Kingdom’s Bloodline

This is a small piece of sand.

It is located in the middle of several sand dunes of different sizes, sleeping quietly and deadly under the bright sky.

Until all the gravel on the sand began to tremble slightly.

boom.

With a muffled sound, an irregular plane suddenly arched out in the center of the sand.

Boom.

Amidst the muffled sounds that came successively, countless gravels slid down from the gradually arched plane and fell into the dark hole exposed beneath it.

The falling gravel rustled.

The plane with a width of several meters is constantly rising, revealing its black and gray essence.

Ten seconds later, a figure covered in dust holding a torch was the first to explore the dark and mysterious cave.

The figure patted the sand off his body and looked around.

Only then did he turn around, reach out and grab the second person, and pull the latter out of the burrow.

Then came the third, fourth... More and more people crawled out of this hole.

There are dozens of people.

Until a thin figure appeared from the hole, was pulled out, and stepped on the sand.

"Cough cough cough..."

The ashen-faced Thales took off his towel, coughed out the dust and sand painfully, and patted off the gravel all over his body.

The cold wind temperature and the smell of sand before dawn invaded his senses at the same time.

Make him shudder.

Familiar and unfamiliar.

Thales subconsciously stretched to the back of his waist but found nothing, only then remembered that his dagger was confiscated by Ricky again.

Behind the boy, Tardin, Bree, and Cannon were escorted out one after another with their hands tightly bound.

Sackel, Barney, and Belletti were even worse. They were even blindfolded, and Clay and Josh took care of them personally.

The fast rope seems to be treated as an insignificant handyman,

He bitterly moved the equipment and equipment recovered by a mercenary from the battlefield, and glanced at Thales from time to time as if asking for help.

The brazier was also blindfolded, and was roughly pushed out under the guard of two mercenaries.

Everyone came to the ground one after another.

"Here... isn't this the prison of bones?"

Stepping on the extremely kind sand under his feet, Thales ruthlessly ignored the sad eyes of the fast rope behind him, and while cleaning up the mess on his body, he tried his best to observe his surroundings under the slightly bright sky:

"Not even... Camp Saber?"

The vast yellow sand around him surprised and frightened him.

Ricky looked back under the shimmering eastern sky:

"how……"

"You thought we would go back the same way?"

Ricky threw away the torch in his hand, shook his head sarcastically and said:

"The entrance to the Prison of Bones—it is estimated that it has long been surrounded by people from the Secret Department."

Thales sighed inwardly.

The prince folded his arms, rubbed his body that was suddenly exposed to the cold wind, and looked around suspiciously:

"Where is this?"

"It's not far from Saber Camp," Ricky raised his head under the gray sky, looking at the familiar small row of fortresses in the distance:

"But just enough to see."

Thales squinted his eyes and observed the Saber Camp, which seemed to be right in front of him, feeling frustrated.

In the desert, "just enough to see" equals "a full day's walk".

So, what's next for them?

"What are you waiting for?" Thales asked, rubbing his hands.

This time, Ricky just glanced at him coldly:

"opportunity."

opportunity?

Thales frowned.

In the howling cold wind, Ricky looked up at the sky, turned around and ordered:

"Everyone, last check."

"We're leaving."

Ricky walked past Thales who was thinking hard, and walked towards Semir who was standing in a remote place.

He stared at the guards who were tightly tied up in the distance, and lowered his voice to Semir:

"How about it?"

Semir avoided the crowd, glanced at Saker, and shook his head:

"They won't join."

Ricky frowned.

"Barney?"

Samir snorted lightly, seeming particularly upset:

"Especially Barney, that guy's temper is harder than a rock."

Ricky stared closely at Barney who was blindfolded, and clicked softly:

"But he is the one who holds the secret of the Northern Army's swordsmanship."

Samir's eyes lit up:

"Then he is?"

Ke Ricky shook his head in disappointment:

"The melting of the glacier."

The two were silent for a while.

Ricky glanced at the subordinates behind him who were making final counting and preparations, and pouted in the direction of Sackel:

"I have been trying to convince their chief that if he agrees first..."

But Samir shook his head decisively.

"It's not Sackel." The determination in Semir's tone made Ricky a little stunned:

"The point is not in Sackel."

Samir looked at the slightly shorter and thin figure behind him with a complicated expression.

"Their allegiance is only to him."

Ricky followed his line of sight and saw the young man with a broken body, a tired face, and a bruise on his chin, staring at the sand under his feet in dejection, muttering to himself.

"he?"

Ricky was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes were fixed on Thales for several seconds.

"You told me you could make them fight each other," Ricky turned around, his expression serious:

"What happened later? When that child appeared, you all knelt down together?"

what happened.

Samuel was silent for a while.

Naki and Nai, who couldn't sleep well, appeared in front of his eyes.

And that boy's smile.

Myself, Emperor Anxi...

"nothing."

Semir raised his head, shook off his memory, and tried his best not to look at Thales:

"He's just... convincing."

Feeling the alienation in the other party's tone, Ricky frowned.

"Ho."

Very convincing.

Is it.

He took a deep look at Samir.

"I'm curious about one thing, Samuel," Ricky's words made Samuel nervous, and Crassus narrowed his eyes:

"Before we arrived, did you ask: Why did the punishment knight kill that child?"

Samir's breathing was slightly stagnant.

Why?

He was silent for several seconds.

Ricky approached him slowly:

"Is there something you haven't told me yet?"

"Maybe it's about the royal family?"

Looking at Samir's expression, Ricky chuckled lightly:

"Well, I know you may still be reluctant to let go of the vows you made back then, and I completely understand that..."

But Samir took a deep breath and interrupted him.

"Sackel did that—"

Samir looked at Ricky seriously:

"Probably because...he's really crazy."

Really crazy?

Ricky frowned suspiciously.

Samir lowered his head unnaturally:

"You also saw that Sackel yelled at the first moment, and came back to help them the next moment—I think he must be really crazy."

This time, Ricky stared at Semir for a long time under the gloomy but dawning sky.

And Samuel didn't look up.

"Oh, crazy," Ricky kept his eyes on the other person, but his tone became weird:

"Why is it so difficult... to communicate?"

He still observed Samir's expression.

Samir coughed, and suddenly said:

"Listen, you want the secret of Barney's swordsmanship, yes, if we can take that kid away..."

Right now.

"Hey, Ricky! Uncle Ricky? Little Ricky?"

Ricky and Semile turned their heads, and were surprised to see Prince Thales raised his hand high in the crowd and shook them.

Little... Stupid?

"Uh, can we take a step to talk?"

Thales' vigorous shaking of his hands and loud shouts attracted the attention of many people, and Marina behind him even put her hands on the hilt of her waist.

"You said... take him away?" Ricky glanced at Samir, sighed and walked back:

"I do."

Ricky came to Thales and resumed his calm and slightly humorous look: "Your Highness, don't tell me you want to find a secluded place to pee."

"Because you can fix it on the spot - we don't mind."

To his surprise, Thales smiled, showing a row of teeth:

"I suddenly thought of a question, about the disaster of Qi - he went to the Tower of End with you, right?"

As soon as this remark came out, the mercenaries who were still busy with their own things fell silent.

Many people looked towards this side.

Ricky's expression changed.

He turned his head and said to Samir with a gloomy face:

"Look at them."

After saying that, Ricky grabbed Thales by the shoulders, and dragged Thales to a secluded corner far away from the crowd.

"Ah, ouch, take it easy...I'm still young...you can't..."

"Okay, okay, I just don't resist, don't use any more force..."

In the movement of Thales stumbling and protesting all the way, Ricky threw him away.

"Give me a reason not to knock you out." Ricky said coldly.

But Thales just patted the sand on his body, gasped and shrugged.

"The Dragon Breaker is still something, that's what the Calamity of Qi wants, right?"

Thales smiled and said:

"Your performance in prison makes me feel...you don't have that much desire for this matter."

Ricky's expression changed subtly.

"And what you want is the black sword with the crime of prison river," Thales said in a formal tone:

"That's right, I know, that weapon was brought back by Black Sword."

Ricky's eyes widened a bit.

He stared at Thales for three seconds.

"Honey, I found out," Ricky's tone probably caught up with the temperature of the desert night:

"You are still cuter when you listen carefully."

Thales showed his teeth helplessly.

The boy looked back at the crowd and scratched his hair:

"Those names."

"The names you mentioned, they took me a while to recall, but..."

Ricky narrowed his eyes.

Thales turned around, took a deep breath, and said seriously:

"The Iron Blood King is the king of the north who died in a heroic battle against the ancient orcs before the Kings Period;"

"There's a play from the Age of Empires about how the Black Knight was tried for lord murder;"

"Solon Tann is a name from the Northland Tann family. They were deprived of Wellandland because they intended to murder the king, and were removed from the ten grand duke families of Exeter;"

Every time Thales said something, Ricky's expression sank a little.

"As for Chu Crassus, he is the one who betrayed the Tower of Terminator more than a hundred years ago and built the Sword of Disaster."

Thales finished the last sentence.

Ricky looked at him and snorted softly.

This kid, maybe Samir was right.

Thinking of this, Ricky said:

"Correction, we don't call it a disaster..."

Thales interrupted him again:

"According to what you said, they are all people who have awakened the sin of Hell River, right?"

Ricky raised an eyebrow.

"You once said that the power of the end is yourself," Thales took a few deep breaths:

"But it seems that every master of the crime of prison river has a bad end."

"Including the Black Sword."

This time, Ricky stared at him deeply, as if he had discovered something extraordinary from Thales.

"I have a few friends who used to practice in the Tower of Terminator, they told me," Thales tentatively said:

"The biggest difference between the final power of the Calamity Sword and theirs is that it surrenders to the worst things in power—crazy, violent, painful, and even the opponent can feel it."

"Am I thinking too much?"

Thales paid attention to the other party's expression:

"Or should I really give up the crime of prison river?"

Crazy, violent, painful.

I don't know if it was the "Tower of the End" or the "Sword of Disaster" that stimulated his nerves, but Ricky's expression became ugly anyway.

"Your friend must be of extraordinary status," Ricky said after being silent for a while:

"It should be noted that our group of people is the secret scar that the Tower of Terminator is most unwilling to reveal."

"Also, correction, we don't call it the Sword of Disaster."

Thales heard that the other party was changing the subject, and couldn't help sighing:

"I've seen how you fight, and you can't deny it: you fight like beasts."

Ricky scoffed and shook his head:

"Then you should know that our strength is stronger than the average finisher swordsman, and we have fewer constraints."

But Thales didn't buy it:

"What you taught me today, and what you said, expect me to reach the 'real world' one day."

"Will it turn me into that beast in the end too?"

Ricky snorted uncomfortably, and was about to answer when something suddenly occurred to him.

"strangeness."

Ricky raised his eyebrows:

"Why are you talking so much all of a sudden?"

Thales froze slightly, he looked behind furtively, as if he was afraid of being seen, and then awkwardly raised the thing on his right hand:

"because this?"

Ricky saw clearly what was on Taylor's right hand.

It was a cold light - a dagger.

It seems that it was confiscated by him before...

Ricky's complexion changed drastically!

He subconsciously lowered his head and touched his arms:

"When did you steal—"

Ricky couldn't finish the sentence.

"laugh!"

In the next second, a gray sword blade that he was very familiar with protruded from the air, piercing into Ricky's left forehead and into his head like a warship breaking through the waves!

Swish!

The gray blade pulled out the head, bringing out endless blood!

The sand was splashed scarlet.

"Ricky!"

Thales gritted his teeth and ran to the side for a few meters. Before he had time to say hello to the dark purple mask that appeared again, he heard an uproar and exclamation from the mercenaries behind him who were watching this side.

"Enemy attack!"

Gritting his teeth in hatred, Josh roared and drew his sword, leading a few mercenaries towards the black-clothed figure that suddenly appeared!

"It's him again!"

Clay laughed angrily, and also surrounded him with several people:

"This is the fucking first time..."

But the next moment, Clay realized something was wrong.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Josh felt a pain in the back of his head, and his whole body spun and fell down!

The three mercenaries beside him turned their heads subconsciously, and saw the embarrassing prisoner with his left arm splint already squeezed into them!

Clay lay on the ground trembling and turned his head away.

He desperately saw that Sakel, who did not know when he broke away from the shackles and regained his freedom, knocked down three people lightly and quickly—or only one person, because the other two stunned each other inexplicably—cross over his body.

Sackel limped towards the place where Ricky and Thales were, leaving only a light sentence:

"the fourth time."

Clay took a painful breath.

No……

When did they untie...

Not far away, Bree, who was also free from restraint, roared and knocked a person into the air. Barney Jr. knocked over the mercenary guarding him with a head hammer. Tardin snatched an ax and threw it to Belletti. A flying knife came out of nowhere...

The team of mercenaries suddenly became chaotic!

Josh, who was rushing to the front, turned his head in surprise, and found that at some point, all the prisoners of the guards had broken free from their restraints. Taking advantage of the shock caused by Ricky's fall, they quickly broke through the encirclement and had a round with Thales!

No.

they are……

"Hoo!" There was an urgent sound!

Josh lowered his head subconsciously, only to find an arrow shot into the sand at his feet.

"Why did I miss the shot again... You are a fake..."

On the opposite side of him, Kuai Sheng angrily knocked on the time crossbow in his hand.

But after discovering that three people were surrounding him, Kuaisheng immediately ran towards Thales with his soul dancing and dancing:

"Help—"

In the crowd, Semir roared to reorganize the chaotic team and formation:

"Don't panic, they are just the end of the battle!"

"We have a numerical advantage!"

In the chaos and uproar in just a few seconds, Thales breathed nervously, turned his head and saw Yoddle throwing something at Barney and the others who were rushing towards him.

But before the prince could make a speech, he heard a chilling rustling sound from nearby!

As the cold wind blew, Thales turned his head with goosebumps.

"You guys are..."

In a pool of blood, Ricky, whose face was as pale as a dead man, climbed up from the ground again. Gritting his teeth and glaring, he reached out and pulled out the "Eternal Truth" from his waist:

"Death-"

But before he could finish speaking, Sakel, who was the first to run towards him, had a serious look on his face, a short figure, and then suddenly leaned forward and stretched out his hand.

In the next second, Thales opened his eyes and mouth wide.

He was shocked to see the heroic and imposing punishment knight, facing the revived Ricky...

Throwing a full handful...

sand.

"Ahhh!"

Perhaps it was unexpected that the famous penalty knight would act so lowly, Ricky, who had just drawn his sword, was caught off guard and slapped him straight.

"Damn it!"

Ricky cried out in pain, covering his gravel-filled eyes with his left hand, subconsciously thrust forward with his right hand, but was avoided by Sackel's nimble roll.

"right!"

"That's it!"

In the chaos, Kuaisheng, who was scrambling and scrambling to escape, gritted his teeth and punched, shouting loudly:

"Give him another shot!"

Cannon, who covered him and came to Thales' side, frowned and looked at the fast rope.

Quick Rope's voice suddenly weakened, and he looked at Cannon shyly:

"I, that...atmosphere, atmosphere..."

"Don't worry about Ricky, he will counterattack soon," Samir gritted his teeth, trying to restore order, commanding the scene:

"Surround them first!"

The next second, Thales was stunned when he saw little Barney raising the things he took from Yordle.

"You think you can kill me like this?"

Ricky rubbed the grit in his eyes painfully, while swinging the blade according to the wind in his ears.

But soon, he heard a metallic sound in his ear.

With his eyes closed, Ricky, enduring the pain in his eyes, felt a huge force rolling in, squeezing him from all directions!

Squeeze him into a shock!

puff.

With a soft sound, Eternal Truth fell to the sand.

In the exclamation of the mercenaries, Ricky tried his best to open his eyelids a little, and saw the scene in front of him:

chains.

At some point, a vicious iron chain with countless barbs surrounded him three or four times from top to bottom, locking him tightly!

His left hand was chained to the side of his left face, his right hand was tightly chained to his body, and his legs were barely kneeling.

Barney and Belletti clasped one end of the iron chain with cold faces, while Bree and Tardin grabbed the other end. With the strength of the four, the iron chain was stretched straight from left to right, and locked tightly. Follow Ricky's actions.

"Come on, we know we can't kill you."

Sackel, with his arms hanging, panted, and came to Ricky:

"Then just trap you."

The punishment knight ignored the weird eyes of his subordinates and Thales' fast rope, rubbed off the remaining gravel on his right hand with a normal face, picked up the Eternal Truth in front of the immobile Ricky, and turned to the mercenaries:

"By the way, what a sword."

Thales let out a breath, held on to the fast rope that staggered towards him, and recognized the chain on Ricky: it was the chain used to trap Yordle before the drill.

"Ahhh!"

Ricky, who was tightly locked up, roared angrily:

"Sackel!"

But just like Yoddle just now, the more he struggled, the deeper the barbs on the chain became.

The harder it is to break free.

Thales took a breath, smiled and gave Yoddle a thumbs up.

Well done.

It took only a dozen seconds from Yoddle's appearance to Ricky's being trapped, but he felt as if he had experienced a lifetime.

Jodl turned the Supreme Sword upside down, buckled the hilt on his chest, and bowed slightly to Thales.

In the next second, the masked guard in black rippled and disappeared into the air again.

A few seconds later, under the leadership of Josh and Semir, dozens of Swords of Disaster rushed forward, spread out from the front, and surrounded the guards!

But another figure was already standing in front of them.

The punishment knight's body seemed to have some kind of aura, as long as he stood there, the mercenaries who had seen his abilities would all stand still.

"Steady!"

Semir angrily stopped all the angry mercenaries, staring at Sakel in front of him:

"Don't forget his ability!"

Josh gritted his teeth and said:

"He's badly hurt! We just have to—"

"No!"

Samir shook his head decisively:

"I can't risk it, don't forget that mask!"

Josh roared angrily.

Thales managed to straighten out his breath, observing the situation of returning to the balance of power and the confrontation between the two sides:

Ricky closed his eyes tightly and was chained by four people. Thales stood behind him holding on to the fast rope, and Cannon guarded him vigilantly.

And Saker held the eternal truth alone, calmly blocking the remaining mercenaries.

This small sandy place slowly returned to silence, only the sound of countless gasps could be heard.

"My old friend in the mask."

Trapped in iron chains, Ricky tried his best to open a slit of his eyes, searching for that mysterious figure:

"Marina said you were killed—when did you come back?"

no respond.

Thales took a deep breath, smiled and said:

"Under the ground, while your people are resting and waiting, while I'm dragging you to talk about the knowledge of demons and the power of termination, so that you can enjoy the pleasure of being a good teacher."

Ricky froze slightly.

The boy continued:

"Your old friend is stalking, busy stealing ropes, delivering messages, and making plans."

What?

The pleasure of being a teacher...?

Ricky's chest heaved violently as he was locked tightly.

He struggled again, but the four guards blushed and locked him firmly.

"And you use this to relax my vigilance, and when the time comes, just 'take a step to speak'?"

Ricky's eyes were closed, but there was a rage in his voice that seemed to burn everything.

Thales smiled, expressing his acquiescence.

Under the gray oriental sky, Ricky had a face full of anger, gritted his teeth and said to Thales behind him: "I underestimated you again, Your Highness."

"It's really... sinister and cunning, full of tricks."

Insidious and cunning.

Scheming?

Thales sighed.

He turned his eyes and looked at the direction of the Saber Camp from a distance.

"You're too much of a prize."

Thales turned his head, showed a friendly smile, and showed his big white teeth to a group of frustrated mercenaries in front of him:

"After all, I'm not a demon." 8)

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