Chapter672:UndertheCrescentMoon
Afterthesadmurmur,thequeen’sexpressionsuddenlychanged,fullofpurecuriosity.TheextremelystrongcontrastcaughtYunXioffguard.
Therewasakindofemotioncalledirresistible.
Therewasanimpulsecalledsudden.
Beforeenteringthegate,heremindedhimselfcountlesstimes.
WhatIwillencounteristheenemy.Iwillnevercommitthemistakeofkillingmyfatherandmarryingmymother.
Whatajoke!I’mnotthemaincharacterofathirdratedrama!
Icametotheworldofdragonwartochallengetheinvincibledragon,nottomarrysomeinexplicablequeen,andreallytobethekingofthiskingdom.
Eventhoughhewashostiletothedegeneratedkingandforcedtobattle,heneverthoughtsuchathingwouldcometrueinhismind.
Onlyfightingwasthemainthemeofthestartrials!
However,nowholdingthequeeninhisarms,thequeen’slittlefeetweregentlyshakinginhislefthandandhersoftblacklonghairwasscatteredonhisrighthand,whichsmelledgood...thistemptationwastoostrong!
Inthefaceofthedoll-likequeen,YunXicouldn闁炽儲鐛﹕ay"no"atall!
Thekingsofthiskingdom,wereyouunabletoresistsuchatemptation,soyoufinallytouchedthedarksideofthequeen?
"..."Forthefirsttimeinathousandyears,thequeenofAssyriawasincontactwithanotherhuman’sskin.Sheshowedadazedexpressiononherface.
AfterthedestructionofthekingdomofAssyriaandthenightofbloodmoon,thekingwhoguardedtheForgottenRuinscouldbesaidtobetheQueen’s"Knight",continuingtoperformtheoathoftheirancestors,swearingallegiancetothequeenofAssyriagenerationaftergeneration.
WatchingovertheForgottenRuinswasthemissionofthislastkingdomofmankind.Becauseofthis,theexistenceofthequeenofAssyriawasasemi-opensecretintheroyalfamily.
Onlythebestandmostpowerfulmembersoftheroyalfamilywereeligibletobeelected"princes".
Whenthekingcouldnolongerfulfillhisdutiesasaknight,theprincewouldinheritthemissionoftheroyalfamily,cometothislake,andswearallegiancetothequeenofAssyriasleepingonthethroneofspiders.
(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫e啯袧)
ForthequeenofAssyria,thatwasthelastremaininggoodnessafterbecoming"nonhuman".
TheredcrescentinthelakereflectedtheQueen’slasthumannature.
Thedoll-likegirlfigurewastheQueen’sbestdream.
Whenthequeenwasstilltwelveyearsold,shewascarefreeandblessedbyeveryone.
Everyonewaslookingforwardtoher,becauseshehadthemostexcellentbloodlineofallqueens,andwouldbecomethegreatestmillenniumqueen.
Asearlyastheageof12,therewerenoblesproposingtotheyoungqueen,whichalsomadethequeenfulloflongingformarriage.
Theotherhalfofherfuturemustbeperfectandcouldaccompanythequeenforthousandsofyears.
Shekeptdreamingaboutwhatherloverwouldlooklike.Aprinceonawhitehorse,oraherowhocouldslaydragons?
The12-year-oldqueenofAssyriahadamagnificentfuture.
Notonlyshe,buteveryonebelievedthatthequeenwouldmakeAssyriaprosperousandimmortalforthousandsofyears.
Itwaspredictedthatthequeen’sloverwouldbethebestknight.
Othersimaginedthatthequeen’sloverwouldbeasperfectasthequeen.
The12-year-oldqueendescribedtheoutlineofherfuturewithsuchasimplefantasy.
Asforwhathappenedlater,itbelongstothetragedyoftheimmortalmillenniumqueen.
Thequeenwhoappearedintheundergroundlakeofthekingdomhadnosuchtrouble.ShewaslikeaprincessSleepinginadream,andhertimewasforeverfrozenattheageof12.
Fortheevilqueen,thiswasthelastdreamandthereasonwhytheworldwasnotyetdestroyed.
Inordertoprotectthedreamofthequeenandthehopeoftheworld,thekingsofthekingdomcomeherefromgenerationtogenerationtosweartotheyoungqueenunderthebloodycrescentmoon.
TheywouldcontinuetoprotecttheQueen’sKingdom,andtheirloyaltywouldnotchangeforthousandsofyears.
ThequeenwhoguardedtheKingdomhadneverchanged.Therewasonlyonepersonfrombeginningtoend.Alltheso-calledkingswereknightsofthequeen.
Thiswastheoaththathadlastedforthousandsofyears,anditwasalsoacurse.
Noneofthekingswhoguardedthekingdomhadagoodend.Allofthemtouchedthedarksideofthegreatqueenanddegeneratedinthebloodymoonlight.
Evenso,theguardians,whowerecalledkingscontinuedtheirmissionfromgenerationtogeneration,andtheycouldn’tevenletgoofthisdedicationuntiltheydied.
Butnoneofthemhadreallytouchedthequeen.
Eventhoughshewasyoungandknewshewasdreaming,thequeenofAssyriawasstillthemostpowerfulqueenwiththousandsofyearsofmagicpower.Thespiderswouldtearanylivingcreaturewhodaredtogetclosetothequeentopieces.
Thehugeblackspiderwasamonsterfromanothertimeandspace.Itsexistenceitselfwasthestrongestprotection.
Thekingsofthekingdom,theknightsofthequeencouldonlykneelinfrontoftheQueen’sskirtandswearallegiancetothegreatmillenniumqueen.
Theonlywayforthekingscoulddowastocometotheedgeofthelake,stayingfarawayfromthespiders,watchingthequeen’ssleepingface.
NoonecouldbreakthroughthespiderswarmlikeYunXi.Hedidn’tarousethehostilityofthespidersevenafterdirectlytouchingthequeen’sbody.
Forthequeen,thekingswerejustakindofsacrifice,whichwasherlastthoughtoftheworldandthekingdomshewasguarding.
Everytimeshewokeup,shewouldfindthatthereweremorespidersaroundher,andtherewouldbeanewknightwhovowedtobeloyaltoher.
Tonight,therewasabrandnewfaceinthespiders.
"Willyoumarryme?"
The12-year-oldqueensmiledlikea12-year-oldgirlwhowasplayingthegame"playhouse"withadollinthegarden.
"...Yes."