When the third arrow pierced his chest, the knight commander let out a grunt of pain.
At the moment when his body froze because of the arrow, there was another swooshing sound, and the fourth arrow slammed into Mitayas who was blocking Garlan's body.
Seeing that the arrow was about to stab Mitayas, a snow-white blade swung out from the side of the knight commander.
At a critical moment, Garlan turned around, stabbed a sword and smashed the arrow, saving Mitayas' life.
At this time, the knights next to them also reacted, raising their shields and surrounding Garlan and Mitayas to protect them.
Immediately after, the scattered arrows that were shot were all blocked by the shield, and then there was no movement.
"Mitaas."
Garlan stretched out his hand and supported Mitayas who was riding on the horse, preventing him from falling off the horse due to unconsciousness and causing him to be seriously injured.
"His Majesty!"
Suojia shouted and squeezed to Garlan's side.
He looked at Garlan nervously and asked, "Are you injured?"
"I'm fine, Mitayas blocked me... He's not doing well."
Garlan still put his hand on Mitayas' shoulder and answered worriedly.
"It's dangerous here, please return to the palace as soon as possible."
Seeing that Gallan was fine, Suojia breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned his head and squinted slightly, staring at the tower in the direction the arrow was only shot from, with a dangerous look in his eyes.
"I'll take someone over there to investigate."
He was finally reused here by King Gallan, so that the temple of Nanna and the temple of Shamash could stand on equal footing, and maybe it will be famous in history in the future.
Suojia will never allow anyone to disrupt the current good situation.
Although he had vaguely noticed something was wrong before, Suojia did not expect that those people would act so recklessly in public.
Suojia took a group of people and ran quickly to the tower over there on horseback.
"Don't worry about me, Your Majesty, I'm not hurt."
The knight commander gasped, frowning in pain.
He looked at Suojia's back as if he was in a hurry to pass, and there was a trace of solemnity and suspicion in his eyes.
He forced himself to sit upright on the horse, turning his head and shouting orders.
"Ciel, take someone to block off the area around the tower." He put one hand on the injured chest, looked serious, and ordered in a deep voice, "No one is allowed to enter or leave at will without the permission of Your Majesty and I. ."
After a quarter of an hour, the area around the tower was completely blocked.
Because of this attack, the plan to visit the King City of Kanal in the morning was canceled, and King Garlan and his party quickly returned to the palace where they were temporarily staying.
Subsequently, the army originally stationed outside the city entered the city, and countless Aaron Landis soldiers poured into the city, occupying every street and alley.
The figure of Aaron Landis can be seen everywhere in the city, and the Kanars in the city can see it as long as they lift their eyes.
When they heard that their king was attacked, they were all in a bad mood, and they looked around the city with stern eyes, checking all the suspicious people on the street.
At the same time, whether it is a high tower, a bell tower, or even a temple, all the commanding heights in the city are controlled by them, and no one is allowed to enter.
For a time, the people of Kanal in the city were panicked.
…
"Will this movement be too loud?"
In the room, Garlan sat on a seat carved out of white jade.
Suojia stood in front of him and reported to him what happened not long ago.
"This will cause anxiety among the people of Kanal," Garland said.
Knowing that the Kanars were both anticipating and apprehensive about his arrival, Garlan stationed the army outside the city instead of entering the city.
This move is to appease the emotions of the Kanal people.
After all, letting the army enter the city on a large scale can easily arouse the uneasiness of the slender and sensitive Kanars.
"No, Your Majesty, compared to your safety, the emotions of the Kanal people are just a trivial matter, and we can comfort them later."
Soga shook his head and said.
"I don't think what happened this time is not the remnants of the Gasdad, nor the opposition of Canal, but our own..."
The archer reacted quickly, probably withdrew after shooting those few arrows. So when Suojia rushed to the tower, he only found the traces left by the other party on the tower.
Although the subordinates sent by Mitayas quickly blocked the scene and questioned and interrogated the nearby personnel, they did not find any useful clues.
"Your Majesty, I'll go check it out again."
After Suojia finished speaking, he thought about it and added a few more words.
"I have sent additional personnel to patrol outside. Now Mitayas is injured, and there is no escort by your side, so please stay in the palace tonight and don't leave without authorization."
Suojia said very worriedly. After all, he knew it. This His Majesty secretly threw away the guards and made private visits. There are countless previous records, and he himself bumped into it several times.
He had also complained about how Xie Mu'er treated King Garlan like an old mother and his mother-in-law was heartbroken, but now that Xie Mu'er is away, it's his turn.
"No matter what, please be sure to wait until your Excellency Kaleni arrives tomorrow."
Veteran Kareni will arrive tomorrow with the VI Corps.
Having this veteran staring at His Majesty is somewhat reassuring.
Garlan, who was told by Suojia with a worried look, was a little dumbfounded.
In the past, he sneaked out of the royal city because it was his territory. The intelligence network established by Tarr allowed him to control the situation of the entire royal city. In addition, he was always accompanied by one or two strongest knights. , so he was reckless.
Now in an unfamiliar place with no security around him, of course he wouldn't do something stupid like that.
… I always feel that Suojia has a tendency to develop towards Shemuer.
Although he thought so, but in order to reassure Suojia, he nodded, indicating that he knew.
Watching Suojia leave, Garlan pondered.
Before going to Canal, Tal had also told him that he had found some news of the restlessness of the powerful.
However, because the intelligence network established by Tal has only been spread out in the king city and the surrounding areas for the time being, and has not yet extended to the territory of Kanal, Tal cannot find out what they want to do.
And he also believes that those people have not been able to extend their power to Kanal.
Just didn't expect...
Garlan was thinking about it when a guard suddenly walked over.
He said anxiously, "Your Majesty, something has happened to Lord Mitayas."
…
"No! Lord Mitayas, even if you don't hurt your vitals, your injuries are not light, you must rest well."
"Bring me my clothes."
Just as Garlan walked to the door of the room, he heard voices coming from inside.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Mitayas was trying to get off the bed, and the doctors and guards on the side were trying to stop him.
It's just that Mitayas was the first knight commander under Kaijos's martial arts. Even if he was injured, he was far more than ordinary people, so he couldn't stop him.
He was naked, with a thick bandage wrapped around his chest.
It was just his move that the arrow wound split open, and the blood couldn't stop at all, and the snow-white bandage he put on was almost dyed red.
But even so, he still insisted not to rest in bed, and ordered the guards to bring his clothes and leather armor and put them on for him with anger on his face.
"Mitaas, what are you doing?"
Garlan walked over quickly and spoke.
The people who were facing each other in the room noticed the presence of the king, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
Mitayas hasn't answered yet, and the doctor on the side has already taken the lead and complained.
"Your Majesty, Lord Mitayas refuses to stay in bed to recuperate, and insists on coming to your place, saying that he will be at your door at night. In this way, his injury will only worsen."
Garlan's gaze turned to the knight commander.
"Mitaas, I know your loyalty, but you are injured now and need to rest."
The knight commander shook his head.
"No, Your Majesty, Lord Kejos's order is to keep me by your side."
Ever since he left the royal city, he has faithfully carried out Cayhorth's orders.
He slept at the door of King Garlan's tent every night, and this night was no exception.
"But you've been hurt for protecting me."
Garland said,
"This is my order. Lie down on the bed immediately and rest."
The knight commander shook his head stubbornly.
"Your Majesty, someone wants to murder you now, and I will never leave you."
Excessive blood loss made his lips extremely pale, and the pain caused beads of sweat to form on his forehead, but he still knelt firmly on the ground, stubbornly refusing to get up.
Garlan looked at the stiff knight commander in front of him with a headache.
As expected of the person chosen by Cayhoes to send.
He thought so, looking at the blood-soaked bandage on Mitayas' chest, he could only choose to take a step back.
"Well, you will sleep in my room tonight, so you can be considered to be by my side, and you have not violated Kaijos's order."
"This… "
The knight commander hesitated for a moment, but shook his head in refusal.
"It's better for me to stay outside your door."
"Or I'll let someone knock you out now and stay here."
"… I understand, I will follow your order."
…
…
In a blink of an eye, it was late at night.
The whole city fell silent, but there were still many Aaron Landis soldiers patrolling the streets.
Suojia hasn't gone back to rest, and he has led people around the tower to look for clues about the attackers.
Although there is no definite evidence, he can already conclude that the person who attacked King Garlan must have come from within.
From those dignitaries whose power has been weakened little by little since King Gallan came to the throne.
Although as a subordinate of the loser who failed to compete for the throne, Suojia has not been able to participate in political affairs for more than a year, but he has been paying attention to every decree issued by the royal court.
He knew that the decree issued by King Gallan in the past year had seriously damaged the interests of some nobles.
They have long been dissatisfied with the fact that King Garland has always been biased towards the civilians and paid attention to safeguarding the rights and interests of the civilians, but they have only been holding back.
And the matter of King Garlan's establishment of the Commerce and Trade Office took away the bread of the nobles and became the biggest fuse.
Their grievances were rising like never before.
And what finally touched the bottom of these people was King Garlan's attempt to centralize power through reforms.
This is the most intolerable thing for the powerful nobles who control the city.
The fact that the kingdom of Karnar was about to fall under the throne of King Garlan completely aroused their fear and anxiety.
Because these nobles know very well.
King Garland intends to bring the whole of Karnar under the direct control of the central government, instead of dividing a part of the city as before - if things go smoothly, then the power of King Garland will grow to a level that no one can resist. level.
The power of the center will completely overwhelm the power of the enfeoffed real power aristocracy.
Kingship will completely overwhelm everything.
In this way, they will no longer be able to fight back, and in the future they will be gradually deprived of the real power of the city by King Gallan.
Therefore, they chose desperately to take risks.
They want to kill the young king in the cradle before he has fully grown up.
Although he knew that they would do it, Suojia, like Gallan, did not think that these guys could stretch their hands so long and reach the territory of Kanal.
It seems that these guys are probably secretly colluding with the remnants of the Gasdadians and the opposition forces of Canal...
You must know that only a limited number of insiders know about King Gallan's journey to the ruins to pay homage to the heroes of Aaron Landis.
In other words, there must be an internal response to this.
He had to find out this guilt as soon as possible.
After all, the knight commander who was sent by Kaihos to protect King Garlan was wounded and fell down. If you don’t hurry up and find out the insider, your majesty’s situation will be very dangerous.
He always felt very uneasy in his heart, and wondered whether he should just wait for the arrival of the veteran Karenni tomorrow, and replace all the people around His Majesty with the generals under his command. Maybe this would be safer...
Having said that, that stupid big knight was really lucky.
In order to protect His Majesty from being injured, and the injury is not serious, it will definitely gain His Majesty's trust and reuse in the future.
Maybe the second Twa.
…
and many more.
Suojia's heart suddenly sank.
Not right.
I always felt something was wrong.
Everything seems too coincidental.
And, was it really just an accident that Kareni was delayed on his way here
Anyone else do it on purpose
If it was really intentional, they must have done it before Kareni came.
And Kareni will arrive tomorrow...
Suojia's heart beat fiercely, and he turned his head sharply to look.
No, King Garland! !
…
It was late at night, but there were still many people in the garden courtyard under the darkness.
Teams of soldiers patrolled back and forth around the White Palace, surrounding the place so tight that no water could get in.
Not only outside, but inside the palace, there are also many guards patrolling up and down to ensure the safety of their king.
The peaceful moonlight fell on the earth and fell into the room from the skylight.
The boy lay quietly on the bed, his long blond hair spread out on the snow-white bed.
He breathed evenly, his brows slumbering peacefully.
The room was so quiet that the echoing heavy breathing sounded unusually clear and harsh.
A tall figure stood beside Garlan's bed.
The figure stepped forward, leaned over, and a pair of thick hands slowly stretched forward.
They were shaking, as if in fear, but also as if they were struggling.
Then, he grabbed the sleeping boy's throat.
The sound of breathing in the silent room became heavier, and the man gasped violently as if he was out of breath.
Originally, with his power, he could end everything with just one effort.
But the huge sense of fear, shame, and guilt made his fingers tremble unreasonably, and he didn't obey him at all, so that he couldn't even use a quarter of the strength in the past.
The severe pain and suffocation in his throat caused Garlan to wake up suddenly from his dream.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the person standing in front of his bed.
The pupils dilated slightly.
In the bright moonlight, he clearly saw the angular face.
Mitayas!
He opened his mouth to speak, but his throat was so tightly pinched that he could not make a sound.
The Knight Commander trembled when he saw Garlan wake up.
Originally, when he was at war in his heart, full of fear and struggle, he met Garlan's eyes and realized that he had no way out, and his face suddenly showed despair.
Then, the despair on his face completely turned into a fierce light in his eyes.
The knight commander's hands stopped trembling, and he exerted force so violently that he was about to crush the boy's neck—
A cold sword light flashed across the dark night.
The blade slammed into Mitayas's arm, cutting a bone-deep scar.
If he hadn't ducked back in time, it might have been his throat that was cut.
At a critical juncture, he pulled out the dagger hidden under the pillow and swung at the opponent's Garlan, pushing Mitayas back.
One turned, swiftly rolled over and landed on the other side of the bed.
He opened his mouth and wanted to call the guards outside to come in.
Throat-
no sound-
He opened his mouth, but made no sound.
Garlan couldn't see the shocking blue-purple bruises on his neck, but he felt his throat was in severe pain.
Realizing that he lost his voice, he was stunned for a second, and Mitayas was already rushing towards him like a tiger.
Before he could think about it, Garlan instinctively raised the dagger in his hand and tried to resist.
However, Mitayas was the strongest knight commander under Kaihos, and Gallan's force could not compete at all.
After a few resistances, he was clasped by Mitayas' right wrist.
The severe pain forced his hand to let go, and the dagger was thrown far away, streaked in an arc, and fell on the soft bed.
Mitayas had a ruthless expression on his face, and his body exuded the suffocating aura formed by fighting in the battlefield all the year round.
He grabbed Gallan's right hand tightly with one hand and clasped Gallan's throat with the other, pressing it against the open window.
Garland leaned back.
The toes were barely on the ground, and the waist was on the windowsill.
Mitayas pressed against his throat, causing his upper body to fall backwards, almost completely suspended in mid-air.
The long golden hair of the young man was scattered in the air.
Below the suspended back is an altitude of dozens of meters.
Below, is a hard stone ground paved with white jade.
"Forgive me... forgive me, Your Majesty..."
Although his hand was stubbornly strangling Garlan's throat, Mitayas seemed to be in a state of collapse.
As he murmured nervously, he pushed Garlan's body out of the windowsill.
"I have no choice... Forgive me... I was forced, they forced me, I really have no other choice... "
With a frantic look on his face, he babbled incoherently. He didn't know whether he was telling Garland or talking to himself.
He leaned over to look at Garlan, making half of his body stick out of the window.
pat, pat.
Large tears flowed out of the eyes of this man who seemed to be completely broken down, and fell on Garlan's face.
The man cried bitterly and looked at Garlan with tears in his eyes.
But his hand was still firmly around Garlan's throat.
Garlan struggled to prop up his body, clenching the opponent's hand that grabbed his throat.
He could hardly breathe.
Consciousness gradually blurred.
He saw that the clothes on Mitayas' chest, which was pressing down on him, had been dyed with blood oozing from the bandages, and it was dazzlingly red in the moonlight.
Mitayas cried bitterly for ten seconds.
Suddenly, a violent knock on the door from outside woke him up.
Along with the banging of the door and nervous shouting, the guards who were guarding outside the room noticed the movement in the room and were trying to rush in.
The madness in the awakened Mitayas' eyes dissipated and he became awake.
The more awake, the deeper the pain in his eyes.
With tears in his eyes, he looked at Garlan, who was holding his throat.
"Your Majesty, forgive me..."
Paused.
He said, "No...don't forgive me."
The knight commander said so, his eyes full of despair.
While showing a look of despair, he tried to squeeze Garlan's throat.
But his hands were trembling, and he couldn't do anything.
With a loud bang, the door was knocked open, and many people rushed in.
Mitayas gritted his teeth and used his right hand to push Garlan out.
Garlan's golden pupils, who were about to be pushed out of the window sill, flashed a ruthless color, and a second before his feet were forced to leave the ground, he kicked Mitayas's knees heavily.
It was a kick with all his strength, and the knight commander, who was immersed in pain and defenseless, staggered forward and fell down from the window.
"His Majesty!!!"
Garland fell from the sky.
Mitayas, who was pulled out by him at the last moment, also fell from the sky with him.
The wind whistled past his ears.
The blond hair spreads messily around his cheeks.
A strong sense of weightlessness seemed to paralyze his entire body.
There was no sound coming out of the sore throat.
Garland opened his eyes.
In the pitch-black night sky, a full moon sprinkled silver-like brilliance on the ground.
Boundless starry sky, thousands of stars.
It was as if they were all caught in his eyes at this moment.
ended.
he thought, closing his eyes.
…
In the dark night, a figure passed by like a gust of wind.
The speed is so fast that the traces of the afterimages left by it are almost faintly visible.
The figure jumped out from the high platform on one side.
He stepped on the Knight Commander and kicked him away.
And he used his strength to move forward, stretched out his left hand and hugged the fallen Garlan by the waist.
With a wave of his right hand, the hook in his hand was thrown upwards and placed on the stone railing of an extended balcony.
With one arm around Garlan, he made an arc in the air with the strength of the rope's swaying.
Then, let go.
Holding the person in his arms, he swiftly landed on the hard stone ground.
A second before he hit the ground, with a bang, not far behind him, the knight commander who fell head down from a high altitude on the stone ground had his brains bursting.
The wind blew violently, blowing the dark brown cloak behind the man flying high, like the wings of a black eagle.
The wide hood slipped.
The moonlight was like water, sliding down on this person.
The jet-black shattered hair flew to one side, revealing half of the sharp eyes with the color of burning flames.
A deep scratch on the corner of his eye, extremely hideous, extended all the way to his ear, adding a sullen look to that handsome face.
He was half-kneeling on the ground, his dark brown arms tightly and forcefully hugging the boy he had just caught in his arms.