Chapter 32: The Judgment of Arahand
Through the moonlight, Solanda discovered that the four-leaf clover was not the color of grass at all, but shimmered with a warm pink glowβit was a lilac flower, and Banksy's family crest was a pink lilac.
The queen threw the bag in Viru's face, "You have disgraced the name of the Blood Wolf Guard because of you!" β
"It's not like that!" Viru shouted, "The blades of grass on here are still green!" "He twisted his body like a drunken drunkard, which made people disgusting to watch.
"This is the Banksy Pink Lilac!" Sir Cedric stepped forward, "Your Majesty, please do justice to Banks." The other Neverwinter vassals then knelt on one knee, protected their hearts with their right fists, and bowed their heads in plea.
"It was a misunderstanding." Solandar kept her voice as soft as she could, "Viru's temper is a little short-tempered, and I will punish him hard if he doesn't do things through his brain, trust me, my good knights." β
"He sneaked up from behind," Sir Donald said, pointing to Banks' hideous corpse, "and that is the greatest insult to the knight." And in recent days, there have been murders one after another, this wind cannot last, Your Majesty the Queen, please punish the murderers severely, otherwise we will not leave. β
"He's my Blood Wolf Guard!" Solanda exclaimed, "It's my brother! β
"Are we not your brothers and your people?" Donald retorted without humility or arrogance, "If you were partial and emphasized the privileges of the Blood Wolf Guard from the beginning, what are we knights who fought for you all the way from the Land of Midsummer? Stepmother's wild seed? β
How dare you speak to your queen like that! Solanda raised the whip in her hand, the scars on her face licked by tongues of fire trembling in the moonlight and torches, and her mount raised its front legs and hissed uneasily as she felt her master's emotions fluctuate.
Syllable!
The whip was slammed into Viru's face, followed by a second blow, and then a third, as Solanda's horse circled Viru, and the whip kept falling and raising until Viru was unable to support himself and fainted to the ground.
Solanda glared at the knights of the Midsummer Realm, "Now you're satisfied?" β
"The lives of the dead have not been duly compensated," pointed out Sir Donald, "and we have paid for three lives, and he has only taken refuge in the bosom of fainting under your gentle leather whip. β
Don't push people too hard. A blade flashed across Solanda's gloomy face.
In this expedition, the Blood Wolf Guard has been reduced from three hundred to less than one hundred, and now everyone left is nothing short of a gold to her, they are her most loyal supporters and future royal guards, and there is no room for loss at any time! Moreover, in full view of everyone, the execution of one of the Blood Wolf Guards would cause the other members to question themselves and shake their supremacy in their minds.
But if I don't give an explanation to the knights of Winterfall, they will take the opportunity to play and even incite mutiny, and then I will lose the entire Midsummer Country.
What to do, what to do, what will my mother do when something like this happens? No, I don't want to dominate her train of thought, she's a piece of rubbish, she doesn't understand anything!
Solanda looked at Phoenix pleadingly.
Phoenix's face was full of compassion, and he approached the queen and whispered a name in her ear: "Arrahand's Verdict"
Solanda's body was shocked, Arrahan was one of the earliest rulers of the Sand Knights, he advocated justice to punish criminals, the voting Sand Knights stood in two rows, each holding a stone, the criminals walked in the middle of the human wall, and the stones were hit wherever they passed, and the Sand Knights decided to throw the stones for their crimes, and those who could get out of the human wall alive would be acquitted.
There is no better way. Sodada let out a long sigh, "Well, I'll give you justice. She raised her right hand and shouted to those present, "Viru has committed a crime against Banks, the knight of the Midsummer Nation, and I, Solandadrin, your just queen, will give you 'Arrahand's ruling'!" β
There was an uproar.
The one-eyed Nauru was the most dissatisfied, and he grabbed Solanda's bridle: "You're taking Viru's life!" They'll kill him! β
Red Boots Goru wheeled his scimitar and protected it in front of Viru: "I'll see who dares to touch him!" β
"This is a sin of his own commit!" Solanda shouted, "Of course he will pay for it!" If you are not afraid of death, go with him on the stone formation! Solanda's words made Goru's eyes light up, the Blood Wolf Guard has always regarded itself as a wolf pack, attacking in groups, and this time is no exception, they will walk the stone formation together, protect Viru in the center, and the damage of the stones in Winterfall to Viru will be minimized, at most a few holes will be made in the cooked leather armor of the Blood Wolf Guard on the periphery.
The Blood Wolf Guards raised their scimitars in approval.
But Donald is not a fool, he has shown a vision of military strategy at the pre-war meeting of the Battle of Wolf's Tooth, and at this moment, those small but alert eyes are blinking rapidly, and sure enough, he has made a powerful response: "We only demand that the criminals be brought to justice, and no one else is considered, and if Her Majesty the Queen is biased in favor of Viru and equips him with a meat shield, we have nothing to argue, but please let us use a tomahawk instead of a stone to enforce your verdict, for Banks died from Viru's tomahawk, If your Blood Wolf Guards are willing to accept the same punishment, the people of Neverfall will have nothing to say. β
What a hard fight back! Solanda was annoyed. It seems that they are determined to take Viru's life, and Donald is determined that I dare not gamble with the lives of many Blood Wolf Guards, so he bargains with me so recklessly. The new queen heard her teeth gurgle for a long time before she squeezed out the difficult words between her teeth: "As you wish." Viru will face the ruling alone. With that, Solanda turned his horse's head and fled out of the crowd
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