Kingdom’s Bloodline

Thales stared at Naki firmly, and began to look at this person he hadn't paid much attention to before.

Naki was holding the key of the Prison of Bones tightly, looking flustered and distressed.

In fact, when Ricky and his Baneblades find the cell, Nucky is the first to speak out, and his voice always has a lazy, carefree inertness to it.

But Thales couldn't remember when Naki's voice lost its laziness and became short, tense and restless.

Thinking about it now, it should be when Sackel appeared in front of them.

But what made him react so strongly to the appearance of the punishment knight?

Is it pure fear and panic, or something else?

"Key, Nucky."

Little Barney wavered for only a second, then decisively pulled his thoughts away from Naki's seemingly meaningful words, and spoke in a commanding tone.

It's a pity that Naki is no longer as obedient as before.

"We have already escaped, the prince is safe, and Sackel is free..."

Naki twitched the corner of his mouth with difficulty, pointing at the tip of the sword trembling for everyone, as if he didn't hear Barney's order.

"Then we just need to remain anonymous and spend the rest of our lives. Sackel can do whatever he likes. This young Highness, he will return to the Fuxing Palace to be his heir to the royal family. One day he will rule the world and become a generation of British lords... "

"Is not it good?"

Naki looked at Thales and pleaded vocally, making the latter even more confused:

"Isn't it a happy thing for everyone to let the unbearable past be buried here?"

Naki now looks like a desperate wife questioning an unfeeling husband.

He finally turned to Little Barney, with complaints and hatred in his eyes:

"But why are you so paranoid, Barney?"

Najib asked Barney Jr., his unusual behavior disturbed many people.

Belletti's face was so serious that it was about to crack in the next moment, Taldin was astonished as if he was meeting him for the first time, Nai lowered his head in deep thought, and Semir showed more surprise than when he knew that Sackel was a traitor. With a look on his face, Bree, who was speechless, shook his head tremblingly, and Cannon began to mutter words that he didn't know what to say in a low voice.

Not to mention little Barney.

Thales guessed from the trembling sword hand of the vanguard officer that it took him a lot of concentration to suppress the urge to stab his former comrade-in-arms with a sword.

"Why do you have to go back to the capital and find out the past again?"

Naki's tone was tired and sad, like a tortured sinner before his execution.

"Why do you insist on driving Sackel to a corner and make things out of control?"

At this moment, Naji, who turned into a pacifist, looked panic-stricken. He turned his head and looked around among the crowd as if asking for help.

In the next second, Little Barney seemed to have run out of patience.

His blade stabbed straight at Naki's left hand, trying to take the key away when he wasn't prepared.

Until another sword was drawn from the side, and the cold light hit Barney's throat!

Quick Rope exclaimed.

Almost instantly, several members of the royal guard subconsciously raised their weapons and faced each other in the sound of the wind!

When Thales came back to his senses, he was shocked to find that the situation on the field had become abnormal:

Little Barney's sword pointed at Naki's left hand, and his own throat was pressed against Samir's sword.

Belletti and Taldin responded faithfully, with their ax and sword against Semir who suddenly turned back.

Cannon seemed terrified, holding up his weapon for some reason, Bree groaned anxiously, and Nai stood aside, dart tightly clutched in his hand.

Facing the sudden division of the guards, the dazzled Thales couldn't figure out the situation at the moment, so he could only look at Kuaisheng who was equally ignorant.

"What does this mean, Samir," Little Barney stared at the key in Naki's hand, feeling the deep cold in his throat, his face livid:

"Are you finally going to show your true colors?"

Semir's face was icy, and the sword held the unbelievable little Barney,

Regardless of his own vitals being shrouded under the three weapons, he glanced at Naji with blank eyes:

"Let him finish."

Tardin held Semir's waist with a sword and a sword, which seemed incomprehensible:

"Wait, Samir, do you realize we're running for our lives?"

Samir snorted coldly, and the edge of the sword in his hand tilted slightly, forcing little Barney to turn sideways.

"Do you think I still care about running for my life?"

"After eighteen full years on the run?"

His emotionless and disregarding life and death words made the rest of the guards look at each other, and the veins on little Barney's neck were almost torn out.

Quick Rope looked at the empty wall behind which was said to be the exit, scratched his hair in pain, and whispered to Thales:

"You stars have a lot of shit..."

Looking at the royal guard who was fighting among themselves again, Thales frowned.

yes.

unless……

It's not a simple "shit thing".

After saying that, Samir didn't even look at the angry vanguard officer, but instead turned to the person holding the only life in the field:

"Tell us, Naki, what else do you know about the Bloody Year besides that song and what Saker said?"

Despite the dire situation, the topic piqued the interest of many.

No one drew down their weapons, but whether it was Barney Jr., Semir or Belletti and Tardin, all turned their eyes to Nucky at that moment.

"It's the other way around, Samir."

Looking at the situation where the brothers fought against each other, Naki chuckled surprisingly, as if he was relieved.

"What you should ask is: What did you not know about that year?"

What we don't know?

Questions crept into the faces of both Barney Jr. and Samir: this was probably the only commonality they could find at the moment.

Little Barney looked at Belletti suspiciously.

But Belletti shook his head at Barney Jr., indicating that he didn't know.

Naki noticed their interaction and gave a nervous laugh.

"Didn't you find out?"

Thales watched in amazement as Naki's face was tinged with madness and joy, but despair and gloom were reflected in his eyes:

"Didn't you realize that when Sackel played up his dissatisfaction with the former king and expressed his hatred for the disaster, his acting skills were really poor, his explanations were far-fetched, and his words were weak?"

Poor acting...

Words are pale...

Little Barney paused.

Naki laughed again, and he pointed at Semir, with tears in his smile: "You didn't realize that Semir is still full of worries, questioning and questioning every word our famous watchman said. Doubt?"

Thales was full of doubts, and he thought carefully about "every word" that Sackel said.

What's the meaning?

Sackel... is he lying?

He was not the only one who had this doubt. Barney Jr. and Belletti looked at each other, very puzzled.

Until Samir took Naki's words.

"So his betrayal was not because of the bullshit reasons he said..."

Samir shook his head lightly, surprise flashing in his eyes:

"It's because back then, Sackel had no choice in that matter. He was in a dilemma and could only go with the flow, right?"

Naki turned his head, looked at Semir wearily, and said nothing, but his tense face relaxed.

Thales noticed that the expressions of many people were different.

Semir was still holding the sword, but his full attention had been shifted to Naki, and he tentatively said:

"But today, when the truth was about to be revealed back then, he was also unable to advance or retreat, in a dilemma, and would rather bear it all by himself."

Having said that, Samir slowly moved:

"I still remember that when Sackel gave the main force of the royal guard the strange order to turn the tiger away from the mountain and weaken the defense, the performance of most of them..."

Naki laughed again.

This time he laughed extraordinarily happily:

"Samir, you son of a bitch, you deserve to be the one who bears the banner."

Samir's face changed completely.

Little Barney, who was framed in the field, couldn't bear it anymore, and said loudly:

"What are you talking about?"

Naki, who was absent-minded, seemed to have noticed Barney just now, and he snorted lightly:

"Hahaha, Barney..."

He looked at the indignant little Barney and shook his head in disdain:

"I'm thinking, how stupid and paranoid do you have to be to believe that the noble, self-cleaning, and self-protecting punishment knight is the root of all evil, the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"Will you believe that he is the one who betrayed his loyalty and killed the late king just because of righteous indignation and delusion, injustice and anger? Then you deceive yourself and others to find your so-called justice in him?"

Naki held the key, pounded his chest heavily, and scanned everyone with mocking eyes:

"Do you really think that, just in the name of the watchman, he can easily disintegrate the entire Fuxing Palace with dozens of royal guards, including us, who are noble, talented, shrewd and powerful? defense, and allow a despicable assassination?"

Many people's brows became tighter and tighter.

wait, he means...

Thales' complexion slowly changed.

Samir hesitated to speak, while little Barney remained expressionless, but the meaning in his eyes slowly changed.

"Do you really think that the betrayal and assassination that shook Xilu in Eternal Star City back then," I saw Naji panting, and the brand on his face became more and more ugly:

"It only needs Sakeel's own strength and an order to complete it?"

Everyone was stunned, silently looking at Naki who was on the verge of collapse.

until several seconds later.

"What do you mean?" Little Barney came back to his senses with difficulty.

Naki took a few deep breaths and paused for a second, as if savoring the complex feelings of this moment.

Everyone held their breath unconsciously.

"That's right," Naki still spoke in the eyes of everyone, his voice was low and dark, and there was a hint of relief in his tone:

"It's not just Sackel."

"Back then, the royal guard knew about the conspiracy in advance, but they were pretending to be deaf and dumb, and the brothers who cooperated with the assassination..."

Naki bowed his head and whispered:

"Full... More than half."

Obviously, the power of these words is second only to the alchemy ball Thales just dropped.

For a full ten seconds, no one came back to their senses.

Everyone just stared at Naki dumbfounded, shocked inside.

Unknowingly, little Barney's sword hangs down gently, and the edge is drawn back as the master's heart shakes, no longer gleaming coldly, full of murderous aura.

Almost at the same time, Semir also put down his weapon, and Belletti and Tardin no longer threatened the former's midfielder-but at this moment, no one wanted to pay attention to the unhappiness just now.

Thales just blinked desperately, trying to sort out the chaotic thoughts at this moment.

etc.

etc……

The entire royal guard, more than half of them...

Knowing in advance, pretending to be deaf and dumb?

In other words, in the Year of Blood, the conspiracy to assassinate Eddie II was a...

Thinking of this, Thales suddenly felt a cold back, as if he was suffocating.

"What?"

In the quiet atmosphere, Little Barney asked quietly.

The tone of voice is light, the tone is light, like a little boy hiding under the bed, avoiding the monster in the nightmare.

But he finally woke up the monster.

Or everyone in the field.

"Before?" Belletti stared in disbelief.

"More than...half?" Samir spoke with difficulty.

Almost everyone was stunned.

As the focus of the field, Naki snorted again, he raised his head, but there was a clarity in his dark eyes.

Just like a prisoner who accepts execution calmly.

"Maybe more," his tone could no longer tell whether he was laughing or crying:

"When Saker gave the order, some of the guards might have noticed something was wrong, but although they didn't participate, they kept silent and didn't care about it...but it didn't make any difference."

No one answered him.

But he didn't need to answer either.

Naki closed his eyes and took a deep breath of relief.

"But just now, when Sackel claimed that he did all of this, I knew: he was trying to be brave, he was holding on, and he was overthinking his capabilities."

Naki said in a trance:

"He wants to bear the sins of everyone with his own body under our witness, cover up the shame, cover up the scandal, and want to be that miserable and silent lonely hero."

Bravery? Die hard?

Take the blame?

Lone hero?

Thales blinked, trying to break free from the shocking truth just now.

He recalled a certain long-faced man with no expression, and tried to understand Naki's description of the fierce and murderous punishment knight.

"But I can't make him do that."

Naki's voice lowered, and the hand holding the key fell down with his weapon, like a helpless traveler slipping into the abyss.

"I can't... do that..."

"cannot……"

Naki opened his eyes again, and muttered blankly:

"Never again..."

"I can't."

In other words, just now Sackel took all the culpable actions, that was...

is in...

Thales thought blankly.

On the other side, he could only hear the breathing of the guards one after another.

"So King Kessel was right to put us in the prison of bones."

Everyone turned their heads stiffly.

In the suffocating darkness, Semir's voice came with difficulty:

"Because in a certain way, he really knew that the loopholes and dereliction of duty of the royal guard were not accidental behind the late king's misfortune."

Samir looked at everyone helplessly, looking at their equally unacceptable eyes:

"Because it was a dirty and filthy affair involving more than a hundred people, collusion inside and outside..."

"Collective mutiny."

Semir blankly stated his conclusion:

"This is the truth about our royal guard's collaborating with the enemy back then."