A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The wind that came from nowhere roared across this ruined land.

Collapsed altars, broken stone tablets, broken stones and pillars all over the place.

The huge male lion closed his eyes, fell to the ground, and lowered his head.

The golden mane was undulating in the wind, and it was as if you could hear the rustling sound when the mane was constantly blowing.

Garlan was stunned on the spot, with a look of disbelief in his eyes.

"Shamir?"

In shock, he shouted the name again.

"It's me, prince."

The golden lion raised its head and stared at Garlan with its huge eyes.

"…………"

Garlan was a little confused and at a loss.

He reached out and stroked the mane of the lion standing in front of him.

There is a real touch of thick mane in the fingers, and the fingertips can feel the warm flesh and blood under the mane.

What stood in front of him was not an illusion, but a reality.

A familiar touch came from his hands. When he was still young, and Nerga was also young, he would always ride on this male lion named Chamir, relying on the strength of King Camos.

Chamir is different from the lively Nerga. He has a quiet and calm temperament and is always lazy on weekdays.

Although he seemed to be carrying him impatiently under the command of King Camos, he walked slowly and steadily every time he was carried, and he never fell off once.

When I and Nerga were playing in the lion park, although it didn't react at all, it always looked at them quietly, as if it was guarding them.

It can be said that compared to King Camos, Chamiel is more like a majestic father.

The lifespan of a lion has always been only about twenty years, and the lifespan of a lion that often fights is even shorter. The first time he met Chamiel, he was in his prime.

Later, he grew up, Nerga also grew up, and Shamir became old and could no longer carry him around slowly.

Then, suddenly one day, Shamil disappeared and he could not find him.

Brother Camos said that Shamil did not want people to see him dying of old age, so he left quietly before his death and found an unknown place as his cemetery.

At that time, he was sad for a long time, and Nerga also withered for a long time.

He still remembered the decrepit appearance of Shamir at that time.

Time is cruel, and even the powerful King of Beasts cannot resist the erosion of time.

But now, the Shamil standing in front of him was as strong and majestic as when he first saw him.

He saw his own reflection in Shamir's eyes, the way he looked when he was a boy.

If it weren't for the different scenery around him, Garlan would actually have the illusion of going back to the past again.

"You are here...and this place..."

Garlan's mind was so confused that he even stuttered when speaking.

"I'm back here again...does that mean, I, I'm dead again?"

too suddenly.

Garlan was panicked.

He hasn't had time to say anything yet, and there are still many things he hasn't had time to explain to Shermer Kehos and the others.

He had obviously already thought about what he was going to do next, at least give him time to leave his last words before he died.

besides……

And... Heimos... what will he... do if he dies?

"No, Prince, you are still alive."

"Huh? But, every time before, I came here after I died..."

"There is no time, this place will disappear soon, so I introduced your soul here."

"Soul? This...I don't understand..."

Garlan shook his head, feeling that his mind was in chaos, but in the chaos, he suddenly remembered something, and his pupils shrank violently.

"Chamir! If this is the place where the souls of dead people reside, and you are here, then where is Brother Wang?"

He opened his eyes and looked at the golden lion nervously and expectantly, his voice trembling.

"You should be by Brother Wang's side. If you are here, Brother Wang should be here. He is here now, right?!"

The eyes of the majestic lion were like coals of fire, glaringly looking at the excited young man in front of him.

Its huge head swayed slightly, and its thick mane swayed slightly.

"My king is no longer here, Prince."

Its rich and heavy voice sounded in this dead place.

"That's why you are here now."

"What's the meaning?"

Garlan was in a daze.

Then, he seemed to realize something, and the hand holding the lion's mane suddenly tightened.

"The one who brought me here from my original world and made me reborn again and again..."

As if he was afraid of getting the answer, his voice paused here, but he still insisted on asking.

"...Is that you, Shamir?"

"No, it's my king."

"…………"

Garlan said nothing.

Shamir's words made him understand a lot.

The hand that was holding the mane weakly let go, and his pale lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

The boy closed his eyes, and the shadow of his eyelashes fell on his cheeks.

[My king is not here. 】

[So, you can be here now. 】

In this world, no matter what you do, you have to pay the same price.

And the price of his rebirth again and again...

"No need to be sad, prince, you have completed my king's entrustment."

The lion said,

"You have recast your destiny."

"History and destiny have returned to the right path."

"The gods will also rise."

Garlan opened his eyes, and he keenly caught one of the words.

"recovery?"

Staring at Garlan, the lion did not answer the question immediately, but first solved another doubt in his mind.

"After my king's death, he was believed by everyone because of his unparalleled achievements in life. Also, because the previous god of war, Assyria, happened to have died not long ago, the throne has been vacant for hundreds of years."

"So, the sun god Shamash sent his mount from heaven to take my king to heaven and gave him the throne of the god of war."

"I accompanied my king to ascend to the kingdom of heaven, and therefore was given a glimmer of divinity by Shamash."

The lion's majestic eyes stared at the prince in front of him, with a hint of gentleness hidden in his eyes.

"That's why, Prince, I can talk to you like this."

It raised its head and looked around the ruined land, with a humanistic sigh on its face.

"The beginning of everything... must start from the time of the gods a long time ago..."

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In this world, there is a path of destiny.

That is the supreme power in the universe.

Even the gods cannot control destiny and can only move forward by following the line of destiny.

A long time ago, the world was in chaos.

In chaos, there is only one god.

God of all things.

The power of the God of All is the power of Chaos. Later, she fell into a deep sleep, and while she was sleeping, the sun god Shamash was born from her origin.

Afterwards, gods were born one after another.

The birth of each god will cause part of the divine power of the God of All Things to disappear, or in other words, her divine power will be divided into those gods.

The power of the Mother Goddess of all things is derived from heaven and earth, gods, and all things in the world.

She will eventually disappear and become everything in the world.

This is her destined fate.

However, this powerful god is not willing to sacrifice himself and reincarnate all things, let alone disappear.

She wanted to wake up from her slumber.

If the God of All Things resurrects, all things in the world will return to chaos, and the gods will once again become part of the Mother Goddess of All Things.

As a result, the war inevitably broke out.

In that battle, the heaven and earth shook, and the sky became dark.

Finally, after paying an extremely heavy price, the gods knocked the Mother Goddess of All Things down into the abyss and let her sleep forever again.

However, before being forced to sleep, the God of All Things cut off a corner of fate with one last hateful blow.

The thread of fate is broken.

If it cannot be continued, its destiny will collapse.

Thus, Destiny's Child came into being.

Make up for the broken and missing part of the thread of destiny, continue the trajectory of destiny, and protect the movement of cause and effect in the world.

That is the mission of Destiny's Children.

"The son of destiny, the prince, is you."

"You were born into this world under the watchful eyes of the gods."

"The moment you were born, the whole heaven was shaken, and the gods were calling your name."

"Then, according to the course of fate, you became my king's younger brother, the prince of Aaron Landis."

"The corner of fate that was cut off is the part after my king."

"After my king, you will inherit my king's crown, ascend the throne, and become the king of Aaron Landis until you are connected to the other end of the broken thread of fate."

It sounds simple, but it is a place where even the gods dare not set foot easily.

The missing section of the line of destiny, because there is no established path, the rules of the world cannot control this period of time.

Chaos is extremely powerful, black and white are unclear, demons are dancing around, and day and night are reversed.

Just like the stormy sea stirred up by thunderstorms, it is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss.

Only the Son of Destiny, who came into being at the right moment, can suppress the power of chaos and suppress all chaos.

"Prince, that was your previous life."

Shamir's rich voice echoed in the ruins.

However, the gods did not realize that the Mother Goddess of All Things planted a small seed in the human world before falling asleep again.

Seizing the greed and desire of mankind, she lent the remaining weak power to mankind, and ruined mankind's own destiny with the help of mankind's own hands.

The power of the gods cannot interfere in the human world. Even if they forcibly lower their power, they will be swallowed up by the rules of the world.

However, all things in the world are originally formed from the power of the Mother Goddess of All Things, and their origins are the same. Therefore, the weak power left by the Mother Goddess of All Things has escaped the supervision of the rules of the world.

"In your real previous life, that night in Rudas City..."

As Shamir spoke, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, and the surrounding area became pitch black.

Garlan was floating in the dark night sky. He lowered his head and looked at the city lit by flames below.

He remembered that this was a war-torn night.

Sleepless Night in Rudas City.

A night he would never forget.

He floated in the night sky, watching that scene reappear before his eyes again.

However, it was different from what he had experienced.

What he saw was King Camos dying under the poison of the betrayer.

What he saw was 'him' fighting hard among the enemy troops under the escort of the Guards, trying to break out of Rudas City.

The moment 'he' was about to rush out of the city gate——

A sharp arrow struck from the darkness.

From behind 'him' and through his heart.

‘He’ fell from his horse, fell to the ground, and stopped breathing.

The followers of the All Things Cult lurking in the darkness killed 'him'.

"Those stupid humans destroyed their own only hope with their own hands."

Standing in the dark night sky like him, Shamir looked down at the scene below with cold eyes.

The night wind howled, making its thick mane rustle.

"In other words, my real past life died in Rudas City like Brother Wang?"

The lion nodded and continued.

"You and my king died, and then the royal city fell, Aaron Landis was subjugated, and Prince Heimos abandoned most of Aaron Landis' territory, allowing it to fall into the hands of many countries..."

Even if Chamil didn't say it, Garlan could guess it.

The subsequent development might be the same as what he had seen in his dream.

Since then, the flames of war have never disappeared from the earth.

One war after another continues without end.

Countless people died in the war, the land was desolate, and bones could be seen everywhere.

People on the earth are struggling in the war...

The surrounding scenery changed again, and Garlan found himself back in the land of ruins.

"With the death of Aaron Landis, in the never-ending war, the people of the earth gradually despaired of worshiping the gods."

"With the loss of the people's faith, the gods gradually weakened. As time went by, the situation became more and more serious. They finally could not maintain the throne. The throne began to break and their power was disappearing."

"Weak gods began to fall one after another, and the powerful gods had to fall into deep sleep in order to avoid the fate of falling. In the end, even the most powerful sun god Shamash fell into eternal sleep, and so did my king. in this way."

"After the gods fell into a deep sleep, the continent of Aaron Landis sank to the bottom of the sea forever in an earthquake and was completely destroyed."

"After that, more than two thousand years passed, and my king woke up from his deep sleep..."

The continent of Aaron Landis was destroyed, the power of faith was completely lost, and the gods could never wake up.

However, Kamos was the only one who was different.

Among the sleeping gods, only Kamos was given the throne by Shamash as a human and became a new god.

The power that supports his throne is not only the faith of the people, but also his immortal achievements and his own strong soul.

In two thousand years, the names of the gods have disappeared in the passage of time.

Only Camos, as the Lion King of the legendary lost land Aaron Landis, left an immortal name in history and was remembered by many future generations.

That is also a type of faith.

With the weak faith of later generations, Camos woke up from his slumber.

After he woke up, in order to save the destroyed Aaron Landis, in order to save the king's younger brother who was burdened with the curse of the fallen god and reincarnated from life to life——

Kamos sent Garlan's soul back to his previous life at the cost of giving up his eternal throne.

"My king said that only you, the prince, can recast the destiny."

However, history is not easily changed.

The historical inertia that has been formed has extremely powerful power.

Just like a small butterfly flapping its wings, it can cause a huge storm on the seaside.

When the souls of later generations break into the river of time in the past, the inertia of history triggers a butterfly effect at certain key points to prevent historical changes.

In addition, the God of All Things, who had a premonition of something, launched a crazy counterattack with the power of the God of All Things...

Therefore, Heimos had an accident when he was young, and although he survived, his temper became cruel and violent. He killed Garlan again and again and took away the throne.

Aaron Landis still heads toward destruction time and time again.

It was not until the last time that the strongest power that erupted after the throne was shattered was able to contain the power that protected history, send Garlan's soul back to his youth, and prevent the accident.

And this time, he finally succeeded in correcting the trajectory of his fate.

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The place of ruins was very quiet. Garlan leaned over and knelt on the ground.

He pressed his hands gently onto the shattered altar stones on the ground.

"This is Brother Wang's throne?...Isn't it?"

The golden lion didn't answer.

But silence is the answer.

Garlan closed his eyes, and his long golden hair fell from his shoulders and fell on the gravel at his feet.

There was silence for a while.

After a long time, he finally spoke again.

"[No time]...?"

Garlan repeated this sentence softly.

"Chamir, you can tell me now, who is Heimos?"

he asks.

The shadow of the lion was clearly reflected in the clear golden pupils.

This time, the lion finally answered after a long silence.

"Heimos..."

it says,

"He is after you, King Aaron Landis."

.........The original trajectory of fate......

King Camos was poisoned and died in Rudas city.

Prince Garlan led the crowd to rush out of Rudas City, and then joined Prince Heimos who came with the army.

The two worked together to fight off the Gastards and save Aaron Landis.

Later, Garlan succeeded to the throne.

Because of his just and wise governance like Shamash, he was called the wise king by later generations.

Under the rule of the wise king, Aaron Landis, which was originally in turmoil, returned to stability.

King Garlan's policy was based on rest and recuperation. Therefore, during his reign, Aaron Landis's economy gradually prospered and its national power gradually grew stronger.

King Garlan reigned for five years.

Five years later, he died of illness.

After the death of the wise king, Heimos inherited the throne and began to vigorously develop the military.

In the second year after he inherited the throne, he led an army to completely defeat the Gastad people in the west, and incorporated Canal, which was occupied by the Gastad people, into the territory of Aaron Landis.

Then he began to expand outward on a large scale.

In the next ten years or so, he successively defeated and annexed many countries such as Geshur and Yis, led Aaron Landis's army to travel across the continent, and conquered all countries on the continent.

At this point, Aaron Landis unified the continent.

The Aaron Landis Empire is born.

It was the largest empire in ancient history.

Heymos, the thirty-seventh king of Aaron Landis.

He is the successor of the wise king Garlan.

He led an army to conquer the north and south, never failed in his life, expanded the territory of Aaron Landis to the entire continent of Aaron Landis, and established a huge empire.

Later generations called him Emperor Heimos.

The author has something to say: Aaron Landis will unify the entire Aaron Landis continent and expand from a kingdom to an empire.

All my friends know this.

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However, I don’t know if you guys have thought about it.

The name for Garlan in history has always been, [Wise King].

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