A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 275. Chapter 275

Ticking.

A drop of water dripped on the surface of the water, smashing into a circle of ripples, rippling layers after layers.

Look up.

The sun is dazzling, making people unable to see everything in front of them.

The only thing that catches your eyes is the stone statue of the familiar star goddess Isdar.

Water droplets gathered at the corners of the eyes of the stone statue’s face, and slowly slipped from the side cheeks.

Patter.

He stretched out his hand.

The fingertips touched not the cold stone statue, but the warm skin.

The wet touch came from the skin he touched.

In a trance, someone was holding him.

He couldn’t open his eyes, his body was heavy, and a deep tiredness enveloped him, preventing him from opening his eyes to see.

He could feel that embrace was very familiar, and the powerful arms holding him were also very familiar.

Before my eyes opened a little, the scattered black hair could be seen vaguely.

Someone is talking, constantly saying something, but he can’t hear anything.

He only knew that the man was talking non-stop.

Patter.

Something dripped from the person holding him, and landed on the corner of his eye.

Bright red.

Thick.

Drop by drop, it fell from that person one after another, penetrated into the corner of his eye, and dyed his blurred vision into blood——

………………

In the dim light of the early morning, a hand suddenly stretched out to the sky, as if trying to catch something.

The teenager who was lying on the bed restlessly asleep opened his eyes as soon as he stretched out his hand.

His golden pupils were slightly enlarged. Although he looked at the top of the camp, he was not focused, and his long golden hair was spread out in a mess on the bed quilt.

His hands stretched out into the air were still stiff, his breathing was rapid, and his chest was constantly rising and falling.

Dream?

Garlan thought in a daze.

Tears of the goddess Isdar…

The sound that keeps telling something in the ear…

The bright red liquid falling from that person…

…

“Your Majesty, you should get up.”

A voice came from outside the camp, awakening Garlan from the trance.

The scattered eyes condensed, and finally became sober.

Gallan retracted his hand, sat up, and looked around.

His place is a large camp.

More than a week ago, he had already left the city for Kanal.

“His Majesty?”

The voice calling him remembered again outside the camp curtain.

That was the voice of Soga, the priest of Nanna.

After careful consideration, Garlan’s final decision was to let Suojia accompany him and follow him to the King City of Kanal.

Because the army staying in the city of Kanal belongs to the third army led by Huimos, and its generals are also subordinates of Huimos.

Soga has worked with Heimos for many years together, familiar with each other and easier to cooperate.

“I’ll be out soon.”

Garlan spoke.

As soon as he answered, the voice calling him from outside immediately stopped.

He is still very unaccustomed to this practice of waking him up loudly outside, even if ten days have passed.

Because in the past, when he was out on the expedition, either Kehos or Heimos, or even Sheemur, would forcibly accompany him to sleep in a camp, saying that it was to protect his safety.

Regarding this kind of excessive protection of himself, Gallan was really helpless, and couldn’t carry them, so he had to let them go.

And every morning, they would walk to their bed and wake them up in a low voice instead of shouting outside like Soga.

It’s just that if you’re not used to it, you’re not used to it, so that people like Suojia who he doesn’t know very well will sleep in the same room with him at night, and Gallan is unwilling to do so.

While changing clothes, Garlan thought.

However, this was indeed the first time, without the company of any of them, he led a large army on an expedition alone.

It’s no wonder that Kayjos is so uneasy.

To be honest, even he himself did not sleep well.

…………

…It seems that he is indeed overspoiled by those people.

This kind of thinking is really not like the thought that a king should have.

Shaking his head, throwing away the messy things in his mind, Gallan quickly walked out of the camp.

Suojia, who had been waiting outside, greeted him and bowed in salute.

“It’s time to start, Your Majesty.”

He said, “If there is no accident, you will be able to reach the royal city of Kanal after noon today. I think everyone is eagerly awaiting your arrival.”

Gallan hummed, touched the white steed that was brought by someone, and turned on the horse.

The army of Aaron Landis, who had rested all night, set out again, guarding their king all the way to the west.

The long line snaked on the ground like a long snake, moving forward slowly.

As Soga said, half a day later, they arrived in the royal city of Kanal.

A majestic mountain stands above the earth, like the sky standing on top of the earth.

Below, a huge city with white as the main color appeared on the horizon.

It was supposed to combine the grandeur of the towering mountains with the exquisite beauty of the city, but it was completely destroyed because of the large ruins at the foot of the mountain.

A straight and wide white avenue leads to the gate of King Kanal.

The troops of Aaron Landis stationed here have been lined up on both sides of the avenue to welcome the arrival of their king.

Through the open gate, Garlan rode into the avenues of King Kanal.

At this time, in addition to the Aaron Landis soldiers listed on both sides of the avenue, behind these soldiers, there were also countless Kanal people standing.

The Kanals watched their future king.

Although they had heard a lot of rumors about the King Garlan, it was the first time they saw him with their own eyes.

That is a young young king.

The long sword is worn on the waist, and the blonde hair scattered behind is like flowing gold against the sun. .

He was riding on Shenjun’s white horse, wearing white leather armor, and black boots stepping on the stirrups.

There were no ornaments on his body, only a golden crown of laurel branches and leaves was worn on his blond hair, and the whole person was as clean and refreshing as his youthful face.

When he rode his horse forward, the light-colored cloak on his side shoulders flew behind him.

In the eyes of everyone’s attention, Garlan slowly rode forward on the avenue of King Kanal.

At this moment, everyone’s eyes focused on him.

At first glance, the Kanal people have a good impression of it.

The beauty of the young Wang’s appearance makes it hard to look away.

Even the Kanal, who is used to being extremely demanding of beauty, can’t fault it.

Originally, they were quite worried about the fact that this young king, who had never seen him before, was about to become their new king, although he had a good reputation.

But now they are not so upset.

I can’t tell the reason, probably because the calm and calm color of the young Wang’s eyebrows gives people a sense of peace of mind inexplicably.

But no one noticed that when King Garlan’s gaze fell far away on the ruins buried by the collapsed rock, the fingers holding the reins tightened for a moment.

…

Garlan led the generals stationed here to the palace on the side of the royal city.

This is a wide and secluded large courtyard, and the exquisite white palace with Canal style in the middle is surrounded by greenery.

It is the palace garden of the royal family, and only members of the royal family and the nobles they invited can come here to play.

Because this palace of the royal garden was far away from the palace, it was not destroyed in the last disaster.

The generals stationed here arranged this as Garland’s temporary residence.

“Karenni hasn’t arrived yet?”

Garlan asked.

Although the city of Kanal has been captured and the main force of the Gasdad people have been destroyed, there are still remaining forces of the Gasdad people in other cities in Kanal.

After Kaleni led the Sixth Army into Kanal, he began to clean up the remaining forces, and has been tossing around in Kanal.

However, Gallan had passed the news that he was about to arrive in the King City of Kanal to Kaleni long before he set off.

It stands to reason that Kareni should immediately lead the army to the king’s city to meet him. But in the lineup that greeted him today, he did not see Kaleni, nor the Sixth Army.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, something happened.”

The general standing in front of Gallan bowed to answer.

“His Excellency Kaleni was attacked by the remnants of the Gasdad on his way to this place, but please don’t worry. Your Excellency Kaleni sent news the day before that the matter has been resolved, but the schedule has been dragged down for a few days. . Therefore, His Excellency Karenni will probably arrive here two days later.”

I see.

Gallan nodded and made the general retreat.

It was just after noon when I arrived in the King City of Kanal, and after some tossing, it was already evening.

The red clouds on the horizon dyed this city dominated by pure white.

The scenery of the red clouds against the white curtain should have been extremely beautiful—if there were no large collapsed ruins in the distance.

The huge ruined land was isolated as a dangerous area and became a forbidden place that no one dared to step into.

This city is no longer suitable for being the central city of Canal.

Gazing at the ruins, Garlan thought.

In the future, if someone imitates the Gasdad and has another man-made mudslide larger than this time, the fruit will be unimaginable after that.

Therefore, he must allocate manpower and materials as soon as possible to choose a place to build a new city, and move all the Kanal people here to there.

The red clouds in the evening dyed the ruined land red, reflecting there as if it was shrouded in a layer of blood.

The teenager looked at the ruins.

There is the burial place of countless Aaron Landis soldiers.

Similarly, it is also the place where that person died.

They died in a foreign country.

And their corpses will never be able to return to their hometown.

Standing in front of the window, holding the window sill with both hands, Gallan closed his eyes.

His eyelashes fell down and moved slightly, shaking a little.

Huimos.

You died here for your promise to me, but I can’t do anything for you.

Even your body cannot be brought back to Aaron Landis.

…Will you regret it?

When the boy opened his eyes again, the sun had sunk into the horizon, the flames passed away, and the earth sank into darkness little by little.

It seems dark but not dark, and bright but not bright.

It is said that the evening is the time for evil.

Alternating day and night, light and darkness melt in one place.

According to legend, when the goddess in charge of life and the goddess in charge of death pass by, occasionally they will shook their hands at this moment, making the interval between life and death chaotic for an instant.

They will let the dead souls who are obsessed and unable to regenerate return to the world and fulfill their wishes.

Suddenly, this legend came to Garlan’s mind.

“…Himos.”

Don’t know why, holding an inexplicable thought, Gallan spoke, calling out the name of the person.

“If… I said, if…”

He raised his head and looked around.

“As long as you can appear before my eyes now…”

He looked at the surrounding scenery that was blurred by the dim light. Everything was extremely quiet. The fuzzy environment seemed to stop space and time at this moment, separating this place from the normal world, and turning this place into another. Strange space.

“…I will agree to any request from you.”

The room was silent.

After a long while, there was still only the sound of the boy’s own breathing.

Gallan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

That’s stupid.

He tightened his lips and thought.

How could he do such a naive thing that is totally unlike him.

However, not reconciled.

He himself didn’t know why.

I just feel very unwilling.

“Only this time.”

He said, gritting his teeth, with a certain unspeakable stubborn emotion.

“Himos, if you don’t show up now, then in the future, I swear, I will never promise you—”

Patter.

There was a sudden footstep in the silent room.

Gallan was startled.

He looked up, and in the invisible field of vision at dusk, a tall and fuzzy figure on the opposite side was slowly approaching him.

In the dim light, it was vaguely visible that the edge of the tall figure passed the gloss of the black hand armor.

Gallan lost consciousness for a moment.

The next second, he smiled slightly.

With a little bit of loss, quite self-deprecating.

Then he looked up and looked at the man in black armor who was walking towards him.

The moment he raised his head, the personal emotions in Gallan’s eyes disappeared without a trace, and his eyes were still calm and flexible.

Standing here at this moment is still a calm and calm king who is not disturbed by any personal feelings.

“Mitayas.”

Gallan shouted.

“It’s me, Your Majesty.”

The knight commander in black armor walked up to Garlan and bowed to salute him.

“I’m very sorry to enter your room without your permission, because you have stayed here for a long time and there is no movement. I am a little worried and can only offend.”

“Nothing, I just thought about something, and forgot the time by accident.”

“It’s good that you are safe and sound. Please allow me to help you light the wall lamp in the room.”

When the knight commander finished speaking, he straightened up and lit the wall lamp in the room with his hand.

The light of the flame illuminates the previously dim room, and also illuminates the angular face of the knight.

His face was rather rough due to the wind and sun on the battlefield for a long time, but it felt more and more determined.

Mitayas is one of the knight commanders under Kehuos, and one of his most trusted henchmen.

Because he couldn’t accompany Garlan this time, Kehus sent the strongest knight commander among his subordinates to Garlan to protect him.

“It’s getting late, please rest as soon as possible.”

Mitayas said, looking serious.

“I will arrange for someone to go to the peak area to check the situation tonight.”

“Well, thank you very much, Mitayas.”

…………

One night passed.

Early in the morning, Garlan got up and headed to the ruins.

But Mitayas insisted, he just stood on the edge of the ruined land and did not enter.

Because Mitayas is worried that there will be mischievous people doing tricks in the middle of the mountain.

Standing on the edge of the ruins, under the auspices of Soga, the priest of Nanna, a memorial ceremony for the dead was held here in accordance with the custom of Aaron Landis.

Under the early morning sun, the long ethereal voice of the priestess wearing a jet-black robe echoed in the ruins and passed away in all directions.

The singing is ubiquitous, even people under the rocks can hear it.

That is the sacrificial song that Aaron Landis has handed down since ancient times and is called the soul-suppressing song.

The Aaron Landis people believe that the soul song can send human souls to the underworld, so that the souls wandering in the world can be reincarnated and reborn.

Mitayas led thousands of knights, guarding Garlan’s side, standing by, guarding this place tightly.

The reason why he was so vigilant was because Lord Kaihuos had secretly told him before leaving the royal city that some nobles in the royal city had disturbed behaviors, so that he must stand by his Majesty’s side every step of the way.

Therefore, along the way, Mitayas paid attention to King Garlan’s every move almost all the time.

When the sun rose to the sky, the memorial ceremony finally ended.

There was no rolling stone falling from the mountain, no accidents happened, which made Mitaias breathe a sigh of relief.

However, it didn’t take long for this breath to be relieved. On the way back from the ruins, an accident happened.

As Gallan rode forward on the avenue, he suddenly swished through the air. On the high tower on the side of the road, three sharp arrows suddenly shot straight down from the sky.

“His Majesty!”

Suoga, who was shocked by the arrows, yelled.

The knight commander who followed Garlan’s side along the way almost rushed forward and stood in front of Garlan before everyone had reacted.

I saw a long gun in his hand.

Ding-ding sounded twice, and both of his sharp arrows were slammed to one side by the long | gun he wielded.

Puff.

He snorted.

The third arrow that followed was deeply inserted into his chest–