A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

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

At the moment when his body stiffened due to being hit by the arrow, there was another whooshing sound in the air, and the fourth arrow suddenly shot towards Mitayas who was blocking Garlan.

Just as the arrow was about to hit Mitayas, a snow-white sword blade was swung out from the side of the knight's body.

At the critical moment, Garlan turned his horse and went around, thrust out his sword and knocked away the arrow, saving Mitayas' life.

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

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

"Mitaas."

Garlan stretched out his hand to support Mitayas who was riding the horse, to prevent him from falling off the horse due to confusion and causing more serious injuries.

"His Majesty!"

Suojia shouted and squeezed to Gallan's side.

While he looked at Garlan nervously, he asked, "Are you injured?"

"I'm fine, Mitayas blocked it for me... He's not in a good condition."

Garlan still held Mitayas's shoulder with one hand and answered worriedly.

"It's very dangerous here. Please return to the palace as soon as possible."

Seeing that Garlan was fine, Suojia breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and stared at the tall tower in the direction where the arrow was shot, with a dangerous look in his eyes.

"I'll take someone over there to investigate."

With great difficulty, he was reused by King Garlan, which allowed Nanna's temple to stand side by side with Shamash's temple, and maybe it would become famous in history in the future.

Suojia will never allow anyone to ruin the current good situation.

Although he had vaguely noticed something was wrong before, Suojia did not expect that those people would do it in public without any scruples.

Suojia led a group of people and rode quickly towards the high tower over there.

"Don't worry about me, Your Majesty, I didn't hurt any vital parts."

The knight took a long breath, frowning in pain.

He looked at Suojia's back, which seemed to be in a hurry, and there was a trace of solemnity and suspicion in his eyes.

He forced himself to sit upright on the horse, turned his head and shouted orders.

"Qier, take people to seal off the area around the tower." He put a hand on his injured chest, looked serious, and ordered in a deep voice, "No one is allowed to enter or exit at will without my permission and His Majesty's permission." .”

A quarter of an hour later, the entire area around the tower was sealed off.

Because of this attack, the original plan to inspect King Karnar City 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 General Aaron Landis can be seen everywhere in the city, and the Kanal people in the city can see it as soon as they raise their eyes.

When they heard that their king was attacked, they all felt unhappy. They patrolled every place in the city with stern eyes, checking all suspicious people on the street.

At the same time, they controlled all the commanding heights in the city, whether it was high towers, bell towers, or even temples, and no one was allowed to enter.

For a time, the people of Kanal in the city were panicked.

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"Is this kind of movement too big?"

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

Suojia stood in front of him and reported to him what happened not long ago.

"This will cause unrest among the people of Karnal," Garlan said.

Knowing that the Kanar people were expecting and anxious about his arrival, Garlan stationed the army he brought outside the city instead of entering the city.

This move is to appease the sentiments of the people of Karnal.

After all, allowing the army to enter the city on a large scale would easily cause uneasiness among the delicate and sensitive Kanar people.

"No, Your Majesty, compared to your safety, the emotions of the Kanal people are just a trivial matter. We can calm them down later."

Suojia shook his head and said.

"I think what happened this time was not the remnants of the Gastad people, nor the opposition forces in Kanal, but within us..."

The archer reacted very quickly, probably evacuating quickly after shooting those few arrows. So when Suojia rushed to the tower, he only found the traces left by the other party on the tower.

Although the subordinates sent by Mitayas quickly sealed off the scene and conducted questioning and interrogation of the people nearby, no useful clues were found.

"Your Majesty, I will go check it out again."

After Suojia finished speaking, he thought about it and added a few more words.

"I have sent additional patrols outside. Now that Mitayas is injured, you have no one to protect you, so please stay in the palace tonight and do not leave without permission."

Suojia told him very uneasily. After all, he knew that this His Majesty had countless records of secretly breaking away from guards and conducting private visits in private. He had bumped into him several times himself.

He had complained before about how Shemuer treated King Garlan like an old mother-in-law and was heartbroken. But now that Shemuer was gone, it was his turn.

"No matter what you have to do, please wait until Mr. Kalleni comes tomorrow."

Veteran Kallieni will be able to lead the Sixth Army to arrive tomorrow.

Having this veteran keeping an eye on His Majesty is somewhat reassuring.

Gallan was a bit dumbfounded by Suojia's uneasy warning.

In the past, he sneaked out of the royal city because it was his territory. The intelligence network established by Tal allowed him to control the situation of the entire royal city. In addition, he always had one or two of the strongest knights with him as support. , so he was unscrupulous.

Now that he is in a strange place and has no security around him, of course he will not do such stupid things.

...I always feel that Suojia has a tendency to develop towards Shemuer.

Although he thought so, in order to reassure Suojia, he nodded and indicated that he understood.

Watching Suojia leave, Garlan pondered.

Before going to Kanal, Tal also told him that he had found out the news that some powerful people were restless.

However, because the intelligence network established by Tarr is currently only spread in the royal city and surrounding areas, and has not yet extended to Kanal, Tarr cannot find out what they want to do.

And he also believed that those people were not yet capable of extending their power to Kanal.

I just didn’t expect that…

Garlan was deep in thought when suddenly a guard walked over quickly.

He said anxiously: "Your Majesty, something happened with Lord Mitayas."

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"No! Lord Mitayas, even if your vitals are not injured, your injuries are not light. You must rest well."

"Bring me 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 off the bed, while the doctors and guards on the side were trying to stop him.

It's just that Mitayas is the most brave knight commander under Caixus. Even if he is injured, he is far more than ordinary people, so he can't stop him. The knight commander got off the hospital bed and stood on the ground with his feet.

His upper body was naked, and his chest was covered with thick bandages.

Just by his movement, the arrow wound split open, and the bleeding couldn't be stopped at all. Almost half of the snow-white bandage he had just put on was stained red.

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

"Mitaas, what are you doing?"

Garlan walked over quickly and spoke.

The people who were confronting each other in the room noticed the king's arrival and quickly knelt down and saluted.

Before Mitayas could answer, the doctor beside him had already opened his mouth to complain.

"Your Majesty, Lord Mitayas refuses to stay in bed to recover from his injuries. He insists on coming to your place and says he will stay at your door at night. In this way, his injuries will only worsen."

Garlan's eyes turned to the knight commander.

"Mitaas, I know your loyalty, but you are injured now and need to rest."

The Knight Commander shook his head.

"No, Your Majesty, His Majesty Caijos ordered me to stay by your side."

Since leaving the royal city, he has been faithfully executing Caihos's orders.

Every night he slept at the door of King Garlan's tent, and tonight was no exception.

"But you have been injured because you protected me."

Gallan said,

"This is my order, lie down on the bed and rest immediately."

The knight commander shook his head stubbornly.

"Your Majesty, someone wants to kill you now, and I will never leave your side."

Excessive blood loss made his lips extremely pale, and the pain caused large beads of sweat to appear on his forehead, but he still knelt firmly on the ground, refusing to get up with a stubborn look on his face.

Garlan looked at the stubborn knight commander in front of him with a headache.

He is truly worthy of being chosen and sent here by Caihos.

He thought so, looking at the blood-soaked bandage on Mitayas's chest, he could only choose to give in.

"Let's do this. You can sleep in my room tonight. This way you can be considered as staying by my side and you are not violating Caijos's order."

"this……"

The knight commander hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and refused.

"It's better that I stay outside your door."

"Or I'll have you knocked unconscious now and continue to stay here."

"...I understand, I will follow your orders."

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

The whole city fell into silence, but there were still many Aaron Landis soldiers patrolling the streets.

Suojia hadn't gone back to rest yet, so he led his people to look for clues of the attacker in the area of ​​the tower.

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

It comes from those powerful people whose power has been gradually weakened since King Garlan came to the throne.

Although as a subordinate of the loser who failed to compete for the throne, Suojia was unable to participate in political affairs for more than a year, but he has always paid attention to every political order issued from the royal court.

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

They had long been dissatisfied with the fact that King Garlan had always favored civilians and focused on protecting their rights, but they had just endured it.

The establishment of the Trade Office by King Garlan took away the bread of the nobles and became the biggest trigger.

Their resentment was as high as ever.

What finally reached the bottom of these people was King Garlan's attempt to centralize power through reforms.

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

The fact that the Kingdom of Karnar was about to return to King Garlan completely aroused their fear and uneasiness.

Because these nobles know very well.

King Garlan plans to bring the entire Karnar under the direct control of the central government, instead of enfeoffing part of the city as before. If things develop smoothly, then King Garlan's power will grow to the point that no one can resist it. the point.

The power of the central government will completely overwhelm the power of the feudal aristocracy.

Royal power will completely overwhelm everything.

In this way, they will no longer be able to fight back, and in the future, King Garlan will gradually deprive the city of its real power.

Therefore, they desperately chose to take risks.

They want to nip the Young King in the cradle before he fully grows up.

Although he knew that they would take action, Suojia, like Garlan, did not think that these guys could stretch their hands that far into the territory of Kanal.

It seems that these guys may have secretly colluded with the remaining forces of the Gastad people and the opposition forces in Kanal...

You must know that only limited insiders know about King Garlan's trip to the ruins to pay homage to the heroic souls of General Aaron Landis.

In other words, there must be internal factors involved.

He must find out this conspirator as soon as possible.

After all, the knight commander sent by Kaihos to protect King Garlan was injured and fell down. If the culprit is not found out quickly, His Majesty will be in a very dangerous situation.

He always felt very uneasy in his heart, and he was thinking that it would be safer to wait until the veteran Kaleni arrived tomorrow and replace all the people around His Majesty with Kaleni's generals.

By the way, that stupid big knight is really lucky.

In order to protect His Majesty, he was injured, and the injury was not serious. He will definitely gain His Majesty's trust and importance in the future.

Maybe it's the second Tewa.

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etc.

Suojia's heart suddenly sank.

Something is wrong.

I always feel like something is wrong.

It all seemed too coincidental.

And was it really just an accident that Kalleni was delayed on his way here?

Is there anyone else doing this specifically?

If it was really intentional, they must have taken action before Kalieni arrived.

And Kareni will arrive tomorrow...

Suojia's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly turned his head to look.

No, where is King Garlan——! !

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

Groups of soldiers patrolled back and forth around the white palace, surrounding the place so airtight that no water could get in.

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

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

The young man lay quietly on the bed, his long blond hair spread out on the snow-white bed.

He was breathing evenly and his eyebrows were sleeping peacefully.

The room was very quiet, making the echoing sound of heavy breathing appear extremely clear and harsh.

A tall figure stood beside Garlan's bed.

The figure moved forward, leaned forward, and slowly extended a pair of thick hands forward.

They were trembling, as if they were afraid or struggling.

Then, he grabbed the sleeping boy by the throat.

The breathing in the silent room became heavier, and the man was panting heavily as if he couldn't breathe.

Originally, with his power, he could end everything with just one push.

However, the huge sense of fear, shame and guilt made his fingers tremble uncontrollably and completely disobedient, making him unable to use even a quarter of his usual strength.

The severe pain in his throat and the feeling of suffocation made Garlan suddenly wake up from his dream.

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

Pupils dilated slightly.

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

Mitayas!

He opened his mouth to speak, but his throat was tightly strangled and no sound came out.

The knight commander's heart trembled when he saw Garlan waking up.

Originally he was in the middle of an inner war, full of panic and struggle, but now he met Garlan's eyes and realized that he had no way out, and his face suddenly showed a look of despair.

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

The knight commander's hands stopped trembling, and he exerted force violently, about to break the young man's neck -

A cold sword light passed through the dark night.

The sword blade suddenly cut a deep bone-visible wound on Mitayas's arm.

If he hadn't ducked back in time, his throat might have been cut.

At the critical moment, Garlan pulled out the dagger hidden under the pillow and swung it at the opponent, forcing Mitayas back with a sword.

Turning around, he quickly rolled over and landed on the other side of the bed.

He opened his mouth, wanting to call the guards outside to come in.

Throat--

Can't make a sound——

He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Garlan couldn't see the shocking purple bruises on his neck, but he felt his throat was in severe pain.

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

Without any time to think, Garlan instinctively raised the dagger in his hand and tried to resist.

But Mitayas was the strongest knight commander under Caihos, and Garlan's force was simply unable to compete with him.

After only a few moments of resistance, Mitayas grabbed his right wrist.

The severe pain forced him to let go of his hand. The dagger was thrown far away, crossed an arc, and fell onto the soft bed.

Mitayas had a ruthless look on his face, and his whole body exuded the evil aura formed from years of fighting on the battlefield.

He grabbed Garlan's right hand with one hand, and clasped Garlan's throat with the other hand, pressing him against the open window.

Garlan leaned backward.

The toes barely touched the ground, and the waist was pressed against the window sill.

Mitayas pressed his throat, causing his upper body to fall backwards, almost completely hanging in the air.

The young man's long golden hair was scattered in the air.

Beneath the suspended back is tens of meters in the air.

Below is a hard stone floor paved with white jade.

"Forgive me...forgive me, Your Majesty..."

Although his hands were tightly squeezing Garlan's throat, Mitayas seemed to be in a state of collapse.

He murmured nervously while forcefully pushing Garlan's body out of the window sill.

"I have no choice...forgive me...I was forced, they forced me, I really have no other choice..."

He had a crazy look on his face and was talking incoherently. He didn't know whether he was talking to Garlan or talking to himself.

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

Snap, snap.

Big tears flowed from the eyes of this man who seemed to have completely suffered a mental breakdown and fell on Garlan's face.

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

But his hand still held Garlan's throat tightly.

Garlan struggled to prop himself up and tightened his grip on the opponent's hand that was holding his throat.

It was difficult for him to breathe.

His consciousness gradually became blurred.

He saw that the clothes that were holding Mitayas's chest were stained with blood from the bandages, and reflected the moonlight, which was dazzlingly red.

Mitayas cried repressedly for about ten seconds.

Suddenly, a violent banging on the door from outside woke him up.

Along with the banging on the door, there were nervous shouts. The guards guarding outside the room noticed the movement in the room and were trying to rush in.

The madness in Mitayas's eyes dissipated after he was awakened, and he became sober.

The more he wakes up, the deeper the pain in his eyes becomes.

With tears in his eyes, 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 this with despair in his eyes.

While showing a desperate look, he tried to squeeze Garlan's throat with all his strength.

But his hands were shaking and he couldn't exert any strength.

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

Mitayas gritted his teeth and used his right hand to push Garlan away.

Garlan, who was about to be pushed out of the window sill, had a fierce look on his golden pupils. A second before his feet were forced to leave the ground, he kicked Mitayas hard on the knee.

It was a kick with all his strength. The knight commander, immersed in pain and defenseless, staggered forward and fell from the window.

"His Majesty--!!!"

Garlan fell from high altitude.

Mitayas, who was pulled out by him at the last moment, also fell from the sky with him.

The wind whistled in my ears.

Her blond hair was spread messily around her cheeks.

The strong feeling of weightlessness seemed to paralyze his entire body.

My throat was in severe pain and I couldn't make any sound.

Garlan opened his eyes.

In the dark night sky, a full moon sheds light like silver on the ground.

The boundless starry sky, thousands of stars.

It was as if everything was reflected in his eyes at this moment.

it's over.

he thought, closing his eyes.

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

The speed was so fast that the traces of the afterimage left behind could almost be faintly seen.

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

He stepped on the knight commander and kicked him away.

And he used his strength to move forward, reaching out his left hand to catch the fallen Garlan by the waist.

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

He held Garlan with one arm and drew an arc in the air along with the swing of the rope.

Then, let go.

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

The second before he hit the ground, there was a bang, and not far behind him, the knight commander fell headfirst from a high altitude onto the stone ground, causing his brain to burst.

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

The wide hood slipped off.

The moonlight fell like water on this person.

The jet-black hair flew to one side, revealing half of his sharp eyes that were the color of burning flames.

There was a deep scratch at the corner of the eye, which was extremely ferocious and extended to the ear, adding a sinister look to that handsome face.

He was half-kneeling on the ground, his dark brown arms tightly and forcefully holding the boy he had just caught in his arms.

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