be bitten off his wrist by the messenger of Shamash.]
The scene in front of them seemed to be the reappearance of ancient myths and legends in front of them.
They opened their eyes wide, unbelievable, but inexplicably, a trembling feeling for this scene surged from the bottom of their hearts—