Monty looked directly at Nicola, and his smile slowly evaporated:

"And I'm looking at you now, isn't it the same?"

The Starfall shook his head.

His face darkened: "We should have been the most loyal, pure, and glorious White-Bladed Guards......"

"We also used to fight side by side with blood, pride and joy, and shed blood for Exeter. ”

"What is it that has brought us to this point?"

Monty interrupted him.

"Don't you understand, Thorn?"

"Yes, we are, the most loyal, the purest, the most glorious of the White Guards," he said, in a low voice that sounded like the hopeless struggle of a dying patient:

"But look at the shining names in the history of the Guard, which one is not a legend of noble birth and pure blood—even for the nobility, it is an honor to enter the White Guards and serve the King. ”

Monty slowly lifted his gaze.

"But when Kaslan broke with convention and began to pluck the White Guards from among the civilians, when he opened his sharp eyes and carefully selected us inferior from the soldiers who had been on the battlefield to train us to become the Dragonguards......"

Monty let out a long sigh: "Things have changed, and the result is already doomed." ”

"We are at odds with the aristocratic rulers who have been inherited for many years. ”

Nicolas was speechless.

Monty chuckled and remembered the past: "I remember very well that on the first day of standing guard at the Imperial Council, no one looked down on us, whether it was a nobleman with a title fief, a bureaucrat with only an honorary title, or even a noble-born old guard, the white-bladed defiler, and that's what they called us. ”

He glanced at Nicolas meaningfully: "We'll never get in." ”

Nicolas bowed his head.

Isaiah understood this early on, so he simply went to the outpost, to the most dangerous and simple of all, to the thirty-eight outposts, and made a pure choice between the enemy and us. ”

"And the rest of the guard ......"

"Look at me, look at Mielke, look at Carlos, look at Shiva, look at Justin, look at what we're going to do, and look at yourself......" Monty said as he laughed himself.

Laughter is sad.

The Starfaller frowned.

"You've worked so hard for so many years, and even killed the 'Butcher of the Stars' Horace Bright Star under the Broken Dragon Fortress, and you've been famous for more than a decade—you're just a small lord, and you're not even qualified to attend the banquet at Valhalla. ”

"Remember the day of the political hearing a few days ago?"

Monty looked at him amusedly, as if looking at the biggest fool in history: "When you, as the protector of the Grand Duchess of Longxiao City and the defender of the order of the meeting, speak, which of the counts and viscounts of Longxiao City, which of them will take you seriously?"

Nicolai looked at Monty's disdainful smile and exhaled slowly.

"We'll never understand," Monty grimaced, "what are the nobles on their minds." ”

The Raven's breath became rapid, and dark memories of the past flooded back his mind:

"The current Grand Duke of Willan, Rebion Auretheus, has been poisoned twice by his half-brother, but no one knows that the poison was ordered by Nunn and me to do with Caslan, so that Rebion could blame his brother and eventually become the Grand Duke - but after the deed was done, Nunn asked me to safely snatch his unsuspecting brother out and use it as a tool to control the Willan Lord......"

"Remember the large-scale eastward bandit suppression in Longxiao City not long after you took over as acting captain? In fact, I was also a member of that group of bandits: Longxiao City sent me to infiltrate this bandit's den to send them arms and strengthen their strength so that they could unscrupulously attack Longxiao City's own caravans—so King Nunn had an excuse to attack the Grand Duke of the Glacier Sea. ”

"Their power game, we will never understand. ”

Listening to the other party's narration, the meteorite's breathing couldn't help but speed up.

"After Suriel's death, I seem to have given up the White Blade in a fit of rage and took refuge in Qiyuan City, in fact, I am a spy sent to Qiyuan City by Longxiao City, and I continue to monitor the movements of the Ronnie family on behalf of King Nunn, and from time to time incite their vassals to rebel. ”

Monty gasped.

"And then, Nunn died," Monty said, bowing his head, his face gloomy:

"My blade in the darkness has suddenly lost most of its meaning—but here's even more irony: my surveillance, the famous Grand Duke of Qiyuan City, Kurikun Ronnie, suddenly found me, and I realized that he had always known that I was King Nunn's crow, the king's spy!"

Speaking of this, Monty laughed exaggeratedly: "But that hidden bastard, he just pretended to be unaware and played a big show with me for twelve years! until King Nunn died!

"And Ronnie told me that Nunn knew he had seen through my lurking, but the two of them were wary of each other, pretending not to know each other like pantomime, except for me hanging in the middle - hahahaha, acting for twelve years!"

"Twelve years, won't they get tired?"

Monty's smile was exaggerated and deformed.

Nicolai looked at Monty bitterly, not at all amused.

He knew, and Monty wasn't funny.

The Dead Raven had finally laughed enough.

His face sank, as if he had returned to the dark abyss: "For decades, I have learned from their methods, learned games that I never understood, wearing a mask all the time, disguising myself, ready to change my face at any time. ”

Monty gently rubbed his face, a little distracted.

It's not like it's your own skin.

"Sometimes, when I go back to Longxiao City, I go back to the White Blade Guards, and try to remove my disguise, only to find that I am used to acting even when I drink with my brothers......"

Monty took a deep breath: "I even have the illusion that the mask is the real me, and only by wearing the mask can I be considered to have removed the disguise." ”

The Dead Raven coughed a few times in pain, and looked lost:

"But there, only there, in the courtyard of blood that Adele had tended with her own hands, looking obsessively at her countenance, could I feel that maybe I was more than a mask. ”

Monty raised his head, touched his face, and squeezed out a numb smile: "I also have my own feelings and beliefs. ”

He shuddered slightly, as if to confirm something, and repeated mechanically:

"It's not just masks. ”

The Meteorite was silent.

Then, a few seconds later, Monty took a few deep breaths and stood up steadily, leaning against the rock wall.

This time, Monty shook a few times, but did not fall again.

The Meteorite suddenly changed color!

Worst.

Monty was already on his feet, ready to move, to fetch his crossbow.

And ...... for yourself

Nicolai looked at the bolt on his shoulder, gritting his teeth in hatred.

In this game of "holding on to the end", it seems that the winner has been decided.

Is it the end?

Nicolai gripped the bolt on his shoulder again, and despite the pain, tried to escape its grip.

But she left anyway. ”

Monty's lonely voice came.

"The fucking assassin sent by the secret department is probably a novice," the Dead Raven laughed, but the Starfall could hear the chill:

"Just like when I first started in this industry, he couldn't do anything about the kids...... In the end, it affected Adele. ”

His mood went down: "Her death threw my somewhat meaningful life back into the bottomless darkness. ”

Monty's expression slowly became hideous: "Deeper, darker, darker." ”

Nicolai screamed in pain, but the bolt on his shoulder was still difficult to pull out, and in desperation, he tried to turn against the rock wall, trying to "pull" himself out.

Monty shook his head and cautiously stretched out his burned arm as a balance to take the first step.

"The purpose of the White Guard's existence is to be a blade to defend the Northlands. ”

"But I, since a long time ago, I can't find the meaning of my existence," Monty said gloomily, "so I don't look for it anymore—to live is meaning, and that's enough." ”

Nicolai's face contorted and he tried his best, but the bolt seemed to be stuck in the middle of the bone, unable to move.

"As long as I survive," Monty's voice continued, "it doesn't matter who my loyalty belongs to." ”

Beads of sweat grew on the Meteorite's forehead.

"As long as there is no chance to hesitate," Monty gritted his teeth, looked at the other party's futile efforts, and said solemnly in a gasp:

"I don't have to hesitate. ”

The dead crow pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a ruthless look: "Don't blame me, thorn - this is life." ”

Hopeless, the Meteorite finally gave up his efforts, and he breathed a sigh of relief as if resigned to his fate, and looked at his opponent.

Monty smiled and turned to his crossbow.

However, the next moment, a young and full male duck came in a loud voice: "Huhu, this thing...... That's not easy. ”

Both men in the deathmatch were stunned.

They turned their heads in unison.

I saw that under the sun, a young man with an embarrassed description was standing where the crossbow of time fell—the black weird arm crossbow was held in his hand.

"I remember...... That's how it winds, isn't it?"

The boy stood firmly on the ground, frowned, put his foot into the pedal at the top of the crossbow, stepped on it, bent down, and grasped the hook attached to the crossbow arm with both hands, and hooked the string of the crossbow.

He took a deep breath, pulled the crossbow string hard, and straightened up.

The strings slowly deform and lengthen.

"Uh-huh—is it the first time," the young man held his face and gritted his teeth, "Why, so, tight ......"

Finally, I only heard a "click":

The crossbow strings are in place.

The boy breathed a sigh of relief, gasping for breath, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up the crossbow of time, and smiled.

Both Nicollet and Monty stared blankly at the boy, their eyes focused in disbelief on his freely moving limbs.

"How could it be ......" The meteorite's eyes were full of shock and bewilderment, and he stared at the boy as if he wanted to dissect him.

But at this time, Nicolas was so clumsy that he couldn't even say a complete sentence: "I just ...... you ...... your hands and feet."

The boy's eyebrows furrowed.

"Ah, do you mean that?"

The young man looked at the two men who were seriously injured and could not recover, slowly raised his left hand, and shook it in embarrassment.

"Well, it does feel like my left wrist is a little stiff," Prince Tails Bright Star, who had regained his feet, shrugged his shoulders and smiled a little shyly.

"I don't know, maybe it's a little crooked. ”

Monty's eyes widened.

"No way. The weakened Death Crow flickered, and he hurriedly held on to the rock wall, but his stunned expression remained unchanged.

He turned to Nicolas as if to get proof from his opponent: "But you did ...... his bones just now"

Nicollet gave Monty a stinky face back: "Nonsense. ”

Tails didn't care about the mood of the two men in the slightest, and happily took two steps in place, moving neatly and without sluggishness.

Nicolas and Monty became more and more suspicious.

Tails looked at the two sluggish men and sighed, "What's so strange about this, don't you know?"

The second prince chuckled.

"This is the secret of why the Bright Star Royal Family has been able to rule the stars for nearly seven hundred years......"

Nicola's eyebrows moved, and Monty's pupils shrank!

Both held their breath at the same time.

In the next second, I saw Tails show a mysterious expression.

"It is said that the blood of the imperial family comes from the gods," Prince Xingchen raised an eyebrow, pointed to the sky, and smiled maliciously, "Even their blood is bright gold, if they are under the sun, they can still shine!"

The two men were petrified in place.

"Broken bones or something...... Tails smiled and showed a mouthful of big white teeth, shining in the sun:

"We'll be healed in two minutes. ”

It's weird.

Tails whispered, feeling the exhaustion and weakness left behind by the sins of the Prison River.

and—

"Goo-Goo......

At this moment, a strange noise came from Tails's stomach.

The prince's face was hot.

But Nicollet and Monty still stared at him with the eyes of a monster, and did not come back to their senses for a long time.

Maybe their eyes were too hot, maybe the scene was too awkward, Tails couldn't help but cough, interrupting the silence.

"Okay, now listen to me......"

Tails happily hugged his black arm crossbow and pressed a bolt that had fallen to the ground into the groove.

He lifted the crossbow of time, which was ready to be fired, and clasped the bracket, his crossbow arm against his right armpit.

Tails closed his left eye, and the arrow was aimed at the immobilized meteorite who was pinned to the rock wall.

Nicolais's face turned pale.

He reluctantly struggled again, but could only look at the crossbow bolt that pierced his arm and shoulder, oozing more blood.

"Now, then, we have a question that needs to be answered. ”

"Excuse me, my honourable Lord Seri Nicolet," Tyles, who was completely injured and looked up as if he had been refreshed, asked with a smile, "...... you eat?"

"It's right-handed, right?"

Nicolai stared blankly at the crossbow in Tails' hand.

But a second later, he just snorted coldly without showing weakness, "you." ”

Tails blinked.

"Hahahaha-"

The crow holding on to the rock wall laughed as it ate.

"Forget it, no matter how you managed it," Monty smiled happily, "Anyway, good job, Your Highness, now we just need to ......"

Tails' face was grim!

He lifted the crossbow arm with both hands.

At that moment, Nicollet's reluctance and Monty's smile froze on his face at the same time.

Tails, who looked serious, didn't pull the trigger at the Starfaller.

But the time crossbow in his hand turned an angle.

Straight to the point of-

Ned Monty.

"I just heard: as long as you survive," Tails said coldly, staring at Monty, "it doesn't matter who your loyalty belongs to, yes." ”

The Raven stared at him in disbelief.

I saw the prince squint slightly: "So, tell me, Lord Monty......"

"To whom do your allegiance belong?"