Chapter 239
"Mysterious Knight Batman, are you here yet?"
Dany stepped forward immediately, deliberately making his voice low and hoarse: "Batman is here!"
"You advanced I'm done."
"What?"
"Congratulations on knocking out 'Shit Shell' Jimmy, you've made the cut! There's no match for you this morning, so I'll report to the 44th tourney ground in the afternoon, remember Don't be late." The master of ceremonies said.
Dany was dumbfounded for a while before riding away under the constant urging of the master of ceremonies.
"Let's go," greeted the old Knight.
"I want to take a look again."
"You pay attention to the nearby competitors," the old Knight pointed to the armored Knights, "many people's armors are either worn out or rusted. Either assembled from second-hand parts. Knight, who can't even afford iron armor, can imagine his technical and tactical level. If you really want to watch the game, it's better to go back to the main venue."
Dany looked around, sighed then said, and silently followed the old Knight out of the arena.
He was right, there are no peerless swordsmen like A Fei and Fu Hongxue in this world.
With a broken iron ruler, no Martial Arts Secret Book, only two simple moves, straight stabbing and sword drawing, can become the top expert in the world - this is a story often found in wuxia novels .
In this world of physique, strength, skill, equestrianism, war horses, and armor, similar stories will never happen.
The great Knight can only be born in a wealthy family who has no worries about food and clothing, and has been taught by a Martial Skill Master since childhood.
The horse was walking steadily on the loess road, and there were occasional sounds of gun-shield collisions and the cheers and whining of the Knight from the nearby arena. Dany looked at the game and asked the Knight next to him in a muffled voice: " Has there ever been a Legendary Knight among the poor?"
White Cloak thought for a while, then said, "In the last hundred years, there have been half of them."
Dany turned around and said surprisedly: "Half of them. one?"
"Do you know what Prince of Dragonflies is called?"
"Duncan Targaryen."
"Well, Prince is also called Duncan the Small, But he's not short, he's a 1.8-meter tall hero."
"So, there must have been a very Legendary Duncan the Tall, a great Knight with a commoner background?" Dany looked thoughtful and said.
"Yes, my lord, you are so smart." After giving Dany an admiring glance, White Cloak continued: "Ser Duncan is the Kingsguard of the previous generation, more than two meters tall.
As a teenager , Aegon V is also a pseudonym 'Egg', to hire Knight Duncan as a squire for a period of time!"
Aegon V is Daenerys' grandfather, and the first-generation divorced boy Prince Duncan is his eldest son.
Named the Crown Prince after a mercenary-turned White Cloak, how much Aegon V should worship the oneself Guard!
"Although Ser Duncan came from the slums of King's Landing, he was adopted by Ser Arlan at the age of five. He had a good Knight education and was not a real commoner background."
Different from the arena where Knight was hired, the main venue was full of flags and voices, and the contestants wore bright and clean armor, like the heroes described in thousands of songs, each more radiant than the other.
The roar of the hooves of the warhorses trampled the lands of tourney ground into a battered mud.
The wooden platform was full of spectators, dressed in gorgeous dresses, reserved and enthusiastically cheering for every winner and sighing for every knight who fell from the horse.
Especially those aristocratic Maiden and young women sitting in the front row, whenever a Knight waved to the audience on both sides, they flushed their cheeks, covered their mouths with folding fans spraying perfume, going crazy. Screaming loudly.
It seems that all Knights are imagined as guardian Knights of oneself.
They may also think: anyway, there are so many people shouting, others can't be sure that she is screaming, and they can't see their bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl.
"wu wu wu ......" Dany came over, just when he heard the horn sound, wait for the audience to quiet down from the discussion of the previous fight, the horn ended, and the emcee was high. Shouting: "Miss Rhyllia's guardian Knight, Brightwater Earl Garlan Tyrell."
Earl rode straight into the arena on a black steed, dressed in magnificent silver armor, polished to silver. Dazzling, with a pair of green vines and two groups of Golden Rose up and down his chest.
Dany and other viewers were shocked to find that the golden flower with the big mouth was made up of countless blonde crystals.
"Hiss!" Thousands of throats gasped at the same time.
"Mysterious Knight from Brightwater, old gardener." The emcee continued to announce.
A smoky grey Battle Armor with a Heavenly Azure Rock cape over it, and that cape and his fox-shaped helmet are the only decorations on his body.
But as soon as this mysterious Knight appeared, the jubilant atmosphere in the vicinity suddenly became stagnant, as if an embarrassed person who everyone knew had entered the lively banquet, and even the little girls of the aristocrats didn't cheer.
“Who is this person? Everyone seems to know him.” Dany wondered.
"azure cape, fox helmet, from Brightwater, and self-proclaimed 'son of the gardener', must be a Florent. According to previous inquiries, Bacheng is Ser Alekyne who came to Hightower for help." Old Knight Say it for sure.
While the two of them were talking, the two Knights in the arena had already rushed over.
“bang!”
mysterious Knight’s long wooden spear fiercely slammed into Earl Garlan’s wooden shield, and the long spear burst into pieces. At that moment, time seemed to slow down extremely, Dany could clearly see that the iron sheet on the outer layer of the shield was concave, and then White's wood slag splashed like bullets, making a fine and muffled sound on the two men's iron armor.
"Wow—" Thousands of mouths breathed in unison.
"Okay!" The old Knight commented loudly: "Steady, accurate, ruthless, and with a lot of skill, the long spear shattered the rider but didn't get hurt at all.
Earl Garlan blocked the It's also very stable, blocking such a powerful blow, the horse's running motion is not deformed, it can be seen that the strength is fully vented, and it does not affect the mount."
When the fox helmet was replaced with a long spear, The old Knight said: "In War of Four Kings, Florent originally followed Tyrell to join Renly.
After Renly died, Tyrell retreated, but Alester Florent Earl switched to Stannis because of his younger brother and niece. ."
Stannis' wife is from House Florent.
"Then Tyrell allied with Lannister, Stannis failed, and Brightwater's Florent was embarrassed.
Duke Tywin stripped House Florent of all Fiefdom and nobility titles and sublet Brightwater to Garlan Tyrell Ser, for his heroic performance at the Battle of Blackwater Rush.
In order to win back Brightwater, Alester Earl intended to make peace with King's Landing on behalf of Dragonstone, but Stannis sacrificed him directly to the Lord of Light.
Brightwater heir, Ser Alekyne, Alester's son, fled to Oldtown to seek shelter at House Hightower. Didn't expect to be on Tourney too, and had a dramatic encounter with Earl Garlan."
"What does Ser Alekyne have to do with Old Man of Oldtown?" Dany asked.
"Alekyne's elder sister is Earl Leyton's Lady."
"This..." Dany was a little confused, "Garlan Tyrell's mother is Earl Leyton's. Daughter, right? This, in the nest?"
"No, Earl Leyton has already died three ladies, and now Lady Florent is the fourth, and the children born by the four ladies are not the same. Lynesse and Humfrey shares the same father and mother, but Humfrey and smiling Baelor are the same father and different mother."
"So complicated, if I were the Old Man of Oldtown, I would definitely hide in the Hightower." The corner of Dany's mouth convulsed.
The two were chatting while watching Mysterious Knight and Earl Garlan hedging. In the second, third and fourth rounds, they both blocked the long spear from each other, but the wooden spear did not shatter.
“Earl Garlan is going to lose based on his current score,” said Knight Sr.
"Not necessarily."
This Tourney, organizer Ser Garth stipulated that there would be five rounds of jousting.
It is not always the case that the opponent is directly knocked off the horse. In this case, the winner must be determined by the score after five rounds.
The hit part of the long spear, the smoothness of the action, the ability to control the horse-whether the horse slows down or slaps its feet when it collides, whether the long spear uses the movement specification or not... these are All are points.
In the first four rounds, mysterious Knight attacked fiercely, and Earl Garlan was slapped in the stomach and lost a lot of points.
In the fifth round, Dany, like thousands of spectators, held his breath and stared at the two Knights who were slowly accelerating in the field.
The hooves of horses roared in the sun, Knight leaned forward, his left shield was in front of his chest, his right hand long spear straightened, the horses galloped to the highest speed, but their guns were still stable... ...... ..
"Boom-crash-"
Garlan's long spear hit the chest of Mysterious Knight, only knocking him upside down on the horse's back, but almost at the same time "Old Spear" The gardener's long spear crossed Garlan's shield and moved towards his facade.
Thanks to Earl Garlan's quick response, he raised his neck sharply, and the wooden gun rubbed the throat armor with a sour sound... Finally, it pressed against the lower edge of the helmet, turning the silver light brilliantly. Can's iron helmet shot directly into the air, and Earl had a blood-colored mark from his chin to his ear.
Blood gurgling.
"ahhhh..." the audience exclaimed, the Maidens clutched their mouths and almost burst into tears.
"wu wu..." The horn sounded, and Garth Hightower rushed into the field, calling out for Maester to come to the rescue of the two riders.
In fact, the injuries of the two were not serious. Garlan's face was scratched, and the blood on his face looked scary, but it was only a flesh wound. And the mysterious Knight had thick armor and was stabbed with a blunt wooden spear.
After tossing for seven or eight minutes, after both Knights left, the emcee stood up and shouted: "Mysterious Knight fouls, Garlan Tyrell Earl wins."
"That guy deliberately , he wanted to kill Garlan," Barristan said solemnly.
"en. ” Dany nods his approval.
In jousting, attacking the opponent's neck above the neck is considered a foul - except for the accidental contact with the head of the broken wooden gun People who make that kind of low-level mistakes.
The old Knight facial expression grave said: "Brightwater is still in the control of House Florent, Garlan led half of House Tyrell's army back to Highgarden to win Brightwater.
It's just an accident in the middle, The Ironmen have occupied the Shield Islands, broke into the Mander, and threatened the root of House Tyrell - Highgarden.
Seven Kingdoms have crippled North, Riverlands, Westerlands, Crownlands, Stormlands are still besieging Storm's End, Reach There are also undercurrents, this..."
"What happened to Westeros?" the old man sighed sadly.
"Paper, paper—" A fast horse suddenly ran up the Roseroad, the rider waving a roll of parchment, shouting loudly: "Latest news, latest news from Citadel, Balon is dead, Balon four days The front fell off the bridge and died, the King of Ironmen died, and Oldtown is safe!"
"Really?" Everyone in the arena was in an uproar, and Tourney didn't even look at it, and ran to the riders.
"The latest news from the Citadel, King Balon fell to his death, his brother Euron tried to get his hands on the Seastone Chair, Islands of the Ironmen in turmoil, Oldtown crisis resolved." Riders squeezed through the crowd, Came to the bottom of the rostrum and reported loudly to Baelor and other great nobles.
"Okay, okay, okay!" Baelor Brightsmile cracked his mouth with laughter. The previous filth between the two relatives was thrown aside by him, and he only applauded continuously.
"What a shit, Reach is in danger!" Dany's expression changed drastically.