Kingdom’s Bloodline

Despite his preparations, Thales still tensed up after Sackel appeared.

He still came after him.

Punishment knight.

At this moment, he is the greatest threat in the dungeon.

Things aren't looking good for Thackel.

The knight was already described as embarrassed, but at this moment his eyes were half-closed. It seemed that he had suffered a lot from the flash bomb just now. His footsteps, which were once as stable as Yuan Yue, now needed the support of the wall and the weapon in his hand to stand upright. A thick bandage was wrapped around it, and a bright red oozes out.

But even so, no one dared to underestimate him.

Sackel gritted his teeth, leaned on the wall, and stepped into the storage room step by step.

Like a beast emerging from the darkness.

"No, what the hell..." Kuaisheng nervously raised the arm crossbow, but Thales held it down before firing it!

"calm."

Thales held fast rope's arm tightly, gritted his teeth and said:

"not now."

Not only Thales and Quick Rope, but also Semir, Belletti, Nai and others had ugly faces.

"Hahahaha, 'Stop talking'?"

Naki recovered from his stupefaction and smiled sadly.

"No," Naki's face changed, scanning everyone:

"Everyone here deserves to shut me up."

Naki raised his finger tremblingly, pointing to the penalty knight:

"except you."

"Sackel."

Sak Elton stopped in his tracks.

Already bruised and bruised, he stood by the door, looking bewildered and distressed at Naji who seemed to be risking everything, his eyes flashed over a group of dejected and dejected former colleagues.

The cell was very quiet, except for the pain or shortness of breath of everyone.

Sackel shook his head slightly and looked away.

"Nakey."

"you are tired."

The penalty knight whispered, as if coaxing a child.

But Nucky didn't appreciate it.

"Yeah, I'm tired."

I saw Naji stepping back step by step, and said with a wry smile:

"I've had enough of your arrogance and arrogance, punishment knight."

Sackel frowned.

"You don't want to tarnish the reputation of the royal family, and you can't bear to expose the faces of our shameless traitors," Naki's breathing became more and more rapid:

"You always want to find the most comprehensive solution."

He narrowed his eyes, with despair in his tone:

"But you think that if you bear all the sins alone, stand against the falling pillar alone, no one's honor will be tarnished, no one's reputation will be damaged, and you will be silent and walk alone with a heavy burden, that is a great sacrifice, just Are you sorry for everyone?"

Saker didn't speak.

Little Barney still knelt on the ground in a daze, lost in thought, Belletti looked nervous, and Semir remained silent.

Nucky started shaking.

A few seconds later, the resentment that had been suppressed for an unknown number of years burst out from his throat:

"Fuck you!"

"You bloody bastard, proud watcher Sackel!"

The scolding echoed in the storage room, making the torch in Semir's hand erratic.

But no one made a sound, including Saker.

Looking at Sackel and Naki who had a nervous breakdown, Kuaisheng swallowed, and nervously poked Thales:

"Whatever I say, I know that these lunatics are just unreliable..."

However, Thales just looked at the crowd in the field with complicated eyes, and remained silent.

yes.

He stared at the broken Barney and the lost Nucky.

However, if it weren't for these unreliable lunatics, we would have become a part of the prison of bones.

"You think you are protecting us, protecting those who have passed away..."

Naki's eyes were red, and he yelled at the melancholy Sackel like a beast:

"But you don't understand!"

Naki's voice gradually quieted down, but the difficulty and despair in his words became more and more obvious:

"You sacrifice yourself for others and take responsibility for your own crimes. You are great, glorious, selfless, and a hero..."

The poor guard prisoner collapsed on his knees,

The weapon and key slipped from his hand at the same time.

"But you, a selfish ghost who claims to be a saint, throws all the endless self-blame, guilt, and torture back to us! Let us play the ugliest characters on the stage, and face the painful reality that you can't face !"

Naki patted his chest hysterically:

"us!"

Sackel bowed his head in silence amid the deafening accusations, as if he was not in this world at all.

Naji seemed tired of cursing, he collapsed on the ground, his voice was hoarse, and he murmured in despair:

"You and Big Barney, you are both bloodless executioners..."

These words made Little Barney, who was kneeling on the ground, tremble.

Just listen to Naki sobbing:

"The only difference is that..."

"Big Barney made us hate him..."

"You, you make us... hate ourselves."

Naki lowered his head and buried his face between his hands, his shoulders shaking.

After several seconds, Sackel raised his head in the almost endless silence.

He stretched out his hand in the direction of Naki in confusion, but trembled halfway, and slowly put it down.

The past cannot be changed.

But at least...

Sackel turned his gaze away, as if he didn't dare to look at Naki again, but staggered towards Thales step by step.

This makes many people nervous!

"Barney, Barney, wake up!"

As Sackel approached step by step, Belletti, who was the tallest man after Little Barney—although he had been deprived of it long ago—was in a state of confusion, anxiously calling the name of the Vanguard Officer, hoping that the latter would take some action .

But little Barney, who was kneeling on the ground, had a distracted gaze, as if he didn't hear anything.

Sackel glanced at Little Barney with dead eyes, passed the brand mark on the latter's face, and then looked away.

he's gone.

Sackel said to himself silently.

The unshakable and hard-to-knock Vanguard Quill Barney is no more.

He turned his head sadly and continued on.

"Damn it!"

Belletti cursed and gave up on waking Barney.

He frowned and looked back: Except for Naki who was lost, Cannon knelt down and sobbed in pain, Bree covered his head and closed his eyes tightly, and Tardin remained dejected and motionless.

The veins in Belletti's hands became tighter and tighter.

No.

The truth of the year confuses everyone including him, his colleagues who are abnormal make him at a loss as to what to do, and Sakel, whom he once looked up to, makes him very strange.

Behind him is the bloodline of Canxing who was sworn to guard—even though they have already tarnished this mission.

What should he do?

Facing the fragmented fellow guards and Sakel who was getting closer and closer, Belletti, who was the only one left in the guard, finally made up his mind and raised his weapon after a few seconds of hesitation.

"Nay, Samir, help me!"

He called up Nai, who was still normal, and Semir, who looked dignified, and tried to organize the final defense.

Nai sighed and walked over to him.

Samir hesitated for a while, then dropped the torch and raised his long sword.

Sackel was still staggering step by step, ignoring the three Belletti who were retreating step by step as they were approaching a formidable enemy.

Thales slowly frowned, and then slowly relaxed.

"I see, sir."

Belletti stopped in front of Thales with an ax in hand, and hissed at Sack El:

"You may not be the traitor, at least not the only one. Maybe you have your own reasons, and we have no right to accuse you anymore."

Belletti gritted her teeth and said:

"But no matter what happened back then... this kid, you can't touch him."

With the footsteps, Sakeel's face was completely illuminated by the torch on the ground, and the brand mark on his forehead became more and more obvious.

"Look at them, Belletti."

The punishment knight looked at Barney and Naki who were kneeling beside him with regret, looked at their almost collapsed expressions, and shook his head sadly.

"Trust me, bury everything here..."

"That's the best way."

Sackel was getting closer and closer, and the ax blade in his hand reflected a cold light.

Seeing Belletti, who was in poor condition but still standing in front of him, Thales couldn't help biting his lip.

At this moment, the footsteps of the penalty knight stopped suddenly.

Belletti, who was extremely nervous, let out a breath.

Sackel frowned and turned back slowly:

Little Barney, who was kneeling in a daze, stretched out his hand, and weakly grabbed the cavalier's calf.

"Sakel, tell me."

The pale little Barney raised his head, staring at his bloodshot eyes, half begging, half questioning:

"My father... why did he do this to me?"

Little Barney seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, his expression was in a trance, and he spoke intermittently:

"Quell Barney's deputy captain... What kind of person is he?"

This sentence moved all the guard prisoners.

Even Sackel was in a trance for a moment.

There was a few seconds of silence in the dungeon.

"He is a good man," Sackel lowered his eyes, remembering his long-lost friend, and spoke with respect:

"He was just born in the wrong era."

Little Barney was shocked.

After saying this, Sackel stepped lightly and shook off Little Barney's arm.

Little Barney was immersed in Sack El's words, he was slowly weakened by the latter, but he didn't seem to notice it.

Sakel was getting closer and closer to them, and he could even see the brand on his forehead.

This made Belletti more and more nervous, and the fast rope pulled Thales back all the way.

"What should we do now?"

Kuaisheng gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "We can't fight, but we haven't even found the exit—where can we escape?"

yes.

what to do?

Where are you going?

Thales looked at Sackel's eyes, and found that there was only endless darkness in there.

Thales couldn't help but took a deep breath.

He suddenly remembered that the other party was shivering in the cage, muttering hysterically to the invisible world.

[I know you are testing me...but please believe me, I have never hesitated to sacrifice, I know that this is what I have to pay, whether it brings merit or sin, good deeds or evil results, and I will accept it In short, never escape...]

Thales recalled the other party's superb skill in dealing with the enemy neatly in a tight siege.

【I am the Imperial Knight and Honorary Lord of the Star Kingdom! The punishment officer and watchman of the royal guard, the guardian of the throne, the custodian of the royal treasury...]

He remembered the time when the Penalty Knight claimed to kill him. That unusual respect and respect.

[Please be at ease, Your Highness, after your unfortunate departure, I will take full responsibility for the crime to comfort you for the injustice you have encountered here. And your secrets will be buried here, without damaging your reputation. 】

In the end, Thales remembered the relieved expression of Sackel smiling at a group of old friends, confessing his betrayal.

[The person who should really be charged with the crime of collaborating with the enemy, but despicably concealed the truth for eighteen years...that shameful, sad, hypocritical, disgusting, pretentious, sanctimonious, duplicity guy...is me. 】

Punishment knight.

What kind of person are you?

"I see, Quickrope."

Thales spoke softly, the calmness in his tone surprised even himself.

Like a prey that has broken free from its bondage in an instant.

Fast Rope raised an eyebrow:

"Understand what?"

Thales shook his head at the fast rope, and let go of his fist lightly:

"It's useless to run away blindly."

"Because from a long time ago..."

Thales looked at the distraught little Barney and Naki, and at Sack El, who was slowly approaching, with a pun:

"There was no escape for us."

Kuaisheng was stunned for a moment, full of doubts.

After saying this, Thales made up his mind and felt a burst of relief.

He should.

He has to.

In the next second, under Kuaisheng's shocked gaze, Thales took a step forward in the direction of Sackel.

"Is this what you want?"

The boy's voice echoed in the dungeon.

The footsteps of the penalty knight faltered.

All eyes were on the prince.

"Bury all the filth and pain in the past and underground, pretend nothing happened, and tell yourself that this is the best choice?"

Thales gasped, broke free from the restraint of the fast rope, ignored Belletti's face, endured the pain, and continued:

"If I die here, then your responsibilities, your past, their torture, their pain... all that year will be over?"

Thales stretched out his fingers, brushing over every prisoner in the guard who was in pain, collapsed, or absentminded.

Saker stared blankly at Thales' firm gaze.

He opened his mouth to speak, but finally turned into a light sigh.

"You don't understand, Your Highness."

The knight closed his eyes and shook his head.

Thales took a deep breath and glanced at everyone.

Little Barney was still collapsed and absent minded, Naki was still twitching lowly, and Sackel in front of him was weak and lifeless, with a sad expression on his face.

"No."

"But there's only one thing I don't understand."

Thales turned his head sharply and gritted his teeth!

"who is it?"

Sackel's eyebrows twitched:

"What?"

Thales said categorically in his rare and unquestionable firm tone:

"Who is the person behind you?"

the person behind it?

As soon as this remark came out, everyone frowned.

Sackel twitched the corner of his mouth, as if he didn't want to pay attention.

But what Thales said next greatly exceeded his expectations:

"I haven't known you for long, but..."

Thales slowly turned his gaze:

"Naki may value his family more, but he can't just watch you bear his guilt..."

Naki's shoulders jerked.

Thales turned to the other side:

"Cannon, Bree, Tardin, you may have been insiders back then, but you have never dealt with it calmly, so that you have been imprisoned for eighteen years, but you are still tortured by your own conscience."

Cannon's sobs fell silent, Bree stopped shaking, and Tardin froze.

Thales finally looked at little Barney in a daze:

"I don't know Big Barney, but I can tell from his body that his father is probably equally stubborn and determined. He will follow through on his thoughts and will never waver for life."

Saker's brows became tighter and tighter.

Thales exhaled a breath, calming his faster and faster heartbeat with the sin of Hell River.

"From you people, what I see is not the despicableness and inferiority of the betrayers."

The prince resolutely said:

"It's a painful dilemma."

Everyone raised their heads, staring at Thales with eyes wide open in shock or confusion.

Sackel took a step forward abruptly!

But Belletti and Nai stuck in front of him, threatening to die together.

Thales was taken aback, but he still bit the bullet and said the following:

"I believe that, as the royal guard and the king's close ministers, no matter how depraved and evil you are and how selfish you are, you will never abandon the pride in your heart and turn to the Lord for glory with peace of mind."

"You are not that kind of people, neither dare nor can."

The prince gritted his teeth and said:

"Unless there is another reason, a more logical reason, for you to convince yourself that this is the right thing to do, not a betrayal!"

Sakeel's face became more and more ugly.

Thales knew that he was on the right path.

So the prince ignored Kuai Sheng's wink, puffed up his chest and continued:

"As for you, Sackel, you are a noble knight, a loyal guard, even if you are about to attack me in the next second, you still treat me with such respect..."

"I think, the only thing that can make you tarnish your honor and mission is a higher honor and mission."

After the words fell, Sackel trembled all over.

"Then what kind of mission is it that makes you betray Canxing without hesitation?"

Everyone's expressions slowly changed.

I only heard Thales say coldly:

"unless……"

The penalty knight could no longer keep calm, he roared loudly:

"Your Highness!"

But Thales ignored him, just put his face on the floor, and said with difficulty in the dim light of the fire:

"Whether the Northerners or the Shadow Shield, they have all reminded me, but I have never been willing to believe it..."

Thales gritted his teeth, and inserted Ricky's long sword into the gap between the ancient floor tiles.

"So, tell me, Thackel."

"who is it?"

In front of Thales, Sackel's expression changed several times.

Just listen to Thales continue:

"Back then, standing behind you desperate nobles, using your noble status to bribe all parties, using saving your family as a bait, encouraged you to relax your guards, planned to assassinate the faint king, and planned to clean up the mess afterwards. Throne's..."

The prince's eyes were sharp and his imposing manner was compelling, he said fiercely:

"Which star is it?"

Thales' words echoed between the walls.

Half of the people were stunned.

"You said... what?" This is the shocked Barney.

The other half—Nucky and Cannon paled, Bree and Tardin looked away.

In front of them, Sakeel shook his body violently, covering his head in pain.

Silence lasted several seconds.

For a moment, Thales' own shortness of breath was the only thing in the prison.

Until a trembling voice came:

"I see……"

"That's why you want to bury the truth and carry the crime on your shoulders," Samir swept across everyone, his tone trembling slightly, his face shocked and stunned:

"That's why you keep it secret and contradict it to this day."

"Some people may be directly involved, and some people just guessed the inside story, but this is the reason why you all tied your hands together—an equally orthodox bright star, supporting you?"

He took a step back and gasped for breath, with a cold sneer in his words:

"What kind of disaster, what kind of anti-demon armed forces, that's not a reason... This is the biggest scandal that the Canxing royal family really can't make public."

Semir's sword edge trembled slightly:

"It's ridiculous... What kind of betrayal, what kind of loyalty, it's all bullshit..."

"The so-called bloody year, the nightmare that has tormented me for eighteen years, and the assassination and rebellion that the nobles kept secret, is actually an incident within the Canxing royal family..."

"Blood bloodline?"

Facing his questioning, Sackel let out his longest breath of the day, but the palm covering his forehead trembled more and more.

Little Barney stared in disbelief and stood up again.

Thales was silent, and just exhaled lightly.

Kuaisheng opened his mouth wide, not knowing how to react.

Sackel still closed his eyes, seemingly unable to answer.

Belletti and Nye looked at each other, their eyes full of sadness and pain, and the last trace of disbelief.

Samir laughed again.

His laughter trembled and trembled, very creepy.

"Hahahahaha, let me guess..."

His eyes were complicated and difficult to understand, mixed with hatred and disdain for some unknown reason:

"Is it the Crown Prince Midil who is trying to gain fame and is unpredictable, but can directly benefit from the death of the former king?"

Samir raised his head sharply, and said bitterly:

"Or is it the 'Sword of Light Tracing' Horace, who is a hero and has countless military exploits, but is violent, bloodthirsty and ambitious?"

"Is it the 'fat' Bancroft who seems obese and mediocre, but is actually greedy for pleasure and amassing money?"

"Is it the 'beauty' Heyman who has a good skin and literary talent, but is narrow-minded and vicious?"

Thales couldn't help frowning at Semir's words.

Regarding these princes, he once listened to King Kessel's memories in Canxing's tomb, but...

Fishing for fame, violent and bloodthirsty, amassing money recklessly, vicious and vicious.

These descriptions...

Samir took a breath and continued:

"Still commanding the army, young and powerful, but according to the order, as long as the genealogy under the ancestor's knees is not extinct, the Duke of Xinghu who will never be on the throne forever, brother John?"

Thales' heart skipped a beat.

Previously, Marina's request to him from the Sword of Disaster reappeared in his memory.

In the extreme silence, Samir roared angrily:

"Son kills father, or brother kills brother?"

No one answered him.

Including the already shaky Sackel.

"Or something more vicious, simply the one who will ruthlessly sweep you, me, and all of us who know or don't know into the trash dump, and sit on the throne and enjoy everything" The Iron Man' - Kessel?"

Samir seemed a little agitated by this truth. He looked at the silent people and sneered:

"Don't tell me, it's that idiot little princess who was diagnosed as mentally handicapped since she was a child, Constance?"

?? Unemployed, officially entered a period of turmoil.

?Financial difficulties, life without.

? I hope I get through it.

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