A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

271. Chapter 271

It was already early in the morning, and there was already a faint light in the sky.

Snap.

A stone rolled down the mountain wall.

It fell to the ground, rolled twice, and lay quietly.

The palace's slave yard is at the very back, closest to the mountain wall.

At this moment, Noor looked at the rolling stones under his feet, feeling a little strange.

After staying in this place for more than a year, this was the first time he saw rocks falling from above.

Snap.

A companion not far away suddenly let out a small sigh.

Noor saw the companion holding a bigger stone in his hand and asked around: "Which of you will throw a stone at me?"

This man thought that his companions had been waiting for a long time, and he was in a good mood because he was free again, so on a whim he threw stones at him to tease him.

At this moment, there was a crisp sound.

Many people noticed that another stone fell from the sky and fell to the ground.

Subconsciously, everyone looked up to the sky.

Heimos also instinctively looked up.

The next second, the golden-red pupils shrank violently to a point.

The huge shadow formed by the overwhelming debris and broken trees falling from the sky enveloped his entire figure——

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The royal city of Karnar is built on the mountain.

That mountain is also called Karnar Mountain and is hundreds of meters high.

Behind it are huge mountains that stretch endlessly.

Because the last royal palace building was embedded in the mountain wall, before that, the craftsmen of Karnal spent a lot of effort to smooth the originally uneven mountain wall little by little, and then affixed white stone slabs to the mountain wall. .

In this way, from a distance, the mountain wall looks like it was built artificially. Even the meandering curvature of the gurgling water flowing down the mountain wall is designed to be just right.

Over the years, there has never been an earthquake in the royal city of Kanal, and all the water flowing down from the mountain wall is very thin springs. These countless springs only converge at the bottom of the mountain wall to form a river, so it is also Flooding is not possible.

Therefore, this white palace has been standing quietly and peacefully under the mountain wall.

The people of Karnal believe that this is a place blessed by the gods.

However, at this moment, no one saw that nearly a hundred Gastard people were busy on the slopes of the mountainside about a hundred meters up from the mountain wall.

The gurgling spring water flows down from the mountain wall and flows into a depression here.

Originally, the depression was very shallow, less than half a meter deep. On normal days, the spring water would continue to flow from this filled cave.

But now, thick tree trunks were tied together with strong ropes, blocking the entrance of the cave, raising the originally shallow cave to a height of several meters.

Obviously someone did it deliberately.

The ropes tied to the tree trunks extended from both sides, divided into several strands, and tied to the thick tree trunks on both sides far away. The huge load-bearing capacity made each rope stretch to the limit.

On one side of the inner row of trees, a lot of stones or pieces of wood chopped into small pieces were thrown in.

They were piled up in one place, almost completely blocking the flow of spring water.

After several days of accumulation, the spring water has filled this man-made depression several meters high, and has even overflowed from it.

The long night has passed, and it is already early morning. On the high mountain, you can clearly see the fiery red sun rising on the distant horizon.

A burly Gastard man stood here, looking down at the white palace at his feet.

It was he who, in the past few days, led nearly a hundred soldiers to artificially create such a dangerous situation.

He looked down at the ant-sized Aaron Landis at the foot of the mountain and the palace that had become very small.

At this time, he saw a black flag sticking out of the window and waving constantly on the tallest white tower in the palace.

His eyes became fierce by the way, he turned around and waved his hand.

Everyone standing nearby moved away.

Someone was already standing next to the tree trunk tied with a rope, holding a sharp knife.

When their leader waved his hand, they swung their sharp blades and severed the rope in front of them.

There was a loud bang.

The rows of tree trunks blocking the entrance of the cave crashed down, and the huge tree trunks tied together spread out in the air.

Huge streams of water spurted out fiercely.

Countless large and small stones piled up at the mouth of the depression were forced out by the terrifying spray force of the flowing water, and fell from the sky.

They followed the flood and rushed all the way from the mountain wall, washing away countless trees and boulders.

Sweeping down.

The first thing that was washed away by the black flash flood was the white tower leaning on the mountain wall. A small black flag could be vaguely seen being swept into the flood and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The huge rocks and trees rolling down the mountain wall smashed the ingenious buildings embedded in the mountain wall into pieces one after another.

The bursting building collapsed forward and was eventually swept into the torrent of rubble.

The huge roar attracted the attention of everyone in the royal city.

When they looked up, everyone had a look of horror on their faces.

They saw countless boulders and collapsed buildings rolling down the mountain wall like floods, instantly flooding the huge white palace.

The gravel swarm swallowed up the palace, smashed the land, and then merged with the river surrounding the palace to form an even larger debris flow, rushing towards the entire city without stopping.

For a time, screams erupted in the city, accompanied by the neighing of frightened horses.

There was no time to think, and the instinct of survival made everyone run forward desperately.

Mudslides followed them like the god of death.

Large tracts of buildings were smashed to pieces.

Countless people who were unable to escape took a step slower and were swallowed up in the black torrent, and their bodies were instantly gone.

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After a long time, the rocks finally stopped collapsing, and the earth finally returned to calm.

The sun has risen high in the sky, and the people who escaped death are looking at the ruins buried by mudslides in front of them with lingering fear.

Kehos stood before this vast ruin.

The hands hanging by his sides clenched tightly, and he gritted his teeth so hard that the muscles in his face were twitching.

Both jade and stone will be destroyed.

No one would have thought that the people of Gastad would be so heartbroken and crazy.

The ruins before him covered almost a full third of the royal city.

All the houses in the large area near the palace were crushed under gravel and soil, and hundreds of thousands of Kanal people were buried alive in their homes.

The palace closest to the mountain wall has been completely smashed and buried deep into the ground.

Although some people escaped, many Aaronlandis who were unable to escape from the palace died.

Among them,... Aaron Landis's coach, Huey Moss.

According to the soldiers who escaped, Heimos was in the deepest part of the palace, closest to the mountain wall.

His eyes darkly scanned the ruins in front of him, Kaihos' nails dug deeply into his palms, and he closed his eyes tightly.

No one can escape such a dangerous situation.

Before the roar and power of nature, human power is so small.

He knew he couldn't do it.

Even someone as powerful as that person can't do it.

Although he had always been at odds with Heimos, at this moment, Kehos felt uncomfortable and had difficulty breathing.

He never thought that that person... would die in this way.

And he felt it was so sudden and unacceptable.

So, if Prince Garlan, who was closer to Heimos than anyone else, learns of Heimos's death, then...

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In the far southeast, the golden palace stands on the seaside, shining in the rising sun.

Fall and winter have just passed for Aaron Landis, and spring has arrived.

The warm spring breeze blows from the sea, carrying the moist atmosphere of the sea.

White seagulls spread their wings in the endless blue sky.

The boy who had just woken up stretched and got out of bed.

Bright sunlight shone down from the skylight and fell on his eyes.

A short chirp came from the open floor-to-ceiling window, and Garlan opened the thin gauze curtain and walked out to the balcony.

The black eagle Anu stood proudly on the bird stand, his black feathers shining darkly in the sunlight, with a cold attitude. After seeing Garlan, he flapped his wings gently.

Garlan stretched out his hand and teased it.

"Don't worry, your master will be back in half a month at most."

he said with a smile.

After gently pecking Garlan's finger, Anu stared at him with a pair of bright black eyes, revealing the unique sharpness of a raptor.

The sharp aura exuding from its body is very similar to its owner.

Thinking of that person inadvertently, Garlan turned his head and looked to the west.

That was the direction of Kanal.

The military report he received yesterday stated that the attack on the royal city of Kanal had begun.

With the abilities of Heimos and Kehos, it shouldn't take too long to break through the royal city.

He was not used to the fact that the person who had always followed him closely before suddenly disappeared without a trace.

During the time when Heimos had just left, there were several times when he was lost in thought and forgot other things and wanted to find someone to talk to, and he almost called out Heimos' name.

Fortunately, in those few times, except for one time when Tapti heard it, at other times either no one was around him, or he reacted in time and shut his mouth.

Otherwise, if Heimos comes back and hears about this, I don’t know what he will say.

Maybe he would say something like he misses him too...

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All right.

At worst, he would admit frankly that he was indeed thinking about him.

After all, that guy is the commander-in-chief of an army, so as a king, it's normal for him to think about it all the time, right?

Garlan pursed his lips slightly and lowered his eyes as he thought.

He teased Anu absentmindedly, but there was a smile on his lips that he was not even aware of.

However, he also thought that according to Heimos's character, after he captured the King of Kanal and ended the war, he would leave all the troubles after the war to Caihos, and he would rush back as fast as possible. .

So maybe I won’t use it for half a month and I can get it back in a week.

Um.

Well, he asked Tapti to prepare the banquet early. After all, as a just king, he had to give some rewards to his subordinates for their great achievements.

Of course, if that guy makes any...excessive demands, he will never agree.

Garlan was thinking about some random things.

Suddenly, there was an eagle's call nearby, which was extremely sharp and conveyed a strong sense of sadness.

His heart skipped a beat in shock.

A black shadow suddenly passed before his eyes and shot straight into the sky.

"Anu?"

Garlan shouted in surprise.

The black eagle Anu, who had been resting quietly on the bird stand just now, suddenly rushed high into the sky, spread its wings and circled over him, and once again let out a long and shrill cry.

Garlan suddenly became very flustered.

He had never heard Anu make such a cry.

"Anu——!"

After that scream, the black hawk circled around him again, then spread its black wings and flew to the west like lightning.

It flew so fast that in the blink of an eye, only a black dot could be seen in the distance in the sky.

Garlan stood on the balcony, staring blankly at Anu who left him and flew away.

The bright sunlight fell on him, but he felt chilled all over for some reason.

An indescribable feeling of panic surged from the deepest part of his body.

He stared blankly in the direction Anu left.

The west.

Kanal.

A gust of wind blew from that direction, lifting a strand of blond hair and passing through the young man's shadowed eyes.