At that moment, Thales' eyes swept across the tense confrontation between the two sides: if he only stopped here, perhaps Lombard's plans and goals would be shattered, and the two countries could avoid war.
But he will also catch up with the prince himself and so many people who are fighting in the Palace of Heroes.
Thelma stared at him worriedly under the table and whispered for him to come down.
But Thales clenched his fist lightly and his battle was not over yet.
There's still one last step left.
At the State Council of the Stars, when Thales fiercely questioned the Guardian Duke of the Cliffs, "One-Eyed Dragon" Coste, Gilbert not only praised him, but also sighed and told him that that heartwarming
, forcing the opponent to counterattack with no way to retreat is actually "not a smart way to conduct politics."
Later, Thales understood through many experiences: In the Game of Thrones, only inexperienced novices and hot-headed fools can be greedy for a short time like the protagonist in Popular Knights who suffers great hatred and must seek revenge.
Refreshingly, he used a fierce and fierce offensive that left no retreat to attack political opponents. Take Thales as an example. At that time, he seemed to be winning every step, but in the end he forced Costard into a mortal enemy, and the prince was merciless.
The style also made many onlookers feel sad, and in the end they unanimously chose to side with the one-eyed dragon and unanimously refused to recognize Thales' inheritance rights as an illegitimate son.
Politics is not a life-and-death sword fight between two people, but a chain linkage of a group of people in the same power field. From means to results, every move will involve the interests and attitudes of many parties. Thales ruthlessly described
After Lomba was speechless with his criticism, he inevitably intensified the conflict between the Grand Dukes and Lomba, which would bring disastrous consequences to himself: in order to protect himself, the Grand Duke of Black Sand would annihilate them all in the
here.
This is what Gilbert wanted to tell Thales in the Hall of Stars. A happy ending is far more difficult to achieve than a hearty victory, but it is also more important.
Because victory often means further confrontation, and the end requires maximum compromise.
Thales took a deep breath.
But he must do it.
As for the "advice" given by Acida, he threw it out of his mind and chose him without even thinking about it. The consequences would not be any worse than falling out with Lumba.
But when he was about to speak.
"Clang!" A harsh metallic sound erupted in the field!
I don’t know who made the move first, but Lumba’s half-sword was already locked with Ronnie’s long sword!
Immediately, corresponding sounds of fierce fighting came from outside the hall:
"Hold them off!"
"Deal with the lightly armored ones first!"
In the same dangerous hall, in the blink of an eye, Lombard and Ronnie had exchanged two sword blows. Both of them had fierce expressions and stepped back and forth, entering a fighting state.
Thales, who was standing on the square table, widened his eyes and almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
Hold!
These Yankees!
Don’t you just listen to what others say?
Thales glanced at the gate anxiously. Although he couldn't see anything, he knew that Lomba's troops had an overwhelming advantage. Even if they could make the Black Sand Territory pay the price, they would definitely die.
no
no!
Ignoring the looks of others, just when Ronnie and Lumba were dueling for the second time, Thales raised his head again and shouted:
“Charmaine Rumba!”
"You just gave up on your ideals, gave up the chance to save Exeter, let it sink in chaos, and let the stars overshadow you?"
It was so ironic that at this moment, Thales, whose heart was beating fast, complained to himself: a few minutes ago, he was talking about the dangers of Lumba's ideas in front of the disdainful princes, and a few minutes later, he actually wanted to encourage Lumba who was desperate.
Rediscover his ideals!
Lumba frowned slightly, took two steps back, and blocked Olesiu's heavy slash from the side.
"You told me that what you want is a little bit more than self-protection, more than revenge, more than the destruction of King Nun and Dragon Sky City!" Thales took advantage of their temporary separation and shouted with all his strength: "For
That 'little bit', you have paid so much to grab the last chance of life in a desperate situation that is already beyond redemption!"
Because of the unusual movement in the hall, the sound of fighting outside the hall continued continuously.
In the chaos, Thales shouted hoarsely: "Then why not take another risk and see if you can grab a new life?"
"Think of your brother and your father!"
Lumba suddenly raised his head, his face twisted.
"Boy! I've had enough of your nagging!" Duke Heisha gritted his teeth and gave Olesiu a sword: "You just want to save your own life, don't you?"
"roll!"
Farke!
A surge of anger surged into Thales' heart.
The next second.
"Tiles!"
Under Selma's exclamation, Thales took a deep breath and jumped down from the table resolutely!
Amidst the sounds of fighting outside the hall, the prince desperately stepped on painful steps. In the eyes of everyone's astonishment, he folded his arms to protect his head and rushed forward!
He rushed straight into the battle circle between Rumba, Ronnie and Olesiu!
Thelma's outstretched hand could only graze his sleeve.
Lecco and Grand Duke Trudida opened their eyes wide and looked at the prince's suicide act in disbelief.
Ronnie's pupils shrank! The thrust he was about to make stopped abruptly in mid-air, and even Olesio beside him stopped moving.
Lumba opened his mouth in surprise and did not move forward.
"Kick!" The emotional Thales stopped hard.
He stopped in the center of the three people, suppressed his heart that was beating through his chest, and raised his arms at the same time towards the three people holding swords on both sides!
Like the most fierce warrior who is not afraid of death, he blocks in the middle.
"You're crazy," Ronnie yelled angrily with an ugly face: "Are you looking for death!"
The angry prince yelled back unceremoniously: "So what? I'm going to be surrounded and killed anyway!"
Thales felt the coldness of the sword edges on both sides, turned his head, and raised his hoarse voice, feeling that tears and snot were about to come out: "Rumba, if you have the opportunity to return to the original point, return to the starting position, and talk to us again
Play the game once and try to reshape your Exeter instead of accepting the current failure. Why don't you want to give it a try?"
"You still want to save this country!"
Lumba looked at him in disbelief, gritted his teeth fiercely, and the sword edge trembled slightly.
"You great princes!"
The prince, who didn't care to take a breath, turned his head, first glanced at the dissatisfied Olesiu and Ronny, and then stared at the surprised Archduke Lecco behind the table, and Trudida who didn't know when he slipped there.
, shaking his fist fiercely: "I swear on my life, we have a way to save ourselves, we don't have to die here in vain!"
Ronny and Olesio looked at each other, their tense muscles still tense.
The sound of fighting outside the hall was still fierce.
It is unknown how many casualties there have been.
The brief confrontation was immediately broken by Lumba. The Duke of Black Sand suppressed his emotions and shouted with his chest heaving: "What the hell are you going to do?"
Thales took a deep breath.
"Like you said, I want to save 'your' life," the prince tried his best and racked his brains: "And save the lives of the rest of us by the way!"
"Prince Thales, we are all very impressed by you," Grand Duke Lecco's voice was full of displeasure and came coldly:
"But from now on, this is Exter's internal affairs!"
He was obviously dissatisfied with the prince's statement of "saving a little life".
"Of course!" an angry Thales shouted.
"So I am only responsible for making suggestions and trying to convince you!" Thales said loudly: "Whether you choose or not is all up to you!"
"Can't we kill each other two minutes later?"
"Yankee!"
I don’t know whether his crazy behavior won respect and attention, or whether the insulting ‘Yankee’ phrase had an effect. After Thales finished speaking, the hall suddenly became quiet.
For a moment, the only sound was the heavy breathing of everyone.
At this time, the sound of fighting outside the hall became more and more harsh as a background.
"Two minutes!" Thales repeated anxiously.
Grand Duke Lecco stared at him with a splitting eye, his nose flaring.
Lombard's eyes were sharp and hesitant.
Thelma looked at him worriedly.
Just when Thales, who raised his arms high, felt that he could no longer hold on
Lumba took a deep breath and exhaled it heavily, seeming to have made up his mind.
I saw him put down the edge of his sword, struck the sword hard, and thrust it into the ground.
"Black Sand Leader, hold on!" Lumba shouted angrily: "Don't do anything without my order!"
The sounds outside the hall suddenly became much quieter.
Thales immediately cast his keen eyes on Archduke Lecco.
The old man looked strange. He closed his eyes slowly at first, and then opened them suddenly.
"Lord Justin!" The bald Grand Duke's voice was rare and loud: "Please, please hold your troops for the time being!"
"Your Excellency," came Lord Justin's voice: "Do you need help?"
Lecco and Lumba's eyes met in the air: "No."
After a few seconds, the sounds outside the hall completely stopped.
Ronny and Olesio looked at each other, one was unhappy, the other put down his weapon angrily.
Seeing this scene, Trudida whistled softly and seemed to be at ease until Archduke Lecco's eye-dagger struck.
"Two minutes." Lecco said coldly.
Thales breathed a sigh of relief and put down his sore arm.
But he couldn't rest.
Because all the eyes in the entire hall were on him again, heavier, colder, and harder to bear than every time before.
The prince pinched his thigh to brace himself, and looked up at the two parties who were emotionally unstable and had ugly expressions.
Damn it.
One side wants to break the system of co-governance oath, end the state of ecumenical separation, and reshape the centralized power of Exeter.
One party must maintain the framework of the co-governance oath, eliminate aliens and traitors among them, and protect its own interests.
Two minutes.
And he only had two minutes.
To persuade two parties who have great conflicts in their fundamental purposes and basic interests.
Shake hands and make peace!
and
It was he who pointed out this huge disagreement and contradiction!
Facing the murderous eyes of both parties, Thales sincerely felt at that moment:
Compared with this, the seemingly unreasonable Giza and Asheida are like docile kittens and puppies, obedient and easy to coax.
But he had no choice.
He and Thelma are still here, and the other companions are still fighting hard. I don’t know how many people have fallen.
He must succeed!
The next second, before anyone else could say anything, Thales straightened his chest and spoke anxiously.
"Rumba!"
He said quickly: "What you are worried about is that after you walk out from here, all the great masters will work together to deal with you, be detrimental to you, or even destroy you?"
"right!"
The Grand Duke of Lombard, who was holding a sword, pursed his lips tightly, his eyes were cold, and he did not speak.
But Taylor had no time to think about his response.
The prince suddenly turned his head and looked at the other four people:
"Grand Dukes, your most urgent wish now is to escape alive from the Palace of Heroes, which is tightly controlled by Lomba, under his overwhelming siege, return to your own territory, and protect your family!"
"right!"
The four of them looked at each other, speechless in dissatisfaction and anger.
Thelma stared blankly at Thales, worried about his situation caught between the two sides.
Thales shook his head and blew out a breath to make himself more awake.
He gritted his teeth and raised his head, staring at the stone carving of Dragon Spear in the Cloud at the top.
"So, one wants to live now, and the other wants to live in the future."
"For this reason, you must reach a consensus here: to cover up the true cause of King Nunn's death." Thales felt a tightness in his chest, but he still forcefully spat out the words from his throat: "The Grand Dukes will ensure that Lumba will not take the
He walks out of the Palace of Heroes as a regicide and gives up any attempts to harm him in the future."
Grand Duke Lecco snorted coldly.
"Rumba, at this moment, spare our lives and let us leave alive," the prince said coldly: "Exchange the present for the future."
Lumba grinned, showing his teeth.
"It's useless," Duke Heisha shook his head disdainfully: "Thanks to you, they are now jealous of me, afraid of me, and will not let me go."
Lombard glanced at the grand dukes coldly: "Even if it is not the crime of regicide, sooner or later, for this reason or that reason, they will lead troops to conquer me and destroy me."
Ronnie tapped his sword blade at the right moment: "That's so smart."
At that moment, Thales had never hated the ignorant Ronnie so much.
hateful.
Get to the point as quickly as possible!
Thales suddenly raised his head and spoke to Lumba, speaking faster: "Yes, they will not let you go, because you are the alien who trampled on the oath of co-governance by killing the king, and also tried to completely destroy the oath of co-governance with changes.
."
"In order to uphold the oath of co-governance and for their own benefit, the four Grand Dukes will definitely join forces to destroy you!"
Seeing Lumba's increasingly unkind eyes, Thales' expression became solemn and the conversation changed sharply: "Unless"
Under everyone's gaze, Thales said seriously:
"Unless Chaman Lumba's life is already tied to the oath of co-governance, destroying you is equivalent to destroying the oath of co-governance!"
As soon as this statement came out.
"What?"
Including Lumba, the four grand dukes all opened their eyes and looked at Thales in disbelief.
Only Thelma shook her head thoughtfully, seeming to understand something.
But the prince once again exceeded the men's expectations.
I saw Thales's bright star taking a sharp breath, with resolute eyes, resolute tone, and waved his arms with anxiety and determination!
"I propose, everyone!"
Grand Duke Lecco raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him doubtfully.
But the prince was not finished yet.
"Follow the great tradition of Exeter from ancient times and follow the constant practice of the oath of co-governance of Nekaru"
Thales gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
A happy ending.
Political compromise.
The bundle of interests.
"After the unfortunate death of King Nun, all the princes present here, at this time and place"
The prince suddenly opened his eyes and said decisively:
"Convene a king-selection meeting!"
At that moment, the expressions of all five princes changed!
"You will jointly elect the Grand Duke of the Black Sands, Chaman Lumba"
"For the great Kingdom of Exeter"
Thales pointed his arm directly at the astonished Duke of Black Sand and said in a serious voice:
"The next King of Gongju!"
At that moment, the flames of all the braziers in the hall seemed to tremble together.
The room suddenly fell silent.
After Thales finished speaking, he held down his violently beating heart and gasped hard.
One second.
Two seconds.
In the quiet hall, Trudida blinked her eyes in surprise and took three deep breaths.
Ronnie and Olesio were like stone statues, frozen on the spot, motionless, with only their eyes fixed on the prince.
Grand Duke Lecco's face was expressionless, but his eyebrows and upper lip were constantly twitching, and wrinkles were undulating.
The hostility they had just had in their life-and-death fight seemed to be dissipated in an instant.
Even Thelma, who was deep in thought, forgot to think for a moment and looked at Thales with wide eyes.
The person who was the focus of Charmaine Lombardiers stared at the Prince of the Stars in disbelief with an unprecedented strange look.
this
The Black Sand Duke, who was originally full of murderous intent, swallowed hard now.
this boy
he just said
What did you say?
Raise the king together?
I always feel that little Thales couldn't finish saying so much in those two minutes.