Chapter 708: stand up flag

   Chapter 708 Flag
   In the dark, Zhan frowned deeply, and Xilai was amazed. Seychelles and others on the other side had ugly expressions.
  The chatter of the vassals went back and forth, and the audience in the further distance didn't understand. Therefore, the noise was getting louder and louder.
   "That's great, I knew that Your Highness will always have a solution," D.D was excited and lowered his sword, "You don't have to fight them all."
   Everyone in the Star Lake Guard breathed a sigh of relief.
   "Wait!"
   At this moment, a strange voice sounded in the crowd.
   "Your Highness, this is very inappropriate!"
  I saw the local great vassal on the south bank, the Count of Lasia from the swamp, coming out in anger, but his eldest son could not stop him:
   "Noble arbitration is limited to public affairs!"
   Thales' face sank.
   "Family affairs of vassals, including inheritance disputes between siblings, belong to the category of 'self-determination in the castle' and are not included in this list!"
  Lasia looked at the other vassals seriously:
   "We can't set such a bad precedent!"
"The Earl's words are right," the distinguished guest of this emerald celebration, Earl Noah Harvey from Yanbi Port, East China Sea, agreed, "We can't repeat the mistakes from 'Dark Blue Stranded' to 'Red King's Tyranny', Let the internal affairs of a family deteriorate into a civil strife sweeping the kingdom!"
   The speeches of the two fettered earls drew a voice of support.
   Thales remained calm, but Jen frowned and smiled.
   "Bah!"
   Federico, who was crushed to the ground, said angrily:
   "Isn't it the one you 'Bow Shooting Sun' provoked the infighting of the Almond family, helped the Red King John to stage a coup d'etat, and brought about tyranny!"
  The people began to whisper again, but Count Javier's expression did not change, and he took it calmly.
   "And you, Acheson Lasia, did you get them back up - those two teeth my father knocked out..."
   Before Federico finished speaking, he was suppressed again by several guards and gagged.
  Count Lasia is not so well-mannered, his complexion changed greatly, and he was furious:
   "Little cub, your father is a shameful traitor—"
   In the chaos, Paul in the Star Lake Guard suddenly raised his voice, attracting everyone's attention:
   "In fact, we have such a precedent!"
  Under the eyes of the public, he stuffed his usual bow into the ignorant D.D. He tried his best to get rid of the rural accent of Xihuang. Sven said:
"Twenty years ago, the late Earl of Wing Castle, Spencer Chlomar killed his wife after drinking. The nature was vile, involved many parties, and threatened the kingdom's rule. It cannot be ruled by a single family. No longer applies."
  Under everyone's surprised eyes, Paul turned around indifferently:
"So this case was brought to the attention of a group of noble vassals - Lord Cyril, the guardian duke of the Western Wilderness, Lord Turayan, the Earl of Walla, the eldest son and heir of the Earl of Leishicheng, the uncle of the Earl of Greyman Harbor, and my father, Heroic Soul Witnessed by Lord Lewis, Earl of Fort, and others, the late Crown Prince Midir took the lead in the king's order and decided by arbitration!"
   Thales' eyes lit up.
  Jane frowned fiercely.
   Among the vassals, Count Havia was in disbelief, Count Lasia was in disbelief, and the twins of the Karabyan family all changed color.
"Yes! Therefore, the Kevin Deere family can't decide such a big event as the murder of a relative," D.D reacted, raised his bow and sword, and said loudly, "His Royal Highness Thales has a legal basis to arbitrate this case. , there are precedents to follow, there is nothing wrong with it, nor is it arrogant!"
   "Unless someone disagrees with this," Paul said coldly, looking around, "Do not agree with the decision of His Majesty the late King Eddie and question the final result of the Wing Castle case?"
The voice of    fell, and Paul returned to the queue. The surrounding audience and the vassals looked at each other and whispered again and again, and no one spoke in public.
  D.D had a happy expression on his face, and exchanged the bow and arrow to Paul: "Yes, Young Master Xihuang, it's useful to bring you here - why is your face so ugly?"
  Paul shook his head.
   "What case did you just say, killing your wife?" Miranda turned around, slightly surprised.
  Paul sighed and nodded:
   "My father said that the crown prince issued a gag order."
   until now.
  D.D's eyes moved: "Wait, that is to say that the Earl of Wing Castle, the cousin of my grandmother's brother-in-law's great-nephew, his parents are..."
   "Shut up, D.D." Paul interrupted.
   Sunset - he looked around and laughed at himself - I totally offended the Emerald City...
   and Wing Fort.
   The lights were flickering and the moon was dark. Amid the chatter of countless people, Thales took a deep breath and turned to Jen, whose eyes were deep.
  In this case…
"Now, as the glorious and honorable Lord of Iris, the owner of the Emerald City, the pioneer and guardian of the southern part of the kingdom, Jenn Kevin Dill, tell me," Thales said coldly, "you are still a star. Children, are you willing to accept my arbitration?"
   But Jenn didn't respond, he frowned tightly:
   "It was all planned by you, right."
   is not good.
   Thales frowned slightly.
The Duke of    said nothing, and the Seychelles and others on the other side also had a bad expression. Even the sergeants of the Emerald Legion looked at the Star Lake Guard with bad intentions.
   "Please, Jenn, don't," Thales whispered, "your sister is still here, she shouldn't be implicated by us."
   But Jen was still expressionless, only his eyes became colder and darker.
   "Do you know what kind of man Federico is? Do you know what he wants?"
Oops.
   Thales' heart sank:
   At this point, he won't still lift the table, will he?
   Like Charman Rumba?
   "Jane, I'm not trying to help him..."
   At this moment, a commotion broke out at the other end of the arena, interrupting the conversation between the two.
"what happened?"
   "What flag is that, why is it so bright?"
   "Looks so unfamiliar, isn't it local?"
   "Fuck I've seen it before, that's..."
   "Sir, should we stop it?"
   "Intercept? You don't want to die, do you know what that is?"
  Some people exclaimed, some were puzzled, some were excited, and the restless emotions were passed on layer by layer, and finally reached the duke and prince from a distance.
   Thales turned his head in unison with everyone's gaze, and immediately jumped:
  I saw a silver light, a big flag that was hard to ignore appeared at the entrance of the arena, and slowly approached them. The crowd and soldiers along the way slowly dispersed, daring not to stop it.
The    flag was firmly guarded by a group of people, and came unstoppably toward this side. The flag surface glowed against the background of the lights, sometimes dazzling, sometimes clear, causing the entire arena to exclaim one after another.
   The next second, Thales and Jenn saw the pattern on the flag at the same time, and both were stunned:
   That is the nine-pointed star.
   A silver light that is hard to ignore…
   Giant nine-pointed star.
  Jane looked at Thales in amazement, and Thales looked back at him ignorantly and shook his head.
   "That's..." D.D stared at the group of people following the flag and widened his eyes.
   "The leader is the 'ghost', er, I mean, Hugo Forby's flag officer." Glover saw the person in front clearly.
   "So we couldn't find him just now, because..." Seeing the team getting closer, D.D's expression changed, "I knew this brat would come to us to settle accounts sooner or later..."
"It's not just him, the one who raised the flag is Kusta, behind it is Conmutto, and old Jaynard... Ah, it was the one who split up with us when he led His Highness to break out of the siege just now, and they joined..." Miranda Wake up.
  D.D looks ugly:
   "It's over, it's over, these dishonest people must have shaken everything out, we acted impulsively, etc., and the ghosts have to keep a small notebook..."
   "Wait, the ghost is him," Nehi was startled, "he, he's still holding a person—the officer!"
   Including Thales, everyone was surprised!
   "You're right, Thor."
   Under the banner of the nine-pointed star, Hugo supported the man on his shoulder, watching the scene where the soldiers in the arena were heavily surrounded and waiting, and everyone was facing the enemy, and sighed:
   "They really screwed up."
"I knew it, fortunately you came back to find me," Tormund Mallos limped and snorted unhappily, the person who was supported by Hugo - the watchman of the royal guard wrapped in thick bandages, "Wait a minute. Wait, what did you call me?"
   He frowned and looked at Hugo.
"Thor—I know, but," Hugo sneered, ignoring the emerald sergeants who had gathered from every corner of the arena and had no good intentions towards him, "either this or the Terrorblade, you have to choose one? "
   Mallos took a deep breath, his expression sullen.
   Not long after, this group of people crossed the obstacles, crossed the checkpoint, and came to Thales.
   "Thor, you, are you awake?"
   Thales looked at Mallos, who was covered in bandages and had a sluggish expression. He needed someone to help him to walk. He was surprised and delighted.
   As for the rest of the guards, most of them kept their heads down and didn't dare to take a breath.
"Yes, I just slept," Mallos sighed as he looked at the ugly-looking Jan, the fierce-looking Seychelles, and the dark army behind him, "You ended up playing. "
   Thales looked embarrassed.
   "Trust me," said the prince bitterly, "I was also caught off guard."
   Mallos looked at him, sighed, and turned to the Duke of the South Bank:
   "So now, where is the election going?"
   "Lord Mallos," Jenn looked at the nine-pointed star banner above his head in amazement, fluttering in the wind, even at night, "this is..."
   Mallos' eyes lit up.
   "Oh, this, the Duke, I forgot to introduce it. This is a gift from Heroic Soul Castle to His Royal Highness, the silver nine-pointed star banner..."
  Like everyone else, Thales raised his head in confusion and looked at the flag above his head.
   is like looking up at the stars.
   "Is this flag...the one that my father gave?" Paul in the team said in a low voice, with mixed feelings, "Didn't you say that Your Highness doesn't like it?"
  D.D and Glover looked at each other.
   "Believe me, after tonight," Conmutto sighed, "His Royal Highness will love it to death."
  Paul hesitated.
   Mallos patted Hugo, motioned him to let go of himself, and immediately reached out to take the flag in Kusta's hand.
  The flagpole was heavy, and Mallos was still struggling. Wyah and Glover wanted to help, but he waved his hand and refused.
"Except for the six flags on the top of the Fuxing Palace, which cannot be taken down," Mallos glanced at Thales, leaning on the flag with difficulty, using it as a crutch, and walking towards the Duke of the South. "It is the largest flag of the Shining Star clan in the world, and it is the most conspicuous symbol representing the royal family."
  The Seychelles knight who stood in front of him vigilantly looked at the shining giant flag and stepped back subconsciously.
"Of course, I also have a headache. After all, with such a big flag, if there is any accident, such as cracking, fading, or even worse, in big occasions, when everyone is watching, the flagpole is broken, the flag surface falls, the flag fall down…"
  Marios walked while talking, and saw the flags swaying up and down with his pace, and everyone changed their color.
   "Hey, then you'd better let someone help..." The Seychelles knight wanted to remind him.
"That would bring shame to the royal family, humiliation of the kingdom, and disgrace to the bright star, enough to be recorded as a 'bad omen' or 'shame' by the priests and historians," the watchman's words suddenly changed, making everyone's expressions ugly, " Even 'disaster in the kingdom' or 'defeat is imminent', or even a major and evil event such as 'the dynasty is short-lived'..."
   Mallos buckled the flagpole, looked around, and said:
   "Whoever caused it, whether intentional or not, is suspected of ulterior motives, humiliating the royal family, and subverting the kingdom..."
   "His sin is so great that it cannot be atonement without death."
   Including Thales and Jenn, everyone around looked at the shining banner above their heads, and all stunned.
"So we usually fold it up and hide it, and don't take it out easily," Mallos laughed suddenly, "but on such a big occasion, how can Your Highness not have it - help me, Se Tong Captain Er?"
   "What?" Before the Seychelles knight could react, he saw the nine-pointed star flag tumbling down and the flagpole coming towards him!
   He jerked up, raised his strength to finish, and grabbed the flagpole. Immediately, he saw that Mallos was tired, but looked at him with a smile.
  Seychelles suddenly got angry: "You—"
   "Thank you, Captain," Mallos waved at him with a look of relief, "It can be regarded as saving the royal family of Brightstar."
  Seychelles paused in words and looked at the flag in his hand.
With his strength and ability, it is not difficult to hold the flag, but for some reason, Seychelles only feels dry, and the flagpole in his hand is tilted left and right, making it difficult for him to hold it steady, and he has to use all his strength to come. Hold on to the flag.
   "Just be careful, don't let such a big flag fall."
   Mallos has a profound meaning:
   "It will kill people."
  Seychelles' eyes froze, anger rose from his heart, and he pushed the flag back!
   Everyone was surprised!
   But the other hand stretched out from the side, firmly grasping the nine-pointed star flag, preventing it from falling to the ground.
  Seychelles turned his head in surprise:
"what are you doing?"
  The Cassian knight held the flag calmly, and said without a doubt:
   "Save your life."
  The Seychelles knights were quite indignant and hesitated.
  His master, Jen, stared at the big flag with unpredictable emotions and fell into contemplation.
"As for those who managed to make it go down," Mallos turned his back to them, "Captain Seychelles, do you want a nickname? 'Starfaller' or 'Starcatcher' ?"
  Seychelles surprised.
   The watchman smiled hard, supported Hugo's shoulders again, and began to groan and pant from the old injury:
   "Maybe, you'll be as famous as that Yankee called 'Meteorite'."
  Seychelles couldn't believe it. He looked at the nine-pointed star above his head, and then at Mallos who was far away from him, full of anger.
At this moment, people in the entire arena stared at the nine-pointed star flag in awe, and Thales was among them. He also subconsciously stretched out his hand to block its flickering and flickering, occasionally invading the line of sight and stinging pain The inch of silver in the eyes.
   As if from nowhere, an invisible pressure enveloped the entire arena and even the Emerald City, forcing everyone to look at this fluttering nine-pointed star.
  No, Thales, that's not a nine-pointed star.
  The voice in the prince's heart sounded in a small voice, and said to him:
that is you.
   Thales couldn't help trembling.
   and, what you symbolize.
   Thales lowered his head in a trance and looked at his cuff—there was a dark pattern of a nine-pointed star lying there.
"enough!"
  Jane's cold voice sounded, awakening everyone who unconsciously looked at the flag.
"Yes, yes," Thales came back to his senses, he held his breath and forced himself to regain his sense, "Then, Mr. Jenn, back to just now, you are willing to abide by the "Sacred Star Covenant" and accept my Arbitration?"
   At that moment, vassals, VIPs, soldiers, Star Lake Guards... all held their breaths, waiting for the Duke's answer.
  Jane's eyes froze.
  Arbitration.
   He turned his head and glanced at Cila, who had been silent since just now.
  Arbitration.
   He lowered his head and glanced at Federico, who was gasping for breath on the ground.
   Finally, he turned his head with difficulty and looked at Thales, who was blazing.
   This little boy.
"I-"
   The Duke of South Bank was about to speak, but the wind was blowing, and the flag above his head was loudly loud!
   He was speechless for a moment.
  More than that, the silver embroidery on the flag is very reflective, and the emblem of the nine-pointed star floats back and forth in the night sky, shining with silver light.
   further contrasts the bleak iris flag in the distance.
   At that moment, Zhan looked at the huge nine-pointed star above his head with complicated eyes.
   Finally, when the nine-pointed star rose in the wind for the third time, the owner of the Emerald City, the guardian duke of the South Bank took a deep breath and lowered his head.
   "Look, Thales, when you take off your mask and start playing seriously, it's pretty good, isn't it?"
  Jane sneered at Thales, but the laughter was bleak:
   "Even though it's someone else's hand."
   Thales froze in his heart.
  Jane smiled slightly:
   "Unfortunately, no matter how good the cards are, you can still only make your own bets in the game."
   The next second, before Thales could react, Jenn took a step forward and said loudly:
   "Of course, Your Highness! Since I am a citizen of the stars and a noble of the kingdom, I should accept His Highness's arbitration! No complaints!"
  The surrounding crowd was in an uproar.
  The emerald sergeants in the front row looked at each other in disbelief, while the voices of the vassals and the guests were much more restrained, and many people secretly aimed at Thales.
  Finally - only after hearing the other party's conclusive answer, Thales was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
fine.
   There was no big mess.
  I saw Zhan smiling, but the smile was extremely complicated and had deep meaning. He waved his hand and ordered:
   "The Emerald Legion, put down your weapons, get out of the way, and let them arrest me."
  Seychelles gritted his teeth, quite dissatisfied:
"grown ups-"
   "Under the nine-pointed star flag, His Royal Highness Thales has an order, and the Kevin Dill family will all obey!" Jenn stopped him from speaking, his tone was unquestionable.
  Seychelles took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to step back, but he looked at the Star Lake Guard with extremely cold eyes.
   Soon, the emerald sergeants looked at each other, put away their weapons, and stepped back voluntarily or involuntarily. Many of them also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
   Thales, who was relieved in his heart, nodded to his subordinates. Wyah and Glover looked at each other. They stepped forward cautiously, passed the dragonless and helpless Emerald Legion, and came to Jenn's side.
  Glover wanted to them to demonstrate strictness, but Jenn didn't give them such a chance:
  The duke himself held his head high, took a decisive step, and walked out of the defense of the legion on his own.
   Walk into Thales' team.
"If you have any opinions, Jen, you are welcome to appeal to me and make your own voice during the arbitration," Thales looked at him with mixed feelings, "You can also ask someone to speak for yourself, if I remember correctly, the Advocate's Guild is in the Glory Zone - it costs money, but less trouble."
  Jane smiled slightly and didn't care.
  Compared to the noise and noise just now, all this happened quietly, and there might be whispers from bystanders, but no one dared to speak loudly.
   On the other side, Morgan pushed aside several stunned security officers, roughly dragged Federico from the ground, took out the cloth strip from his mouth, and escorted him to the Star Lake Guard.
   "Not bad, cousin," Zhan glanced at the culprit of everything today, with unspeakable emotions hidden in his eyes, "not bad."
   He looked at Thales, and his words had deep meaning:
   "But you think this is the end?"
   "Yes, cousin," Federico, who was being escorted, responded very quickly, gasping for breath and malicious intent, "You are finished."
   These cousins ​​met eyes, and the air around them seemed to be anxious.
   "Duke he just surrendered? So simple?"
In the    Guards, Neshi couldn't believe it:
   "They have a legion, an entire city, and two extreme masters..."
  D.D shook his head, thankful that he lived another night under the prince's hands:
   "That's right."
   "And we only have..."
   "We have Kingdom Rage."
  Nexi was startled for a moment:
   "What? Where?"
  D.D patted his shoulder and smiled:
   "Behind."
  Nexi looked behind him, but saw nothing. When he turned back, he looked puzzled.
   "No, Jenn!"
   At this moment, Shi Lai, who couldn't bear it any longer, broke through the block and rushed to her brother.
  Wiya frowned, but Glover glanced at Thales and shook his head at him.
  I saw the eldest lady grab Jenn's hand, and then looked back at Thales with her head down in a daze, wanting to speak, but she didn't know what to say.
   In the end, it was Jenn who pulled her back without a doubt.
   "It's okay, Cecilia, sister, listen," the Duke grabbed his sister's hand with a complicated look, "We're Kevin Deere, right?"
   Xilai stared blankly at her brother, her eyes reddened.
  Jane smiled, he glanced at Thales, then turned back and held his sister's hand.
   "Don't forget, Ning is a friend..."
  Xile was silent for a while, then he gritted his teeth, nodded, and said decisively:
   "Don't die with the enemy."
  Neither used to nor liked watching this scene of life and death (especially when he was the initiator), Thales sighed and turned around in a complicated mood.
   The emerald sergeants who were guarding in this direction all changed their expressions, and slammed back.
   Thales was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, and turned to explain.
   "Listen, everyone, don't be nervous, I'm not trying to take..."
   But when he turned back, he happened to meet the vassals in the South Bank Territory again. The latter were startled and quickly turned sideways or stepped back to avoid looking directly at him.
   Thales spoke for a while, and then he turned to the guests from other places. They were originally solemn, but when they saw the prince looking at them, they all squeezed out smiles and saluted friendly.
Sister Karabiyan was more cautious than before, a little less frivolous, and a little more alienated. Count Havia held the ceremony as usual as if nothing had happened, and Count Lasia bowed his head reluctantly at the urging of his eldest son, Chang Qingdao. The Earl of Chaoyanghua frowned and did not know what to think. The sea wolf captain Tanganga had a flattering attitude and his golden teeth were shining. Applauding gestures, and Corleone's Count Li has long since disappeared.
   Thales frowned deeply.
   Only then did he realize that as far as he could see, everyone in the arena was dodging with their heads lowered, turning their heads to dodge, and if they couldn't dodge, then they bowed respectfully and cautiously, lest they might be offended.
everyone.
   Almost everyone.
   "Your Highness," said Mallos' lazy voice, "Are you ready?"
   Are you ready...
   Thales came back to his senses, and subconsciously touched the bone ring "Covenant" in his pocket.
It's very strange. Gortaksa, who looks ferocious and has bone spurs in his hands, is lying quietly in his inner pocket at this moment, docile and natural, as light as nothing, as if the previous weight and faint tingling pain were only temporary. illusion.
  The night wind hit, and the banner in Cassien's hand rustled again, shining silver.
The moment he stood under the nine-pointed star, Thales held the bone ring that did not see the light of the sun, looked at Jenn who said goodbye to his sister in a low voice, looked at Federico, who was staring at him, and looked at his heart and swallowed his voice. Seychelles, looking at the vassals and guests who whispered with fear in their eyes, and the Star Lake Guards who are smiling and smiling...
   Finally, he raised his head, looked at the starry night sky of the Emerald City, and suddenly understood:
   Whatever the process, the details, what will the result be…
   At least this moment.
  Emerald City…
   is his.
   (end of this chapter)