"Will something happen in the north?" Wyatt asked in a low mood: "Will Exeter really use the reason of the king's assassination to send troops south?"
"This is Lumba's intention. Using this reason, he may be able to easily gain the support of the people in the territory," Thales looked at their expressions and couldn't help but said: "But I don't think the other grand dukes would agree.
- every one of them can see that this is Lombard's conspiracy."
"What happened before has proved it," Thales shook his head: "The Black Sand Leader alone cannot capture the Broken Dragon Fortress."
"But they have Miranda," Cohen sighed and gritted his teeth: "Her safety will affect the attitude of the vassals in the north - and the supplies and aid of Broken Dragon Fortress all depend on the stability of the north."
Miranda shook her head.
"After my father was imprisoned," Miranda was obviously in a bad mood. She leaned on the fence and said slowly: "His Majesty has sent special officials and nobles to Cold Castle, and at the same time increased the standing army of Broken Dragon Fortress in order to stabilize the situation.
The situation in the north."
"Even if I am captured - the northern border will not be so bad that even the logistics and support of the fortress cannot be supported."
"Don't worry, after learning the lesson from twelve years ago," Huaiya sighed slowly and said words that were more comforting than real: "Your Majesty will not let down his guard."
"But war is inevitable, right?" Cohen's voice came in a low voice, with a decadent tone: "Because of us."
No one spoke.
Silent loss and despair permeated the cell.
Thales frowned.
Something is not quite right.
He missed something about the ownership of the North.
"Alas," Cohen sighed in annoyance, and the back of his head banged twice on the ground: "Damn Sword of Disaster... We shouldn't be here."
Also, Cohen thought sadly in his heart: If we had listened to Raphael and disappeared immediately...
Hearing the name of the Sword of Disaster, Thales suddenly raised his head.
Wait, there is another doubt.
Nicolai told him that the Sword of Disaster was behind the assassinations of the two princes - the assassination of Thales in front of the fortress and the assassination of Moral in the Star Kingdom.
Thus, Archduke Perfitt was implicated.
The former is the information sent to him by Kaslan, and the latter is the investigation sent by the king himself to the stars.
Now, the former has been proven to be a lie. The Sword of Disaster has nothing to do with the magic gun incident. Then the latter...
Thales frowned, and his brain continued to spin crazily.
After experiencing the panic of being assassinated, the confusion in Gu's butcher shop, the disbelief in the carriage in Zenliu City, and the deep thinking in prison at this moment, the originally confusing clues have gradually become clear, and a
The conjectures and elements were slowly incorporated into the messy puzzle that had no beginning or end.
Just the last few dollars left.
"I'm starting to understand," the little prince narrowed his eyes and nodded in a daze: "How Lumba's plan unfolded."
Miranda raised her head and looked at the prince with keen eyes.
"What?" The security officer grinned and endured the pain. He rubbed his right arm desperately on the ground, as if to push it straighter.
Cohen shook his head and found out once again with embarrassment: no one answered his words.
But this time Thales quickly came to his rescue,
The second prince's eyes were solemn and he spoke slowly in deep thought.
"Half a month ago, Duke Val Arend's conspiracy in the Renaissance Palace was exposed," Thales's voice echoed in the small cell here, his tone was ethereal: "Lumba's murder of Moral was completely exposed.
come out."
It all starts here.
"At that time, Lumba made up his mind. Before King Nun led the entire army to crush him to death," the second prince struggled to stand up, raised his head under the dim light, and stared blankly at the dark ceiling, with blurry vision in front of his eyes.
The cold face of the Grand Duke of Lombard emerged:
"Despite everything, fight back with all your might."
Seeing the prince's serious expression, Cohen and Miranda looked at each other, while Wyatt sighed.
The little slipper bit his lower lip and was about to cry.
Lumba's performance on the carriage flashed through his mind.
Charmaine Lombard.
Thales told himself: This terrifying Northland tycoon, in the most dangerous situation, collected scarce chips and chess pieces step by step, and completed a counterattack game with no retreat in a limited time.
"Perfitt bribed the Shadow Shield and tried to assassinate me in front of the fortress and frame Lombard as the blame, but he failed." Thales's thoughts became clearer and clearer, and he could only hear him saying calmly: "Why would Perfitt do this?"
Betraying Lombard? I initially thought that the cowardly Perfit was afraid that he would be exposed because of Lombard, so he chose to strike first."
"Perfit from Beacon City?" Cohen asked doubtfully: "First it was King Nunn, then Lomba, and finally he betrayed Lomba - who is he working with?"
"It seems that it's not that simple now," Thales's pupils slowly narrowed, as if he saw the hysterical Perfitt at the last moment: "I'm afraid, Perfitt was frightened by Lumba's last desperate idea, so he tried to defeat Lumba.
Before dragging him to hell, with the help of my death and the power of the stars, I ended Lumba's madness in one fell swoop."
"After suffering a secret loss from the magic gun troops under the fortress, Lomba tracked down the assassin all the way. Finally, he found the Shield of Shadows," Thales thought of the fair-skinned northerner codenamed Zhuzi, and of his relationship with Lomba.
During the interaction, I remembered the scene where he ferociously read out the phrase "Shadows are immortal", and felt uneasy in my heart: "However, Rumba chose to make peace with Shadowshield and start a new cooperation - the target should be Nunn.
king."
"Shadow Shield, it's them again?" Cohen's expression changed, showing surprise: "Oh my God - do they really not want to hang out in the Western Continent?"
Thales shook his head in ecstasy and ignored the security officer.
So the latter once again fell into embarrassment.
"At the same time, Lombard began to contact other alliances," Thales took a deep breath and sorted out the plot one by one, restoring the original appearance of the conspiracy: "Marquis Slys Bermula, who has a cooperative relationship with King Nun
, Urad, who is the underground force and order officer of Longxiao City, and even the famous former White Blade Guard commander Kaslan Lumba - I don’t know how he found these people."
No.
A small voice whispered in Thales's heart: Actually, you know.
You always knew.
You just don't dare to think about it.
The lights in the cell trembled strangely, causing light and shadow to tremble.
Miranda looked at Thales intently, her eyes full of surprise.
Following Thales' words, even the six guards in the cell gradually turned their heads to listen to the prince's reasoning.
Thales let out a long sigh, feeling that the future was gloomy and confusing.
He cheered up and continued: "Through Kaslan's channels, Lombard betrayed Perfitt, the other mastermind behind Moral's death, to King Nun."
Thales felt very uncomfortable when he thought of Kaslan's open-minded and forthright image, as well as his betrayal and hypocrisy.
"So, under the secret instigation of the Marquis of Camas, King Nunn and I both focused on Perfit, on revenge, and on the intrigues with the archdukes," Tai
Erls thought of the smiling Lord Marquis and that dizzying duel, and his eyes became more and more solemn:
"Charmaine Lombard took advantage of King Nun's lack of time to pay attention to him, hiding in the darkness to accumulate strength and formulate plans."
Lumba wiped his sword blade and told him without expression the tragedy of the Lomba family twelve years ago, which appeared in front of Thales again.
Thales' eyes slowly focused.
Nun VII, he used ruthless plots and methods to completely erode the Black Sand Territory and the Lomba Family.
Charmaine Lombard, the young nobleman of the Northland who was under the wings of his father and brother, grew up into the new Grand Duke of the Black Sand Territory in the darkness and pool of blood left by Nunn.
Thales couldn't help but clenched his fists slightly and adjusted his breathing.
"First of all, it seems that Lumba used two thousand people to escort me to Longxiao City." Thales shook his head, shook off his thoughts, and returned to the present. "In fact, he used me to escort the soldiers who were loyal to him.
Arrive at Longxiao City."
Thales couldn't help but think of Viscount Cambida's respectful escort along the way, and at the same time, he recalled the moment when he mercilessly ordered the crossbowmen to kill him.
"Secondly, Lombard also used Kaslan's channels and the guise of the Sword of Disaster to lure the heir of the Northern Guardian Duke, Miss Miranda Arend, to Dragon Sky City."
"He even dares to use the Tower of the End," Miranda sighed slightly: "He is really very lenient..."
A gust of cold wind whistled from outside the cell, blowing a shrill sound from the crack under the thick door, interrupting Miranda's words.
"Their division of labor is very clear." Thales saw the little slicker shivering in the corner behind him, so he unconsciously moved his body to block the cold wind coming in, and continued: "Kaslan asked King Nun
Conveying carefully crafted intelligence and attracting scapegoats, Shadow Shield found the best assassins in the world for him and arranged assassinations. The Marquis of Bermuda confuses the king in the palace and monitors the current situation. Urad sells black sand through the black market.
The troops under the leadership disguised themselves as patrols, prepared supplies, and made arrangements to enter the city."
"Don't you think this plan is too big?" Huaiya said with an angry look on his face: "If there is any flaw in any link..."
"Whoosh-" There was another burst of shrill cold wind, and the sound of the wind was louder than before.
The imprisoned people fell silent.
Until Miranda breaks the silence again.
"I have two questions, but they still don't make sense." Miss Allende said calmly.
Cohen raised his eyebrows: "What?"
"The army," the black-haired swordswoman raised her head, the stains on her face not affecting her heroic spirit at all: "There are also disasters."
Thales's eyes lit up, he raised his head and looked at Miranda.
A sense of pleasure arises spontaneously that "it's easy to talk to smart people".
"I have had this question from the beginning," the prince nodded affirmatively: "From weakening the enemy to seeking alliances, from arranging plans to final implementation, Lombard has done everything he can, he only needs to leave the rest to
Shield of Shadows, just go home and take a soapy bath while praying for King Nun's head to fall to the ground."
Cohen raised his eyebrows.
Thales showed a thoughtful expression:
"But not only did he come to Longxiao City in person, he also brought an army - just to capture you two?"
"Is there anything in Longxiao City that he must lead the army to accomplish?" Huaiya couldn't help but said: "Loss and destroy Longxiao City? Or capture and threaten other grand dukes in the Palace of Heroes, and control
Is he the king?"
"No," a small female voice timidly sounded from the corner: "Longxiao City is the capital of the king. The prime minister and the patrol team directly under the General Order Department, the palace guards directly under the Palace of Heroes, and the swordsmen directly under the king
The Guards range from 2,000 to 3,500 people. If Walton's private soldiers start to be mobilized, they can even gather nearly 10,000 levies in a short time, plus the layers of city gates and terrain... two
Thousands of people can't even attack a city gate - King Nightwing proved this three hundred years ago."
Thales was stunned and looked at the girl in the corner with the others.
When Little Huantou came back to her senses, she was shocked to realize that everyone was looking at her. She turned pale with nervousness and shrank back to the corner.
"Also," Thales reacted and quickly helped her out: "The four Grand Dukes are not weaklings who can be manipulated by Lumba... none of them are simple."
Miranda nodded in agreement: "As long as Lumba is not a fool, he will not do this because he thinks he will not die quickly enough."
"Two thousand people, two thousand people who can't fight or arrest anyone." Cohen seemed to have improved a lot. He raised his head and rolled his eyes: "They can't be here specifically to die, right? What kind of evil god sacrifice requires two people?
Thousands of lives as sacrifices and so on..."
The whole cell fell silent.
Everyone else turned their eyes and looked at Cohen.
"ah?"
Cohen noticed these glances, and his expression froze.
"That... it often appears in novels and bards..." The security officer seemed a little embarrassed, and he laughed dryly and said, "Of course, I'm just talking."
Huaiya put away his disdainful eyes, turned his head, and said worriedly: "Besides, with such a huge movement of two thousand people, how on earth did they send the army into the city?"
"This is the second question," Miranda took over the topic with extremely serious eyes: "Disaster."
Thales' expression darkened and he said nothing.
"From the raging disaster, causing chaos, to the assassination and entering the city, the timing of Rumba's launch was too good." Miranda frowned deeply: "It's just like..."
Miranda raised her head, looked around at the others, and then solemnly said:
"It's like disaster is cooperating with him."
Hearing the name of the disaster, the little slipper thought of something and bit his lip in grievance.
Cohen's expression changed and he looked thoughtful.
At this moment, the guard leader spoke again.
"Okay, you guys," he walked coldly to the middle of the corridor and looked around several cells: "We have talked for long enough. Even for death row prisoners, this kind of treatment is enough."
"Start now," the guard leader turned his head and looked directly at Thales: "Shut up."
Thales frowned and was about to argue, when the thick door that separated the cell from the outside world was suddenly knocked.
As the thick doors opened, the cold wind and light once again visited these small cells.
Another soldier from the Black Sand Territory, wearing patrol uniforms, came to the cell, seemingly to deliver an order.
Thales' heart tightened. He moved his body and leaned against the fence, trying to see clearly what was happening outside. Little Slippery followed his steps cautiously.
The same goes for Cohen, Miranda and Wyatt.
The messenger carefully closed the thick door, then turned around and pulled out a scroll and handed it to the guard leader.
"The Grand Duke has arrived at the Palace of Heroes. This is his order," the messenger approached the guard's ear and whispered with lowered eyes: "Immediately execute."
The guard leader frowned. He opened the fire paint on the scroll and read the seal on it.
After a moment, the guard's expression changed drastically. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the messenger.
"This is real?"
The guard leader looked at the new messenger with a solemn face: "Execute on the spot? All?"