Sakel's voice fell.

The entire passage fell silent in an instant.

Tails couldn't describe the atmosphere of that moment.

But he could clearly see that the prisoners of the guard reacted in different ways: Brie trembled and whimpered as if he had been struck by a lightning strike, Tardine closed his eyes bitterly with a sad expression, and Cannon and Nai looked blank as if they had expected it.

Little Barney stared at the ground in a daze, motionless.

"So you still said it. ”

Semir sneered, as if his long-standing resentment had been expressed.

"Sakel, you. ”

Saker was silent.

"No......" The weapon in Belletti's hand was raised several times and put down several times, as if he couldn't believe it:

"Really, really you, sir?"

His eyebrows were tangled, his expression was indignant, and he wanted to ask each of his companions for help.

Naki looked back at him blankly, shaking his head subconsciously.

Fast Rope also seemed frightened, and he muttered to Tails, "Oh my God...... They are right, you star people have a lot of thoughts......"

"The White Guards don't have that much......"

Tails tugged at the corners of his mouth stiffly, ignoring him.

"Obviously, when I questioned him earlier, he was not in the right state. ”

Semir interjected coldly, with an inexplicable sourness in his tone:

"And now ......"

"Does anyone still doubt it?"

The guards prisoners were silent for a while.

Looking at all this, Tails suddenly understood.

As early as when the fast rope let Barney and the others come out, the seven guard prisoners saw through the impostor "Huaiya".

But the seven ruthless characters didn't choose to kill this crappy liar right away, because the self-proclaimed clever fast rope also provided another piece of information that added fuel to the fire:

Sakel is on the hunt for the prince.

Ironically, in a way, it was the mouthy of the fast rope that saved his own life.

Therefore, the seven prisoners of the Guard have a different mentality to keep up with the fast rope, not only to fulfill their oath and protect the bloodline of the bright star.

It was more to confirm their suspicions.

Check if the nightmare that has tormented them for more than ten years is on Sakel's body.

Now, after all, they have got their wish.

Nai's caustic voice sounded:

"Turn yourself in, Sakel. ”

"Whatever your reason, follow us to Your Majesty—whoever you are—to surrender to them. ”

The logistics officer seemed to be trying very hard to restrain himself, and his face darkened when he said the word "Your Majesty":

"To set the record straight for our brothers in the Guard who have been stigmatized for eighteen years, whether they are alive or not. ”

"Then receive your judgment ......"

"And the punishment. ”

He bit out the last word hard.

As the center of attention, the Knight of Punishment himself appeared unusually composed.

After listening to Nai's words, he paused for a moment before speaking silently.

"I can't. ”

The faces of the guards changed.

Some people even subconsciously touch the weapon.

Sakel's face was immersed in darkness, and it was impossible to see it really, except for the sinner's brand on his forehead, which was exposed to the firelight, which was very strange.

One of his eyes reflected the faint light of fire, and he looked at Tails, making the latter uncomfortable:

"As I said, I have to finish the unfinished business. ”

Unfinished business.

Semir snorted softly:

"It seems that there is still a violent solution. ”

But Saqel didn't move.

It was as if he had sunk into a bottomless abyss, never heard, let alone answered.

This made Tails, who was already nervous, even more uneasy.

Tardin, who had been keeping his head down, seemed to be unable to stand it any longer, and he stepped forward and roared:

"Bullshit's unfinished business!"

"Sakel the Watchman!"

Tardin's roar was heard in the passage.

Faced with such a calm punishment knight, Tardin seemed to be enraged, and he was extremely irritable:

"Do you really know what you're doing?"

"Were you crazy eighteen years ago?"

Sakel moved slightly.

Eighteen years ago...... Are you already crazy?

He raised his head, revealing a face as calm as water in the light, his eyes drifting to the void where no one was around.

"Maybe. ”

He pulled the corners of his mouth, as if he was smiling, as if he was talking to someone he couldn't see.

I had to do it.

Have to.

Seeing this, Tardin was even more angry:

"You bastard......

But a steady shout interrupted everyone's thoughts:

"Quiet. ”

It's Barney Jr.

The Guards looked back, either indignant, tired, or painfully awaiting their Chief Vanguard to speak.

The latter's eyes were misty, numb and empty staring at the ground, motionless.

Only the heaving chest testifies to his sobriety.

"Sakel," Barney Jr. looked up slowly, his voice numb and hollow:

"Do you remember how the old captain died in the Hall of Stars?"

Sakel's breath faltered slightly.

Old Captain......

At the sound of this name, all the members of the guard, including Semir, were strangely silent.

Tails smelled a faint sadness in it.

"Do you remember how Tony died of exhaustion......"

"You remember my father, and remember how he faced multiple enemies......"

Little Barney paused, and seemed to be unable to continue.

Sakel was silent for a long time, and the sound of heavy breathing was clearly audible.

A few seconds later, Barney Jr. hoarsely snorted and ate one by one:

"There were others, many, many people, who lived and died with us, who thought they would be able to entrust us with their lives, all died in those years. ”

"Die of your betrayal. ”

Sakel gently let go of the handle of the axe, and the axe slammed to the ground.

"Boom!"

He leaned his entire weight on the axe, his chest heaving slightly.

"Of course, I remember. ”

The Knight of Punishment's shoulders trembled slightly:

"I remember them all. ”

Barney Jr. looked at him stunned, slowly curling his cheeks.

"You remember. ”

He looked at Sakel with a look of incredulity:

"And you simply admit it: 'Betrayer, Sakel'?"

Little Barney's voice trembled a little, but as the words progressed, the corners of his mouth hooked up into a smile:

"Sunset, what do you look like...... It's like saying, 'yes, I stole your lunch.'" ”

Sakel opened his mouth to speak.

But little Barney bent down deeply as he spoke, as if thinking of something interesting, and hissed, "'Stealing your lunch'......"

"Hahaha......"

The laughter was unpleasant, harsh, and echoed through the surrounding walls.

But Saker didn't laugh.

The guards didn't laugh either.

"Hahaha......"

Tails could feel the atmosphere that permeated his surroundings at the moment, just like Barney's smile: extremely bitter.

Barney Jr. finally had enough of laughing.

He slowly straightened his waist, as if pinched out, but the smile was still his face:

"The way you look, you make me think—my God, as if we had spent eighteen years in prison, as if the thirty-seven dead brothers of the Guard, even Sémir, as if the pain and suffering they had endured was meaningless. ”

The guards looked sad, and Naki even covered his forehead in pain.

Barney Jr.'s smile became chilling:

"Because for you, it's just a passing mention after you've eaten a full meal, right? ”

Sakel pursed her lips.

Barney Jr. took a step forward, his smile still the same, but deep sadness welled up in his words:

"Master the punishment and protect the legacy, you should be our role model, Sakel. ”

"How many young people in the Guard idolize you and tell you by word of mouth, how many want to chase you, beat you, surpass you?"

Beretti looked at Sakel sadly and shook her head slowly.

The Knight of Punishment was in a trance for a moment, and his face became paler and paler.

Barney Jr. forced the heat in his eyes back into his sockets, and his tone began to be aggressive:

"You should have been the target of every Emperor's Praetorian Guard. ”

He thumped himself in the chest:

"Including me!"

Including me.

Little Barney shuddered, and his smile turned into frost:

"And you chose such an ending to say goodbye to your life as a guard and repay your Praetorian Oath?"

Sakel took a deep breath and closed his eyes tightly.

It seems to be afraid of what you will see when you open your eyes.

"It's more than that......"

Little Barney stepped forward, and his voice was full of joy:

"You have pushed Your Majesty into the trap of death, and you will never be reborn. ”

"Push the kingdom into the abyss of chaos, and sink it. ”

"Push your companion into the dark filth, and there will be no return. ”

"You have trampled on the soles of your feet the oath of the guards that we have engraved for the rest of your life, and you have abandoned them like shoes. ”

Tails watched the confrontation between the two highest-ranking members of the avant-garde with a complicated expression.

But the doubts in my heart continue unabated.

Saker's shoulders were getting lower and lower, and Tails could even see it, his eyebrows twitching as if he were experiencing a nightmare.

Barney Jr. looked at him with disgust:

"Tell me, Sakel, how do you fall asleep every night?"

"Especially when your hands are stained with the blood of your companions, and you have the blood debt of the lord on your shoulders, and your brain is full of the blood of the year......"

"Every time you breathe, don't you feel pungent when you ask about the fishy smell on your body?"

Finally, hearing this, Sakel, whose face was pale, opened his eyes as if awakened from a nightmare!

He couldn't support his body anymore and got down on one knee with a fighting axe!

"Ahhh

The Knight of Punishment screamed in pain.

"I know!"

He gripped the handle of the axe with his right hand, pressed his forehead with his left, and the twitching of his eyebrows became more and more violent, as if he was engaged in the fiercest struggle.

Everyone silently looked at Sakel like this, and none of them made a sound.

Tails groaned inwardly, knowing that the spirit of the Punishment Knight was not stable.

He's afraid......

I saw "another world" again.

But everything has a cause, and I don't know what his other world is made of, and how it is expressed?

Thinking of this, Tails's heart suddenly moved.

Wait a minute.

This may ...... Is it a breakthrough?

"I know ......"

After a few seconds, Sakel's tone became humble, more like a pleading.

"But I have to......"

"This must be done ......"

He opened his eyes, stroked his head, and kept repeating this sentence, and his emotions gradually calmed down:

"Must ......"

But in the next moment, a cold and shining blade stabbed through the air!

Tails was taken aback.

Wait, he's got something to ask!

Just listen to Naki's silent mouth:

"No, Barney!"

In a moment, Sakel, who was in pain, was like a beast that had violated his territory, and subconsciously swung his axe blade!

"Bell!"

In the midst of the steel strike, he took two steps back, but he was embarrassed to block the deadly surprise attack in time!

The Knight of Punishment gasped, his eyes reddening as he looked at little Barney, who was trembling with his sword in front of him, and was also agitated.

No.

Tails frowned.

The situation cannot be allowed to go on like this – the hatred and anger between them will drown out reason.

Let alone......

He still wanted to know.

Thinking of this, Tails suddenly spoke: "Saker!"

"What do you 'must'?"

The prince's interjection gave little Barney a slash.

Naki couldn't help but glance back at him.

Tails ignored the gaze of others and spoke to himself.

"What exactly do you have to betray?"

To get Sacael to speak...... Now, while he is emotionally unstable and mentally unstable, this is the only chance.

Just listen to Tails say in a cold voice:

"Do you 'have to' do that?"

"Is it because of the 'Dragon Breaker'? because of the weapon that makes the Emperor fearful?"

As early as when the Guards prisoners questioned him, Tails already had a vague sense of their question.

The Year of Blood.

For a long time, this former history hung like a haze over Tails's life, and it seemed that there was a line in the dark that held his fate in the distance.

Every moment brought him the panic and fear of drifting like a lonely boat crossing the sea, and losing control.

So, out of nowhere, a longing and impulse to the truth of the bloody year arose.

They came like a tidal wave, grabbing Tails' brain irresistibly, burning his heart.

What really happened in the Year of Blood?

What does the death of the Bright Star Royal Family mean?

With the Broken Dragon, with the Edge of the Pure World, with the Calamity......

What does it have to do with my unborn self at that time?

Dragonbreaker......

Sakel seemed to remember something, but he just looked at Tails stupidly, but didn't answer.

Seeing this, Tails could only grit his teeth and recall the scene when he first met Sacrael.

This is the only chance.

A chance to dig up the truth!

"Remember those rotten skins with maggots and flies, Sakel!" Tails said coldly.

Cheek?

This sentence is very inexplicable.

But little Barney was surprised to see that after hearing the other party's words, the steely Saker suddenly shook!

At that moment, the Knight of Punishment trembled and was drenched in cold sweat.

His eyes widened and he looked at Tails in disbelief.

Tails suppressed the unbearability in his heart and continued to add material from the 'other world':

"Yes, think about it, and the countless heads that stick to the tip of their spears and cover the ground, think of what they say to you every night. ”

Tails sped up his speech, only hoping that the other party would be soft as soon as possible:

"Are those of the Guard brothers you killed?"

Under everyone's incredulous eyes, following Tails's words, the terrible punishment knight seemed to return to a nightmare, subconsciously taking a step back, staring at the dark void with horror and fear on his face.

With the exception of Semir, everyone who saw Sakel for the first time was shocked.

"And the hanging corpses that hang all over the ceiling, stretch their tongues, roll their eyes, and shake their heads constantly...... And the endless crying of babies, have you seen and heard all of this?"

"Dangchang!"

Sakel's axe fell to the ground.

Everyone was amazed to see him holding his head in his hands, his face was pale, and he was on his knees panting.

"Tell me, Sakel, what happened eighteen years ago?"

Tails stiffened his head and raised his head:

"So that you must betray the trust of the king, you must slaughter the blood of the bright star, you must kill your colleagues, you must sacrifice innocent blood, you must tarnish your honor, to feel this terrible day every day and night in front of these faces, heads, hanging corpses, and boundless baby weeping?"

The next moment, Sakel seemed to be unable to stand it any longer, he covered his head fiercely, and roared bitterly:

"Ahhh

Everyone was shocked.

"You don't understand!"

Sakel lowered his right hand and thumped the ground in pain:

"I have to do this......"

He twisted his face and looked into the void with panic in his eyes: "This must be done!"

Tails clenched his fists, ignoring the obstruction of the fast rope, and took a decisive step forward:

"Why?"

The prince shouted angrily:

"Why, why, Saker, why betrayal?"

He exclaimed:

"As the last of the Bright Star bloodline, in the name of the deceased Bright Stars, Tails Bright Star hereby commands you - tell me!"

Tails was a little agitated, his voice echoing all around.

All the former royal guards were surprised, and began to look at the strange boy again with rare eyes.

Moss Bright Star.

Hearing the familiar surname, Saker, who was almost mentally broken, trembled violently, raised his head in a daze, and looked at Tails.

His eyes were helpless and lonely, which made Tails uncomfortable.

But the teenager's strategy seemed to work.

"I have to do this," Saker said in a daze:

"It's because of the first king, Eddie. ”

At this moment, everyone present, including the royal guards, Tails, and Fast Rope, was stunned.

What the?

"The first king?"

King......

Eddie II?

Surprised, Tails felt that he had caught something, and asked tentatively:

"What did you do...... Did the first king give you orders?"

Sakel shook again.

"No, because the first king ......"

I saw him shake his head in despair:

"Because the first king is no longer the first king......"

Tails was stunned for a moment.

This sentence is still confusing and puzzling.

"What do you mean?"

Little Barney looked suspiciously at Sakel, who was obviously out of shape:

"What crazy are you talking about?"

As the seconds passed, Saker's breath slowly subsided, and the pain and madness in his eyes slowly returned.

After the madness of the storm just now, Saker struggled to his feet, shook his head, and regained his composure.

The Punishment Knight, who came to his senses, was stunned for a moment.

Soon, Saker looked at Tails with complicated eyes:

"You ......"

Judging by the look on his face, he seemed to realize what he had just said.

But Tails had no intention of showing weakness.

The prince took a deep breath and continued:

"What do you mean, Sakel, why wasn't the first king the first king?"

Sakel looked at Tails faintly.

Before you know it, the young man who was standing awkwardly among the guards prisoners a moment ago has changed from a hostage to a protected person.

Saker closed his eyes and finally sighed.

In the end, it's a bright star.

Just like them.

He chuckled, as if he had put something down in his heart.

Under the suspicion and wariness of everyone, Sakel opened his eyes and spoke:

"As you know, after Queen Natalie died in childbirth, Her Majesty Eddie, who was dedicated to her, was celibate for many years. ”

"Until that day. ”

Listening to the old stories that the old people of Xingchen knew, Tails didn't react for a while.

But little Barney frowned slightly:

"That day?"

Sakel sneered, but it was quite bitter: "That day. ”

"On that day, His Majesty Eddie met an old friend outside the palace who he hadn't seen for many years. ”

Old friends?

Tails still looked suspicious, but some of the former royal guards had changed their faces.

The Knight of Punishment looked sad, recalling the haunting past:

"Your Majesty, despite the opposition of the important ministers and His Highnesses, insisted on taking that lady into the Fuxing Palace and marrying her as his new queen. ”

Tardin, who was standing in front of Tails, reacted, his eyes widened:

"You're talking about ......"

Sacael nodded silently.

His dull voice echoed in the cold and dim underground, full of dilapidation and vicissitudes.

"And so, after a hasty and controversial wedding, we welcomed the new mistress of the Fuxing Palace, the second queen of His Majesty Eddie. ”

"The new queen, Queen Fiosa?" Barney mused, reminiscing.

Fiosha?

Why have you never heard of it?

The unfamiliar name puzzled Tails as he looked at the fast rope, who also had a "who is she" expression.

Odd.

Tails remembers very well that six years ago, he had not seen the name in the tomb of the Bright Star Royal.

Hearing this, Semir couldn't help but interrupt:

"What does this have to do with her?"

Sakel picked up his axe, turned and glanced at Semir, repeating mockingly:

"What does it have to do with her?"

At that moment, the Knight of Punishment's expression suddenly became stern.

"She is the beginning of all bad luck," his voice shuddered, with the murderous sense of autumn frost:

"But neither the old captain nor Big Barney even Lord Hansen noticed. ”

Barney Jr. and Belletti exchanged glances, and a sense of foreboding rose in each other's hearts.

Sakel spoke, as if immersed in his own memories:

"But I should have noticed, as the watchman of the Guard in charge of the Legacy Texts...... I should have noticed it a long time ago. ”

He slowly clenched the weapon in his hand and tensed his cheeks:

"I should have warned him, I should have admonished him. ”

"But I was derelict in my duties. ”

The knight showed unwilling resentment and pain.

The apprehension in Tails' heart grew heavier and heavier:

"What do you mean? What did you notice?"

Sacael didn't answer right away.

He raised his gaze faintly and glared at Tails, making the latter more nervous.

"One day, in the vast scrolls of the royal guards, I found it by chance. ”

Unconsciously, everyone present stared with bated breath.

Waiting for the Knight of Punishment's answer.

Sakel stared at Tails for three full seconds.

"I found out that our much-questioned Majesty the Queen, the second wife of His Majesty Eddy, was not called 'Fiosa' at all, and she was not the descendant of a so-called declining nobleman recorded in the Bright Star family tree. ”

Sakel's dry voice resounded, but it was full of hatred and anger:

"In fact, she's lived longer than all of our royal guards combined......"

"As early as a thousand years ago, before the empire collapsed, she was known for her ability to manipulate people's hearts and create illusions. ”

At that moment, the observers were moved.

What the?

A thousand years ago?

Manipulating people's hearts?

Tails froze.

I heard the Punishment Knight hiss, with deep jealousy and inexplicable awe:

At least 600 years ago, the ancestors of the stars used to call her by another name. ”

"A forbidden name that I can only find in The Elder Scrolls. ”

The name of the taboo?

In an instant, everyone's nerves tensed.

In the next second, Sacrael bit out the name that made many people change color:

"Sensory magician. ”

"Frylan. ”