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The atmosphere on board was as suffocating as the weather.

Although Werther told Hawkins about their encounter with Martin and Louie, including what happened afterward, and officially introduced him to the two, Martin made a series of jokes after expressing his condolences, but the mood remained unchanged.

Everyone had a vague sense of what was going to happen, and then, as they had expected, after a light breakfast, Salina stood in front of Newgate Ionclair.

"No matter how tragic or sinful the past is, it is a part of me, and the life I have now is incomplete and I am sure I cannot bear it. Tell me, I'm ready to face it. ”

No one could stop the turn of fate, Ionclay looked up, let out a long sigh, and then he looked at Martin, who was standing next to him.

"You still have a chance to avoid it."

Martin was stunned, almost subconsciously, and he quickly turned his head to look at Louie.

He watched as Louie's expression slowly changed from surprise to determination.

The corners of Newgate Ionclair's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a wry smile.

He looked up at the fog-obscured sky, and fell into memory.

"Legend has it that the queen was the Valkyrie who descended to the mortal world to end the wars of the kingdoms, and that she was invincible and even timid when faced by the bravest men in the world. The countries of the Kaeya Nolan continent were conquered, occupied, and finally unified by her one by one, which is a history that everyone knows. But what the books don't record is that there are two countries with adjacent realms that have given the invincible queen a taste of defeat. They were the last to fall, the kingdom of Duvalen, and the kingdom of Sodia. ”

Salina's hand curled up subconsciously.

"In the face of the unstoppable queen, the two countries formed an alliance, and in order to show the determination of the alliance to retreat from the enemy, the royal family of Duvalen followed the example of the royal family of Sodia and imprinted the royal family crest on their bodies."

Louie's straight body tilted instantly, Martin hurriedly supported him, Louis grabbed Martin's arm, quickly stabilized his center of gravity while breathing rapidly, and the eyes of the two slowly met.

"The strongest general of the kingdom of Duvalen is the king's younger brother, he has four sons, all four sons died in battle, his pregnant wife could not bear this great grief, and finally died in childbirth, and the child born prematurely lacked oxygen, although it was barely saved, but extremely weak, the process of growing up is constantly sick, wandering on the edge of life and death. No one suspected that the umbilical cord that wrapped around his neck had damaged his head, and until he was three years old, he could not speak, only babbling. ”

Newgate Ionclair took a deep breath and smiled.

Even though he was slow and did not respond to his words, his father still loved him with all his heart. The only regret is that the war is stalemate, they get together less and leave more, and the father is unable to find medical advice for his son, nor can he accompany him to take care of him and watch him grow up. ”

Louis felt dizzy, and he raised his hand to touch his head, slowly lowering his face and looking at his feet indistinctly. Martin pressed Louie's shoulders and grabbed them a few times, trying to transfer his power to him.

"After three years of confrontation, the two countries have consumed a huge amount of money, and it is difficult for the country to support it. There were no more young and strong laborers to engage in production, the domestic economy collapsed, and the people could not survive. Seeing this, Ojivich's magicians stopped helping and could not afford to pay their salaries, and the mercenary groups, which were important combat forces, also withdrew. ”

Old Ionclay smiled wryly again.

"A great warrior once told me that unification is the choice of history, the fate of the continent of Kaiah Nolan, and the power of humanity cannot be stopped. Probably, that's true. The two countries that were in the alliance at the beginning actually understood that the general trend had turned, but they were unwilling to give up the dignity of the country and the royal family, and they preferred to fight until the last moment. ”

The old man slowly closed his eyes as if he didn't want to see the bloody cruelty of the past.

"After another year of holding out, the two countries were forced into a total retreat, the relatively weak Duvalen was besieged, and Sodia, who was also besieged, could not help. The king ordered the capital to be defended, because of the strong walls and the topography, the queen's army could not be attacked for a long time, and every day the army stayed, there was a huge attrition, and in the capital, every day there were people dying of hunger. At that time, the sky of the kingdom of Duvalen, where there was only one city left, was blue-gray, and the air was filled with the smell of death and decay, and the scorching stench of burning corpses. The people are like the walking dead, the soldiers are like skeletons supported by battle armor, and it is already a dead city. ”

Newgate slowly opened his eyes.

"Because of the firmness of the royal family's will, even if it is a dead city, it can still last for a long time, this is the judgment made by the queen's think tank. In order to reduce the attrition of the army and win as soon as possible, the queen had to start thinking of other methods. ”

Ionclay inhaled deeply again.

"In the middle of the night, Archmage Saginko Kneneev, who was still the vice-president at the time, used magic to sneak into the city with Lucas Lector, one of the twelve priests of the Church."

Hawkins instantly looked up, revealing a shocked expression.

"They went to the king's brother, the weary general, and persuaded him to surrender, and the general drew his sword to die with them, but his ignorant little son accidentally broke in, and Satinkko Knenev knew about the child, he treated him with magic, and told his father that with regular treatment and some medicine, he could thrive, like a healthy child."

The old man stretched out his hands.

What could he do? He hugged his child, the child's big eyes looked at him, he looked at the child's chest, at the royal family crest that was branded on it, and the child cried out for the first time when his heart was about to collapse...... Father. ”

The old man's eyes were a little wet.

"Because of this faint voice, his heart was strengthened again, and he swore at that time that he would let this child live no matter what."

Old Ionclay swallowed several times to avoid choking in the words that followed.

Lucas Lector said that if the king surrendered, the queen would pardon everyone, and if she continued to resist, the queen would massacre everyone in the capital. In the end, the father agreed to surrender on the condition that the whole city and the lives of the royal family should be safe, and he knew that his royal brother would never agree, so he secretly opened the city gate in the middle of the night and let the queen's army into the city. ”

The old man inhaled deeply again.

However, what he did not expect was that although the queen spared the people, she slaughtered the royal family on the grounds that Lucas Lector's promise had nothing to do with her, and King Josenna Duvalen and Queen Useman Duvalen all died under the queen's sword. He didn't have time to remorse and rescued their daughter and ran away with his niece, escaping into the Delamohan Forest, located between Duvalen and Sodia. The vast and complex terrain of the De La Mohan Forest allowed the princess to survive several failed attempts by the Queen's army, and became known as the Princess of the De La Mohan Forest. ”