Kingdom’s Bloodline

"No, Your Majesty, you cannot take him away!"

Ian took a step forward with a bit of a gaffe, he even forgot how terrible Charmain Rumba was, unaware that the man in front of him was the supreme ruler of the entire kingdom. Fast updates and no ads.

"You can't take Prince Thales away!"

Count Nazer frowned slightly, and whispered to Lisbane beside him, "Strange."

"That's right," the Regent of Lisbon also showed a puzzled expression in his solemnity: "Once the hostage prince falls into the king's hands, the situation will be reversed, but..."

"Smart and ruthless as Luba, why does he think that we—Dragon Clouds City will bow to the majesty of the king obediently and hand over the hostages obediently?"

"Unless," Count Nazel narrowed his eyes, "he's holding something that makes us have to compromise?"

No one noticed that Lisbane's breathing stagnated slightly.

"Or," Nazer was still thinking, not noticing the old opponent's gaffe: "He thought that the whereabouts of Prince Thales had nothing to do with the overall situation, so he just said it casually."

This time, Lisbane didn't respond to him.

In the hall, King Charman squinted at the anxious Ian, as if looking at a clown.

"snort."

"Prince Thales is related to the future of the two great powers in the Western Continent." King Charman's eyes seemed to be frozen with winter snow. The king comes forward."

The king turned around, faced the entire hall, and said loudly, "Don't you think so?"

Ian took a deep breath and adjusted himself.

No one said anything.

Everyone looked at King Charman with serious expressions.

Thales' thoughts turned sharply, sorting out the clues in his mind.

The prince knew that the turmoil he was facing, whether it was the envoy from Qiyuan City or the marriage of the Grand Duchess, seemed to happen in Dragon Clouds City, but the actual key point was actually focused on the Heisha collar in the south—— On the struggle between King Charman and his vassals.

As Puttilai said, it all started with King Charman’s new enfeoffment decree for the nobility: the ambition of the Grand Duke Heisha made his vassals rebound one after another.

While King Charman was in a state of desperation, he also revealed his biggest flaw, and Qiyuan City took advantage of the situation to chase him down.

The two sides of the chessboard enter the game at this point, and start a game of gradually raising bets.

In the first round, the external forces headed by Qiyuan City took the lead: the grand dukes such as Ronnie supported and incited the vassals under the Lombard family behind the scenes, so that they had the confidence to continue to resist the king's decree, trying to make the country As for the notorious kinslayer king, he was completely sent into the abyss where his prestige was discredited and his relatives were betrayed.

The second round started with the counter-raise from Heisha collar: the strange accident of the Liberty Alliance brought fire to the backyard of the Ronnie family, making the families of Heisha collar who are determined to "oppose tyranny" no longer so confident-who Dare to count on that Grand Duke Ronnie, who is caught in a long-term war, to spare his hand, fulfill his promise, and send troops to support them in case of emergency?

In the third round of this game, facing King Charman's response, Qiyuan City turned over the next card: under the mediation of Ian Ronnie, the kingdom has the most important weight, but due to internal discord Dragon Clouds City, which had been weak for six years, finally reached an agreement. The vassals of Longxiao City gathered under the flag of the Grand Duchess, promising to march westward with their strong troops to solve the worries of Qiyuan City, and made a gesture to join the list against the king to ensure that the struggle of the Heisha leaders will continue go down.

After Dragon Clouds City expressed its position, the balance returned to the side that favored Qiyuan City—the strategy of Thales, Selma, and Ian was at this step.

Thales silently looked at the king facing the hall, and at the quiet vassals in the hall, feeling that his power was getting stronger day by day.

Just like King Nun back then.

"His Majesty!"

After all, Ian was a Viscount of a city, he adjusted his emotions, and spoke decisively and firmly.

"Negotiations with the Star Kingdom...we will finish it ourselves," the annoying Viscount, who has just arrived in Dragon Clouds City but is already well-known, said coldly: "The same is true for the war of the Freedom Alliance.

We don't need black sand collar to intervene. "

"The King's aid is not needed."

King Charman didn't answer, he didn't even look back at Ian.

For the first time, Earl Curtson, who hated Ian the most before, also spoke bluntly at this time, as if echoing Ian's words.

I only heard Ketsen sarcastically saying: "You should take care of your own backyard, 'Your Majesty' of Heisha Ling - I heard that Earl Mende in Songhai Town has already posted a notice condemning the king to the sentry Got it."

He snorted softly: "We can't count on a king who can't even manage his own territory well."

Obviously, the words satirizing the internal instability of the Heisha collar played a role: Viscount Cambida, who was behind King Charman, could not help but frown severely when he heard this sentence.

King Charman raised his eyebrows slightly.

"His Majesty."

Thelma, who hadn't spoken for a long time, had a sullen face, unable to hide the tension in her heart.

"The ones who have a feud with the Freedom Alliance are Dragon Clouds City and Qiyuan City after all," the Grand Duchess said seriously, "This is a battle between the Walton family and the Ronnie family."

"In order for Exeter to win the victory, based on emotion and reason, Prince Thales will play a greater role in Qiyuan City than in Heisha City."

Thales nodded slightly, but his eyes were dim.

Well said, Thelma.

But the last thing King Charman needs at the moment is probably the reason of "feeling and reasoning".

The king first stood silently for a few seconds, as if to savor the air of the moment.

Only then did he turn around slowly, showing half of his face to the angry Cotson and Ian who was facing a big enemy, then looked at the Grand Duchess, and nodded to Thales.

"You really like this boy, don't you?"

In the quiet hall, King Charman's pupils narrowed slightly, and he let out a disturbing voice: "We all expect him to force Xingchen's intervention?"

Facing the king's rhetorical question, Ian had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply:

"This is the internal affairs of Qiyuan City."

"It has nothing to do with you."

Hearing the crowd vying for him in the field, Thales couldn't help sighing softly: Whether it's himself or Selma, what they are facing now is an unexpected accident.

It can also be said that it is the fourth round of the chess game:

The star army that suddenly entered the game made the clear balance of military power erratic again, shaking the original overwhelming advantage of Qiyuan City;

Xingchen's army is a threat that cannot be ignored in the battle of the Freedom Alliance. Their attitude determines how much trouble the Freedom Alliance can bring to Qiyuan City.

This brought Thales to the forefront.

Once Thales arrives at Heisha collar, it means that the bargaining chips for negotiating with the stars and the initiative in the western war fall into the hands of the king, which means that Heisha collar has already killed Qiyuan city——Facing the behind-the-scenes Luo The undoubted failure of the Ni family, the suspicious Heisha vassals will lose confidence and hope, and give up their resistance to the king.

The strategy that Qiyuan City set up against King Chaman, trying to ruin his reputation, basically failed.

But what's worse is that because of Thales' going or staying - thinking of this, the prince couldn't help sighing - the relationship between the stubborn female grand duchess and the vassals re-emerged, which made Long Xiao, who had originally planned to send troops The city returned to a state of indecision.

So he can no longer sit idly by.

Thales looked at King Charman who shouldn't be standing here, and thought with a heavy heart: He had to take the last hole card.

A costly, dangerous hole card.

"However, twenty years ago, His Majesty Nun went to the Freedom Alliance in the name of the whole territory of Exeter." Charmain sighed: "Now the Freedom Alliance has changed again, as his successor and nephew, I can't sit idly by."

The vassals of Dragon Clouds City heard His Majesty Nun's name, and looked at King Charman with an increasingly unfriendly expression.

"Why is the Liberty Alliance somehow changing at this time..."

Earl Linna's face was indifferent, and he continued to use his sharp tongue: "Just like eighteen years ago, your father, the former Grand Duke of Heisha, was inexplicably surrounded by guards. It’s as if the defeated soldiers of several stars have lost their lives.”

"Don't you know it yourself?"

"Kinslayer without a bottom line?"

At that moment, the stubble on King Charman's face trembled slightly.

Hearing Earl Linna's most obvious vicious hint, there were secret sneers in the hall.

Cambida and Croath, who were beside the king, turned cold and were about to speak, but were stopped by Charmain's gesture.

Thales silently looked at the silent King Charman.

Ever since this man was dubbed the "kinslayer", especially after the coronation, no matter whether he was a nobleman or a savage, the whole kingdom has never stopped talking about him, no matter whether it is true or not, it is pure malicious slander, rumors and slander.

Kinslayer of Exeter.

The kinslayer, Charmain I.

In addition to power and strength, this name will truly accompany him throughout his life, and even be written in history books, following Charmain to the grave, and passed on to future generations.

But even so, this man...

Thales looked at Lumbard's eyes that were as calm as water and calm, and the vigilance and fear in his heart deepened again.

"Ma'am, she made it very clear, and what we mean is also very clear."

"This is just a local conflict," Count Kierkegaard said with fire in his eyes, "We didn't ask you to come, Your Majesty."

"Stop being so sentimental."

King Charman frowned slightly, he nodded and remained silent.

As the three Earls of Dragon Clouds joined the battlefield and joined forces with the Grand Duchess and Ian, the king seemed to have nothing to say for a moment.

But Thales sighed, he knew that if Rumba was such an easy person to deal with...

Then he wouldn't be here now.

Ian raised his eyebrows and seemed to have regained some confidence: "Now, Your Majesty, if you have nothing else to do..."

King Charman turned his head suddenly, staring at Ian coldly with a pair of cold eyes.

Ian was startled, the words of the heir of Qiyuan City seemed to be choked, and he didn't continue.

His Majesty the King sneered and shook his head.

"A local conflict?"

The king raised his head slightly, and Thales noticed that the dark red gemstone in the center of his crown gave off a slight reflection.

Reflects light throughout the hall.

"But the stars have already intervened, haven't they?"

The king said softly at ease: "So, let me confirm again..."

"King Kessel seems to have a lot of complaints about the Freedom League, so he sent troops to the Freedom League?"

He turned his head slowly and looked at the Star Prince again:

"Thales?"

"is that so?"

Everyone's face changed.

Thales took a deep breath.

Once again, all the eyes of the audience were focused on the guests of the stars.

Many people figured out something and looked at the prince nervously.

Among them, Ian, Selma, and Nicolai are the most prominent.

But facing Ian's anxious eyes, Thelma's puzzled eyes, and the angry color of the meteorite, Thales' expression remained the same.

The prince didn't even fluctuate in his eyes, he spoke calmly as if in a trance, and uttered the only word:

"Yes."

As soon as this remark came out, Ian's expression changed first.

"Thales," the Viscount Fengcheng of Qiyuan City breathed heavily and said in disbelief, "Are you really...really on his side?"

Ian looked bitterly and anxiously at the prince of the stars.

How can this be?

Thales didn't speak.

Ian seemed very unwilling, his facial muscles twitched violently a few times.

In the next second, Ian rushed forward and grabbed Thales' skirt!

Wyah and Rolf, who had been prepared for a long time, both rushed forward and stood in front of Thales.

Ian wanted to move forward, but Monty behind him just waved his hand and firmly clasped his shoulder.

"Calm down, Ian." The Death Raven said coldly.

Ian, who couldn't move any further, took a few breaths, and then calmed down. He threw off Monty's hand rudely, gritted his teeth, and said indignantly:

"Answer me, Thales!"

Thales closed his eyes and sighed.

The whole hall watched this scene silently.

"I've always stood by your side, Ian," the prince said indifferently, as if he didn't see Ian's half-reproached and half-surprised eyes: "Don't you think that this matter should be handed over to His Majesty Charmain? Is it the best way to deal with the king you all serve together?"

Listening to Thales' words, many people frowned.

Ian stared blankly at Thales, shaking his head in pain: "You...you..."

Thales didn't answer, his face was calm, as if he had lost the ability to change his expression.

He just silently stared at the air ahead.

At that moment, even Selma lowered her head slowly, her eyes filled with regret.

"It couldn't be more clear," Nazel said to Lisbane in a low voice with deep cold eyes, "We are holding this hostage, but he is playing with outsiders and applauding."

Lisbane looked at Thales from afar and sighed slowly.

So, this prince is indeed the king's ally?

It's... ironic.

King Charman laughed, and his voice echoed in the hall again:

"So, that's state action, it's not local conflict anymore!"

"For the sake of the entire Dragon Kingdom, the disrespectful actions of the Freedom Alliance will not be lightly let go," the king snorted coldly, and no longer looked at Thales and the distraught Ian, "This is not just for the benefit of Qiyuan City , and not just the face of Longxiao City."

With a majestic and sarcastic smile, like a general who is sure of winning, he waved his arms grandly at the ugly nobles in the hall.

"This is my answer to you and your father, Thales, and I will definitely take action."

King Charman's voice was very soft, but quite weighty.

Thales closed his eyes and opened them quickly, still without any waves: "Very good."

As if Charmain was not talking about the country behind him.

King Charmain laughed again.

He usually smiles miserly, as if he wants to use half of the smiles in this life for today.

He paced towards the direction of the Grand Duchess, and said slowly:

"Then, as the common king of the entire territory of Exeter, I hereby declare—"

His words once again lifted the hearts of many nobles: what is he going to do?

And the king did not "disappoint" people.

"In order to stabilize the situation of the Liberty Alliance, to deter our potential enemies, and for the long-lasting friendship between the Lombard family and the Ronnie family," King Charman said loudly with pleasure and confidence in an unquestionable momentum:

"Heisha leader, will send reinforcements to Qiyuan City to deal with the Freedom Alliance!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was an exclamation in the hall!

Thelma looked at her regent in bewilderment, but Lisbane just looked bitter and his lips were tight.

Many vassals looked at each other in puzzlement and talked a lot, but none of them understood King Charman's actions.

"Reinforcements? From Heisha to Qiyuan City?" Ian murmured.

Ian Ronnie, who had already been hit by Thales' unexpected betrayal, was staring blankly at King Charman, his mind in chaos.

Him, what is he doing?

Following the example of Dragon Clouds City, earning fame righteously and dignifiedly?

No, what reputation would a kinslayer have.

Help us put down the Liberty League at the expense of others?

How can it be.

Or do you want to use violence to take Qiyuan City in one go?

Less likely.

Thales was also puzzled.

Heisha collar... Send troops to Qiyuan City?

At that moment, Thales frowned and thought hard, his brain spinning wildly.

Wait, what is the thing that Rumba wants most at the moment, what is the most pressing problem?

Of course it is...

In the next second, Thales, who had figured out the inside story, opened his mouth wide in surprise!

Soon he won't be the only one.

Because King Charman's majestic voice spoke again: "As I said, we are here to help..."

"Soon, from the northern plains to the tributaries of the Muxue River, from the Sighing Hills to the East and West Needle Forest..."

"Every village, every castle, and every fief noble in the Black Sand Territory will receive my call-up order."

The king looked at every nobleman in the hall with a gloomy expression, and especially cast a special glance at Lisbane and Ian:

"For Exeter, my vassals will gamble their reputation, donate their money, recruit warriors, send their heirs, and come westward. From the folly and final failure of the Freedom Alliance, they will witness the unbreakable strength of the Black Sand Territory and Qiyuan City. Friendship, witness how we love this great country together!"

As soon as this remark came out, the vassals such as Lisbane and Nazer were all shocked, and they looked at each other in astonishment!

They already understood the king's plan.

No way?

The hall slowly fell silent.

Ian took a few deep breaths before he frowned:

"Gambling fame and donating money?"

A surge of anger suddenly surged into the chest of His Excellency the Viscount.

"impossible."

Ian's face was distorted, and he couldn't help but shouted at King Charman: "Do you think that in the name of aiding Qiyuan City, you can make the world think that we have secretly made peace with you and are in collusion?"

"Can you shake the vassals who opposed you all the way in the Black Sand Territory?"

"Can you destroy their confidence in resisting your tyranny?"

"This is impossible!"

His Excellency the Viscount trembled slightly, the displeasure in his eyes was clearly visible.

"The entire Heisha leader despises you, despises you, and opposes your bullshit decree!"

Ian glanced at Thales angrily, as if he still hated his betrayal.

His Excellency the Viscount of Fengcheng turned to the king again, and said unceremoniously, "Aid us? Huh, at this moment, who can you order? Who in the black sand collar will pay attention to your call! A tyrant who doesn't respect tradition!"

The Viscount Cambida beside the king snorted coldly, as if he was very dissatisfied with the other party's disrespectful tone.

Thales frowned, staring at King Charman.

It's been six years.

your means...

It's still just as scary, scary, and even more so than before.

old friend.

The Regent of Lisbane coughed lightly.

"Your Excellency Ian," the Earl of Lisbane, who had seen through something, said solemnly, "Don't you understand?"

"That's exactly what he wants—disobedient vassals."

Ian was taken aback for a moment.

But soon, he gradually understood.

Disobedient vassals?

Ian felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his displeased complexion first turned from red to white, and then from white to blue.

What?