A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Garlan leaned against the city wall for a long time with his eyes closed, and after enduring the severe dizziness, Garlan stood up and stood upright.

When he stood up, his whole body shook slightly, as if he was about to fall.

But the next second, he forced himself to hold his body and stand firmly on the ground.

Just when Garlan's body swayed, Kayhos, who had been watching him silently, subconsciously wanted to reach out to help someone. However, as soon as he moved his hand, he saw that Garlan was holding on, and he quietly retracted his hand.

He stepped aside and watched Garlan step forward in silence.

Garlan walked forward along the city wall. He walked very slowly because his body was already overwhelmed. The hood of his cloak covered his abnormally red face, leaving only his wet blond hair exposed.

Where he passed by, the exhausted soldiers who were sitting under the city wall to rest all cast their eyes on him.

Only when they saw him did their dim eyes show a little brilliance.

Only when they saw him did their gloomy faces regain a little life.

Garlan's heart was heavy.

Even with his increasingly blurred vision, he could still see the corpses lying scattered on the road he was walking on. Among them, there were the corpses of pirates, and even more of the countless dead Tozes soldiers. A corpse lying on the ground in a miserable state.

Some people showed pain on their faces.

Some people opened their eyes wide and refused to close their eyes.

Blood soaked the mutilated corpses.

The scenes he saw in front of him were like walking in hell, which made Garlan's heart tighten and made his vision become more and more blurry.

He let out a breath of hot breath.

"prince……"

Next to him, a faint shout suddenly came.

Garlan turned around subconsciously.

On the roadside he just walked by, a thin young man was sitting under the city wall, looking up at him with reverence, and gave him a shy smile.

After taking a look, Garlan's chest tightened.

He saw the boy's half-cut arm bleeding on the mooring ground. He saw the boy's other hand covering his waist, and that hand was completely stained red with blood.

From the huge hole in his waist and abdomen, the internal organs leaking out could be vaguely seen.

Garlan walked over and knelt down in front of the young man.

He looked at the boy and opened his mouth, but his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't make any sound.

At this moment, he couldn't say a word.

He could only reach out his hand in silence and put his hand on the back of the slave boy's hand that was soaked with blood and spilled internal organs.

The slave boy who just a few days ago was clumsily trying to please him for more food was about to die at this moment.

The boy he brought to the battlefield was about to die.

Countless slaves who went to the battlefield have died.

It was he who set them on the path to death.

"Prince...please don't show such an expression..."

The dying slave boy made a weak sound, but he smiled at Garlan.

"Although I'm going to die...but...Prince..."

He spoke brokenly.

"These past few days... have been the happiest times I have ever lived..."

he said with a genuine smile.

"No one... despises me... despises me and spits on me... I... well... in these days... I am no longer a lowly slave..."

The slave boy smiled happily.

"Even if it's just these few days... I can live like a human being... I can die like a human being... I'm really, really... very happy..."

"Thank you, Prince... because of you, I can truly... be a human being..."

The last sentence, the voice was already vague.

As the last word fell, the slave boy closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

The rain soaked into his body and washed the blood from the young man's body, forming a small pool of blood under him.

Garlan did not speak. He lowered his head, and his wet golden forehead hair hung down, covering his eyes.

All that could be seen was his bloodless lips, which were as tight as a line, and the cold, slightly white fingertips pressed tightly against the blood-red back of the slave boy's hand.

The sound of footsteps came, and Seth arrived here at some point.

In just a few days, he seemed to have aged ten years, and his whole body looked extremely haggard.

"Your Highness."

He knelt beside Garlan and spoke softly.

"The fourth day has passed..."

The sky has gradually darkened, and it is already evening.

If there were reinforcements, they should have arrived.

But until now, there is still no sign of reinforcements arriving.

Seth whispered in a hoarse voice: "...There are actually no reinforcements, are there, Your Highness?"

"I know that you said there are reinforcements so that everyone can hold on as long as possible..."

His voice seemed to be trembling.

"But, I'm sorry, Your Highness, I've reached my limit now, I'm afraid I can't hold on anymore..."

There are no reinforcements.

Maybe there won't be any reinforcements from the start.

Prince Aaron Landis lowered his head and remained silent without speaking.

He slowly looked around, seeing corpses everywhere and mottled blood everywhere.

There seemed to be something unspeakable surging in his golden pupils.

The rain stopped at some point and the sun peeked out from behind the clouds.

The red light of the setting sun shrouded the city wall even more blood-red.

Countless lives were lost in the war.

Blood-stained city, crying lights, silent shouts.

The cruelty of war was so nakedly displayed in front of everyone at this moment.

Everyone looked at him and placed their hopes on him.

It was such a heavy, almost overwhelming responsibility.

Also, the powerlessness of being unable to do anything at this moment, and can only watch the loss of life...

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Looking at Garlan who was half-kneeling in front of the dead slave boy in silence for a long time, Kayhos leaned forward and opened his mouth to say something.

However, before he could speak, there was a sudden loud bang.

The entire city wall shook at the loud noise.

This violent shaking shocked all the Tozes who were resting on the ground to stand up and look around in panic.

Then, everyone saw a scene that made them terrified.

I saw a giant warship sailing along the wide river of the outer city to the gate of the inner city wall.

Its bow is a huge metal horn in the shape of a devil.

It was slowly retreating, so the metal corner that hit the gate a second ago took the sawdust from the gate and followed it.

The giant warship slowly retreated several hundred meters.

Then, the giant sail was raised, and the three rows of wood pulp on the side of the ship rowed rapidly. Driven by the fierce sea wind, the giant warship once again flew forward.

There was another loud bang, and under the horrified eyes of everyone, the warship once again slammed into the gate of the city wall.

The huge impact caused part of the hull to crack with a click, but the huge city wall gate made of special hardwood also cracked a gap once again under the impact of the giant metal ram.

The warship slowly retreated again.

The third time, under the desperate eyes of everyone in Tozes, including Seth, there was only a deafening bang, and the gate of the city wall was completely shattered by the impact of the giant warship.

The warship, which was also mostly smashed, opened the gate and slowly sailed into the city wall with a dilapidated appearance.

But it's broken, that's okay.

Because there were dozens of pirate ships following behind the warship.

The city is broken.

All the Tozes people stood on the city wall dumbfounded, their minds going blank at this moment.

The city of Tozes fell.

Someone's legs weakened and he knelt on the ground.

Someone cried loudly and sadly.

Someone smashed the city wall in front of them with their fists frantically, unable to stop even if they drew blood.

Their city, the home they fought so hard to protect, was over.

At this moment, despair enveloped everyone.

Standing on the city wall, Garlan's vision went dark, and his chest felt sharply painful as if he had been stabbed hard by a sharp weapon.

When he almost fell, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on the city wall to support himself, barely standing still.

He still managed to stand, but his fingers that clenched the wall tiles were trembling, and his hands clenched the wall tiles so hard that his knuckles turned white.

In the river outside the city, the pirates let out a huge cheer. The sound was deafening and resounded throughout the sky.

The pirate leader Basha stood proudly on his boat, and with a wave of his hand, he was about to call on his minions to rush into the city and bloodbath the city of Tozes——

However, at the moment when he raised his hand before he could wave it out.

Suddenly the pirate on the observation deck shouted.

"Boss! A large number of unknown fleets appear from behind and are heading this way!"

Before Basha could even say "Come in, I'll rush in", it was stuck in his throat.

A bad premonition welled up in his heart, and he suddenly turned his head to look.

At the same moment, his heart suddenly moved. On the high city wall, Garlan suddenly raised his head.

At this moment, he almost forgot to breathe.

In the distance, on the endless sea, through the hazy rain curtain, a large fleet could be vaguely seen heading here quickly.

The first thing that people can see clearly is the flag flying high on the warship.

Seth beside him had already cried out.

"Eielson's Navy!!!"

Elson's reinforcements have arrived!

Tarr pulled the Aielson Navy!

Garlan opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly, he felt his heart beating violently.

With an indescribable premonition, he clung to the city wall with both hands and looked away from a distance.

The next second, the young man's golden eyes suddenly widened.

"Kayhos!"

Garlan shouted loudly and pointed forward.

That was not the direction in which Aielson's navy was located.

His finger at this moment pointed to the sea on the other side.

There, covered with the fiery red light of the setting sun on the sea, countless boat shadows sailed from the horizon.

The fiery lion's flag fluttered in the sky.

Aaron Landis's Royal Navy -

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On the other side of Tozes City, on the river outside the city gate facing the land.

Compared to the battlefield on the other side, the pirates responsible for blocking this side to prevent people from escaping sat leisurely on the boat, waiting for the fall of Tozes City so that they could get in and get a share of the pie.

On the pirate ship near the river bank, the captain wearing a pirate hat was standing on the deck, scolding the two minions in front of him.

When he was scolding and happy.

Suddenly, a sharp arrow shot through the sky.

Under the horrified gazes of all the pirates, the arrow pierced the young pirate leader's throat from behind.

The little boss didn't even have time to say a word. He fell straight forward with a loud bang.

The pirate subconsciously looked in the direction from which the arrow flew.

Hundreds of meters away, dust was flying, and countless knights were galloping in from the distance like a dark cloud.

The leading knight, dressed in pitch-black armor, reflected the fiery red sunset on the horizon.

Holding a strong bow, he came like a god of war.

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