Kingdom’s Bloodline

When I... go crazy.

At that moment, Thales suddenly felt his nose a little sour.

"Is it."

He turned his head vaguely and stopped looking at the other party.

Kuaisheng snorted angrily, turned his head away, and seemed dissatisfied with the boy's reaction.

"You still care." Thales' tone fluctuated slightly.

Quick Rope frowned:

"What?"

"Your father, Dragon Clouds City, Exeter, and even your niece," Thales took a few deep breaths in an invisible direction, with emotion and emotion in his words:

"Even how you claim to be out of the past, loathing so much the chains that bind it."

Quick Rope slowed down.

"But in a certain corner of your heart...you still care." On Kuaisheng's shoulder, Thales sank his face in the darkness where the fire could not shine, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly.

Quick Rope shook first, then snorted coldly.

"Hmph, laugh as much as you want."

He quickened his pace in great displeasure, dragging Thales, who was leaning on his shoulder, staggering.

But the boy was not sullen or lost, he just smiled lightly.

"No, fast rope," Thales smiled with indelible bitterness:

"I mean……"

"That's good."

Kuaisheng's body began to tremble.

The boy lowered his eyes, looking at the darkness beneath his feet.

"Compared to that Moral who left everything for freedom..."

"This is the real fast rope."

Quick Rope didn't answer.

He just snorted again.

But at that moment, Thales suddenly felt that the fatigue just now was swept away.

"Leave her."

Thales came back to his senses:

"Um?"

Just listen to the panting Kuaisheng gritted his teeth and said:

"Leave her, leave Alex."

Alex.

Thales' slightly lighter mood became heavy again.

"After going out..."

"You are a dirty and disgusting bastard who likes to take advantage of girls."

Quick Rope spoke in disgust, and tapped Thales' chest with his left arm, either as a demonstration or a warning:

"I don't care what you were like in the past, but from now on...you are not allowed to approach her, miss her, covet her."

"Stay away from Alex!"

The fast rope is categorical and authentic.

In that second, Thales' expression dimmed.

How funny.

Obviously not long ago, this person sincerely wished them "finally get married".

Maybe.

This is reality.

Thales laughed suddenly, which made Kuaisheng look bad.

"Drowning." Prince Xingchen said suddenly.

"What?"

Thales took a deep breath, his eyes full of deepness:

"Sometimes, I feel like a drowning person, struggling for his last breath in the water, instinctively grasping all available supports and tools at hand, trying not to let myself sink."

As he spoke, Thales' voice fell silent.

His tone became lonely.

"But in my heart, I know what it means."

Kuaisheng's expression slowly relaxed, but he didn't speak.

"Don't worry, Quick Rope, it's different from you."

Thales looked forward.

There is only darkness in the corner where the torch cannot reach.

"With such a fate..."

Thales looked at the darkness, as if seeing the girl's teary face.

[Yes, Thales. 】

【I trust you. 】

[I believe you with my life. 】

He showed a difficult and bitter smile:

"My shoulders can no longer bear...heavier things."

For example, the future of another person.

The fast rope fell silent.

He resisted the desire to turn his head to look at the people around him, and just kept going.

One step after another, in the darkness that was trying to be illuminated by the firelight, he searched his way forward and moved towards the stone steps.

It seemed that nothing could stop them.

However, the next second,

Thales moved his ears.

Even though it was very light, he still heard it under the augmentation of hell's senses.

Thales frowned slightly:

"somebody is coming."

The quick rope moved slightly, and he glanced to the side from the corner of his eye.

The two turned around tacitly, left the stone steps, turned into the dark corridor on this floor, and crouched behind a collapsed stone pillar.

Quick Rope put down the torch and crushed it with two or three skilful stomps.

Darkness covered the two of them again.

Soon, a fire was lit on the revolving stone steps ahead.

Multiple footsteps sounded from above.

"Sonny, here!"

"correct!"

The sound made Kuaisheng and Thales startled!

This is……

The steady and familiar male voice sounded amidst the footsteps: "It's definitely the prince! He must be here, nearby!"

What?

In the dark, Thales and Kuaisheng both breathed harder.

How did they find out, how did they confirm that the one nearby belonged to Thales?

The second male voice said "hmm" not far away:

"How can you be sure? We've searched two floors."

The first voice sounded again:

"I played with them in the tavern, so I know for sure."

Thales and Kuaisheng glanced at each other in the dark, feeling each other's surprise.

The second voice—Sonny snorted coldly:

"Raise the torch, just like before, search every corner!"

"Be careful of the cockroaches of Shadow Shield—or as they say, the madman released from the bottom."

Following this order, multiple footsteps left the stone steps, slowly spread out, and entered this floor.

Thales felt a chill in his heart.

"It's Dean."

In the corner, he solemnly whispered: "And Sonny—the rest of the Sword of Disaster?"

Quick Rope turned his head, as if the awkwardness was still there:

"You don't need to remind me."

The footsteps are getting closer and closer, and more and more scattered.

The fire is also slowly approaching.

One after another, the sound of returns is getting louder and louder.

The two hiding in the corner of the corridor tensed up.

"I remember," Thales whispered:

"Dean was supposed to be with you guys?"

Quick Rope shook his head in the dark.

"Dean is very shrewd, he was well prepared, and we tried to run away as soon as we were attacked," Kuaisheng said in Thales' ear, pressing his voice:

"He still wants to get me out together, but the brat..."

He didn't go on.

Soon, the voice of the mercenary Sonny sounded from the other end of the corridor again.

"Hey, from the dark room, let me reiterate."

"You know, Prince Star is ours—this is the condition of our cooperation."

Thales frowned.

It seems that although the people of the Sword of Disaster have no leader, their number is still there, and they are still the most difficult party in the black prison.

And Dean...

Then came Dean's voice:

"Yes, I know."

"But according to the agreement, I want revenge."

His voice sounded a little gritted.

"That man, the so-called Wyatt Castle, the one who brought me down," Dean said coldly, "he must pay the price."

"And I want to live."

Quick Rope sighed imperceptibly.

"Is it."

In the distance, Sonny snorted coldly:

"You're really not a generous person, are you?"

Dean didn't answer him, just kept searching.

Thales took a deep breath, but was startled when he heard the enemy bend down to check under the stone table.

Oops.

They didn't even spare the corners, did they decide that the target was on this floor?

The firelight was getting closer and closer, refracting to the stone pillar where they were.

In the dim light, Kuaisheng and Thales saw each other's faces clearly at the same time.

The same dignified and tense.

and shock.

"The situation is not good."

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Thales gritted his teeth and whispered, "They made up their minds to turn over everything here."

Without his reminder, Kuaisheng had already seen the current situation clearly.

They hid behind the collapsed stone pillar, while the distant footsteps and fire were getting closer.

Kuaisheng's brows became tighter and tighter.

The eyes are getting more and more struggling.

Thales didn't notice his companion's expression.

He gritted his teeth and let out a breath, clenched the sword in his hand: he had just recovered from the extreme discomfort and pain after losing control, and he was far from the best condition.

What's more, facing so many people...

As for mana, you can try it... Ahh, damn it!

Thales turned pale and withdrew his attempt under severe pain.

Kuaisheng looked at Thales with complicated eyes.

"No one can hide here, we will be found."

Thales gritted his teeth and looked at the fires getting closer and brighter on both sides, and the walls getting brighter.

Kuaisheng didn't say a word, he just pursed his lips and stared at his feet.

"Yes, we will be found."

He turned his head and stared at Thales:

"But you won't."

Thales was taken aback:

"What?"

The next moment, before he could react, Kuaisheng pushed the backpack on his back into his arms!

When Thales was startled, the fast rope swayed, jumped out of the stone pillar, and ran wildly!

Rush up the stone steps leading to the upper floor.

step, step, step...

Kuaisheng's footsteps were extremely heavy, and his figure cast a shadow in the firelight, which immediately attracted the attention of the enemy!

"there!"

"Chase!"

Footsteps sounded in unison, heading towards the fast rope!

Thales was left alone at the stone pillar, holding the rucksack in his arms, staring blankly at the back of the fast rope.

And the hand that I stretched out subconsciously.

he……

The movement of the fast rope attracted most of the enemies, and the latter were no longer interested in searching carefully, but surrounded them all, outflanking the person who was running towards the stone steps!

he……

Thales stared blankly at the flames going away from him, breathing in a trance.

"laugh!"

There was a sound of strings in the distance!

A mercenary let out a cry of pain, as if he had been attacked by a fast rope.

But the footsteps stopped there.

They slow down or stop, gathering together with the firelight.

It seems to surround the fast rope.

He didn't run away.

No.

Thales closed his eyes fiercely, gritted his teeth, and pressed his forehead against his backpack.

"Wow, wow, wow," Sonny's voice sounded coldly:

"Look who we found."

"The servant of the little prince?"

Thales clenched the sword in his hand and let out a painful breath.

No.

【Yes, we will be found out. 】

[But you won't. 】

What do you mean?

hateful.

Fast rope, Moral.

You idiot!

"Where is the prince?" Sonny's threatening voice sounded.

Kuaisheng didn't answer, just snorted coldly:

"died."

"Killed by that lunatic named Sackel."

At that moment, Thales remembered Kuai Rope's angry and painful expression just now.

Compared with the liveliness and humor he saw in the desert for the first time...

Totally... two people.

There was a slight uproar among the mercenaries.

"Quiet!"

Sonny's voice sounded again, but this time, his words were more angry and annoyed:

"died?"

"You know, if the prince dies too, it means you're useless."

Quick Rope didn't answer.

Thales was breathing in a trance, trying to get out of the stone pillar.

But reason told him: it was useless for him to go out.

Two people or one person, under such a disadvantage...

Is there a difference?

A footstep cuts through the crowd.

"It's over, quickrope."

Dean's steady voice sounded again, with a touch of solemnity, and a sense of awe that can only be heard with great effort:

"You have no escape."

"Tell me where Prince Star is, and you'll survive... even better than before, if you know what I mean."

"And you know how to choose."

Thales, who was lying behind the stone pillar, trembled slightly.

Damn it!

No.

Thales gritted his teeth.

At that moment, behind the stone pillar, he only felt that he was so powerless.

"You ask... where is the prince?"

The voice of Quick Rope's question resounded faintly, full of indifference and awe, without the joy and cynicism of the past.

"The prince is nowhere."

Hearing the meaningful words, Thales felt more and more painful.

"As for living better than before?"

Kuaisheng snorted softly, "Dean, after you go back, you might as well just tell that old woman."

There were faint noises in the distance, as well as the uproar of mercenaries.

"Stop, fast rope!"

Dean's voice was a little flustered and anxious:

"You are looking for your own death!"

At that moment, Thales suddenly knew what Quick Rope was doing.

He's re-stringing his crossbow.

No.

Thales was stunned, understanding something.

"You tell her."

Fast rope, no, Moral's voice sounded again.

Firm, sharp, unwavering.

"I chose six years ago."

"My way of living."

At that moment, Thales thought of what Kuaisheng had said to him in a daze.

Chains of power.

【I either obey, give in, and let it lock my body and mind tighter and tighter. 】

[Or abandon it completely. 】

【Be true to yourself. 】

No.

Thales held the rucksack in his hand in a daze, trembling all over, his palms were cold.

that idiot.

He wasn't ready to surrender, he wasn't ready to give in, and he wasn't ready to fall back into the hands of the dark room.

he already……

Made the final preparations.

The sound of stringing is still going on.

"If he's still stubborn..."

Sonny smiled angrily and drew out his sword: "Then we might as well grant his wish."

"No, Sonny! We agreed—fast rope, don't do anything stupid!" Dean tried to ease the atmosphere.

But Kuaisheng ignored him at all, and just put on the strings on his own.

The mercenaries have already pulled out their weapons.

Thales gritted his teeth and gasped, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.

【finally, I understand. 】

[Morral is already dead, Thales. 】

【And it wasn't until the night when I climbed out of the black path and out of Dragon Clouds City that the man named Moral came alive for the first time. 】

first……

Come alive.

"despair!"

There was a soft sound.

Thales was awakened by the sound of winding.

"come."

Moral's voice was like a lion before hunting, fierce and awe-inspiring:

"You bastards."

The swords of disaster were breathing more and more heavily.

Dean's anxious shouts were useless.

Sonny's ruthless order sounded coldly in Thales' trance-like hearing:

"kill him."

Behind the stone pillar, Thales, who heard all this, distorted his face.

He closed his eyes painfully.