Kingdom’s Bloodline

"That was three hundred years ago." The Deputy Envoy said flatly.

"At that time, Midir Canxing was one of the many princes of the stars," Puttilai sighed slightly: "It is said that he is very similar to Tormund I who founded the country. He was an impulsive, lively and restless prince when he was young."

"He sneaked out of the capital shortly after he became an adult at the age of sixteen to pursue the adventures in those stories and poems, until he met Sarah and Kai Peng in Dragon's Kiss..."

Thales raised his eyebrows and said in astonishment, "Sneak out of the capital?"

It turns out...those princes and princesses who sneaked out of the court and went out on tour in disguise, really exist?

"Hey! Don't just talk about the prince of your country," Marquis Shiles protested, and then he turned his head and smiled at the second prince: "Kai Peng Nehra is from Commas, and we are good at communication." The pride of the city, he was born in a famous business family of a fishing tycoon, it is said that he was quick-thinking, mature and stable since he was a child, and he was called a genius... just like you, Your Highness Thales."

Thales showed an ugly smile.

"What about you?" Putillai glanced at Nicolai who folded his arms: "Don't the people from the North have anything to say?"

The meteorite raised his eyes and looked around at everyone.

"Sara is a well-deserved hero, a typical Northlander, a fearless Exeter," Nicolai shook his head expressionlessly, "He has no surname, and future generations don't need to remember his surname— —because he doesn’t have to prove his greatness by birth and blood—just by what he does.”

Marquis Shiles blinked helplessly at Putillai.

"No surname? Is it?" A strange voice came from behind: "But Sarah married a noble daughter of the Walton family after the war, and integrated her blood into the blood of the Dragonlance family."

When everyone turned their heads, Thales was surprised to find that it was Ada who spoke. She was sitting on the snow with her legs crossed, and disdainful words came from under the cloak.

Speaking of which, this reckless elf guard has been talking a lot lately.

"His son took the surname of Walton, became the Grand Duke of Dragon Clouds City, and was elected as the King of Exeter with the help of his father's prestige."

"And so Sarah sat as regent behind her son and king for thirty years until his death."

"Is it enough to see what he did? Ha," Ada chuckled, "In my opinion, the so-called hero Sarah is nothing more than that when facing power."

Nicolai frowned.

Thales showed a curious look.

Putilei coughed: "Anyway, Your Highness, the three of you gathered at Dragon's Kiss and formed a team, and started a legendary adventure... For ten years, as mercenaries, brigades, merchants, adventurers and even expeditions, Their footprints are all over the Westland and even the west coast of the Eastland, and the friendship between the three is unbreakable, and the stories they experienced in the middle have long become legends composed by bards—especially after the Battle of Dawn.”

"For example, "Looking for the Dragon in the Desert", "A Thousand Miles of Demon Hunting", "The Chaos of the Devil's Sea", "The Establishment of the Principality of Anrenzo", "The Most Wanted Criminal in the Confinement Woodland", "The Sunset and Rebirth of the Sacred Tree", "The Mystery of Heroes of Souls", etc. There are "The Sacrifice of the Evil God in the Horse City" and so on, all of which are famous poems, telling about their experiences in the past ten years."

"At least, Sarah's fearless bravery, Midril's steadfastness and reliability, and Keppen's wit and prudence are sung incisively and vividly in these poems."

Listening to the titles of these poems, Thales became more and more curious: dragon hunting, demon hunting, evil gods... This is what I remember, in those fantasy worlds, the life of running in groups, isn't it?

Why is my life completely different? He sighed inwardly.

Puttilai took a deep breath of tobacco, and said softly, "The third continental war broke out at that time."

No one spoke.

"Xilu waited for the worst nightmare."

"The three ushered in the most terrifying opponent."

Under Thales' questioning gaze, Puttilai cleared his throat and whispered a name:

"Lamley Corleone.

"

"King of Nightwing."

Puttilai raised his eyes and stared at Thales meaningfully.

Thales gathered his hands in the fur cloak to keep out the cold, and unconsciously touched the bracelet made of fangs in his arms.

Corleone.

Is it.

"He is the owner of the Throne of the Blood Sea, the owner of the 'Blood Fang' Corleone family, the founder and eternal ruler of the Kingdom of the Night."

"It is said that he is also one of the oldest and most terrifying blood races. According to rumors, when he spreads a pair of giant wings, even the most dazzling sun will be shrouded in a bloody and boundless night." Puttilai adjusted his body The tone of voice looked like everyone gathered around the fire to tell ghost stories.

"It is said that he has lived for countless years, and before he disappeared, he was once called an existence above the extreme realm."

The missing Nightwing King, Lanley Corleone... Thales silently recalled the struggle between the two Miss Corleone—or the ladies.

Is that their "father"?

"Ridiculous, above the extreme realm?" Nicolai sneered: "Things that don't exist at all are just rumors passed down by bards."

Puttilai ignored him, but said to himself:

"The Third Continental War happened to be at the peak of the Kingdom of the Night, and the Eastern Continental Allied Forces led by Lanley Corleone—that was the first time they appointed a Blood Race as the commander of the Allied Forces—with a small number of elite soldiers. Landing suddenly from the eastern sea cliffs of Exeter, the steepest and least likely to land, for a night attack."

"According to the experience of the previous two wars, everyone thought that the people of the Eastern Land would land on the stars, and they expected the Shield of the Western Land to hold back the Eastern Land's attack tenaciously again, defending against Exter's brave heavy troops and other Reinforcements from the country are coming."

Thales was fascinated.

"The result can be imagined. The unprepared Exeter was caught off guard, and Elk City was the first to be breached."

Marquis Shiles said with a smile: "After that, Grand Duke Droquet of Elk City bought a large number of defense equipment from Steel City every year to defend against the sea in the east—we, Shanliu City, were responsible for the transportation."

Putilei continued: "The enemy's army continuously poured in from this opening on the edge of the sea cliff, and marched like a bamboo in the empty inland of Exeter to the foot of Dragon Clouds City."

"Your Highness, you can look up the specific battle records in various historical records." Puttilai sighed: "In short, after a few tragic battles, the reputation of King Nightwing has once again been recognized—then Exeter, a proud warrior and army, suffered the most catastrophic series of defeats since its founding."

"As for the reinforcements from other countries going north, even Xingchen's expeditionary army was defeated without warning, and the armies of other small countries were even more helpless."

"It is said that there are not one out of ten survivors."

"Even King Exeter at that time died in battle at Dragon Clouds City."

Thales was startled, and turned to look at the current commander of the White Blade Guard.

"That is also an important page recorded in the "Book of the White Blade," Nikolai said suddenly, with complicated eyes: "Since the age of the empire, the tenth destruction of the White Blade Guard, the third "White Blade Disgrace" ’—Let the lord die in our siege.”

Since Age of Empires?

Thales thought to himself: Has the White Blade Guard had such a long history? Even before the founding of Exeter?

Puttilai shook his head: "No one can resist King Nightwing's invincible army and his weird and unpredictable tactics."

"The entire Western Continent—as recorded in the Supreme History Book—could not gather even one capable expeditionary army in a short period of time to meet the Eastern Continent."

"Just like that, King Nightwing's army is almost invincible across the North."

"Dragon Clouds City fell into a hopeless defense," Puttilai said indifferently: "After the death of the king, Exeter was in chaos, and only a few grand dukes were still persisting in resisting."

"At this time, the people of Donglu also sent a letter requesting a peace negotiation on the current situation. Faced with heavy casualties and a huge price, Xingchen and other small countries have already begun to consider Donglu's proposal."

"At this moment, the three stood at the forefront of history and saved the precarious Westland."

Thales took a light breath: "The three heroes of the dawn?"

Puttilai nodded: "Sara, Midil, and Kai Peng gathered the remaining troops, and their battles inspired the stars and the nations..."

The Meteor interrupted him.

"Stop bragging about yourself," Nicolai taunted. He folded his arms and raised his eyes: "Sarah... the hero Sara, he is the only one who stood up first."

"Sara carried a black flag alone and returned to the battlefield of Exeter."

"He appealed to and gathered those Extremists who were determined to resist, to fight against the Eastlanders in the deep mountains, in the countryside, in the Great Needle Forest, in every inch of land, every piece of territory, regardless of bloodshed or sacrifice. "

"He was isolated, outnumbered, and even lost at the beginning, but he—Sara never gave up. This is how a hero is, forged with courage and perseverance with blood."

"That was an agreement between the three of you," Puttilai retorted coldly: "Midil returned to the stars, and Kai Peng returned to Commus, trying to persuade his country to make a last-ditch effort—this is not To represent the other two is cowardly."

"I'm not talking about Midril, but you, the reinforcements of the stars," Nicolai sarcastically said, "Midir brought twenty reinforcements—the bards remember this number clearly !"

Twenty people?

Thales looked at Puttilai curiously, waiting for his reply.

Putilei frowned: "At that time, Xingchen was really worried about continuing to send troops - after all, King Nightwing's troops were at the forefront, and Midil was just a prince who had been away for many years, and he demanded military power as soon as he came back."

"Not only that, as a prince, Midil was ordered not to participate in the battle of Exeter," Putillai said with burning eyes, "but Midil did not give in. Facing such an order, he , threw away the nine-pointed star badge that symbolizes the Canxing royal family."

"This means that he gives up his right to inherit the throne." Puttilai said softly.

Thales slightly widened his eyes.

"'Don't forget, the stars make a country with an oath.'——He, Midil, said so to the entire angry star court."

Oathkeeper.

I see.

"In this way, the oathkeeper walked out of the Fuxing Palace alone, and brought twenty warriors who were still willing to follow him, and went north to Exeter to help Sarah who was fighting alone."

"That's why we only admire the Oathkeeper," Nicolai said with a chuckle, "When the entire star becomes a coward—he is one of the few imperial people who has a kind."

"Even the Comus people are stronger than you!"

Putilai didn't speak.

"About this question, I have to say that the prophet Kaipeng actually..." Shiles interjected, coughing lightly, "This is why we, Commus, admire him..."

"From proposing a proposal to gathering a consensus and passing a resolution, Kai Peng Nehra is the only person in history who persuaded the Supreme United Council of Commas to send troops within 86 days. At that time, the fourteen city-states unanimously agreed that all The army, supplies, money, and the last property in his hands were handed over to Kai Peng, a 30-year-old young man, and let him take him to the battlefield of Exeter."

"If you have some understanding of the efficiency of the joint parliament and the greed and stinginess of the city-state councilors..." Marquis Shiles sighed, "God knows how Kai Peng did it."

"That's your history," Puttilai narrowed his eyes: "It's not ours. It's still the reinforcements from the stars that save the battlefield in the end, right?"

Thales raised his head to look at the three of them.

"However, Kaipeng's move to lead the troops to aid is obviously very effective, and the international status of the Cammas Alliance has improved a lot." Shiles spread his hands: "In this way, the three of them reunited on the battlefield and fought against each other. Lu's army circled around."

"The three have learned from the previous lessons, and this war lasted for more than a year."

"Until the end, in the Welland Territory, which is where we stand, on the Welland Snowfield," Puttilai said silently: "'Hero' Sarah, 'Prophet' Kaipen Nehra, 'keeper The Sworn, Midil Canxing, led the final coalition forces aiming to counterattack and intercepted the central main force of the Eastern Land people."

"Here, they are invincible after the invasion of the Western Continent. From the invincible, prestigious 'Nightwing King' Lanley Corleone, with countless fierce troops under his command, launched the final decisive battle."

Thales lowered his head and touched the cold snow under his feet.

Welland Snowfield.

Three hundred years ago, on this land...

"The fierce battle started in the early morning. It is said that the snowfield was covered with blood that night, and the moon was reflected scarlet red." Puttilai continued to use his specialty as a bard: "Both sides paid heavy casualties. into the blood of the warm river, and even let the snow melt in advance."

"Midir killed the armor to pieces, the coach Sarah was in danger for a while, and even the prophet Kai Peng himself was sacrificed in that heroic battle."

"Until the dawn comes, the moment when the sun rises."

Mr. Deputy Envoy paused, Thales listened quietly.

No one interrupted him, not even Nikolai bowed his head.

In the silence where no one made a sound, Puttilai said softly:

"They won."

The cold wind howled across the fire, fanning the crackling flames even more.

"This is the Battle of Dawn."

"It is also known as the Four Great Reversal Battles in history, together with the Battle of the Saints in the period of the Kings, the Battle of Reversing the Cold Wind in the Battle of the End, and the Battle of Glory in the Fourth Continental War—of course it is the name of our Westland , the countries of the Eastern Continent obviously have completely different opinions on this."

Puttilai concluded slowly: "Heroes, prophets, and oath-keepers have since been called the 'Three Heroes of the Dawn' of the West."

Thales took a deep breath.

Daybreak.

The story of three heroes.

And his special and easy-going patriarch, willing to abandon the throne for the sake of friendship and commitment.

In a corner where no one noticed, a cloaked figure listened to the poem and the story from beginning to end, staring quietly at the fire, motionless.

"Midil, even though he lost Canxing's royal badge," the second prince raised his head and asked, "but he still inherited the throne and became the 'King of the Oath', right?"

Putilei nodded: "Yes, after the Battle of Dawn, his prestige has never been second to none—and he is also the best heir to the throne, His Majesty Midil IV."

"As for Sara, she married the daughter of the Walton family, and their descendants will become the new King of Exeter."

"And Kaipen Nehra," Shiles said with a smile, "Shanliu City built a huge bronze statue for him, standing in the center of the city...to commemorate this prophet who shone with the light of wisdom, To commemorate his sacrifice and his contribution to Shanliu City and the status of Commus in the Western Continent."

wrong.

Thales thought to himself.

In the portraits of the Three Kings of the Stars, the portraits of the three kings should all be based on their respective representative achievements. For example, Tormund I was set against the background of the Battle of the End, but Thales clearly remembered: The background of Shi holding a shield and holding a sword is a towering tree.

But according to this, the greatest achievement of Midil IV—shouldn't it be the Battle of Dawn?

Thales frowned.

"You didn't mention the last part." At this moment, Nicolai said slowly: "The post-war part."

Putilai sighed.

Thales looked puzzled: "What happened after the war?"

Putilei was silent for a while, and then said silently:

"The saddest thing is here," Mr. Deputy Envoy said indifferently: "Sara and Midil, the best friends who were supposed to be close friends, after the war..."

"Turn against each other."

"Even the relationship between Star Kingdom and Exeter, which had been improving slightly, has taken a turn for the worse."

Nicolai's voice sounded:

"The Broken Dragon Fortress was built by Midir when Exeter was weak, and it has since become our biggest confidant threat - one that can withstand the extreme cold, stands on the border, is easy to defend and difficult to attack, There are countless garrisons, monitoring our every move, and can be used as an outpost at any time to march northward as a huge fortress!"

Nicolai stared straight at Thales and said: "If it wasn't for the fact that Sara, who severely injured the Nightwing King, was too famous because the Battle of Dawn was not over, I have no doubt that Xingchen would go north to attack Egypt at that time. Kester!"

"Little prince, why do you think we care so much about your broken fortress?"

Thales was taken aback for a moment.

Broken Dragon Fortress...

The meritorious fortress guarding the northern border of the stars, the iron curtain city wall, and the fortress that resisted the dragon going south...

So in the eyes of the Exeters, is this the status?

A bridgehead for the stars to invade the north?

And...he bowed his head.

Sarah and Midill?

A pair of comrades-in-arms who have been on an adventure for ten years and entrusted life and death...

Turn against?

"Why?" Thales gritted his teeth, raised his head and asked, "Sara and Midil, why did they turn against each other?"

Putilei sighed and shook his head: "I don't know."

"I don't know?" Nicolai said with a dissatisfied expression, "I do know a theory..."

"That's just an unconfirmed rumor..." Puttilai said disdainfully.

"At least it's a theory!" Nicolai interrupted him rudely.

Marquis Shiles watched the dispute between the two with great interest.

Only the voice of the meteorite overwhelmed the deputy envoy of the stars:

"There's nothing to hide," Nicolai said with a sneer, ignoring Puttilai's expression, "The two most outstanding people in the Battle of Dawn broke up because of a woman."

What?

Thales opened his mouth in surprise.

woman?

Puttilai let out a breath, with an unshakable expression on his face: "If you insist on saying that, you are belittling the friendship between the hero and the oath-keeper, and tarnishing their former glory and common legend..."

"And you also insulted the honor of Queen Esola, and at the same time offended the Canxing family of the Star Kingdom and the Yeluo family of the Sacred Tree Kingdom!"

Queen Esola? Thales heard an unfamiliar name.

And... Sacred Tree Kingdom, Ye Luo Family?

"So what?" Nikolai said in a cold voice without shame: "Everyone knows! When Sara insisted on fighting independently in the Northland, the keeper of the stars—Middir Canxing ..."

"Stole Sarah's lover!"

"Even make her his queen after that!"

Thales was stunned.

Under Puttilai's unhappy eyes, the meteorite shook his head and said, "An elf queen."

Elf...

queen?

Sarah's beloved...

Queen of Midil IV?

The second prince's heart was pounding.

Another gust of cold wind blows.

Thales suddenly noticed that Ada behind him had disappeared at some point.

Note: Regarding the three heroes of Liming in the West, I will update an article related to Fanwai 5 in the near future (it seems that I can’t read it on QQ, so I can only read it on the PC website) to mention their stories.