For three seconds, no one spoke.

until……

"Throw away the nonsense," Nicolai tilted his head intentionally or unintentionally, revealing the handle of the knife behind his back, with a fierce look in his eyes, and his words were as cold as frost: "Or do you like to joke?"

Cohen narrowed his eyes.

Even the little slippery man shook his head.

Thales raised his eyebrows and smiled awkwardly: "But I am serious..."

He looked at the unkind and doubtful looks of everyone, and felt a thump in his heart.

The prince finally had no choice but to shake his head: "Okay, let's get to the topic..."

"From King Nunn's assassination to now, I have collected a lot of intelligence during my escape," Thales sighed, "There are many details about Lumba's plan."

Putilai and Raphael looked at each other, secretly surprised.

Miranda frowned slightly: "On the run, collecting intelligence?"

Thales shrugged: "You can't just panic and run for your life."

Nicolai's eyes focused: "For example?"

"For example, the real purpose of Lombard," Thales' breathing slowly slowed down: "Whether it is the troops he did not bring or the appearance of himself, it has far exceeded what is needed to 'counterattack Nunn to protect himself'"

category."

"We talked about this in the cell," Miranda said sharply: "Do you have an answer?"

In everyone's sight, Thales lowered his head slightly.

He recalled the stressful conversation in the carriage.

"When King Nun died and I fell into Lumba's hands, he said something to me," the second prince said in a daze, recreating the scene in his mind: "That sentence has always bothered me.

, until just now.”

Raphael unconsciously leaned forward slightly and narrowed his eyes.

"Charmaine Lombard's original words were," Thales said in a rough voice, imitating the hero's tone: "'Next step?'"

"'Go and save this country'."

Except for the little slippery man, everyone was stunned.

There was another few seconds of silence.

"What?" This was the confused Putilai.

Raphael and Miranda lowered their heads in thought.

"Huh," Nicolai shook his head and exchanged glances with Michael: "The self-justification of a shameless person, the cunning words of a regicide."

But Thales shook his head solemnly.

"No, I can feel it," the prince breathed out, his eyes full of solemnity: "He is serious: Lombard really thinks that what he is doing is saving Exeter."

The meteorite's expression slowly solidified.

Cohen scratched his head: "Maybe we should stop this guessing game and go straight to the point and say something I can understand?"

"There's something wrong with this sentence," Putilai took a puff of cigarette, with an undercurrent surging in his eyes: "What does this country need to be saved?"

"Maybe it refers to the overthrow of King Nunn?" Miranda crossed her arms and thought carefully: "And as far as I know, the rule of King Nunn for thirty years made the grand dukes both respected and afraid."

"For Lumba, Nunn's death is the rebirth of the country. Can they finally get rid of the oppression of Walton and Dragon Sky City?"

Michael sighed.

But the prince still shook his head.

Thales took a breath and said silently: "The biggest reason why Lomba wants to overthrow King Nun is that he is afraid of King Nun's revenge on the Black Sand Territory, and it is to protect himself."

"But this problem has been solved." Thales raised his head and combined every element in his mind: "King Nun is dead and will not crawl out of the prison river to find him again."

Raphael said nothing, but suddenly smiled.

"According to Lombard's original sentence," the young man from the secret department showed a scrutinizing gaze: "He is about to 'go' to save the country - King Nun is already dead at this time. From a chronological point of view, it is wrong."

Thales nodded in ecstasy.

"Unless Lumba has never taken a grammar class, he can't even tell the difference between present and future tenses." Thales said lightly.

"Otherwise, what he said about saving the country..."

Thales raised his head, his eyes extremely solemn: "It's definitely not just about overthrowing King Nun, it's not just about getting rid of the oppression of Longxiao City, it's not just about changing the king."

"He wanted more."

"He wants unprecedented change."

"I want to 'save this country' in the most thorough way."

Everyone fell silent.

"I bet," Thales breathed out, his tone serious and serious: "This is why Lumba brought the army to Longxiao City, and why he is going to the Palace of Heroes at this moment - it is also the key to our counterattack."

"If you bring the army to the Palace of Heroes, you can save the country?" Cohen asked doubtfully: "What is he going to do? Kill all the nobles in Longxiao City from the Grand Duke to the Earl?"

Putilai sneered.

"In the past few decades of my life, I have learned one thing," Mr. Deputy Envoy exhaled a puff of smoke and said quietly: "Violence is the shortest, simplest, and least effective of all ways to solve problems.

—Best as a last resort.”

Thales sighed, all the clues becoming clearer and clearer in his mind.

"During that impressive journey, I heard another detail."

Everyone's eyes were once again attracted to the prince.

"Shadow Shield told Lumba," Thales said silently: "When Thaliton assassinated King Nunn, he spent a long time looking for traces of the king."

Putilai raised his head suddenly!

It's like I thought of something.

Raphael also opened his mouth in surprise.

Thales lowered his head:

Thanks Kaslan…

Thank you for giving me Gu’s hiding place...

otherwise……

Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have seen the scene where Lumba and Shadow Shield met.

He thought silently.

Huaiya raised his eyebrows: "Is there anything wrong?"

"It's very inappropriate," Putilai frowned and said nervously: "Arrange an assassination, but you can't determine the location of the target and the time of the assassination..."

The thin man's eyes were serious: "For an assassination operation that requires advance planning and thorough preparation, this is one of the most fatal and unforgivable mistakes."

"This means... that the assassination of Shadow Shield and Sariton happened unexpectedly."

"Oh," Cohen on the side suddenly clapped his head, then raised his thumb and said sincerely: "It seems that you have a lot of experience, uncle."

At that moment, Putilai's eyes darkened.

Thales took a deep breath and raised his head.

"The Locust Blade jumped down from the Cliff of the Sky to assassinate the king," the prince said solemnly, "He had been hiding on the Cliff of the Sky before."

Even Asheida and Black Sword didn't notice him.

Thales clenched his fists and sorted things out while thinking.

"How did he get up?" Nicolai doubted: "Even at night, it is impossible for Sariton to climb up the cliff of the sky without being noticed."

Thales shook his head.

"It does not matter."

"The important thing is," the second prince's pupils narrowed: "There is only one place connected to Sky Cliff."

Lord Michael, who has been a king and official for many years, his eyes trembled and he said the answer: "The Palace of Heroes."

No one said anything, everyone knew what it meant.

"That is to say," Thales nodded slightly: "Bananet Sariton originally planned to enter the Palace of Heroes from the Sky Cliff and assassinate King Nunn."

"The Palace of Heroes is the place where King Nun died in their original plan."

Raphael showed a strange smile and looked at the prince quietly.

"Everything makes sense," Thales thought in a trance: "After Nunn was assassinated, Lombard showed up unreasonably with his army, and even tried to silence us - but he shouldn't have done something like this to invite suspicion.

Unwise move.”
To be continued...