When Xia Yun and her army rushed back to the Emerald City, they were greeted by a blazing sky.

Two huge monsters shuttle through the clouds and fight, one is a unicorn with lightning and the other is a giant bird surrounded by flames.

"How could Suzaku be here!"

Ji Bai was the first to recognize the giant bird, and couldn't help but be shocked, how could the guardian holy beast come to the Emerald City.

"It must be to stop the Kirin Massacre!"

Xia Yun's face was a little surprised, the Guardian Sacred Beast has always been a symbol of order and justice. But she soon discovered that the various terrifying energy surges brought by the two monsters would hit the earth from time to time.

"The fight between the two of them will hurt the city, and we must evacuate people!"

The battle between the two monsters will cause the Emerald City to be in danger, and Xia Yun and Ji Bai will divide their troops into the city to evacuate the people. The city was already in chaos, and the two monsters in the sky were looking at the sky and dodging in a panic, but fortunately, the original city guards controlled the order and there was no large-scale turmoil.

The evacuation work was carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Xia Yun, and ten minutes later, a huge pillar of fire suddenly crossed the sky, and the Qilin was pierced and fled with a roar.

Suzaku was victorious, Xia Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and many soldiers who witnessed the Qilin's arrogant declaration also cheered.

However, just as they relaxed, a scorching wind blew, and Suzaku chirped fiercely, spreading its wings to block out the moonlight.

The Emerald City was plunged into darkness.

"Mortals, now it's our turn." A flaming fireball appeared beneath Suzaku, its wings spread, and the flames whistled through the night towards the Emerald City. The fireball was small at first, but when it approached the ground, it was tens of meters wide, and the blinding light made everyone's eyes can't open it.

No one thought that Suzaku would suddenly make a move towards Emerald City, only Ji Bai reacted in time.

"Sword of Dawn!"

Transparent waves flew towards the fireball, Ji Bai pulled out his long sword, and his figure flashed, but the burning fireball was enveloped by countless sword qi.

The "Boom" fireball paused strangely in the air for a second, and then shattered with a rumbling sound, turning into thousands of flames and flying in all directions.

"Interesting feat." Suzaku floating in the air widened its eyes and was surprised that the fireball had been physically sliced, but it quickly chirped loudly and joyfully, "However, I want to thank you for chopping it up. ”

More birdsong sounded from all directions, and the scattered flames turned into small Suzaku reborn one by one, screaming and flying into the distance.

The entire Emerald City was enveloped in flames in an instant.

"Hahahaha, burn my children, burn to your heart's content!" Suzaku hovered happily in the air, while Ji Bai and Xia Yun both turned pale.

The scattered little Vermilion Bird is not powerful, but eighty percent of the people in Emerald City are ordinary people.

"Destroy these Suzaku quickly!"

Resistance was in vain.

In December 998, the bloody night: the Jade City fell, and the thousand-year-old Jade City was also shrouded in flames. The walls of the two cities shattered one after another, and tens of thousands of elderly people and children fell in wailing.

Before dawn, the imperial princess Xia Yun and the army fled from the Emerald City with less than seventy percent of the people. The defeated army stood on the steppe, and the faces of the soldiers were red by the fire of the city. In the burning Yanjing, Suzaku still let out a shrill laugh in the river of blood: "Blood, more blood, how exciting this river of blood is!" ”

The demonic laughter brought people deep despair.

Commoners who had lost their families lay on the ground crying, and some nobles asked Xia Yun what she was going to do next.

The unicorn fled, the Emerald City disappeared, and the empire had no hope of turning defeat into victory. And the road to the port was also blocked by Suzaku, and Xia Yun seemed to have only one choice: to hide west.

However, if the beasts rush to the Dawn Grassland, the people who have managed to survive will be killed head-on.

[What should I do?] 】

Xia Yun had difficulty making a decision for a while, but her hesitation detonated the anger of some people.

"It's all your fault, you brought in those monsters!"

"The little princess has long said that there is danger, but you have been indifferent, and as a result, the monsters have invaded!"

These few people put their anger on Xia Yun, they didn't understand what was happening, but in the face of disaster, helpless people can easily turn their hatred at the leader who leads everything. The restlessness grew, and in the face of this desperate situation, the majesty of the royal family seemed to disappear.

Xia Yun didn't refute, she could have ordered the army to suppress these people easily, but she didn't do that.

"Go west."

She calmly made a decision, it was more difficult to deal with than the orc or the Suzaku, but the development of the situation was not satisfactory, they did not go far, the huge figure of the Suzaku chased after it, and the blood dripping from it was like rain on the people.

"I haven't had enough fun, how can you go?" It greedily watched the crowd spreading across the grassland, hundreds of thousands of people were not a lot at all.

The last straw was overwhelmed, and fear and despair slipped through the crowd, leaving everyone at a loss.

"Your Highness, you go, I'll stop it!" Ji Bai stood in front, looked up at Suzaku and shouted, "The Guardian Holy Beast has never interfered in the affairs of mortals without authorization, why do you want to break the rules." ”

"Rules?" Suzaku sneered a few times: "It doesn't matter what rules it is, what I do is my freedom!" ”

It fixed its gaze on Xia Yun, and its blood-colored eyes narrowed: "Actually, if you want me to let you go, you just need to sacrifice the king." ”

Ji Bai's face changed greatly, and then a surge of anger poured out: "What do you mean!" ”

"That's what it means!" Suzaku let out a sharp chirp, and pillars of fire rose from the surrounding grassland, surrounding everyone inside the world of flames: "Hand her over!" ”

The flames in the sky also raged, and a large number of small vermilion birds appeared, swooping down towards the grassland.

"Don't!!"

"We'll pay, we'll pay!!"

The scene was chaotic, and several young nobles were so frightened that they knelt in front of Xia Yun: "Your Highness, Your Highness, please come over!" ”

"Snort"

The next moment, the heads of these people fell to the ground.

"Hugh is rude to His Highness!" Several knights stood in front of Xia Yun with cold faces, and the rest of the soldiers also took out their long swords and pointed them at the people around them.

However, even though the army was clearly on Xia Yun's side, the faces of the other nobles and commoners were visibly shaken.

"Your Highness, please protect us."

"Your Highness, hundreds of thousands of lives here can be placed on you."

Some people knelt down from afar, but many more looked at Xia Yun in horror. Huge eyes were fixed on her, and in those sights, apart from some sympathy, they were more or less begging her to sacrifice herself to save the others.

Xia Yun was hit and took a step back, she even changed her soul for the sake of these people, but she didn't expect that they would want to sacrifice her in a desperate situation.

Such a person is not worthy to be her people!

Xia Yun opened his mouth full of anger, but was interrupted.

"Let me do it!" A familiar voice, a small body came out of the crowd, lifted the cloak, Xia Han smiled: "I'm the king, aren't I?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire grassland fell silent.

Xia Yun was the first to react, she reached out to Xia Han with anger: "Didn't I tell you to leave?" How are you?" but before she could finish speaking, her head fainted and fell.

A maid then stepped forward to hug her, while the man in the cloak quickly stepped forward and knelt down: "Yes, you are our king. ”

In this state, whoever becomes the king will die, and they naturally can't let Xia Yun die.

"Little Princess" "Why is the little princess here!" ”

The crowd began to be restless, Ji Bai slowly walked to Xia Han's side, and looked at him with complicated eyes: "Have you decided?" ”

"Hmm." Xia Han nodded and glanced up at Suzaku: "This is the best time to succeed to the throne, isn't it?" ”

There was no better time for a king than now—he was not afraid of this fake Suzaku anyway, and it could not hurt him.

Ji Bai was silent, and then nodded: "You're right."

He took the crown from the side, no courtesy, no blessing, just a guilt-filled place on Xia Han's head—no new king would have such a rudimentary ceremony.

Ji Bai didn't know what kind of mood he was in to kneel, but he bowed his head to Xia Han, and many words were condensed into one sentence.

"I've seen Your Majesty!"

The wind blew through the grassland, and in the light of the flames, the crown above Xia Han's head shone brightly.

The nobles and soldiers looked at each other, and then they also knelt down, and everyone else knelt down, they didn't understand why this was happening, but everyone knew that as long as Xia Han became king, they would be able to leave.

With mixed feelings, people sacrificed Xia Han to monsters.

"You see, that's it." Xia Han straightened the crown with his hand to make it more stable, and he turned to look up at Suzaku: "The king you want is me!" ”

Suzaku looks down on the summer cold.

"You're not qualified" Its voice was cold, but its gaze suddenly stopped on Xia Han's head, as if it had found something: "His blessing turned out to be given to you this guy." ”

It nodded: "Forget it, you can also say that you are more suitable than her!" ”

Suzaku laughed, and the huge pillars of fire disappeared in all directions.

"It's gone!" "We Are Saved"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the team immediately set off outside. Few people greeted Xia Han, but when Ji Bai turned around occasionally, he could still see Xia Han smiling, and the small figure waved goodbye to everyone.

[Is this the right thing to do?] 】

Ji Bai looked around the team, and he found that many civilians were silently crying, and some children were crying in their parents' arms.

Humans are selfish and all fear death, but they are not really a ruthless race. They may not understand why things are the way they are, but they also know that they have abandoned someone in order to survive

A quarrel broke out at the front of the line, and Ji Bai walked to the front, where he saw an angry child.

"Why give him the crown!" Bai Yue, who had just come over from the west, found Ji Bai, and she raised her head and asked him, "You know that he will die, why do you still hand it over to him!" ”

"That's his choice." Ji Bai replied: "He has the responsibility to bear this obligation. ”

"Moreover"

He lowered his eyebrows: "He's a half-elf, half-elf, and he won't live to be 50 years old." ”

Bai Yue's face began to turn white, and she suddenly realized that the adults in this world were so strange. If he doesn't live to be 50 years old, should he sacrifice for others?

Xia Han is obviously a prince, why is he abandoned like this?

- Abandonment

Bai Yue understood, she understood why the prince would become a princess, why Xia Han couldn't live in the palace, and why he had to become a singer and wander around.

Because he was abandoned

Just like her father when he was a child, they were both people who had been played with by fate since childhood, so Wujing let Bai Yue follow him.

【Mother】

Bai Yue's eyes turned red, she seemed to be able to understand Bai Ya's love, in the eyes of the fragile people, who could live strong in loneliness was too dazzling.

“”

There seemed to be something broken in his heart, and Bai Yue's chest was a little sour: "No, I can't let him die"

She ran away, ignoring Ji Bai, straight through the team, all the way to the fiery world

[Why lie to me!] 】

Tears rolled down from Bai Yue's eyes, and she ran forward wiping her eyes and biting her lip, her little legs as if they had infinite strength. There's many, many more things she doesn't understand, but if she doesn't chase them, she'll never understand.

On the fiery grassland, the shadow of the army had disappeared into the darkness, and Xia Han turned around and walked slowly towards the Suzaku.

"Don't go over!!"

There seemed to be a voice coming, Xia Han turned his head and looked at the white moon running over on the grassland.

For a moment, he mistook her for a swordless one. But that's an illusion after all

"You can't stop me." Xia Han shook his head and turned to leave.

A pillar of fiery red light fell from the sky and fell on him. Bai Yue looked blankly at the back that disappeared from the flames, and scenes flashed in her mind like slides.

It was as if she had seen a knight kneel on one knee before the king to receive the inscription, and in the blink of an eye, she found a maid fleeing the blood-red palace with the boy in her arms, and soon a burly warrior stepped forward to protect the queen who was waiting to give birth.

That's memory—the memory of the Guardian for thousands of years.

Then Bai Yue saw the last guardian and saw Xia Han's life.

The child played alone in the secret room, ran with the elves on the prairie, sang happily in the slums, always smiling and painless

However, fate did not give him preferential treatment because of his smile, and for countless nights he could only curl up and sleep on the rickety carriage, living a life that never knew if there would be another day.

Why does the prince of the empire, who has suffered all kinds of injustice, now give everything for others?

He was clearly gentler than anyone Bai Yue had ever seen.

Hakutsuki couldn't tolerate such an outcome, she clenched her sword and stood up, running towards the huge pillar of light.

"It turns out that he is the most suitable king"

A voice sounded in Bai Yue's ears, and the masked thief appeared strangely beside her, running with her. He squinted, and then put the transparent hand on Bai Yue's head: "Thank you, thank you for solving my doubts, new guardian, please leave it to you in the future"

"He is your king, and his kingship is the kingship you want to protect!"

At this moment, a huge white light rose from the ground, and the white moon turned into a mark and disappeared in place.

"Crackle"

In the distance, the markings on several people shattered.

The man in the cloak who was riding a horse and following next to Xia Yun's carriage looked blankly at his chest, while Ji Bai, who was leading the team forward, had a big change in his face.

"Guardian, it could be her-";