Kingdom’s Bloodline

Chapter 708: Raising the Flag

Under the night, Zhan En frowned deeply, Xi Lai was very surprised, and Seychelles and others on the other side had ugly expressions.

The voices of the vassals kept going back and forth, and the audience farther away couldn't understand it, so the noise became louder and louder.

Great, I knew that His Highness will always find a way, D.D was excited, and lowered the long sword in his hand, There is no need to fight them desperately.

Everyone in the Xinghu Guards breathed a sigh of relief.

Wait!

At this moment, a strange voice sounded from the crowd.

Your Highness, this is very inappropriate!

I saw the local vassal on the south bank, the Earl of Lasia from the marshes, came out more and more, very angry, but his eldest son couldn't stop him:

Noble arbitration is limited to public affairs!

Thales' complexion sank.

Family affairs of vassals, including inheritance disputes between siblings, all belong to the category of 'self-determination in the fort' and are not included!

Lasia looked at the other vassals seriously:

We cannot set such a bad precedent!

The earl is right, the honored guest of the Emerald Ceremony, Earl Noah Harvey from Yanbi Port in the East China Sea, agreed, We cannot repeat the mistakes from 'Dark Blue Stranded' to 'Red King's Tyranny'. Let the internal affairs of a family deteriorate and expand into civil strife sweeping the kingdom!

The speeches of the two royal earls attracted a voice of support.

Thales remained calm, but Jen frowned and smiled.

Pooh!

Federico, who was crushed to the ground, said angrily:

In history, isn't it you, the 'Sunshot Bow', who provoked the internal strife of the Almond family, helped Red King John set off a coup, and brought tyranny!

People began to whisper again, but Earl Harvey remained calm and calm.

And you,

Aitchison Lasia, have you got them filled—those two teeth my father knocked out...

Before Federico finished speaking, he was suppressed again by several security officers and gagged.

Earl Lacia didn't have such a good self-cultivation, his complexion changed drastically, and he was furious:

Xiao Zong, your father is a shameful traitor—

In the midst of the chaos, Paul in the Star Lake Guard suddenly raised his voice, attracting everyone's attention:

In fact, we have such a precedent!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he stuffed his usual bow to the ignorant D.D, tried his best to get rid of Xihuang's country accent, and said in a gentle voice:

Twenty years ago, the late Earl of Fort Wing, Spencer Cromar, killed his wife while drunk. It was of a bad nature, involved many parties, and threatened the rule of the kingdom. Not a single family can be broken. The principle of 'self-determination in the castle' has No longer applicable.

Under everyone's surprised eyes, Paul turned around indifferently:

So this case was discussed among a group of nobles and vassals - Sir Cyril, the Guardian Duke of the Western Wilderness, Lord Tulayan, the Earl of Walla, the eldest son and heir of the Earl of Rock City, the uncle of the Earl of Grayman Port, and my father, Witnessed by Lord Lewis, the Earl of Heroesof Castle, and others, the late Crown Prince Midil, ahead of the king's orders, will decide by arbitration!

Taylor's eyes lit up.

Jen frowned fiercely.

Among the vassals, Earl Harvey was in shock, Earl Lasia couldn't believe it, and the twins of the Karabyan family all changed their colors. They spread out their folding fans, hid half of their faces behind, and discussed in a hurry.

That's right! Therefore, such a major event as the murder of relatives cannot be settled by the Kevin Dill family, D.D reacted, raised his bow and sword, and loudly chimed in, His Royal Highness Thales has a legal basis for arbitrating this case. , there are precedents to follow, neither inappropriate nor presumptuous!

Unless there is someone who disagrees with this, Paul said coldly, looking around, doesn't agree with His Majesty Eddie's decision and question the final result of the Wing Fort case?

After the voice fell, Paul returned to the queue. The peripheral audience and vassals looked at each other, whispering again and again, and no one spoke in public.

D.D looked happy, and exchanged the bow and arrows to Paul: Okay, Master Xihuang, it's quite useful to bring you here - why is your face so ugly?

Paul shook his head.

What case did you just say, wife killing? Miranda turned around, slightly surprised.

Paul sighed and nodded:

My father said the crown prince put a gag order.

until now.

D.D's eyes moved: Wait, that means the Earl of Wingburg, the cousin of my grandmother's brother-in-law's grandnephew, his parents are...

Shut up, D.D. Paul cut him off.

Sunset—— he looked around and laughed at himself——I really offended the Emerald City...

And Wing Fort too.

The lights flickered and the moon was dim. Amid countless people's discussions, Thales took a deep breath and turned to Zhan En, who had deep eyes.

That being the case...

Now, as the honorable Lord of the Iris, the owner of the Emerald City, the pioneer and defender of the southern kingdom, Jan Cavendir, tell me, Thales said coldly, You are still a star People, are you willing to accept my arbitration?

But Jen didn't respond, he frowned:

This is all planned by you, right?

Not good.

Thales frowned slightly.

The Duke remained silent, and Seychelles and the others on the other side also had a bad expression, and even many sergeants from the Emerald Legion looked at the Xinghu Guard with ill intentions.

Please, Zhan En, don't, Thales whispered, Your sister is still here, she shouldn't be implicated by us.

But Zhan En still had no expression on his face, only a pair of eyes, which became colder and darker.

Do you know what Federico is like? Do you know what he wants?

Oops.

Taylor's heart sank:

At this point, he wouldn't still want to flip the table, would he?

Like Charmain Rumba?

Jane, I'm not going to help him...

At this moment, a commotion broke out at the other end of the arena, interrupting the conversation between the two.

what happened?

What kind of flag is that, why is it so bright?

It looks so strange, isn't it local?

Damn it, I've seen it before, it was...

Sir, should we intercept?

Interception? You don't want to die, do you know what that is?

Some people exclaimed, some were puzzled, some were excited, and the restless emotions were transmitted layer by layer, and finally spread to the Duke and the prince from a distance.

Thales turned his head in unison with everyone's eyes, and immediately jumped up:

I saw a shiny silver banner appearing at the entrance of the arena, slowly approaching them, the crowd and soldiers along the way slowly dispersed, not daring to stop them.

The flag was firmly guarded by a group of people, and it was coming towards this side unstoppably. The flag surface shone against the background of the lights, sometimes dazzling, sometimes clear, causing the entire arena to scream one after another.

In the next second, Thales and Jen En saw the pattern on the big flag at the same time, and both were taken aback:

That's the nine-pointed star.

A silver light shines, hard to ignore...

The giant nine-pointed star.

Zhan En looked at Thales in surprise, and Thales looked back at him ignorantly, shaking his head.

That's... D.D looked at the group of people following the flag, his eyes widened.

The leader is the 'ghost', uh, I mean, Hugo Forby the bannerman. Glover saw the person in front clearly.

So we couldn't find him just now because... Seeing the team getting closer, D.D's face changed, I knew this kid would come to settle accounts with us sooner or later...

It's not just him, the one holding the flag is Kusta, followed by Kongmuto, and old Genard...ah, they were the ones who split up with us when we led His Royal Highness to break through the siege, and they joined together... Miranda woke up.

D.D has an ugly expression:

It's over, it's over, these unscrupulous people must have shaken everything out, why we acted impulsively and acted without authorization, and the ghost has to keep a small notebook...

Wait, the ghost, Nexi was startled, he, he is still supporting someone—it's the officer!

Everyone, including Thales, was shocked!

You're right, Thor.

Under the banner of the nine-pointed star, Hugo supported the people on his shoulders, and looked at the scene where the sergeants in the arena were heavily guarded and waiting, and everyone felt as if they were facing an enemy, and sighed:

They really screwed up.

I knew it, it's a good thing you came back to find me, said the person supported by Hugo—the watchman of the royal guard wrapped in thick bandages, Tormund Mallos limped and snorted uncomfortably, Wait, what did you call me?

He frowned and looked at Hugo.

Thor—I know, but, Hugo sneered, ignoring the emerald sergeants gathered from every corner of the arena, who were hostile to him, either this or Terrorblade, you have to choose one ?”

Mallos took a deep breath, with a bad expression.

Not long after, this group of people overcame the obstacles, crossed the checkpoint, and came to Thales.

Thor, you, are you awake?

Thales looked at Mallos, who was covered in bandages, looked sluggish, and needed help to walk, and was surprised and delighted.

As for the rest of the guards, most of them lowered their heads obediently, not daring to speak out.

Yes, I just fell asleep, Mallos looked at the ugly-looking Zhan En, the fierce-looking Seychelles, and the dark legion behind him, and sighed, In the end, you just played around.

Thales looked embarrassed.

Believe me, the prince said bitterly, I was also caught off guard.

Mallos looked at him, sighed, and turned to the Duke of South Bank:

So now, where does the election go?

Lord Mallos, Jan En looked in amazement at the nine-pointed star flag waving violently above his head, which was eye-catching even at night, this is...

Mallos' eyes lit up.

Oh, this one, my lord duke, I forgot to introduce, this is a gift from Heroes of Soul Castle to His Highness, the silver nine-pointed star banner...

Like everyone else, Thales looked up at the big flag above his head in confusion.

It's like looking up at the stars.

This flag is... the one my father gave you? Paul in the team whispered, with complicated emotions, Didn't you say that His Highness doesn't like it?

D.D and Glover looked at each other.

Believe me, after tonight, Kongmuto sighed, His Royal Highness will love it.

Paul hesitated to speak.

Mallos patted Hugo, motioned him to let go, and immediately reached out to take the big flag in Kusta's hand.

The flagpole was cumbersome, and Mallos was still injured and struggling. Wyah and Glover wanted to help, but he waved his hand and refused.

Except for the six large flags that cannot be taken down on the top of the Fuxing Palace, Mallos glanced at Thales, leaning on the flag with difficulty, using it as a crutch, and walked towards the Duke of the South step by step. It is the largest flag of the Canxing clan in the world, and it is the most conspicuous symbol representing the royal family.

The Seychelles knight, who was standing in front of him vigilantly, looked at the huge flashing flag and retreated subconsciously.

Of course, I also have a headache. After all, such a large flag, if there is any accident, such as cracked, cracked and faded, or even worse, on a big occasion, the flagpole will be broken when everyone is watching, and the flag will fall. fall down……

While Mallos was talking, he took steps, seeing the flag going up and down with his steps, crumbling, and everyone's expressions changed.

Hey, then you'd better get someone to help... the Seychelles knight wanted to remind him.

That would humiliate the royal family, humiliate the kingdom, and disgrace Canxing. It is enough to be recorded as a 'bad omen' or a 'disgrace' by the priests and historians, the watchman's words suddenly changed, making everyone's expressions ugly. Even the big and evil things like 'disaster in the kingdom' or 'imminent defeat', or even 'short life of the dynasty'...

Mallos clasped the flagpole and looked around, with deep meaning in his words:

No matter who caused it, whether it was intentional or not, it is suspected of ulterior motives, humiliating the royal family, subverting the kingdom...

The crime is so great that nothing can be redeemed except death.

Including Thales and Zhan En, everyone around looked at the shining banner above their heads, and all stood in awe.

So we usually fold it up and hide it, and don't take it out easily, Mallos laughed suddenly, But for such a big occasion, how could His Highness not have it—help me, Se Captain Sheil?

What? Before the Seychelles knight could react, he saw the nine-pointed star flag crashing down, and the flagpole was coming towards him!

With a jolt, he gathered his finishing power and grabbed the flagpole. Immediately, he saw that Mallos was tired, but looked at him with a smile.

Seychelles suddenly became angry: You—

Thank you, Captain, Mallos waved his hand at him with a look of relief on his face, It can be regarded as saving the royal family of Canxing.

Seychelles stopped talking and looked at the flag in his hand.

With his strength and ability, it is not difficult to hold the flag, but for some reason, Seychelles only feels dry mouth, and the flagpole in his hand is tilted left and right, which makes it difficult for him to hold it steady. He has to use all his strength to hold it. Hold on to the flag.

Just be careful, don't let it fall over such a big flag.

Mallos said meaningfully:

It will kill people.

Seychelles' eyes turned cold, and the anger rose from the heart, and they pushed the flag back!

Everyone was shocked!

But another hand stretched out from the side, holding the Nine Pointed Star Flag firmly, preventing it from falling to the ground.

Seychelles turned his head in surprise:

what you do?

Knight Cassian held the flag calmly, and said without doubt:

Save your life.

The Seychelles knight was quite upset and hesitated to speak.

His master, Zhan En, stared at the big flag with unpredictable emotions, lost in thought.

As for the ones who managed to make it drain, Mallos turned his back on them, Captain Seychelles, do you want a nickname? 'Starfaller' or 'Startaker' ?”

Seychelles was taken aback.

The watchman smiled with difficulty, held Hugo's shoulders again, and began to grunt and pant in the old wound:

Maybe, you'll...be as famous as that Yankee named 'Meteorite'.

Seychelles couldn't believe it. He looked at the nine-pointed star above his head, and at Mallos who was away from him, full of shock and anger.

At this moment, everyone in the arena was staring at the nine-pointed star flag in awe, Thales was among them, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it from time to time as it fluttered and flashed, attacking the sight and stinging The silver light in the eyes.

It seems that since no one knew when, an invisible pressure enveloped the entire arena and even the Emerald City, forcing everyone to look at this ethereal nine-pointed star.

No, Thales, that's not some nine-pointed star.

The voice in the prince's heart sounded softly, and said to him:

that is you.

Thales couldn't help trembling.

And, what you symbolize.

Thales lowered his head in a daze, and looked at his cuff - there was a dark pattern of a nine-pointed star lying there.

enough!

Zhan En's cold voice sounded, waking up everyone who was unconsciously looking at the flag.

Yes, yes, Thales came back to his senses, he held his breath, and forced himself to regain his sanity, Then, Mr. Zhan En, back to just now, you are willing to abide by the Sacred Stars Covenant and accept my request. Arbitration?

At that moment, the vassals, distinguished guests, soldiers, Xinghu guards...all held their breaths, waiting for the duke's answer.

Jen's eyes turned cold.

arbitration.

He turned his head and glanced at Xi Lai who had been silent since just now.

arbitration.

He lowered his head and glanced at Federico who was panting heavily on the ground.

Finally, he turned his head with difficulty and looked at Thales with burning eyes.

This bloody little brat.

I--

The Duke of South Bank was about to speak, but the wind blew, and the flag above his head slammed loudly!

He froze for a moment.

Not only that, the silver embroidery on the flag is extremely reflective, and the nine-pointed star emblem floats back and forth in the night sky, shining with silver light.

The fleur-de-lis flag that stands in the distance is dimmed.

At that moment, Zhan En looked at the huge nine-pointed star above his head with complicated eyes.

Finally, when the nine-pointed star rose against the wind for the third time, the owner of the Emerald City, the Guardian Duke of the South Bank, took a deep breath and lowered his head.

Look, Thales, when you take off your mask and start playing cards seriously, you're quite good at it, aren't you?

Zhan En sneered slightly at Thales, but the laughter was bleak:

Even though it's someone else's hand.

Thales' heart trembled.

Jen smiled slightly:

It's a pity that no matter how good the cards are, your bets in the game can still only be paid by yourself.

In the next second, before Thales could react, Jen took a step forward and said loudly:

Of course, Your Highness! Since I am a citizen of the stars and a nobleman of the kingdom, I shall accept His Highness's arbitration! I have no complaints!

The surrounding crowd was in an uproar.

The emerald sergeants in the front row looked at each other in disbelief, but the discussions among the vassals and guests were much quieter, and many people secretly aimed at Thales.

Finally——Thales breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the other party's conclusive answer.

fine.

No big mess happened.

I saw Zhan En smiled, but the smile was extremely complicated and contained deep meaning. He waved and ordered:

Emerald Legion, put down your weapons, get out of the way, and let them arrest me.

Seychelles gritted his teeth, quite dissatisfied:

grown ups--

Under the nine-pointed star flag, His Highness Thales has an order, and the Kevin Dill family will obey it! Zhan En stopped him from speaking, his tone was unquestionable.

Seychelles took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to retreat, but he looked at the Xinghu guards with extremely cold eyes.

Soon, the Jade Sergeants looked at each other, put away their weapons one after another, and retreated voluntarily or involuntarily, and many of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thales, who was relieved in his heart, nodded towards his subordinates, Wyatt and Glover looked at each other, they stepped forward cautiously, passed the leaderless and helpless Emerald Legion, and came to Zhan En.

Glover wanted to be escorted to show his majesty, but Jann didn't give them such a chance:

The Duke himself walked out of the legion's defenses with his head held high and his feet decisive.

Walk into Thales' team.

If you have any comments, Jen, you are welcome to appeal to me during the arbitration and make your own voice, Thales looked at him with complicated emotions, You can also ask someone to speak for yourself, if I remember correctly, the defender's guild is in the honor zone - it will cost money, but it will save trouble.

Jen smiled slightly, not paying attention.

Compared with the noise and noise just now, all this happened quietly. The bystanders might whisper, but no one dared to speak loudly.

On the other side, Morgan pushed away several petrified security officers, roughly dragged Federico on the ground, pulled out the cloth strip from his mouth, and escorted him to the Star Lake Guard.

That's right, cousin, Zhan En glanced at the culprit of everything today, with unspeakable emotions hidden in his eyes, That's right.

He looked at Thales, and his words had profound meaning:

But you think it's over?

Yes, cousin, Federico, who was being escorted, responded very quickly, panting non-stop, with malicious intentions, You are finished.

The eyes of the cousins ​​met, and the air around them seemed to burn.

The Duke surrendered just like that? So simple?

In the guard, Nehi couldn't believe it:

They have a legion, a whole city, and two extreme masters...

D.D shook his head, thankful that he survived another night under the hands of the prince:

That's right.

And all we have is...

We have Wrath of the Kingdom.

Nexi was taken aback for a moment:

What? Where?

D.D patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said:

Behind.

Nexi looked behind her, but saw nothing, and looked puzzled when she turned her head.

No, Jan!

At this moment, Xi Lai, who couldn't bear it any longer, broke through the barrier and rushed to his brother, crying.

Wyatt frowned, but Glover glanced at Thales and shook his head at him.

The eldest lady grabbed Zhan En's hand, and then looked back at Thales with his head bowed in a daze. She wanted to speak, but she didn't know what to say.

In the end, it was Jen who unquestionably pulled her back.

It's okay, Cecilia, sister, listen, the Duke held his sister's hand with complicated eyes, We are Kevin Dill, right?

Xi Lai stared blankly at her brother, her eyes flushed.

Zhan En smiled, he glanced at Thales, then turned around and held his sister's hand.

Don't forget, Ning Yinyou...

Xi Lai was silent for a while, then gritted his teeth, nodded, and said firmly:

Don't die with the enemy.

Neither used to nor like to watch this scene as if he was parting from life and death (especially he was the instigator), Thales sighed and turned around with complicated emotions.

The emerald soldiers guarding this direction all changed their expressions and retreated abruptly.

Thales was taken aback for a moment, then smiled helplessly, and turned to explain.

Listen, everyone, don't be nervous, I'm not trying to take...

But when he turned his head, he happened to meet the vassals in the South Bank Territory again. The latter were startled, and quickly turned sideways or backed away to avoid looking directly at him.

Thales paused for a while, then he turned to the foreign guests. They had solemn faces, but when they saw the prince looking at them, they all smiled and saluted in a friendly manner.

The Karabyan sisters were more cautious than before, a little less frivolous, and a little more alienated. Earl Harvey performed the ceremony as usual as if nothing had happened. Earl Lasia reluctantly bowed his head under the urging of his eldest son. Earl Sunflower frowned and didn't know what to think, Sea Wolf Captain Tanganga had a flattering attitude, his mouth full of shiny gold teeth, Harshat from Tyrann made an exaggerated and enthusiastic smile, and Yannick from Feast Leader smiled and made a gesture to him. The gesture of applauding, and the Earl of Li in Corleone has long since disappeared.

Thales frowned deeply.

Only then did he realize that wherever he looked, everyone in the arena was lowering their heads to dodge, turning their heads to avoid, and if they really couldn't dodge, they bowed respectfully and carefully, and bowed far away, lest they would offend them.

everyone.

Almost everyone.

Your Highness, Mallos' lazy voice sounded, are you ready?

Are you ready...

Thales came back to his senses, and subconsciously touched the bone ring covenant in his pocket.

It's strange that Guertaksa, who has a hideous appearance and a bone spur, is lying quietly in his inner pocket at this moment, docile and natural, as light as nothing, as if the previous weight and faint pain were just a moment illusion.

The night wind blew, and the big flag in Cassian's hand rustled again, and it shone with silver light.

At the moment when he stood under the flag of the nine-pointed star, Thales held the bone ring that could not see the light of day, looked at Zhan En who said goodbye to his sister in a low voice, looked at Federico who was staring at him fiercely, and looked at him who was unhappy but swallowed his anger Seychelles, looking at the vassals and guests who are whispering with fear, looking at the Xinghu guards who are talking and laughing...

Finally, he looked up at the starry night sky of the Emerald City, and suddenly understood:

No matter how the process is, what the details are, what the result will be...

At least for this moment.

Emerald City...

It's his.