Chapter 29: The Queen's Funeral
"May the spirits of the dead be with light to dispel the night. ”
- The Book of Light
The lords attending the queen's funeral looked at the queen on the pyre, and questioned the priest who had been slow to light the firewood in disgust. However, the priest put the blame on Rodok, so that the lords had no choice but to ask each other what the hell Rodok was up to.
When there was a commotion in the street near the lord's hall, the lords looked over and saw the guards and civilians in front of the lord's hall kneeling together, and quickly reacted to what was going on.
"The king is awake!" the fat lord said first, and then the lords hurriedly squeezed towards the lord's hall, and the people also hurriedly made way for the big lords.
When the king, who was supported by Rhodok and Pikes, had just come out of the hall of the lord, the guards were stunned for a moment, and then as a quick guard knelt down on one knee and shouted, "Your Majesty!"
When the lords reached the hall of the lords, the king had already walked out of the courtyard of the hall of lords, supported by Rodok and Pikes, and looked at the bustling crowds of people in the streets and the candles that illuminated the entire street leading from the front of the hall to the central square of the city. Alan felt a little relieved.
"My king!" the lords walked through the people who had already knelt down, and when they saw Allen, they all knelt down on one knee, and their hearts were naturally extremely joyful.
The king's face was filled with sorrow, pain and weakness made him feel deeply powerless, and the death of his lover made him ashamed and angry. Ignoring the lords, the king moved slowly with the support of Rhodok and Pikes, and the people on their knees slowly moved to make room for the king.
After passing abroad, the people and lords got up one after another, and slowly followed the king, except for Grevor, who did not need to wait for the king to pass before getting up, but knelt down with everyone and followed the king vigilantly with the hilt of his sword.
"May the God of Light bless you, my king. Along the way, the blessings of the people are endless, and the Alan couple have won the hearts of the people in the Eternal Night City, but Eren has no one to pay attention to, not that he doesn't want to speak, but because he is too weak, and Eren is trying to concentrate his willpower so that he will not faint.
This journey has gone through a very long process, but no one left with the king, everyone can see how difficult the king is walking, the city of eternal night has long known about the king's assassination and coma, the king woke up at this moment It is not just a coincidence for the people, it must be the manifestation of the god of light.
"The scales of the God of Light are tilting toward you, my king. The priest saluted the king, and the old bachelor staggered over with a medicine box.
"Your Highness, you have just woken up, you can't exercise, please let me check your injuries!" said the old bachelor anxiously.
Rhodok took out a hand holding Alan to stop the old bachelor from continuing to speak, the old bachelor looked at Rhodok and pointed to Rhodok's palm anxiously, after being slightly stunned, Rhodok looked at his palm, there was a small blood stain on his hand, and then looked at the shoulder of the king he was holding. Alan's wounds burst open.
"Your Majesty, your injuries are not yet complete, the old bachelor is right. Rhodok also spoke out.
"Who. The king did not have Rhodok, but said lightly, even in such a weak tone, the anger and the aura of the superior did not weaken. Alan originally thought that the Kakamans did it, but he recalled it carefully just now, and the Kakamans had been beaten out of the Hall of Lords before he fell unconscious, and his wife was still alive and well at that time.
"Who did it," said the king again with a heavy voice.
Rhodok hesitated for a moment, then whispered in the king's ear, "Martin Farion, the eldest son of the Farion. ”
The king nodded, and Rodok could see the murderous intent in the king's eyes. Just as the king was feeling resentful, his feet suddenly went limp, and he fell to the ground if it had not been for the help of Pikes and Roddock. Alan gasped and reached out to the priest for him to pass the torch.
With the support of Rhodok and Pikes, the king lit the pyre, watching the raging fire rise, Allen's feet were weak and could no longer support it, and Rhodok and Pikes did not dare to hold Allen hard, after all, he still had injuries on his body. A clever soldier had already followed with a stretcher, and at this time he hurriedly stepped forward, and Rodok and Pikes took advantage of the situation to put Alan on the stretcher.
Just as he was ordering the soldiers to carry the king away, Alan grabbed Rhodok's hand in a daze and asked, "Were you in command when I was unconscious?"
"Your Majesty, it was I who failed to protect the Queen. Rhodok couldn't help but want to cry when he heard it, and his deep self-blame made him speechless to face his friend.
"No!" Alan shook his head, "I'm not blaming you, I don't know what's going on, but I know it's going to be tough these days." ”
"Pikes. The king shouted softly. Pikes hurriedly said that he was there, and after the king weakly said that he had appointed Rhodok as the marshal of the Northridge, he fainted again.
"Your Highness announces!Appointment Lord Rodok as Marshal of Northridge!" Pikes shouted, and Rodok ignored the reaction of the crowd and followed the king's stretcher to the lord's hall.
"I punched Parker last night. Grave said to Rhodock, "He drank too much, and said you were like a chasing the king to lick." ”
"Don't do that next time. Rhodok said: "We can't make a mess at this time, he drinks too much and let him go." ”
The two of them held on to the hilt of their swords, and the armor on their bodies was dressed in sets, and the sky in Eternal Night City was bright again, and everyone hadn't slept much in the past few days, so they all felt why the sun was so dazzling. The populace is turning into a long stream of people pouring out of Eternal Night City to the south.
"If I'm lucky, I'll be able to raid the Kakaman's camp tonight, and the scouts have reported their movements, and I can probably guess where they're going to camp. Grave looked at Rhodok and said.
"I can guess that, too. Rhodok nodded: "Long Grass Beach, only that can garrison so many people, but you have to be careful, they must be well defended when they are so close to us." ”
"Take care of my brother. Grave said this without a word.
Rhodok looked at Grave and said to him, "He is the king, and everyone will take care of him, but you are his brother, and if you die, no one will be able to trust him, and you have to buy time for us, and promise me not to do anything stupid." ”
Grave looked into Rhodock's eyes and nodded earnestly, and the fat lord led a group of knights to speed past the crowd, which were the only scouts left for everyone. The cavalry had been assembled and were waiting for orders north of the city of Eternal Night, and Rhodok nodded to Gregor, who also nodded to Rhodok, stepped on his horse with his sword, and headed north with his guards.
A clarion call sounded over the city of Eternal Night.