The political circles of the empire began to change.
On October 31, 1340 in the New Calendar, after the death of his grandson Constantine, Emperor Higsumund Voznorion Sexitus I arrested Crown Prince Hermes on charges of murder and treason, and In just one week, the Imperial Senate overturned the request of all noble ministers.
The crown prince.
Sentence to death.
The rumored feud between father and son was now completely confirmed.
There was a storm in the empire's politics. The 84-year-old emperor still looks energetic, but executing his only male heir at such an age is a huge risk from any point of view.
"Once the crown prince is executed, if your majesty also goes west, our country will fall into chaos without a master. Please think twice, your majesty!" The oldest one has been with him since the day he ascended the throne. The old prime minister, for the sake of the overall situation, opened his mouth to exhort him. As a result, he was deprived of his status and sent back to his fiefdom in the name of old age.
This is still based on years of friendship. If anyone else is afraid, they will have lost their heads by now.
The successor to the position of prime minister was the eldest princess's husband, Prince Negson Flop Visconti of the South - the biological father of the deceased Prince Constantine.
His ascension only meant the fact that the two men who controlled the supreme power of the Padrosi Empire formed a common front. There is only one purpose, which is determined and unshakable.
They want revenge for Prince Constantine.
No one in the palace dared to speak out, and those courtiers who were still loyal to the empire were worried about the coming chaos. After thinking hard, they set their sights on the far north and quietly sent letters asking for help.
If there is anyone on the entire east coast today who has the weight to persuade His Majesty the Emperor, then it is only the Pope of the Heinzwom Lakeside Church.
Publicly and privately, the religious emperor Yetina and even the Suomir people were unwilling to see Crown Prince Hermes executed.
At a time when women have no right to inherit the throne, if Prince Constantine dies and Crown Prince Hermes is executed, among the remaining relatives with the blood of Sekesiutu, the one closest to the emperor will be his father. The noble Prince Nixon.
No matter from the perspective of the people or the pope, Prince Nixon could not be a qualified emperor.
He has a similar personality to Sigsumund I and likes war and conquest, but his abilities are quite average. The several conflicts with the highlanders were all unilateral, using power to suppress people and turning a deaf ear to the advice of veteran generals, which ultimately led to what could have been an easy victory turning into a tragic victory.
Prince Nixon himself did not have any awareness of this, and he always started bragging about these victories to everyone in the imperial political circles.
Therefore, neither nobles nor soldiers wanted to see him.
And the church is not much better in this regard. Since his boyhood, the prince has expressed insults to the church and ancestors in public on several occasions, and there are even endless rumors of persecution of missionaries.
He does not know how to respect others, is loud-mouthed and uneducated. Like this, he fits the stereotype of the southern nobles of the central aristocracy of the empire. After all, the political center of the Padrosi Empire has always been in the north, and the south has never been peaceful due to conflicts with the stubborn dwarves. Coupled with the complex terrain and dense rain forests, there is a cultural disconnect in many places.
Not only the fashions and idioms of the modern Padrosi Empire, but even the influence of the Holy Yetina religious order is not strong enough in many areas of the south.
"Barbarians from the south, uncivilized and uneducated poor nobles from the countryside." This kind of statement is not only applied to the northern nobles. In the anger of several regional bishops being beaten, the Pope also used such words in public speeches to describe Nigeria. Prince Gerzon.
Even the eldest princess who married him was actually just a typical political marriage, for the reunification of the north and the south, rather than a union of love. For women in upper class society, love has always been an elusive luxury.
Based on these prerequisites, if Prince Nixon takes the throne, the Suomir people, the Padrosi people, and even the entire Yetina sect will probably face a disaster.
The central and northern nobles who disobey his rule will inevitably resist, and if he, who is warlike and in conflict with the Pope, gains power, Suomir will not be able to escape this storm.
The impact of every move by the most powerful person in the world on others can be seen from this.
A decision made by His Majesty the Emperor.
The most prosperous era on the East Coast is about to enter a bad era.
And naturally they cannot allow this to happen.
Crown Prince Hermes must survive, whether for the sake of the empire, the Kingdom of Suomir, or the Jetina Sect.
After receiving the information, the Pope quickly ordered the troops to divide into two groups, and they rushed by boat to the imperial capital where the Pope personally persuaded them. Another insurance force secretly and quietly attacked overland and also entered the empire.
If persuasion fails, they will use force to intercept the troops sent to the execution ground and save Crown Prince Hermes. In the hope that the emperor would calm down later, or wait a few years until the emperor dies and then come back to claim sovereignty over the throne.
The team traveling to persuade was naturally composed of the pope and heavyweight clergy. On the other side of the armed forces, members of the Silver Guard Knights, who had become church knights, were led by Haymelin.
There are a total of 25 members, all of whom are senior knights and, like Haymelin, are civilians. This is carefully chosen, and not all are trustworthy even among the Silver Guard. If it were not for the existence of the Crown Prince, these people would not be able to obtain the status they have today. Therefore, they also have a high degree of loyalty to Hermes himself and would go through fire and water for him.
However, despite this, they are still deeply entangled in their hearts. Many people silently prayed that the Pope could successfully persuade and avoid fighting. After all, it's one thing to fight against cultists, but it's another thing to fight against the escorts who are also members of the Imperial Army.
But fate always likes to play tricks on people.
Under the instigation of the new prime minister Nixon, the Pope never found a chance to persuade the emperor. Things finally came to an end in the early morning of November 21, and everything reached its worst outcome.
Haimirning and others who entered the empire and lurked down received a note from the raven in their hiding place.
There is no writing on the note, because this kind of thing cannot leave anything to say, so it was agreed beforehand: if everything goes well, use a blank piece of paper, but if things don't go well, force must be used -
"Red." Haimirning turned around and looked at the other 24 knights with a complicated expression.
"Alas -" Asio sighed and held his forehead. The expressions of the others were not much better.
Now that Liccardo has passed away and Gedo has escorted him back to his hometown in the south for burial, these are the only senior members the entire Silver Guard can use. They all dressed up as mercenaries, except for any insignia of the Silver Guard Knights, and they didn't even wear accessories that would reveal their identity, so as to avoid killing their families in battle or being captured.
He is wearing short-sleeved chain mail and oil-hardened leather armor. The weight is only about 7 kilograms. At the same time, the slim-fitting opening part of the chain mail, which is tightened with a leather rope, has also been blackened, which greatly avoids the Reflections and sounds.
Instead of shields, knights carried broadswords, short swords, daggers, and crossbows. Although the two-handed sword developed by the Silver Guard is relatively unique and is easily followed by others if used, considering that they need to make quick decisions, attack, rescue people and escape in one go, its impact is still stronger than that of a one-handed sword. More appropriate.
And this approach also shows their awareness to a certain extent. Doing such a thing might turn into a betrayal of the empire. After receiving knight education, they will not escape their sins. Although the details of their personal identities have been erased to avoid affecting their families, they still have to bear this responsibility as a whole. .
After all, they are people with some honor and self-respect, and they will not completely let go of these even if they change into mercenary outfits.
The words return to their original place. It was revealed by that part of the court who still wanted to save the crown prince that Hermes' execution was set for three days. The execution was carried out at the execution ground near the town of Hymelning's hometown in the north of the imperial capital. The method of execution was beheading - a very humiliating method for the nobles.
The nobles of the Padrosi Empire, which has a thousand-year cultural heritage, must pay attention to dying gracefully even if they die. In the past, many nobles would choose not to eat or drink the day before they were to be executed, in order to drain the remaining residue from the body and avoid death before death. Struggling lost his final dignity due to painful incontinence and defecation. The Empire's gallows was repeatedly modified for this reason, and was made to a suitable height so that it could break the cervical vertebra the moment it fell, resulting in a clean death.
Beheading, an extremely barbaric method of death, is reserved for those who have committed the most heinous crimes. However, as the crown prince, Hermes was reduced to such a fate. I am afraid that even as the executioner of the town that hides filth and evil, Hermes , and my hands will be shaking.
But whether it was the excitement of being able to cut off the heads of the royal family or the fear of being silenced afterwards is unknown.
Returning to this area again, Haimirning's mood was complicated.
This town is a veritable garbage dump of the imperial capital. Illegitimate children are thrown into the monastery here, and high-ranking nobles often have ulterior motives here. In the end, even the execution of Crown Prince Hermes was scheduled here.
The only good thing is that they don't have to do anything in the town, because the local guards will be strictly guarded by the local guards. The correct tactic for them, with a small but capable number, should be to intercept them halfway.
It was three days' journey from the dungeon of the imperial capital to the small town's execution ground. Haimirning and others, who were traveling lightly, set out in advance with accurate intelligence and set up ambush at resting points on the only way. Sure enough, a heavily armed guard arrived the next day.
"It's the Golden Griffin." Asio's voice trembled next to him.
Looking down from the ambush site from a distance, they could clearly see each other's outfits with the help of the setting sun. There were a total of 50 escort troops including foot attendants. Among them, the knights wore the most gorgeous gilded clothes. The mail on the sides and the matching outer armor are also made of velvet. The cloak wrapped around him was pure white, with a golden gryphon with its teeth and claws rustling behind it.
They are armed with spears and high-quality kite shields. Even the horses they ride on are tall and strong and equipped with vests.
This is the elders of the Silver Guard, the Knights of the Golden Griffin.
The first and richest knighthood in the Padrosi Empire.
The lowest class of internal members are all descendants of viscounts, and it is said that even the sons of counts are only qualified to be attendants.
"Of course, the most elite knights were sent as guards." Asio looked helpless while holding his forehead, while Haimirning pondered for a moment: "It's okay, they only know the fighting methods of knights."
"He will not be our opponent." He said, and then began to silently direct the knights of the Silver Guard to disperse.
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It's a three-day journey, and it's impossible to go fast without an escort carriage. Therefore, preparations for camping must begin in the evening.
As 20 knights from high-level nobles, it was impossible for the 20 knights to condescend to watch the night in person, so of course this task was left to the attendants on foot. Along with this comes the responsibility of caring for the horses and making other preparations for life.
The attendants are all equipped with high-quality equipment. Although not as good as the knights, they are comparable to the official members of the Silver Guard. Using horse-drawn carriages and terrain, they arranged fixed-point sentries and patrols. 10 people are used as a shift and replaced in three shifts. Because the team is small, the distance between the sentries is relatively close. In this way, any sound or movement will cause a chain reaction.
The knights stayed in the tent, which was set up in a sheltered position near the foot of the hill, on the far left. This is also where most of the resting attendants are. The attendants who were rotated later were lying on the ground in the open air and taking a nap, while four of the night watchmen were chatting around the campfire, drinking tea and playing dice games. There are some lanterns and torches placed next to the campfire. The former lasts longer and the latter is brighter. It is a two-handed preparation.
In the middle is a large enclosed carriage transporting the crown prince. The driver is also one of the guards. He wraps his body in a cloak and falls asleep on the seat. The car door was firmly closed and had a brass lock, and two of the remaining six night watchmen were clinging to the car door.
The other two people guard the horses at the end of the team, and the last two people serve as a patrol team to check the situation from time to time.
This is a very standard and well-trained formation arrangement. Although there are ideological differences between the Silver Guard and them due to class issues, the so-called great success does not equate to low combat effectiveness. It is true that the name of the First Knights is related to the title of birth and financial resources, but the noble background and rich financial resources are themselves a part of the combat effectiveness.
This is a very real question, and the fact is that combat effectiveness is closely related to financial resources and family background - just like everything else.
People who shout every day that nobles don't know how to fight are mostly incompetent mercenaries bragging after drinking. Once they go to the battlefield and encounter such heavily armed nobles charging on horseback, they will just run away. Because wealthy and powerful nobles can hire the most professional swordsmanship teachers to pass on their knowledge from an early age, and they can also afford sophisticated weapons, armor, and war horses.
The inferior weapons of the mercenaries cannot penetrate the armor, while the weapons of the knights and nobles can easily penetrate their old second-hand goods. The family has sufficient funds and does not need to be trapped in life. They can repeat the cycle of training and nutritional supplements every waking hour, so even their physique and physical fitness are stronger than those of mercenaries born from poor people.
Of course, there are also a small number of nobles who wear gorgeous and expensive armor but lack combat experience, but those are rare and isolated cases. Most of them are the eldest sons of Dukes and Marquises. They don't have to go into battle in person, but sit firmly in the rear and command.
Among those noble knights who are truly capable of killing enemies in battle, there will be no weak ones.
They are elites, there is no denying that.
But as Hemelning said, they understand how only knights fight.
"Hiss - what's the smell? Vincenzio, did you pee over there?" A frowning attendant said this, while the other man he called Vincenzio looked a little dissatisfied: "No, I'm obviously downwind."
"And the smell of urine is a bit too strong, as if it has been held in for a long time. Could it be that kid from Xiji?"
"Hey, Xi——" "Keep your voice down, don't disturb the adults to rest——" "Ouch——"
"Hissing-"
"It's a wild wolf, and the horse is frightened. What are Xiji and the others doing? Why didn't they take care of it?" "Maybe there's a lack of manpower and we can't control it. Let's go over and help!" The two of them quickly ran to the horse's place without thinking too much. . The horses of the knights are of noble blood, and are more valuable than their nameless attendants. In the dark night, if the horse is frightened, breaks away from the reins, runs away, or is injured, they will face a severe beating.
Fear drove the attendants to run to where the horses were, and the two people who were eager to comfort them did not notice the dark shadow approaching quietly under the night behind them.
"Hey Xiji——" The guard guarding the horses stood there stupidly with his back to the two patrolling people. Vincenzio thought he was asleep and reached out to pat his shoulder, but Xiji didn't. He fell to the ground due to this action.
"Varied--"
The tapered, edgeless dagger pierced the lungs from behind.
Mail armor can block the blade, and a chain ring dense enough to block such a dagger is not a problem, but that is not what the attendants can afford to wear.
"Ahem——" They couldn't even scream or warn their allies, because their lungs were punctured and they met their deaths quietly.
Sneak attacks and assassinations without honor, using tactics instead of head-on duels.
This is not how the Knights fight, but it is how the Silver Guards fight.
Those who stare into the abyss need to remember that the abyss is also staring at you; those who fight against dragons will one day become dragons themselves.
Together with the conquest in the northern part of the empire, they have also learned a lot from these opponents after fighting the cultists for 6 years.
Although they still have inner persistence, they are more pragmatic than rigid imperial dogma.
That's all true. If a country is always winning and has an absolute advantage, they will often ignore those subtle changes.
"Cut the reins." Haymelin, whose eyes reflected the moonlight in the dark night, whispered softly. After everyone did so, they picked up the riding whip and the branches on the ground and threw them hard at the horse's buttocks.
"Neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh!" The painful horse immediately neighed, "What's going on!" The attendants who were sleeping on the ground and the two guards beside the carriage heard the movement and ran over to take a look, but what greeted them was the strong and powerful horse of their own. Powerful iron hooves. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" The guard who was collided and trampled died on the spot. Several Silver Guard knights on horseback protected the horses to ensure that they were running in the direction of the camp. Immediately after arriving near the prison car, he jumped down. One of them even pulled out a big sword and used the opportunity to split the body of the last guard.
"Uh-uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!" The guards who were sleeping on the ground were trampled to death or injured by the galloping horses. The moment the knights woke up and ran out of the camp in disheveled clothes, several crossbow bolts coated with black paint that could not be seen clearly at night hit their bodies.
"Weak idiots, didn't I tell you to sleep with your armor on?" He quickly put on the helmet with a gold rim. The leader of the Golden Griffins did not feel any sadness for the death of his team members. A war horse rushed towards him. Come, and he picked up a spear from the ground and threw it towards the horse's chest.
"Neighing..." The war horse pierced by the powerful attack fell to the ground, while the regiment leader stood leisurely in the gap between the galloping horses without wavering.
"Everyone gather in the prison car!" The remaining dozen knights and attendants gathered together to form a force of about 30 people.
“Whoa, ah, ah—” “Dang—whoa!” The Silver Guard knight approaching the carriage raised his sword high, but was easily blocked, and then stabbed through his throat with his spear and died.
The Golden Griffin's reaction speed was extremely fast, and even though the Silver Guard had the upper hand, it could not weaken the opponent's combat power to the ideal level.
"Tap - dong -" The leader of the Golden Griffin lifted up the fallen Silver Guard knight with one hand and threw it nearby to make room for his own side. The moment they surrounded the prison car, there was the sound of the crossbow being released again. sounded. "Boom - hoo, seize -" The dull sound was the sound of the crossbow hitting the shield. The golden griffin knights who formed a shield wall around the prison car formed a typical defensive formation.
The crossbow arrow was of no use in this situation. "Put out the fire and put out the lanterns!" However, the leader of the Golden Griffin still made this judgment. After all, the situation on the battlefield is changeable. He wants to force the opponent to come out and compete with him in close combat instead of hiding in the dark and making a sneak attack.
It is human instinct to obtain lighting when attacked in the dark, but in this case, if they succumb to this fear of the unknown, they will only be annihilated.
"Ka-" "Zi--" The lantern was trampled to pieces and the torch rolled on the ground and went out. The whole world returned to darkness, but the crossbowman of the Silver Guard Knight was still firing arrows.
The sound of "Snatch--" sounded several more times, but they were obviously blocked by the shield.
"Indecent." The leader of the Golden Griffin looked very disdainful. Although many people died and the most important war horse for the knights was lost, he remained calm.
"What should I do? They reacted faster than expected." After the place returned to darkness again, Haimirning and his party lay down nearby, feeling in a dilemma for a while.
These people are worthy of being the elite of the elite, as long as they run out of the camp a little slower; or if they are less vigilant, they take off their armor for comfort while sleeping; or if they succumb to fear without discarding the benefits brought by the torch. Light, the Silver Guard can still have considerable advantages, further weakening or even winning while preserving their strength.
But none of this went according to plan. Every step of the opponent's response was not only fast but also decisive and accurate, giving them no chance to expand their results.
Haimirning glanced at the night sky, and the Golden Griffin Knights, who had gradually adapted to the darkness, began to see their surroundings clearly.
"No choice." He tightened his grip on the sword hilt.
The knights of the Silver Guard swallowed in unison.
Dark clouds drifted across the sky, revealing a gap, and the brightest magic moon of Xifink spread its light to the earth.
This is a rare sight in places like the Imperial Capital that are brightly lit every night. The silvery-white moonlight makes the entire land as bright as day.
One after another, the knights drew the swords from their backs.
"Silver Guard! Sure enough, it's you, all turn around and raise your spears!" The leader of the Golden Griffins roared, and then more than thirty people changed from a circular formation to a square formation, leaning against the Silver Guard's shield, spears Stick out from the gap.
"Charge-" Haimirning roared.
"Feng——!" The leader of the Golden Griffins said in unison with him.
"Boom!!" He stepped heavily on the ground. "Kill ah ah ah!" The battle cry, also in Laman language, shook the heavens and the earth.
The wind flowed from both sides of them. The knight in black and holding a big sword and the knight in gold and silver roaring majestically, and then.
Crash together.
“Bang!” “Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Then he held the end of the sword with one hand and struck out.
"Pfft - uh -" The chain armor could not block the heavy sword produced by Suomir, but the knight who decapitated the opponent was immediately stabbed through the throat by the spear of another golden griffon knight.
The great sword fell to the ground, and the three Silver Guard knights died on the spot, but they launched a frantic charge and successfully tore apart the opponent's shield wall.
The wooden shaft of the spear was easily pushed aside and chopped off in the face of such a heavy weapon as the sword. "Back off and abandon the spear! Draw the sword!" The leader of the Golden Griffins issued this order after losing their main weapon.
"Don't let them re-form! Fight on their own!" The advantage of the shield is that it can form a formation. If you let them fall back and re-form, the Silver Guard will definitely lose. Haymelin, who did not allow this to happen, also gave the order, and the sword knights immediately separated and rushed into the enemy formation, causing them to fall into a melee.
"Boom!!" The two-handed sword slashed hard on the edge of the shield, tearing away the metal and the animal skin on the surface. But the opponent's knight was not a vegetarian either. He hit the shield with his numb left arm. It moved to the side, and the big sword stuck above was also pushed away, and then it was stabbed at the empty Silver Guard knight in front of him.
"Oh -" The knight of the Silver Guard reached out and grabbed his opponent's sword. He had no time to care about the pain of his leather gloves and palm being cut by the one-handed sword. He dropped his big sword with his other hand and then pulled it out from his waist. He held up his dagger, then kicked off his back foot and rushed forward to start a close-quarters struggle.
They fought from spears and broadswords to daggers and one-handed swords. In the end, both sides pulled out daggers and fought hand to hand. They even used their upper fingers to pinch each other's eyes, choke and beat them. Etiquette and chivalry are pity when you have an advantage, and in this situation where both sides are equally elite warriors, even the people of the Golden Griffin will no longer pay any attention to it.
This is just a matter of life and death, which determines the outcome of the two knights after their skills are almost at the same level and they lost their formation and turned into a melee.
Just only.
The will to live.
"Ha-ha-" The moonlight shone in bursts. After a few minutes of fighting, the broken wooden shields and spear shaft fragments were trampled into the soil. Damaged weapons, armor and dead bodies covered the nearby ground. . Not only the one-handed swords, but also several large swords were damaged. Although the Suomir people have the most outstanding weapon forging skills on the east coast, the equipment used by the Golden Griffin Knights is not outstanding.
There were only a few people on both sides still standing, and they were all scarred and covered in blood. The only ones whose breathing could be considered calm were the two captains of the knights.
"Step back, Mr. Captain, you should also understand that the death of the Crown Prince will do no harm to the empire!" Haimirning said to the Golden Griffin Captain who was not inferior to him in height but had a stronger physique, and this The response to his persuasion was only a sneer.
"Do you want me to become a traitor like you? After all, this is a knighthood from civilians, and your loyalty to the emperor is not worth mentioning."
"Die, Heimerning Heinzwom." The big man roared and charged forward, launching a second attack. "Ho--" Haimirning, who had regained his breath, raised the big sword in his hand and fell down, but before he could carry out this attack, the leader of the Golden Griffin raised his shield and actively blocked his attack. He slashed down, and then the one-handed sword in his right hand curled up at his side stabbed straight towards his abdomen.
"Ho--" "Crack--" In desperation, Haimirning deflected the sword and slid it away while rubbing the surface of the shield. At the same time, he twisted his waist and flashed out to the left. The paint of the golden griffon was scratched. It fell, and he distanced himself again. He successfully avoided the opponent's attacks by relying on his body skills and reflexes developed during the battle with the monsters used by the cultists.
"Cowards who only know how to retreat!" The leader of the Golden Griffins taunted again, and then took advantage of his heavy armor to charge directly with his shield.
"Uh-huh..." Heimirning, who was hit by the shield collision, was immediately injured on his left shoulder. Although he was the same height but had a weight disadvantage, he was beaten back by the opponent one after another. He endured the pain in his left arm, dodging left and right, and finally seized the opponent's opportunity to raise the sword again.
"Ho--" The leader of the Golden Griffin raised his shield to protect his head and instinctively wanted to repeat the same trick.
"Huh-" But Haimirning breathed out.
Then.
He twisted his body and made a circle around the outside of the shield.
The sword tip was lowered.
"Boom!! Tear!!" Under the huge impact, the mail ring deformed and the rivets flew out, while the big sword full of gaps still tore open the cotton armor cushion underneath.
Blood spattered, and the slash upward from the lower right side cut off the golden griffon leader's shield-holding right arm from the inside. Immediately afterwards, Haimirning made a circle and hit the neck of the Golden Griffin leader from the left side.
"Bang——!" The moment the shield with half a hand fell to the ground, the big sword slashed into his neck.
"Ahem——" The mail and cushions worked, and the blow with all its strength only cut into half of the neck.
"Clang--!" The right hand of the leader of the Golden Griffin also dropped weakly, and the armed sword with gold-plated gauntlet fell to the ground. Blood stained the scratched golden griffon emblem. Under the silvery moonlight, his knees softened and he fell to the ground.
"you......"
"Treason..."
"monster."
"Qiang——" Haimirning drew out his sword, blood splashed on his face, and his gray-blue eyes began to become calm.
The leader of the Golden Griffin fell to the ground, and the whole scene became terrifyingly quiet for a moment.
"Drop the sword and shield and run away." Heimerning wiped away the blood from the sword in his hand, turned around and looked at the remaining Golden Griffin knights with gray-blue eyes and said.
"Damn...fuck-" They hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to save their lives now that the leader was dead, discarding their shields and weapons, turning around and running away.
"Huh-Captain?" Seeing that the battle was finally over, the Silver Guard knights breathed a sigh of relief when they looked at Haimirning but suddenly didn't know what to do. Asio stepped forward after hesitating for a while.
"There's still a lock." He said, "Break it open--" and another senior knight said this. "Yeah" Asio nodded, then raised the sword in his hand and hit it hard with a weighted ball to break open the copper lock, and then stretched out his hand to open the car door.
"What the hell -" But before the door was opened halfway, Asio raised his head and heard a crisp "click -"
"Boom!" The gleaming crossbow bolt penetrated the knight's forehead, and he fell straight down. "Death to you traitors!!" The knight's attendants who were waiting in the carriage with the crown prince roared angrily and rushed out with their swords.
"Acio!!" And the knights of the Silver Guard rushed forward and chopped him into pieces.
"Asio...there are only 7 people left. Captain...what should I do with the bodies of the brothers?" The surviving senior knight spoke to Haimirning with a tired face, and He walked to Asio's side silently and closed his eyes with his hands.
"Bang!!" He pulled the wooden car door up from the frame, and the silver-white moonlight shone into the interior of the prison car. Crown Prince Hermes' hair was disheveled and he was wearing simple linen clothes. His hands were tied behind his back and his mouth was stuffed with cloth. Prevent him from making audible reminders. But despite this, he remained calm, and the moment he saw Haimirning, his gray-blue eyes burst into hope.
"..." Haimirning stepped forward and took off the cloth from his mouth.
"Child, you-" The smile that was about to bloom on the face of Crown Prince Hermes froze in the indifferent expression of Haimirning.
"Although it is a bit inappropriate, there is something we must discuss." Haimirning's expression was as cold as Suomir's ice and snow.
"Father."
"...Father?" The knights looked at each other, and Haymelin untied the hands of Crown Prince Hermes and made way for him to get out of the prison car.
"Do you... know?" The Crown Prince, who had remained calm despite being imprisoned and even beaten before, suddenly felt weak in his legs and feet for some reason. He held on to the edge of the prison car and tried to stand, and then used a somewhat weak hand to The voice spoke.
"Yeah." Hemelning only answered one syllable.
"Your mother and I, no, not - what's going on?" Crown Prince Hermes, who was about to continue explaining, suddenly became nervous after seeing dozens of corpses on the ground under the moonlight.
"No! Run away. When I set off, there were more than just these people in the team!"
"This is a trap -" "咻咻咻咻-take-!!" "Captain!!" Slender black arrows flew from the night, and two Silver Guard knights picked up their shields and came over to protect them with their bodies. Between the two of them, however, an arrow hit the crown prince in the abdomen before that.
"Uh-" Crown Prince Hermes' gray-blue eyes widened, and blood immediately began to spread and stain his linen shirt red.
"Ahem -" "Diego! Raul!" Heimerning shouted back, but the two knights who had been shot into hedgehogs could no longer answer him.
"Uh-huh -" One of the remaining four people was also shot through the calf by an arrow.
"Captain!!" An uninjured knight shouted loudly, and Haimirning turned his head suddenly. Dark clouds drifted across the sky and briefly blocked the moonlight of Xifenk, and around them, on the hills.
A whole row of torches lit up one after another.
And when the moonlight flashed again, a flag was raised high on the highest point of the hill.
"Black background, golden daisies."
"The flag of His Majesty Emperor Sigsumund——"
"Captain! Let's break up the rear and escape with the prince!" The roars of the knights echoed in our ears.
After the break? How to cut off? Four people facing a thousand people?
Instinct made him react. After inserting the big sword back into his back, he picked up his father, then cut the laces of the carriage with his short sword, and climbed onto the horse's back.
"Uh-uh-" The crown prince began to vomit, and he swayed on the horse while the knights drew their swords. Sigshumund I on the hill looked at the scene below indifferently, and then raised a hand.
"put."
"咻咻咻咻咻——!!"
The overwhelming arrows fell crazily, and the last scene that Haimirning saw when he turned around was the sight of the Silver Guard knights roaring and charging forward with arrows stuck in them.
Eyes red.
But nothing can be done.
He drove his horse to run as fast as he could, not knowing where to go. His mind was confused and his heart was exhausted. The only thought he had was——
"Towards the North"
He crossed the hills and through the forests and came to the river as the sun rose.
"Pfft--" The dizzy crown prince almost fell off his horse, "neigh--" The whole night of galloping, the horse's belly was bloody and bloody, and no matter how hard it was stimulated, its speed could not be increased. At this moment, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and his front legs gave way and he fell to the ground.
"Ho--" Hemirning grabbed the crown prince and jumped off the horse. His calf hit hard on the rocks by the river. The pain made him almost unable to speak, but he still stood up with the support of his sword.
"You—" the pale crown prince clutched his abdomen and said breathlessly: "Escape by yourself, child."
"...Where can I run to?" Hemelning shook his head and sighed. The dark army on the distant horizon with flags held high appeared in the field of vision.
"Hiss--" The fallen horse twitched for the last time and then foamed at the mouth and died. It opened its eyes and refused to close its eyes. Haimirning looked at it, and then glanced at the scarred himself and the dying crown prince.
This is a desperate situation.
"You, you must escape."
"You have to keep, Suomeir."
"What do you mean?" Hermes raised this question at this juncture, and Hemilin frowned and looked at him.
"Her Majesty is going to conquer Sumir, because the person who will die, they have not hidden this secret in front of me."
"Suo Mill has always been the heart disease of the empire, and the east coast is only completely unified. It is actually for the sake of sending you ... to get the goodwill of the locals, and you can further dispatch the garrison."
"He didn't care what he repaired with Sumier." Prince Hermes said with a bitter smile: "How do you know you, you really start doing good things for the Sumier people."
"He is going to tear his face. The army of the imperial capital has begun to convene. After executing me, the empire will march towards Suomille." Prince Hermes said this, and the whole person lay on the river bank again on the river bank. After a few breaths, I opened my eyes again.
"Do you know why we are not in line." He looked up at the gray -blue eyes of the sky, and his pupils had begun to fall, but I don't know if it was back to light, but his voice became smooth and powerful at this time.
"Everything is just a prophecy. When my father was still young, one prophet said."
"Ru and other dynasties will conquer the world one day, but they must beware of the children with gray -blue eyes."
"Bai is the reincarnation of the demon, coming to destroy the family of Saksi."
"Cough -." Hermes coughing, while Hemil nan looked at him.
"Strangely, hahahaha-" He smiled, but the corner of his eyes kept crying: "Because of such a so -called prediction, he watched me in my eyes in my life for more than 40 years. You can count it. "
"It's fear, it's fear."
"I didn't kill Constantin."
"Of course, I can't kill those princes who were born before me, but those who can grow up in the entire harem have not died. I really have the pupil color in the prediction. Biological son, because of fear, he chose to exclude me, chose hostile, chose to keep alert everywhere, and even after such a problem, he thought it was my responsibility. "
"He knew your existence, he knew that you would be the one who came to save me. He wanted to let the two of us die. All this was a trap at the beginning."
"Child." He turned his head with tears and looked at Hemirning: "I'm sorry."
"..." The young Cavaliers headed the sword, and the amount of information made him unaware of how to react.
"I should tell you all this long ago. I can use the mistakes made by young people to get rid of myself. Maybe even death can not eliminate this sin."
"That's a mistake, I hurt your mother."
"But your birth is not a mistake. Children, I understand when I see your eyes. Don't let him deny this."
"I should tell you all this, Hemirning, I should have told you a long time ago."
"Heinzwum is your mother's birthplace."
"Presumably, when the monks sent you to the orphanage to avoid hunting, the clues left to reunite in the future."
"Leave the empire, go to Suol."
"Warfire is about to ignite, and you are destined to be someone who guides them."
"The words of a foreigner usually cannot cause their conviction, but you have been struggling there for two years. You are vowed in the name of your mother, say all of this, tell them that I am the one who has infringed your mother Tell them that this is the lies of the empire. And you will lead the Suomer to break this lies and break the empire's lies. "
The army stayed at the rear, and Hig Summond I took Prince Nigson and the pro -guards drove the horse to approach.
"Lead the people, Hemirning, lead the people." Hermes stood up. His pale face twisted because of pain.
"Father-" Hemirning approached the past and planned to reach out, but Hermes raised his hand and rejected him.
"Step-" The emperor who was high in high was still majestic even if he was 84 years old. He frowned tightly with a pair of sword eyebrows.
"This disgusting pupil." Ru Ming was full of magnetic sounds, and Higsumond I used to adjust the mouth with indifferent language.
"Finally, I can solve this curse here, this one has taken away a lot of love curses."
"嗬, Great Father Emperor." Hermes said with a mocking mocking to the high emperor: "You have always won the general to conquer the emperor, but in my opinion."
"You are just a confused old man who is not clear about reality by fear of being dazzled by fear!"
"Killing them" Hig Summond issued an instruction expressionlessly. "Child!" "Lang Dang!!" I didn't know the strength from there, and Hermes, who turned around, rushed to Hemilin, and then blocked his two spears for him. In a hurry, the Cavaliers who did not respond to the big sword in their hands fell into the water, and then the two fell into the water together.
"His Majesty!"
"Chase, make sure they die." Higsumond said indifferently, and then drove the horse and turned around.
"Child-" The water flow was turbulent, and the two were ups and downs. The blood from the three wounds was dissolved in the water, and Hermes said with the final strength.
"Survival-" He let go of his hand.
"Go down--" then drowned in the current.
"Father-!" Hemirning stretched out his hand, but couldn't catch anything.
There was a wave of waves, and he lost his consciousness into the bottom of the river.
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In the fuzzy consciousness, who sounds sounds.
Anxious voice, but what are you talking about?
There are something else in the background.
"--Ding--"
"Ding -Dang !!!" Suddenly he woke him up like a thunderous ears, but the moment he woke up, he felt a sour nasal cavity.
"Cough -cough-" The cough was sprayed with the accumulated water, and he was still dizzy. "Great, Elika, he woke up!" The black -haired female bishop yelled beside him, and the silver -haired maid in front led the other people with red mercenaries to step forward. One step.
"Well !!!" The powerful wind pressure blown the opposite empire knights and couldn't move forward. Erika, who was sweaty, turned back: "Hurry up!"
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Horse Mercedes -Benz quickly passed through the forest, the wind was whistling, the woman's breathing behind him was in his ears. .
The problem was not resolved.
The problem was not resolved.
The problem was not resolved.
There are still many if you want to ask, I want to ask the man in the face, I want to ask about what happened that year, and I want to figure out everything.
But he was so dead.
He only felt a corner in his heart.
This should not be felt. In the life before that, he never had a role like a father. After that, before he could really accept him, he also learned the truth of his past birth.
It was a man who was carrying sin. Even if he desperately wanted to atone for sin, even if his mistakes were rooted, all this could not change the fact that he committed sin.
But what's going on.
The heart lacks a corner.
"stay alive--"
The discourse echoed in the ear.
"stay alive--"
for what?
What to survive for?
"Revenge."
"L for them."
"Revenge."
He closed his eyes and fell asleep in her gentle voice.
There was a fire burning.
Burning.
Since the emperor's Her Majesty believes that prediction.
Then.
Let it come true-
