When a king loses his people and turns his back on his faith, that is the beginning of the kingdom's decline. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

These are the first lines of the opening line of the Chronicle of Shakdam, in which the aged first king tries to warn the heirs who will inherit his will.

The prototype of Shakdam is a city-state formed by several tribes living in the desert area in order to prevent the members of the tribe from falling into the mouth of monsters. In ancient times, the concept of knighthood did not exist, and the warriors of the tribe only had crude stone tools, and in that confrontation with great disparity in strength, the tribal alliance was defeated one after another, until one of the warriors of the tribe, in the desperate situation, inadvertently found a treasure jade that could expel monsters.

This piece of treasure was able to appease the monsters and exile them from the city-state forever, so the warriors named the treasure jade Soul Suppressor. And that warrior later became the first king of Gushakdam.

If it weren't for the Soul Suppression Jade, the tribal alliance would have perished long ago, and there would not have been a thousand-year-old Shakdam civilization in the future. Because of this, every Shakdam king has worshipped this jewel as a god.

Footsteps sounded on the porch, and Archduke Fisher put the Shakdam chronicle back on the shelf. At that time, a young man named Tyre-Cyleus told him that when he saw the spade pattern again, it was time for him to make a decision. Those regressive memories reminded him that there was much more to what he had seen than the spades that had replaced the Silak family's Aoba sigil.

On that blazing night, he saw with his own eyes the king they admired the most, wielding the power of the monster that had destroyed the entire kingdom. Shakdam sank into the sand under the boundless quicksand whirlpool.

The reason why he couldn't wait to dig through that history was entirely out of guilt.

When the kingdom was on the verge of collapse, the father of the old king, Princess Rose, personally handed over the Soul Suppression Jade to him, and he handed over the treasure jade that had protected Shakdam's thousand-year-old civilization to Reinhardt. When New Shakdam was founded, he thought he had made the wisest choice of his life.

Until that night, he suddenly realized that Reinhardt was just the one who imprisoned everyone in this eternal dream through the power of that monster.

When he saw the spade pattern, the seeds buried in his heart also "blossomed and bore fruit" unconsciously.

"Grand Duke Fisher. ”

At the door, Lin Qiu secretly watched Archduke Fisher's every move, and his actions told him that his previous plan had succeeded. If he wants to subvert Reinhardt's kingdom, no matter how many times he destroys it, he can repair it through the engraving, and only by letting her witness the fall of the kingdom in front of Princess Rose can it be completely ended.

Fisher turned around and came to him, his face cloudy: "It seems that I have made a terrible mistake. ”

Even if the Soul Suppression Jade has existed for thousands of years, no one has ever been able to parse its origin. As long as he thought that the power of Baoyu and that monster had converged on the same person, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness. Except for the gods, he really couldn't imagine anyone who could be the opponent of the Knight King.

"The Soul Suppression Jade has the power to suppress monsters, so it will allow the power of that monster to coexist in Reinhardt's body. ”

The boy in front of him was his only hope, and with his ability, even if he used all the strength of the Slark family, it would not be enough to compete with Reinhardt. And all he could help the other party was, except for the knights who served him, the only thing left was his research on the Soul Suppression Jade.

For Lin Qiu, this is a long and sad story.

This Grand Duke has worked hard for Shakdam all his life, and even his only son was tragically poisoned by the Spades Organization because of the leakage of the news of the Soul Suppression Jade. However, when he was about to come to the end of his life, he suddenly found that the kingdom he had rebuilt with all his might was nothing more than a beautiful and illusory dream.

The real situation is that Shakdam, has been destroyed. And the bloodline of the Slark family will also be cut off in his generation.

Lin Qiu really couldn't tell such a cruel reality to such an old man, but how could the experienced Grand Duke Fisher not see what Lin Qiu was thinking, he smiled a little indifferently: "Don't comfort me...... Before my old bones die, there is still a chance to make amends for the sins I have committed—and I am afraid that the heroic spirits of House Slark will not forgive me in any way when I go to the grave with this disgrace. ”

"As far as I can guess, the only way to defeat Reinhardt is to cut off his connection with the Soul Suppressor. If you need the power of House Slark, my knights will fight for it. ”

Princess Rose's birthday is still a full week away.

And on this day, the maids of the Slark family were surprised to find that the head of the house, who had stayed at home without any major incident, had ordered someone to set up a carriage and drive in the direction of the market. Before leaving, Grand Duke Fisher repeatedly asked Vera to take good care of Lin Qiu and the others.

The maids couldn't help but secretly guess about this young man who had been so valued by Lord Fisher since he came to the Slark Mansion.

Is it the new heir to House Slark?

Vera stopped tending to the garden and gently wiped the sweat from her face with her sleeve. In her opinion, Lin Qiu is undoubtedly a magical person, this person who calls himself a "fortune teller" as soon as they meet not only said her name correctly, but even "calculated" the little secret that no one knows about eating fruit candy.

It's not surprising that such a person will become the next head of the family, right?

When she came back to her senses, she suddenly found that Lin Qiu was not far from her, looking at her with interest.

Vera blushed, and she inexplicably had the illusion that she was caught talking about others behind her back: "...... Mistress Tyr, are you going out?"

"Yes, I have just discussed with Archduke Fisher about having a 'tight' combat meeting. ”

"Eh, the combat meeting is ...... Ah, I'm sorry, that's not what I'm supposed to ask. ”

Oh my God, Vera, how dare you ask such a question!

If it was usual, she would definitely not ask such a disproportionate question, but the young man in front of her always gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and she felt very relaxed when she spoke......

After much hesitation, Vera couldn't help but ask, "Forgive me, Lord Tyr, have we ever met?"

"Yes. ”

Lin Qiu pretended to smile mysteriously and walked towards her: "I am the Tyre Cyrus who sat in the back row of you when I was a child and liked to pull your braids in class, I haven't seen you for many years, I didn't expect you to be so beautiful." ”

Hearing this, Vera couldn't help but immerse herself in the long memories in her mind. She couldn't remember that there was such an interesting boy sitting in the back row of her.

When she came back to her senses, Lin Qiu had already walked out of the gate of Slark Castle. She stared deeply at Lin Qiu's back, and a distant and familiar voice suddenly echoed in her ears.

And the scene at that time was not in the classroom, but on the high platform of the square of New Shakdam, the boy held a stone in his hand and looked at the pedestrians coming and going from the high platform.

"Vera...... Do you believe that if I drop this stone under the high platform now, it may lead to the destruction of Shakdam?"