Kingdom’s Bloodline

Tuleha was the first to react. --

The Flame Knight's hands tightened slightly, and Thales felt the coolness on the side of his neck deepen - the back of the golden saber was directly attached to his skin.

The second prince didn't dare to move, for fear that Tuleha's backhand would make his neck turn bright red.

"Strange, black long sword?" Tuleha narrowed his eyes: "A man with almost no characteristics?"

Thales could only nod his head.

"Interesting." The corners of Tuleha's mouth curled up slightly, and there was a strong fighting spirit in his eyes: "An acquaintance."

Raphael frowned, looking at Thales with complicated eyes.

"Black sword?"

Kashan lightly clasped her hands: "You mean——the black sword of the Brotherhood of the Black Street?"

Cohen was taken aback when he heard the news.

fraternity?

Why is Xingchen's black street brotherhood...

"I don't know," the wide-eyed Thales said cautiously, for fear that his throat would touch Tuleha's blade while moving: "Probably so."

Kassan watched him silently.

"Secret Branch gave Hei Jian the Rod of Stars?" The Scarlet Witch asked softly.

Raphael said nothing, just looked at Thales silently, even ignoring Cohen's movement of pushing him behind him.

Thales pulled out an awkward and ugly smile, expressing his acquiescence.

please.

Who knows what Star Rod is.

And that Raphael had no intention of speaking at all.

Thales thought frightenedly: Mr. Heijian, I have to use your old man to block it, and you shouldn't mind—it won't lose a piece of meat anyway.

However, only a few seconds later, the old woman suddenly laughed out loud.

"Hahaha,

Kashan smiled and shook her head, her eyes were full of helplessness and fun like watching children fight: "Morat must give you a headache." "

"Liar boy."

Taylor's eye sockets widened slightly: "Huh?"

The Scarlet Witch sighed.

"How do you think I knew about the secret department's plan in advance?" Kashan raised her eyes covered with wrinkles, with a deep chill in her eyes: "Do you know that they are going to use the disaster to launch a conspiracy?"

Thales was slightly taken aback.

"While you were still on your way to Dragon Clouds City, Prince Thales..."

"An old friend from the Black Street Brotherhood asked us for help with a raven," Kashan glanced at the people in the field, and his eyes lingered on Raphael for a moment: "He is being forced by the Blood Bottle Gang To the north, you have to rely on your mission."

Thales took a few seconds to understand the meaning of this sentence, and then trembled slightly—his brain instantly opened a string.

"An old friend from the fraternity?"

Thales said in disbelief, at that moment he didn't even care about the blade on his neck: "You mean, Ramon?"

"The doctor?"

"It's him?"

Kashan gave a weird smile.

Raphael still had a calm expression and said nothing.

Wyatt and Rolf looked at each other, inexplicably surprised.

"So it turns out that Ramon asked me to use the raven on the road, not to contact the Brotherhood of the Black Street," Thales came to his senses, and murmured in a trance, "but to contact you."

The Scarlet Witch sighed slightly, her eyes were dark.

"Ramon's mind is very flexible. He guessed that the predicament he got into might be caused by the secret department," Kashan said calmly, "so he contacted the darkroom directly."

"And I know Morat so well - he must be planning something."

Hearing this, Raphael sighed.

The person from the secret department looked at Thales with a strange expression: "Why would an unknown doctor be allowed to use the messenger crow of the mission or the black sand collar?"

"And you didn't pay attention to where he sent the message?"

Thales was taken aback for a moment, then remembered the history of contact with Ramon, and couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

He can't say that Ramon told him about magic in exchange for it, right?

But this is not what he needs to worry about the most at present.

"People from the Fraternity learned about our Secret Division's conspiracy," the Scarlet Witch slowly shook her head at him, stepping over the silhouettes of several people: "But you said that the Secret Division colluded with the Brotherhood and even gave the Brotherhood the Rod of Stars leader?"

Thales could only show a wry smile.

"I'm not as good as Morat," Cassan said lightly, "but I can still tell what lies are."

Thales met her gaze, only feeling his scalp tighten.

Really bad.

Kashan snorted with a smile, and looked at Raphael again.

"Stop making detours, kid," Scarlet Witch's eyes became serious: "You may not have it with you...but I know you have a way to get it right away."

Raphael frowned slightly.

Cohen and Miranda couldn't help but look at the young man from the Secret Division.

"The secret science of the stars has mastered a mysterious transmission ability a long time ago." Kashan's mouth curled up slightly.

"It's as small as a voice letter, as large as a weapon and even a living person." The eyes of the Scarlet Witch are full of interest: "You can all be transported to the destination in an instant regardless of the distance."

Thales was stunned.

transfer ability.

sound……

Regardless of distance.

Cohen's face changed, Miranda also frowned, and Wyatt looked suspicious.

On Raphael's arm just now, that black hole that looks like the mouth of some kind of creature...

Raphael didn't speak, he still looked at the Scarlet Witch calmly.

As if he wasn't here at all.

"Give me the staff of the stars." The face of the leader of the dark room was still gentle and amiable, but his words became more and more serious: "If you don't want to see your prince suffer any misfortune."

Thales' face suddenly turned pale.

Tuleha snorted dissatisfiedly.

At this moment, a thin voice that no one heard for a long time resounded weakly from the corner of the cell.

Full of grievances and low emotions.

"From long ago, long ago..."

"Do you know these things?"

Everyone was slightly startled, then looked towards the corner where the sound came from.

With the back of the knife pressed against his neck, Thales couldn't turn his head, but he was also taken aback—because he recognized who the owner of the voice was.

I saw the neglected little girl—the little slippery head was leaning against the wall, with a pale face, tremblingly looking at Kashan.

"Aren't you from the dark room?" I saw Xiao Huatou biting his lower lip tightly, his eyes full of pain and fear.

"The dark room is the shadow cast by the dragon's wings," murmured the little slippery head, "but why..."

Xiao Huatou's face changed, as if recalling the most embarrassing memory.

"Why didn't you report to His Majesty?" The little slippery man's eyes were filled with tears and his whole body was shaking: "You are just waiting for disasters, waiting for those disasters... Seeing them in Dragon Clouds City, everyone is scared. ..."

Thales frowned.

He thought of those who ran for their lives, those who suffocated in the air, those who were separated in flesh and blood, the shield zone that was completely destroyed.

Kashan seemed a little surprised, she looked back at the messy little girl in the corner with a complicated expression.

After a few seconds, she sighed deeply.

"I'm sorry." Unexpectedly, the Scarlet Witch bowed slightly in the direction of the little slippery head: "Miss Alex Walton."

Cohen's eye sockets suddenly widened, and he looked at the little slippery head in disbelief.

Miranda raised an eyebrow.

Hearing this name, the little slippery head seemed to be taken aback, and she looked at Thales with a panicked expression.

But Thales was still pressed against his neck by the back of the knife, so he couldn't see her expression at all.

"Even if we know that Morat is playing tricks..." the Scarlet Witch's voice sounded.

"The dark room is still helpless," Kashan said sincerely and sadly: "The secret department has hidden the news and whereabouts too well."

The Scarlet Witch raised her body and shook her head.

"It's too late."

"The blood magician arrived in Dragon Clouds City very early, we don't know the secret department's plan, let alone be prepared," Kashan said in a low voice, with bleak eyes, "We can only watch the mission getting closer and closer. "

Xiao Huatou recovered from her astonishment and fear, she clenched her fists and raised her head tremblingly.

"Then you should report to His Majesty!" The girl gritted her teeth tightly, tears streaming out of her eyes, "That is the king of all Exeters! So many people died in Dragon Clouds City... He must be able to prevent these things from happening!"

The Scarlet Witch raised her head abruptly, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at the little slippery head seriously.

"Our king?" Ms. Kashan whispered softly, spitting out the king's name:

"Nun Nakaju Kadeen Walton?"

The person in charge of the dark room smiled lightly.

"Believe me, in the past thirty years, I have respected him very much," she nodded, with respect and nostalgia in her eyes, "at least, during most of his reign, he was a good king—I We are ready to report to him."

Kashan's face changed, and he spit out the next sentence:

"If he didn't hide it from me, he planned to sell Dragon Clouds City to Xingchen, and betrayed Exeter, so as to continue his family."

Everyone's face changed.

"What?" Surprised Cohen couldn't help but ask.

The little slippery face was pale, and he stared at Kashan blankly.

"Yes, my dear lady," the Scarlet Witch sighed slightly: "I intercepted the letter raven sent by His Majesty Nun to the Star High King."

"He wants to rely on the power of the nine-pointed star to save the precarious Cloud Dragon Spear, and he wants to frighten the new king by relying on your marriage with that little prince," Kashan's eyes became extremely fierce: "For this reason, he will not hesitate to let you Xingchen got a bargaining chip to intervene in Exeter's affairs."

"Even in the future, let an heir with Canxing's blood take over the First Territory of Exeter."

Except for Raphael and Thales, almost everyone's eyes widened.

Even Tuleha couldn't help turning his head to look back.

Everyone looked at the little slippery head in unison, then at Kashan, and finally at the kidnapped second prince.

At that moment, Thales only felt complicated.

Before his eyes, the scene of King Nun handing the ring into the hands of the little slippery man appeared.

"God," Cohen's mouth was opened into an "O" shape, and he stared straight at Thales: "This is the truth about what your Highness said, that King Nuen wants to form an alliance with us?"

"Let the descendants of the Canxing royal family and the Walton family inherit the Grand Duke of Dragon Clouds City?"

"As the king of Exeter," the Scarlet Witch slowly shook her head, "he shouldn't have done that."

"For Exeter, there is only one thing I can do."

Raphael raised his head, a strange light flashed in his red eyes.

"So you went and found Rumba," he said softly.

Kashan didn't speak, she just looked at the enemies in front of her calmly.

Thales stared blankly at the Scarlet Witch.

I just feel confused.

"This is really the biggest joke," the second prince murmured subconsciously: "It turns out——your betrayal was not an accident."

"For this...you want King Nuen's life."

Thales closed his eyes and sighed deeply, feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

"The secret department and the dark room, both of them will kill him - you are almost cooperating..."

"In this case, even if King Nuen has an army from Dragon Clouds City as a backing and a White Blade Guard as a barrier..."

Thales silently said the next sentence in his heart: How could he not die?

At that moment, he really felt bored.

Kashan snorted softly, with a delicate expression.

"For hundreds of years, the secret science has always been silent, and an astonishing thunderstorm is quietly weaving in the deep clouds." The eyes of the red witch are full of strange colors, like a chess player who has just won: "Perhaps In contrast, the passive darkroom has no choice but to use the nest to lay eggs, and use the thunder and lightning of the secret department to break through all the obstacles of Exeter."

"Do you want to watch the princes of Exeter fight like beasts with bloodshed?" Kashan smiled slightly: "Then let's let the fight end in the first round."

Listening to all this, Raphael couldn't help clenching his fists.

"You want a deathmatch where both sides are evenly matched." Scarlet Witch put her hands into her sleeves again: "Then we will completely push the situation to one side."

Cohen and Miranda exchanged a look, seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Do you want Exeter after Nunn to fall into a mess of constant disputes over the throne and endless suspicions about power?"

The leader of the dark room shook his head slightly:

"Then we'll give you Charmain Rumba."

Raphael pursed his lips, closed his eyes and sighed.

"That's why Nuen lost his eyes and ears. Facing the disaster and Rumba, he has no power to fight back." He stared blankly at the ground, "Our rear hands are all disabled."

"I lost." Raphael said lowly.

Cassan snorted lightly, and her expression returned to kindness.

"I know what you're thinking, little friend," the Scarlet Witch nodded slightly, looking at the little slippery man who was about to cry, "Since it's impossible, let's capture a Walton's blood and bring it back to the stars as a bargaining chip, right?" ?”

"such a pity……"

Kashan seemed to shake her head regretfully.

The next moment, she looked serious.

"Morat, why is he in such a hurry?" The Scarlet Witch raised her head, her eyes flickering: "Even asking a brat like you to do such a thing?"

"Why are you in such a hurry to train you in the same way as heirs?"

The silent Raphael still didn't speak.

Miranda thought of something and was startled.

Kashan, who didn't get an answer, showed a confident smile, and then spoke softly, her voice full of exhaustion and depression.

"He doesn't have much time left, does he?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the stars were slightly startled.

Raphael frowned even more.

"Tell me, how long can he last?" The Scarlet Witch said lightly, with a hint of sadness in her tone:

"Five years, or ten years?"

Raphael pursed his lips.

Thales stared blankly at Kashan, and Morat's figure appeared in his heart.

The old man who could force Gilbert and Jeanne back with a single word, the old man who could see through lies with his eyes.

Actually...

The next second, Kashan took a deep breath, as if to suck away all the emotions.

"Forget it, don't mention him," she raised her lips slightly, "let's get back to the topic."

The Scarlet Witch clapped her hands.

Following her applause, many people walked in outside the thick door.

There are black sand collar soldiers in patrol costumes, and there are also ordinary people wearing different costumes, men and women, who seem to be civilians.

But they all looked at the people in the cell with unkind faces.

The soldiers of Heisha collar went into the cell with persistent swords, and came to the faces of the stars.

Those "civilians" walked quietly behind Kashan without saying a word.

Thales sighed.

Tuleha chuckled lightly.

Seeing the surrounding scene, Miranda's expression changed, while Cohen lowered his head in pain.

"What should we do now?" the security officer gritted his teeth and whispered annoyedly.

"Steady." Raphael replied in a low voice.

"If you still refuse to hand over the staff of the stars," the Scarlet Witch smiled slightly: "You know...the prince is not the only one I can use to threaten you."

"And your companions."

Raphael looked at Kashan coldly.

The Scarlet Witch bowed slightly to him and nodded, showing her usual kind smile.

Thales looked at the multiple soldiers in the field, and watched them stand in formation and block the exit, feeling a chill in his heart.

It's over.

Now—feeling the coolness on his neck, he glanced at the indifferent Tuleha—what should he do?

But right now.

"Boom!"

A huge roar hit.

Kashan looked up sharply!

Gravel and dust fell from the top of the head again, and there was a burst of smoke in the cell!

The soldiers of Heisha collar unsheathed their weapons subconsciously.

Before everyone could react, several figures suddenly descended from the sky.

Just like Tuleha before.

The Flaming Knight realized something was wrong, and he reacted quickly: Thales only felt his arm tighten, and then Tuleha firmly grasped his right hand, controlling him in front of him.

Thales couldn't open his eyes because of the soaring smoke and dust. He could only distinguish the situation in the field by his hearing.

While the figures flickered, there were countless fighting sounds in the smoke and dust, metal clashes and soldiers shouting angrily one after another!

"Shua!"

"boom!"

"Clang!"

"Defend quickly!"

"careful!"

"Back!"

"Protect... well!"

In just ten seconds, accompanied by the sounds of human bodies falling to the ground, all the chaotic sounds disappeared, and the field gradually became quiet.

The smoke finally dissipated.

Thales was still tightly held by Tuleha, the blade never leaving his neck, while the Flame Knight frowned, observing the situation in the cell coldly.

The prince saw everything in front of him clearly.

Shock hit him.

Just where the Scarlet Witch was standing, the ceiling above her head had cracked a big hole.

The soldiers of the Heisha collar, including the people in the dark room, all retreated to the position of the thick door, and Qi Qi looked nervously and surprised at the uninvited guests in front of them-these intruders who fell from the sky.

They were a dozen or so powerful warriors with fierce eyes and quick movements, gray clothes and light armor, and scimitars covering their faces.

Some are even equipped with sophisticated arm shields and crossbows.

At this moment, the intruders were forming a formation, firmly stopping in front of the soldiers of Heisha collar, separating them from the star people and Tuleha in the cell.

And beside these soldiers who came suddenly, many enemies had already fallen—even behind their line of defense, the Scarlet Witch was standing in front of Raphael and the others with an ugly expression, away from the protection of her own people.

Kashan's situation is very bad - she has a strangely curved white-handled long knife across her neck, and her right arm is tightly clamped.

"Stand back," the captor behind her said coldly to the soldiers of the black sand collar: "For the sake of this lady's carotid artery."

Cohen stared blankly at the intruders, and exchanged glances with Miranda and Wyah, unable to hide his surprise.

Everyone was caught off guard by the sudden surprise.

"Who is this?" the security officer lowered his body.

Miranda shook her head and looked at Raphael who was still silent.

Looking at these soldiers who suddenly appeared, Thales' pupils shrank.

etc.

This outfit...

He carefully looked at the equipment of these soldiers, and then opened his mouth wide in surprise.

Thales recognized these people.

The silent confrontation lasted several seconds.

Until the kidnapped Scarlet Witch sighed.

"So the rumors are true."

She withdrew her gaze from the blade in front of her neck, and said to the hostage standing behind her:

"You really built an emergency secret passage in the city gate?"

The Scarlet Witch narrowed her eyes. She glanced at the intruders around her, and then at her subordinates—they were forced to retreat outside the thick door—with a low voice: "Even the dark room can be concealed...I really am I underestimated you."

A low laugh came from behind her.

"Snow Blade and Dragon Wing——From the day Exeter was founded, we have mutually restrained each other and restrained each other."

The hostage-taker showed a pale face, leaned over and whispered in Kashan's ear: "Beware of every move in the dark room: this is what we should do."

Raphael frowned when he saw the face of the person coming.

Under the surprised gazes of Miranda and Cohen, Raphael walked forward with a bad expression, and came to the side of Kashan and the intruder.

"you are late!"

The young man from the secret department said coldly to the visitor: "Almost killed us!"

The person who came raised his eyebrows, his pale face moved slightly.

"It will take a process to gather up the scattered brothers." The person who came looked past Raphael.

He looked at Tuleha, who was holding Thales hostage, and cast a provocative look at the Flame Knight without fear: "Hey, Tuleha, thanks to the noise you made—otherwise we would have to find more Long."

Tuleha frowned, and let out an unkind moan from his throat.

Thales stared blankly at the pale man, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The person who came raised his eyebrows, his eyes wandered past the little slippery boy in the corner, and paused slightly.

"Besides, you'd better be polite," the pale man shook the blade resting on Kashan's neck, "after all, I'm saving your life."

"The desolate boy from the secret department."

Siri Nikolai - the commander of the White Blade Guard, the captain of King Nun's personal guard, the enemy of the Canxing royal family, and one of the five generals of Exeter, the "Meteorite", calmly said to Raphael .