Kingdom’s Bloodline

Chapter 177: Two Hands

The seemingly close match between Thacker and Barney Jr. lasted only a few minutes.

The second after Naki's words fell, Sackel pressed his whole body.

Ding!

Amidst the piercing sound, Barney's blade was caught by Sackel's ax at a strange angle.

Little Barney's pupils shrank.

"You fight like a Yankee," Sackel crossed his left arm diagonally, and accurately held the opponent's forward shield:

"The idea is still a star person."

Little Barney gritted his teeth to withstand the strength of the opponent, and the two faced each other, trembling slightly.

"You know, the Yankees have nothing else to do..."

In the contest of strength, Sackel leaned towards Little Barney, who was close at hand, and shook his head expressionlessly:

"Never hesitate."

Amid the exclamation of everyone, Sackel suddenly let go of the handle of the axe, and let Barney's blade slash across his shoulder, bleeding out!

The next moment, little Barney, who hadn't had time to celebrate the victory, only felt that his feet were weak, and he couldn't dodge in time, and he was seized by Sackel to stop his waist and abdomen, and he was lifted up!

Damn it!

Little Barney was so frightened and angry that he only had this thought before he was thrown to the ground heavily by Sackel.

Boom!

Under the severe pain, the dizzy little Barney knew that the situation was over, he reluctantly shouted:

"Nay, Tardin!"

At this moment, two ear-piercing wind sounds approached from behind Sakeel's head!

In the blink of an eye, Sackel dodged in a hurry, barely avoiding the two life-saving darts shot from Nai's hand.

When he turned his head again, what greeted him was Tardin's merciless blade and blade!

The trajectory of Tardin's sword was extremely strange, and Sakel, who was temporarily forced to be empty-handed, had to take a few steps back to pick up the war hammer left by a mercenary.

Little Barney took the opportunity to stumble to his feet, rolled out of the battle zone in embarrassment, and was supported by Belletti.

"How is it?" Belletti asked calmly.

"His skill is not as sharp as it used to be, and so is his physical fitness." Little Barney panted lightly, watching Tardin, who replaced him and faced Sackel, "and he has a new serious injury on his back. Make his movements a little sluggish."

The prisoners of the royal guard gathered around and found a new weapon for Barney, listening intently to the exchange between the vanguard officer and the punishment officer.

"Very well, so we have a chance?"

Samir touched his sword and asked with squinted eyes.

Thales watched their brief exchange, and suddenly realized that it was like a small military meeting in a war.

Little Barney glanced at his colleagues and remained silent.

A few seconds later, he shook his head in the disappointed eyes of everyone: "I don't think so."

"His instinct and consciousness are still clear."

"Turn a weakness into an advantage at any time."

Little Barney took the sword and shield from Bree, and coughed hard: "I even suspect that he just let me discover the wound on his back on purpose, luring me to attack the side, and then you all saw it, if I don't attack That sword, maybe it won't be so soon..."

Everyone was stunned.

On the other side, both Sakel and Taldin were moving faster and faster. The latter's offensive was strange and urgent, and the sound of weapons clashing was like the continuous ringing of wind chimes.

"Then what shall we do?" Belletti's expression remained unchanged, like a motionless hill.

Little Barney watched Tardin's movements closely.

"Taldin's movements are very thieves, he can delay time, but..."

He didn't speak anymore, but Thales felt that the mood of all the guards had dropped.

Little Barney shook his head and stood up, his eyes became sharp:

"I'll replace him later, this time there is no temptation, I will kill him at any cost."

no matter the cost...

As soon as these words came out, Belletti and the others all darkened, and Samir frowned.

"Barney..." Naki hesitated, hesitant to speak.

But Barney Jr. had a resolute face and did not give anyone a chance to refute.

"More importantly, I'll force him out of the way,

You take the opportunity to take His Royal Highness and run up," he turned to Thales, which made the young man's heart tighten:

"Until you escape from the prison of bones and escape to the ground."

Everyone suddenly looked different:

Samir frowned and folded his arms, Belletti was silent, Bree's neck was flushed and he hesitated, Nucky and Cannon looked at each other, depressed.

Looking at their appearance, Thales had a bad feeling.

"Very well, let's run away." Samir shook his head sarcastically.

These words were barely audible in the fierce battle between Sackel and Taldin, but they were as important as they were heard by everyone.

Little Barney ignored Samir's taunt.

He was silent for a while, then spoke again:

"If Nai and I don't succeed, and he catches up with you..."

He scanned everyone calmly, and said slowly:

"The next order to go up is Semier, Cannon, then Bree, Naki, and finally Belletti..."

Hearing this, Thales' heart sank.

go up...

They are going to...

"Each opponent has a different fighting style, and there are great differences between the successors. It will take time for Sackel to adapt, and it can take longer..."

Samir snorted coldly:

"how long?"

Little Barney turned his head abruptly:

"As long as it can!"

He cut off Semir coldly: "Do you understand, the second flag bearer? Or are you not satisfied that you are ranked first?"

Samuel snorted softly and didn't make a sound.

Thales noticed that Barney Jr. no longer referred to Semir as a "coward".

Looking at these ragged, dirty but serious people with branded faces, the boy couldn't help but say:

"Actually, we can help a little..."

But Barney Jr. turned him down unceremoniously.

"No, you have to escape, Your Highness," Little Barney put his arm on Thales's shoulder, his eyes sparkling with emotion, "flee to the Saber Camp, and use your identity to find the army."

Thales frowned.

Little Barney turned solemnly to Sackel who was fighting fiercely:

"Let them use the cavalry's iron hooves and magic spears—to seek justice and clear their grievances."

The guards all breathed heavily,

Naki opened his mouth, hesitant to speak.

Thales couldn't bear it anymore, he shook off the hand that was pulling him back by the fast rope, and took a step forward:

"Are you really going to die here?"

Little Barney paused lightly.

"die?"

"of course not."

He turned around, glanced at the dim scene of the prison of bones, and let out a long breath with a complicated expression:

"Today, we are considered to be 'living' here."

The tone is gloomy.

Thales was taken aback for a moment.

Hearing this, the guards, who were still fluctuating slightly, fell silent at the same time as if they were dumb.

"And I'm honored to fight side by side with you, guards," Little Barney turned his back to them, holding the hilt of his sword to his heart, and sighed softly:

"May the inheritance never die and the empire last forever."

There was silence.

Behind Little Barney, Belletti raised her fist expressionlessly, and lightly hit her heart.

Except for Samir, all the guards raised their fists and hit their chests lightly.

Looking at their appearance, Thales felt his chest tighten.

Before the slightly stunned Thales could adjust, the next second, Little Barney burst into speed and rushed towards the battlefield!

"Taldin!"

He shouted loudly!

Taldin, who had been gradually weakened, backed away without hesitation, and turned out of the battlefield in an unattractive posture.

Sackel frowned and turned around, non-stop to meet Little Barney again.

"Come on, let's put an end to this, Watchman!"

clang!

When the swords met, Little Barney had a grim expression.

This time, his movements were obviously much more dangerous than just now, opening and closing, not caring about himself at all!

This made Sackel couldn't help but tremble, and the sense of danger came to his heart again.

He knew that this time, the opponent was serious.

"From now on, I will take over the command of the Vanguard Officer."

On the other side, as soon as Naki supported Tardin, who was sweating profusely, Belletti spoke decisively to everyone:

"Barney will create opportunities for us to break through. We will take advantage of the situation and rush to the stairs. Don't worry about anything and go up with all our strength. If Sackel stops one of them..."

He glanced at everyone, and the answer was self-evident.

The guards glanced at Sackel in the field, and took action one after another.

Thales was grabbed by Belletti's arm and pulled forward.

He looked at Barney Jr., who had almost given up on defense, and was madly attacking Sackel with a desperate will, and Nai, who had been stalking beside him, pinching the dart intently, and felt uncomfortable.

Is there... is there a better way?

But at this moment, another arm stretched out out of thin air, firmly pressing on Belletti's shoulder!

Prevent him and Thales from moving forward.

Thales couldn't help being startled, and the others were also startled.

Belletti frowned, looking puzzled at the person who stopped him:

"Samil, you—"

"If we do what little Barney does, we'll all die." Samir said coldly.

He turned to Thales with a cold look in his eyes:

"Including him."

Thales' heart shuddered at Semir's warning eyes.

Belletti was stunned for a moment. He glanced at Little Barney who was attacking like a lunatic, and then showed his anger:

"That's the best way, and it's the order of the vanguard officer..."

But before he finished speaking, he was severely interrupted by Samir:

"We have to climb up to eighteen floors to get to the ground!"

I saw Semir pointing at Sackel, and said firmly:

"As for the remaining six of us, even if we all die on the ground, can we hold him back for even six minutes?"

Belletti was taken aback.

"You've been a punishment officer with him, Belletti, and many of the special prisoners on it were sent by you from the capital—he knows the terrain here, and he will catch up sooner or later."

"That's not a good way, think about it with your rationality, we can't escape."

Samir looked at everyone seriously:

"There must be another way out."

Can't escape.

Belletti fell silent.

He knew that what the other party said was true.

Others also shuddered.

Find another way out.

Thales' heart skipped a beat.

Belletti was taciturn but had a strong temperament. He watched Semir's behavior with displeasure, and was about to explode, but Thales suddenly said:

"You mean, you have an idea?"

Semir nodded and pointed to the stone steps:

"Going down to the bottom, I know a way, a mysterious exit... Sackel doesn't know, maybe it's our only chance of survival."

Taylor's eyes brightened:

"You mean, another exit to the Prison of Bones? It was built by the mages of the Alchemy Tower?"

Alchemy Tower.

Belletti frowned and exchanged glances with Tardin.

Semir turned to the other prisoners, with a slightly impatient tone:

"Believe me, that's the way we—the Swords of Disaster originally prepared. Our leader is careful and prudent. If he says yes, then it must be true."

Belletti looked at him suspiciously:

"Then what about your leader...the others?"

Semi stopped for a moment.

He looked at Thales with a complicated face:

"ask him."

Thales raised his eyebrows, and subconsciously put the sword in his hand behind his back.

He forced a smile to change the subject: "That...should be true, Shadow Shield and they once fought over this matter."

"That exit, are you sure it will work?"

Samir panted, ignoring the displeased eyes of everyone around him:

"Ricky has found the dungeon, hasn't he?"

"Even if it doesn't work, after being overtaken, you die on the way up the stairs or on the way down... Which would you choose?"

Thales frowned, looked past the two fighting fiercely, and looked at the stairs behind them.

up……

down……

On the battlefield, Barney Jr. slammed into Sackel's ribs with a reckless blow, but was hit by his knee, and the two of them backed away with a muffled grunt at the same time.

"I know your plan," Sackel glanced at the crowd in the distance, and then looked at the stone steps behind him:

"That won't work."

Opposite him, Little Barney tremblingly held up his shield, feeling the numbness of his limbs.

Oops.

This battle is more difficult than he imagined.

Saker knew his determination, so he kept standing in front of the stone steps, not giving them any chance, and prepared to use the safest and least labor-saving method...

Grind him.

"As long as I kill you," Little Barney gritted his teeth and said:

"It will work."

There must be...a chance.

He pounced again!

On the other side, Belletti was silent for a while, but still shook her head:

"Barney is trying his best to give us a chance. The path he chose may have little hope, but I will not risk the life of the prince with you..."

Semir stepped forward, pressed Belletti's shoulder, gritted his teeth and said:

"Knowing that it is an order to die, but still stubbornly moving forward, it is stupid!"

Belletti's eyes were burning, and she pushed Semir away!

"Punisher Belletti," Thales said, seeing that the two were about to fight:

"It might be worth a try—he's right, we can't get away with it."

Belletti's complexion changed:

"Your Highness!"

But Thales shook his head and clenched the long sword in his hand.

"In the name of Canxing, I just let you out today."

"Compared to watching you die one by one," Thales looked into the distance with deep eyes:

"I'd rather take the risk."

His words startled everyone present, and even Belletti, who was eager to refute, froze.

Quick Rope exhaled and shrugged:

"Ah, this is him."

The guards fell silent.

At this moment, little Barney roared, and his whole body bumped into Sackel, and the two of them rolled into a ball!

"Wherever we go, we must go,"

Taldin, who has been paying attention to the battle, grasped the sword in his hand, and felt something:

"Now is the time when Barney's offensive is strongest, and Sackel may not be able to spare us to stop us."

Belletti stared, looked at Semir, then at Thales, as if hesitating.

Naki interjected cautiously:

"I think what Your Highness said makes sense."

"And... I hate climbing stairs, and I hate being chased up stairs even more."

Belletti frowned more and more.

Thales didn't care about the hesitant guards anymore, but turned to the two people in the battle, his face tensed.

"If we're going down, is there any chance of saving Barney and Nye?"

Belletti pursed her lips, unable to bear it:

"Your Highness, but...they were prepared to die here."

Thales clenched his fists.

Samir snorted coldly:

"Sack El is not a hound who will run away obediently if you throw a Frisbee."

Looking at the increasingly fierce battle, he said coldly:

"Someone has to keep him in check—before he cuts us to pieces."

Hold him down...

Thales stared at Sackel, frowning fiercely.

"You just said that the key to the army of chaos lies in surpassing ordinary people's perception, observation and attention?"

Belletti sighed:

"Yes. But Your Highness, please think twice..."

However, the boy ignored him, turned to others, and muttered:

"Perception, observation..."

Thales suddenly raised his head and scanned the crowd:

"Could it be that Sackel is invincible in the world?"

"No one can defeat him? Defeat the punishment knight?"

The prisoners in the guard looked at each other.

A lot of people are obviously still struggling with the differences between order and adventure between Semir and Belletti.

"some."

At this moment, Naki spoke quietly:

"Sakel's battle to become famous has a follow-up."

follow-up?

Thales narrowed his eyes.

Nucky shrugged: "It's still what Big Barney said..."

"When the young Sackel knocked down forty opponents and made the faces of the people in the Northland look ashen, that uncle came."

Telsky said:

"Uncle... what uncle?"

The guard's prisoners looked at each other.

Naki raised his head and glanced at Sack El, who was at loggerheads with Barney Jr.:

"That was the only defeat of Sackel in this life, the enemy he cared about the most, and the shame he hid deep in his heart - he challenged the opponent twice in the following decades, but failed to win."

Thales froze for a moment.

The only failure?

Naki looked at the calm-looking Sackel in the distance, and sighed:

"Not only because of the defeat, but also because of the enemy's skill, bloodline, and identity—in short, everything about that uncle made Sackel extremely concerned and ashamed."

The most concerned enemy.

Thales rolled his eyes.

"The most important thing is that before they fight, in front of everyone..."

Before Naki finished speaking, he said with a touch of sigh and regret like a bard:

"That legendary uncle, he said such a sentence to the young and energetic Sackel..."

In a word...

Listening to Naki's words, Thales' pupils slowly tightened.

A few seconds later, Little Barney struggled to withstand Sackel's counterattack and took a few steps back.

He had just managed to inflict a sword wound on Thackel, but failed to force his immovable opponent out of his position.

Damn, if this goes on, they can't find a breakthrough...

Right now.

"Caslan Rumba!"

A boy's voice sounded, high-pitched and shrill, floating in the dungeon.

"Remember him?"

Little Barney, who was thinking, froze for a moment.

Hearing that name, Sackel, who was confronting him, trembled!

A face that never faded appeared in front of his eyes.

The punishment knight glanced at Little Barney who was panting, turned his head expressionlessly, and looked at Thales standing in front of the guards.

Belletti's expression was extremely tense, and Samir was engrossed.

But none of this compares to Thales' next words.

Thales stared at Sackel, and said softly: "Caslan is dead, at the hands of his apprentice."

Sackel's eye sockets slowly widened.

Kaslan.

Kaslan Rumba...

The punishment knight's heartbeat slowly accelerated.

"Dead... dead?" He asked back seemingly unconsciously.

"Yes, Kaslan the Earthshaker is dead."

Thales took a deep breath and stepped forward slowly:

"But the person who defeated him - the strongest man who is undefeated and invincible in the West, the 'Meteorite' Siri Nikolai of the White Blade Guard..."

Sackel watched Thales quietly, his expression gradually confused.

As if back in the past.

Thales let out a breath, suppressing the faster and faster heartbeat:

"He hasn't forgotten you, his teacher's opponent."

"While you were in prison, he sent someone to bring a word to the royal guard."

Thales stared at the bewildered Sackel, gritted his teeth and said:

"A word you know very well."

As expected, he saw that Sakeel's eyebrows slowly tightened.

one sentence...

very familiar...

talk?

Thales took a deep breath and straightened his chest.

I imagined the old man who invited him to drink in the tavern six years ago, and imagined the heroic, majestic and imposing appearance of the latter.

"Come on, Southern brat."

Seeing Thales calm and relaxed, Yuan Tingyue put his hands behind his back, and said in a rough and contemptuous voice:

"I can give you... two hands."

Let you... two hands.

At that moment, it was as if time stopped.

Sackel stared at Thales stiffly, motionless, as if he had lost consciousness.

Southern brats...

"No……"

He murmured tremblingly.

A scene from many years ago slowly appeared in front of his eyes.

Let your two hands...

"No……"

Sackel lowered his head, and slowly lifted his chest, the blue veins in his neck burst out, and the muscles in his arms took shape.

"No……"

Looking at the punishment knight with his head bowed and moaning, Thales swallowed subconsciously.

An unprecedented chill rose from the soles of his feet.

The crime of Hell River roared uncomfortably in his veins.

Immediately afterwards, a heart-piercing roar exploded in the dungeon!

"No!"

Before Thales could react, Sackel, who was roaring ferociously, suddenly exploded, rushing towards him like a landslide and tsunami!

"Caslan—"

The momentum is amazing!

Thales' scalp felt cold, and the guards behind him were about to move when two gusts of wind sounded from behind Sackel.

But the punishment knight, whose eyes were as red as a wild beast, seemed to have eyes behind his back, and the warhammer in his hand seemed to fly behind him unintentionally. Little Barney's deadly long sword deflected in response, and hit the dart shot by Nai from the other side!

There was only a scar on his back.

At that moment, in his eyes, there was only the figure in front of him.

The same person who had his hands behind his back and his chest upright, just like many years ago, laughed at him contemptuously.

Let your two hands.

two hands!

how dare you……

How dare!

"—Rumba!"

tread!

Sackel roared angrily, with a ferocious expression, and the momentum was irresistible!

At that moment, Thales gritted his teeth and made up his mind, feeling the endless boiling of Hell River's crime.

In the next second, he closed his eyes and turned around.