A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Almost all the limbs were paralyzed, and severe cramping pains were surging in the body. If it were an ordinary person, he would have been rolling on the ground in pain, but King Camos was still standing.

He tried his best to control his body and stood. Even though the veins on his forehead were bulging, there was no trace of pain on his resolute face.

He stood with his body straight and majestic, like a mountain rising from the earth, like a brown pine pointing to the sky.

Even though his face was pale and the blood from the corner of his mouth was still flowing slowly, no one could deny that as long as he was still standing there, he made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.

The seriously injured lion is still the king of beasts.

No one can erase his majesty.

No one dares not to fear his presence.

"I trust you, Yunus."

A pair of tiger eyes stared deeply at Yunus. The shock and outburst of anger in Kamos's eyes had all dissipated.

The look he looked at Yunus was terrifyingly calm at this moment.

"I trust the soldier who fought alongside me, and I trust the hero who risked his life to protect Aaron Landis..."

Having said this, King Camos's voice paused and lost his voice for a moment.

His tone was cold, but from his momentary loss of voice, you could feel the indescribable pain deep in his heart at this moment.

"But, Yunus, what you did has made my trust a joke."

King Camos continued.

By now, the anger in his eyes when he looked at Yunus was gone, just like looking at a stranger or a despicable enemy.

There is nothing but indifference.

"You betrayed me, your king, and even more, Aaron Landis."

In Kamos's deep voice, Yonus, who had been kneeling on the ground, slowly stood up, raised his head and looked at Kamos, and the bright light fell on the gray hair on his cheeks.

"I betrayed you, but I didn't betray Aaron Landis."

He looked at Camos with burning eyes.

"I have no choice."

Yunus said.

The old man's face looked calm, without the anxiety or embarrassment that a betrayer should show.

Because in his own eyes, he is not a betrayer.

He firmly believed in his loyalty and justice.

"This could have all been avoided, we didn't have to get to this point."

"As long as you just promised me to abolish the current crown prince and replace him with the noble bloodline Prince Heimos, I will give you the antidote before you are poisoned."

The old man's hoarse voice was like a low sigh.

"In this way, nothing will happen... My Majesty, I will still be your most loyal subordinate, and our relationship will remain the same as before. Nothing will change."

King Camos said nothing.

He pursed his thick lips, and the moonlight shone in from the skylight and danced in his brown hair.

He lowered his eyes, shadows covering his eye sockets, and he frowned as if thinking about something.

Yunas stepped forward, reached out and picked up the half cup of tea that was still steaming.

Then, he raised his hand and slowly poured the remaining half cup of tea onto the ground.

In the silent room, thin water fell from the sky and was absorbed cleanly by the brown carpet.

"My Majesty, you were once a great king. You once saved Aaron Landis. You are worthy of the blood of the gods flowing in you."

The old man said, "I was proud of you."

"Over the years, I have never regretted the sword I blocked for you, even if I lost my left hand forever."

"But, the long time has changed you."

"You have forgotten who you are, the blood that flows in your body, and the glory of Aaron Landis that has been passed down from time immemorial."

"By now, you have even begun to forget the will of the gods."

said the old man, his voice sounding like a judgment.

From the emotion and sigh at the beginning, it gradually became cold and hard, and became extremely severe.

It was as if he was judging this rebellious king on behalf of the gods.

"Noble bloodline must prevail over all people. This is the will of the gods. It has been so for thousands of years. And you - how dare you dare to challenge the will of the gods?"

King Camos was listening with an expressionless face, but suddenly he guessed something, and his face suddenly sank.

His eyes burst out with sharp light, directed towards Yunus.

"It's you?"

He suddenly spoke, staring at Yunus with piercing eyes.

"The person behind the assassination of the crown prince again and again in the royal city is you, Yunus."

He said, his tone firm.

"It's me, but it's not just me."

Yunus replied.

"Those are all those who truly want to protect Aaron Landis and carry out the will of the gods."

"King Camos, it's you who pushed us to this point - time and time again, you promoted white people of lower bloodline to be on par with us. In the end, you even went so far as to make a white prince suppress you. On top of the truly noble bloodline, shaking the foundation of Aaron Landis - it was you who forced us here!"

The old man said loudly, his words filled with anger.

His face is strong and clear-cut, and his face is even more resolute at this moment, which makes his words and deeds at this moment even more righteous.

"You turn a blind eye to everyone's advice. We tried every means to admonish you, but you refused to pay attention. We can only watch helplessly as you lead Aaron Landis down the wrong path step by step..."

"As a member of the royal family, I cannot watch you continue to act recklessly and lead Aaron Landis to the path of destruction."

Yunus said, his tone decisive and decisive.

"Even if you have to bear the sin of killing the king because of it——"

At this moment, he was like an upright minister who had the courage to face a fatuous monarch.

At this moment, the old man was like a hero who carried everything and dedicated everything for Aaron Landis.

Say it with certainty and without hesitation.

Even he himself was moved by it——

But unexpectedly, the moment the old city lord Yunus finished speaking these powerful words, inappropriate laughter rang out in the room.

That haha ​​of laughter instantly shattered the excited atmosphere in the room.

"It's really hard for you, Yunus. You have to talk about it for a long time and come up with a lot of high-sounding reasons for something that can be explained in just a few words."

King Camos, who had been holding himself up and standing expressionless, laughed out loud.

"Not tired?"

He raised his hand and wiped away the dried blood at the corner of his mouth.

"I say for you, 'I want to usurp the throne.'"

King Camos sneered.

"What a few simple words, so hard to say?"

As soon as King Camos said these words, the old man's face froze.

The next second, he was furious.

It's unclear whether his selfless heart was misunderstood, or because he was stabbed hard at the most secret thoughts in his heart. He no longer looked as impassioned as he did a moment ago, but stared at Camos angrily. All hair and beard are spread out.

"No! Everything I did was for Aaron Landis."

he growled.

"You will destroy Aaron Landis, so someone must replace you, the fallen king, and rebuild the order of Aaron Landis!"

And that person is himself.

He's for Aaron Landis!

His eyes were stern, and the face that had always been wearing a stern mask finally shattered at this moment, revealing a ferocious look. Yunus wasted no time and suddenly drew out the long sword at his waist.

He slashed at King Camos with his sword.

King Camos drew his sword with difficulty and blocked it.

Even though he was poisoned, his body was in agony, and his limbs were paralyzed, he still forced his arms to move, resisting Yunus' attack with almost pure will.

However, the tiger was bullied by the dog.

The body corroded by the poison could barely exert one-tenth of its normal strength. Kamos was forced back step by step by Yunus.

Finally, there was a loud clang, and the dagger in his hand was knocked away by Yunus.

The severe pain that almost made people feel like their internal organs were being burned made King Camos spit out a mouthful of black blood again. After all, he was exhausted and slammed backwards against the wall.

He leaned against the wall and used his last strength to stand, his eyes fixed on the traitor approaching him.

The lion who falls into the trap will stick to his majesty as the king of beasts, even when facing death.

"You're useless, Camos."

"I also have the blood of the royal family. A rebellious person like you can be the king. Why can't I?"

The old man kept talking, and his brown eyes similar to King Camos were filled with excitement that was almost crazy.

Probably because he was too excited about succeeding, he kept talking.

"I have already made an agreement with that person... The one who killed you was an assassin sent by the Gastad people... After your death, when the Gastad people attack in a large scale, I will replace you and lead Aaron Lan Dis defeated them and became the new king..."

The crisis in the north and east has been lifted, leaving only the west.

And all he paid was the desolate lands on the western border. The man made an agreement with him. As long as he gave those deserts to Gastad, they would pretend to be defeated by him and return to Kanal.

And he, Yonas, will save Aaron Landis once again.

He will become the new king and rebuild the true order destroyed by Camos!

Watching Yunus approach him with his sword raised.

Camos, who was leaning against the wall and unable to move, was panting violently. Blood continued to flow from the corners of his mouth. There was a trace of pain in his eyes when he looked at Yunus.

Yunus said something right, a long time is enough to change a person beyond recognition.

The saddest thing in the world is that the beauty is white and the hero is old.

Yonas.

This hero who had shared the joys and sorrows with him in the most difficult years and risked his life on the battlefield for Aaron Landis...

...the comrades who fought alongside me...

After all, I am still old...

...corroded by the long years, the aging hero did not fall on the tragic battlefield, but fell under his own greed...

The former hero is dead.

The Uncle Yonas he remembered was dead.

The person in front of him now who wants to take away his life is just a disgusting traitor who even colludes with foreign races in order to seize the throne.

He, Camos, fought for half his life, but died in the hands of such a person——

A pair of brown eyes were full of unwillingness. King Camos gritted his teeth, but his body that was eroded by the poison tried his best to even stand.

He opened his eyes wide and veins popped out on his forehead, but he could only watch helplessly as the raised sword struck him hard.

At the last moment, what flashed through his mind was the child's bright smiling face with crescent-shaped eyes.

Garlan, my royal brother.

Forgive me for not fulfilling my promise.

I failed to deliver a peaceful Aaron Landis to you.

The moonlight was like water, reflecting the cold light of the sword blade that was slashing towards Camos.

And at this moment, a figure jumped in from the window in the castle.

The person rushed forward.

The hood of the cloak slipped back, and the black hair tied into a bunch flew high in the moonlight.

While rushing forward, the person's hand touched his waist and pulled out the dagger he carried with him.

A flash of silver light passed by.

There was a crisp sound of metal hitting.

The dagger swung out suddenly caught the long sword that was attacking King Camos at the critical moment.

Yunus's pupils shrank violently.

Through the crossed sword blades, he saw a pair of bright golden eyes in the sparks splashed upon impact.

The purest golden eyes are like the rays of the sun in the sky.

It was so bright that it seemed to burn the eyes of those who looked at it.

[That is the bloodline of the gods, the descendant of gold. 】

[Aaron Landis, the supreme king, has golden pupils like the sun, illuminating this land. 】

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At this moment when Yunus was in an inexplicable trance, the boy who was holding his sword suddenly exerted force, knocking Yunus and staggering back.

When the dagger was pressed hard, the clashing blades rubbed heavily.

The scraping sound between the blades was extremely harsh in the silent room.

Sparks splashed out during the friction exploded in the air.

Garlan, who had pushed Yunus away, did not pursue the victory but took a step back.

He raised the hand holding the dagger slightly, pointing the tip of the sword towards the earth.

He stood in front of King Camos and confronted Yunus.

The black hair tied behind his neck passed over his left shoulder and fell from his chest.

The young man was not tall, and compared to the two people in the room, he could only be described as slender.

But at this moment, he used this slender body to firmly protect King Camos behind him.

"Garlan...Prince..."

Yunus, who was standing opposite, slowly said these words.

He stared at Garlan, his eyes full of darkness.

Garlan and Yunus looked at each other but said nothing.

He stood there, breathing rapidly.

Seeing that Brother Wang was in critical condition just now, he climbed over the window, rushed over, raised his sword to hold him, and knocked him away. He did it all at once, almost as an instinctive reaction of his body, without any time to think about it.

When I came back to my senses at this moment, I was extremely scared.

He felt his heart beating so fast that it was about to burst out of his throat.

If it weren't for the fact that he saw Brother Wang and Yunas leaving on the way back to the banquet, and secretly followed him on a whim...

Seeing Brother Wang and Yunus enter the house together, he felt bored. When he was about to leave first, he suddenly saw an astonishing scene.

The dozens of personal guards left by Brother Wang outside were unprepared and were all shot to death by a sudden burst of arrows.

Immediately afterwards, Yunus's guards calmly carried away the corpses.

With a thump in his heart, Garlan immediately realized that Yunus might have ill intentions towards Brother Wang.

It was definitely too late to run and call someone now. He was worried about Brother Wang's safety, so he decisively decided to act first.

But Yunus's guards were guarding the door and he couldn't get in, so after checking the terrain, he quickly came to the room below and secretly climbed out of the window of this room through the outer wall...

Just as he took a breath outside the window, he saw the scene of Yunus raising his sword to kill someone.

So he didn't have time to think too much, and immediately rushed in and blocked the sword.

fortunately.

Fortunately, his premonitions of bad things were always very accurate.

Garlan thought with lingering fear.

While he stared at Yunus across from him with vigilance, he took out a small white cloth bag from his arms and threw it to King Camos behind him.

"Taputi has prepared a lot of antidote|pills for me. Anyway, brother Wang, take them all first."

There are not many types of poisons in this world, there are only a few that come and go, and Tapti prepared antidotes for him.

Eat them all, and one of them will hit you.

Hearing Gallan's words, Yunus's eyes sharpened. He stepped forward quickly and stabbed with his sword.

Garlan swung the dagger in his hand and swung the long sword away with a clang.

Then rush up, you come and go, and fight with Yunus.

"Garlan——"

King Camos' anxious shout came from behind.

After all, Yunus is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for many years, and Garlan may not be his opponent.

As King Camos shouted, the young man raised his hand and once again held the long sword that was slashed diagonally.

"Brother Wang, you have always been protecting me since I was a child."

Garlan gritted his teeth and used all his strength to hold on to the sword that was pressed in front of him.

"Now, I'm grown up."

He said this, paused, and then used force to knock the other person away.

Once again, he rushed forward to entangle Yunus and fight together.

He nimbly dodged the opponent's attacks with agility, and when he seized the opportunity, he rushed forward with ferocity.

Finally, he seized an opportunity and used the weakness of the opponent's left arm to cut a long bloody gash on Yunus' left shoulder.

Knocking Yunus back again.

Gallan, panting rapidly, stood there, still firmly blocking the front of King Camos.

The dagger in his hand was held horizontally in front of him. The young man's eyes reflected the falling moonlight, which was as bright as golden flames in the night.

His voice was resonant.

He said: "Brother Wang, this time, I will protect you."

The author has something to say: The little lion has grown up.