A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

All things teach.

Garlan was not very familiar with this cult that was exterminated by King Kamos.

Because in the past few times of rebirth, this church has been completely wiped out by King Kamos, and there is nothing left.Therefore, he doesn't know much about the religion of all things.

The reason why I still know a little bit is that when Ximuer was teaching him, he once mentioned this religion of all things to him.

All Things Sect takes Aaron Landis as the center, making waves and doing things in the whole Aaron Landis.

This church claims to serve the Mother of All Creation, Tim Yat.They declared to the world that one day, the mother of all things will come to the earth again, and all things in this world, including human beings, will finally be integrated again.

Because the symbolic symbol of this religion is very special, Garlan has a deep impression on it.

A blood-red circle, in which the runes symbolizing the water of life and the runes symbolizing destruction and war are intertwined, also turned blood red, and the whole circle is upside down.

It is said that this means the fusion of all things.

Before, because he didn't know much about the Cult of All Things, he didn't have much emotion, but now that he saw what this cult did with his own eyes, Garlan immediately hated it to the bone.

Not only living people are sacrificed, but children are also used.

Seeing those believers kneeling around and worshiping, they could actually watch a child's throat cut in front of them, bleeding to death alive, and even showing extremely fanatical gazes and longing for more. .

This is simply a group of terminally ill, incurable scum!

Garlan gritted his teeth and thought.

Perhaps, the fanatics of these cults no longer have such a thing as humanity.

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The wheels creaked, leaving behind the crazy shouts of those fanatics.

Garlan was lying in the cage of the carriage with his eyes closed, clenching his teeth and clenching his fingers.

hold back.

He tried to relax his breath and kept admonishing himself.

He must not be discovered by others. Only if he holds back, will he not scare the snake, and wait until Brother Wang and the others come to find him and completely destroy this bloody den that killed innocent children!

The carriage wobbled and drove for a while, then stopped.

The wooden door of the cage was opened, and the children in the cage were moved out one by one and stuffed into the cells here.

It was a huge rocky cliff, and several deep holes were sunken under the mountain wall. The holes were large and small, and the hole entrances were blocked by thick wooden railings, forming a natural mountain wall cage.

The doors of the two largest caves were opened, and Garlan and his group of children were thrown into the two caves separately.Then, those 'thieves' all left here.

After a while, after confirming that all those people had left and there was no sound outside, Garlan, who was lying on the ground, slowly opened his eyes.

Moonlight revealed the fence falling on his face, and he glanced outside the fence out of the corner of his eye.

It was quiet outside the prison, only the slight rustling of the big trees in the night wind.Several torches hung on the mountain wall outside, and the red flames flickered, illuminating the backs of several guards standing in the distance.

Garlan put his hands on the ground and slowly got up.

He knelt on the ground and looked up into the distance.

The weird altar that passed by just now was a little far away from here, blocked by dense forests and tall rocks, and couldn't be seen at all.

But Garlan quietly stared in that direction, without blinking, his gaze was like a sharp sword looking through the woods and rocks to the place where crime and madness were taking place.

The bright moonlight fell into the golden eyes, as if melting golden amber flowed in them.

At this moment, the child's eyes were frighteningly bright in the dark.

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The fiery red sun jumped out of the horizon, shining the still faint light on the earth.

Kelly rubbed her eyes and woke up.Because she had just woken up, she was still in a daze, kneeling on the ground, looking to the side in a daze.

She saw the little brother named Gal sitting against the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, with one hand on his bent knee and the other on his straight leg, with his head turned sideways, as if he was looking outside.

A few rays of sunlight fell into Gal's eyes in the early morning, and Kelly felt in a trance that those golden eyes were brighter than sunlight.

I don't know if it's her illusion, but she feels that at this moment, Gal, who has eyes brighter than the sun, doesn't feel like a child to her.

"... Gal?"

She yelled a little uncertainly.

The blond child who looked sideways into the distance turned back to look at her, startled for a moment, and then smiled at her.

The soft blond hair is scattered around the milky white cheeks, the big eyes are curved into the arc of crescent moon, and the smile is so cute that it seems to be sweet to the bottom of my heart.

Kelly scratched her head.

Maybe she fell asleep.

No matter how you look at it, Gal is an innocent and lovely child.

"Gal, you slept well last night... huh?!"

Kelly let out a scream, and she realized that they had changed places.

They were not in that gloomy underground cage, but changed to this open-air cave on the mountain wall at some point.

"Where is this? How are we here?!"

"It's noisy."

An irritable voice came, Kelly followed the sound, and saw that the person speaking was a boy about twelve or thirteen years old who was about her age.

The boy was originally in the inner part of the cave, but now when he came out, the sun shone on his face, but it looked gloomy.

He stared at Keli with extremely unkind eyes and deep sarcasm.

"Anyway, you're going to die soon, so where do you care?"

"Dead...dead? What do you mean by that!"

Kelly was stunned for a moment.

"That's what it means. When you get here, you're just waiting to die."

The boy sneered, turned his eyes to Garlan who was sitting at the door of the prison, and looked at Garlan a few times, showing contempt and gloating eyes.

"Look at you weak chicken, is it from an official's family or a rich businessman's? Don't show off when you get here. It's all meat on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered."

There was a deep mocking tone in his words.

"Young master, you seem to have died with us untouchables."

"What did you say!"

Kerry, who was still kneeling on the ground, suddenly stood up, the hair all over her body exploded, like a female animal protecting a calf.

"Say it again! Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death!"

Keli's menacing look made the boy subconsciously take a step back, as if he was a little afraid of her, but he insisted on showing that I am not afraid of you.

He sneered: "What's the use of trying to curry favor with him now? Anyway, he's the same as us, he's going to die."

After speaking, he was probably afraid that Keli would really rush over, so he turned around and walked quickly into the depths of the prison, submerged in the shadows.

Keli, who was so angry at the mean-speaking boy, really couldn't help but rushed over, but was stopped by an old voice.

"Forget it, Kelly."

"grandfather!"

"The kid was right...well, I...we're not going to live long."

"Grandpa, what do you mean?"

"Sigh, I thought those thieves were only catching children for sale, but I didn't expect, I didn't expect it to be the Sect of Everything."

When the name was mentioned, a look of fear flashed in the old man's eyes.

He has lived for a long time and has experienced a lot. He has naturally heard of this church that was destroyed by King Kamos after it flourished in Aaron Landis for more than ten years.

"This evil church has captured so many children, probably for sacrifice."

The old man looked sadly at the granddaughter in front of him with cloudy eyes.

He woke up first, and had already learned some truths from these terrified children here.

He knew that before they were transported here, every day, a child would be pulled out and stood as a sacrifice on the altar made by the church to bleed and die.

The truth that he learned from the mouths of those older and sensible children made the old man feel horrified and shiver all over his body.If what those children said is true, then thirty or forty children have shed their blood on that altar so far.

"Grandpa is old... half of his body is buried in the ground, and he will die when he dies, but you, Gal, and so many children... you are still young, and you can live for a long time."

Having said that, the old man knelt down on the ground in tears and hugged Keli tightly.

Thinking of those children curled up in the corner trembling with fear, and their numb eyes, thinking that the granddaughter in my arms will become like a walking dead like those children in the future, and even be dragged to the altar to die alive. Drying the blood made him feel like a knife was twisting his heart.

"This damned church—these unscrupulous things—"

Afraid of being heard by people outside, he didn't dare to make too much noise, but lowered his voice and let out a low moan.

At this moment, a person flashed in his mind.

The hero who guarded them in the mouths of all the people of Aaron Landis, like a god descended.

"King, King Kamos, God of Aaronlandis, can you hear our voice? Can you hear the cry of your people?"

"I beg you, if you can hear me, at least, save these innocent children, please..."

"grandfather……"

The little girl didn't quite understand it yet, but she could feel the pain when the old man hugged her. No matter how tough she was, she was still a child after all, so she couldn't help crying immediately.

The old man hugged the little girl in his arms tightly, his eyes were filled with despair, and he was sobbing.

The cry suddenly infected other children, and the children who had just been transported like them also burst into tears.The other children who had been here for a while looked at them numbly with eyes that had dried up their tears.

Garlan stood quietly by the side, looking at the old man who was crying in despair, at Keli who couldn't help but cry with the old man, and those who sat on the ground with blank expressions and didn't know when they died Children who will be dragged to the altar.

Then, he turned his head and looked outside the cage.

His eyes leaped over the dense forest and leaped to the endless sky.

Brother Kamos.

You said you'd find me, I'm waiting for you, you'll come, right?

and also……

...and Heymos, although you are my enemy, I know that you always keep your word.

So, Heymos, come to me quickly.

hurry up.

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Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, another day passed, and the sun slanted westward, sinking below the horizon.

A few people came over and lit the torches outside the cage. The red fire light illuminated the pale faces of the children in the cave on the mountain wall.

Many children began to shrink into the cave, shivering.They all know what the arrival of these people means-meaning that they are likely to become the next victim.

The visitor said a few words outside, and then a tall guard in leather armor walked towards the hole on Garlan's side.

Immediately, the children in the prisons in other directions breathed a sigh of relief, while the prison on Garlan's side was silent for an instant, the air seemed to freeze at this moment, every child's face was filled with fear, Someone even sobbed softly.

With a creak, the wooden door was opened, and the guard walked in with a careless expression on his face, glanced casually, and walked to the left.

He didn't have any goals, he just randomly grabbed some unlucky kid and went out.Anyway, it was pitch black in the prison, and he couldn't see clearly, so he decided to catch whichever one he planned to catch.

And the direction he was heading was exactly where the gloomy-faced boy who had taunted Keli in the morning and now came to trouble Keli and Garlan.

A deep look of fear flashed across the boy's eyes, and then, his eyes flashed, and a hint of viciousness suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Just when Garlan looked up, he saw the fierceness in the boy's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the boy suddenly reach out and push, pushing Keli beside him staggeringly, and fell towards the man who was walking.

The boy's movements were so fast and sudden that no one could react in time, and they didn't even see his small movements.

Garlan was the only one who noticed it, almost reflexively, he reached out and grabbed Keri who was staggering a step forward, and pulled her back with force——

But in order to use his strength, he had to take a step forward.

And it just so happened that it was so unlucky that the ground of this prison was already uneven, and the foot he stepped on happened to be a slightly bigger hole.

So, Ke Li was dragged back by him at once, and he stepped into the pit, and suddenly he staggered forward and fell out.

Just like that, he bumped into the man in leather armor who was walking towards this side.

And the guard who was planning to grab a job casually saw that a child bumped into him on his own initiative. It was a good idea, so he didn't need to waste his energy. He grabbed the child and walked out.

Garlan couldn't resist the man's strength, and was forcibly grabbed and staggered out.

He glanced back and saw Keli staring at him incredulously, and the gloomy boy's smug, vicious eyes.

"Gal!"

Garlan had just been pulled out of the prison, when the wooden door closed, he heard Keli's cry.

The little girl rushed over, grabbed the wooden pole of the cell door, cried and stretched out her hand to him through the gap, and kept calling his name.And the man who grabbed him was probably used to this kind of thing, he didn't even bother to turn his head, and continued to walk forward with Garlan.

"Kerry..."

"Grandpa! It was because of me—Gal was taken away because of me! He took the initiative to go forward for me—"

"Hey... Gal is a good boy..."

No, you are mistaken.

I really didn't take the initiative to come forward.

I'm not that great.

I was really just unlucky and accidentally stepped on a pit and fell forward——

Listening to the conversation coming from behind, Garlan, who felt that he was out of luck, thought so.

It seems that I can't wait for Brother Wang and the others to save people.

So, I shouldn't show off this ability, what a hero, look, put my life in it, right?

When the child who was being dragged away felt so regretful, suddenly, the guard who was grabbing him stopped.

Garlan looked up, and found a puffy man in a fine robe standing in front of them.The fat man said a few words, then lowered his head and stared at him vigorously.

Garlan didn't know what was going on. He raised his head and stared at the fat man with his big eyes in confusion.

So in the dark night, I saw that weak and cute child with his head up, his pale golden hair wrapped around a palm-sized face, his snow-white skin, red lips and white teeth, and those big jewel-like golden eyes, reflecting the firelight It's so beautiful, the fat man is very satisfied.

"Go grab another one."

The fat man said, "Give this to me."

This fat man seemed to have a higher status than the guard who was holding Garlan. The guard gave Garlan to the fat man without saying anything, then turned around and went to catch the child again.

The fat man looked left and right at the child he got, feeling more and more satisfied.

He led the child back to the cave near the mountain wall. Keli, who was crying sadly, opened her eyes wide when she saw Garlan come back.

The fat man looked around, found a relatively small empty cell, and pushed Garlan into it.

He originally planned to close the door directly, but after thinking about it, he turned around and took a piece of food from the guard, sent it to Garlan, and then locked the wooden door.

He smiled and said to the children in the small prison: "It's delicious, eat more."

After speaking, the fat man turned and left.

Fortunately, he saw it... Look at what those idiots did?How dare you sacrifice such a high-quality item.

It's just a waste of money!

The fat man who turned around and walked was slandering in his heart.

That child's small appearance, that pretty little face, he has never seen such a high-end thing in his life.If it is sold to those noble ladies who have special hobbies... No, noble men can also, and they will definitely make a lot of money.With that money, you can buy as many slave children as you want.

Well, you have to take good care of him, it will be more valuable if you take good care of him.

The fat man thought happily in his heart and walked away.

Garlan who was brought back for no reason and locked in a small cell alone: ​​"???"

The little prince looked at the plate of food stuffed to him by the fat man with a dazed expression.

What happened?