Ten years later.

The passing of time in the mortal world seemed to God just a blink of an eye. Before this moment, the holy land was thriving, and every day was stronger than the previous day. At the beginning of this moment, Marshal Thales was killed, and the holy land was immediately in civil strife.

When this moment ended, ten years later, the holy land had been completely in war.

Five years ago, King Alvin passed away, but the eldest son of the kingdom was disabled due to a traffic accident three days before he ascended the throne and lost the qualification to become a king.

There are three heirs of the right age. The three of them fought openly and secretly, and no one obeyed each other. A year later, the Kingdom of Grisson broke into three, but they still fought endlessly. No one recognized each other, and everyone wanted to become the orthodox King of Grisson.

The situation in the southern Gaoluoke Kingdom was very bad. General Gudanke and General Delkan confronted each other for three years. In an assassination, Delkan was killed, but this did not calm the anger of Marshal Thales's die-hards. A new leader soon appeared and continued to confront Gudanke.

In the following seven years, Gudank tried to drive Marshal Thales's loyalists out of Thales City. In the fifth year, he succeeded, and the loyalists in Thales City were basically eliminated, but these loyalists were far from being killed.

They scattered into surrounding towns, called themselves the Kings Brotherhood, and called General Gudank the forces led by the regicides, and were open and secretly fighting against Delkan's rule.

But this is just a noble statement. The so-called core members of the Brotherhood may be the elites of the human race, but because of Gu Danke's years of encirclement, most of the new members that the Brotherhood has been constantly absorbing are scumbags such as unemployed vagrants, gangsters, and hooligans.

Gradually, the Brotherhood became a bad disease in the south of the holy land. In order to maintain the power to fight against Gu Danke and maintain their own survival, they did everything they could to do. They sold women and children, forced good men to become prostitutes, robbed, forced civilians to mine regardless of their lives, etc., and became infamous.

As an opponent of the Brotherhood, General Gudanke's reputation was not very good. He planned to assassinate the great Marshal Thales and became a regicide, causing the newly established Kingdom of Gaurock to fall into such a chaotic situation. Every victim would curse him in the middle of the night for a bad death.

The times evolved in chaos, and ten years later, the holy land was filled with bandits and warlords fighting each other.

In order to protect themselves, the big family had to form private troops, build fortresses, and use strong high walls and troops to defend their property.

The entire holy land is full of fortresses, each of which governs independently and attacks each other. In the history of the human race, it is called the "Warring States Rebellion".

The Thales family left by Marshal Thales in the South is such a big family.

The family leader Marshal Thales was killed. The family stayed in Thales City at the beginning. But half a year later, they voluntarily withdrew from Thales City and settled in a manor three hundred kilometers north of Thales City.

Out of respect for the great Marshal Thales, no one dared to explicitly block the family's path.

Even General Gudanke did not take action. In order to clear his innocence, he personally sent troops to escort the Thales family, safely escorting the family to the manor, and declared that the fifty kilometers of land around the manor would be forever owned by the Thales family.

This manor, this fifty kilometers of land, became the foundation for the Thales family to gain a foothold in troubled times.

Three years later, a sturdy fortress was built here. Because the anti-magic craftsmanship used in the exterior wall materials of the fortress made the walls look light blue, the fortress was called the ‘Blue Stone Fort’.

The outermost layer of Bluestone Castle is a trapezoidal wall that is up to fifteen meters high. It is extremely strong and highly resistant to magic walls can block dozens of bombardment from the latest God of War artillery. Of course, in this year, few people have the ability to create God of War artillery, so Bluestone Castle is very safe.

On this day, the guards on the castle's high wall suddenly had a noise. They saw five combat airships more than 20 meters long flying towards the castle's high wall.

The airships are filled with the lion emblem of Blue Stone Castle, which is the combat airship of Blue Stone Castle. Half a day ago, the airship team of Blue Stone Castle set out to the territory border to fight the invading neighboring Wild Wolf Castle fleet. There were nine airships set out at that time, but unexpectedly, four of them fell in the battle.

There were obvious damage on these airships, and there were many scorch marks on the body of the boats that were hit by artillery. One of the airships showed a blood-red flashing light. It rushed to the front, and as soon as it was docked on the airship position on the high wall, the door was knocked open from the inside, and two strong soldiers rushed down with a stretcher.

They shouted as they rushed, "Go and find the priest! Where is the priest? The lord is injured!"

A blood man was lying on the stretcher. There was a huge blood hole on the right shoulder of the blood man. Although it was blocked by white cloth, blood could still be seen gushing out of the hole. Judging from the clothes on this man, he was Grelok, the third son of Marshal Thales, and was also the most recent lord of Bluestone Fort. He was only sixteen years old this year. Until today, he had just been a year old.

Due to the serious injury, Grilock's face was as pale as paper. He almost lost consciousness. Although his big eyes were open, his spirit had almost disappeared.

After a while, three priests of the Temple of War Temple in red-edged and white robes rushed up the city wall with a man in a dark blue uniform.

"Hurry and put the lord on the ground! Tent, set up a tent to block the wind!" The priest who rushed to the front roared as soon as he arrived. He was the lord of the temple of War and had a high prestige. No one could challenge his authority in treating patients.

The soldiers immediately did as they did. In less than a minute, a marching tent was set up, and the priest had already rushed into the tent and began to deal with Grilock's injuries.

Soon, there was a large circle of people inside and outside the tent. Five minutes later, a woman with slightly white temples climbed up to the high wall under the escort of several elite guards. As soon as she arrived, the soldiers on the high wall automatically made way for her.

This woman is no one else, but Madam Trisley, the widow of Marshal Thales.

Ten years ago, she was a graceful woman, and her life was carefree, calm and peaceful, but all this happiness had ended with her husband's death. Ten years later, she has been suffering and has obviously grown old, with more gray hair and obvious wrinkles on her forehead.

At this moment, her face was as pale as paper, with tears in the corners of her eyes. As soon as she came, she asked the man in a dark blue uniform before, "Gedosen, how about the Castle Lord?"

Gedorfen is the chief manager of Bluestone Fort. He is responsible for managing the civil affairs in the fort and also gives some suggestions to the fort owner.

Ten years ago, he was responsible for building Bluestone Fort and managed Bluestone Fort in an orderly manner. He never made any mistakes. He was a very wise middle-aged man and was deeply trusted by the fortress owners of all generations.

His face was also extremely ugly. He was silent after hearing this. After a long time, he shook his head: "Madam, it's hard to say."

Mrs. Trisley's body shook for a moment and almost fell down. Fortunately, a girl in blue skirt next to her reached out to hold her in time. The girl whispered to comfort her: "Mother, brother will definitely get better."

This girl is Vivi, the youngest daughter of Marshal Thales. She is fourteen years old and has grown into a beautiful big girl.

The little girl who grew up in suffering was precocious and she knew deeply what it meant to die in battle. The death of the only adult male in the Thales family will lead to the complete decline of the family.

"Brother, you must survive!" Although she was extremely anxious, the girl tried hard not to show all this because she still had to take care of her mother.

The lady closed her eyes in pain and prayed silently to the goddess of life she believed in, hoping that the goddess could hear her voice and not let her experience the third pain of losing her son.

Ten years ago, her husband died, six years ago, her eldest son died in battle, and three years ago, her second son died in battle. Could it be that now her third son wants her to think about it anymore?

"God, when will the misfortune of our family end?" the lady thought in pain.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a palpitation, as if her soul was torn off by someone's heart. She raised her head as if she was consciously lit up and saw that the curtain of the tent in front of her had been lifted open. The head of the Patriarch walked out, his hands were covered in blood, and he didn't say a word, but just shook his head.

The lady felt the darkness in front of her eyes. Amid the screams, she fainted on the ground. The elite soldiers escorted her up to the high wall immediately took a stretcher and, accompanied by a priest, sent her back to the castle.

The Patriarch washed his hands and explained to the general manager Gedorfen: "The wound on the lord's shoulder caused him to lose too much blood, but this was not a fatal injury. The real fatal thing was the metal shrapnel inserted above his heart, which damaged his heart and seized all his vitality for too long, and I could do nothing."

Gedophen said in pain: "The Marshal is an invincible god of war. Why does his family suffer such bad luck?! Is this God jealous of him?"

He saw Thales's son grow up, one by one, from swaddling babies to growing up as a human being, and finally dying in the battlefield at a young age. He experienced it personally, and this kind of heartache is hard to describe.

"Be careful, Geodophen, God will not be jealous of a mortal, who is his people, and a father will not be jealous of his son's achievements." The Patriarch warned solemnly.

Gedofin knew that he had made a mistake, so he bowed to the Patriarch and accused him of his crime.

Grilock died in battle again, and the last one of Thales's successors was left, that is the marshal's youngest son, Verando, who just turned ten years old this year.

When he thought of the boy with black eyes, Gedorfen was slightly excited: "Fortunately, the Marshal's bloodline has not been cut off yet!"

But he was immediately filled with worries: "But, Verando is too young."

The soldiers of Blue Stone Fort are rebellious, the generals are fierce, and there is a strong enemy, Wild Wolf Castle, and it is impossible to do without a powerful commander.

Grilock died in battle, and the withered Thales family can continue to rule Bluestone Castle, and whether the various commanders will recognize Verando as their leader, it is hard to say. (To be continued...)
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