With Barney Jr.'s cold words, Naki muttered and lay down on the spot, and Cannon curled up and shrunk back.

The others also went their separate ways and returned to the darkness behind their cells.

Semir looked at them in amazement, unable to understand their indifference.

How......

"Little Barney, it's me!"

Semir stepped forward, the firelight catching up with Barney Jr.'s back.

He couldn't control his emotions a little, and shouted anxiously: "Second flag officer, Colin Semir!"

"Naki Cannon Belletti?"

But no one paid any attention to him.

Semir stared blankly at the five cold cells, watching several figures disappear before his eyes.

Ricky coughed.

"Sémir, our mission ......"

But Semir was obviously not a believer, and he suddenly gritted his teeth, rushed to Barney Jr.'s cell in two steps, and grabbed the metal fence: "Hey, Barney, you-"

However, Samir's words came to an abrupt end!

Syllable!

There was a bang, and a burst of fire visible to the naked eye burst out from between his palm and the fence!

Semir let out a scream of pain, as if he had been struck hard, flew backwards, and fell to the ground, groaning lowly.

His torches fell to the ground, kicking up a lot of dust.

The sudden change startled everyone.

Clay caught up with Sonny and lifted the pale-faced Semir, who trembled and stretched out his palm, which was burned with burn marks.

"Be careful!"

Ricky looked at the metal fence with a solemn expression, looking at the clear handprints that Semir had left on it: "This is a trick of the mages, these fences are strange, no one should touch them." ”

Tails looked at the fences with trepidation, wondering what it was.

Semir gasped for breath and, with Clay's support, gritted his teeth and looked into the darkness of the cell ahead.

"Little Barney!" he exclaimed.

But it was still dark in the cell, and there was no response.

The drill frowned in the crowd: "What's going on with them?"

Josh shook his head, his eyes sharp:

"This is prison. ”

"A place that can drive you crazy. ”

There was silence for a while.

Ricky cast an inquiring look at Semir, but the latter just bowed his head and said nothing, his face struggling.

Clay tentatively spoke: "We ......"

It was at this moment that Semir broke free of Clay's support and suddenly spoke.

"In the name of the supreme god Losophia, in the name of the Great Comora, in the name of the magnificent gods, the kings of the ages, the spirits of the knights......"

Semir's voice was low, deep, but incomparably clear, as if there was a penetrating force that reverberated through the hall.

Tails froze.

The Most High God......

...... of Comora the Great

Semir gasped and looked up at the five cells in front of him.

In the darkness, there were several slowly speeding gasps.

Soon, Barney's voice came from the cell, with a hint of hesitation and confusion:

"You, what do you say......"

Semir took a deep breath and took a step forward.

Tails saw that Semir's expression was unprecedented: the fire swept across his face, echoing the determination on his face.

I only heard Sémir speak:

"I vow that I will dedicate my life to the throne and serve the emperor forever, and there will be no other master. ”

He gritted his teeth and said no more, echoing through the hall.

The former flag bearer still looked at the darkness in the cell, as if waiting for something.

One second, two seconds......

He was not disappointed.

A voice that seemed to wake up from a nightmare suddenly came:

"I swear that this sword is only for the emperor to wield, only for the emperor to break and break, and there is no other use. ”

With the voice, a figure appeared in front of the fence: Tails recognized it, it was the lazy Naki.

But his voice is no longer lazy.

Semir's face glowed with mixed pain.

A third voice sounded faintly, and took their words:

"I swear that this body will be buried in the resting place of the throne, or buried in the bones of the emperor's life halfway, and there will be no other end. ”

In the cell, Tardin's confused expression left the darkness and entered the light of the fire.

Needless to say, the fourth and fifth voices followed suit, continuing the oath:

"I vow that this soul will not go to hell, will not enter heaven, will not care about the world, but will forge a majestic empire, and there will be no other home. ”

Semir's eyes flashed, and he opened his mouth lightly to recite this unusual passage with the prisoners:

"When the edict came, the knights were gathered. ”

The prisoners who had disappeared before appeared in the firelight, through the fence, to join in the chant.

"Where the iron hoofs go, the night is all gone. ”

Bitterness, agitation, sluggishness, confusion, trance—Tails read a multitude of different emotions on the faces of the prisoners.

"As the sword points out, troubled times will end. ”

Finally, little Barney, with a serious face, stepped out of the darkness and stood behind the fence.

"The inheritance is immortal," he and Semir looked at each other, and read the last sentence together:

"Empires are eternal. ”

Silent.

Empires are eternal.

The muscles in Tails' hands tightened slightly.

At that moment, whether it was Hammer, Russell, or the Swords of Calamity, or the captives of Fastrope, Dean, and Tampa, they all looked at these special prisoners in amazement, staring at their interaction with Semir.

Semir sighed softly in the flickering firelight.

"I remember, that day, your father, Big Quill Barney, specifically mentioned it before taking the oath," he smiled, revealing a bitter smile:

He said that the original text of this oath was the ancient emperor's Chinese, which represents the glory of the past, and he also said......"

Little Barney, who was in prison, shook his head and took his words.

"He said that he felt that we wastes were not qualified to join the royal guard, and that we were not qualified to be the 'Emperor's Guards' who would shine through the ages," Barney Jr. said with a flat face, "It's a shame to even be in the same room with us." ”

Until that day, he died in front of the palace gate. ”

Semir's face darkened, and he bowed his head.

"Oh my God...... You're, you're really ......" On the other side, Belletti's gaze locked on Semir, not moving for a long time.

Barney Jr. wasn't silent for long, and he turned to another cell.

"Naki, Cannon. ”

"Light the lights. ”

His words are poignant, concise, and unquestionable.

Naki rubbed his already dirty face, "Are you serious, Your Excellency the Pioneer, this is the oil we squeezed out of that gerbil, and even if we add these dry ingredients, it won't last long...... I don't know how long it will take to catch the next ......."

I only heard Barney Jr. in the prison shouting angrily:

"Light up!"

Naki didn't say anything more, and soon, a fire ignited in his cell, illuminating the figures outside.

"Semir," looking at the other party's illuminated face, Barney Jr.'s words carried endless sighs and mixed emotions:

"It's really you. ”

"Second Flag Officer. ”

Semir did not speak.

The rest of the prisoners gasped and approached the fence, trying to get a better look at the person in front of them.

Naki rubbed his eyes desperately, and Cannon, beside him, shuddered as he breathed deeply.

"Brie!"

Tardin, who had just been mimicking the sound of thunder, turned his head and yelled at his roommate, "Brie!"

"Ahhh

The people outside the cell were stunned for a moment, and before they could react, they saw Tardin's large roommate roaring in response: "Woo ahh

Then, he pounced on Tarding like a giant bear!

Boom!

There was a muffled sound.

Tails' eyes widened as he watched as the prisoner named Brie screamed and threw a punch right in Tardin's face!

The strength is amazing, and there is no mercy.

They're ...... Do?

Tardine slammed into the wall behind him and groaned in pain.

But just as Brie's ferocious second punch was about to come, he unbelievably jumped up from the wall, swung an elbow sideways, and slammed Brie's chin!

Bang!

Brie shook her head and took a step back, screaming in pain, and then with a fierce look, she struck at Tarding again!

Boom!

In this way, everyone watched in shock as the two prisoners in the cell fought back and forth together.

Fists to the flesh, fierce moves.

But neither Barney Jr. nor Nye, nor Naki, Cannon, and Belletti turned a blind eye.

Semir also watched their fierce fight in disbelief, at a loss.

Finally, after Tarding kicked Brie in the chest and kicked his fierce rival away, he exclaimed, "That's enough!"

Brie lowered her arms to attack, gasping for breath and staring at him viciously.

Soon, Tardin, who had a blue nose and swollen face and bleeding from the corners of his mouth, got up, looked at Semir, and said inarticulately:

"I'm sorry, that's the only way to do it, hehe. ”

Semir was stunned.

I saw Tarding rubbing his red and swollen chin, supporting each other with Brie, looking at him intently, and smiling strangely: "Hehehe, confirm that the people in it are real, not our sparkling." ”

After a while, Semir bowed his head wordlessly.

"I'm real, Tardin," he said sadly:

"Not an illusion. ”

"It's not. ”

Tails sensed a lot of emotion from his words.

On the other side, Nai looked at Semir tightly: "What, Semir, they still captured you back, right? What plot do they have? Who are they going to kill this time?"

Semir shook his head.

Cannon shivered slightly, hiding behind Naki nervously, "What, beheaded, or hanged? Are we still in there?"

Semir stared at them with an indescribable gaze, still shaking his head.

"You've lost a lot of weight and aged a lot," Naki sneered in prison, "Of course, at least you don't have to shave with a stone knife." ”

"Not quite right," asked Belletti, with long hair hanging down her face and a chest-length beard, with her arms folded and wary and ill-intentioned.

"Why are you cowards here?

Semir remained silent, allowing them to look at him and listen to their strange questions.

Until Barney Jr. asked.

"Now, Semir," Barney Jr. said, taking a deep breath and asking an unexpected but thought-provoking question:

"What year is it?"

As soon as these words came out, the prisoners in the cell fell silent.

They looked at Semir in silence.

After a while, Semir exhaled: "The end calendar, 679." ”

Little Barney was stunned for a moment, then turned pale and took several steps back.

The prisoners were stunned.

"I'm not very clear, help me do the math," Naki stabbed Cannon, who turned his head anxiously and looked around in anguish, clutching his hair, "679, 679, so, six hundred and seventy-nine minus six hundred and seven...... No, six hundred and five, no, six hundred and six...... When did we get here?"

Cannon didn't answer him, just sat down curled up, fear written all over his face.

"How could it be ......?"

"Eighteen years. ”

Little Barney looked around in a trance and laughed inexplicably: "It's been eighteen years." ”

Semir did not speak.

Eighteen years.

With an unspeakable feeling, Tails silently watched this special reunion after a long absence.

"About thirty years, Cannon, he said, and Naki said five years at most......"

Little Barney was immersed in his own world, his face was painful, and the imprint on his face trembled slightly: "I don't believe in either of them, I, I've been counting the number of times supplies are delivered, I count them myself, I thought it was only seven or eight years......"

He sat down, his expression twitched, and he laughed loudly: "Hahaha, hahahaha......"

The laughter was bitter and hoarse.

Soon, Naki and Tardin joined in the laughter, and the other prisoners were either lost or dumbfounded, and did not say a word.

Semir closed his eyes for a long time.

"You're here...... What about the others?"

He asked with difficulty.

The laughter in the hall stopped.

Barney Jr. looked up, his gaze cold.

"Didn't you bring torches?"

He spread out his hands and said coldly, "See for yourself." ”

Semir's eyebrows moved.

He stepped forward quickly, ignoring the blinding light of the fire that caused the prisoners to cover their eyes and retreat in pain, illuminating each cell through the fence.

After a few seconds, Semir's figure shook several times and took a few steps back weakly.

"How...... How could it be ......," he muttered.

The prisoners were silent.

In his cell, Cannon covered his face and slid against the wall, sobbing in pain.

At that moment, Tails saw the scene in front of him clearly:

Nearly seven or eight cells, each filled with human bones and dried corpses.

But unlike before, most of the bones were stacked in unison, with the head on top and the body on the bottom, neatly placed on the ground, one after the other.

Behind Barney Jr., there were five neat corpses, one of which still had dry skin and muscles.

It's like......

Like a cemetery, Tails whispered inwardly.

Semir twisted his face and looked at Barney Jr.

"Alan and Walker are fighting in their cells, and there are eight or nine of them," Barney Jr. said lightly, but his eyes were blank: "Molian has a high fever that does not go away, Toby is injured and infected, Rose is a strange disease that cannot be named, and the 'bedbug' is that he can't think of it, and several people are ......like him."

"Kamera went crazy and one day suddenly stopped eating or drinking......"

Bobby wanted to pry open the fence until he found out that prolonged exposure to them was fatal. ”

"Myro can't wake up for some reason," Barney Jr. tightened his expression and clenched his fists in pain: "As for the big man Laray, well, he's not getting normal, and the people in their cell have to do something before he kills the third man, so ......"

He took a deep breath and forced his emotions back into his body.

"Kim and Skeleton went together, they were the last two in the same room, and they agreed to cut each other's wrists......"

"One day Rogo suddenly went crazy and shouted, crying and laughing for a day and a night, and then he was silent. ”

Semir listened quietly, and the torch in his hand trembled slightly at each new name.

Cox walked peacefully, and he still had time to leave his last words. ”

"Ke Laimen is just a common cold, but we don't have medicine, we just watch him day by day...... In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, and it was my hand. ”

Barney Jr. laughed dryly.

"In the same cell, people who die early can still have a decent funeral," he looked at his hands, and then glanced at the five corpses behind him, and an indescribable emotion flashed in his eyes: "As for the last remaining people, just lie down and wait." ”

Tails stared at the scruffy prisoner in amazement.

He looked at the deep cell, at the glossy fence, and thought of the dry bones and dried corpses on the upper floors, and his heart felt indescribable.

Boom.

Semir knelt down on one knee, his face pale: "Say that, say that......"

Barney Jr. looked up and snorted at him outside his cell.

"Yes, Second Flag Bearer, His Excellency Colin Semir. ”

"Eighteen years...... At the beginning, forty-five people, forty-five men, and forty-five noble knights were in the prime of life, and they were forty-five noble knights......"

The corners of Barney's mouth curled more and more, until he pulled out a smile full of hatred, bitterness, sarcasm, and bitterness:

"Forty-five royal guards in the White Bone Prison. ”

He looked up blankly at the bones around him, silently meeting the other six prisoners.

"Probably ......"

"There are only seven of us left. ”

(End of chapter)