Kingdom’s Bloodline

Following Barney's cold words, Nucky grumbled and lay down on the spot, while Cannon curled up and shrank back.

And the others went their separate ways and returned to the darkness behind the cell.

Samir looked at them in amazement, unable to comprehend their indifference.

how……

"Little Barney, it's me!"

Samuel took a step forward, and the fire caught up with little Barney's back.

He couldn't control his emotions, and shouted anxiously: "Second flag bearer, Colin Semir!"

"Nucky? Cannon? Belletti?"

But no one paid him any attention.

Semir stared blankly at the five cold cells, watching several figures disappear before his eyes.

Ricky coughed.

"Samir, our task..."

But Samir obviously didn't believe in evil, he gritted his teeth suddenly, rushed to Barney's cell in two steps, and grabbed the metal fence: "Hey! Barney, you—"

However, Samir's words stopped abruptly!

Snapped!

There was a bang, and a burst of fire visible to the naked eye burst out from between his palm and the fence!

Semir let out a cry of pain, as if being hit hard by someone, flew backwards, fell to the ground, and groaned softly.

His torch fell to the ground, kicking up countless dust.

The sudden change startled everyone.

Clay caught up with him in two or three steps, and together with Sonny helped up the livid-faced Samir, who stretched out his palm tremblingly, with burn marks on it.

"careful!"

Ricky looked solemnly at the metal fence and at the clear handprints left by Samir on it: "This is a trick of mages. These fences are weird, and no one should touch them."

Thales looked at those fences with lingering fear, thinking about what they were.

Samir gasped heavily, and with Clay's support, he gritted his teeth and looked at the darkness in the cell ahead.

"Little Barney!" he yelled.

But the cell was still dark and there was no response.

Qianzi frowned in the crowd: "What's the matter with them?"

Josh shook his head with sharp eyes:

"This is prison."

"A place that can drive you crazy."

Everyone was silent for a while.

Ricky cast a questioning look at Samir, but the latter just bowed his head and struggled.

Clay tentatively opened his mouth: "We..."

At this moment, Samir broke away from Clay's support and spoke suddenly.

"In the name of the supreme god Losophia, in the name of the Great Emperor Comorra, in the name of the magnificent gods, the ancient kings, and the ancestors of knights..."

Semir's voice was very low, deep, but extremely clear, as if there was a force that penetrated people's hearts, echoing in the hall.

Thales was stunned.

Supreme God...

Emperor Comorra...

Panting, Semir looked up at the five cells in front of him.

In the darkness, there were a few gasps that slowly accelerated.

Soon, Barney's voice came from the cell, with a hint of hesitation and confusion:

"You, what did you say..."

Samuel took a deep breath and took a step forward.

Thales saw that Semir's expression at this moment was unprecedented: the fire flashed across the brand on his face, and reflected the determination on his face.

I only heard Samir say:

"I swear, I will dedicate my entire life to the throne and serve the imperial power forever. There is no other master."

He gritted his teeth and stopped talking, the echo echoed in the hall.

The former flag officer was still looking at the darkness in the cell, as if waiting for something.

One second, two seconds...

He was not disappointed.

A voice that seemed to wake up from a nightmare suddenly came:

"I swear, this sword is only wielded for the emperor's order, and it is only broken for the emperor's order, and has no other use."

Following the sound, a figure appeared in front of the fence: Thales recognized it, it was the lazy Naki.

But his voice was no longer lazy.

There was a complicated look of pain on Samir's face.

A third voice sounded faintly,

Take their words:

"I swear, this body will either be buried in the resting place of the throne, or buried halfway through the emperor's life, and there will be no end."

In the cell, Taldin's confused expression left the darkness and entered the light of the fire.

No need to remind, the fourth and fifth voices sounded, continuing the oath:

"I swear, this soul will not go to hell, nor will it enter the kingdom of heaven, nor will it belong to the world. It will only be cast into the majestic empire, and it will have no other affiliation."

There was a flash of light in Semir's eyes, he opened his mouth lightly, and chanted this unusual sentence with the prisoners:

"Where the edict arrives, the knights gather."

The prisoners who had disappeared before appeared one after another under the firelight, and joined in this chanting through the fence.

"Wherever the iron hoof goes, Xiaoxiao will die."

Bitterness, excitement, sluggishness, confusion, trance——Thales read many different emotions on the faces of the prisoners.

"As pointed by the sword's edge, the troubled times will come to an end."

Finally, the serious-looking little Barney walked out of the darkness and stood behind the fence.

"Inheritance is immortal," he and Semir looked at each other and read the last sentence together:

"The Empire is Eternal."

silence.

Empire is eternal.

The muscles in Thales' hands tightened slightly.

At that moment, whether it was the brazen, Russell, or the swords of disaster, or the fast rope, Dean, and Tampa who were captives, they all looked at these special prisoners in amazement, staring at them and Semir. of interaction.

In the flickering fire, Samir sighed softly.

"I still remember that day, your father, Big Quill Barney, specifically mentioned it before taking the oath," he showed a bitter smile:

"He said that the original text of this oath is the ancient imperial language, representing the glory of the past, and he also said..."

Little Barney in the prison shook his head and took his words.

"He said that he didn't feel that we, a group of trash, are qualified to be in the Royal Guards, or to be the glorious 'Emperor's Guards'," Little Barney said calmly, "Even being in the same room as us is a disgrace."

"Until that day, he died in battle in front of the palace gate."

Samir's face darkened, and he lowered his head.

"My God...you are, you really are..." On the other side, Belletti's eyes were fixed on Semir, and she remained motionless for a long time.

Little Barney was not silent for long, he turned to another cell.

"Nucky, Cannon."

"Light on."

His words are desolate, concise, and still unquestionable.

Naki rubbed his already filthy face: "Are you serious, Your Excellency Vanguard? This is the oil we squeezed from that gerbil, even with these dry ingredients, it won't last long ...I don't know how long it will take to catch the next one..."

I only heard the little Barney in the prison shout angrily:

"Light up!"

Naki didn't say any more, and soon, a fire was lit in his cell, illuminating the figures outside.

"Samir," looking at the other party's illuminated face, Little Barney's words contained endless sighs and complicated emotions:

"It's really you."

"Second flag bearer."

Samuel didn't speak.

The rest of the prisoners gasped and moved closer to the fence, trying to see the person in front of them clearly.

Nucky rubbed his eyes desperately, and Cannon next to him was taking deep breaths, and Yuzi was trembling.

"Brie!"

Tardin, who had just been imitating the sound of thunder, turned his head and shouted at his roommate, "Brie!"

"Ahhh!"

Everyone outside the cell was stunned for a moment. Before they could react, they saw Tardin's rather bulky roommate roaring in response: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

Immediately afterwards, he pounced on Tardin like a giant bear!

Boom!

There was a muffled sound.

Thales stared wide-eyed, watching the prisoner named Bree roar and punch Tardin in the face!

The strength is astonishing and merciless.

What are they... doing?

Tardin slammed into the wall behind him, groaning in pain.

But when Bree's fierce second punch was about to come, he jumped up from the wall inconceivably, swung an elbow, and slammed Bree's chin hard!

boom!

Bree shook his head and took a step back, screaming in pain, and then with a fierce look in his eyes, he attacked Tardin again!

Boom!

In this way, everyone watched in shock as the two prisoners in the cell fought back and forth.

Fist to the flesh, aggressive moves.

But whether it was Barney Jr. or Nye, or Nucky, Cannon and Belletti, they all turned a blind eye.

Samir also watched their fight in disbelief, bewildered.

Finally, after Tardin kicked Bree hard in the chest and kicked away the bear-like opponent, he shouted: "Enough!"

Bree lowered his attacking arms and stared at him, panting heavily.

Soon, Tardin, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, got up, looked at Semir, and said inarticulately:

"Sorry, this is the only ridiculous way, ha ha."

Samir was taken aback.

I saw Taldin rubbing his red and swollen chin, helping each other with Bree, staring at him intently, and said with a weird smile: "Hehehe, confirm that the person in the book is real, not just what we imagined. .”

After a while, Samir lowered his head silently.

"I'm real, Tardin," he said sadly:

"It's not a hallucination."

"no."

Thales felt a lot of emotions from his words.

On the other side, Nai looked closely at Samir: "Why, Samir, they still brought you back? Right? What conspiracy do they have? Who are they going to kill this time?"

Samuel shook his head.

Cannon trembled slightly, and hid behind Naki nervously: "What, beheading? Or hang? Are we in there?"

Samir stared at them with unspeakable eyes, still shaking his head.

"You've lost a lot of weight, and you've aged a lot," Naji in the prison sneered. "Of course, at least you don't need a stone knife to shave."

"Not quite right," Belletti, with long hair hanging down her face and chest-length beard, folded her arms, and asked vigilantly and maliciously:

"Why are you a coward here? Who are the people outside?"

Semir remained silent, letting them look at him and listening to their strange questions.

Until little Barney asked.

"Now, Samuel," Little Barney took a deep breath and asked an unexpected but thought-provoking question:

"What year is it now?"

As soon as these words came out, the prisoners in the cell fell silent.

They looked at Samuel silently.

After a while, Semir let out a sigh of relief: "The end of the calendar, 679 years."

Little Barney was taken aback for a moment, then his face turned pale, and he took several steps back.

The prisoners were also stunned.

"I'm not so clear-headed, do the math for me," Nucky poked Cannon, he turned around anxiously, scratched his hair and said in distress: "679, 679, so, six hundred and seventy-nine minus six hundred Seven... no, six hundred and five, no, six hundred and six... When did we get in here?"

Cannon didn't answer him, just sat curled up, fear written all over his face.

"how come……"

"Eighteen years."

Little Barney looked around in a trance, and laughed inexplicably: "Eighteen years."

Samuel didn't speak.

eighteen years.

With an unspeakable mood, Thales silently watched this special reunion after a long absence.

"Cannon said it was about thirty years, and Nucky said five years at most..."

Little Barney was immersed in his own world, his face was painful, and the brand on his face trembled slightly: "But I don't believe either of them, I, I have been counting the number of times the supply is delivered, and I counted it myself. I thought it was only seven or eight. Year……"

He sat down, his expression twitched, and he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, hahahahahaha..."

The laughter was miserable and hoarse.

Soon, Naki and Taldin also joined in the laughter, and the other prisoners were either lost in their wits or looked dull, without saying a word.

Samir closed his eyes and opened them for a long time.

"You are here... where are the others?"

he asked with difficulty.

The laughter in the hall stopped.

Little Barney raised his head, his eyes were cold.

"Didn't you bring torches?"

He spread his hands and said coldly, "Look for yourself."

Samuel frowned.

He stepped forward quickly, ignoring the glare of the fire that made the prisoners cover their eyes in pain and backed away, illuminating every cell through the fence.

A few seconds later, Semir's figure shook several times, and he took a few steps back weakly.

"How... how..." he murmured.

The prisoners fell silent.

In the cell, Cannon covered his face and slid against the wall, sobbing in pain.

At that moment, Thales saw the scene in front of him clearly:

There are nearly seven or eight cells, each of which is full of human bones and mummies.

But what was different from before was that most of the bones were stacked neatly, with the head on top and the body on the bottom, neatly placed on the ground, one connected to the other.

Behind Little Barney, there were five neatly arranged skeletons in a row, one of which still had dry skin and muscles.

like...

Just like a cemetery, Thales whispered in his heart.

Samir twisted his face and looked at Little Barney.

"Alan and Walker's cell was in conflict, and eight or nine of them were hanged," Barney Jr. said lightly, but his eyes were blank: "Molian has a high fever, Toby is injured and infected, and Ross can't name him." Strange disease, 'bedbug' is something I can't think about, several people are like him..."

"Chimera is crazy, and one day she suddenly stops eating and drinking..."

"Bobby wanted to pry open the fences until he found that touching them for prolonged periods of time was fatal."

"Milo couldn't wake up for some reason," Little Barney tightened his expression and clenched his fists in pain: "As for the big Larry, well, he became abnormal, after he killed the third The people in their cells have to do something, so..."

He took a deep breath, forcing the emotions back into his body.

"Kim left with 'Skeleton', they were the last two in the same room, agreed to slit each other's wrists..."

"Rogo suddenly yelled madly one day, cried and laughed for a day and a night, and then fell silent."

Semir listened quietly, and every time he heard a new name, the torch in his hand trembled slightly.

"Cox passed away peacefully, and there is still time to leave a last word."

"Ke Laimen just has a common cold, but we don't have any medicine. We just watched him day by day... In the end, he couldn't take it anymore. I did it."

Little Barney laughed a few times.

"In the same cell, people who die early can still have a decent funeral." He looked at his hands, then glanced at the five bones behind him, an indescribable emotion flashed in his eyes: "As for The last remaining people, just lie down and wait."

Thales stared blankly at the sloppy prisoner.

He looked at the deep cell, looked at the shiny fence, and thought of the dead bones and mummified corpses on the upper floors, and felt unspeakable.

Boom.

Samir knelt on one knee, his face pale: "So, so..."

Little Barney raised his head and snorted coldly at him outside the cell.

"Yes, the second flag bearer, His Excellency Colin Semir."

"Eighteen years... Back then, there were forty-five people in their prime, forty-five men, forty-five noble knights..."

The corners of Barney's mouth became wider and wider until he pulled out a hateful, bitter, sarcastic, and bitter smile:

"Forty-five royal guards imprisoned in the Prison of Bones."

He raised his head, looked blankly at the surrounding bones, and stared silently at the other six prisoners.

"perhaps……"

"There are only seven of us left."