The Prince of West Asia's condition is getting worse day by day, and he is about to die.
The news that Prince Canal, who had lost his country, came to the royal city to ask for help from King Garlan has long been known in the royal city.
The news quickly spread around.
Although he is only a fallen prince, as the last member of the Karnal royal family, he has a special meaning.
That meaning is especially important to the Gasthards who occupy Canal.
The hatred of the invaders, the Gastadians, the Aaron Landis and the Kanars, who had lived through the war a year ago, shared the same hatred on this point.
After the country was destroyed, the young prince fled all the way to escape the pursuit of the Gasdads and fled to the royal city, which also aroused the sympathy of the Aaron Landis.
Everyone sighed even more when they heard that the little prince was seriously injured in the pursuit of the Gasdads, and now he was about to die.
After finally getting rid of the claws of the Gasdadians, he arrived here after untold hardships, but he was about to die of serious injuries.
It has to make people feel that fate is rough.
The news of Prince West's death was a relief to the Gasdadians.
Although the plan to make the Prince of West Asia a puppet to appease the people of Kanal who are constantly resisting cannot be achieved, the severance of the royal family of Kanal can be regarded as a complete break from the thoughts of the Kanal people.
Moreover, they can also arbitrarily appoint an obedient member of the royal family of Canal's collateral line, which can also play the same role.
However, just when the Gasdadians were already pondering which puppet to choose to sit on the throne, and the nobles of the royal family of Canal were scrambling to curry favor with them, a bolt from the blue came.
The Prince of West Asia died of a serious illness.
However, before he died, he told everyone that he was betrayed by the Canal nobles, and that his father, brother and sister were forced to death by the Canal nobles and the Gasdad, and expressed that he never agreed with those Canals. The nobles are kings.
At the same time, in the presence of the two knights of the royal family of Kanar who guarded him, he declared before his death that he would entrust the throne of Kanar to the king of Garland, who had rescued him.
He passed away peacefully after personally handing over the platinum badge, the symbol of King Karnar, to King Garlan.
Since then, King Garlan has become the orthodox of the Canal Throne.
Anyone other than him who becomes king of Kanal is a false king.
The Gasdadians were caught off guard by this news, and then hurriedly selected a collateral aristocrat of the royal family to support him as King Karnal.
With the support of the Gasdads, the king of Canal, who had come to power in a hurry, was barely recognized by the nobles of Canal, and then issued a series of prohibitions for the people of Canal to resist the Gasdads. He was arrested and ordered to be executed in public, and he executed several generals who had resisted the Gasdadians so hard to intimidate the crowd.
At the same time, he also claimed that the prince of West Asia sold Canal to Aaron Landis, a sinner of the kingdom, and no one should pray for his death.
In order to hold the Gastadian's thigh tightly, the pseudo-king even shamelessly asked the Gastadian to 'help' Kanal to maintain stability in the garrisoned city.
The people of Kanal were all furious at these orders that turned black and white and humiliated the country.
This pseudo-king was hated and reviled by countless Kanars, and could not wait to swallow his flesh and devour his bones.
Many rangers from Kanal sneaked into the royal city to assassinate him. Although they have not been successful, they are still brave and fearless.
At the same time, the hatred of the Gasdads and the false kings made the behavior of the people of Canal to resist the Gasdads more and more frequent, and the uprisings of various sizes continued.
The matter of supporting the false king did not achieve the purpose of the Gasdadians to appease the people at all, but instead aroused the hatred of the Kanal people.
While mourning the passing of the brave Prince of West Asia, the people of Canal stood firm against the Gasdadians.
They are waiting.
Awaiting the arrival of the new King Canal, whom their prince had entrusted before his death, to drive out the Gasthards, judge the false kings, and save Canal from the war.
…
Outside the royal city, in a small town not far away, there is a special training camp.
All the children undergoing military training here are underage children. From the age of eight to sixteen, they grew up here, learned and practiced martial arts, and began to receive militarized training from a young age.
This training camp was established seven years ago. It was originally just a small village. Because of the establishment of the training camp, it gradually developed into a small town based on the training camp.
The entire town has obvious traces of militarization. Although all the residents here are old or disabled, their bodies are vaguely capable and iron-blooded.
Because they are all retired soldiers.
"I didn't expect you to be willing to do this."
Throwing a glowing red apple to the side of Xia, the blond knight sitting on the stone pier nibbled at the apple in his hand.
As he nibbled, he stared at the training ground in front of him without blinking.
This is a training ground in a corner of the town. There are more than 100 children in their teens who are sweating and training under the fierce sun.
They were divided into several teams, in different fields, attacking the instructors standing between them.
After being knocked to the ground, he stood up and continued to pounce fiercely like a wolf cub.
They are training in actual combat under the guidance of the instructor.
The instructors on this training ground are not fixed. No matter who the retired soldiers who live in the town are, they will come over to guide these children in actual combat when they are in the mood. pause.
Looking blankly at the apple falling from his eyes, Xia didn't pick it up.
"'The Prince of West Asia died of illness' is the best outcome for you, isn't it."
West Asia, who had been dying of illness for half a month amid the rumors, answered indifferently.
"No need to worry about future troubles, and no need to worry that I will go back on it."
"That's what it says..."
He choked again and took a big bite of the apple. Although Kaihos was talking to West Asia, he kept his eyes on the training ground.
"You are ruthless enough to cut your way out."
West Asia is still alive, but the 'Prince of West Asia' has passed away.
In this world, there is no longer the existence of the 'Prince of West Asia'.
"I don't want to dwell on the past anymore."
The boy said blankly,
"I don't want to be used in the future because of this identity."
The corner of his mouth twitched sneeringly.
A prince who has lost his throne, a prince who takes shelter in another country, this awkward and useless status will only bring him trouble.
Xia's face was gloomy, and the eyes flashed brightly.
"I don't need any noble status, I just want to go to the battlefield and fight the Gasdadians."
He turned his head and looked at Kaijos with a burning gaze.
"You must teach me to become stronger, this is what King Garlan promised me!"
The blond knight hummed, understatement.
"Of course, I never disobey the orders of my Majesty."
Looking at the famous sun knight on the continent, Xia was silent for a moment, and he looked forward along the line of sight that Kaihos had not changed from the beginning.
On the training ground that Cayhorth was looking at, a young knight stood there.
Although the young knight's body is a little slender compared to the instructors in other venues, he can always nimbly avoid the attacks of the dozen or so children, and then swing the long sword in his hand to easily attack him. Repel your own children.
The king of Aaron Landis, Gallan, dyed his blond hair black, and acted as a temporary instructor for those teenagers as an ordinary knight.
Looking at that figure, the corner of Xia's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"Although the matter has become a foregone conclusion, the behavior of this majesty really disturbs me."
He pressed his head and said with a frown,
"Actually without dignity and majesty... standing with those inferior people."
Kaihos smiled.
"A lowly person..."
He says,
"Probably. Although I don't know the origin of these children, it is probably the case."
"what?"
"All the children who have been militarized in this city have no parents, so I said, I don't know what their origins are."
"… "
"Taryal, this is the name of this town."
"Tarryl... Thanks?"
In ancient languages, tarial means gratitude.
The cultures of Canal and Aaron Landis are very similar, and the similar language proves that the two nations may have come from the same origin in ancient times.
Even the gods they worship.
This is also one of the reasons why West Asia is determined.
"Um."
While continuing to nibble on the apple, Kaihos said, "This is the town established by the ten-year-old Prince Garland."
Sia stayed for a while.
ten years old
Similar to him now
"In war, there are always deaths and injuries. Minor injuries are fine, but once seriously wounded, soldiers have to leave the army. It's fine for those who have families, but those soldiers who are alone and seriously injured have a hard time. So I feel dissatisfied... Xia, if it were you, what would you do?"
"It is the duty of a soldier to be loyal to the country."
Xia frowned.
"Whether it's death or injury, it's their honor, how can they be dissatisfied with the king?"
Speaking of which, a look of anger flashed in his eyes.
"This shows that they have no loyalty to the king and must be severely punished as an example."
Cayhors glanced at the boy.
"Well... most people think so."
At that time, even he and Xi Muer had the same idea.
He went on talking.
"Then, the then-Prince Garland persuaded King Camos to bring those old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers and a group of orphans here, and established a small village for retired soldiers to teach those orphans to become soldiers."
"… "
"I still remember that at that time, the village was really small, and there were no more than 200 people in total."
Looking around at everything in front of him, Kaihos showed a hint of emotion.
"Unconsciously, this place has developed into a town of tens of thousands of people."
He says,
"Hundreds of fine warriors come out of this town every year to become part of the army of Aaron Landis."
Prince Garland founded the town to give the soldiers who had nowhere to go a place to live.
After that, many soldiers who retired due to injuries or became homeless after retiring came here. They either opened a small shop and lived leisurely, or they were unwilling to become the children's instructors.
Many of them adopted orphans, taught them all their martial skills, and raised those children into powerful warriors.
A little over a year ago, when the Gasdadians came under the king's city, the town's peasants dropped their hoes and the blacksmiths and carpenters dropped their saws, and they became soldiers of Aaron Landis again.
Within a day, a large army was assembled and rushed to the king's city for support.
Although there are either veterans or young soldiers in the army, both battlefield experience and combat effectiveness are much stronger than ordinary city guards, and they have played a great role in the defense of the royal city.
Hearing this, Xia frowned and said gloomily: "It is a very dangerous thing to have such an uncontrolled army that can be assembled at any time next to the royal city. It is so close to the royal city, in case these people want to rebel... "
"Rebellious?"
Kaihos smiled.
He stretched out his hand in the direction of the town.
"Taryal, it's the name that the people in this town gave themselves."
tarial.
grateful.
It was the prince who gave them a place to live, so they used the name to tell themselves and never forget that.
"Everyone in this town, as long as King Garlan gives an order, will sacrifice everything for him without hesitation, even their lives."
Kaijos stood in front of Thea, the bright blond hair on his cheeks being lifted by the wind.
"Xia, this is the first thing I'm going to teach you today."
"It's not that you can get the loyalty of others as a matter of course."
He says,
"A good general must be trusted and supported by soldiers."
"I'm not asking you to abandon your hatred, I just want to warn you that if you continue to hold an attitude of exclusion towards everyone, you will never gain the trust of others. No matter how strong you become in the future, you will never be Could be a good general."
After finishing speaking, seeing that Garlan had left the training ground and walked towards him, Kaihos greeted him.
Xia hesitated for a moment, then silently followed behind Kaihos.
"Have you finished showing him?"
Garland asked.
He just got into an instructor's addiction on a whim, and let Kaihos take Xia to get acquainted with this town.
"Well, it's over."
The guardian knight who had been guarding his Majesty in a place where Garlan couldn't see but he could see Garlan lied to his Majesty without blushing or gasping for breath.
Then he was squinted blankly by the boy behind him.
After squinting, Xia saw Garlan leaning over and half-squatting in front of him.
"West... No, Novi, from today onwards, you will be one of them."
Garland said.
"You're going to train with these kids as a normal person."
Xia looked at Garlan in astonishment.
Is King Garland going to throw him here? Is it because you think he is troublesome
Thinking of this, the child suddenly felt a little sadness and grievance in his heart.
He didn't say anything, just pursed his lips and looked at Garlan with dark eyes.
He looked at Garlan with the stubbornness that he must get the answer from his mouth.
Garlan looked at the boy staring at him and smiled.
"Are you afraid?"
He asked with a smile, extending his hand to Xia.
"If you are afraid, you can go back to the palace with me now."
Xia's lips were even tighter. He glanced down at Kaijos and looked at Garlan who was squatting in front of him.
"There's no need to use this kind of superficial aggressiveness."
He said, "I'm staying here."
Garlan laughed, and he took out a small golden token only two fingers wide from his arms and put it in Xia's hands.
"If you miss me and feel sad, just come to the palace to find me, anytime."
"I wouldn't do such a stupid thing."
The boy answered coldly, but clenched the token in his hand.
"Oh, then come see me when I miss you."
West Asia: "..."
Garland patted his head, then stood up and said to Kaihos, "I'll just go back by myself, and you'll settle Novi here first."
Kaihos nodded, and he glanced up.
In a remote place as far as the eye can see, a group of knights are waiting there, and a carriage is parked there quietly.
Two people, one big and one small, stood there, watching Gallan leave.
"This is my request to His Majesty."
Kaihos said.
"Although it is His Majesty's order, you must know that my reputation is not small. If I accidentally accept a waste disciple, it will be a lifelong stain."
To the knight of the scorching sun who boasted of his unashamedness,
"You must pass my test before you can truly become my disciple. I give you a year, and you must stand out among all the people here."
He said, "Come on, I'll take you to camp first to report..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly got stuck in half.
Kaihos's eyes were fixed on the front, and the originally lazy face suddenly became serious.
"West... No, Novi, listen, your test has begun now."
Kaihos said to the boy with a serious face.
"Do not use anyone's strength, familiarize yourself with this town, find a place to report, and handle your own affairs, understand?"
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
The boy looked at Kaihos's back indifferently, and clenched the token in his hand.
someday...
he thinks.
One day, he will replace this guy and become the strongest and irreplaceable general under King Garlan.
He turned and walked towards the center of town.
The Prince of West Asia has passed away.
This town built by King Garlan was the starting point for him as a 'Novi'.
…
'Novi, Pillar of the Empire of Aaron Landis'.
Later generations called this famous general who was said to be an orphan.
In the era of the wise King Garlan, the stars gathered and the famous generals came out in large numbers, which was called the golden age of famous generals.
Later, with the ruthless passage of time, after a few decades, the stars fell one after another or grew old and withdrew from the stage of history.
The golden age of famous generals has also come to an end.
When the famous generals of the Aaronlandis Empire were not in contact with each other, Novi, the disciple of the Sun Knight, and Xinyas, the younger brother of King Gallan, guarded the empire one by one and stabilized the turbulent empire.
The empire thus continued.
Later generations also called these two generals together, the Pillars of the Empire of Aaron Landis.
What makes people curious is that this pillar of the empire has been alone throughout his life and has not left any heirs.
In the wild history of later generations, there are countless speculations about this matter...
…
…
Just as Garlan walked in front of the carriage, a hand suddenly stretched out from inside and stretched out in front of him.
It was a large brown hand with slender fingers and well-defined knuckles.
As soon as he looked up, Garlan burst into laughter, and he got on the carriage with that hand.
He originally wanted to sit opposite the man, but was dragged by the owner of the hand and sat beside the man.
The man's eyes were staring at him.
"How did you come?"
Heimos looked down at Garlan, his eyes softened.
"Come to pick you up."
He said, bowed his head slightly, and brought his face closer to Garland.
His lips were almost in the boy's ear, and he whispered, "Kaijos has to take care of that kid, so I'll take his place..."
Heimos spoke in his ear, and the shallow heat made Garlan feel itchy. He turned his head uneasily, and didn't notice that Heimos's hand had reached out, and he was about to wrap his arms around his waist.
With a snap, the carriage door was suddenly pushed open.
Heimos looked up.
As a result, the golden red eyes and the jade green pupils collided with each other, and the sparks exploded with a snap.
The blond knight got into the carriage and sat directly opposite the two of them, looking at Heimos with a smile on his face, but the smile obviously did not reach the bottom of his eyes, giving a feeling of chills on his back.
He stared at Heimos' hand that almost touched Garlan's waist, his gaze was like a needle.
Heimos's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Kaihos, your disciple is very small and needs you to stay and take care of it for a few days."
"No, His Excellency Heimos, as my disciple, what greets him is only strict training, and there will be no care."
Kaihos replied with a smile.
Hehe, I want to take advantage of his distraction to teach my disciples and get in close to His Majesty, right
Don't even think about it!
The Sun Knight's eyes collided fiercely with Heimos, almost hitting a substantial spark.
His little majesty is still too young to fall in love and absolutely cannot be done by others!