Chapter 72: The Fallen Lion [VII.]
Camille watched Cohen and Xuelu walk into the rock house, she sighed helplessly, turned around and grabbed Hoth's hands tightly, and asked softly, "Your Highness Elvis, what did you say to them?" Haute looked at Camille's pale face, slowly lowered his head, and said, "I told Cohen everything just now to save you." But I don't regret it, Sister Camille. ”
"I hope Your Highness you are right!" Camille hesitated for a moment, looked around carefully, and then said: "Your Highness, you first go to the woods in the back mountain to hide for a while, if Cohen and they have bad intentions for a while, you hide in the dark woods, and you have a chance to escape." You can't come out until I'm done talking to him and making sure it's safe. Camille took out a delicate dagger from his bosom, thrust it into Hort's hand, and motioned for him to hurry to the forest to find a place to hide.
Hult looked at Camille hesitantly, and originally wanted to explain a few words for Cohen, but Camille didn't give him time to explain at all, and whispered thank you in Hult's ear, turned around and walked towards the house, when the wooden door was closed, Hult even saw Camille's eyes flashing with tears.
Although he was grateful to Camille for caring for him, Hult trusted Cohen and the others at this time, after all, Camille's life was saved by Xuelu, and it would be easy for them to harm themselves, so there was no need to go through such a big effort. But at the end of the day, Hult still hid alone in the woods in the back mountain according to Camille's arrangement, saying one thing and doing another, and Hult had seen many of them in the royal city since he was a child. Watching Hult walk into the woods step by step, Camille smiled comfortingly, then collected his mood and walked towards Cohen with an expressionless poker face.
At this time, Cohen briefly described the truth that Hoult had just told Xuelu, and when Xuelu learned that the two were inadvertently involved in a battle for the heir to the throne, she immediately showed a surprised expression, and immediately looked at Cohen and asked, "Then you just told Camille that you could help them escape from the royal city, what do you mean?"
Cohen nodded and said, "I can't turn a blind eye to this matter, for the so-called power to actually put such a heavy hand on women and children, if Hort's brother is really king, you can imagine what the future Anasta Kingdom will be like." Maybe we can't change anything because our strength is weak, but if we don't change it because our strength is weak, then the future outcome is destined to be an uncontrollable tragedy. After hearing Cohen's words, Xuelu's eyes gradually blurred when she looked at Cohen, and an indescribable strange feeling rampaged through her body, which was actually a long-lost touch.
Just when Xuelu happily wanted to say something to vent her inner feelings, Camille walked over with a blank face and said, "Since you know Hoth's true identity, let's say, what are your plans? If you do anything against Hoth, don't even think of touching one of his cold hairs unless you step over my corpse." After speaking, he violently kicked off a dead wood behind the wooden door, pulled out the giant sword hidden in it and put on a fighting posture, and looked at Cohen and the two with cold killing intent exuding from his whole body.
"Your body hasn't recovered yet, and if you use your combat skills again, you won't be able to improve your strength in this life!" Xue Lu looked at the murderous Camille and said lightly.
Camille hesitated for a moment, and said to Xuelu: "Xie Lu, thank you for saving me, but if you do anything unfavorable to Hoth, even if you fight for this life, I have to stop you, protecting his safety is far more important than my life." ”
At this time, Cohen, who had been sitting in the chair, stood up, walked up to Camille without hesitation, grabbed the giant sword with one hand and put it abruptly around his neck, and said in a deep voice: "I know that no oath can convince you now, but as a warrior, you should trust the weapon in your hand, I just want to tell you now, I want to help Hult escape from the royal city, as for the struggle for power between their brothers, I have no interest in the struggle for power." With that, his eyes were fixed on Camille, waiting for her reply.
Seeing the sharp blade of the giant sword gently against Cohen's neck, Camille knew that as long as he used a little force, the life of the elf in front of him could be completely returned to the embrace of the gods. But the firmness and calmness in his eyes, as well as his loud promise, made Camille, who was originally in a desperate situation, seem to see a ray of light.
"Is there anything else that makes you hesitate?" Cohen asked.
Camille shook his head, his voice trembling a little, and said: "I don't know if I can trust you, after all, this trust is to gamble with the life of His Highness Elvis, if I make a mistake in judgment and cause His Highness Elvis to die, I will become a disgrace to the Black Rock Skull Guardian Regiment, and I will make the glory of the Guardian Regiment lose its glory." ”
"Does the glory of the warrior make you obsessed?" Cohen burst into a shout, grabbed the blade of the sword and shook it hard, the giant sword flew out in response, Camille was pressed to the ground by Cohen before he could react, his right arm was directly stuck in her throat, and said angrily: "I can't see the situation clearly, just by virtue of a belief indiscriminately raise the sword in my hand and take my life, this is the so-called glory of your Black Rock Skull Guardian Regiment?"
"You are not allowed to slander the reputation of the Guardian Regiment!" Camille, who was pressed to the ground, roared, and raised Cohen's right arm with all his might, taking advantage of this opportunity to slam his forehead into Cohen's nose, Cohen didn't expect Camille to use this deadly play, and suddenly became angry, regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one directly to meet it, with a dull collision sound, the heads of the two slammed together, and suddenly felt that the sky was spinning and the stars were rising. Camille was originally recovering from a serious injury, and under the violent impact, he suddenly felt uncomfortable in his stomach, curled up and fell to the ground, snorting in pain, and a mouthful of bitter water spurted out without holding back.
Cohen slowly stood up, rubbed his head and walked to Camille's side, grabbed her by the collar and slammed her against the wall, and shouted angrily: "Wake up, if the Black Rock Skull Guardian is really so proud of you, why are you the only one fighting for what Elvis is persecuted to this point? Why did the queen just arrange for you to secretly take Elvis out of the royal city, where did those Black Rock Skull guards who swore allegiance to the royal family go at this moment? You tell me!!!!" Cohen slapped Camille on the cheek after speaking, and then let go of his hands and let Camille slide down the floor, and scolded at the end: "It is the group of guards who turn their backs on the glory of warriors who disgrace the glory of warriors, not you!"
"I know the Dao, I know what you say, but what can I do, the entire Black Rock Skeleton Escort Regiment is rotten, the entire royal family is rotten, the entire War Lion Crusader City is completely rotten and declined, this country that smells of decay is dying day by day, but what can I do, you tell me, what can I do?" Camille lay on the ground and cried hoarsely, in the past two years, the Black Rock Skull Guardian Group has long been separated and disintegrated, and the former comrades-in-arms have drawn their swords against each other in the shameless power struggle of the royal family, trampling on the corpses of their comrades for power and money, and marching towards the other side of ambition.
When he received the queen's secret order to escape from the royal city with His Royal Highness Elvis, he once asked for help from his comrades in the Black Rock Skull Escort Regiment, this comrade-in-arms who had been born and died with him before, sold his whereabouts to the second prince just for a bag of gold coins, if it weren't for him, he and His Royal Highness Elvis would have left the royal city long ago and left the country.
"Who will save the Black Rock Skull Guardians, who will save the Lion Crusader City, who will save the declining Anasta Kingdom? You tell me, who can I trust?" Camille kept pounding his fists on the ground, unwilling tears sliding down his cheeks and dripping to the ground.
"I'm here to save it all!" a childish voice suddenly came from outside the door. Camille looked up at the door in disbelief, only to see Hort standing by the door with two chubby little hands, his chubby body trembling slightly, and his eyes, which had been smiling all day, were faintly shining with determination.
"Your Highness Elvis, why did you run back?" Camille struggled to his feet, walked quickly to the door and stopped in front of Elvis, still looking at Cohen and Xuelu vigilantly.
Elvis patted Camille's little hand lightly and said, "Sister Camille, I believe that Cohen and Sister Xuelu will never harm me, I want to sit down and talk to them well, for the sake of the future!"
Camille was stunned, in her impression, His Royal Highness Elvis was a useless little fat man all day except for eating, drinking, and having fun, and if it weren't for his transcendent status as the fourth prince, no one would believe that such a fat man would be hunted down. If it is expected that King Anasta will pass the throne to the eldest prince or the second prince, then the king suddenly shows unusual closeness to the fourth prince, as if he wants to pass the throne to a fat man who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, then it is no wonder that the group of generals and dukes are ganging up and preparing to cooperate with the two princes to usurp the throne. But such a worthless fourth prince actually said things like 'for the future' in front of him today, and promised to save the city of the Lion Crusader and the Kingdom of Anasta, Camille felt for the first time that he couldn't see through His Highness Elvis at all.
Camille sighed and stepped out of the way for Elvis to walk in front of Cohen, but he said sorry to Cohen and Xuelu, and quietly leaned back on the tattered chair in the corner, looking at Elvis without saying a word, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.
"Cohen, Sister Shelly, I hope you don't hold a grudge against Sister Camille, in fact, she is also for my good!" Elvis walked up to Cohen and said sincerely.
Cohen rubbed the swollen bag on his head and smiled bitterly: "Actually, Xuelu and I don't blame her at all, and we are not qualified to blame her, if I am in her position, I think what I did is even more extreme." After all, I'm also a warrior who values glory very much. ”
Elvis nodded, said thank you, and then trotted over to Camille's side and found a random place to sit down, pondered for a moment, and then asked Cohen, "Cohen, I want to know how you took me out of this royal city?"