In the violent shaking of the stone hall, Garlan and his party quickly left the underground stone hall.
After returning to the ground, they did not dare to delay a minute, and immediately ordered everyone to evacuate.
Not long after everyone left the valley, a huge roar was heard one after another. At this moment, the ground shook, and the earth shook as if it were about to crack.
The war horses let out a frightened neigh, and were held tightly by their respective masters, so they ran away without madness.
Everyone just watched helplessly as the valley where they were staying not long ago collapsed and sank in the roar.
Most of the peaks around the valley also collapsed, boulders rolled down, the slopes cracked, landslides along the valley, and fell into the collapsed valley.
In the end, the cracked mountain body buried the collapsed valley floor, and no one could step into the deep ancient stone hall.
The wind whistled past, causing Heimos's forehead hair to constantly brush the corners of his eyes.
He stared deeply at the ruins of the collapsed valley.
He couldn't tell why, but when the underground stone hall collapsed, he suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart.
It was as if some invisible existence that had been tightly wrapping around him and restraining him suddenly dissipated, and the whole person relaxed.
It was like a heavy chain that had been pressing on him finally broke at this moment, giving him the illusion of being freed.
He closed his eyes, and the wind swept past him, bringing the coolness of the night.
At this moment, he had an unprecedented sense of lightness and comfort.
Garlan on the side glanced at Heimos with a soft smile in his eyes.
He didn't say anything, just patted Heimos's arm lightly, then turned and left with a smile.
…
After the valley collapsed, Garlan did not set off to return immediately, but camped nearby for several days.
He ordered the soldiers to search around in the vicinity, and after confirming that there were no believers of the religion hiding in the ruins of the valley, he ordered to return to the royal city.
On the way back, everyone else was in good spirits, but the prince of West Asia in Kanal was out of tune with everyone. He lowered his head and hardly communicated with anyone, not even his knights could tell him. a few words.
When camping at night, he entered the tent early.
While traveling during the day, he followed Garlan without saying a word. Although he followed, he never took the initiative to say a word to Garland. Unless Garland was talking to him, he would occasionally hum or say a few words.
It was late at night, and the moonlight like water flowed over the earth.
The camp was very quiet, except for the soldiers on duty outside the camp, most of them had already fallen asleep in the camp.
A shallow lake reflects the moonlight in the night sky, and the stars shine on the clear water, sparkling.
Garlan sat on a rock by the lake, looking up at the night sky.
Heimos stood beside the boy, not looking at the night sky or the lake, just looking at Garland.
"You should know that I was abandoned by Eya when I was very young, and I have been wandering in the slums."
"When I was about seven years old, I and other children in the slum were taken away by the believers of the sect of all things and sent to the altar."
Heimos spoke in a calm tone, unable to hear much emotion.
It was as if he was just saying something flatly.
"The other children were all killed, I was the last one, but I didn't want to die. I was very unwilling to die there, and even more unwilling to die for an unknown god."
From the day he can remember, he has lived like a filthy lowly rat living in a stinky ditch.
He never believed in so-called gods.
"Although I don't know the reason, maybe because of the fear of death, I suddenly went mad. I don't have any memory of when I went mad. I only know that when I woke up, I saw corpses all over the place..."
He says,
"That was my first murder."
When he didn't know anything, he killed people, a lot of people.
At that time, when he was very young, he looked at the pile of corpses in front of him, and his mind went blank.
He knelt on the ground, looking at the blood on his hands, trembling, almost breathless, and his whole body almost collapsed.
In the end, with strong self-control, he forced himself to get up and staggered away from the place that was like hell to him.
…
Later, killing people became a habit.
In order to keep himself alive, killing others has long been a matter of course for him.
"The man said to me that I was branded and destined to be a sacrifice to the gods, and one day, I will come back..."
While Heimos was speaking, Garlan was still looking up at the starry sky.
He rested his chin in one hand, looked at the sky quietly, and listened quietly to Heimos.
Following Garlan's gaze, Heimos also looked up at the sky.
After watching for a while, he said: "As a child, I didn't like this kind of night... The stars were too bright, I wanted to steal something to eat, it was easy to be found."
Garlan turned his head to the side, his eyes falling from the starry sky to Heimos' face, who was looking up at the starry sky.
Fragmented starlight fell on Heimos's face, reflecting the honey-like luster of brown skin.
A little bit of starlight reflected in the golden red eyes, the side cheeks were handsome, and the slightly raised corners of the eyes were like sharp swords, revealing more and more pressing sharpness.
When you look at it, you can't take your eyes off it.
"now what?"
Garland asked.
Heimos's gaze fell back to Garlan, and he did not answer.
"The starry sky now, does it look good?"
Garlan sitting on the rock asked him.
The young man put his hands behind him, tilted his head slightly, looked up at him, his golden eyes curved like a crescent moon in the night sky.
The water was sparkling, reflecting the figure of a young man dressed in starlight.
“…beautiful.”
Heimos replied.
He looked down at Garlan, his eyes soft.
The sky is full of stars, boundless, shining like a gem on the dark night, like a dreamy beauty.
Thousands of stars are nothing compared to the faint smile of the blond boy in front of him.
"Heimos."
"Um?"
"When you are controlled by others in the future, think about me more."
"… "
"Don't think about the messy things in the past. Just think about it, I said, I will protect you until the end."
Garland said,
"In case something like this happens again, just keep thinking about this sentence, you know?"
There was a moment of silence under the stars.
Then, Heimos smiled and gave a low hum.
…
…
After a few days, in a lively afternoon, Garland and his party quietly returned to the palace.
Under the meticulous arrangement of the high priest Xie Muer, no one noticed that the young king had left the royal city for more than ten days.
Although Garlan didn't want Xie Muer to know what happened in the stone palace, but with so many knights following him, it was impossible for him to keep everyone's mouth shut.
Therefore, Xie Muer quickly learned all the events and the thrilling process from the knight commander who followed Garlan.
Of course, the high priest of Shamash immediately rushed to Gallan, who had just returned to the palace and hadn't had time to catch his breath, with an ugly face. Lan reprimanded severely.
From noon to night, he gave Garlan's advice for four hours, without taking a sip of water in between.
However, Garlan, who knew that he was wrong, could only honestly listen to the 'advice' of his high priest, and from time to time he had to nod his head obediently to admit his mistake, and give Xi Muer a smile.
It wasn't until the evening when the female officer Tapti came over to interrupt Ximuel with the excuse of having dinner, and it was only then that Garlan was relieved.
In order to reward and comfort himself, who had been dizzy by Xie Muer's training, Garlan unceremoniously ate a big meal, then slumped on the bed and fell asleep.
After a good night's sleep, the corner of Garlan's mouth twitched when he saw the pile of government decrees and documents, who just felt that he was full of blood the next day.
Then, under the watchful eye of his own high priest, he began a miserable life of burying himself in documents from morning to night except for meals and rest.
The Prince of Kanar, Sia, who was rescued by Garlan, stayed in the palace as a guest, and Ximul was in charge of receiving him.
West Asia still looks cold and silent, and hardly talks to anyone except for necessary conversations.
Moya, the royal knight of the Kanar family who had stayed in the palace to recover from illness, has recovered a lot. When he saw that Prince Xia was rescued, he was very excited. Since then, he and another young knight have been following Xia step by step.
After Shea came to the palace of Aaron Landis, she locked herself in her room for two days, without seeing or speaking to anyone.
Even the meals are brought into the room by his knights and brought out after they are finished.
Xie Muer reported the matter to Garlan, and after pondering for a while, Garlan replied that there is no need to do anything specially, it is according to the meaning of Prince West Asia.
After he finished speaking, he continued to bury his head in the piles of documents.
After locking herself in her room for two full days, Sia came out on her own.
Then he made a request directly to Xi Muer, saying that he wanted to take a look around the palace.
Xie Muer agreed, but only said that in order to protect his safety, he would be sent to accompany him—of course, it also meant surveillance.
Xia agreed without hesitation.
For the next whole week, accompanied by the knight commander sent by Xie Muer, Xia and his two knights just kept going around the royal city.
After the knight commander who accompanied West Asia went back in the evening, he would report to Xi Muer about West Asia's behavior today.
What made Xie Muer feel strange was that although West Asia kept walking around the royal city, he just watched and did nothing.
He looked at every corner of the royal city, whether it was near the royal palace, the market, or the poor gathering places on the edge of the royal city, including the Commerce and Trade Office, which was already crowded with people and customers came in quietly. watched for a long time.
After reading the inside of the king city, I ran outside the king city to see the nearby towns, villages, and even the road construction site that was being built.
However, he avoided all places related to the military, and did not approach.
The strange behavior of the West Asian prince made Xi Muer completely unclear what the purpose of this little prince was.
After just over a week, West Asia, who had looked at the royal city and the vicinity of the royal city, stopped this behavior.
Immediately afterwards, he locked himself in the room for a day and a night.
When he came out the next day, Xia's eyes were red and bloodshot.
Obviously, he did not rest in the house, but stayed up all day and night.
Looking at Moya, who had been guarding the door, Xia said, "Tell Your High Priest, I, as Prince Canal, ask to see King Gallan of Aaron Landis."
He added,
"Secret interview."
Moya took a breath, and he looked at Xia solemnly.
"Prince, have you... made up your mind?"
Xia nodded slightly.
Moya didn't say anything, he bent down and knelt down, saluted Xia, and then got up and left.
Xia took a deep breath. He stood in the courtyard and closed his eyes. The bright sunlight shone on him, a little hot and a little hot.
His skin was abnormally pale because he stayed underground for a long time without sunlight.
He closed his eyes, his eyelashes twitched slightly. His hand was clenched by his side, so hard that his knuckles turned white.
The decision I made...
Sister Wang, you can understand, right
I will never forgive those guys.
I'm also never going to let those guys get what they want.
at all costs.
…
Late night soon fell again, and the entire palace fell silent.
Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Kaihos kept away from people's eyes and eyes, and secretly brought West Asia and the two Canal knights to the palace of Gallan.
After entering the room, Xia saw Garlan sitting on the golden seat, and the high priest Ximuer standing beside him.
The Sun Knight who brought him walked forward, walked quickly to the back of Garlan, and stood there quietly.
Xia glanced around, and after confirming the people in the room, her eyes fell on Garlan.
The young king of Aaron Landis looked at him with a calm expression.
Garland sat quietly, waiting for him to speak.
Looking back, Xia leaned over and landed on one knee.
He lowered his head and saluted Garland.
"King Gallan, thank you for saving me from the hands of the All Things Religion. I will remember your kindness to me in my heart."
He says,
"Although it is very presumptuous, I have a very important thing to ask you, and I hope you will agree."
The high priest standing behind Garlan frowned.
"Prince West Asia, I can guess what your request is."
He bluntly refused.
"But I'm sorry, my country has just ended the war, I'm afraid I can't help you."
The prince of Canal came to Aaron Landis to ask Aaron Landis to help him restore his kingdom.
Everyone present was well aware of this.
However, not to mention that Aaron Landis, who had just ended the war, was in need of recuperation. Even if Aaron Landis had not experienced the war, he would not have sacrificed his soldiers to help the princes of other countries restore their kingdoms.
For Xie Muer's rejection, both West Asia and the two knights behind him had already expected it and did not feel embarrassed.
The two knights bowed their heads, waiting for their prince to continue.
"The reason why the religion of all things imprisoned me is to get the treasure of the Karnal royal family from me."
Sia continued.
"In this world, only I know the location of the treasure and have the key to unlock it."
Xie Mu'er was startled, and then immediately reacted.
I see.
He was still thinking just now, after all, he is the prince of a country, and it is extremely stupid to ask the king of another country to help him restore his country so recklessly.
It turned out that the prince was planning to exchange money for the help of Aaron Landis.
This time, he didn't say anything, and turned his attention to Garlan.
Just like him, both Xia and the two knights behind Xia looked at the young king sitting quietly with anxious eyes.
Under the gazes of everyone, Garlan simply shook his head.
"Sorry, Prince of Canal, your treasure may be of great wealth, but I don't need it."
If Aaron Landis’s wealth was still quite stretched before, especially after he started to build roads on a large scale, but now, the Commerce and Trade Office chaired by Tarr can be said to be making money every day, and the daily business tax is almost a straight line rise.
What's more, he has already started, intending to promote the Commerce and Trade Office to other Zhili cities in Aaron Landis.
Once the Commerce and Trade Administration has been established in cities across the country, by that time, he will never be short of money again.
Therefore, Gallan did not intend to sacrifice his soldiers for other countries for the treasure of the so-called Karnal royal family.
Garlan simply refused to make the faces of the two knights behind Xia not very good-looking, and looked at each other with a bit of dejection in their eyes.
If even this huge wealth can't impress King Garland, then they can no longer find any bargaining chip, let Aaron Landis help them restore their country.
Compared to the loss of the knights, the young child remained calm.
"No, King Garlan, it's not just the treasures of the royal family that I want to dedicate to you."
He says,
"Please send the powerful iron cavalry of Aaron Landis to Kanal to drive away the Gasdadians who occupied Kanal, because that will be your responsibility."
"It will be your responsibility to protect Kanal and the people of Kanal."
This time, not only Xi Muer frowned again, but even Kaihos stared at West Asia with sharp eyes.
They could not understand how the little prince could say such a brazen thing.
However, Xia ignored the needle-like gazes of the two, and still knelt on the ground, looking up at Garlan.
"Because Kanal will be your kingdom," he said.
He looked at Garlan and said, "As the last descendant of the Karnal royal family, I give you the throne of Karnal."
"King Garland, Kanal will be placed under your throne."
There was a sudden silence.
At this moment, almost everyone's breathing stopped.
Prince Xi's words made everyone in the room look stunned.
Especially the two knights behind him were full of disbelief, and the young knight even showed grief and anger, thinking that his master was being persecuted, he desperately wanted to get up—
However, he was pressed down by Knight Moya.
Moya, who was also unbelievable at first, glanced at the young prince in front of him with a sad look in his eyes, bowed his head in pain, and remained silent.
The room was silent for a while, and after a while, Garlan's voice broke the silence.
"why?"
He said, "Prince West Asia, although I have a life-saving grace for you, I don't think this kindness is so great that you are willing to give away your throne."
"I can understand your eagerness to want us to help Kanal restore his country, but it's too… false to be willing to give away the throne for this."
Sia smiled.
Rather than a laugh, it was a squeak that came out of his throat.
"Recovery?"
He said with a smile, his eyes were full of darkness.
His eyes seemed to sink endlessly into the abyss.
"Impossible."
He said, "The descendants of the Kanal royal family have been cut off, and it is impossible to return to the country again."
Behind him, Knight Moya lowered his head deeply, with a look of extreme pain on his face.
"When the Gastadians caught me, they couldn't kill me, and they were worried that I would be rescued."
His eyes were slightly empty at this moment, and Xia continued in a calm to terrifying tone.
He says,
"In order to completely solve the problem, they directly took action and cut off the possibility of my childbirth."