A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 276. Chapter 276

When the third arrow pierced his chest, the knight commander let out a painful grunt.

At the moment his body stiffened because of the arrow, there was another whistling sound, and the fourth arrow slammed at Mitayas who was in front of Gallan.

Seeing that the arrow was about to pierce Mitayas, a white blade was swung from the side of the knight’s body.

At the critical moment, Gallan turned his head and walked around, stabbing a sword and knocking the arrow away, saving Mitayas’s life.

At this time, the knights nearby also reacted, raising their shields to surround Garlan and Mitayas to protect them.

The few arrows that followed were blocked by the shield, and then there was no more movement.

“Mitayas.”

Garlan stretched out his hand to support Mitayas who was riding on the horse, to prevent him from falling from the horse because of unconsciousness and causing serious injuries.

“His Majesty!”

Soga shouted and squeezed to Garlan’s side.

While looking at Garlan nervously, he asked, “Are you injured?”

“I’m okay, Mitayas blocked me… his condition is not very good.”

Gallan still supported Mitayas’s shoulder with one hand, and answered worriedly.

“It’s dangerous here, please return to the palace as soon as possible.”

Seeing that Garlan was okay, Soga was relieved.

He turned his head, squinted slightly, and stared at the tall tower in the direction from which the arrow came, with a dangerous look in his eyes.

“I’ll take someone there to check it out.”

He was finally reused here by King Garlan, so that Nanna’s temple could stand on both feet with Shamash’s temple, and maybe it would still be famous in the future.

Suo Jia will never allow anyone to destroy the current good situation.

Although he had vaguely noticed something wrong before, Suo Jia didn’t expect that those people would be so unscrupulously doing their work in the public.

Suo Jia took a group of people and rode quickly to the tower over there.

“Don’t worry about me, Your Majesty, I didn’t hurt me to the point.”

The knight commander took a breath, and the pain made him frown.

He looked at Suo Jia from the back as if he was eager to pass, his eyes showed a dignified and suspicious color.

He sat upright on horseback, turned his head and shouted orders.

“Kill, you take people to seal off the area around the tower.” He put one hand on the injured chest, his expression was serious, and he ordered in a deep voice, “No one can enter or leave without permission from me and your majesty. .”

After a quarter of an hour, the area around the tower was completely sealed off.

Because of this attack, the plan to inspect the city of Kanal in the morning was cancelled, 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 Kanal people in the city can see it as long as they look up.

When they heard that their king had been attacked, they were all upset, sternly patrolling every part of the city, interrogating all suspicious people on the street.

At the same time, whether it is a high tower or 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 while, the Kanal people in the city were panicked.

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“Will this kind of movement be too big?”

In the room, Garlan sat on a seat made of hollowed out white jade.

Soga stood in front of him, reporting to him the recent events.

Gallan said: “This will cause anxiety among the Kanal people.”

Knowing that the Kanal people were expecting and embarrassed about his arrival, Garlan stationed the army he had brought outside the city instead of in the city.

This is to appease the emotions of the people in Kanal.

After all, allowing the army to enter the city on a large scale can easily cause anxiety for the delicate and sensitive Kanal people.

“No, Your Majesty, compared to your safety, Kanal’s emotions are just a small matter. We can reassure you later.”

Suojia shook his head and said.

“What happened this time, I don’t think it is the remnant of the Gasdards, nor the opposition of Canal, but our internal…”

The archer reacted very quickly, probably after shooting those arrows and then quickly evacuated. So when Soga rushed to the tower, he only detected the traces left by the opponent on the tower.

Although the subordinates sent by Mitayas quickly sealed off the scene and interrogated and interrogated the nearby personnel, they did not find any useful clues.

“Your Majesty, I will check it out again.”

After Soga finished speaking, after thinking about it, he added a few more words.

“I have sent additional patrols outside. Now Mitaias is injured and there is no one to guard you, so please stay in the palace tonight and don’t leave without permission.”

Suojia was very worried and asked. After all, he knew that this majesty had secretly thrown off the guards and made private visits. There are countless criminal records, and he himself has bumped into it several times.

He had even complained about the look of Ximuer’s mother-in-law’s heartbreaking treatment of King Garlan like an old mother, but now that Ximulan is not here, it’s his turn.

“No matter what happens, please wait until your Excellency Kaleni arrives tomorrow.”

Veteran Kaleni will lead the Sixth Army to arrive tomorrow.

There is this veteran staring at your Majesty, which is somewhat reassuring.

Garlan was a little bit dumbfounded by Soga’s worried look.

In the past, he sneaked out in the royal city because it was his turf. The intelligence network established by Tal 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 unscrupulous.

Now staying in a strange place, and there is no guarantee around him, of course he would not do such stupid things.

…I always feel that Suo Jia has a tendency to develop towards Xiemur.

Although he thought so, he nodded in order to reassure Suo Jia, indicating that he knew.

Watching Soga leave, Garlan started to think.

Before heading to Canal, Tal had also told him that he found out some news about the insecurities of the powerful.

But because the intelligence network established by Tal was temporarily spread out in the royal city and surrounding areas, and it had not yet extended to Kanal, Tal could not find out what they wanted to do.

And he also believes that those people have not the ability to extend their influence to Kanal.

I just didn’t expect…

Gallan was thinking, suddenly a guard walked quickly.

He said anxiously: “Your Majesty, something has happened to Master Mitayas.”

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“No! Mitayas-sama, even if you don’t hurt you, your injury is not light. You must take a good rest.”

“Bring my clothes.”

As soon as Garlan walked to the door of the room, he heard a voice coming from inside.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Mitayas trying to get out of the bed, and the doctors and guards on the side were trying to stop it.

It’s just that Mitaas was the first knight commander in the military under Kayhus, and even if he was injured, he was far more than ordinary people, so he couldn’t stop him. The knight commander got out of the hospital bed and stood on the ground with his feet.

His upper body is naked|naked, with a thick bandage on his chest.

It was just his movement that the arrow wound split and the blood couldn’t stop, and the snow-white bandage he put on was almost half dyed red.

But even so, he still insisted on refusing to stay in bed, and angrily ordered the guards to bring his clothes and leather armor and put them on for him.

“Mitayas, 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 leaned down and bowed to salute.

Mitaas hadn’t answered yet, the doctor on the side had already taken the first step to complain.

“Your Majesty, Lord Mitayas refuses to stay in bed to recuperate, and insists on coming to you, saying that he will be at your door at night. In this way, his injuries will only worsen.”

Gallan’s gaze turned to the knight commander.

“Mitaias, I know your loyalty, but you are injured now and need to rest.”

The knight commander shook his head.

“No, Your Majesty, Your Excellency Caijos’ order is to keep me by your side.”

Since leaving the royal city, he has been faithfully carrying out Kaihus’ orders.

He sleeps at the door of King Garlan’s camp every night, and tonight is no exception.

“But you have been hurt for protecting me.”

Garland said,

“This is my order, now I will lie down on the bed and rest.”

The knight commander stubbornly shook his head.

“Your Majesty, now someone wants to murder you, I will never leave you.”

Excessive blood loss made his lips pale, and the pain caused big beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still knelt steadily on the ground, stubbornly refusing to get up.

Gallan looked at the knight commander with a stiff in front of him with a headache.

It really deserves to be the person chosen by Kayjos to send over.

He thought so, looking at the blood-soaked bandage on Mitayas’ chest, he could only choose to back down.

“Well, you will sleep in my room tonight, so you can be regarded as guarding me, and you have not violated Kayjos’ orders.”

“this……”

The knight commander hesitated, but shook his head and refused.

“It’s better for me to stay outside your door.”

“Either I have someone knock you out now and stay here.”

“…I see, follow your orders.”

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In a blink of an eye, it was late at night.

The entire city fell silent, but there were still many Aaron Landis soldiers patrolling the streets.

Suojia hasn’t gone back to rest yet, and leads people around the tower looking for clues of the attacker.

Although there is no definite evidence yet, he can already conclude that the person who attacked King Gallan must come from within.

From those powerful and powerful whose power has been weakened little by little since King Garlan took the throne.

Although, as a subordinate of the loser who failed to fight for the throne, Suoja was unable to participate in political affairs for more than a year, but he has been paying attention to every decree issued from the royal court.

He knew that the decree issued by King Garlan in the past year or so had seriously harmed the interests of some nobles.

They had long been dissatisfied with the fact that King Gallan had always been biased towards civilians and focused on safeguarding the rights and interests of civilians, but they had just endured it all the time.

The establishment of the Trade Office by King Gallan took away the bread of the nobility and became the biggest fuse.

Their grievances rose like never before.

And what finally touched the bottom line of these people was King Gallan’s attempt to centralize power through reforms.

This is the most intolerable thing for the powerful aristocrats who control the city.

The fact that Kanal was about to return to the seat of King Garlan completely aroused their fear and anxiety.

Because these nobles are very clear.

King Garlan intends to bring the entire Kanal under the direct control of the central government instead of enclosing a part of the city as before. If things develop smoothly, then King Garlan’s power will grow so that no one can resist. To the point.

The power of the central government will completely overwhelm the power of the enfeoffment-style nobles with real power.

Kingship will completely overwhelm everything.

As a result, they will no longer have the power to fight back, and in the future they will be deprived of the real power of the city by King Garlan.

Therefore, they desperately chose to take the risk.

They want to kill the young king in the cradle before he fully grows up.

Although he knew they would do it, Suoja, like Gallan, didn’t think these guys could stretch their hands so long to reach Kanal.

It seems that these guys are secretly colluding with the remnants of the Gasdad and the opposition forces of Kanal…

You know, only a limited number of insiders know about King Garlan’s journey to the ruins to pay homage to the heroic spirits of Aaron Landis.

In other words, there must be an internal response.

He must find out this inner should as soon as possible.

After all, the knight commander that Kayhus sent to protect King Gallan was injured and fell. If you don’t hurry up to get the inner ring out, your majesty’s situation will be very dangerous.

He always felt very uneasy in his heart, wondering whether to wait for the veteran of tomorrow Karenni to arrive, and use Karenni’s generals to replace the people around His Majesty. It might be safer…

On the other hand, that stupid big knight is really lucky.

In order to protect your Majesty from being injured, and the injury is not serious, he must be trusted and reused in the future.

Maybe it’s the second Twa.

…………

and many more.

Suo Jia’s heart suddenly sank.

Something’s wrong.

I always feel something is wrong.

Everything seems too coincidental.

Also, is it really just an accident that Kareni was delayed on his way here?

Is there someone deliberately doing it?

If they did it deliberately, they would have to do it before Karenni arrived.

And Kaleni will arrive tomorrow…

Soga’s heart beat fiercely, and he turned his head to look around.

No, from King Garlan–! !

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It was late at night, but there were still many people in the garden courtyard under the night.

Teams of soldiers patrolled the white palace back and forth, enclosing this place airtight and water could not enter.

Not only the outside, but also many guards inside the palace patrolling up and down to ensure the safety of their king.

The quiet moonlight fell on the earth and fell into the room through the skylight.

The teenager was lying quietly on the bed, with long blond hair spread out on the snow-white bed.

He breathed evenly and fell asleep peacefully with his brows and eyes.

The room was very quiet, making the reverberating heavy breathing sound unusually clear and ear-piercing.

A tall figure stood beside Garlan’s bed.

The figure leaned forward, and a pair of thick hands stretched out slowly.

They were trembling, as if in fear, and as if they were struggling.

Then, he strangled the sleeping boy’s throat.

The breathing in the silent room became heavier, and the man gasped as if 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 uncomfortably, and he didn’t listen at all, making him unable to use even a quarter of the power he had in the past.

The severe pain and suffocation in his throat made Gallan abruptly awakened from his dream.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the man standing in front of his bed.

The pupils are slightly enlarged.

Under the bright moonlight, he clearly saw the angular face.

Mitayas!

He opened his mouth to talk, but his throat was tightly pinched and he couldn’t make a sound.

When the knight commander saw Garlan wake up, his heart trembled.

Originally he was fighting in his heart, full of panic and struggling. At this time, he and Garlan looked at him, knowing that he had no way of retreat, and his face suddenly appeared desperate.

Then, the despair on his face completely turned into a fierce light in his eyes.

The knight commander’s hands stopped trembling, and with a sudden force, he was about to squeeze the boy’s neck severely–

A ray of cold sword light passed in the dark night.

The blade slammed into Mitayas’ arm, a scar that was deeply visible.

If it hadn’t been for him to duck back in time, maybe it was his throat that had been slit.

At the critical moment, he drew out the dagger hidden under the pillow and swung his sword towards Gallan, who drove Mitayas back.

One turned, turned quickly and landed on the other side of the bed.

He opened his mouth and wanted to call the guards outside to come in.

Throat–

Can’t make a sound–

He opened his mouth, but couldn’t make a sound.

Gallan couldn’t see the shocking blue-purple bruises on his neck, but he felt a sharp pain in his throat.

He was stunned for a second when he realized that he had lost his voice, and Mitayas had already rushed towards him like a tiger.

Before he could think about it, Gallan instinctively raised the dagger in his hand to try to resist.

But Mitayas was originally the strongest knight commander under Kehuos, and Gallan’s force could not contend.

After resisting a few times, Mitaas clasped his right wrist.

The intense pain forced his hand to loosen, and the dagger was thrown away from a distance, traversed an arc, and fell onto the soft bed.

Mitaas showed a cruel face, and exuded the suffocating aura formed by fighting in the battle all year round.

He firmly grasped Garlan’s right hand with one hand, and clasped Garlan’s throat with the other hand, pressing it against the open window.

Gallan leaned backwards.

His toes barely stepped on the ground, and his waist rested on the window sill.

Mitayas pressed his throat and let his upper body fall backward, almost completely suspended in the air.

The young golden hair was scattered in the air.

Below the suspended back, there is a height of tens of meters.

Below is a hard stone ground paved with white jade.

“Forgive me… forgive me, your majesty…”

Although his hand squeezed Garlan’s throat fiercely, Mitayas seemed to be in collapse.

While murmured nervously, he pressed Garlan’s body to the outside of the window sill.

“I can’t do anything… forgive me… I was forced, they forced me, I really have no other way…”

He had a mad look on his face, babbling, incoherent, not knowing whether he was talking to Garlan or talking to himself.

He leaned over to look at Garlan, making half of his body stick out of the window.

Click, click.

Large tears flowed from the eyes of this man who seemed to have completely collapsed, and fell on Gallan’s face.

The man cried depressively and looked at Garlan with tears in his eyes.

But his hand still clasped Garlan’s throat tightly.

Gallan struggled to prop up his body and squeezed the opponent’s hand that was holding his throat.

He can’t breathe.

The mind gradually became blurred.

He saw that the clothes on Mitayas’s chest, which was pressing on him, had been stained with blood from the blood oozing from the bandage, and it was dazzling red with moonlight.

Mitaas just cried bitterly for ten seconds.

Suddenly, he was awakened by the violent door knocking from outside.

Accompanied by the sound of knocking on the door, there was a nervous shouting, and the guards guarding the outside of the room noticed the movement in the room and were trying to rush in.

The madness in the eyes of Mitayas, who was awakened, dissipated and became sober.

The more sober, the deeper the pain in his eyes.

With tears, he looked at Garlan, who was holding his throat.

“Your Majesty, forgive me…”

There was a pause.

He said, “No… don’t forgive me.”

The knight commander said so, eyes full of despair.

While showing a look of despair, he wanted to squeeze Garlan’s throat forcefully.

But his hands were trembling, and he couldn’t exert any effort.

There was a loud noise, the door was knocked open, and many people rushed in.

Mitayas gritted his teeth and forced his right hand to push Garlan out.

Gallan’s golden pupils, who were about to be pushed out of the window sill, flashed a cruel color, and a second before his feet were forced to leave the ground, he kicked Mitayas heavily on Mitayas’s knee.

It was an exhausted kick, the unsuspecting knight commander immersed in pain, staggered forward, and fell down from the window.

“His Majesty–!!!”

Gallan fell from a high altitude.

Mitayas, who was dragged out by him at the last moment, also fell from a height with him.

The sound of the wind whizzed past my ears.

The blonde hair spread out on her cheeks in a mess.

The intense weightlessness seemed to paralyze his whole body.

There was no sound from the severely painful throat.

Gallan opened his eyes.

In the dark night sky, a full moon shed silver-like brilliance on the ground.

The boundless starry sky, thousands of stars.

It seemed that all came into his eyes at this moment.

ended.

He thought, closing his eyes.

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In the dark night, a figure passed by like a gust of wind.

The speed is so fast that the traces of the afterimage left by it are almost faintly visible.

The figure jumped out from the high platform on one side.

Stepped on the knight commander’s body and kicked it away.

On the other hand, he used his strength to move forward and stretched out his left hand to hug the falling Garlan.

With a wave of his right hand, the hook in his hand was thrown upwards and put it on the stone fence of an extended balcony.

He put his arm around Garlan and drew an arc in the air with the force of the rope swaying.

Then, let go of your hand.

Holding the person in his arms, he quickly landed on the hard rocky ground.

A second before he landed, with a bang, not far from behind him, the knight commander, who had fallen head down on the rocky ground from a high altitude, broke his brain.

The wind blew violently, causing the dark brown cloak behind this person to fly high, like the wings of a black eagle.

The wide hood slipped off.

The moonlight slid down on this person like water.

The pitch-black shattered hair flew to one side, revealing half of sharp eyes with the color of burning flames.

There was a deep scratch in the corner of the eye, extremely hideous, extending to the ear, adding a touch of evil spirit to that handsome face.

He knelt on the ground, his dark brown arms tightly and forcefully hugged the boy he had just caught in his arms.

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To praise, to hug, to be liquid~~~