"The late king lost his wife and children, and was filled with grief and anger," Marius observed Lausanne's reaction, "so a group of people were severely punished, and you, you had your swords broken, your armor taken away, your hands branded, and your name deprived of all honors.

Entering the Prison of Bones, even the name of the runner-up left in the election will be erased, and no one has dared to mention it for many years."

Destroy the sword, seize the armor, burn the hand, remove the name...

Luosang slowly lowered his head and looked at his sword-holding hand.

Mallos sighed.

"It wasn't until the Holy Tree Kingdom sent the elixir that the eldest son of Wang woke up and recovered, and he showed mercy and pardon to those involved in the incident one by one - even though he had been ill for many years and was unable to see his mother for the last time. He became even more frail and sick after that.

It’s hard to move even an inch.”

Lausanne II sneered.

"Have mercy, forgive sins, ha, Midir, how noble." He gritted his teeth and spoke, every word full of hatred.

Mallos took a deep breath and moved his hands:

"The rest of the story is probably that you met people from the Blood Bottle Gang in prison. After you were released from prison, you had nowhere to go, so you degenerated and started doing the dirty work of killing people and silencing them."

"Then, one night many years later, you met a fellow sect member - who was far inferior to you back then, but now has become a prosperous person, serving the royal guard in front of the emperor, Lord Aknet."

"Ha ha!"

Without warning, Lausanne II suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "There is nowhere to go, hahahaha, you are willing to fall, hahahaha!"

Mallos frowned slightly.

Luosang laughed for more than ten seconds before gradually stopping and looking at Mallos again.

Mallos exhaled.

"Perhaps you don't know that Master Joaquin was eventually implicated by you, resigned with guilt, and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion." The watchman shook his head. "He barely made a living by teaching basic swordsmanship to children, and got drunk all day long. His later life was miserable and depressed.

end."

"He deserves it."

Lausanne II interrupted him without hesitation, his words full of complex hatred: "He deserves to live worse than death, drowning in the dream he weaved for himself."

Mallos frowned tightly.

After a few seconds, he raised his eyebrows and sighed.

"Do you know why people who have been branded can still swing their swords normally?"

Luosang's eyes moved.

"Back then, my great-uncle was in the penalty wing of the Guard. He was responsible for executions and torture, of course, including guilty ones." Mallos raised his head and looked at the night sky illuminated by the colorful fireworks in the Emerald City, "As you said

, he and Master Joaquin are old acquaintances.”

Lausanne II clenched the sword in his hand.

But Marius' words turned cold.

"But my great-uncle is not a law-breaker, and the guards are not outside the law. Do you think he is really brave and can really let you off the hook for practicing favoritism under the eyes of so many colleagues?"

The place was quiet for a few seconds.

"The fact is that on the night when you were about to be executed and branded, Master Joaquín, who had lived a noble and upright life and was a model for knights, and whose mastery of swordsmanship was a master of martial arts, violated the ban and broke into the palace gate..."

Mallos spoke in a calm tone:

"In front of the late king and the entire court, Master Joaquin took off his helmet - the helmet that the late king had given him..."

He said softly:

"Smashed his own sword hand."

————

It was not Black Sword who defeated Lausanne II, but someone else?

Thales walked on the road and thought about these words carefully.

At this moment.

【Si·Ku·Karana——】

Um?

what sound?

Thales looked back and said:

Hilley still looked embarrassed and worried, Slimani seemed distracted and stumbled from time to time, Glover supported Rolf and Kathleen with a depressed look on his face...

everything is normal.

strangeness.

Did he hear it wrong?

Thales shook his head, turned back and continued walking.

Then the next step to go to Kongming Palace is in this direction...

Um?

Thales was startled again.

Kongming Palace...Kongming Palace is in which direction?

At that moment, he stared blankly at the soles of his feet and felt again:

"Never get lost" has failed.

He lost his direction again.

Thales looked around subconsciously:

Left and right, front and back, all around... the faint ominous white smoke rose again all around.

【Mi Tara Naka...】

here we go again.

Strange and stiff syllables were murmured from afar, vague and illogical, with no idea of ​​their meaning.

Thales was anxious and turned to greet the others:

Have you seen it? Everyone? This strange white smoke, just like in the tunnel, and... what is going on?

Um?

Thales was stunned.

It feels so strange.

But he didn't have time to think too much and just continued to call everyone anxiously:

Let me ask you something! What are you talking about? Have you seen this white smoke? Why——

The next second, Thales was heartbroken.

The young man took a deep breath and realized instantly: No, he was not talking.

He didn't even open his mouth.

He didn't even move his tongue or teeth.

He didn't even see everyone behind him.

All he could see was the slowly steaming mysterious white smoke.

He just felt that he seemed to have said those words.

Just like when you are half asleep and half awake, you always want to do something, and you always think you have done something: bought the thing you want most, achieved the best ideal, did the most difficult homework...

But in fact, you did nothing in the dream.

Nothing can be done.

Thinking of this, Thales panicked, turned around and shouted:

Did you see it? Hilley! Glover! Rolf! What's going on! What's wrong with us? Answer me!

The surrounding white smoke is getting thicker and higher.

Thales roared with all his strength.

But he realized again: he didn't do anything, didn't look back, didn't yell, didn't roar.

He just walked forward step by step in a daze.

Half asleep and half awake.

Wait, this feeling... Thales was extremely nervous: Is it Lausanne II who is chasing me? Is it his superpower?

When was he recruited?

How to wake up?
To be continued...