The Heavens: The Magical World Begins with The Lord of the Rings

Chapter 212 Barristan Selmy

Gao Yuan learned from the captain of the guard, Jory, that Ed Stark was taken out by King Robert to hunt bison.The Duke of Storm's End, who was once brave and skilled in the War of the Reavers, seemed to be a different person after sitting on the Iron Throne, indulging in wine and beauty all day long.His past goals and ideals in life seemed to have passed away along with his beloved Lyanna in that war of snatchers.

There has been no war among the Seven Kingdoms since the rebellion of the Iron Islands nine years ago.War is Robert's only remaining goal in life after losing his love. He believes that the meaning of being alive can only be reflected in war.After losing this final direction in life, Robert has become more and more depraved ever since.The only thing he loves now, who doesn't do government affairs, is hunting, an activity full of killing and blood.

Now that Harrenhal was right in front of them, they were only one step away from King's Landing, the destination of their southward journey. King Robert happened to take Ed to go hunting alone at this time. I believe it was not just as simple as hunting bison.There are some things that no matter how Robert tries to be perfunctory and ambiguous, he cannot escape.

After all, Robert must keep his promise. Before they reach Harrenhal, Robert needs to give Ed a clear explanation on the matter of appointing the guardian of the Eastland.Whether he agrees to Ed's appointment request or insists on his own opinion, Robert needs to clearly inform Ed of his choice.

Presumably the king has already made a choice on the appointment of the guardian of the east border at this time, otherwise King Robert will not only invite Ed alone for this hunting trip, which is enough to explain everything, so it is necessary to avoid him. party.

Even though he had already guessed King Robert's choice, Gao Yuan was not discouraged by it.The current king's choice is not important to Gao Yuan, because the relationship between the wolf family and the lion family will soon usher in a turning point.After the conflict on the banks of the Trident River, if the king still insisted on his choice, Gao Yuan could only leave the king's team and choose to enter the Vale of Arryn.

The city of Darry where they are located is not far from the bloody gate leading to the Vale of Arryn. After Gao Yuan confirmed that he could not obtain the ruling right of the valley peacefully and legally, Gao Yuan would choose to leave the king's team on the same day and give up going to King's Landing. The only passage in the valley, enter the Vale of Arryn through the Blood Gate and start your own conqueror plan.

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Darry City is a relatively small castle. Except for the members of the Darry family who live crowdedly in the castle and in various simple rooms, this castle can hardly accommodate anyone anymore, let alone accommodate these people. A team of 400 people went south.

Members of the Stark family from the north lived in hotels outside Darry City, but the king and queen were unwilling to live in these dirty hotels, so they chose to live on the grass outside the castle. set up camp.Gao Yuan, who had nothing to do, walked into the camp where the king was stationed, and he saw a group of people gathered outside the queen's palace at this time, they were talking excitedly, buzzing like a swarm of bees.

Gao Yuan leaned forward curiously. Being tall, he looked over the dense crowd and saw Queen Cersei standing at the top of a simple wooden staircase.Gao Yuan knew the ladder under Cersei's feet, and the pot-bellied King Robert used it every time he dismounted.Cersei seemed to be smiling at someone in front of her at this time: "The important ministers at the imperial meeting are really thoughtful."

After re-searching the plot of the original book in his mind, Gao Yuan recalled that it seemed to be the plot of the Kingsguard Barristan Selmy and Renly Baratheon coming from King's Landing to meet the king.Gao Yuan, who already knew the plot, felt bored and turned around to push away the crowd to leave, but bumped into a girl in a blue long velvet dress.

The girl in the blue dress looked up at Gao Yuan, then immediately lowered her head with a blushing face: "I'm so sorry, Sir Gao Yuan!"

"It's all the lady who ran too fast just now. I was pulled by it and accidentally bumped into you." Sansa hurriedly explained to Gao Yuan that she was responsible for hitting Gao Yuan on her innocent face. Sitting on the side of the direwolf "Lady".

"It's me who should say I'm sorry. If I hadn't turned around suddenly just now, you probably wouldn't have bumped into me." Gao Yuan said apologetically, "I hope this set of armor on my body didn't hurt you."

The ruddy Sansa bit her lower lip lightly and shook her head.

Gao Yuan with a smile on his face picked up the rope that tied the direwolf from the ground, and handed it to Sansa: "It turns out that its name is Lady, a very nice name!

"I've lived in Winterfell for so long, and I still don't know its name!" Gao Yuan said, "I only know the names of your brother Robb and Jon's direwolf."

"Grey Wind, and Bai Ling." Sansa looked behind Gao Yuan curiously, "Sir Gao Yuan, what happened here?"

"The Royal Council of King's Landing sent people to welcome your father and the king." Gao Yuan explained, "It seems that those important ministers attached great importance to Lord Stark's arrival, and they sent Sir Barristan Selmy of the Royal Guards and Renly Baratheon, the king's brother."

"The queen is welcoming them. Do you want to go in and take a look, Miss Sansa?" Gao Yuansheng asked.

After getting the affirmative answer and permission from the other party, Gao Yuan gently embraced Sansa's thin shoulders and led her to the middle of the crowd.The wide and soft elf robe enveloped Sansa's frail body in it, and the scorching breath emanating from Gao Yuan's body hit Sansa's face directly.

When Gao Yuan led her to the front of the crowd, Sansa's cute little face was already blushing.It's not that Sansa has a crush on Gao Yuan, but that Gao Yuan's scorching breath is burning him.Gao Yuan, who has the passive skill Dragon Heart, even the blood in his veins is scorching hot, not to mention the aura emanating from his body.

Gently letting go of the short-breathing little girl in his arms, Gao Yuan pointed to the two knights kneeling in front of the queen and introduced their identities to Sansa.

One of them, with hair as gray as his armor, was Ser Barristan Selmy, now Captain of King Robert's Knightsguard, whose upper body was clad in a set of intricately carved and enamelled white scales. The armor, the light reflected by the enamel is like the sun shining on the snow, and the silver-white metal wires connecting the scales are shining in the sun.

Although Barristan is now 61 years old, he still looks old and strong. He once served two Kings of the Seven Kingdoms as the Imperial Guard, and his words and deeds are very elegant.His ability is beyond doubt. He once broke into the enemy's castle alone and rescued the former king Aerys Targaryen who was taken hostage from the dungeon.

And the companion kneeling beside him is a young man who is about the same age as Gao Yuan.His tall figure is only slightly inferior to that of Gao Yuan, who is of the same stature and strong. His black jade-like shawl and long hair complement his well-groomed face, and his azure blue eyes seem to always carry a cynical look. smile.In the crook of his right arm he held a gleaming golden antler helmet.

The crowned stag is the symbol of the royal family. Judging from the golden antler helmet in the boy's arms, it is easy to guess the identity of the boy in front of him. He is King Robert's youngest brother, the current Duke of Storm's End and the Queen Councilor Renly Baratheon.

Gao Yuan didn't introduce Sansa to the third stranger standing behind the two knights, because even he didn't know him, the man with ugly and hideous face and empty and indifferent eyes.He stands aside holding the reins of two knightly mounts, presumably a character of insignificant importance in the original novel.

"When Robert returns from hunting, he will be very pleased to see you." The two knights knelt in front of the queen, receiving praise from Cersei.Sansa in front of Gao Yuan kept her eyes on the ugly man. The man seemed to have sensed the gaze from Sansa, so he turned his head slowly and looked at her with those indifferent and empty eyes .

Facing those cold and empty eyes, Sansa suddenly felt an unprecedented fear hit her like a tsunami. The feeling of entering the ice cellar made Sansa's body tremble uncontrollably, and she staggered back into the ice cellar. In Gao Yuan's arms.

It wasn't until Gao Yuan's powerful and fiery hands covered his shoulders that her body stopped shaking, and a warm current flowed through Gao Yuan's big hands covering her shoulders, all over her limbs and bones, It almost made her cry out comfortably.

Sansa, whose face became rosy again, turned her head to look at Gao Yuan behind her, and saw that Sir Gao Yuan, who was as handsome as Renly, was looking at herself with a puzzled expression: "Miss Sansa, are you still looking at me?" All right?"

"I'm fine. I accidentally fell down." The shy Sansa struggled to get out of Gao Yuan's embrace.

Just broke free from Gao Yuan's arms, but couldn't help but look at the man who made her feel like falling into an ice cellar just now, the direwolf "lady" seemed to feel the fear of her master, and rushed forward to block Sansa and that man. There was a terrifying howl among the men with hideous faces.

Sansa hurriedly knelt down and hugged "Lady" to stop it from screaming, but obviously it didn't work.This made Sansa, the lady, and Gao Yuan standing behind her suddenly become the focus of attention of the audience.Sansa could feel that everyone's eyes were on her at this time, and there were many malicious whispers and titters from the crowd of onlookers.

This made Sansa feel ashamed. She buried her head in her arms with aggrievedness, tears filled her eyes, and the lady in her arms was still growling.And Gao Yuan, who was behind her, stood up at this time, protected Sansa under his robe, and scanned the surrounding crowd with those golden eyes shining in the sun.

It seems like a lion lying in ambush in the grass waiting for an opportunity, choosing the one he likes most among the many prey.

The originally noisy camp suddenly fell silent. Many of the people present had attended the king's dinner hosted by Duke Stark in Winterfell.This Sir Gao Yuan, who was nominated and canonized by the king himself, became famous in the duel with James the Imperial Guard, and his superb swordsmanship and strength are even more impressive.No one would want to provoke a young and promising knight with high martial arts skills just because of such a trivial matter.

"Why is there a direwolf here?" Ser Barristan came to Gao Yuan with a sword.

"The direwolf is the pet of the little wolf girl of the Stark family." Gao Yuan touched the Evening Star Blade at his waist, and the silver light reflected on the sword was dazzling, "If you don't mind, Put away your weapons first, ser!"

"You scared the little Stark girl."

"I will only put away my arms when I am sure it is safe, ser!" Ser Barristan asked. "You should be the one who should put away my arms at this time. before the king's queen."

"Which knight canonized you as a knight? I never knew you, and I don't have a family coat of arms."

"You actually want a giant dragon to remove its teeth in front of you?" Gao Yuan asked sharply.

As soon as this remark came out, the atmosphere between the two suddenly became tense.Ser Barristan, who was standing with a sword, was confronting Gao Yuan. At this time, his long sword had come out of his body, but Gao Yuan's saber was only half drawn out at his waist, and the tip of the sword was still in the scabbard.Judging from Sir Barristan's many years of combat experience, if he chooses to fight now, the hope of winning is very high. He only needs two moves to deal with the opponent.

But for some reason, when Sir Barristan faced Gao Yuan's golden pupils, he always felt a little uneasy.Especially after Gao Yuan touched the sword around his waist with his right hand, this feeling of uneasiness became even worse.The intuition formed by years of wandering between life and death told him that the young knight in front of him was definitely not a simple character, nor was he someone he could easily provoke.

"Relax, young man!"

Ser Barristan, who was hesitant, chose not to make a move in the end. In order to show friendship, he took the lead in putting away the weapon in his hand.In fact, he was the only one who took out his weapon. Gao Yuan just put his hand on the hilt of the sword and drew out half of the sword.

"Young Sir, who was your lord before you were enshrined?" Ser Barristan pointed to the armor on Gao Yuan's chest, "You don't have a family coat of arms either."

After Gao Yuan snorted coldly, he removed his right hand from the hilt of his sword, but he didn't pay any attention to Sir Barristan's intentions, let alone answer his question.

It wasn't until Gao Yuan helped Sansa up from the ground that she was crying pear blossoms and rain, and he replied coldly: "I defeated a knight who was unwilling to be canonized for me, so as a victor, I reaped the rewards from the defeated knight." The canonization of my family's coat of arms, I haven't figured out what pattern to use yet."

"Who was the defeated knight who enshrined you?" Ser Barristan asked in surprise, after all, it has been a long time since such a duel was used to obtain knighthood
"Your colleague, Sir James Lannister." Gao Yuan said calmly, "At the king's dinner in Winterfell, under the witness of King Robert and the nobles of the kingdom."

"Ser Barristan, I think you'd better stay away from my fiancée. You've frightened her."

While Gao Yuan was having friendly exchanges with Sir Barristan, Joffrey, the "Emperor of the Ages" who was wearing a beautiful blue woolen sweater and a black leather vest, suddenly ran to Gao Yuan and Sir Barristan. Between the two of them, Sir Listan yelled at Gao Yuan: "And you! Take your dirty hands off my fiancee."

As soon as the words fell, Joffrey pulled Sansa Stark to his side, and then began to care about the other party hypocritically: "My dear lady, how are you? Which guy scared you? Don't worry , as long as I am here, no one will dare to hurt you."

Joffrey's rudeness made both Gao Yuan and Sir Barristan frown.Looking at the blond-haired blue peacock in front of him, Gao Yuan couldn't help but admire that Qiao Li's description was so apt.

(End of this chapter)