Kingdom’s Bloodline

As soon as Little Barney said this, Samir's face showed surprise, and he took a step back subconsciously!

Seeing his reaction, Little Barney snorted coldly.

The Swords of Disaster were all startled.

hood.

Clay looked at Cannon, who was shivering on the ground, in surprise, and then looked at the direction the hooded brat left: "Is there really someone in this world who can recognize their identity through their inaudible footsteps?"

Ricky also looked at Cannon in surprise.

"I think, if you care enough about something, to the point where you can devote eighteen years of your life to it..."

He shook his head and sighed:

"Then there's probably nothing you can't do."

On the other side of the hall, the prisoners mostly stood up and approached the bars grimly.

"Is this true, Semir?" Belletti looked at Semir calmly, then at the Sword of Disaster, with serious eyes:

"Are you a member of Shadow Shield now?"

Nai next door sarcastically said:

"Wow, this is really a good sign, Mr. Banner Bearer, at least you don't have to feel guilty."

Samir looked at this, then at that, his breathing was disturbed, but finally he turned to little Barney with the scariest expression.

"This is just a temporary cooperation, I also hate that cockroach, but now, in order to come here..."

But Barney Jr. cut him off.

"You don't understand, Samuel," Little Barney sneered:

"I'm not talking about how you're doing—who the hell cares."

Little Barney exhaled, and looked down at his palm:

"What I'm talking about is Lordan Surriton, that 'Scarlet Chant' is very good, in fact, very good, too good..."

Hearing this name, Thales' heart moved.

Lordan Surriton...

Scarlet Aria?

Thales' breathing slowly slowed down, and another name appeared in front of his eyes, a slender gray figure jumping down from the cliff in the sky.

Biannette Surriton.

Locust blade.

Semir was obviously also slightly surprised: "Sariton? Lordan Sariton?"

But Little Barney ignored him, but said to himself:

"...But he is far from good enough to be able to single-handedly enter the Fuxing Palace silently, assassinate His Majesty at will, and then drift away - at least eighteen years ago, during the brief confrontation we intercepted him, he Not that strong."

Thales was taken aback.

He came to his senses, and what little Barney was telling was the bloody scene that shocked the world in the Fuxing Palace during the Bloody Year.

Death of Eddie II.

Samuel frowned:

"What are you talking about, little Barney?"

Little Barney laughed in a daze, then put down his palm, and said to himself:

"After the incident, we, all the members of the royal guard, whether we were free or imprisoned, were guessing about the possible enemies: Shadow Shield, Assassin's Flower, Dark Room, Northerners, Southwest Rebels, Desert Forces , maybe there are Commas people or other people who hate the stars, and even those domestic nobles who were at odds with His Majesty before the war...but only, only unwilling to admit, unwilling to admit..."

His words gradually stagnated, turning back and forth between a few words, as if unwilling to continue.

Thales' breathing quickened unconsciously: a possible enemy.

He did not forget the map given to him by King Nuen six years ago when he was still in the Palace of Heroes.

That map of Horace Brightstar.

The map of Fuxing Palace.

It lay quietly in the luggage, wrapped in an unremarkable food bag, and stayed on Marina's shoulder behind him.

In the hall, Semir's face has never been so serious.

He steps forward:

"What do you mean?"

Little Barney laughed again.

"What I mean is," Little Barney raised his complicated eyes, revealing half of his hideous face with a mark of sin, and said coldly:

"Maybe we deserved it."

Belletti lowered her head in pain, and Naki remained silent.

Little Barney finished the following words: "Perhaps Prince Kessel back then, no, the new king, his behavior of putting us into the prison of bones afterwards was the most correct."

Samir's pupils dilated slightly: "Barney, why are you saying this..."

Little Barney snorted lightly, ignored it, and just looked into the distance with misty eyes: "Perhaps back then, there was indeed a traitor in the glorious royal guard."

He said lightly.

Samuel froze.

In the five cells, every prisoner's breathing was slowly constricted.

In the next second, little Barney turned his head and looked at Semir with icy eyes: "And he, he betrayed His Majesty, the Crown Prince, and the entire guard...and turned us all into what we are now. .”

At that moment, Semir took a sharp breath and took a diagonal step:

"No……"

But Barney Jr.'s indictment doesn't end there:

"And that traitor!"

Little Barney with an angry expression stretched out his hands again, desperately holding the metal railing in front of him, just to get closer to the other party.

"He must know the warrants and handwriting of His Royal Highness Midir, so that he can fake the crown prince's request for help, exaggerate the riot at the palace gate, use the former king's love of his son, and transfer us away from the Hall of Stars to guard Midi at the palace gate. Your Highness, wait until we fall into a melee with the mob and those who want to hold down most of the royal guard."

Samir seemed to be frozen in place, tongue-tied and unable to utter a word.

"At this time, Great Sariton, with the cooperation of the Shadow Shield, made a move against His Majesty in the Hall of Stars—Master Vitano went to the battlefield with Duke John, and Instructor Ada was in the Kingdom of the Holy Tree. For 'Bloody Chant' and the other assassins, the old Captain Cullen could not protect His Majesty even if he risked his life..."

Little Barney's voice became hoarse and unpleasant, as if the reeled silk on the loom had been cut inch by inch.

At that moment, whether it was the Sword of Disaster or their hostages, or Semir, or Thales himself, they were all stunned.

Following Barney's narration, the Prince of Stars seems to have returned to half an hour ago: at the gate of the Prison of Bones, when the brat raised his hand slightly, sneaky masked assassins flashed from the shadows, unexpectedly tearing apart the guards. neck, pierced the heart, cut off the vitality, and then quietly disappeared into the darkness.

In a few seconds, everything happened suddenly, and it seemed to subside without notice.

The prince couldn't help feeling cold all over his body.

Little Barney's hand holding the railing began to smoke.

He twisted his face, it was very uncomfortable, but he was still enduring the pain:

"When the riots at the palace gate gradually subsided, the news of the invasion of the Hall of Stars also came. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince urgently ordered us to come back to help..."

"And we, who were exhausted and anxious, turned back again according to the traitor's prediction, leaving only my father and a few people..."

Thales listened blankly to all this, which was what the father should have told him.

Little Barney hissed:

"Let them be with His Royal Highness Midil, at the gate of the palace that they thought was safe..."

"Fall into the trap of the Shadow Shield."

This time, Thales clearly saw an ominous light glowing between Little Barney's hand and the railing.

Thinking of Midir's death, Thales suddenly recalled the scene six years ago:

The man with the black strange sword on his back.

and his confession.

Thales was stunned.

Black Sword's words, Little Barney's words...

Back then, in the Hall of Stars, at the gate of Fuxing Palace...

In the end what happened?

During his journey in this world, the farther and farther he went, the fog in front of his eyes became less and less.

There are more and more doubts.

"When all this was done, both the former king and the crown prince suffered misfortune, and there was no proof of death, and the situation was chaotic, and the war continued, so that damned traitor escaped punishment, pretending to be mournful and painfully loyal, and still alive Among us, we live among the Emperor's Guards who are supposed to protect the royal family with their lives...at large."

Little Barney's expression became more and more painful, but Thales knew that it was not because he was holding that weird fence.

The muscles in Samir's arms tightened.

Nobody interrupted the scene, maybe what Barney Jr. said was too important for anyone to miss.

"Barney," Belletti looked at Samir coldly, and gritted his teeth, "What do you want to say, you might as well be direct."

"What I want to say is..."

"Samir, back then," in the prison cell, Barney's palm holding the metal railing began to tremble in the smoke, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted, as if he was grasping the most unforgivable treasure, the most inviolable belief, the most inescapable truth:

"When we gritted our teeth, swallowed blood with tears in our eyes, endured the stigma, and stiffened our necks when we were escorted here...why did you run away halfway?"

"What are you guilty of, what are you afraid of?"

Samir looked at little Barney in disbelief.

Little Barney roared almost hoarsely, shaking the motionless metal railing.

"And after so many years, when you come back as a fugitive..."

"And why do you mix with people from Shadow Shield?"

Samir closed his eyes and said with difficulty: "Little Barney..."

"tell me!"

Snapped!

With a loud noise, the metal railing erupted with the most glaring light ever since!

Little Barney, who could no longer hold the railing, fell heavily to the ground.

He twitched all over, his hands were smoking, and he screamed in pain.

But Thales could no longer tell whether he was suffering from physical torture or sad because of spiritual despair.

Even Naki on the side couldn't bear to say: "Barney, be careful, that thing is very dangerous..."

"No, Barney." Samir stepped forward and said tremblingly, "Why, why do you think so..."

But little Barney howled angrily, struggled to get up from the ground, and said in a hateful voice:

"Why did His Royal Highness Kessel insist on putting us in prison?"

"Because he already knew that there was a problem with the royal guard!"

He glared at Samir:

"Because he knows that after the accident in the Fuxing Palace, the assassination of His Majesty, and the death of the crown prince, the emperor's imperial guards, who were selected from the outstanding descendants of the major nobles and swore to defend the throne, are no longer credible."

Thales stared blankly at this scene, listening to the words of those who witnessed the tragedy, but felt extremely cold around him.

Little Barney's accusation gradually changed from an angry and unwilling accusation to a painful and desperate wail:

"After so many years, many people in the guard must have figured it out... So they, including us, have been restless, tortured, even insane, and self-destructed...Because the royal guards are all prosperous and all are damaged! "

Tears poured out of his eyes slowly, and his voice became intermittent, hesitating: "As for why it is the prison of bones... Maybe, maybe Prince Kessel is just not sure, maybe he just, just wants to see Will that traitor jump out by himself..."

Little Barney closed his eyes tightly, and tears rolled down his cheeks, soaking the sinner's brand.

"And the result..."

thump!

Little Barney got down on his knees.

"result……"

"No……"

He howled bitterly: "You escaped, Samir..."

"you."

"you!"

In the rest of the cells, the members of the former guards watched the confrontation between Samir and Barney Jr. with pale faces.

Samir took a deep breath, looked at Little Barney with a flushed face, and punched himself in the chest: "Yes! I escaped!"

"But not me!"

He drank almost crazily, speaking incoherently:

"Not me! No!"

Faced with Semir's argument, Barney Jr. had no interest in listening.

"not only that."

"Samir, as I remember, you have a good foundation in writing, and you have a good understanding of the writing, diction, and style of noble correspondence, and even the ancient imperial language."

"Presumably, whether you imitate handwriting or forge letters, such as the warrant of His Royal Highness, you are not a problem?"

Samir's words of defense suddenly froze.

He turned to the other prisoners, as if to gain their understanding, but they were silent.

Just watching indifferently.

Little Barney lay on the ground, gritted his teeth with tears in his eyes: "That's why, you were promoted to be the flag officer..."

Looking at the other party's increasingly ugly expression, Little Barney said coldly:

"We, the royal guard, are the rebirth of the emperor's imperial guards. In the history of more than 600 years, the commander commanded the whole team, the punishment officer was in charge of punishment, the vanguard officer focused on fighting, the guards served as guards, and the logistics officer ensured the supply. , instructors train newcomers, watchmen guard the inheritance..."

Little Barney suddenly raised his head, staring at Samir with red eyes: "And the flag officer!"

Samir, who was in a trance, was shocked!

"As for the second flag officer, His Excellency Colin Semir," Barney Jr. said coldly:

"You flag officers are responsible for the internal supervision, intelligence exchanges, and even secret investigations in the guard, so everyone doesn't like you very much, second only to the punishment officer... But if anyone can find the traitor early, it must be you .”

"It can only be you."

Little Barney's pupils tightened:

"Conversely, if anyone can cover up a traitor, ignore a traitor, or even..."

He didn't go on.

At this moment, Semir's body shook slightly, as if he had been hit by something.

He stared blankly at the ground, as if unable to recover.

Little Barney stood up slowly, with tears still on his face.

"Tell me, Samir who escaped from prison eighteen years ago," Little Barney restrained his anger, and asked in a deep voice:

"Are you that traitor?"

"The one who killed His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"The man who ruined the honor of the royal guard for hundreds of years?"

"That heinous..."

"traitor?"

The hall fell silent.

Little Barney and his companions stared at Samir, trying to get an answer from him.

The Swords of Disaster stared at the two of them intently, maybe they were just curious about the truth of the year, or they wanted to know about their companion's past.

Among them, Thales may also be included.

But no one dared to break the silence.

Until Semir.

The former second-in-chief flag officer seemed to have lost all his strength, he stumbled back a few steps, knocked on the torch he had just dropped, and then recovered.

The firelight shone on Samir from bottom to top, making his face look dim.

Only the guilt on the side of the face was red and bright.

Like burning in hell.

Little Barney still stared at him coldly.

Samir looked at the torch in desolation, then bent down numbly, and picked up the torch.

He is stooped and moves slowly.

Like a dying old man.

"I know, you won't believe anything I say now."

"Right."

After a long while, Samir spoke with difficulty, as if this sentence had exhausted all his life's strength.

Boom!

The punishment officer Belletti on the side punched the wall, and said angrily:

"Then what are you running from!"

"Come on, Colin Semir, the second flag bearer! You stand in front of us now, in front of the seven remaining colleagues of the royal guard!"

"Tell us, you will solemnly swear with your honor, with your dignity, with your sword, with your ancestors, with the name of the famous family that has been rooted in the royal capital for hundreds of years, the Semir family - you will spend your life , I have never done anything to be sorry to the royal family of Canxing, or to the royal guards, and I am even more worthy of the oath of the imperial guards in the past!"

Samir's figure swayed slightly.

Belletti put her whole body on the fence and roared angrily:

"tell me!"

Snapped!

With a bang, Belletti fell to the ground in pain under the force of the fence, groaning through gritted teeth.

Samir wanted to step forward subconsciously, but stopped abruptly.

In another cell, Tardin spoke slowly with his characteristic desolate voice: "Yes, tell us, Samir."

"Anyway...you and we have nothing to lose."

There was a breath of death in his voice, which became more and more desolate.

Tardin's roommate, Bree, who has been silent all this time, also stepped forward slowly, expressing his opinion with cold eyes.

Samir bit his lower lip, staring blankly.

"Damn coward, you dare to do things like running away and leaving your companions behind, is it so difficult to swear?" This is Seth Nye on the other side, grinding his teeth, staring at the murderer. Semir.

On the other side, Cannon, who was trembling on the ground, no longer flinched. He just stared blankly at Semir, who was being questioned. sorrow.

"In the name of Chief Penalty Officer, Luton Belletti hereby orders you, Colin Semir," Belletti stood up again, gasping for breath, and said solemnly:

"tell us."

Hearing this title, Semir stared at the eyes of the seven former colleagues and the marks on each of their faces, and was in a daze.

He silently held the torch and turned around, gritted his teeth, his face showing unwillingness.

"Good... good... very good..."

In the end, Semir seemed to have figured something out. He took a deep breath, raised his head and said angrily, "I! I, the second flag officer, Colin Semir!"

"I swear on my honor, on my dignity, on my sword, on my ancestors, on the name of the Semir family..."

Every time Samir said a word, he took a step forward, his eyes burning.

"In my entire life, I have never done anything wrong to King Canxing..."

Speaking of this, Samir suddenly stopped talking!

Like a windmill stuck, he stopped abruptly on this word.

At that moment, Samir seemed to remember something, and his face became extremely pale.

The second flag officer lowered his head and turned his eyes tremblingly.

Glance back.

Thales, who was watching this scene with some unknown mood, suddenly felt cold.

He soon realized that Samir was looking at him.

The prince looking at the stars, Thales Canxing.

Looking at Semir's surprised, painful and hesitant eyes, Thales suddenly understood Semir's hesitation at that moment.

He, Samir, cannot make this oath.

because……

Thales wanted to speak, but Marina's sword was against his thigh again, and the latter's resentful eyes clearly expressed her attitude towards the prince's meddling.

Oops.

The Star Prince closed his eyes in pain - he had offended Marina so badly that...

"Never, never..."

Samir turned his head back with difficulty, his expression was extremely struggling, and he just subconsciously repeated:

"I'm sorry Canxing for not doing it..."

"there has never been……"

"sorry……"

"Bright Star..."

His words kept swirling around his tongue, and it seemed that he could no longer make a coherent sentence.

Eventually, Samuel closed his eyes, let out a painful breath, and stopped talking.

It's like resigning to fate.

"Hahahahaha..."

There was a long burst of laughter in the prison, relieved, sad, desperate and painful.

It's little Barney.

He looked at Samir, who couldn't swear, and had already burst into tears.

Samir raised his head stiffly like a lifeless corpse.

"I know, I know what you think, little Barney," he said with difficulty, "but I, I can't make this oath, because, because I did do something wrong to the Canxing royal family... But back then, It wasn't me back then, it wasn't me!"

He said in panic.

But Samir could only look at the seven people in the prison, all looking at him with the strangest eyes.

It seems to be looking at the aliens in the ethnic group.

"not me……"

Samir realized something, he repeated dully.

"Samir, my father..."

Little Barney sobbed, smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"you know……"

"He, Chief Guard Officer Tony, and a few new guards whose names I can't remember, they are guarding His Royal Highness Midil who is poisoned in front of the palace gate.

While weeping, Little Barney smiled bitterly and said:

"Do you know how many times he was stabbed when I dug him out of the corpse?"

"My father...the deputy commander of the royal guard, our original oath leader, Big Quill Barney!"

Samir closed his eyes deeply, his facial features distorted.

"And His Majesty Eddie!"

Little Barney raised his voice.

"You know, when we hurried to the Hall of Stars, we could only see his dead body..." Little Barney's words made the rest of the prisoners lower their heads, as if they had returned to the most terrifying past:

"More than that... There are also three princes and concubines, their children, and the beautiful Princess Constance..."

"No!"

Samir snapped and cut him off.

"No, Barney, no, please, no, that's not me..."

His expression was numb, and his tone was almost pleading:

"not me!"

But it's a foregone conclusion.

"Pooh!"

On Samir's left, Belletti in the cell spat hard.

The prisoner looked at the glaring and ugly mark on Semir's face, and bit out the most terrifying word in disgust:

"traitor."