Chapter 383

Chapter 383

2021-01-06

Chapter 383 "Doomed" encounter?

Melisandre's question was in Valyria, and Igor couldn't understand the rest except for the name "Thoros"... At this time, the store staff who escaped and hid in Night's Watch was also full of smiles. He opened his mouth to him: "Lord Commander, under Tobho Mott, the person you sent earlier has already passed the word... You have found the right person. I dare not say the whole Westeros, but it is definitely the only one in King's Landing who can reaffirm. The person who forged Valyria steel!"

It turns out that this person is the person oneself is looking for on this trip, but Igor has no intention of talking to him at this moment - his attention is on the red robe man opposite .

I don't know if it's just to fight against Melisandre or to consider whether the others can understand it, Thoros replied in common language: "Lord of Light conveyed to me divide decree in flames, ma'am. . He told me that we must get to the Wall as soon as possible to participate in the decisive battle between him and the old enemy... such an epic battle, of course, must be equipped with the best equipment. So, we came here to shop for goods. "

Tobho Mott does not accept this explanation, with the support of a group of Night's Watch who seem to be able to fight, he even speaks a lot louder: "What epic battle, nonsense, you are going to the sky God-killer, you can't rob me of the equipment left for the garrison officers!"

But no one paid any attention to the shopkeeper, and both sides looked at the other leader with surprise: Igor and Melisandre stared at Thoros. The golden-red-haired young noble beside him, and the other side were all carefully observing the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch that suddenly appeared in front of them as if falling from the sky.

A moment later, the young nobleman walked towards Igor with a smile and bowed with one hand on his chest: "It's an honor to meet you here, Lord Commander. Next Beric Dondarrion, Blackhaven count. These two is my friend: Angie the 'divine archer' who won the Tourney bow and arrow competition to celebrate Eddard Stark as Prime Minister; proficient in sword technique, strong as an ox, known as the 'reliable' Luke; the horse watcher outside child, it's my squire, Edric Dayne."

"Sir Dondarrion, it's a pleasure to meet you." Igor returned the courtesy, and also briefly introduced Nina and Qyburn, but his heart had already made waves - Beric Dondarrion ? Is it the Beric who was killed N times by Tywin's army in the original plot but didn't die? There doesn't seem to be any similarities, but think about it, in this timeline, I'm afraid he hasn't been killed once. "Listen to this Thoros from Myr, you want to go north to support Night's. Watch?"

"That's right." Beric's face was high-spirited and vigorous, "Lord Commander, you and I are comrades-in-arms by fate, we are worried that we can't leave King's Landing and head north, just Coincidentally, I bumped into you here, presumably... Your ship won't be short of our five positions!"

Of course, not bad for these five positions, the small half warehouse has several thousand kilograms of nitrate. It looks like a lot in a jar, but it's nowhere near enough to fill the Blackbird. However, when oneself went to the Street of Steel in King's Landing to invite Tobho Mott, he was able to bump into several Red God believers who had a role in the original plot and Warrior who obeyed the will of Lord of Light!
Is this a coincidence?

Ghost letter.

Would it be the unfathomable R'hllor - after learning about oneself's idea and specific itinerary of melting swords and casting arrows, he informed Thoros and Beric and his party through flames that they are here today to wait for oneself, so as to give Oneself sends a dive arrow hand plus three excellent Warriors to play the most huge might of the arrow version of "Lightbringer"?
The above is still a good guess, and there is a worse possibility, Igor didn't even dare to think deeply: the idea of melting the sword that suddenly popped up in my mind not long ago, is it still the free will of oneself? independent decision?

Is it possible that R'hllor guided oneself to Tobho Mott's Smith shop by influencing the subconscious mind to implant the molten sword, and then gave Thoros a dive decree to make him also give birth to "come here" King's Landing's best Smith shop to buy equipment", so it is logical for the two groups to meet, and to help the last group of people missing from this war also take oneself's tailwind back to Wall?
This guess seems to fully explain everything!
oneself tricked Melisandre to say: R'hllor instructed oneself to forge the sword points into ranged weapons. Could it be that... this is not actually a lie, but an unintentional telling the truth?

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Just like the classic brain in a vat problem, how can oneself tell whether oneself has been influenced or even manipulated by R'hllor?

Igor got chills behind his back at the thought, so much so that he was stunned for a few seconds, not even hearing Blackhaven count's next sentence.

"Your Majesty?"

He hurried back to reality: "Oh, of course no problem, the Night's Watch Legion welcomes the help of any person with lofty ideals in the Seven Kingdoms!"

"Lord Commander, we can agree, we are just going to help you deal with the dead." The big boy-like archer Angie added, "It's not to join Night's Watch, I can still feel the taste of women. If I swear not to marry a wife, I might as well kill me."

...

Besides, Melisandre had already argued with Thoros in Common Come, Red Woman asks why Thoros, the drunkard, didn't complete the mission assigned by the High Priest, and the latter bluntly counters that he has his oneself way of serving R'hllor. Melisandre's arrogant expression and overbearing tone showed that she had a higher status in the Red God sect than Thoros, but the latter was a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and didn't seem to buy the account of the high priest in front of her.

"Hey..." The owner had hoped that Igor, who had asked for oneself, could support him, but he didn't think that after a few words and two groups of people, they would form an accomplice in one shot, and suddenly looked at Igor with some worry, "Lord Commander. , you seem to be a reasonable person, you can persuade your friends, these are the equipment ordered by the king Your Majesty, just take away what I can't explain."

The reliable Luke fiercely Glancing at the shop owner: "We are going north to fight the natural enemies of mankind, end Long Night and protect all the residents of the Seven Kingdoms, it is your honor to use the equipment in your shop! Push three and four, wait for the dead to go south and devour the human kingdom, you see. Can the garrison wear your armor as a Night's Watch?"

Igor also came back to his senses from the chilling conjecture at this time, struggling to contain the thoughts that were about to fly, I looked up at the equipment that oneself's new companions liked: the glossy shine is well-made, it is really quite good, but it is just a few sets of ordinary high-end armor. The quality of the batch that Tywin donated to Night's Watch Legion is not comparable. This is a shortfall, and the cronies are divided into one set of officers, and there are more than a dozen sets left.

"Forget it everyone, Mr. Mott will continue to do business in King's Landing after all, and he also has his difficulties, so let's not toss him. When the land is granted, I will open the warehouse and let him A few of you will choose the right equipment first."

With this promise, he calmed down the dispute. Overwhelmed by his suspicions, Igor continued to do business as planned - he asked Tobho Mott how he thought about it, if he was willing to go north with him and recast an "unknown" Valyrian Steel Sword for Night's Watch.

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"Ai, of course I am willing, but why didn't you bring the sword?" Tobho sighed, "It is not impossible for me to go north to work myself, But I have to make it clear in advance: as the best caster in Westeros, my appearance fee is very high, and we have to negotiate the price here first."

"Let's make an offer." Igor also said from I don't expect everyone to be so conscious that Night's Watch is willing to provide services for free because Night's Watch claims that oneself is fighting against Others, but Smith is just a civilian.
"You've decided to melt a Valyrian Steel Sword into as many arrows as possible." Tobho Mott offered the price after hesitating, "No matter how big the sword is, I want one-tenth of it in Valyria steel. How about the pay?"

"One-tenth of Valyria steel?" Beric next to him heard laughed heartily, "It's a good price, Duke Tywin is probably willing to buy any Valyrian with a hundred thousand Golden Dragon. Steel Sword, but I haven't found a seller for half my life... You, Smith, cost tens of thousands of Golden Dragon for one appearance, which is more than my Blackhaven count tax a year?"

"One The original and complete Valyrian Steel Sword is more than one hundred thousand Golden Dragon, because it is not only a weapon, but also an out-of-print collectible! But after melting, it is just a material with excellent performance, and ten How much is a fraction of the material worth, I don't dare to make any judgments before seeing the size of this sword - it's definitely not worth 10,000 Golden Dragon." Tobho did not directly respond to Beric's sarcasm, but Righteously analyzed, "But my lord, when you trusted and chose me to recast Valyrian Steel weapons for you, did you ever think about it: I went to the opposite side of the narrow sea to learn the Valyrian Steel casting technology many years ago, so After a long time, it will become unfamiliar?"

How can there be such a self-questioning business person who smashes the oneself signboard? Igor was curious - he really didn't doubt it, not because he didn't expect it, but because the other party successfully cast "Oathkeeper" and "Widow's Wail" in the original plot, so that he subconsciously trusted him as a transmigrator.

“It’s too late for me to ask, are you unfamiliar?”

“I can answer you with certainty, no!” The owner said firmly, “It’s not because I have a good memory and innate The talent is high, but it is because of my persistent practice! The Valyrian Steel Sword is hard to find in the world, but various small items such as Maester chains, pocket daggers, rings, etc. are sometimes found on the black market... In my request to Qohor At the beginning of the master mechanic's tuition fee to learn the skill of reforging Valyrian Steel, the master mechanic reminded me: I may never have the chance to meet someone to come to me to recast a real Valyrian Steel Sword in my life. But even so, I still Every year, hundreds of Golden Dragons are used to buy small pieces of Valyrian Steel, and they are recast and recast over and over again, until the final failure causes the Valyria steel to deteriorate and lose various characteristics, and then summarize the failures. Experience and think about how to avoid it. Such a skilled craftsman raised at a great price...waited countless years just to one day serve you and your sword, think about it this way, you still feel a tenth of Valyria steel Is this price...expensive?"

It turned out to be bragging about himself, but the owner's words made sense. Not only did Igor not hate his self-promotion, but he was even moved by his craftsman spirit— —Like dragon slaying, it takes time, energy and money to learn and practice it repeatedly, but it is very likely that a "dragon" cannot be waited for in a lifetime. This hopeless waiting is somewhat similar to the spirit of Night's Watch: Since ancient times, how many Night's Watches have guarded the Wall all their lives for the Others who will never come?

If this remark is true, then Tobho's appearance fee is indeed worth the price he wants.

"Molding Valyria steel arrows?" Archer Anguet was interested, "The Seven is on top, I have never used Valyria steel weapons, Lord Commander, if you are willing to give me a Valyria steel weapon after the reforging is successful. I have ten arrows like this and I'll prove to you why I won the Prime Minister's Tourney!"

"As long as your arrow technique is as good as Earl Beric said, I'll consider it ." Igor replied with a smile, then looked towards Tobho, and answered his question in a deep voice, "Don't give a tenth, I'll give you a fifth! But there are two additional conditions: 1. If it appears during the recasting process Failure leads to loss, start deducting from your one-fifth - this means that if the loss exceeds one-fifth, you will have to work for me; 2. Your compensation, I will take it first. To deal with the Others and the Night King, pay it after the war is over, cash it within a year at the latest, and if the arrow is shot but recover less than one-fifth of it, it will be compensated in gold coins."

Igor's conditions are equivalent. Harsh, but to a craftsman of Tobho Mott's level, making money is actually no longer his life goal and ideal. Forging a true, complete Valyrian Steel Sword is a huge reward in itself for the experience.

The shop owner said without hesitation: "Okay! But please allow me to prepare... I am not familiar with the conditions for understanding the land grant, casting Valyrian Steel Sword, but it requires a complete and good casting facility and environment, as well as a large A pile of unusual props."

"The casting facility and environment Queenscrown has everything you need, and I can borrow it from Winterfell. The person who came made it clear: either promise and come with me immediately, or...I will take the whole sword as a family heirloom."

  …

This is not a trick or threat in negotiating techniques, Igor really decided that. Melting the Dark Sisters into arrows and renaming them was a whim for no reason. He could not waste even a day at the most critical moment for such an idle move.

If you want to take advantage of the influence of that well-known prophecy and directly change the name of the sword to "Lightbringer", the effect will not be even half a point worse.

Tobho Mott pursed his lips and struggled hard for more than ten seconds under the gaze of everyone, and finally decided not to let this extremely rare opportunity slip away: "Forget it, please allow me to spend it. Explain the operation and follow-up work of the store for a moment, and then set off immediately. Gendry! Go and take out the small box under my bed, then prepare two horses, and follow me to the Wall!"

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(end of chapter)