It happened so suddenly and ended so quickly that many people are still in a state of shock.
In particular, the inhuman terrifying power that Sinyas suddenly exposed shocked everyone.
It was a huge boulder the size of a small house, and it rumbled down from the hillside, but it was forcibly blocked by such an underage boy.
Simply miraculous.
The entire construction site of the temple was silent at this moment, as if time had stopped.
Not only the people on the altar, because the altar is located at the highest point of the temple construction site, everyone can see it, and everything that happened just now was naturally seen by everyone below.
When they saw the huge rolling stone rushing towards the crown prince, many people screamed and their minds went blank.
If the crown prince died in an accident at the temple construction site, everyone present would be inseparable.
In particular, all the slaves in the construction site, I am afraid that they will be regarded as ominous and executed as a sacrifice for the crown prince.
Seeing that the crown prince was out of danger, many slaves were afraid for a while, and many people fell to the ground with their legs limp, their faces turned pale, and they gasped for breath.
Most of the people present at the moment are glad that the crown prince is safe and sound, however, some people in the crowd have darkened eyes and unhappy faces.
Failed.
The attack, which had been planned for so long and was so foolproof, had just failed.
Obviously, as long as Prince Garlan dies under the rolling stones, everything will be over.
Who knew that the young city lord of Ermia had a rare innate power and saved Prince Garlan with just one person.
Those people gritted their teeth secretly.
How could Prince Gallan's luck be so good? !
…
After half a quarter of an hour of silence, the people who were standing on the lower platform, who were dumbfounded, finally reacted and rushed up in a panic.
The leading official panicked and ran to the stone steps below Garlan. He didn't care about anything else. He fell short, knelt down, pressed his forehead tightly on the steps, and kept begging Garlan.
The others followed and knelt down, and the pleas came one after another, forming one after another.
They are all supervisors in the construction site, and the altar that should have been built should have such an accident. They can't blame them, not to mention that the one who suffered the accident was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which is even more unforgivable.
After they pleaded guilty, they no longer dared to speak, they bowed their heads tremblingly and knelt down, not daring to let out a sigh of relief.
Still maintaining the posture of protecting the prince with one hand, the blond knight's gaze swept over the group of people who were kneeling and begging for guilt below, his face was very ugly.
He glanced at everyone with extremely sharp eyes, which revealed a bit of suspicion.
This is by no means an accident.
Kaihos's face was sullen, and his heart was already determined.
How could there be such a fitting coincidence
Garlan ignored the group of officials who knelt down and apologized to him, left them there, turned his back to them, and looked in the direction of the altar he was standing on.
Most of the altar, which was smooth not long ago, has been covered by the huge rolling stone and the falling gravel, leaving only the frontmost point. The beautifully carved columns that were originally erected around the altar were also broken and collapsed. , and some are even more shattered, one can imagine how terrifying the impact of the rolling stone is.
"Sinyas."
Garlan waved at Sinyas.
"Brother... um, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The big boy immediately wagged his tail and ran in front of Garland in joy, looking at Garland with bright eyes, a look of praise.
"Give me your hand."
Garlan stretched out his hand and said to Sinyas.
Without saying a word, Sinyas immediately stretched both hands forward in front of Garlan's eyes.
Garlan frowned, and as he thought, Xinyas' palms were covered with large or small scratches, and several skins were cut by sharp stones, and blood was oozing out now. There is still a lot of stone dust and dust stuck to the wound.
He asked, "Does it hurt?"
Sinyas was startled.
He was a little unresponsive because it was the first time he had heard someone ask him such a question.
The stern priest Shamash would never allow him to cry out in pain, he said, but instead he would reprimand him for being too weak.
Although the old female official and the people who served him respected him and fulfilled their duties, it was even more impossible for him to ask such a question as a servant.
At first, he reflexively wanted to say that it didn't hurt, but looking at the way Garland was holding his hand, inexplicably, the words twitched in his throat.
"… it hurts."
He whispered, the voice was very small, and he was a little embarrassed. After all, under the guidance of the priest, he felt that shouting pain was the behavior of a coward, something only a child would do, and it was very humiliating.
But for some reason, even if he was ashamed, he wanted to say that in front of his elder brother.
Garlan didn't notice the embarrassment in Sinyas's tone, and when he heard Sinyas screaming in pain, he turned to look at Kaihos.
"Kaijos, help me to see if his arm is injured, especially the bones."
Abruptly using your hand to block the rolling stone that fell down, it is likely to cause a fracture of the hand.
Kaijos stepped forward and squeezed Xinyas's arms a few times.
Then, he nodded to Garlan.
"No problem other than those scratches."
"That's good."
Garland breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go down first, find a place with water, and help Xinyas clean the wound on his hand first."
"Yes, Your Highness."
…
At the beginning, the location of the Solgar Temple was selected in the best location, where the mountains and rivers are interspersed. Therefore, there is a river with abundant water not far from the construction site.
Sinyas was sitting by the river, and a knight of the Guard was helping him wash the scrapes on his palms.
The teenager grinned, although his palms were tingling, but he was in a good mood because his elder brother was always by his side.
Garlan stood not far from the river, and Kaihos and his guards guarded the surrounding.
Because of the accident just now, the guards became more and more vigilant. They separated into several teams and tightly surrounded Garlan's side, leaving only one opening for those who had the permission of the crown prince to enter.
Cayhoes sent a team of Guards to follow the officials here to investigate the fall of the Rolling Stones.
Not long after, a guard knight came hurriedly.
"Lord Kaihos, strange traces were found where the rock fell."
The knight knelt down in front of Kejos to report to him.
The blond knight's eyes turned cold.
"Is the accident man-made?"
"I'm afraid it is."
"Did you find any clues?"
"I'm sorry, my subordinate's ability is limited, and only traces of human beings can be found. No matter how much more, just..."
"understood."
Kaijos said, getting on his horse, "Take me over there."
He rode on the horse and told the knight commander in the guards to protect the crown prince. After all, he had to go up the mountain, and it might take some time to go back and forth.
After he finished speaking, he hurriedly left here under the leadership of the knight.
After Kejos had been away for a while, the official in charge of the construction site hurried over, followed by the captain of the guard here.
Garlan, who had been staying beside Sinyas, got up and said a few words to Sinyas, who wanted to follow him, and let him stay honest and continue to heal the wound, and left the river by himself.
The knight commander who was entrusted with the important responsibility by Kaihos has been following him closely.
"Your Highness, according to your order, the entire construction site has been sealed off."
The official knelt down and said to Garland.
"I have been conducting searches just now. The captain of the guard found several people who were wrong, and now they have been detained."
As soon as the official finished speaking, the captain of the guard who was also kneeling by the side continued.
"Yes, Your Highness, what should I do with those suspicious people?"
Garland pondered for a while.
"How many people were arrested in total?"
"We have detected three suspicious elements in total, but, Your Highness, among them..."
The captain of the guard was halfway through speaking, looked up at Garlan, and hesitated.
His hesitant expression made Garlan subconsciously take two steps towards him.
"how?"
"No... Actually, one of them is this one... "
The captain of the guard hesitated, as if he had something to hide, and looked at the official beside him with an embarrassed expression, as if he was worried that the official could not say something.
His behavior made the face of the official who was a little confused because of his words suddenly darken.
"Your Highness, I didn't hide anything from you! Please believe me!"
Afraid of being splashed with sewage by the captain of the guard, the officer spoke eagerly to Garland.
"Shamash is on, I would never dare to do such a rebellious thing—"
The official tried hard to justify himself, but because of his panic, his voice suddenly increased, which immediately drew Garlan's attention.
And just as Garlan looked at the official, the captain of the guard who was kneeling on the ground with a look of embarrassment suddenly flashed a fierce light in his eyes.
He burst out suddenly.
The dagger hidden in the cuff slipped out, and a cold light flashed across the already darkened sky.
He kicked his legs and rushed forward, with a ferocious look on his face.
The dagger in his hand was already stabbed fiercely at the prince in front of him—
sonorous.
A crisp sound of metal hitting.
The tip of the dagger that the captain of the guard stabbed at Garlan slammed into the blade of the dagger that Garlan raised across his chest.
Before he could react, in the next second, the knight commander standing behind Garlan had already struck with a sword.
The sharp blade ripped open his chest, and blood spurted out.
He fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
The blood running down his body stained the sand beneath him, and his eyes went wide.
The knight commander, who slashed the captain of the guard with one sword, felt that his heart almost stopped at that moment.
Fortunately, the crown prince reacted quickly and blocked the sword attacked by the captain of the guard. Otherwise, even if he could kill the guy who assassinated the crown prince immediately, the crown prince would probably be injured.
He looked at the man in the pool of blood, and just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly a sense of danger came from behind him.
He turned his head sharply.
A familiar figure rushing towards this side made him suddenly widen his eyes.
It was one of the knights of the Guard who protected the crown prince.
Another knight commander other than him.
The knight commander who was supposed to protect the crown prince rushed like a gust of wind, but the sharp sword in his hand was aimed at the crown prince—
He desperately turned around, trying to stand behind the crown prince.
But it was too late.
The opponent's action was too sudden, and it struck when everyone's attention was drawn to the previous assassin.
The rapidity caught everyone by surprise.
Even the crown prince himself had his back to the man, too late to turn around.
Seeing that the long sword in the knight commander's hand was about to pierce Gallan's back, suddenly, a sharp arrow shot from the oblique ground and hit the long sword heavily.
The sword pierced by the knight commander was smashed and slid across Garlan's side. A bloody hole was cut open on his left arm, and the blood splattered into the air.
"prince!"
Cayhorth burst out of the guard with a bow in his hand.
It was the arrow he shot just now that blocked the sword that pierced Gallan's back.
Garlan stepped back abruptly, covered his shoulders, blood dripped from his fingers, and quickly dyed his fingers blood red.
"I'm fine."
He said solemnly.
The other guards on the side had already rushed up to protect him.
"Lord Cayhorth? How could you—"
Seeing Kaihos hiding in the guards in an ordinary guard costume, the knight commander was very stunned, and suddenly realized again.
"This is a trap you set..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Kaihos threw away the bow in his hand and drew out the long sword on his waist.
A sword fell heavily.
The knight of the scorching sun was extremely angry, and he forcibly split the sword in the knight commander's hand into two pieces, and even cut a big hole in the knight commander's chest.
If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to keep the mouth alive and controlled the strength in his hand, Kaijos's sword might have directly split the chest of the knight commander.
Immediately after, he kicked the knight commander to the ground.
Then, with another heavy kick, with a click, it directly broke the man's hand bone.
"Prince, your injury..."
Turning around and walking quickly to Garlan's side, Kaihos looked at the wound on Garlan's arm with lingering fear.
Yes, this is what he and Garlan discussed.
He felt that the matter of Rolling Stones must have been tricked by someone secretly, that the person must still be on the construction site, and there may be follow-up actions.
In order to find out the culprit behind the scenes, Kaihos deliberately pretended to leave, but in fact, after a circle, he changed his clothes and came back under the cover of his confidants and hid in the guards.
Sure enough, in order to achieve the purpose of assassinating Garlan, the captain of the guard jumped out.
It was just that neither Kaihos nor Gallan thought that this captain of the guard was just a bait to attract everyone's attention. The real assassin was hiding in the guards who guarded the prince, and he was still a high-ranking person. the knight commander.
This is unbelievable.
"Brother!"
Xinyas has already rushed over, watching the injury on Garlan's arm jumping with anxiety.
"You are hurt!"
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
"How could it be okay, there's so much bloodshed—"
"Is there a doctor here? Call the doctor right away!"
"Bring the medicine over immediately!"
After a long period of chaos, things finally settled down.
The sky was completely dark, and torches were lit on the dark construction site.
The wound on Garlan's left arm has been tightly bandaged, and in the firelight, the bright red smeared from the snow-white bandage is exceptionally conspicuous.
In a clearing, Garlan stood, watching the knight commander kneeling in front of him.
The knight commander was bound by Wu Hua Da and knelt in front of Garlan.
His arms were tied behind his back, and the hand that Cayhoes stepped on showed an abnormal bending angle.
The clothes on his chest were torn open and scattered in embarrassment, and the shallow wound on his chest was still bleeding.
The slightly long black forehead hair was scattered from his cheeks in a mess, and the firelight reflected on his face, and the skin was glowing with a dark brown luster.
"Nori, as a member of the Guards, you are deeply favored by the royal family. Why did you betray the royal family?"
The other knight commander asked angrily.
He still can't believe that his colleague, who was supposed to be the most loyal knight of the Royal Guard, made such a rebellious act.
The brown-skinned knight commander looked up, and he smiled.
"I am loyal to the royal family of Aaron Landis and have never been betrayed."
"Loyalty? You are trying to assassinate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"That's what my loyalty shows!"
The knight commander retorted.
Although he was kneeling on the ground, his clothes were messy, and he looked embarrassed.
He was proud of his actions from the bottom of his heart.
"The throne of Aaron Landis, how noble is that."
"That is the throne that only the blood of the gods, the sons of the gods, is qualified to sit on."
"Prince of lower blood is not qualified to be our king, not qualified to be the ruler of Aaron Landis!"
Kaihos's face sank, his eyes became cold, and the long sword in his hand pointed at the opponent's throat.
"presumptuous!"
The Knight Commander held his head high, and even though he was kneeling on the ground, his posture was arrogant, and he had a look of no turning back.
Even under the sharp sword, there was no fear on his face.
He knew what would happen to him before he decided to do it.
He is not afraid of death.
"Only those with the most noble blood are qualified to sit on the holy throne and become the king of Aaron Landis."
Everything he did was to protect the nobility of the bloodline of the heir to the throne.
He was the most loyal knight of the royal family of Aaron Landis.
He was a martyr who truly guarded the honor of the throne.
Death is his glory.
"We will not allow lower bloodlines to defile the sacred throne."
The knight commander raised his head and stared straight at Garlan standing in front of him.
The sound from his throat was like a low growl from the deepest part of his body.
"We... will never allow a prince of inferior blood to become the king of Aaron Landis!"
As soon as the last word fell, he suddenly rushed forward and slashed forward.
With a loud bang, he slammed his head against the stone pillar.
Blood splattered and brains burst.
That streak of blood splashed out and dyed the corner of Garlan's clothes, who was standing beside him.
In the darkness of the fire, there was a dead silence.