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Shadow Shield.

He had heard Gilbert recount the name.

It appears along with the name of the Saliton family in the tragedy of the Scarlet Year.

The direct murderer of the Bright Star royal family.

He thought of the small stone urns in the Tomb of the Bright Stars in the Fuxing Palace, from the king's eldest son, Midil, to Horace, to the twin princes Bancroft and Heyman.

and the youngest princess, Constance Star.

But the Shadow Shield - Tails looked at Pefit in disbelief - assassinated me?

How could it be......

His thoughts were quickly interrupted.

"Enough. ”

King Nunn's voice rang out in the hall.

"As long as I'm in Longxiao City for one day," the king said with a gloomy face, and he threw Pefit down, "I won't allow such a despicable thing as assassination to happen again." ”

"Hmph," Parfitt chuckled, biting a word out between her teeth, "Tyrant." ”

King Nunn narrowed his eyes as he looked at the enemy, who was powerless to fight back.

"Let's put an end to all this," Piffet tugged at the corners of her lips with a cold expression, "I'm going to watch your family fall under the River of Hell!"

"Finish it!"

King Nunn clenched his fists lightly and was silent for several seconds.

Mixed emotions rose in his eyes.

Finally, King Nunn closed his eyes and exhaled through his nose.

"The duel is not over yet, but I can give you a chance," under the gaze of everyone, the old king opened his eyes and said lightly:

"Now open your mouth and admit defeat to me, and then fully confess your guilt and confess to your and Rumba's conspiracy. ”

"You can earn your life back. ”

Piffett was completely stunned.

What the.

What the?

"But the rest of your life will be spent in prison...... Your brother will inherit the city, and Peverett will still rule the land. ”

"Except for you, Fengzhao City will not be punished," the old king's eyes sharpened: "How is it." ”

Everyone in the hall was stunned.

Peverett looked at the king with blank eyes.

He lowered his head, breathing heavily.

Tails pondered the choice given by the king, and at this moment, Putile whispered in his ear: "If he agrees, if the city of Beacon in the future wants to rule firmly, it must not be an enemy of Walton." ”

Tails nodded abruptly.

Nicola next to him snorted coldly.

After a few seconds, Peverett slowly raised her head, and on her bleak face, a bitter smile appeared:

"Really?"

"Yes," said King Nunn lightly, "just say that word, and you will continue to breathe the air of the Northlands." ”

There was silence in the hall for a moment.

But it didn't take long for Piffett, who was lying on the ground, to put away her smile.

His face was like ice, his eyes were like iron, and his expression seemed to be covered with cold snow that could not be melted away for thousands of years.

The young Grand Duke looked the king in the eye.

Parfitt gritted her teeth, but said another word categorically:

"Never. ”

Tails shook his head.

"This is the North," Nicolai whispered behind Tails, "and it is a shame to be forgiven by the enemy. ”

King Nunn sighed.

But then he raised his head and gave Pefit a gentle smile:

"Good boy. ”

The old king smiled with a complicated expression.

Suddenly, Pefit kicked her left leg and jerked herself off the ground, screaming and crashing into King Nunn!

He was greeted by a gentle stomp from the old king, right in the calf bone.

"Boom!" Piffett lost her balance again and fell face down to the ground.

Poffett let out a final howl of diswillingness.

King Nunn shook his head slowly.

He stood up, knelt down against Pefit's back, and then reached out with his hands, grabbed Pefit's head tightly, and lifted him into view of the four archdukes.

The four Grand Dukes, Auretheus, Trudeda, Ronnie, and Leco, all stared at their king with solemn faces.

The next moment, Exeter's co-king, Nunn Walton VII, in his old but heroic voice, roared loudly:

"Look!"

The roar echoed through the hall.

King Nunn's face turned indignant, and he vigorously shouted the next sentence:

"This is Walton's enemy!"

Poffett's face was full of sadness, and a smile of relief appeared.

In the inhalation of many people, the king of the old country twisted his hands vigorously.

"Wook!"

The crisp sound of a broken neck bone reached Tails' ears.

"Plop!" Piffet fell to the ground.

This time, however, his head was facing up, staring blankly at the ceiling.

King Nunn sat down on the ground, staring blankly at the corpse of his enemy.

No one spoke.

All that remained in the hall was the howling of the wind and snow outside the window and the explosion of braziers in the hall, mixed with the uneven breathing of everyone.

Dead silence lasted for several seconds.

Until a light and moving trill, from the other side of the hall, came faintly:

"Death ......"

"It's just a long-lost homecoming. ”

The main priest of the Haoyue Temple, Home, said lightly.

She folded her arms again, sank her body, and slowly closed her eyes on the veil:

"The winner has been decided. ”

"Holy duel. ”

"It's over. ”

As soon as the words fell, the chief priest of the Haoyue Temple turned to leave.

The Scarlet Witch smiled and turned to follow her.

In the hall, many people finally exhaled slowly.

It's over.

With a wave of Lord Myrk's hand, the servants and guards hurried to him, and the doctors and healers, who had been on standby for a long time, hurried to King Nunn's side to bandage the wounds on his chest and face.

The king's vassals and the four Grand Dukes left the place one after another, in different moods, and left without thinking.

"I was wrong, this duel can't be blown for a year," Marquis Sleiss sighed, "enough for me to blow for a lifetime." ”

Nicolas glanced at him coldly, walked off the field, and began to direct the aftermath of the White Guards.

"A complicated day, my dear Highness," said Slais, holding his hat and saluting Tails politely, "forgive me for missing me, and go back at once to estimate the loss of business we may suffer in Beacon City - hopefully it will not exceed the reward given by His Majesty Nunn." ”

Tails shrugged and watched the Comas leave.

"What a fruitful day," Tails said, turning and whispering sarcastically, "we need to talk, Putile—about the Shadow Shield." ”

More than that, he had many things, including many doubts, to ask the well-informed deputy envoy.

"I agree. Putile nodded cautiously and solemnly.

Right now.

"You four!" the old king's old voice came from afar, "do you have any opinion on this duel?"

King Nunn raised his head, his gaze piercing the crowd and fixing on the four archdukes.

The hall fell silent again, and everyone looked at the four Grand Dukes.

The faces of the Grand Dukes were mixed, but Tails could feel the solemnity and vigilance on their countenances.

After all, a colleague had just died here.

"No," replied the king, it was the cold-voiced Grand Duke Ronnie, who only listened to him softly, "this is a holy duel, just revenge, fairness, justice - and Piffet has confessed his crimes." ”

Trudida was still smiling, Auresius was silent, and Leko looked away, unable to distinguish his expression.

King Nunn stared at the long-haired Grand Duke for a few seconds, then suddenly sneered.

"It's no wonder," sneered King Nunn, "your dissatisfaction has been going on for a long time, has it?"

Tails suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the hall was starting to tense again.

Until King Nunn's next word.

"Don't worry anymore. King Nunn sighed slowly, "I will send a message tomorrow that the Grand Duke of Fengzhao City has died in a duel, and Fengzhao City will be succeeded by this fellow's younger brother - he should have been waiting for it for a long time." ”

The Grand Dukes were slightly stunned.

"There is no hope for the Walton family to choose the king next time," the old king said with a lonely head, "We don't have a candidate who is both prestigious and orthodox enough." ”

Grand Duke Auretheus frowned: "Your Majesty......"

"But at least," King Nunn interrupted Aletheus with a non-stop speech, "I can still do one last thing for my family and for Longxiao City before I die. ”

He looked up, a chill in his gaze.

The Grand Dukes were stunned.

"For example?" asked Archduke Auretheus, in his most cautious manner.

King Nunn smiled.

"Fighting," said the old king softly, "it will soon be the New Year, and after next spring, I will recruit the army of Longxiao City." ”

Hearing this, Tails felt a chill in his heart!

No way?

The four Grand Dukes also breathed sluggishly.

"Stars?" Archduke Auretheus glanced at Tails with an unkind face, making his heart tremble.

Fortunately, King Nunn's next words made the prince of the stars exhale.

"Nope. ”

"I want to go to the Black Sand Collar for a walk," I saw King Nunn, sitting in the center of the hall under the care of a healer, patting his thigh with a relaxed gesture:

"Go and see my dear nephew, Charman Rumba. ”

The Grand Dukes frowned.

Including Tails, too.

"I miss him," the old king's eyes lit up, "and I think 'deadly.'" ”

Archduke Åleshua and Archduke Trudida, whose territory was close to the Black Sand Realm, frowned in unison.

"But I don't like to be alone, I don't want to go alone," King Nunn looked at the four archdukes with sharp eyes, "What do you say?"

The four Grand Dukes did not speak.

Until the king's second sentence.

"After 'visiting' him, shall we come again to discuss the matter of choosing a king?" said the old king with deep meaning.

The four Grand Dukes glanced at each other, and this time, they quickly made a decision.

"The Vigilant City will respond with all its might, and we will always be on the king's side. The bald Grand Duke Leco was the first to sigh.

Grand Duke Auretheus nodded with a serious face: "The Willand Leader has no opinion, we will also send reinforcements." ”

"This is a legitimate revenge, a warning to those who are secretly plotting," Archduke Ronnie's eyes burned: "Qiyuan City is willing to send troops to support." ”

"Since you all said so, if you don't send troops to rebuild the tower," Trudida said in annoyance, "Won't I even be able to get out of Longxiao City?"

Of course, Tails said in his belly: "Why not take the lead and help you destroy a competitor?"

King Nunn looked at them and laughed.

At this moment, Grand Duke Auretheus couldn't help but say loudly: "How is the Black Sand Collar?"

"Let Chaman's son inherit the throne of the Grand Duke?"

King Nunn stopped laughing and shook his head slightly.

"I've got a choice, and I'm definitely a good candidate for the Grand Duke," he said, stretching his right arm, which had just been bandaged, "Caslan Rumba...... Charman's uncle, my former captain of the guard. ”

Tails was stunned for a moment, remembering the sturdy old uncle in the Heroes' Tavern.

"I've heard that he has no interest in power and hates his family. Grand Duke Ronnie said lightly.

"Yes," laughed King Nunn softly, "but not for him. ”

Several Grand Dukes were slightly stunned.

"All right!" the old king pushed away the doctor beside him, stood up heroically, and shouted angrily, "Everyone go up!"

"The banquet is still going on!" King Nunn laughed as he looked around at the audience, "Don't lose your interest!"

The four Grand Dukes glanced at each other, and bowed and left one after another under different expressions.

The members of the King's Council also left.

Tails noticed that the old king's smile disappeared from his face as everyone else turned around.

"Go away, too!" King Nunn shook his head and said to his white-bladed guards, "Just keep watch outside the hall......"

Nunn VII sighed, grabbed the barrel, walked to the steps of the battle and sat down, looking lonely: "I'm sitting here alone. ”

Nicolai and Michael looked at each other and nodded.

Tails and Putile glanced at each other, and the two cautiously walked away with the crowd.

Tonight is long enough.

It's also fulfilling enough.

At this moment, King Nunn's voice came again:

"Tails, my dear guest!"

Tails slammed.

All the people in the hall who had not yet left looked at the Star Prince in unison.

Especially a few archdukes, such as the thoughtful Archduke of Leco.

"Why don't you stay?" said King Nunn, patting the steps beside him, looking at ease, "I have to thank you for a good time—let's have a drink together?"

Tails opened his mouth wide and looked at the king in embarrassment.

Are you kidding.

After I offended a bunch of Grand Dukes, after you broke the neck of a Grand Duke, after you forced other Grand Dukes to join you in the army......

Want me to have a "drink" with you?

What I need to do now is to disappear quickly, keep a low profile, and return to China as soon as the time comes!

You can't pull hatred like this!

He turned his head and glanced at Putira, who shook his head slightly.

"It's an honor to drink with you...... And yet I'm only seven years old," Tails said, turning his head at King Nunn, politely and curtly, "and I'm tired......"

However.

"Bullshit's seven!"

King Nunn interrupted him with a disgruntled look on his face, and raised his glass to the second prince:

"I was only five years old when I was taken by my father to drink for the first time - how could a future king not drink?"

Tails looked stunned, ready to make the next excuse.

"Or do you want to refuse King Exeter's offer?" King Nunn gave a playful look, "Even you, like the guy lying on the ground, look down on a king whose time is short?"

The atmosphere in the hall became strange again.

Tails' heart beat suddenly.

He had to bow his head and sigh.

Then turn around and take a step.

Under Putira's worries, Nicola's frowns, Slacles' smiles, and in the strange eyes of the four archdukes.

The second prince of the stars drooped his face and walked against the crowd towards King Nunn. (To be continued.) )