A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The city gate was opened, and the army was welcomed into the royal city.

The bright sunlight reflected on the young crown prince's hair as pure as melted gold.

The horse was riding forward slowly. The young man's eyes were bright, and there was a slight blush on his fair cheeks. His light-colored cloak fluttered softly behind him as he moved forward.

Garlan rode alone at the front of the army.

One horse length behind, Heimos rode the reddish-brown horse and followed behind Garlan.

His dark hair was scattered on his brown cheeks, his eyes were slightly lowered, and there was no expression on his handsome face at the moment.

He seemed to be indifferent to everything around him. He only occasionally raised his head to glance at Garlan's figure in front of him, his eyes passing over the rough lapis lazuli earrings on the young man's earlobes without trace.

Caihuos, Xinyas and the powerful ministers who came out of the city to greet them followed at a distance again.

They all looked calm and composed, as if the undercurrent that surged not long ago had never existed.

However, even if it couldn't be seen on their faces, the high-hanging hearts of many powerful ministers finally fell to the ground at this moment.

The throne is set.

They don't have to worry about it anymore.

Outside the city gate, Heimos knelt in front of Crown Prince Garlan.

From now on, dignity and inferiority have been determined.

That kneeling.

This means that Heimos has declared to everyone in public that he is willing to serve Garlan as a knight.

That's fine.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief.

Aaron Landis could no longer withstand any turmoil. If the two princes were fighting among themselves for the throne at this moment... the consequences would be unimaginable.

As Garlan and his party entered the city, the carriage following them also slowly passed through the city gate and entered the main road of the royal city.

The moment the carriage entered the royal city, everything was silent, and all sounds seemed to disappear at this moment.

It was a golden carriage.

It was engraved with golden patterns symbolizing the runes of the God of the Underworld. Snow-white silk cloth was draped from all sides and covered the carriage, fluttering gently in the wind as the carriage moved forward.

In front of it, four snow-white horses pulled it forward slowly.

It's noon now, the sun is high in the sky, and the weather is a little hot.

But there was a hint of chill seeping out of the carriage, and bits of mist emitted by the huge ice cubes placed inside the golden carriage spread out from the snow-white silk cloth scattered around the carriage.

The knights of the guard closely guarded the carriage, with solemn expressions, escorting the carriage forward slowly.

Countless people stood on both sides of the wide road in the royal city.

Dark crowds stood along both sides of the wide road. The sun was bright, but there was no warmth on the faces of the people crowding on both sides of the road, only full of mourning.

The avenue in the Imperial City that runs through the entire city is very long, and there are countless people crowding on both sides.

Moving forward, there is no end in sight.

Backward, the tail cannot be seen.

Countless people crowded on both sides of the road, and it was dark, but there was silence on the long avenue.

They stood quietly, watching the golden carriage in silence.

I don’t know who started it first, I don’t know who took the lead.

Someone leaned over and stood on the edge of the avenue, bowing his head and kneeling down.

Then, one after another, everyone knelt on the ground.

No one ordered it, no one forced it, but everyone here knelt down on their own at this moment.

They knelt down willingly and bowed their heads deeply to the golden carriage on the road.

Among them were decrepit old people, young children, women with tear-stained faces, men with sad eyes, rich businessmen in gorgeous clothes, and poor people with rough faces.

Under the bright sunshine, the entire royal city was silent.

The sunlight was so bright that it gave people a sense of pale powerlessness.

Suddenly, the sound of a flute sounded on the quiet road.

Shuros, the bard who followed on horseback to the side of the carriage, played the flute.

The sad and melancholy sound of the flute echoed gently in the silent royal city, like a farewell elegy.

There were endless people kneeling on both sides of the road, but the land was very quiet, and only the sad sound of the flute echoed in the air.

The people who didn't even dare to cry seemed to be afraid of disturbing the sleeping heroic spirits in the carriage.

No one spoke.

No one wanted to disturb their sleeping king.

Ten miles long road, thousands of people mourned.

The people of Aaron Landis fell to their knees.

His hands were clasped together and pressed against his forehead.

They closed their eyes and prayed silently to the gods of Aaron Landis.

king camos

I'm King Aaron Landis

immortal lion

May your heroic spirit be accepted by the gods into the kingdom of God.

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"what is going on?!"

The voice of Shamash's priest at this moment contained a rare hint of anxiety.

"You were obviously fine when you came back, why did you suddenly fall ill!"

Not only Xie Muer, but also Kaihos and others are staying here at the moment.

It was obvious that everyone was in a somber mood and the atmosphere in the room seemed depressing.

With a creak, the bedroom door was pushed open, and the female official Tapti walked out of it.

Her face didn't look very good, she was much thinner than before, and there was no color on her face at the moment.

As soon as she came out, everyone's eyes fell on her.

She shook her head at the crowd.

As a result, the atmosphere in the room became more depressed as she shook her head.

Everyone looked at each other, all with solemn expressions and heavy hearts.

Although they were all worried in their hearts, in order to prevent the news from leaking, they could not stay here for too long, and they left one after another not long after.

After Taputi sent everyone away, she returned to the bedroom. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Garlan who was sleeping on the bed.

The young man lay quietly on the bed, with an abnormal blush on his cheeks, and the skin outside of that blush was extremely pale.

The sweat from his forehead stuck a few strands of golden hair to his cheeks.

The lips were slightly open, and the breath was quite rapid.

Even in his sleep, his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his eyelashes occasionally trembled, as if he was suppressing some kind of pain.

Tapti gently wiped the sweat from the prince's forehead with a wet wipe and looked at Gallan's pale face with distress.

On the second day after returning to the palace, Prince Garlan fell ill.

When she went to the dormitory to wake him up in the morning, she found him lying groggy on the bed with a low fever.

The whole day, the low-grade fever refused to go away, and the person remained drowsy.

Garlan's illness immediately caused a large group of people to panic.

While they wanted to hide the news that the crown prince was ill and unconscious, they were still worried about Garlan's illness.

At first, Caihos thought it was a plague he contracted in the army, so he quickly brought over the army doctor who was knowledgeable about plagues for diagnosis and treatment.

However, after the diagnosis, the doctor said that the crown prince's disease was not the kind of plague in the army, and he could not find the cause.

Later, the female official Tapti secretly brought the old doctor from the palace who was only responsible for treating King Camos.

After carefully examining Gallan's condition, the old man shook his head, his expression looking extremely heavy.

"The Crown Prince is actually not sick..."

The old doctor paused and suddenly changed his tune.

"No, it's actually a disease."

He said,

"Heart disease."

As soon as he said these two words, everyone in Kaihos was stunned, looking at the sleeping Garlan with complicated expressions.

"This disease can't be seen on the outside, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

"The things that weigh on his heart are too heavy..."

"I think... it's probably like having a knife stuck in your heart..."

The old doctor was talking nonchalantly.

The old man, who knew very well what had happened during this period, looked at the young man who was sleeping with a low fever and let out a low sigh.

He has always been King Camos's specialist physician. He has followed King Camos for more than ten years and watched the little prince grow up little by little under the care of King Camos.

He often laughed and watched the interaction between the two brothers.

He could clearly see the close relationship between the two of them that was not real brothers but was far better than real brothers.

Seeing King Camos die with his own eyes, one can imagine the pain in the little prince's heart.

But in order to save Aaron Landis in crisis, he had no time to relax and could only bury it deep in his heart.

"He's probably been holding on to protect Aaron Landis."

The old man sighed again.

"...He lasted long enough."

Shermer pursed his lips.

He asked: "Can the crown prince's illness be cured?"

"have no idea."

The old doctor answered.

"The prince is very strong, but sometimes being too strong is not a good thing... He shouldered everything on his own."

"If he is unwilling to vent his pain and pull out the knife in his heart..."

He shook his head helplessly.

"This disease will never be cured."

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Thinking about what the old doctor said, Tapti looked at the sleeping prince who was still frowning slightly and sighed softly.

She turned her head and looked through the window.

The deserted moonlight fell on the courtyard at night, and the sound of running water from the fountain could be vaguely heard from the courtyard.

The stone statue of the star goddess Isdar was shrouded in the moonlight, and fine water droplets splashed on her face, slowly flowing down the cold stone statue.

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The boundless dream slowly unfolded, displaying scenes before the eyes of the sleeping young man.

That scene was what happened after his death in previous lives.

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In each of those lifetimes, shortly after his death at the hands of Hymos, the great battle of Rudas would break out.

Under the bewitchment of the Cult of All Things, Yunus, the lord of Rudas City, colluded with the Gastad people and poisoned King Camos.

The Lion King, who was undefeated on the battlefield, was poisoned and died in Yunus' room without anyone noticing.

Everything after that was like this life, Yunus's subordinates rebelled and killed their master.

The Garstardians, led by Tire, besieged the defenseless army of Aaron Landis.

The two armies were destroyed.

But this time, the matter of Yunus poisoning King Camos was not covered up, and was specially publicized by the Gastad people, which immediately caused great shock and turmoil among Aaron Landis.

King Camos actually died at the hands of a member of the royal family or even his uncle. This incident dealt a serious blow to all Aaron Landis people.

If everyone in the royal family is colluding with the Gastards, then who else can be trusted?

The city lords began to be suspicious of each other. Everyone was in danger and no longer dared to trust others easily.

Aaron Landis was distraught.

Imprisoned in a dungeon by the Gastards, Yonas committed suicide in remorse and despair.

His daughter disappeared during the war, and no one knew her whereabouts.

Subsequently, the Gastad people used Rudas City as a material stronghold, marched all the way, and led hundreds of thousands of troops to the royal city.

There is only one legion guarding the royal city.

At the same time, the Geshurs invaded from the north, and the Yisi invaded from the east.

The northern and eastern armies were unable to move.

And misfortunes never come singly.

Civil strife broke out in Tastar, the friendly country in the northwest. The new leader led the Tastar army and the Gastad people to invade the territory of Aaron Landis and attack the royal city.

The city of Tozes in the south, which had been attacked by pirates not long ago and was in a semi-destroyed state, was once again attacked by pirates. The pirates even went up the river and attacked the cities along the river, heading towards the royal city. Come.

The royal city was besieged by three armies.

At this time, among the two princes in the royal city, Prince Garlan died in an "accident", leaving only Prince Heimos alone.

Something unbelievable happened.

Prince Heimos resolutely gave up the royal city and led the army in the royal city to abandon the city.

The Gastards easily captured the royal city.

Aaron Landis perished.

Subsequently, Heimos directly ordered the Northern Army and the Eastern Army to abandon the border.

Two of Aaron Landis's six legions were destroyed in the battle with the Gastards, but the remaining four legions had a lot of strength because of his order to abandon the defense.

Heimos led the army to retreat to the northwest, behind the Eya River, directly cutting off the new leader of Tastar, and sent troops into the country of Tastar to help the original leader regain power.

After that, he used the natural danger of the Eya River to defend himself, with his back to the country of Tastar, and lurked quietly, never making any move again.

The Gastards easily captured the royal city abandoned by Heimos.

As the border legions retreated, the Geshurs moved south and the Yis moved westward.

Except for the small part of the northwest land adjacent to the Tastar Kingdom, most of the land of Aaron Landis was lost.

The Geshurites and Yithites marched toward the royal city without ceremony.

They directly joined forces and began to attack the Gastad people who occupied the royal city.

The pirates, who knew that they could not compete with the power of the country, plundered and killed the cities along the river in the south, then left without hesitation and returned to the sea with a large amount of plundered wealth.

The three armies of Yis, Gesu, and Gastad fought fiercely on the land of Aaron Landis, and the people in the area where Aaron Landis fell fell into dire straits and misery.

The three armies were wreaking havoc on Aaron Landis' land without any care, burning, killing, and looting.

They regarded the Aaron Landis as pigs, horses, cattle and sheep that they could kill, plundered their property and food, captured them as slaves, and even took pleasure in torturing and killing them.

As a people who had subjugated their country, the Aaron Landis people had almost been reduced to an existence inferior to livestock.

Heimos looked at all this with cold eyes.

He remained stationed in the northwest, motionless, leaving Aaron Landis's people to struggle in the flames of war.

The once prosperous and beautiful land of Aaron Landis has become a hell on earth.

However, in just over a year, Aaron Landis' original population of 20 million suddenly dropped to 13 million.

That's a reduction of nearly one-third.

In just over a year, seven million people died in the war.

There are no words to describe and express the suffering that Aaron Landis’ people suffered during this time.

Seven million lives.

Such a cold number.

It is enough to let everyone know the shocking and cruel reality behind this number.

After garrisoning the royal city for half a year, the Gastad people eventually lost to the joint attack of Yis and Geshur because more and more soldiers were sick. They abandoned the royal city and returned to Canal.

Yis and Geshu continued to fight in the land of Aaron Landis for nearly a year. The two sides were in a stalemate. The royal city changed hands several times, and both sides' forces were greatly exhausted.

The once prosperous royal city has long been in dilapidated condition, and the once numerous city residents are now gone.

At this moment, Heimos, who had been watching indifferently for more than a year, brazenly led his troops from the northwest.

First, they cut off the northern retreat of the Gesu people and defeated the Gesu army.

Then he recaptured the royal city from the Yis people and drove the Yis army out of the country in one fell swoop.

Within four months, Aaron Landis returned to the country.

Heimos ascended the throne in the royal city and became the new King Aaron Landis.

During his reign, the fighting prowess of Aaron Landis' army reached its peak.

No one dares to take a step against Aaron Landis.

It became the most powerful military country on the continent.

However, this kind of power is a kind of abnormal power.

As strong as Aaron Landis's military was, his economy became depressed.

Heimos did not go out of his way to treat his people harshly, he just didn't care and didn't care.

But the king only needs to be indifferent to make the vast majority of his people live in hardship and hardship.

Gradually, the people of Aaron Landis became more and more disappointed, and their resentment towards this cruel king gradually increased, but they endured it only because of their fear of him.

Huymos remained on the throne for sixteen years, and died of illness before he was forty years old.

Before his death, he neither left any descendants nor designated a successor.

It's not that it's too late, it's that I don't want to care at all.

With his personality completely twisted and surly, he did whatever he wanted on the throne when he was alive. After his death, he didn't care what Aaron Landis would become after his death.

When he was alive, all the powerful ministers were silent and did not dare to take a breath.

As soon as he died, the people who were suddenly liberated began to fight crazily for power.

Soon after, a young child with royal blood was placed on the throne and became a puppet supported by powerful ministers.

However, many city lords refused to recognize the king they supported and refused to obey the king's orders.

At the same time, people who were already complaining ignited the flames of uprising in various places.

Aaron Landis is divided and confused.

Less than a year after the death of Heimos, the Gastards attacked Aaron Landis brazenly after they had accumulated enough power after ruling Canal for sixteen years.

Aaron Landis is as fragile as a bubble without Huey Moss.

In just three months, the royal city was captured by the Gastad people.

The once-prominent Aaron Landis perished again.

He died at the hands of Tyr, the king of Gastad.

Later, after capturing Aaron Landis, King Tire of Gastad continued to fight in the north and south.

It took him five years to conquer Tasda in the northeast, Gesu in the north, Is in the east and many other countries.

His horse hooves trampled all over the earth, conquered all the kingdoms on this continent, and established a huge empire.

However, shortly after completely conquering the continent, Tyr died unexpectedly.

The vast empire he built fell apart immediately after his death.

Since then, the mainland has been plunged into a century-long war. The divided countries have been fighting each other endlessly. The people of each country have been displaced. White bones can be seen everywhere on the earth. Everywhere is desolate, and the people are in dire straits.

The suffering of people on earth seems to have no end...

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Under the starry night sky, the clear water drops of the fountain scattered in the dark night.

The water drops that splashed on the face of the stone statue of Isdal slowly slid down the cold cheeks, just like the tears from the corners of the eyes of the Star Goddess.

The moonlight slanted into the room and shone on Garlan's abnormally crimson cheeks, who had been sleeping for a long time.

Snap.

The drop of water fell gently into the spring water.

The boy who woke up from his dream slowly opened his eyes.