Kingdom’s Bloodline

Under the clear sky, Thales and Kez stood outside a wild hut, watching two saddled pack horses grazing leisurely in front of them.

"Are you sure you don't want me to send you off again?" Kezi asked while leaning on a branch, scratching his head.

"Although the search of Dragon Clouds City is limited to the city, the major checkpoints must have been notified..."

Thales took a breath, and looked at the cabin in front of him with a light heart.

It was an out-of-town hideout for Griveaux and his brothers.

These mud-legged people in the shield area, they have already arranged the follow-up escape method through their own people who transported necessities and dung (thinking of this, Thales’s face turned black again): two pack horses, just eat like this Grass, looking at them docilely.

Maybe it was because the adventures in the black path were too rich and colorful. For a moment after escaping, Thales almost forgot the primary purpose of their trip.

But when he recalled it, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Thales breathed the grassy air in the wild, looked at the tenacious weeds under his feet, the coniferous forests unique to the Northland in the distance, and a few evergreen trees, feeling very sad:

six years.

He walked out of Dragon Clouds City.

The prince looked back at the distant peak from time to time, imagining the bustling and chaotic streets and the majestic palace on the other side of the mountain.

He shook his head, ending these pasts with a smile.

"And do you know where you're going?" Kurz frowned.

"Yes, I know the direction, and I know where there are checkpoints, and I can't go there." Thales recalled the map, recalled the route that Raphael had pointed out to him, and found that it was still clear, "Don't worry, there will be a road ahead." Somebody picked me up."

and……

Thales stepped on the ground, feeling the strange pulse coming from his feet.

He whispered, "I know the way."

Kurz put his hands on his hips and stared at him steadfastly. '

As if he knew some of his secrets.

Thales felt uneasy.

"Okay." After a while, the seamstress spread her hands and said, "If you arrive at the place, let go of the reins..."

"This is the Fallon family's old horse. He knows how to go home by himself."

Speaking of which...

Thales looked at the horse sadly.

He was on full alert, pulling tentatively on the reins, ready to dodge his opponent's flying hooves at any time.

But he was stunned immediately.

"What's wrong?" Keziqi asked.

"Nothing," Thales pulled the rein in surprise, watched the old horse obediently pulled to him, tentatively stretched out his hand to pat its head: "I just... I didn't talk to animals very much before. Come... horses are one of them, but today..."

The old horse of the Fallon family looked at him docilely, even stuck out his tongue, and licked Thales' palm with an intimate attitude.

Thales suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment.

What's going on today?

Single dog benefits? Even the animals are obedient?

He blinked, only thinking that the world is so wonderful, and then recalling Nicolai's riding instruction in his memory, he straddled the saddle neatly on the horse.

Kezi looked at the obedient old horse, and then looked at him with contempt: "Cut, you must have ridden many good horses, judging by how familiar you are."

Thales raised his eyebrows helplessly, and was about to leave.

"etc."

Kerz suddenly spoke, showing a strange smile:

"Let me give you a gift at last, come here."

"Tell you a little secret about Griveau."

Thales responded in astonishment.

But relying on the friendship of escaping from the same life and death in the cave, he still obediently steered forward, leaning over and putting his ears close.

Griveau's little secret?

Could it be...

Unexpectedly, just as he leaned down on the horseback, Kertz grabbed his neck and showed a smirk that had succeeded in trickery.

Thales was taken aback.

In the next second, Kurz stepped forward on tiptoe and approached Thales' cheek intimately...

"Boom."

Kissed Thales' lips.

Thales was taken aback for a moment.

In the next second, his jaw dropped in shock!

"you you you!"

"What are you doing!"

The terrified Thales reacted exaggeratedly pulling the rein back and wiping his lips!

Still wet!

She even licked it!

Lick it!

Feeling the touch on his lips, he pointed at Kerz with a smirk in disbelief: "You you you"

"Hahahaha!" Kerz leaned on a tree branch and laughed loudly: he even bent over: "Little brat, this reaction is so funny...,"

Thales stared blankly at Kez, and realized that the other party only thought that this action was...a prank?

She took this... as a prank?

"Is there a mistake!"

Thales forced himself to put on a disgusted face, wiped his lips, and said angrily, "Hey, hey, this joke is not funny at all, is it?"

"who do you think You Are……"

"Oh, not fun?"

Curz rolled his eyes, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips lightly, and winked slyly at him on the horse: "Why, don't you want to go further?"

Thales was so frightened that he lifted the rein again and took a step back.

Thales was in a mess, feeling that the whole world was full of malice. He really didn't know what expression to use to face this rude and violent her.

"Cut," looking at his reaction, Kerz said contemptuously:

"It can't be the first kiss, can it? How poor!"

Thales' expression darkened, and the pride in his heart made him feel that he couldn't show weakness.

"Hmph, self-righteous woman!" Thales put on a disdainful expression: "My first kiss was much prettier than yours!"

However, he is a pervert who kills without blinking an eye.

Responding to him was Kurtz's repeated laughs.

Thales, who was making fun of himself, shook his head embarrassingly, and was about to shake the rein and leave.

"Thank you, son."

Kezi's voice came slowly.

A little gloomy.

Thales turned around suspiciously.

"Remember."

"When you grow up, you have to be a good man." At this moment, Kezi's face was a little sad: "The kind who can take responsibility and can be entrusted to people's shoulders."

"Even in the deepest darkness."

She was in a trance, with a lonely expression.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

Tels paused for a moment, feeling slightly sour.

"Thank you, Kurz," he said silently.

But Kurz chuckled and shook his head.

"Kurz is a nickname, not my official name."

Thales showed a puzzled look.

"The cripple has a big tongue. He thinks my name is too long, so... After so many years, I've gotten used to 'Kerz'." Kertz inserted his right hand into his forehead hair, and he shook his head back, brushing the messy hair Combs smoothly into the back of the head.

Coupled with shaking her head and stretching her waist, Kezi's movements are smooth and natural, unrestrained and neat. Coupled with her graceful figure, she actually has a strange sense of beauty.

At that moment, Thales suddenly had an idea that made him a little ashamed:

This gruff-voiced woman in front of her... seems to be quite attractive?

Thales coughed lowly, and quickly shook his head, driving out the boring thoughts and the strange feeling on his lips that had just regained moisture.

"Christina," Kerz said with a charming smile:

"Christina Ramon, that's my name."

Thales shrugged: "Okay, Miss Ramon..."

But he was taken aback immediately.

"Ramon..." Thales chewed on the surname, his face changed slightly.

He looked at Kurtz differently.

"I heard from Grevet that your father was a military doctor?"

Kurz frowned: "Yeah, a lunatic, he was not normal before he disappeared."

"And my biggest gain from being with him is that I learned how to suture whether the dead or the living."

She shook her head contemptuously, apparently disapproving of her father.

"Really," Thales was in a strange mood at the moment, and the taste was unspeakable: "How did you come to Dragon Clouds City, to the shield area?"

Kurz paused slightly.

"Twenty years ago, my father put me in the hands of an old colleague and disappeared," Kurz shrugged. Lame, he brought me out."

After a few seconds.

Thales said with difficulty: "Your missing father, what's his name? Maybe I can help you find him."

Kurz fell silent.

"Cobb, or Cobo? I can't remember exactly," she waved her hands indifferently, "It doesn't matter, I've always regarded him as dead anyway..."

Kerz snorted softly: "I never counted on him either."

But she immediately noticed that Thales trembled slightly.

The prince looked hesitant, with an unusually heavy expression.

He lowered his eyes.

As if afraid to face her.

"What's the matter?" Kurz asked suspiciously, then she deliberately showed a shy smile, picked the corner of her mouth, and joked again: "Oh, are you reluctant to part with me? Want to marry me back to the castle?"

But Thales didn't intend to make fun of it.

He didn't pay attention to Kurz's words at all, but nodded anxiously.

"Kerz, I'll keep an eye on it," the prince's voice was a little low, he turned his horse's head: "If I can find him."

"Find your father."

He said sadly: "Also, thank you."

"Miss Ramon."

Kerz looked at him strangely, but in the end he didn't say anything, just snorted lightly, and waved at him with a calm expression.

"Take care of yourself."

"Little prince."

Thales never dared to look back.

In the next second, he raised the rein of the horse and headed towards the direction he remembered, raising his hooves away.

Take Dragon Clouds City, together with the memories there...

stay behind.

The sun is setting.

Thales rode cautiously in the wilderness outside Dragon Clouds City, neither fast nor slow.

He still remembered that Longxiao City, the rendezvous place marked by Raphael on the map, was still under lock-down. The guard and search were still inside the city, but he was very close to the rendezvous place. arrive.

Despite this, he still proceeded cautiously, trying to find places like hills and bushes, preferring to take long detours to ensure safety, stay away from checkpoints and villages, and any places where people live, and use "hell sense" every time he goes to a new place Look around.

Even though he was very tired, he tried not to stop and rest as much as possible, and satiated his hunger with the dry food and water that Kezi had prepared for him on the horse.

Thanks to Nicolai for giving him the riding skills, he went around for a long time, tried his best to avoid some farmers and woodcutters working in the field, and after praying that they would not find this suspicious pedestrian, he finally arrived at dusk. Designated meeting place.

Thales saw the coniferous forest that Raphael had told him about, compared it to the surrounding iconic hills, and after confirming that it was in front of him, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

According to the plan, the first wave of staff from the Secret Division will wait for him here, and escort him across the boundary between Chaos Stone Mausoleum, Muxue River, and Spear City, to the border between Qiyuan City and Longxiao City in the barren stone land.

Thales tried to feel the movement in the bush with his hell senses, and after confirming that there were only ordinary birds chirping and small animals running back and forth, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He rode into the bushes, dismounted in front of a tall fir tree, and patted the old horse's neck gratefully.

The old horse snorted in response, and then happily ate the weeds under the tree. Although his pace was not fast, his temper was much better than that of Miss Jenny in the stables of the Palace of Heroes.

Thales turned around, took another deep breath of the wild air, and looked at this small coniferous forest that was usually inaccessible, so it was selected by the secret department as the rendezvous location.

He sat down against the tree, took out the water bag, and poured a sip of water into his dry lips, relieving the soreness of his limbs and the friction damage on the inner thighs caused by climbing the black trail.

The first step has been completed.

Thales said silently, drawing a small circle in the soil with his fingers: the most sad stage has passed, and Dragon Clouds City is already behind him.

He drew a great circle to the west.

He is currently in Stone Mausoleum, one of the largest fiefdoms under Dragon Clouds City, in a certain part of the west under the rule of the old Earl Nazel, from the forest, and then going southwest, he will pass a tributary of the Muxue River.

Thales continued to draw a line downward.

After crossing the river, he will be able to reach Spear City, which is subordinate to Dragon Clouds City, and then go to the barren rock land, where is the boundary of Qiyuan City, and from the barren rock land to the south, the great desert is in front of him.

Entering the desert is the army of the Star Kingdom.

Thales thought in a daze.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a strange bird call.

Um?

Is the agreed manpower here?

Thales stood up curiously, trying to find

"boom!"

With just one breath, Thales felt a pain in his back almost the moment he heard the loud noise!

He lost his balance under the huge force from behind.

Plop and fall to the ground!

The pain in his jaw had just come, and Thales's nerves had not had time to feed back the normal information, and he felt a tightness in his back!

boom!

The pressure came.

At this moment, Thales was shocked to find that his hands were firmly strangled!

how

Thales was about to struggle subconsciously, but only then did he react: his whole body was firmly suppressed on the ground, his hands were cut behind his back, unable to move, and he didn't even react to the crime of prison river!

Snapped!

His water bag barely dropped at this moment, weakly dripping water into the soil.

"Wow," came a somewhat familiar male voice, like a gong beating, and laughed loudly: "Look at what I caught?"

"A big, alive and kicking fish!"

Hearing this voice, Thales suddenly turned pale when he thought of something!

The prince gritted his teeth, raised his head as hard as he could, and looked behind him with a muddy face: "It's you!"

Thales exclaimed angrily:

"Death Raven!"

As the prince shouted angrily, a group of birds were startled away in the bushes.

Under the setting sun, in the golden bushes, I saw Ned Monty, the forerunner of the Qiyuan City Mission, the "Death Raven" among the five war generals, kneeling on Thales' back, holding down tightly He couldn't help struggling his hands.

With a malicious smile, the Death Crow slowly approached Thales' ear:

"Hush... little prince."

"For the convenience of each other, let's be lighter... shall we?"

Out of the corner of his eye, Thales could only see the other party's brown hair.

But he felt that Monty's way of suppressing him was very professional. Whether he turned over or kicked his legs, he was in the worst position, and he couldn't use his strength at all!

Not to mention that Thales consumed most of his physical strength because of the black path.

The prince's mood sank.

he……

How could it be him?

Why is he here?

What about the secret department?

etc!

Doesn't that mean...

Monty's smile was a bit scary, and with the excitement of catching prey, he said softly: "Are you looking for someone from the Kingdom's Secret Department?"

At that moment, Thales' pupils suddenly shrank!

His heart skipped a beat.

"Sorry, they're all busy right now..."

Monty's words made Thales feel cold inside.

Very "busy"...

Thales looked around in disbelief: the quiet jungle, the silent air, and a lack of vitality.

Yes, the people from the Secret Department should have been waiting for me here long ago.

but……

nothing happened...

what happened?

"The unwilling 'busy', do you understand?" The Death Crow giggled, chilling people's hearts for no reason: "So I volunteered, generously and 'actively' received from them. Get over this job."

He licked his lips, looked at Thales, who was turning his head in pain, and sneered with the pleasure of playing with his prey: "I'm here to welcome you."

"Why, aren't you happy?"

The crime of Hell River surged into his brain, and Thales forced himself to calm down.

How did he know about this place?

Isn't this the rendezvous place that the secret department only knew about?

Is there a traitor in the secret department?

Is it an information leak?

Or was it intentional by the secret department at all, their plan?

Like six years ago?

Thinking of this, Thales broke out in a cold sweat.

"How did you get out? I remember that the Meteorites blocked the entire Dragon Clouds City, and most of the dignitaries were among them, especially the Qiyuan City Mission whose interests are closely related to mine!"

The other party just snorted lightly: "Aha, my relationship with Sting Tou is much more complicated than you imagined!"

Thales took a deep breath, the smell of soil filled his nose.

hateful!

"You want, you want to tie me to Qiyuan City?" The prince turned his head and said with difficulty.

Monty's heart-throbbing laughter came again:

"Hey, hey, hey, don't you think, this is also a good choice."

"You and Ian, don't you get along very well?" There was an inexplicably fanatical and satisfied smile on his face, like a lunatic.

"He has been begging me, if there is a chance to meet you, he should treat you well..."

Monty's hand suddenly increased strength, and Thales let out a cry of pain.

But he didn't have time for that.

In the Hall of Heroes, at the end of the hearing day, the ferocious face and cruel words of Ian Ronnie, Viscount of the Windy City, appeared in front of Thales at the same time.

The cold wind at dusk blew by, Thales only felt chills all over.

The soil beneath him was also chilled to the bone.

Oops.

He quickly recalled everything about Monty.

Ned Monty.

Death's Crow.

Scout vanguard, participated in the war against the Freedom League and White Mountain.

Five Generals, former White Blade Guard, Nikolai's old colleague and old subordinate

Now, it is the lord of Qiyuan City, the forerunner of the mission.

He is absurd, outspoken, and has a creepy smile.

"Wait a minute!"

Thales stopped thinking, gritted his teeth and said.

There was a small pause in Monty's horrible laugh.

"You might as well think about it," Thales said despite his embarrassment and being threatened with his life, but he still tried his best to maintain his tone, and said coldly, "Prince Xingchen disappeared in Dragon Clouds City."

"But a month later, I appeared in Qiyuan City strangely..."

"Do you know what that means?"

Monty stopped smiling, but his light eyes stared at Thales motionlessly.

The coldness in the eyes is frightening.

"You should also know that I am the key to the battle between Qiyuan City and the Freedom Alliance," Thales sneered, "And if I ask Grand Duke Ronnie that the stars can help them, the condition is..."

At this moment, the Death Crow suddenly laughed out loud!

"Hahahahahaha!"

Thales, who was interrupted, was slightly stunned.

"Ahhh!" Monty looked very happy, his face was full of excitement, and the arc of his smile was wider than before. He stared at Thales, looking rather creepy: "I remembered, there are professionals told me..."

"Thales Canxing is not big, but troublesome..."

"So here we are: the necessary rules for dealing with the little prince."

Thales was slightly taken aback: "What?"

against my...

Necessary criteria?

Monty's expression sank, and he laughed twice again.

For some reason, Thales panicked, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong!

"Rule number one..."

The Crow's smile melted, as if ice had turned into ice water, but it was as cold as ice:

"Shut him up."

In the next second, Monty's face turned serious, and his right elbow hit the back of the boy's head like a thunderbolt!

"Boom!"

There was a heavy muffled sound.

This was the last voice Thales heard before losing consciousness.