The sun is about to set on the far horizon, the light is fading from the earth little by little, and the sky is about to darken.
The heavy horn sounded, and it spread far and wide on the earth.
The soldiers who were densely surrounding the royal city like ants and gnawing at the city walls retreated with the sound of the horns.
Like a tide that suddenly ebbs, it evacuated cleanly in an instant, leaving only corpses and blood stains all over the place under the tall city walls.
The moat surrounding the royal city flows slowly, as always.
It's just that its originally clear water surface has long since become turbid, and the city gate has almost stopped flowing, and most of it has been filled up by sand bags.
Countless corpses and gravel sacks piled up in the middle of the moat, severing the river, and the countless stumps and arms mixed with sand, like a mass grave, dyeing the nearby water a strange red sauce .
It took the Gasdadians three whole days to drop countless corpses here before they could fill up the moat at the gate.
This was also because Tyre ordered the upper reaches of the moat, which is a living water, to be cut off in advance, reducing the amount of water in the moat and reducing the difficulty of filling the river.
However, the Gastards are not distressed.
Anyway, it was a mixed army of soldiers from other countries who surrendered to them carrying sand and sacks to fill the river in the rain of arrows.
To them, these soldiers were pure cannon fodder, and they had no use for anything other than giving their lives to help them open the way to the attack.
Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and Gasdad's army soon returned to the camp.
The commander-in-chief of the Gasthards, Prince Tyr, stood silently in the setting sun on horseback.
The fiery red sunset reflected on his icy side cheeks, and the wind, which was unbelievably gentle compared to the extreme north, swept across his cheeks gently, lifting his velvety silver-white forehead.
Those pupils that looked like lavender gems reflected the huge city standing on the ground in the distance.
The royal city of Aaron Landis.
Unlike Canal's exquisite but fragile royal city, the royal city of Aaron Landis gave people a feeling of majesty.
The royal city of Aaron Landis with a long history of civilization.
It came from the ancient history, and has precipitated the vicissitudes of life and the simple and simple atmosphere in the long time, but the passage of time has made it more and more magnificent.
It is an indomitable giant.
It is a majestic mountain that stands on the earth.
No matter how time passes, no matter how many years of wind and rain it has experienced, it is still so majestic and magnificent.
Even if you look at it from such a distance, you can faintly feel an invisible sense of coercion coming from that city.
It stood under the setting sun, like a cluster of black and red fires burning violently.
Searing, violent, huge, as if it would never go out.
Looking at the magnificent city, Tyr frowned slightly.
The attack on the royal city of Aaron Landis did not go as smoothly as he had expected.
Today, the armies in the north and east of Aaronlandis are tied down on the frontier because they have to defend against the two countries of Geshu and Isth, and cannot move.
The legions of the West have been destroyed by him, and King Camos, known as the undefeated Lion King, has also been killed by him.
Although there are still scattered armies in the various cities of Aaron Landis, without a unified commander, it is impossible to organize forces to confront the Gasdadians.
He has also led a great army to the royal city of Aaron Landis.
The army of hundreds of thousands under his command is like a behemoth, and the defenders in the king's city are no more than 10,000 at most.
It is said that some of them are the city guards who are not very effective in the nearby towns.
In the eyes of others, the Gasdadian attack was as smooth as a god.
In such a situation of military strength and no reinforcements, the fall of the king city of Aaron Landis is a matter of time.
And once the royal city is broken, it means the fall of Aaron Landis.
Now, almost the entire continent is paying attention to this place.
Many people sighed, Aaron Landis will follow in the footsteps of Canal, and will soon fall into the hands of the fierce Gasdadians.
However, the so-called smoothness in the eyes of others was unexpectedly repeated in Tyre's eyes.
At this moment, he looked blankly at the distant Wangcheng.
If it really went well, according to his plan, he should have entered the city by now and sat on the throne of Aaron Landis.
His indifferent pupils reflected the top of the city wall exposed by the golden palace in the city.
Garland.
The crown prince of Aaron Landis should be among them at this moment.
It is said that he was seriously injured in the recent assassination and is still in bed.
Therefore, commanding this war is another prince, the black knight Heimos.
According to the information that Tyre has collected over the years, the prince who is not even an adult has a beautiful appearance, and is a beautiful young man with a face that is praised by the world.
This crown prince is completely different from the brave and powerful King Camos. He is a prince with very weak force value, even less than the knights under his command.
In general, Tyre has never been interested in weak people.
The weak are not qualified to enter his eyes.
However, Tyre was somewhat interested in the rumored prince who was not powerful.
Because the crown prince has broken him a lot in recent years.
This is also the reason why his attack on Aaron Landis did not go well.
Other trivial matters aside, at least three of his important deployments were disrupted by the crown prince.
If it wasn't for the prince's intervention in the Tasda mission, the Tasda country was not only in civil strife for a while, but the ruler should have been changed long ago.
And the new ruler should have joined him at this time, splitting the army and marching into Aaron Landis together.
Then there is the city of Tozes in the south, where his people have spent years lurking there, corrupting local powerful officials and secretly allying with pirates.
After he decided to attack Aaron Landis this winter, he directly ordered those lurking in Tozes to summon the pirates. If Tozes, an important maritime trading city, is occupied by pirates, Aaron Landis will not only suffer financially, but can also contain some of Aaron Landis' forces, including the navy.
Even when he is attacking at this moment, he can make those pirates attack Tozes City again, and start a war in the south, making Aaron Landis more and more helpless.
It's a pity that this important piece was also abolished by the crown prince.
And the most important pieces were the people he sent to lurk in the royal city.
It took him more than seven years to secretly open a big net in the king city, just to let those people riot in the city when attacking the king city, and help him open the city gate from the inside, so as to easily break the city.
Who would have thought that even if the crown prince was stabbed and injured, he would still be able to fight back, set traps, follow the vines, and wipe out his people.
Without the people in the city who should cooperate with the outside world, there is no way to break through from the inside, so Tyr can only force the siege.
All of the above were done by the prince.
As a result, Tyre's attack on Aaron Landis did not go as smoothly as he had expected.
Moreover, there is another point that makes Tyre quite puzzled.
He clearly should have succeeded in provoking the relationship between the two princes and splitting them, so he forced the famous Prince Heimos to the North.
Who knows, Heimos actually rushed back to the royal city at a critical moment, and said nothing to help the injured Prince Garland defend the city.
This kind of reckless behavior... It's not like this person's character at all.
Or, what key thing did he not notice
Just as Tyr stared at the distant Wangcheng and fell into deep thought, a sudden rush of hooves came from behind.
A general with a worried look on his face rushed towards him on his horse.
When he reached Tyre's side, the general eagerly leaned over and whispered a few words in Tyre's ear.
Tyre's eyes stopped for a moment.
He seemed a little lost for a moment.
"Your Highness?"
Seeing that after hearing this shocking news, Tyr remained silent, and the general shouted nervously.
"His Royal Highness Tyre?"
The constant shouting of his subordinates brought Tyre back to his senses.
He looked up at the royal city standing under the setting sun, then turned to look west.
His lavender eyes seemed to have a strange light surging at this moment.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
He suddenly laughed.
Under the stunned gaze of the general, the Prince of Gastade, who had always looked indifferent, burst out laughing.
"very good."
Tyre's eyes flickered with a glimmer of light, his eyes were bright and radiant.
He seemed to have discovered a very interesting thing, and looked at the West with great interest.
That was the direction he came from, and it was also the direction of the crown prince he was most interested in now.
The man he thought was in the royal city actually led his troops thousands of miles away to retake the city of Rudas in one fell swoop on the night he arrived in the royal city three days ago.
"Gallan."
He said the name earnestly and carefully.
Then, repeating the name that kept things out of his control countless times.
"… Garland."
For some reason, when he said this name, something destined poured into his body, making his always cold chest become extremely hot at this moment.
That was the first time he had felt the fiery fighting spirit gushing out of his body.
The fine silver hair scattered in the corners of Tyre's sharply raised eyes, he looked into the distance, and a cold smile raised on the corners of his lips.
Garland.
Prince of Aaron Landis.
my enemy.
There is bound to be a battle between you and me.
I look forward to the day I meet you.
…
…
It was night, and the city of Judas, which had been jubilant all day, returned to silence.
The people who vented all their negative emotions on this day were tired, but they sank into their dreams early with great peace of mind.
Their brows and eyes were finally able to stretch, and even if they had fallen asleep, there was a slight smile on the corners of their mouths.
The castle in the city is still brightly lit, and the light radiates warmth in the dark night.
There was a clatter, it was the sound of chains hitting.
Located deep underground in the castle, the door of that dark iron prison was opened.
The old man in the cell was kneeling under the only skylight in the dungeon, and the starlight came in and fell on his gray temples.
He knelt there, hands clasped to his forehead.
That's a prayer pose.
The old man kneeling and praying was like a stone sculpture, motionless under the starlight, no one knew how long he had maintained this posture.
"Lord Yunas."
A voice came from behind.
The old man who had been praying to the gods raised his head and opened his eyes.
The faint starlight fell into his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be entangled with many things, converging into an extremely complicated look.
He stood up slowly, pressed one hand on the ground, erected his legs that had been unresponsive because he had been kneeling for too long, and stood up with difficulty.
He turned his head, and the familiar face of the one-eyed knight fell into his eyes.
His slightly cloudy eyes fixedly looked at the face, which was different from his white complexion.
The knight of the sun.
A powerful knight famous in the mainland.
One of only four remaining horsemen of Aaron Landis.
In a great battle, the Lion King died in battle, and almost half of the seven cavalry commanders who symbolized the strongest power of Aaron Landis died.
Three of the six major legions have been eliminated, and the destruction of the first legion in particular has made Aaron Landis's military power almost lost more than half.
Gastard's army has approached the king's city, and seeing the danger of the country's subjugation in front of him, Aaron Landis is shaken by the storm, and all the peoples are in mourning.
And the culprit behind all of this...
Yunas closed his eyes, hiding the pain in his eyes.
He didn't say anything, and followed Kaijos out of the gloomy dungeon.
He walked slowly up the stone steps, step by step, staggering.
Walking through the familiar hall, and through a long spiral staircase, Cayhorth led him to a room above the castle.
As soon as he entered the door, Yunas saw a familiar face.
His former subordinate Juta.
At this moment, the high-spirited general who once stood outside the prison uttering nonsense and high spirits had his arms tied to his back with ropes, knelt on the ground, lowered his head, his whole person exuded a decadent aura, and he looked embarrassed.
As soon as he saw this despicable traitor, Yunas suddenly felt hatred in his heart.
He stared at Juta and his eyes turned red in an instant.
But just as he took a step, he was stopped by Kaihos raising his hand.
As if he had been hit hard by someone suddenly, Yunas froze in place.
Yes, he hated Juta the traitor.
But what qualifications does he have to hate
As the culprit who killed King Camos, what is the difference between him and Juta
Yunas stood blankly in the room with a blank expression and blank eyes.
After a few minutes, footsteps sounded from outside, the door was pushed open, and Garlan walked in.
Vata, who followed behind him as a guard, glanced at Kaihos in the room, but did not follow, but closed the door outside and stayed outside.
As soon as the boy entered the door, Yunas, who was standing there like a wooden stake, raised his head subconsciously and looked at the boy.
Prince Garlan, the beloved younger brother of King Kammos.
It was the prince who rescued Kammos from him a month ago.
The reason why he made up his mind to betray Camos is because King Camos canonized the prince as the crown prince.
And he would not allow white races without noble blood to inherit the throne.
But it was this white-skinned prince, who he thought was not pure and noble, who saved the city of Judas.
Yunas' eyes fell on Garlan's head.
His pupils contracted violently.
The familiar lapis lazuli gold crown was worn on the young prince's head, and the tinge of blood on the azure gemstone made his eyes hurt.
Yunas stared at the crown fixedly, his eyes dazed.
"I always thought... what I did was right..."
He said, "King Kammos has strayed from the will of the gods, and I'm going to pull him back on the right track."
He closed his eyes, his face was haggard, and his voice was hoarse.
"I don't have a son, and my only daughter has sworn never to marry because I serve the gods. I have no descendants to inherit the throne... So I think, I don't sit on the throne for myself, not because I want to be king... I think, wait After I become king, and after I have redirected Aaron Landis to the right path, according to the will of the gods... I shall give the throne to Prince Heimos when I die."
"That's the proof that I didn't betray King Camos for the sake of the throne..."
Garlan looked at him silently, Caijos was also silent, and Juta, who was kneeling, tightened his body.
No one else spoke in the room, only Yunas' voice echoed.
"I told myself that I betrayed King Camos, not because of my own selfish desires, but to set things right..."
"My daughter also encouraged me, saying that this is God's will for me and what I should do."
"That made me firmly believe that what I did was for Aaron Landis, to establish the right order, to restore the glory of the royal blood."
"I always tell myself that..."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, interrupting Yunas.
Vata's voice came in from outside.
"His Royal Highness, the daughter of City Lord Yunas is here, she wants to see her father."
Garlan pondered for a few seconds, then glanced at Yunas who turned his head sharply towards the door.
"Let her in," he said.
The door opened and a woman who looked to be in her twenties walked in, closing the door behind her.
Her long fluffy brown-black hair fell behind her slender shoulders, she clasped her hands in front of her, and her large goose-yellow skirt swayed gently.
Her face was slender, her slender eyelashes cast rosy shadows on her cheeks, she pursed her lips slightly, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and looked as soft as a feather.
The three slender maids followed behind her, bowing their heads quietly, without saying a word.
The weak and beautiful looking woman glanced at her father Yunas with a heartache.
Then, she took two straight steps forward, leaned over, and spread her skirt on the ground.
She bowed her head and knelt in front of Garlan.
"Your Highness, I beg you, Your Highness."
She pleaded hurriedly, in a voice that was still a little choked up.
"Please forgive my father, he is too old to suffer, please, Your Highness, I can accept all the punishments in his place, just forgive him..."
Kaihos, who was standing on the side, frowned, he took a step forward, and he just wanted to say something.
But suddenly, a mutation arose.
The maid, who had bowed her head and stood quietly and humbly on the side, suddenly rushed towards Kaihos.
The remaining maid took out a dagger from her chest and rushed towards Garlan.
Kaihos raised his hand to get rid of the two maids, but what shocked him was that the seemingly slender maid was surprisingly strong, and was able to hold him in place.
A sharp look flashed in his eyes, and the knight made a ruthless attack.
As soon as he raised his hand, his elbow smashed the rib of one of the maids holding his arm into the chest.
However, something amazing happened.
The maid whose ribs were smashed by Kaihos was still holding on to Kaihos, not even a whimper. She stared at Kaihos, and in her eyes, the whites of her eyes occupied most of it, which looked quite terrifying. And that look was even more bizarre.
When the maid rushed over, Garlan, who reacted very quickly, had already pulled out the sword from his waist, knocked the dagger out of the maid's hand, and pierced her chest with a sword.
If it were an ordinary person, he would have already fallen to the ground.
But at this moment, the maid whose heart was pierced by him stretched out her hands and firmly grasped the hands he was holding on the hilt of the sword.
Her strength was surprisingly strong, like iron pincers, and Gallan couldn't break free.
The maid stared straight at Garlan with her red eyes, and blood dripped from her pierced chest, but she seemed to feel no pain at all, just grinned at Garlan in a strange way. Horrible laugh.
"My great god, Timyat, the mother goddess of creation."
Yunas' daughter, who had been kneeling on the ground and weeping just now, stood up at some point.
The weak appearance disappeared without a trace, and her face at the moment was extremely excited, with madness, and her eyes were terrifyingly bright when she looked at Garlan.
"Your loyal followers will offer you the most precious sacrifice! Offer the blood of the gods!"
She shouted like a chant, and with her dagger, stabbed Gallan, who was now unable to move under the restraint of the maid—
"prince!!!"
In the screams of Cayhoes, shocked and angry.
The sword edge crossed a cold light in the air and stabbed heavily.
In an instant, blood splattered.
The blond knight looked surprised.
Garland's eyes widened suddenly.
Yunas, who suddenly rushed over in the chaos, blocked Garlan's body and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The short sword in his daughter's hand had completely sunk into his chest.