The queen who was taken to Sunset Castle was not Yavid's biological mother, she was only the side concubine of King Geelong, and she did not have the status of queen in the first place, but it was Bahawa who forcibly put her on the throne in order to control Itamun.

The former queen, Yavid's biological mother died many years ago, and Yavid and the little prince Itamon are half-brothers.

From the family's point of view, Yavid did not want Itamon and the queen to continue to be coerced by Bahawa.

From the national level, taking away Itamun and the queen can deny Bahawa's rights at the source, and make Bahawa, who has been criticized for poisoning and killing the king, completely lose his cards.

When Lu Xiao left the palace and returned home, Aloy was already fully armed and ready to go.

“…… What are you doing? ”

Aloy said in a natural tone, "I'll go with you." ”

Lu Xiao patted her forehead with a headache: "Did I say I wanted to take you with me?" I'm going to infiltrate Shadow Calga's base camp next, you ......"

"I'm going too!"

Aloy stubbornly emphasized: "Since we can't find the whereabouts of Siris for the time being, we will find a way to force him out." ”

"Bahawa is the only ally of Siris, and Siris will certainly not sit idly by and watch Bahawa fall."

"I promise not to interfere with your mission, and I will stay in Sunset Castle and wait for Siris' reinforcements to arrive."

'Brainless girl......

Aloy's determined eyes told Lu Xiao that she would never change her mind easily.

"Alright, you and Yongzhen will stay in Sunset Castle and wait and see what happens, and it's best to make a little noise to help me distract Bahava."

As you can guess with your ass, as the most important hole cards of Bahava, Itamon and the queen will definitely be closely "protected" in the strongest castle of Sunset Castle, and may even arrange for some mechanical beasts to be guarded by external factors.

Lu Xiao can break in, but if Bahawa judges that he can no longer use the influence of the queen and Itamun, he may order the mechanical beast to kill him as a last resort to prevent the two of them from being taken away and exposing the secret of Shadow Calga.

The key to this operation was to stealthily infiltrate the palace and take away the two poor puppet royals without Bahawa noticing.

Lu Xiao had originally planned to let Yongzhen create some disturbance in Sunset Castle to attract Bahawa's attention, but since Aloy volunteered to go with him, he simply handed over the task to the young and vigorous Aloy.

……

Located in the desert northwest of Meridian City, Sunset Fort was originally the base of the Calga Kingdom's frontier development, and during the reign of the Mad King, Sunset Fort built a special "entertainment" place, the Grand Arena.

The territory of the Kingdom of Calga spread around the Meridian City, occupying most of the North American continent.

The vast territory also means that the terrain is varied, with tropical rainforests to the southwest, endless deserts and snow-capped mountains to the southeast, and a large desert to the northwest, known as the forbidden area for human life.

Lu Xiao and Aloy respectively used overclocking parts to control an Angbuer, and sped up in the direction of Sunset Castle.

The wind and sand along the way, which gradually became fierce, caused a lot of obstacles to the trio.

Lu Xiao and Yongzhen had already prepared, the two put on hoods and veils to cover the sand, and Aloy, who entered the desert area for the first time, was caught off guard and ate a mouth full of sand.

"Phew!"

Lu Xiao looked at Aloy who was bowing her head and spitting sand funny, and Yongzhen, who was riding with Aloy, handed her his spare hood and veil, which saved her from the invasion of wind and sand.

"The world is very vast, and the desert is just one of many terrains, so let's take this time as a lesson for a long time."

Hurriedly equipping the hood and veil, Aloy complained to Lu Xiao angrily: "No need for you to preach! I'll learn my lesson. ”

As automatons, the Angbu weighs much heavier than a real horse, does not need to breathe itself, and can run steadily in sandstorms with weak winds.

Under Lu Xiao's instructions, the three of them lowered their center of gravity on the back of the "horse" and used the head of the angbu as a shield to avoid direct invasion by the wind and sand as much as possible.

This sudden wind and sand not only caused trouble for Lu Xiao and the others, but Sunset Fort was also covered in the scope of the sandstorm, and the visibility in the desert became very bad.

This made it convenient for Lu Xiao and his party to ride the mechanical beast to approach Sunset Castle, and it was not until they were only within a kilometer of Sunset Castle that Lu Xiao, who was looking from afar with the eyes of the eagle, ordered to stop.

Ordering the two Angbu to find a cave to hide, Lu Xiao took Aloy and Yongzhen to advance with difficulty in the increasingly strong wind and sand.

The bad weather made Sunset Fort close the gate to enter the city early, and in this climate, of course, there would be no patrolling soldiers on the city wall, Lu Xiao easily climbed the city wall, lowered the rope and pulled Aloy and Yongzhen up one by one.

"It's time for us to split up."

There were no people on the streets of Sunset Castle, and the doors and windows of every house were closed, at least until the sandstorm cleared, so that the three of them could move freely in the city.

"Aloy, you and Yongzhen find a hotel to stay in first, according to Focus's calculations, the sandstorm will end in about 1 hour."

"Take advantage of this last time, I will go to the palace to check the situation first, and see if I can sneak inside to rescue Itamon and the queen."

Lu Xiao nodded the Focus hanging on his ear: "Once the mission is successful, I will use the teleportation device to send the two of them back to Meridian City directly, and keep an eye on Focus's information at any time." ”

Facing the wind and sand in the sky, Lu Xiao gradually disappeared from Yongzhen and Aloy's sight.

Aloy sighed: "It's easy to say, where to find a hotel in this kind of ghost weather?" ”

With the help of Aletheia, Yongzhen uses Focus to locate a large house with a large number of life reactions.

"This way."

"Yongzhen wait."

Just as Yongzhen was about to go to the hotel for a while, Alethea suddenly reminded him.

She marked a special red symbol on Yongzhen's Focus: "I found an ancient ruin, near the eastern section of the wall of the Imperial Palace. ”

Yongzhen paused slightly, and Aloy turned back suspiciously: "Sister Yongzhen? ”

"Nothing."

Keeping this information in his heart for the time being, Yongzhen said to Altheya, who was temporarily housed in his body, through the spirit wave: "Don't tell Lu Xiao this information for the time being, let him concentrate on the current task." ”

"When the sandstorm clears, I'll take Aloy to the ruins to find out, and maybe this is the perfect opportunity to distract Bahava."

……

Deep in the Sunset Castle, the sleeping house of the puppet king Itamen.

Itamen, who was less than ten years old, was dressed in a king's dress similar to that of Yavid, and was so frightened that he cowered into his mother's arms and did not dare to look up.

In front of Itamon stood a man dressed in a dark red sacrificial robe, staring at Ittamon with eagle-like eyes under the sacrificial hood.

"Your Majesty, it's time to make up your mind."

"Sooner or later, those rebels who killed the monarch will attack us, and instead of passively facing it, it is better for us to strike first."

"Your loyal soldiers will surely take Meridian City and bring the distorted kingdom of the puppet king Javid back on track."

With the insight of Itamun's age, he could not understand Bahawa's tirade at all, and she was just an ordinary woman who had unfortunately lost her husband and lacked a sense of the big picture.

Unable to get support from his mother, Itamon could only tremble and order: "High Priest Bahava, authorized in the name of the Sun King, you are fully responsible for this war." ”

The corners of Bahava's mouth curled into an unsurprising smile, and on the surface he still bowed politely to Itamen: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

'My time has finally come!' ’