Collective rebellion.

Thales stared blankly at Naki, who was breathing unsteadily.

Royal Guard? Rebellion?

No one responded to Samir's heart-wrenching words.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment, everything stayed in the past and no longer moved forward.

It wasn't until Little Barney's disdainful sneer after taking a breath that once again woke everyone up from their shock.

"It's ridiculous," Barney's voice sounded quite embarrassed, "Naki, your shameless lies are like..."

"lie?"

Like an irritated animal, Naki asked loudly, cutting off Barney's unnatural question in his throat.

"lie?"

There was a desperate coldness in Naji's tone, which made everyone shudder.

He looked around at the fellow guardsmen with different expressions, and said to little Barney with a half-smile.

"Guess what, Barney."

"In these years in the dungeon, why did the thirty-seven brothers who you kept saying you wanted to avenge and seek justice for them pass away?"

thirty-seven……

Without warning, little Barney shook violently.

He was not the only one who had this reaction, including Samir, Belletti, Tardin, and Cannon, and many people had different expressions on their faces.

Thales was still immersed in the frightening news of the guards' collective rebellion, and looked at everyone again with a pale face.

According to Naki, at that time, the general royal guards were well aware of the assassination of the king. Maybe many of them were not participants, but at least they were indifferent bystanders.

So, most of the participants and insiders in the royal guard who are no longer alive, what is their relationship with the bloody year, the tragedy of the royal family, and the mastermind behind the scenes?

Even the people here who are still alive, these people who have sworn an oath of guard to be loyal to the throne forever...

Belletti, Tardin, Cannon, Brie...

Unconsciously, Thales turned pale and took a step back.

Naji's hoarse and painful voice continued

"Remember Walker? He died in the internal strife in the first year. I guess he learned the truth later and put the matter on the table..."

Knife Walker.

Little Barney's eyes were illusive for a moment, and the image of a sleek and thin man appeared in front of him.

"Morlian and 'Bedbug' were innocent until they found out that the companions they stayed with day and night might be traitors, or that they who followed the rules and followed orders actually indirectly killed the late king. These facts made them unable to accept..."

Naji's words were feeble, but they had a thrilling connotation. The expressions of everyone in the guard changed drastically, and Samir even exhaled in pain.

"Chimera is an insider, but he is too proud. He is too proud to be loyal and sinful at the same time, facing your ruthless scolding, and still living as if nothing has happened..."

Morian, "Bug", Chimera.

Little Barney's breathing slowly stopped.

Belletti's breath was trembling, and Tardin's eyes showed fear.

"There's also Big Larei. I'm not familiar with him. I don't know if he found out the truth and wanted to kill him, or if someone else found out the truth and wanted to kill him..."

One name after another floats in the air.

Naji's words were full of sorrow, and he burst into tears.

"Kim and 'Skeleton' may not have been involved, but they were guilt-ridden and haunted for years until these two bastards decided to throw everything away..."

"Rogo was very determined at first, but I guess the darkness of prison life wore away his will..."

"Cox is very calm, but after all he cannot face the disappearance of so many people, and cannot accept that he has harmed them for his own selfish reasons..."

As Naki told the story, everyone in the guard had already lost their composure. Samir's eyes were bloodshot with exhaustion, Nai was stagnant in place, Bree clenched his fists in pain, and Cannon covered his forehead and trembled slightly.

At the end, Naki, with tears streaming down his face, was almost screaming

"Among them, how many people died of the pain of being imprisoned, how many people died out of resentment because they were wronged, and how many people actually died of guilt and depression, the arrogant and resolute Quill Barney

, you really don’t know?”

As Thales listened to the heart-wrenching words, he felt more and more depressed.

Back then, the forty-six White Blade Guards who were imprisoned with shame, guilt, pain, crimes and unspeakable truths...

How did they spend more than ten years?

"I..." Little Barney opened his mouth helplessly, but was speechless and could only breathe heavily.

But Naki’s words are getting sharper and sharper

"And you, when you, a paranoid, have complained to them day and night for more than ten years about your grievances, cursed the damn traitors, and reviled the shameless conspiracy..." Naki gritted his teeth.

typical.

Little Barney seemed to have remembered something, and his expression became dazed, confused, and surprised.

After a few seconds, all the emotions on his face turned into the deepest fear and panic.

"When you made a gesture in front of those thirty-seven people that you would never look back, threatened to dig out the truth, expose everything, threatened to make the sinners pay the price, make the brothers ashamed, and forced them to support you...

…”

Naji's tears flowed down uncontrollably

"Do you really know what your seemingly righteous and loyal accusations and determination mean to them who are already frustrated and have nightmares to escape from?"

At that moment, Barney's body swayed!

He plunged the sword's edge into the ground heavily to prevent it from falling softly.

But the pioneer officer's face was as pale as gold paper and he was dripping with cold sweat.

"No," Barney, who was almost absent-minded, was like a timid and helpless child at this moment.

"No!"

"You have no fucking idea what you're talking about, Naki..."

Little Barney stumbled back, shaking his head wildly, feeling panicked.

"In these years, I watched them die, I buried them, I gave them speeches... It was for them, and in order to one day clear their grievances, that I managed to survive until now..."

Little Barney's condition has almost reached rock bottom. He is talking to himself like a madman, which is no less than the original Sakel.

The people in the guard looked at each other almost blankly, and they could read the intolerance and pain in each other's expressions.

But Naki, whose mental condition is not much better than Barney's, is obviously not ready to let the Pioneer go.

"Hahaha, you mean, they are the only reason for you to live?" Naki sarcastically cried and laughed.

"But you don't know..."

"Most of them, after being imprisoned, cling to shame and shame, guilt and self-blame, pain and torture, facing their ugliest selves, lingering and living like years..."

"And you, Quill Barney!"

Naki pointed at Barney with a look of hatred on his face.

"You think you are encouraging them, saving them, and redressing their grievances..."

"But in fact, you are whipping their hearts every moment, reminding, recalling, and deepening their impression and shame of that night. With your noble and loyal integrity and personality, your awe-inspiring slogans and determination, you can make them even in prison

It was also devastated."

"Forcing them to have no place to stay and torture themselves..."

Listening to Naki's words, little Barney was like an unfortunate traveler who fell into the abyss, trembling with fear, and even started to have trouble breathing.

"It's you!"

Naki’s vicious accusations are unforgettable

"It was you, it was you who drove them to a dead end one after another, day after day, in a way that looked like encouragement but was actually a curse, and finally forced them to die to escape!"

Naji's heartbreaking words echoed in the dungeon, and everyone who heard them changed their minds.

"You are the real murderer of those thirty-seven brothers!"

"Quil Barney!"

Bang!

Amid everyone's mental trembling, the sword and shield in Barney's hand fell to the ground at the same time, shaking endlessly.

"No!"

Little Barney covered his face with his hands in pain, trembling all over.

"No...no, it's not me..."
To be continued...