Chapter 240
Oldtown residents rejoice with Reach's nobles and riders, and King Balon, the most prestigious, ambitious, and feared Ironmen, is dead!
Islands of the Ironmen are scattered, their only son Theon is skinned, Asha a woman cannot inherit the throne, and his "indestructible" younger brother Euron initiates the ancient and cruel "Kingsmoot", the nobles of Ironman's Bay Begin to stir, everyone has the idea of getting their hands on the Seastone Chair...
In a word, Ironmen is over, Oldtown is safe, and we can happily participate in Tourney!
Because of this good news, Baelor Brightsmile waved his hand and directly increased the bounty of the champion from 8,000 Golden Dragon to 20,000, and even the second place has 10,000 Golden Dragon.
The Knight was boiling, people sang and danced, the banquet was open, and the chorus never stopped.
Dany looked puzzled: "How did Euron complete his second exploration of Valyria Island in such a short period of time, and at the same time cross thousands of miles of ocean back to Ironman's Bay in the past four months?"
The old Knight was also very puzzled, "I thought he was still floating on the Summer Sea. But he can't affect the overall situation. Once King Balon dies, the infighting alone will consume most of the Ironmen's strength, and Reach is finally safe. "
Dany looked at him in amazement and said: "No way, others don't know, you still don't understand Euron's cruelty?"
Old Knight shook his head and sighed: "No way?" On behalf of prestige, it's been almost three years since he left Ironman's Bay, who still remembers him? And Euron isn't the only guy at House Greyjoy at all, no one would take him, otherwise he wouldn't have called 'Kingsmoot'."
“What happened to Kingsmoot?” Dany asked.
"Call the captains of all the long ships of the Iron Islands, and vote for the new Iron King."
"Is it a very advanced system?" Dany became more and more puzzled.
"Ai, human beings can play the most advanced system more savage than the Dothraki. Someone once ambushed crossbowmen on Kingsmoot and slaughtered all candidates; The Royal Family of the one-term country was killed, Zeng......"
Dany was stunned, and said: "According to Euron's character, he will do uncertain things? I can't say that Balon is just that. He killed him, and then became the real Iron King through Kingsmoot."
"Even so, it would take six months to a year for the main Reach troops and Arbor's fleet to return from King's Landing.
" p>
At that time, with the absolute hard power of Reach, it no longer mattered whether the Ironmen were united under Euron."
The two did not reach a consensus on the Euron matter. After lunch, in the afternoon In Arena 44, the mysterious Knight "Batman" officially debuts.
Only one rendezvous, Dany stabbed hard, "bang!"
A shot broke the opponent's left arm bone holding the shield, the guy howled and fell from the horse down.
mysterious Knight Batman advances to the next round.
Then the two ran to the main arena to watch.
After watching for a while, Dany suddenly noticed one thing, there were so many players in the main arena, and the round had not yet been completed.
That is to say, a wild knight like Dany has been eliminated in two rounds, a total of three-quarters of the players, while the players in the noble area have not completed the first round to advance, and the elimination rate is less than one-half. .
There are several times the difference in the elimination rate between the two competitions.
"I'm still too naive, thinking that if the nobles get attention, they will reduce the promotion rate, didn't expect them to be so shameless." Dany said angrily.
She thought that the nobles were fighting each other in the same arena, and among the remaining winners, Freerider would definitely account for the overwhelming majority.
"Everyone is like this, and the hired Knights also know about it." The old Knight looked disapproving.
The nobles don't have any preferential treatment, so why should everyone compete to be nobles?
The reality is more cruel than Dany imagined. On the second day, she participated in a game in the morning and afternoon. So far, after four consecutive knock-out competitions, only one-sixteenth of the 2,200-odd knights left, about 140 riders.
At this time, more than 300 noble riders have not completed the first round.
On the morning of the third day, Dany advanced to the fifth round, and when there were only 70 players left in the wild Knight, the noble players finally completed the first round, leaving 150 players.
All players will rest for half a day. Starting from the fourth day, 220 Knights will be mixed and will compete in the main arena together.
Dany is finally able to 'appear in front of people' in the arena with spectators!
At the same time, she was able to move the tent into the main camp.
Since the afternoon, the camp has been in a frenzy, the fat roasted Yellow Ox is slowly turning on the fire, the oil drips, the si si squeaks, and the air is filled with the aroma of garlic and pepper .
The handsome Bard played the piano and sang in the crowd, and the song and dance troupe set up the stage to perform "Dance of the Dragons", "Jenny of Oldstones and Prince of Dragonflies", "Florian the Fool and Jonquil", "Dragonrider and Queen Naerys" and other Knight-related operas.
And Knight feasting guests in the tent, young squire running around under their beckoning, carrying beer kegs into the tent, and carrying out empty plates.
He also helped the cook to carry in a long string of fragrant roast chicken and golden roast lamb. Several women in thin colored shirts laughed at each other and were led into the tent by squire...
Almost every tent has a shield, or a few shields on display.
It depicts the family crests of the nobles who live there, including the trapezoidal white tower of Oldtown, the Golden Rose of Tyrell, the grape bunches of House Redwyne, the ears of wheat in Harvest Hall, the sharp horn skull of Blackcrown, the three The Holy Grail and Black Rose of the Towers, the Black and Orange Butterflies of the Uplands...
Of course, someone also erected three long spears outside the tent, a shield with dark bats painted on it— - The old Knight was very puzzled and dissatisfied with this pattern, and deliberately painted it a bit like Big Black.
"Is Knight Batman inside?"
After lunch, Dany was entering Dreki state, closed his eyes for meditation with Big Black, and suddenly came the call of squire from outside the tent .
Well, Big Black has been back in Westeros for two days.
Others only know that Dany can control the Black Dragon, but they don't know the details of Dreki. Jorah wrote a letter tied to Big Black's leg and uploaded it.
In fact, Dany knows more about the current Slaver's Bay form than Jorah, and Big Black specifically checked around Slaver's Bay and New Ghis.
The Allies still have no plans to attack, and yes, Qohor's Scorpion isn't finished yet.
After condensing the meditation vortex in my mind, Big Black seemed to have some kind of benign mutation. The magic power and physical strength increased a lot, and the maximum speed was almost increased by one-fifth. It only took 30 minutes. Back to Oldtown in an hour.
Another surprise for Dany is that when she enters Dreki state, she can meditation with Big Black, their nine-color vortex rotates at the same frequency, and her sorcery strength grows faster than before More than double.
——It's as if Big Black brought her to level up.
So whenever she has free time, she will meditate with Big Black.
Dany hovered and sat still on the bamboo mat. Old Knight voluntarily opened the door and went out to talk to squire.
About a quarter of an hour later, he came in with a primary oak barrel and reported, "Sir, Ser Garth has invited you to a banquet."
"What?" Dany said curiously .
"It's not just you, he has invited the 70 mercenary riders who entered the final round. Because of the Ironmen, Ser Baelor intends to build the 'Oldtown Fleet', and Ser Garth is responsible for recruiting the city defense army. After five The rider of the knock-out competition can at least become the Small Captain of the cavalry."
"You refused?"
The old Knight put the barrel in front of Dany and sat back to his original position. Nodded said: "I only shirk that you are mysterious Knight now, and intend to maintain this status until the end of the Tourney. Squire understands and sends you a barrel of Arbor golden wine."
"Bang Bang Bang..." The shield erected outside the tent was knocked a few times, and then a voice came: "Is Knight Batman there?"
"Who?" Knight asked as he got up.
"I'm the ticket recorder for the 'Sifang Casino'—"
Old Knight immediately sat down again and interrupted him: "You go, we don't. Bet."
The errand clerk didn't leave, and continued: "Your Excellency Knight, it doesn't matter if you don't bet, we also buy the information of the contestants at a high price."
Dany has a face. Confused, I heard old fogey shouting angrily: "We will win, we will win! We will never play match-fixing."
The man outside cursed a few words in a low voice and left.
"Is 'selling information' a slang term for casino games?" Dany said curiously.
"Apart from the fact that oneself will lose, what's the point of it? Earl Garlan, Ser Baelor, who don't know, who hasn't seen the scene of their game? But how about this information? , can defeat them?"
That's right.
"Actually, you can buy me to win. Tomorrow you can try the water with 100 Golden Dragon."
The next morning, the sky is clear and sunny.
Outside Oldtown, the main arena on the Great Way of loess.
When the emcee chanted "mysterious Knight Batman", Dany rode forward with excitement to the north track of the arena.
"Batman? hahaha, he's so small, so ugly, little bat." Immediately, the audience burst into laughter.
Compared to those fierce-male Knights with a body like a city wall, Dany looks thin and thin.
It's no wonder that her high-quality armor only sells two Golden Dragons. Adults can't wear them. Underage teenagers are still growing. Two Golden Dragons buy a set of "can't wear ten lifetimes". Armor is too worthless.
Uh, it's normal for Lord Knight's armor to last a hundred or two years.
According to White Cloak, the enchanted bronze helmet of Runestone Bronze Yohn was handed down from ancestors five thousand years ago.
When Dany took the long spear and the shield from White Cloak, the laughter grew louder, the long spear in his hand was very incompatible with her slender and straight body, there was always a kind of her hand was too small, the wooden gun was mounted The illusion of falling off.
"Which aristocratic kid is this? Do you want to imitate Barristan the Bold?" Some experienced people also saw some of Dany's details, "Although the armor is pitch-black and uneven in tone, there is no trace of rust. , the structure is complete, there is no trace of patchwork; her crotch dark horse is a first-class horse, at least three Golden Dragon; and her Knight gun, damn, prodigal, Summer Isles's golden wood, one You only need three Silver Stags, and Kingslayer isn't so extravagant, right?"
After being reminded, the people nearby gradually showed their thoughts, and began to discuss which noble's family crest was related to the black bat.
Well, players participating in jousting can use the birch long spear provided by the organizer, or they can carry a long spear by themselves.
Although all wooden guns will shatter in high-intensity collisions, the wood texture is different and the impact strength is different.
Summer Isles' gold wood is the best bow material and the best long spear wood for competition.
The emcee shouts: "Harvest Hall, Earl Arstan Selmy!"