A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The raging flames reflected the dark night sky red, and also reflected the cheeks of the boy holding the snow-white long sword crimson.

The blond forehead hair was a little messy scattered around the corners of his eyes. He raised his head and stared at the man on the black horse.

Like all Tasdar people, this man is tall and burly, and his body is extremely strong and powerful, as can be seen from the bulging triceps on his arm holding a black iron gun.

"Prince of Aaron Landis?"

The man was riding on a horse, looking down at him, condescending.

The firelight reflected the bronze armor on the man's body brightly.

He said: "You are still young, and you could have a long future...but unfortunately, you shouldn't be here."

Garlan pursed his lips tightly, but did not answer.

His golden eyes reflected the man's face, which was very similar to that of Oppada behind him.

He heard Oppada's dreamy cry.

Big brother.

Garlan clenched the white sword in his hand.

This person is Oppada's eldest brother, and at the same time, a former friend of his knight Kaihos.

……

While eating the desert roasted rabbit meat that Anu brought back, he curiously asked what Kaihos meant after defeating Opada.

Although it was his personal relationship, Keyhos didn't mean to hide it.

"The person I'm talking about with whom I can't win or lose is Opada's elder brother."

"Opada's eldest brother?"

Garlan was stunned for a moment. He suddenly remembered that Oppada had also told him that his eldest brother was very powerful and also tamed eagles.

When Opada said this, his expression was very proud, and he seemed to admire his elder brother very much.

"Kayhors, do you know his elder brother?"

Keyhos laughed.

"Back then, his reputation was not inferior to mine. I was relatively famous in the south, and he rose to fame in the north earlier than me."

"But how did you know each other?"

"I followed King Kamos to the northern battlefield. Sometimes we would join forces with the Tasdars to fight against the enemy Gashu, and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy together. Naturally, we got to know each other."

"Is he great?"

"Yes, he is a very powerful man. Opada's martial prowess is not as good as him, and he is also a rare guy with a flexible mind among the Tasdar people."

Garlan blinked.

His guardian knight seems lazy and uninhibited, but there are very few people who can be admired by him.

Just by saying that, he could vaguely feel how powerful that person was.

He thought about it, and couldn't help but ask one more question.

"Better than you?"

"I don't know, Aaron Landis and Tasda are allies, and we are comrades-in-arms on the battlefield, so I have never fought against him at the risk of death. Although sometimes we will exchange ideas, but this kind of life-saving There is nothing to see in the battles, basically there are winners and losers."

Keyhors pondered for a moment before replying.

"To be honest, if I really fight to the death, I don't think I will lose, but I am not sure of winning. And I haven't seen him for so long, I don't know what his skills are. However, he was indeed Tass back then. He is the best fighter among Dastar fighters, and he is also the designated successor of General Tasta..."

"Huh? Then why is it replaced by Oppada now?"

Garlan was really curious.

If even Kaihos really thinks he is excellent, and he is a rare and wise Tasdar, he must be an excellent successor. Why is he replaced by Opada, who is inferior in both force and mind?

"And if it's really a fighter who is as famous as you, then he should be very famous, but I've never heard of him."

The blond knight was silent for a moment, he opened his mouth to take a bite of the oily roasted rabbit meat, and chewed a few times.

The light of the bonfire reflected into his green eyes, which made his eyes reveal a complex look at this moment.

"Probably more than five years ago... That time, when we were fighting against the Geshu army with Tasda, the Tasda army led by him delayed the fighter plane and almost led to the defeat of the northern battlefield."

Kyhoes let out a low sigh.

"King Tasda was furious, and Tasda's general rushed to the battlefield immediately, deprived him of his commander-in-chief status, and took over the command of the army. Although we won the victory in the end, in order to give Aaron Landis an explanation, The General disqualified him as heir."

"...Since then, he has disappeared on the battlefield."

Keyhors said his eyes were on the vast expanse of the night sky.

At this moment, the figure that was almost blurred in his memory reappeared in his mind, and there was a look of nostalgia in his eyes.

That brave Tasdar warrior.

Many years ago, he fought alongside it on the battlefield.

At that time, the young Tasdar warriors fought in the battlefield with high spirits.

now……

I was still galloping on the battlefield, but the Tasta brave who should have an infinitely glorious future was deprived of all his aura just because of that one mistake, and fell into the bottom of the valley without any news.

…………

【That is a rare Tasdar warrior who possesses both the bravery bestowed by the god of war and the wisdom bestowed by the god of the sky. 】

Keyhors had told him so before the campfire.

Garlan's body tensed up, he was terribly nervous.

He knew very well that he could fight against ordinary soldiers, but it was simply impossible for him to fight against fighters of the same level as Kaihos.

He had already tried his best to rush over to block the shot just now.

Up to now, his hands holding the hilt of the sword are still a little numb.

In any case, he never expected that the one who planned the massacre of the Tasdar Mission was——

The man stopped talking, and stabbed straight at him with a gun.

Gallan instinctively raised his hand to hold the pointed spear.

The huge force made his hands go numb, and he managed to release the impact of the black gun to one side with great difficulty.

However, as soon as the tip of the spear was pulled away, the tip of the spear was retracted, and immediately after that, another shot came.

Garlan, who had just let go of his strength and was not even able to stand still, had no choice but to take his shot again, and immediately took a step back.

The man didn't stop, nor did he use his full strength.

He could see that Garlan was not his opponent at all, he was like a cat catching a mouse, playing with Garlan, stabbing Garlan one by one.

"Prince of Aaron Landis, is this your level?"

He mocked unceremoniously, looking at Garlan with extreme contempt.

He was a cavalry soldier, and the weapon in his hand was a spear, and he suppressed the young man under the horse to death.

Garlan could vaguely hear the resentment towards Aaron Landis in the man's tone.But now he doesn't have any extra time to think, just resisting the successive attacks of the man on the horse has already made him do his best.

Another heavy stab came.

A strong sense of vibration is transmitted from the blade.

The hands that were already bleeding from the tiger's mouth could no longer hold the hilt of the sword, and the long sword flew out from the black spear, and Garlan was knocked backwards and fell to the ground.

The man on the horse looked down at Garlan, condescending.

The boy sat on the ground, raised his head and stared at the man, panting violently.

"Aaron Landis is blocking Tasdar's path."

The man said so, and stabbed Garlan heavily with the long spear in his hand——

Clang.

The pitch-black iron gun was once again intercepted halfway.

The man who was blocked by this blow looked at the person who blocked him and raised his eyebrows slightly, as if slightly surprised.

"Opada, I taught you all your martial arts, but now, you dare to point the blade at me?"

The brown-haired Tasdar stood in front of Garlan, the muscles on his face were still stiff, and his shoulders were tense to the extreme.

He was panting, his chest heaving violently.

The saber that fell by mistake just now was once again held tightly in his hand, aiming at the man in front of him.

"I swear to Assur, God of War..."

Opada's throat was vibrating, and he gritted his teeth as he stared at the man he once admired.

The knuckles of his hand gripping the knife handle were almost white.

"I swore that as long as I'm alive, I won't let anyone hurt him!"

He gritted his teeth, his voice almost forced out from the depths of his throat.

"Even if it's against you, big brother—"

Before the words were finished, Opada roared like a tiger and charged forward.

The long saber slashed towards the steed under the man, but was blocked by a pitch-black iron spear.

The crisp sound of iron clashing resounded in the night sky, once and again.

Monotonous and cruel.

"Because I took away your heir position? Because of this, you want to kill me."

Opada's eyes were reddened, he seemed to be crazy, he didn't care about his own safety, and frantically attacked the man.

"Because of this, just because of me alone, you didn't hesitate to attack your compatriots—you actually colluded with outsiders to kill your compatriots—"

he growled.

"Why did you do such a thing, this position is so important to you?!"

Blocking the saber from Opada, the man pushed aside the horse's head, and raised his hand to strike, cutting a long gash in Opada's arm.

The steed beneath him neighed.

"This location?"

The man said lightly.

"Opada, even now, you still don't understand what I want."

"How could I understand the thoughts of you, a guy who betrayed his own people!"

The wound on the arm that was as deep as the bone was bleeding profusely. Opada still gritted his teeth and stood firmly in front of the man.

"Betrayed Tasda? No, Opada, it wasn't me who betrayed Tasda, but the guys who convicted me and imprisoned me five years ago, including our father."

The man said, "Those guys ruined me and Tasda."

The battle between the two continued.

The conversation between the two continued amidst the clash of weapons.

Opada is not as strong as the man, but at the moment, he looks like crazy, and he is able to stand up to the man with all his might.

"Father didn't do anything wrong, that's what you should bear! If it wasn't for your mistakes and delays, our ally Aaron Landis wouldn't have made such a big sacrifice—"

"Error?"

The man chuckled.

"No, Opada, you don't understand, that's not a mistake."

"It's just a strategic mistake, King Tasdar, and my father, won't be so angry."

"The reason they imposed a felony on me was because I disobeyed their orders."

"When they urged me to rush to the battlefield as soon as possible, I told them that we should bide our time, and after Aaron Landis and Geshu are both injured, the Tasdar army can defeat these two countries together in one fell swoop and become the last winner."

The man's sudden statement of the truth five years ago caused Opada to lose his mind for a moment, and the man seized the moment of his loss of mind and pierced his shoulder with a gun.

"I said, Opada, I taught you all your martial arts, and you will never be my opponent."

Oppada, who was shot through the shoulder, staggered back a step and was about to fall.

A pair of hands stretched out from behind, supporting his body, making him barely stand on the ground.

Garlan supported him, frowned, and looked deeply at the man.

Unexpectedly, I learned the truth by mistake.

The reason why this man planned this matter was probably not to compete for the position of heir.

The purpose of this person is to break up Aaron Landis and Tasta.

Garland thought.

In the previous lives, General Tasda must have played an extremely important role in the reason why General Tasda recklessly raised troops to attack Aaron Landis out of grief and indignation.

"why……"

Opada raised his head and looked at the elder brother he once admired most.

He always thought that the incident five years ago was just a mistake, and he even pleaded with his father, thinking that his father and King Tasda's punishment for his elder brother was too severe.

At this moment, he looked at the familiar but strange man as if he lost his soul.

"Why do you do such a thing?"

he murmured.

"Aaron Landis is our ally. On the battlefield, they are our comrades-in-arms. How can the Tasdar treat their comrades like this?"

He said, "Tasta people never betray their comrades in arms."

The man sneered.

"Listen, Oppada, only Tasdars are the best in this world."

"Strong, heroic, invincible—"

"Tasta people are the masters of this world. We are born to stand at the top of the world. People from other countries are not worthy of being Tasda people's comrades-in-arms. They only need to be our slaves."

"This is not a reason for you to betray your comrades in arms!"

Opada stared at Stock with red eyes.

"Believe in your companions and never abandon your comrades in arms—this is the proud belief of Tasdar people!"

"Father trusts you, appreciates you, he is proud of you, I respect you, admire you, but you have abandoned all of these—"

The man shook his head.

"That's why I said, Opada, you, my father, and King Tasda are all too naive. You are too obsessed with the so-called Tasda's belief that Tasda is in your hands , will never be able to walk on the path of glory.”

he said coldly.

"Tasda is Tasda, and Aaron Landis is Aaron Landis. We are not comrades in arms, only interests."

"In that war back then, as long as it was delayed for a few days and both Aaron Landis and Geshu suffered losses, we, Tasda, could take the opportunity to seize a large area of ​​land and expand our territory."

"While they are recuperating, Tasda can seize the time to expand and expand its power. At that time, as long as there is enough time, Tasda will become a country not inferior to Geshu and Aaron Landis, and not Need to attach to Aaron Landis again!"

The man talked slowly, his eyes were as bright as stars shining in them, with an indescribable enthusiasm and a certain firm belief.

He knew that he was walking a path that no one would understand, not even his father and his younger brother.

But he firmly believed that only what he walked was the right path.

He will lead Tasta to become the most powerful country on this continent.

"But--"

In the next second, his face suddenly twisted.

"Stupid King Tasdar, and my cowardly father—they, they, these two short-sighted fellows, ruined it all. Without them, I would have succeeded in defeating those two with an army five years ago. country!"

He gritted his teeth, hatred seething in his eyes.

"They have personally ruined Tasda's glorious future!"

After pouring out five years of hatred, the man let out a long breath.

He looked down at Opada.

"That opportunity was missed at the beginning, and now, there is another opportunity."

He said that the voice was gentle and completely opposite to the blood-dripping spear in his hand.

"Opada, everything is for Tasda's future."

The bloody black gun was raised high.

Stab hard.

"Give your life for the prosperity of Tasda—"

The wind was howling.

Flame burns in the night.

A man and a horse suddenly rushed from the flames.

The silver-white iron gun was like lightning, hitting heavily on the tip of the man's stabbing spear, knocking the pitch-black iron gun to one side.

The golden hair reflected the crimson flames, and the pitch-black eyepatch covered half of the face of the charging knight.

The one-eyed knight stood on the ground on horseback, holding a silver spear, with a dignified expression.

"I haven't seen you for five years. Now you have been reduced to only bullying children?"

The blond knight looked at his old friend on the battlefield.

The green one-eyed seemed to be dyed red by the flames, and at this moment, it was churning with monstrous anger.

He called out the man's name word by word.

"Stoke!"

The knight's voice seemed to be burning with anger.

Keyhos still remembers.

Five years ago, during that great battle, due to the failure of Tasdar's army to arrive on the battlefield in time, there were omissions on the battlefield.

Geshu's army seized this loophole and beat Aaron Landis' army hard.

In order to ensure that the ally Tasdar's army would not be attacked from the side, the Aaron Landis army desperately resisted the Geshu army and suffered heavy losses.

……

Keyhos remembers clearly.

At that time, countless Aaron Landis soldiers were on the battlefield.

...It's fine if it's just a mistake...The battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee that they won't make a mistake.In particular, General Tasda ran desperately overnight and led the army to fight desperately to save the Aaron Landis Northland Army who was in trouble.

Therefore, although it was sad, neither he nor Kamos King was too harsh on Tasta.

However, he actually knows now - the sacrifice of countless Aaron Landis soldiers back then was not a mistake, but a trap deliberately set by the man in front of him who he once regarded as a confidant and friend!

"Answer me, Stocker."

Keyhors said, word for word.

At this moment, his eyes were deeper and colder than ever before.

The hand he was holding the silver gun tightly, the veins on the back of his hand were already bulging.

"On that battlefield five years ago, did you deliberately betray Aaron Landis as an ally?"