Kingdom’s Bloodline

farther away.

Thales indifferently watched the punishment knight's ax blade disappear before his eyes along with the dim corridor.

He was slowly rising again.

It's like losing gravity.

But this time, the prince barely managed to maintain his sanity in the void of unknown time.

He tried his best to remember the anchor point, and kept to himself according to the teaching.

I just need to be far away.

No need to...knock.

Trying his best to keep calm, he thought to himself.

Countless scenes flashed through his mind, the dilapidated walls of the abandoned house, the humble kitchen of the Sunset Bar, the magnificent terrace of the Hall of Stars, the snowflakes flying in the birch forest, the fires in the Palace of Heroes...

Leaving the Prison of Bones, or even the Saber Camp, the farther away from Sakel the better.

Go further!

But just as he was thinking this way, a strange burning sensation came from behind him!

It was as if someone lit a fire on his back!

Thales' expression changed.

wrong.

At that moment, he instantly escaped from "out of control"!

Waking up like a dream.

The indifferent attitude of everything disappeared, and the emotion of surprise permeated the brain.

No……

In a few tenths of a second, the burning sensation became more and more intense.

It spreads from the back to the whole body, and then slowly evolves into a feeling of tearing and cutting.

At that second, Thales couldn't help twisting his face, and cried out in pain!

This long-lost but familiar feeling...

Could it be...

Oops.

He remembered something and felt a chill in his heart.

Thales, who was still suffering from burning and tearing, felt a weight all over his body, and in the next second, he hit the ground hard!

"boom!"

Amidst the muffled sound, Thales turned over like crazy, ignoring his sore knees and forehead, and struggled to shake off his backpack!

Damn it, damn it!

It was as if it were a piece of red-hot charcoal.

"Damn it!"

Marina's annoyed voice sounded in her ears, as if she had just made close contact with the ground: "What happened!"

"Whoa ah axe - aww!"

In the darkness, Kuaisheng's panicked shouts came from beside him.

"Eh?"

There was a snort, and it sounded like the fast rope had climbed up from the ground:

"Is this... Prison River?"

Thales exhaled with difficulty, feeling the burning sensation on his back slowly disappear.

But another feeling creeps up the nerves.

pain.

Star Prince gritted his teeth out of breath and said:

"Yes, here, exactly, Prison River...and I am, yours, the ferryman..."

He touched the feel of the ground and sighed inwardly.

so……

They're not out of danger yet.

"Thales!"

Kuaisheng was overjoyed when he heard his voice, but then became more suspicious:

"But why, why can't we see..."

In panic, there was only a soft rubbing sound, and a sudden beam of fire appeared in front of his eyes, making Kuai Rope subconsciously block his eyes.

In the darkness, Marina lit a small torch, got up from the ground cursing, and wiped the dust off her face: "Damn it!"

"What the hell are we..."

But her words did not continue.

The smell in her nose and mouth and the surrounding environment allowed her to identify their location.

The female swordsman in red eased the neck strangled by the punishment knight, and frowned:

"Are we...still in the Prison of Bones?"

Thales didn't reply, his face was pale and trembling slightly at the moment.

Quick Rope, who regained his sight, put down his hand lightly, glanced at Marina who was holding the torch with a dazed expression, and then turned to the young man lying on the ground panting beside him, his expression darkened.

"What just happened?"

He lost his confusion, lifted Thales, who was obviously in a bad state, from the ground, and let the latter lean against the wall:

"Where's that uncle? Also, and your friend wearing a mask?"

Thales panted hard, endured the increasingly severe pain, and squeezed out a sentence:

"This is the 'little magic' of the Alchemy Tower,

You might as well understand it as the mechanism in the prison of bones, which can transfer you to different places..."

Marina was slightly taken aback.

Thales tried to force a smile.

But Kuai Rope's expression was no longer joking. The rookie mercenary was squatting in front of Thales, watching the latter quietly.

His eyes are deep, thoughtful:

"Little magic?"

The appearance of the fast rope reminded Thales of the other party's true identity.

"Yes, so, I just took advantage of it... ah!"

Thales couldn't continue talking anymore, the more severe pain hit from his chest, making him sweat and his lips trembled.

Oops.

Although there is a lack of references for other magicians of the same kind, whether it was the carriage assassination on the King's Road six years ago, the magic gun attack under the Broken Dragon Fortress, or the accidental knock on Giza's door in Dragon Cloud City, or Ashida A parting warning, these experiences have taught Thales a truth:

In the face of a crisis, unless you are desperate, you must not easily resort to mysterious magic energy.

The burden and damage of the "out of control" state on the body should not be underestimated, and will gradually increase with the magnitude of the magic energy involved. Once it reaches the level of "knocking on the door", the subsequent price will even be fatal.

So Thales is very grateful to Toros.

This is the most mysterious magician he has ever met, and also the best magician for himself.

Thanks to his generous help and patient teaching, I managed to find the "anchor point", and I was able to maintain my rationality (perhaps too rational) in the "out of control", and get rid of the previous magic. , A dangerous predicament that is bound to knock on the door.

But even if Thales managed to avoid knocking on the door, avoiding the heart-piercing and heart-wrenching pain of using magic energy in the past, the price of "out of control" should not be underestimated.

According to the experience he had just faced against the enemy, he would stay in the miraculous "out of control" state for no more than a few minutes before he would be awakened by sudden severe pain, interrupting his strange ability.

But Thales knew that when he escaped from Sackel's ax just now, what interrupted him was not the aftermath of the magic energy.

but...

Thales clutched his chest and looked at the other side in disbelief: the rucksack that Marina gave him lay quietly on the ground, revealing a small crossbow arm.

Time Crossbow.

Legendary Anti-Demon Armor.

Damn.

They were still in the prison of bones, the reason why they couldn't escape... I found it.

It seems that next time he must not go into "out of control" when he has this thing in his hand...

Thinking of this, Thales throbbed again, his expression twisted.

"You look...bad?"

Marina, noticing the prince's unusual pain, approached suspiciously, holding a torch.

"Injured by that lunatic?"

No.

It's just the sequelae of forcibly using magic energy, and the repulsion of that crossbow.

Thales wiped off his sweat, trembling and forced himself to curl the corners of his mouth:

"Yes."

"He hit hard."

Quick Rope remained silent.

Marina bent down and picked up a long silver-edged sword from the ground.

"This is Ricky's sword."

Marina's brows were slowly furrowed under the firelight.

Thales' heart clenched again.

Marina looked at him fixedly, her eyes getting colder and colder:

"I saw the brand on that lunatic's face, just like Samir - what happened to Ricky and the others?"

Thales pursed his lips tightly. While enduring the pain, he also had to deal with the people in front of him. This really exhausted him physically and mentally, and he felt like his head was going to grow bigger.

What can he say?

Sorry, your boss, got a hole in the head by my friend?

"He..." he hissed.

At this moment, Kuaisheng screamed out!

"wrong!"

The rookie mercenary stared wide-eyed, looked at Marina, pointed to Thales on the wall, and said in horror:

"He's...your nose is bleeding!"

Thales touched his nose subconsciously, and as expected, his hands were moist.

Oops.

Again.

He was dizzy for a while, leaned against the wall, and slid to the ground trembling.

Marina frowned.

Quick Rope took two steps forward in shock and supported Thales.

"What happened to you?"

"That's it," the prince said with a weak smile:

"Ha, the Canxing royal family is more or less different."

The star royal family.

When Marina heard this phrase, her face darkened again.

"No, we have to do something, he doesn't look too good."

Kuaisheng looked worried, and he turned to Marina:

"This lady? Please follow this way, I'll go find his luggage..."

Marina looked at Thales with complicated eyes, then at the sword in her hand, finally sighed, and walked forward holding a torch.

"The prince named Canxing."

Looking at Thales with a painful face, Marina said softly:

"Just now, you saved my life."

"Why?"

Thales pulled the corners of his mouth as hard as he could, and squeezed out a few joking words in cold sweat:

"Maybe, maybe it's because I don't like killing people? Maybe, it's also because you're a woman and you're pretty? So according to the knight novels, I'm destined to be soft on my feet..."

Then take you into my harem.

There was another pain in Thales' heart, which made him tighten his facial features again, biting off this deadly joke in his mouth.

But Marina ignored his teasing, and the previously violent girl was not angry.

She just looked at him quietly:

"You know, we have feuds—whether it's the past of the Bloody Year, or the festival in the tavern."

Thales snorted coldly, suffering from pain, he didn't care about his tone:

"So I have to kill you? Or stand by and gloat as you get killed?"

Marina paused, her face struggling.

"But your father will."

The female swordsman in red hesitated and said, "It's like eighteen years ago when he ordered my family members to be hanged."

Now it was Thales' turn to be speechless.

But the next moment, as if she had made up her mind, Marina suddenly raised her head and looked at the prince with burning eyes.

"Sab Norfolk," said the girl softly:

"He is my uncle, a member of the Starlight Legion, the personal guard of the late Duke of Star Lake John—and his murderer."

Thales was taken aback for a moment.

Seb Norfolk.

And the Duke of Star Lake.

What's the meaning?

Thales stared at her blankly, and the pain in his body seemed less unbearable when he was distracted.

"you……"

"Listen," Marina stared at him eagerly, as if staring at straws:

"If you go back to Eternal Star City, Prince Thales, if you are really different from your bastard father, if you really care about the blood of innocent people..."

"Please investigate this matter and find out the truth."

Marina's eye sockets slowly turned red, and Thales was at a loss in shock:

"Find the truth about Duke John's assassination in Suodala City during the Bloody Year."

Duke John...

Thales frowned.

"My father, Lanzar Norfolk, heir to Honorary Earl of Norfolk."

"Until he was hanged, he had been secretly serving the kingdom's secret department," Marina gritted her teeth and said tremblingly:

"On the third day after King Eddie was assassinated, and on the eve of Duke John's assassination, my father released a raven in private."

"This is the only clue I have had for many years."

Thales trembled slightly.

Kingdom Secrets.

On the third day of King Eddie's assassination...

That is to say...

"I have been wandering for many years. I am alone and alone. I can only grasp all my strength and use all means, but I can't find anything and can't do anything." Marina's lips trembled, her chest heaved, and she seemed to be suppressing her emotions:

"But you are a prince, the future king, and you must be able to do more than me."

"I beg you."

The last word, Marina's eyes were almost red, biting out of her teeth, she didn't know how many struggles and struggles she had experienced.

At this moment, the voice of the fast rope came from the luggage:

"What did I find, Thales, you might need this..."

There was another burst of pain, Thales closed his eyes tightly, and tried his best to wave his hands:

"I'm fine, I'm sick, I just need to rest for a while..."

next second.

"boom!"

A muffled sound came suddenly, causing Thales to open his eyes subconsciously!

"Clang."

The flame trembled and fell to the ground together with the long sword.

Marina lost consciousness and fell limp to the ground.

Beside her, Kuai Sheng withdrew the palm that stunned her with a serious face.

Thales was stunned.

At that moment, the torch shone from the ground, making Kuaisheng's face so cold and deep.

"Quick rope, you..."

Kuaisheng didn't answer, he just bent down silently and picked up the unconscious Marina.

"Can you hold it?"

Kuaisheng said lightly, dragging Marina aside: "Or are you going to die in the next second?"

Thales looked at him blankly.

"Why—" the prince's question was only half spoken.

He saw what was in the fast rope's hand.

It was a special black crossbow.

Winding up the string and preparing the arrow, its momentum is ready to go.

"Why do you ask?"

Kuaisheng picked up the torch with one hand and walked forward coldly.

"So you're going to tell me the truth?"

"Thals Canxing?"

Thales gritted his teeth.

truth……

Kuai Sheng was alone holding a torch, shaking the crossbow in his hand, and looked at him coldly:

"What is your ability?"

At that moment, Thales only felt his body stiff and his tongue heavy.

In a trance, even the sequelae of being out of control are no longer so uncomfortable.

He just quietly looked at the solemn fast rope.

Quick Rope also silently looked back at him.

After a while, Thales sighed under the firelight.

He turned his head, under the double pressure - the pain in the body and the staring eyes of his companions - said with difficulty:

"As I said, this is a rare kind of magic. After Star Kingdom took this place as its own..."

Quick Rope sneered.

"magic?"

His cold rhetorical question blocked Thales' remaining words.

"Listen, Thales."

Kuaisheng stared at him firmly:

"It may be ridiculous when I was young, but I was educated by the lord's family anyway, and I'm ten years older than you, maybe more..."

"Especially after becoming the heir, I have learned more unusual knowledge."

Kuaisheng squatted down gently, with an extremely serious look in his eyes.

The flames approached, and the scorching torches made Thales feel a little uncomfortable.

But his heart was cold.

"I know who that man is and what he means by what he said."

Kuaisheng said calmly.

As if this was just a homely conversation.

But only Thales knew that at this moment, Kuaisheng's aura was so indifferent, his tone was so sharp, and his eyes were so terrifying.

"I also know why you suddenly changed from a weak boy to a cold-faced killer."

"I even know why you are in such pain now."

At that moment, Thales seemed to no longer recognize the person in front of him.

It seems that this optimistic, open-minded, humorous mercenary Kuaisheng has turned back to the compassionate and decisive enemy prince who abandoned everything.

The return of Moral Walton.

"More than 600 years ago, there was an extremely terrible disaster in the War of the End. As long as there is a battlefield with him, our ancestors will inevitably lose every battle and lose hope."

"Because that disaster can predict the future and know the unknown."

Moral sneered:

"From the weather of the next day, to the rising angle of the sun, to every move of the enemy, the future of the world is in its hands."

Predict future.

Thales was breathing in a trance.

Among the magicians, is there such an existence?

Moral shook his head and said:

"How do you defeat an undead monster who holds all futures and possibilities in his hands?"

At that moment, Thales' breathing froze.

"Until the birth of this weapon."

Moral looked at the pitch-black arm crossbow in his hand, with unclear emotions in his eyes:

"Its user is a Northlander. After the war, he swears allegiance to Exeter and King Nakaru."

"So many years later, this arm crossbow came to the hands of Nun I, and was presented by him as a witness of the 'Naikaru Oath' to Qiyuan City, which is the most remote and difficult among the ten territories—even though I just Only then did I recognize that this is the most special legendary anti-demon weapon in the Dragonlance family's classics."

"The Crossbow of Time."

The next second, Moral stood up coldly.

He held the trigger, raised his trembling arm, and aimed the crossbow at the boy in front of him.

Thales' face was ashen, and he just clutched his chest tightly.

"You are a magician, Thales."

Moral's eyes flickered, and he said coldly:

"A disaster."

"Just like the disaster that destroyed everything six hundred years ago."

Thales closed his eyes gently.

finally.

This day is still here.

"Just like six years ago," Moral's voice trembled slightly:

"The one who destroyed Dragon Clouds City and killed my father..."

"Catastrophe."

Break a chapter first, and make a shorter chapter. The new editor-in-chief threatens Wujian with his chest muscles: If there is no update every day, there will be no recommendation! (Crying and running away) (Crazy) So who is "Geng"! I really don't know her! Also, I have been thinking about the plot these days, and I am really not obsessed with "Doomsday Paradise", nor have I read out seven monthly tickets (sincere face) because of this - do you want to change the monthly ticket, I have seven!