A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

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When the mountain god became angry, the earth trembled, the mountains shook, and the sky collapsed.

It made everyone tremble with fear, and even the most powerful and brave people were helpless and could only wait for the mountain god's anger to dissipate.

After Shulos climbed up the crack, he and Garlan hid in a relatively safe place.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the shaking earth to gradually calm down.

Everything terrible happened in an instant, leaving people unprepared and powerless to resist.

After the earthquake calmed down, the two people who had tensed their nerves breathed a sigh of relief. No longer caring about their image, they stretched out their legs and sat on the ground, breathing heavily.

At this moment, both people's bodies were covered with dust, and even their hair was gray. Both the beautiful boy and the handsome bard looked extremely embarrassed at this time.

Shulos sat on the ground, put his hands on his bent knees, took a few breaths, and glanced at Garlan next to him.

The boy's hands were on the ground, and there were still a few scars scratched by stones on his bare forearm. They were obviously scratched when he rushed to catch him.

He glanced at it and then lowered his eyes.

The robber not long ago was simply distracted by his beauty and was careless. He was suddenly attacked and pinned down. He couldn't get away, so he was beaten by the other party.

In fact, although he is poor at close combat, he is very agile and can still dodge as long as he is not caught.

Therefore, even if Gallan didn't come to help him, he could quickly climb up with his agility. This was why he rushed over to help Gallan.

If he felt that he couldn't avoid the crack, he wouldn't step forward.

After all, your own life is more important.

Human nature is what it is.

But Shulos didn't know.

When the young aristocratic young man rushed over and grabbed him, was he just like him, thinking that he could escape unscathed before helping him, or was it... that he didn't think about anything at all?

Shulos thought deeply, then shook his head and shook this thought away.

Even if Gal decided to help him because he could escape unscathed, this would still be good, and he could be regarded as a very trustworthy companion.

Not knowing what Shulos was thinking at all, Gallan, who was still a little dazed after experiencing the thrilling scene just now, sat on the ground with his hands behind his back, tilting his head back and breathing heavily.

His long hair was messy and scattered on his shoulders, his dusty face looked dirty, and his whole person looked gray.

While panting, he looked around the calm surroundings. The place that was beautiful a moment ago was now covered with gravel and broken trees, the stream was cut off, the rocks collapsed, and the flat land was full of large and small cracks.

Especially the crack not far in front of them was more than ten meters wide, so dark that they couldn't see the bottom, like an abyss. Once they fell in, they would definitely die, and no bones would be left.

Garlan was frightened just by looking at it.

"Tsk, I'm really unlucky. People like me, who are protected by the goddess Avdormir, have been very lucky in the past. Why do I always encounter such unlucky things these days?"

The bard, who had regained his breath, sat cross-legged on the ground, dusting himself off and complaining in disgrace.

For some reason, Garlan felt a little guilty when he heard this and remained silent.

"Hey, with such an earthquake, the mountains will crack, the water will disappear, and the scenery will be lost. The most troublesome thing is that our horses don't know where they went."

Schloss, who was unhappy, kept complaining.

Garlan laughed dryly, but remained silent. He turned around and looked around, trying to find the horses that had run away. Maybe they would be lucky enough to come back on their own.

The earthquake had just subsided, but the ground was still a mess. Tree trunks were broken, rocks collapsed, and the dust was like thick mist, making it impossible to see very far.

Garlan looked around and suddenly saw the shadow of a horse in the dust and mist that had not dissipated in the distance.

"Look, our horses are there—"

Garlan raised his hand and pointed in that direction, but just halfway through speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Uh, no, it seems to be white, not ours...ah, disappeared...that horse seems a little strange."

"White horse? It's late at night. Apart from us who can't enter the city, who else is bored enough to go into the mountains at night..."

Shulos was sitting lazily on the ground and said this, but in the middle of speaking, he suddenly paused.

"White horse?"

he repeated.

"White...horse?"

He repeated it again, as if something suddenly occurred to him, and his expression suddenly became excited.

"Say Gal, you saw a white shadow when you first went up the mountain. Is it the same one?"

When Shulos said this, Garlan thought about it carefully and said with some uncertainty: "It seems... it's a bit similar..."

"That's right!"

Shulos stood up suddenly and looked at Gallan excitedly.

"It's a unicorn!"

"ah?"

Alone...what?

Garlan was a little confused.

"White, like a horse, erratic... Yes, it must be a white unicorn! I told you not long ago, the legend of Mount Tweilour, a white unicorn will appear in the most beautiful place in the world In front of the girl!"

Garlan glared at him.

"I'm not a girl."

"Maybe that unicorn made the same mistake as me and mistook you for a girl?"

"...If the legendary holy beast had the same eyesight as you, how miserable it would be."

Shulos was so excited that he no longer cared about Garlan's complaints about him.

"Anyway, that's it now. Let's catch up quickly. Maybe we can actually see the legendary unicorn!"

The bard rubbed his hands together excitedly at the thought that he might be able to see the legendary sacred beast with his own eyes.

He urged Garlan repeatedly: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, if you can see it, we will catch up."

"But there was an earthquake just now. Aren't you afraid it will happen again?"

Shulos waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Anyway, we are halfway up the mountain. If the earthquake really moves, we won't have time to run. There is no difference between going up the mountain and going down the mountain."

The bard raised his hand, wiped away the dust on his cheeks, and showed an extremely confident and handsome smile.

"I am the most loyal and handsome believer of the goddess Avdormir. The goddess is reluctant to let me die, so of course she will protect me."

"…………"

Gallan said he did not want to comment on Shulos's remarks.

Having such a narcissistic believer must be quite tiring for the goddess.

Although he was speechless at Shulos' words, Gallan was also very curious about the so-called unicorn. After a little hesitation, he stood up at Shulos' urging and led Shulos to the place where he had just seen Bai Ying. The direction pursued him.

The white shadow appeared and disappeared, and then disappeared, and then another shadow passed by, but it was always far away from him, and he could never catch up.

Garlan and the others kept walking and chasing for a long time without realizing it. When they found out, the sun had already risen from the horizon. And the white shadow had completely lost its trace, and they were almost climbing to the top of the mountain without knowing when.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, that white shadow is missing."

"Did you run away?"

"I don't know, I can't see it now anyway..."

"Tsk, I knew that unicorns are not that easy to see. Maybe they found out you were a man, so they ran away."

Shulos clicked his tongue regretfully and said angrily.

He shook his head and looked around.

"Speaking of which, it seems that we are already near the big waterfall in Tweilur Mountain. Because the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and there are many beasts, few people can come up here to see the full view of the waterfall."

He stroked his forehead proudly.

"Of course, these are not obstacles to me. I came up last time and saw the waterfall with my own eyes. The scenery is indeed majestic and worth seeing."

Hearing what he said, Garlan's heart moved.

"Now that we're all here, why don't you take me to have a look?"

"That's okay. We're here anyway. I just don't know if the beautiful scenery will still be there after this landslide."

Shulos shrugged, turned his head and looked around, judged the direction, and then led Garlan towards the location of the waterfall in his memory.

There was almost no scenery to see along the way, except for countless large trees that had been uprooted, their roots exposed to the soil, and stacked on top of each other. The dirt spreads away, revealing the underlying rocks. The rock cracked open, and tiny gravels rolled down everywhere.

The mountain road was already rugged, but if the ground moved, there would be no road at all. Even Garlan and Shulos, who were very skilled, had a very difficult time walking.

After walking for a while and climbing up a small slope, Shulos accidentally looked back.

"Huh?" He said with some surprise, "You can see the city below from here."

Originally, the towering hillsides and huge trees blocked the view. Even from the top of the mountain, it was impossible to see below. This time, the earthquake caused the trees to fall, and the top of the mountain in this direction happened to be shaken, causing a gap. And that gap happened to be facing the direction of the city.

Shulos stood here, looking down, he could see Tweilur City at the foot of the mountain through the huge gap.

Garlan looked back and could indeed see the city at the foot of the mountain.

The ant-like figures in the city were coming and going, looking very busy.

"It seems that this earthquake will definitely cause a lot of casualties in Tweilur City."

Garlan said with a frown.

"That village..."

He thought of the village he passed by not long ago. That village was also within the scope of the earthquake. It was hit by disasters one after another, and the civilians would probably have an even more difficult time.

"Don't think too much about it. Those are matters that the powerful officials should take care of. We little people can't take care of it, and we don't have the ability to take care of it."

Shulos said, turning around and continuing to walk forward.

"You'd better remember that we must not get close to Tweilur City now, otherwise we will be in trouble."

Garlan nodded obediently and followed.

Probably in order to break Gallan's heart, Shulos started to mutter to himself while walking.

"Look at the river flowing down. In fact, this is the river formed by the water from the waterfall. It flows down from the mountain and reaches the city of Tweilur. This is also the most important water source for the residents of the city."

This section of the road is actually not very long, but it is too difficult to walk, so it takes a while.

After turning a corner again, my eyes suddenly opened up. I could see the white waterfall falling from the cliff in the distance and the sound of flowing water.

But what surprised Garlan was that the waterfall looked quite big, but the sound of the water seemed not as loud as expected.

While he was still trudging forward through the heaps of piled tree trunks and leaves, Shulos had already jumped up and climbed up the short hill in front, raised his hands, and started singing loudly.

"Ah~~ That's a miraculous workmanship between heaven and earth. The majestic Teweilur Mountains. You tower into the sky. In your body, the water of the Milky Way falls from the sky. You are so majestic. You are a miracle in the world... Hmm ?”

Shulos's high-pitched singing suddenly stopped, and the happy expression on his face disappeared. He stared ahead, with a look of astonishment in his eyes.

"This..." He seemed a little unbelievable at what he saw, "How could it become like this?"

As soon as Shulos finished his words, Garlan, who was a step behind him, also climbed up.

Looking up, Garlan was also completely stunned.

In the open front is a broad mountain peak, with water rushing down from the top of the mountain.

The broad and huge waterfall fell from high in the sky along the top of the mountain. It was a piece of white flowers and made a huge splashing sound, which was deafening.

Below the falling water of the waterfall is a wide, slightly sunken rock platform.

Further forward from the platform, there is another cliff.

Moreover, this cliff is much higher than the mountain above, almost vertical.

When the water falls from this cliff, it will form a very spectacular and majestic waterfall.

That's how it should be.

But at this moment, there is no spectacular waterfall, only sparse water seeping out, forming a thin water curtain on the cliff.

Because of the earthquake just now, the rocks on both sides cracked, and countless gravel mixed with broken tree trunks and soil rolled down, blocking the edge of the cliff, blocking it tightly, like a dam. .

The rock platform was originally surrounded by three sides, with only one cliff allowing water to flow down to form a waterfall. However, that side was blocked by fallen rock trunks, turning it into a bowl shape.

So, all the water flowing down from the mountain peak was contained in this suddenly formed 'bowl', and the water accumulated, more and more, more and more.

Shulos thought for a moment.

"It's okay," he said. "Once more water is stored, these rolling rocks and soil will be unable to hold up and will be washed away by the water. At worst, we will have to wait a few days and then we can see the waterfall."

Garlan looked at the gravel trees blocking the cliff entrance.

Indeed, one side of this 'bowl' containing water is not tight and is made up of broken fragments. It doesn't matter if there is little water now, but if there is too much water, it will be washed down...

No.

etc.

Water...stones...wash down...

The city’s water source…

An idea suddenly flashed through his mind, and Garlan's heart skipped a beat.

"Schulos!"

he shouted.

At the same time, he looked back sharply.

At the foot of the mountain, right in his sight, was what looked like a small city.

"Wow, you suddenly screamed so loudly and scared me. What are you doing..."

"Tweilur City is in trouble!"

"Huh? What's so bad about Tweelur City... Uh, wait, this, this is-"

Shulos, who was careless at first, reacted instantly, and his expression suddenly changed.

Once this large amount of blocked and accumulated water surges enough to wash away the rocks blocking it, the terrifying amount of water will surge down, inevitably causing flash floods.

The river formed by the waterfall originally flows along the mountains to the city of Tweilur.

At that time, a large amount of floods will carry countless rocks and wash down, and the entire city will be submerged in flash floods!