The scorching sun blazed the earth, and in the wilderness where there was almost no human beings, there was the chaotic and hurried sound of horses' hooves.
Running horses' hooves kick up the dust, and a pursuit battle is being staged in the wilderness.
There were only three people running in front of them. They were all covered in dust. They looked embarrassed. There were bloodstains on their bodies. It was obvious that they had experienced a war not long ago. color.
However, the few people who were galloping on their horses seemed to be unaware of the scars on their bodies. They just gritted their teeth and accelerated their horses again and again, trying to shake off the pursuers behind them.
But because the horses were tired from running away for a long time, they not only did not throw away the pursuers, but watched the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer.
The bandage on the shoulder and neck of the man who ran at the end of the horse was soaked with blood and looked shocking.
Running for a long time made his unhealed wound open again, and he had no time to deal with it, so he could only let it continue to flow. His face was pale from excessive blood loss, and his breathing was extremely heavy.
Not to mention that he is about to be caught up, even if he is not caught up, he will not be able to hold on for long.
The knight thought so, looked back at the dozen or so chasing soldiers that were getting closer, and made up his mind.
He took another look at the two companions who were galloping ahead of him, and suddenly tightened the reins.
The steed under him made a high-pitched neigh, raised its front hooves high, and was forcibly restrained by his master.
Sensing the movement behind him, the knight in front turned his head and looked shocked and angry.
"Nah! What are you doing? Come along!"
"You go-"
Turning the horse's head to stop behind his companions, facing the approaching pursuers, the wounded knight's eyes were determined.
With a bang, the long sword was unsheathed.
He shouted: "Come on! Don't stop!"
He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, clenched his sword, and silently prayed the last prayer of his life in his heart.
Gods of heaven, please give me the strength to protect my companions.
Please bless them in our mission.
Suddenly opening his eyes, the knight roared, and single-handedly charged towards an enemy more than ten times his size.
"Nah!"
The young knight shouted and tugged at the reins, wanting to pull back and fight with his companions.
He couldn't just abandon his comrades who lived and died with him.
But at this moment, a hoarse voice came from the front.
"Walk."
"Lord Moya, that Heta—"
"Go, don't waste the time Nahe bought us with his life."
The middle-aged knight in front of him had a calm voice, which seemed to be very calm, but the back of his hand with the blue veins clenched tightly betrayed his mood at the moment.
"We must live, even if there is only one person left, to go to the king city of Aaron Landis."
He said that every word was extremely calm, yet as heavy as a mountain peak.
"for… "
The old knight said those words in a low voice, but it was unusually heavy.
The young knight's breathing stagnated, and there was a look of grief in his eyes.
He fled all the way, and he watched helplessly as his companions who once fought side by side died one by one.
As of now, there are only three people left, including himself.
And at this moment, Nahe will also...
He gritted his teeth and forced back the hot tears that were about to seep from the corners of his eyes.
The horse ran desperately forward, and the wind whistled in his ears.
To live.
Survive and go to Aaron Landis.
for-
…
…
The sound of a violent blade crash rang out from the entrance of the empty valley.
Heimos held the long sword that was slashed at him with one sword.
The next moment, he slammed it away.
On the backhand side, the force of Heimos's counterattack was removed from the side, and Kaihos stabbed it again with a sword.
There was a crisp, crisp sound.
The long sword stood on Heimos's chest, and the blade blocked the sharp point of the sword that pierced his chest exactly.
The tip of the sword slashed the sparks on the blade, making a harsh rubbing sound.
It's hard to imagine how strong the strength of the confrontation between them is - anyway, the knights and generals next to them changed their expressions instantly when they saw this scene.
The exploding Mars was reflected in Heimos's eyes.
A sharp light flashed across those golden red eyes, and he seemed to be aroused in an instant, showing his fangs.
After a few rounds back and forth with Kaijos.
Avoiding a sword again, he slammed forward and turned the defense into an attack, taking advantage of the moment when the sword that Kaijos had just slashed had not had time to retract.
He lowered his hand.
The long sword that dropped suddenly slashed horizontally towards the side chest of the blond knight, which was open.
Cayhorth leaped backwards.
A flip, dodging a slashing sword.
Then, land quickly.
It's just that when the dark cloak flying behind him fell, a hole was obviously broken.
But he didn't realize it, just stared at Heimos sharply.
Heimos also looked at him coldly.
The sight of the two men seemed to collide with each other in the air, exploding like electric light.
The earth was extremely silent at this moment.
The oppressive force that erupted when the powerful momentum collided swept away in all directions, like an invisible wall, so that no one on the side could step into the field of their duel.
At the moment when a breath fell.
Kaihos abruptly stood up and leaped forward like a tiger.
The fierce light in Heimos' eyes was like a wolf, and he did not evade and rushed forward.
Seeing that these two unstoppable powerful knights are about to collide fiercely again—
A silver-white long sword swooped and slanted into the grass.
The hilt shook slightly.
The position where it was inserted happened to be in the middle of the two knights that were about to collide.
The two stopped their footsteps abruptly at the same moment, but their eyes were still colliding sharply, like two ferocious beasts, both staring at each other.
The voice of the young king who threw the sword between the two came from the side.
"Have you had enough?"
Garland frowned.
He felt inexplicable about this sudden battle.
Although the relationship between Kaihos and Heimos has always been not very good, but it is not that they will fight you to the death as soon as they meet, right
Taking his sharp gaze away from Heimos, the blond knight stood up straight, and with a click, he drew his sword into the sheath.
Cayhorth took a few steps forward and drew the long sword that was stuck in the grass.
As he drew his sword, his lips moved, and he clearly said something in a low voice.
But he spoke in a low voice that only Heimos, who was only a few steps away, could hear him.
Holding the drawn sword, Kaihos turned around and walked back to Gallan.
When facing Garlan, he showed the same smile as usual. The dangerous aura oozing out of his eyes when he was looking at Heimos just now has been deeply buried, and he can no longer see the slightest bit.
He raised his eyebrows and smiled at Garlan, as always wanton, with a bit of uninhibited color.
Holding the sword in both hands, Kaijos sent it to Garlan.
He said, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, it's just on a whim.
"Whim?"
He took back the sword and put it back into the scabbard at his waist, Garlan asked suspiciously.
"Um."
Kaihos shrugged his shoulders indifferently.
"These days, I have been focusing on training martial arts. I am also interested in watching other people fight in the arena every day."
He smiled at Garlan again.
"But, Your Majesty, as you know, no one here is my opponent, so I can only watch, but can't do anything."
There was a smile on the corner of his lips, which seemed to be lazy and inadvertent, and he glanced at Heimos from the corner of his eyes.
"No, seeing Lord Heimos coming over, there is finally someone who can have a good fight with me. I couldn't help itching my hands for a while, so I started."
Garland: "..."
You fool it.
Continue to fool.
I'm here to watch, to see what else you can fool.
Garland said in his heart that he didn't believe a word of what Kaihos said.
However, Kaihos is his guardian knight after all, and in the eyes of others, he is his confidant and love.
Therefore, he can only pretend to believe.
"okay."
Garlan squinted at his guardian knight with a smile, and said, "If you want to do it, don't pick it at this time. If you haven't fought enough, you can find a place to continue at another time."
After speaking, Garlan took his white horse and turned around and walked straight forward.
Kaihos followed closely behind him.
However, before leaving, he turned his head and looked at Heimos coldly and with a hint of warning.
Heimos stood where he was, as if he didn't see the warning look from the blond knight at all.
He just looked at Garland.
He watched the boy leave surrounded by the crowd, never looking back at himself at all.
He slowly put the long sword into the sheath, expressionless.
The fine black hair fell down, and the shadow covered most of his eye sockets.
…
'Tonight, continue. '
That was what Kaihos had said to him in a low voice when he drew his sword.
…
…
In a blink of an eye, night has come.
Under the persuasion of Kaihos, Garland, who felt that the special training camp in the forest was much cooler than the palace, temporarily decided to take a rest here tonight.
After sending someone back to the palace to inform Ximul and Tapti of their decision to rest outside tonight, Garlan chatted with Kaihos for a while, and then entered what Kaihos had arranged for him. Room.
The whole person squatted comfortably on the bed for a while, and Garlan suddenly remembered.
He didn't seem to have said a word to Heimos all day today.
Heimos was also silent the whole time, but followed behind him without saying a word.
Thinking of Heimos' appearance, Garlan couldn't bear it.
However, Garlan felt irritated when he recalled the utterly embarrassing words that Heimos had pressed against the mirror in the morning.
… ignore him.
Throwing the guy behind him, Garlan buried half of his face in the soft pillow.
With the low sound of insects at night and the rustling of the dense canopy of the jungle in the wind, he soon fell asleep.
Of course, it was impossible for Garlan to know that after he slept, two people riding horses one after the other quickly left Taniguchi of the special training camp in the dark.
After the two knights galloped along the forest path for a while, they stopped in a clearing when they were far away.
Still without saying a word, they rolled over and dismounted and walked straight to the clearing.
Kaihos didn't talk nonsense, he directly drew his sword and pointed at the opponent.
"Your Majesty Heimos, you did that unforgivable thing to His Majesty..."
There was a wave of anger surging in his eyes.
He said solemnly, "Aren't you going to give me an explanation?"
Heimos stood opposite him, staring blankly at him.
Hearing this, he suddenly pulled the corner of his lower lip sarcastically.
"Explain? Unforgivable?"
With a bang, the long sword on Heimos' waist was also unsheathed.
He stood there, gripping the hilt of the sword, the tip of the sword pointed diagonally to the ground.
"Cajus."
The corners of his lips twitched sarcastically.
"You have done so many things that you call 'unforgivable' so far, have you explained it to anyone?"
His eyes were full of cynicism on Kaihos.
"… "
"Shouldn't you be the clearest person about this kind of thing?"
Huymos looked at Kaijos with a blank expression, and said,
"What is the unforgivable desire for the person you love, the desire to touch him and possess him?"
Thinking of the way he said those words because he was provoked by Garlan, Garlan looked at him in disbelief and resistance, and then pushed his hand away... Heimos felt terribly uncomfortable. .
A sigh of anger pressed down on his chest, almost making him breathless.
Is his desire for him so repulsive and unacceptable
Does Garland think his desires are dirty
All day, he refused to even look at him again.
Did his exposed desires disgust Garlan
... Will he be alienated by Garland in the future
Brown fingers gripped the hilt hard.
It was obvious that the strong enemy was on the opposite side, but Heimos closed his eyes tightly, as if he was holding back something, and his breathing became rapid.
Kaihos was startled.
He felt that something was wrong with Heimos's current situation.
"Your Majesty Heimos, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, his ears suddenly moved.
Kaihos turned sharply to look east.
Almost at the same moment, Heimos also raised his head and looked towards the east with sullen eyes.
They all keenly heard the sound of the fighting from that direction.
…
…
The young knight was panting violently, hot blood running down his forehead, staining half of his cheeks red.
He gritted his teeth and clenched the long sword in his hands tightly.
In front of him, four strong men in strong suits approached him with sharp blades.
"...I'm not going to die...I'm not going to die here."
The young knight gasped sharply, his clenched teeth rattling.
He stared intently at the enemy who was approaching him, his blood-stained forehead almost bursting with blue veins.
He roared: "I will never die in your hands!"
Lord Moya spared his life to lure away the pursuers, just to let him escape and complete their mission.
They are all here!
The royal city of Aaron Landis is right in front of you, and you will see that one right away—
They sacrificed the lives of countless companions to get to where they are today, and he must not end here!
"Everything will perish."
The one approaching him answered in a low voice.
"Only under the protection of my God can you live forever..."
When he said this, the man's eyes were full of enthusiasm.
"You wait for the ants that disobey my god, and sacrifice your humble life for the coming of my god—"
While speaking, the four of them had already raised their swords and rushed towards the young knight.
The knight, whose injuries were not light and whose body had long since disobeyed, could only watch in despair as the swords from different directions slashed straight at him.
Seeing him dying by the sword—
Suddenly, a sword light inserted from the slanting ground and swept past his eyes.
Where the sword light passed, blood spurted out.
In the blink of an eye, the young knight had not even regained his senses when he saw that the four had fallen to the ground.
The three were dead, and there was only one left. The tall man standing in front of him stepped on the ground and seemed to pass out.
"Tsk, it's those guys from the Teaching of All Things... You are so brave, they dare to sneak into the vicinity of the king's city."
The longsword was drawn from the back of a dead body, Cayhorth said.
At the same time, Heimos came out of the shadows of the jungle on the side and threw a man with blood dripping from his chest at the feet of Kaijos.
"This guy is spying in the woods," he said.
The young knight who escaped from the dead at the last minute looked like a fool, staring blankly at the person standing in front of him.
Blonde…
Also, the rumored almost iconic black eye patch and one eye.
"The... knight of the sun..."
Like a dream, he muttered to himself.
"Um?"
Seeing the young man who was rescued from the fanatics of the cult of all things calling his title, Kaihos turned his head and looked at him.
Just looking at each other, he saw that the young man's face changed as if he was sleepwalking, and he knelt down to him with a puff.
"Lord Kejos! Please, go and save Lord Moya - he led the pursuers away for me - please save him -"
Hearing the young man's incoherent words, Kaihos frowned.
"What are you talking about? Also, since you know me, report your identity immediately."
"Hold, sorry... I'm being rude, because Lord Moya is very dangerous right now, I..."
Taking a deep breath, the excited young knight who suddenly saw the dawn of hope at the moment of despair tried to calm himself down.
"Your Majesty Kaihos, Lord Moya and I are the royal knights of Canal."
With one hand on his chest, he gave Kaijos a standard knightly salute.
"I'm here to meet King Garlan."
he said eagerly,
"So, please be sure to save Lord Moya."
Cayhors was taken aback.
Heimos frowned on the side.
"Canal's royal knight?"