"Richie, tell Sak'el that more than a hundred years ago, your leader made a deal with the Red King of the Stars, and the Sword of Disaster was able to operate as a mercenary in the Western Wilderness."

"You also told the tavern owner Campa that you know the details of 'my' tavern. You know that it was the place where the 'Northern Conqueror' Queen Elijah and her remnant party were exiled more than a hundred years ago.

Tell it like you saw it with your own eyes."

Ricky's expression changed slightly.

Thales sighed:

"I guess they're not coincidences, are they?"

Ricky looked at Thales with an increasingly serious expression.

Thales took a deep breath, felt his slightly restored senses and balance, and stood up from the ground again.

He looked at Ricky seriously:

"So I guess, more than a hundred years ago, the Sword of Disaster came to the Western Wilderness for no other reason than to accept the Red King's employment and help him disintegrate the remnants of the Northern Conquerors?"

No one spoke.

The wind and sand were blowing slightly, and the horses in the distance screamed uneasily.

Ricky suddenly spoke:

"simpler."

Thales said doubtfully:

"What?"

Ricky raised his head, looked at the early sun over the desert, felt the wind and sand washing away, and sighed:

"The Red King is a person who doesn't like complications. He asked Chu Crasu to go to the Western Wasteland just to bring back his own sister, Queen Alicia..."

The mercenary looked sharply:

"The head on the neck."

Thales suddenly felt awe-inspiring.

I brought back my sister's... head on my neck.

The old sword beside King Charmaine appeared before his eyes again.

Thales couldn't help but start to think about the origin of the title "Red King", and recalled what Gilbert said to him when he was a child:

【The history of stars has never lacked blood.】

Roman's eyes were cold and silent.

Thales tried not to look at the skull on his shoulder and asked tentatively:

"Then Crassus...did he succeed?"

Ricky just gave him a mysterious smile.

This made Thales feel uncomfortable.

Thales coughed, tried to eliminate other thoughts, and returned to the topic:

"In short, the Blood Whistle has been closely related to the stars or, to be more precise, to the interests of the Kingdom Center in the Western Wilderness since the day it was established."

In the increasingly solemn eyes of the two people, the young man turned to Roman:

"And another veteran of the 'Sword Seller' told me that ever since the Desert War and even the Bloody Years, the Blade Fang Camp has been directly owned by the Blade Fang Baron under the royal family."

Thales stared at the Legend Wings fiercely:

"For more than ten years, with the help of the threat from the border and the support of the royal family, your royal standing army has truly turned this place into your private land."

"Legendary Wing's...Blade Tooth Dune Camp."

Thales looked at the calm Roman:

"It is a sharp knife that the central government of the kingdom has inserted into the key points of the Western Wilderness to remotely control the western princes, whether it is military, political, or commercial."

Legend Wing remained silent, just looking at Thales with keen eyesight, his almost sharp facial features seemed to be the most perfect carvings of nature.

Thales took a breath and exhaled again:

"But in just this month, I saw many interesting details on the road from the desert to the Blade Tooth Camp."

Thales looked into Roman's swirling amber eyes:

"For example, the prince's rescue team that Xingchen went deep into the desert was actually composed of the standing army of the royal family and the levied troops of the lords of the Western Wilderness to restrain each other."

"For example, the people standing guard at the gate of the Blade Tooth Camp and collecting tolls are actually soldiers from the Falkenhausz family. They have been serving for so long that they have exceeded their service period."

"For example, the amount of supplies delivered by armies from various parts of the Western Wilderness is exaggerated. It is even enough for some unscrupulous businessmen to smuggle it out of the camp to earn the price difference."

"For example, the people who started law enforcement patrols in the camp and were responsible for arresting people into white jails were conscripts who had not set foot in the Sand Dunes for many years. They didn't even know the severity of the standards for law enforcement."

Every word the prince said made Ricky and Roman's expressions deepen.

Roman took a deep breath:

"You observe a lot and are very detailed."

"so?"

Thales smiled.

He lowered his head and recalled the bad old man smoking a pipe:

"When I was still a hostage in Longxiao City, one of my subordinates once told me: In order for me to safely return from Exeter across the desert, my father had already negotiated with the lords of the Western Wasteland headed by the three major families.

, and they are absolutely trustworthy.”

Roman frowned fiercely.

Ricky breathed softly, seeming slightly surprised.

Thales exhaled:

"He said: Fuxing Palace paid a great price to make the nobles of the Western Wilderness completely stand on our side and welcome my return."

Thales turned his head, his eyes showing a sharp edge:

"Blade Tooth Camp, right?"

At that moment, Roman didn't speak.

But the eyes of Legend Wing burst out with an unprecedented complex light!

This made Thales even more certain.

He observed the other person's expression and said slowly:

"King Kessel, he completely or partially handed over the royal family's control of the Blade Tooth Camp and gave up the initiative on the western front, thus gaining the support of the Western Wasteland princes."

Thales was lost in thought thinking about everything he had experienced since the day he came to power in Longxiao City:

"In exchange for the major families in the Western Wilderness, he received the largest military recruitment and logistics mobilization after the war;"

"In exchange for the Western Wasteland and the royal family joining forces, he went deep into the desert, invaded the Freedom Alliance, and threatened Exeter;"

"He exchanged it for the chaotic eastern desert, which was completely deserted and barren of vegetation for two to three months."

Thales' heart sank.

In exchange for...my return.

The young man stopped thinking about unnecessary things and raised his head.

"But you," Thales looked directly at the Wings of Legend:

"Roman Williams."

"You're not happy."

"Especially when the behind-the-scenes deal has been reached and the princes of the Western Wilderness enter the Blade Ya camp in great force, shouting and shouting."

His tone was extremely certain.

Roman looked back at him slowly, his eyes cold.

"Because you have long regarded Sabertooth Sand Dune as your own forbidden zone."

Thales' eyes moved to the orc skull on Roman's left shoulder, repeating what the latter once said to the drill:

"And anyone who wants to take it from you."
Chapter completed!