The hall has become like a Shura field covered with scarlet and dazzling bloodstains. Soldiers wearing red and white shirts slowly passed over the corpses lying on top of each other, and crossed the rivers below that gathered into a trickle.
Blood Creek, cold iron boots stepped neatly across the sticky carpet paved with blood, surrounding the corner where Brando was.
The half-elf princess was still trying to free her wrist from Brando's iron-like grasp. She struggled for a while, but in vain, so she quickly calmed down and asked in a cold tone: "Lord Cardel, what do you want?
What to do?"
Under Haruze's panicked eyes, Brando placed the obsidian-black blade of the Sword of the Earth on Griffiin's neck. He looked at the two approaching knights and stopped before replying: "
Of course it’s Deus Ex.”
"Death?" Princess Griffin glanced at the soldiers suspiciously. In her mind, those people should be the same as Lord Cardel.
Brando didn't explain much. He used his sword to quiet down Her Royal Highness the Princess's knights and the female officers beside her, and then said: "If you don't want your Eldest Princess to be harmed, just do as I say. You follow me."
Come on, let’s retreat toward the stairs and go up to the second floor.”
Princess Griffin didn't know what Lord Cardel wanted, so she snorted softly.
"Your Highness Princess, if Bedis still has a chance to live, this is what you want, right? So I hope you can cooperate with me. I believe you are smart and calm enough to judge the pros and cons of the moment, so that we can all
Everyone dying here will do no good except to your enemies——"
"teacher……"
Haruze looked at him with some embarrassment, but was stared back by the latter.
The look on the face of the eldest princess did not believe that 'Kadel' would suddenly change sides. She would rather believe that there was another conspiracy in it. But Brando was right at least one thing. Princess Griffin had her first time since she was sixteen years old.
Since leaving Jinteng Palace, she has always had the qualities of being the best politician. She can analyze the situation calmly and accept the option as long as it is not the worst.
Personal emotions have always been an unattainable luxury for her. Sometimes her reason is like a sophisticated machine. She is stubborn and indifferent to herself, but she still clings to the hope in her heart. She has sacrificed everything in herself, so she can
With the eldest princess whose fate in history attracted the sympathy and resonance of all Eruin players
So for Brando's words, it was enough that she did not reject but did not agree. Brando knew that Princess Griffin had not given up her vigilance against him, but he also knew that at least she would not deliberately go against him.
Got it
Next, he needs to fight his way out, and he doesn't want there to be someone behind him who is always ready to trip him up.
He immediately led Princess Griffin towards the stairs. As expected, the eldest princess did not resist, but she looked at the two embarrassed knights protecting 'Badith' with her eyes, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
As far as the eldest princess is concerned, as long as Bedis can leave here, everything else will no longer matter.
In her plan, Anlek will become the biggest threat in the minds of the nobles because of the loss of the royal family, which is the target of public criticism. This threat will evolve into a confrontation over time and then kick off the war. But on that plateau,
The lords are not as weak as the Corcova royal family. The war between the nobles will definitely end with a compromise and loss of both sides. Madara, who is ready to make a move, will not give up this precious opportunity. The undead army will sweep away from the scorched earth.
Pass
After that, the Cruz people will definitely not want to face the direction of His Majesty the Emperor with the mercury staff, so supporting the resistance forces in Eruin is an inevitable choice.
As long as Bedis is still there, the kingdom still has hope of rebirth from the scorched earth.
Although her ancient homeland will inevitably fall into the sea of fire, she can no longer care about so much. All she sees in her eyes are the burning flames, whether it is her, Grand Duke Anlek, or those greedy nobles.
No matter how good we are, we will always drag this kingdom into the abyss.
She can only choose the better outcome
Griffith quietly felt the coldness of the blade on her neck, and lowered her eyelids calmly, but her heart was filled with sadness. She looked back on her life, as if she was always making the worst choice.
Every compromise seems to set the stage for the next failure.
For a moment, she suddenly wanted to go back to the past. She was only sixteen years old back then. Maybe she should choose a different path, and the future of the kingdom would not be like this.
Brando seemed to be able to vaguely feel what the princess he was holding hostage was thinking in his heart, because this was originally part of his memory. Maybe he also had the same wish in his heart. It was this wish that made him change willfully.
The path that originally belonged to Eruin was bound to decline,
It was also because of the same wish that he firmly believed that he could leave this dream, and he already had his own answer in his heart.
He controlled Her Royal Highness with one hand, and with a sweep of his right sword, he swept away the long swords of the soldiers who were swarming forward. Then he struck out with an ordinary sword in the air without any tricks.
a straight line
The sword blade passed by, and those soldiers had no time to block. They could only watch as the obsidian-like black blade cut through the shirt, cut through the metal ring on the chain mail below, and cut through the flesh and blood below.
The bones made a crunching sound, and with countless broken metal rings splashing, there was eye-catching rose-colored blood.
The color of blood is like red wine, but darker
With just one sword strike, seven or eight soldiers flew out. They fell into the crowd and knocked away more people. Brando took a step to stop at the top of the stairs, but he did not rush up first, but dragged Haruze away.
Come up, wait for the two knights and the female officer to rush over, then turn around to cover everyone and continue to move forward.
Princess Griffin seemed to have just come back to her senses. She looked at this scene in surprise: "What do you want to do, Lord Cardel?"
This was the second time she asked this question in a short period of time, but her tone was completely different. Even though she still had doubts in her heart, she at least believed that Lord Cardel and Enlek were not in the same group.
"I said it." Brando stood on the stairs and chopped down a soldier with his sword from top to bottom. The sword blade cut into the guy's helmet like tofu and blood flowed from it like a waterfall.
Spewing out from the gaps in the metal
He pulled out his sword, kicked the corpse down, then walked up a few steps and replied: "Just fight your way out of the siege."
"But you and Anlek -" the eldest princess frowned, and Brando actually understood the suspicion in her eyes. The meaning of that sentence was: I don't think you will betray Anlek for Bedis -
—
Some people will risk their lives for love, but Lord Caddell is not one of them
Because he is now Lord Cardel, Brando has to accept this. Although this gap in identity and experience makes him speechless. He knows that his choice may make him fall into a dream forever, but he still does it.
, at this time he really wanted to smile bitterly:
‘Although your brother is very attractive when he looks like a girl with make-up, he is still a man after all.
However, Brando vaguely guessed another possibility. This possibility made him take the princess and other accompanying people to the second floor without hesitation. He was very familiar with Jinteng Palace. The second floor of the hall led to the manor behind, where there was a secret passage.
You can go to the forest outside
If he guessed correctly, that forest should be the forest where Lord Caddell was assassinated, which is also the forest where they found the carriage before.
Although it doesn’t match up at all in terms of location, the dream is so weird
Therefore, the result of the entire dream should be revealed there. As for whether he is dead or alive, Brando no longer cares so much. Sometimes, when faced with the confusion in your heart, you have to take a gamble. And his confusion, Lord Cardel
The confusion and the confusion in Haruze's heart have long been entangled. Brando still doesn't have a clear answer in his heart.
No matter what, as long as you go down, you will see the ending.
The two knights kicked open the closed wooden door on the second floor with a bang. The door made of black wood was of surprisingly good quality. Even after being kicked out by two gold-level masters, Brando basically maintained its original appearance.
The little king was sent in, followed by the two knights and the older female officer who protected him. Brando hesitated for a moment and finally decided not to hold Princess Griffin hostage again. He let go of Eruin's
Princess, let her go in by herself
Princess Griffin was slightly startled, then raised her head and looked at him in disbelief.
"Lord Caddell?"
"Let's talk about it later." Brando turned around, raised his right hand, and aimed the wind ring on his index finger at the stairs in the hall. The soldiers were rushing up from there, and he spoke.
Said: "oss!"
A bursting hurricane shot out from the ring and hit the arc-shaped staircase with a bang. The wooden planks that made up the staircase were first dented, and then the whole thing broke from the middle, and a huge hole was blown open, turning into a slow-moving fire.
Bits of sawdust fell down one after another
But again, it seemed like there was a rain of blood in the hall
Brando and Her Royal Highness, who were still standing at the door, had their faces more or less stained. Her Royal Highness the Princess looked at Brando, whose face was covered with blood, and asked: "Lord Cardel, are you really willing to do it for Beidi?"
Silk gives up everything?"
No, everything else is possible, but Brando swore that it had nothing to do with this. He turned around and saw Haruze not far away who was blushing to the ears because of his sister's words. He sighed and replied
: "Your Highness, I think now is not the time to express my determination... If possible, I will naturally help you take care of Your Highness, but our top priority is to get out of here."
But Princess Griffin looked at him and shook her head: "You don't understand, I am already a deadlock. If I don't die, the conflict between the nobles and Anlek will never rise to the surface, and this kingdom will only continue to grow."
Decline day after day, until it falls into the abyss of fire——"
"I have tied this knot, and I must untie it. I am only worried about whether Bedis can clearly distinguish what is entrusted to her. I hope you can give me a clear answer, Lord Caddell."
Brando stopped
There was a rumor in history that Princess Griffin once secretly contacted the wind elves to counter Anlek. She asked the elf envoy to bring a secret letter, but the news was eventually leaked and provoked the powerful man.
Not long after that, the overwhelming murderous intention of the Grand Duke was revealed. Just like during the banquet tonight, he ordered an assassin to kill the Princess and framed the blame for it on Madara.
But no one could find any relevant evidence afterwards - except for the blank letter
Her Royal Highness the Princess asked the envoy to bring a blank letter. Some people suspected that this was the fault of the Cruz people. In fact, some people later found out that the Cruz people were behind this assassination, and even the Saint of Fire
Even the temple cannot escape the relationship
But Brando suddenly guessed another truth
"The blank letter brought back to the Elf Court by the Wind Elf Envoy was just for you to force Anlek to make plans, right, Your Highness?"
Princess Griffin looked at him with some surprise: "How do you know? Alek already knows? No, no, if he knew, he would not choose to do anything--"
Brando said nothing
Anlek was plotted
The regent princess finally used her own life to lay a trap for the old fox. Everything happened as she thought. Eruin's civil war, the third Black Rose War, Haruze and Elara married Eru
Due to the establishment of resistance organizations
But he did not feel relaxed at all, but felt angry. Her Royal Highness the Princess not only plotted against Anlek, but also concealed it from all the players who supported her. He will never forget the night when Menstros City fell into a sea of fire.
I can’t forget the lonely look on my senior sister’s face when she left.
He stared at the Princess, unable to confirm whether what the other party said was true or false, because it was actually his own memory.
However, Brando calmly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, because the negative emotions in the dream are all confused and pale ghosts lurking in the dark to manipulate people's hearts, just to make people get lost in their out-of-control emotions.
No one knows this more deeply than Brando
He asked this question to test Lord Cardel's feelings, as if he understood that Cardel must have experienced the same scene as him in the same dream repeatedly. In other words, this Lord must have something in his heart.
Lived through the same confusion as myself
The information on the guide is now useless
Brando put it aside. Without a strategy, it doesn't mean that he can't move forward. First of all, he is also an excellent player. Secondly, he has more firm feelings. If he can't defend, then he will take the initiative to attack.
First, he needs to answer a question for himself: How did Lord Caddell answer his own confusion back then?
And how will he answer?
Brando pondered for a moment and replied to Princess Griffin: "Sometimes the right choice is not necessarily the right choice, Your Highness Princess."
"Then what is correct?" The eldest princess raised her head and looked at him puzzledly. She seemed to hear something in the Lord's words.
This question also echoes in Brando's heart. It is the question repeatedly asked by the ghost of Lord Cardel: How to choose is the right one?
Brando raised his head and glanced down. The soldiers in red and white uniforms were getting up again from the smoke-filled hall. He retreated into the room and pulled the princess back some distance.
Then he breathed out gently, as if to confirm the idea in his heart, and replied:
"People cannot always be willful, but willfulness can actually be forgiven——"
When he answered like this, he actually felt a slight movement in his heart.
That is the emotion that belongs to Lord Caddell
This pale ghost who has been hiding himself in the dark, the knight who has lost his name in the fog of history, finally can no longer hold back at this moment.
As soon as he moved, Brando finally confirmed the answer to his question.
found it--
Answer
…
A person's dream is actually a subconscious self-suggestion. In just a short period of time, Brando has more than once remembered his parents he met at the banquet and himself as a child. These memories of his past indicate that they are like a nightmare.
Haunting him, but until a certain moment, he suddenly realized that it was not the mysterious existence in the fog that tempted him to lose his mind.
On the contrary, what is hidden deepest in people's hearts turns out to be the opportunity for self-salvation.
The same goes for Lord Caddell
He recalled again and again the vision about Brando's grandfather that he had dreamed about when he was in the Golden Demon Tree, and again and again remembered the disappointed eyes of his parents when they looked at him. Although he was sweating coldly, he finally realized this:
This disappointment does not stem from his failure
Being willful can actually be forgiven
But escape and self-fear cannot, and even lose the courage to challenge failure again. It is like a weak person holding a long sword tightly, but not daring to take a step forward without piercing the illusion in front of him.
He's the one holding the sword unsteadily
That man was also Lord Caddell
Also Haruze
He can stab Princess Griffin to death with a sword. That may be Lord Cardel's wish, but Brando finally realizes that it is definitely not his own.
If he chooses this way, choosing a compromise is like once a person loses his courage, he loses his determination to break the illusion. People who lose their determination to break the illusion can only stay in a dream forever.
Only at this moment did Brando truly confirm this, just as he felt the throbbing of Lord Cardel's feelings in his heart.
He can completely feel that kind of emotion, which is fear and fear, confusion and jealousy because he made the completely opposite choice.
Kader chose to compromise and thus remained in his incomplete dream.
But Brando’s choice is to change all of this willfully, pursue his own heart willfully, and fulfill his ideals and beliefs willfully
If you give up, you will fail——
Brando seemed to see a pitiful figure flashing in front of him. He held the sword, and the belief in his heart had never been so firm. The corridor suddenly collapsed in front of him, and the scenery seemed to melt and turn into layers.
After the mist parted, Jin Teng Palace seemed to be like collapsed gravel, disappearing in the wind together with the corpses of the soldiers and nobles. Among the gravel, Brando even saw his parents, himself as a child, his senior sister, and Scarlet.
The faces of all the people in the brigade blended into the mist, fading backwards and gradually disappearing.
But that last glance will remain in his memory forever
There were only Princess Griffin, Haruze, two knights and the older female officer left beside him. Her Royal Highness the Princess seemed unaware of the changes around her. She grabbed Haruze's hand and moved forward firmly.
At this moment, His Royal Highness Xiao Wang has completely understood what his sister is thinking. Although he still cannot understand the meaning behind that kind of sacrifice, the history that happened in the dream is like a heavy nightmare to him, Haruze
Biting her lips, there was moisture in her eyes, but she did not shed tears.
As early as many years ago, he still remembered the stars on the summer night in Jinteng Palace, when his father was still alive. He remembered that his sister had said to him: A man should not shed tears.
But he only remembered that he was crying because his knees were red because he was taught swordsmanship training.
The mist separates
There's a forest behind that
The sky is filled with stars as if they were just beginning to adorn the night sky, the pine forest is rustling, the water is gurgling, and the firelight in the distance is gently swaying like a dream.
Brando remembered his childhood, and the air after summer nights was so fresh.
He took a deep breath, raised his head, and saw the carriage parked quietly in the woodland.
The car door was open, revealing a corner of her silver dress.
The beautiful girl is lying in the carriage with a black dagger stuck in her chest. She is very beautiful, and her pointed ears reveal her identity, but she is different from Haruze, she is a real elf
Brando did not speak
But he already knows the identity of the other party
Bedice Ramona Moonleaf
…
(ps: Today’s second update, I’ve been wanting to talk about the bottleneck I’ve encountered recently. In fact, it’s not appropriate to call it a bottleneck. It’s better to say it’s a misunderstanding. It’s not just a day or two that I encountered this problem.
, starting from the second half of Canaan, I have actually been troubled by similar problems, because the more I write, the more I worry about gains and losses. I always feel that I am afraid that my writing will deviate from the original intention, and the burden will become heavier and heavier, so every time I write a paragraph
Sometimes I have to stop and rethink the original intention of what I did. Even Canaan was discontinued because of this.
After writing so much, I have never been able to find the root of the problem. Instead, I am getting more and more constrained. After talking with everyone today, I finally understand what I am pursuing... Hey, I have complained so much.
I want to get back to the carefree self I was when I was writing Canaan. I’ve been very tired from writing recently. I hope you’ll understand.) To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is mine.
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