Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 164 Martial Arts Tournament ([-])

Due to the presence of the two governors in person, the riots in the stands did not last long before calming down again.

Under the signal of the two governors, the eunuch on the platform loudly announced the start of the game.

According to tradition, Su Da, as the provocative party, will be the first to send a proxy warrior to power.

Suda first sent out a fully armed champion gladiator. He was wearing a set of black full-body plate armor and was holding a heavy war hammer—one side of the top was a hammer head and the other side was a spike. The steel giant, combined with his tall stature, even at such a distance, the nobles in the stands on Hazan's side could feel a sense of oppression coming towards them, causing a burst of whispering.

But Ian knew that this was a home-delivered dish, so he whispered a few words beside Hazan.

Afterwards, Hazan called the water dancer Yada to fight on stage.

This sparked a debate in the stands on both sides.

As we all know, what water dancers are worst at is facing these damn tin cans. The only way they want to kill these guys is to attack their eyes through the eye slits on the mask or attack them without being attacked. Underarms wrapped by shoulder armor.

Although it is not easy for the tin can to hurt the water dancer, and it even takes a lot of physical strength to find a chance, but in general, their fault tolerance rate is much higher.

Yada, the water dancer, ignored any doubts, but went straight to the battle stage, and made a gesture of please to Suda's acting warrior.

"Mazlar, the three-time champion gladiator of the Volantis Arena, I fight for my master, Governor Cecito Moen, and his friend Suda Tetrus." Suda's The champion gladiator introduced himself first.

"Water Dancer Yada, the former second-in-command swordsman of the Sea King's Palace in Braavos, the Kingsguard of His Majesty Viserys, I fight for the honor of His Majesty Viserys III Targaryen and his friend Prince Hazan." Yada also responded by introducing herself.

After the salutes from both sides ended, the referee at the edge of the platform immediately announced the start of the battle, and then hurriedly jumped off the platform.

The champion gladiator Mazlar raised his warhammer and charged directly at Yada, while the nobles in the stands also shouted.

Yada, on the other hand, seemed to be strolling in the courtyard, until the other party came to a place two meters away from her, and then drew out her sword as fast as thunder.

The ripples on the sword had a blood-red and pitch-black luster, reflecting a round of bright red light in the sunlight.

The cheers stopped abruptly.

Most people didn't see what happened clearly, they only saw Mazlar crashing to the ground, and Yada standing beside him, with dark red blood slowly dripping from the sword in his hand.

"The Valyrian steel sword," Ender Poole's heart sank. Others couldn't see the movements of the two on the battle stage, but he could see them clearly.

Just now, after the water dancer dodged Mazlar's hammer blow, he directly pierced Mazlar's steel throat from the front with a backhand sword. At that time, Mazlar's attention was all on defense. Eyes and underarms, he never thought that the water dancer could penetrate his armor from the front.

Yada relied on such a surprise blow to kill Mazlar on the spot.

But what Ender Poole couldn't figure out was, where did the water dancer under Daeron get a Valyrian steel swiftsword?Even if Daeron was the winner of the treasure hunt in King's Landing or Oldtown, what he got should be a Valyrian steel two-handed sword. Could it be that he found a blacksmith with Qohor craftsmanship to recast the greatsword?

Of course, what Ander Poole, who hadn't opened Points Mall [-], would never have imagined was that this sword could be bought directly.

"What did you just say?" Suda Tetrus's voice rang in Ender's ear. "The Valyrian steel sword?"

"Yes, my lord." Ender nodded, and whispered to Suda what happened on the battlefield just now.

"Damn it!" Su Da gritted his teeth, unable to accept such a result at all.

Mazlar was ranked among the top three in terms of fighting power under his command. He let him play first to show off his momentum. As a result, Mazlar was defeated in just one face-to-face. How did he accept this?

The point is, a master water dancer equipped with a Valyrian steel sword, how can I deal with him later?
There was not much time for Suda to think about countermeasures, because just as the servants off the court moved Mazlar's body down, Hazan said the name of the player in the second round—Yada Moore.

Hazan did not change, and decided to let Yada fight again.

But think about it, not only did Yada not get injured in the last battle, even his physical strength was exhausted, so who else should he replace?

"Take one of those two water dancers," Ender Poole suggested to Suda. "Facing the water dancer with the Valyrian steel sword, our heavy armored warrior was completely restrained." Yes, we can only deal with him with the water dancer, even if we can't beat him, as long as it can hurt him, or at least consume a lot of physical strength, I'm sure I can beat him later."

Su Da nodded in agreement, there was no other way.

In the face of Valyrian steel, heavy armor is useless, and it will even become a simple burden, but letting these proxy warriors who are usually used to fighting in armor take off their armor and fight will imperceptibly damage their combat effectiveness.

In contrast, using the two rebellious water dancers became the only choice. Even if two people were used to replace Yada, he still had a certain chance of winning with Ender and the elephant hunter.

So under Su Da's order, a water dancer stepped onto the battle stage and exchanged salutes with Yada.

In the stands on the other side, Ian breathed a sigh of relief. It was he who arranged for Yada to continue to play the second round, and the purpose was for Suda to send one of the two water dancers to the stage immediately.

After all, the two water dancers had taken the ash mushroom powder provided by Hazan 6 hours ago. If they are not allowed to fight quickly, their medicinal properties will fully take effect. Ian asked them to occupy Suda's side The plan for the number of places in the competition is about to fall through.

The second battle started quickly. The water dancer on the opposite side bullied Yada as soon as he came up, and then launched a stormy attack, but Yada just parried, as if to save his energy.

The dance of water was fast and deadly, and the steps of the two water dancers were almost in sync. Their fast and graceful movement and stealth attracted cheers from the nobles on both sides of the stands.

Ian had to admit that, at least from an ornamental point of view, the dance of water was much more beautiful than the dance of steel.

The battle on the field reminded Ian of a rumor. Some people said that real water dancers can compete and fight on the water surface without causing a ripple on the water surface.

Ian knew that it must have been blown out, but in the bottom of his heart, he had a faint expectation. Can they do it?

The exciting dance didn't last long, and with the onset of the ash mushroom powder, the situation on the field took a turn for the worse for Suda.

Suda's water dancer suffered from unbearable abdominal pain for a while, and when he was careless, Yada pierced his chest with a sword.

This time, not only Su Da, but even Ander Poole's face completely darkened.

Yada was still not injured, and he still didn't even consume much physical strength, and they had already lost two people on their side. If this continued, wouldn't it be possible for their side to be directly killed by that water dancer?

Moreover, didn't it be agreed that the two water dancers from Braavos are both top-ranking masters in the Sea King's Palace?Why was he so vulnerable in front of that Yada?Ender Poole couldn't figure it out.

However, when he walked up to the water dancer who was not on stage to question him, he found that he was curled up on the ground with his hands on his stomach, his face pale.

"Poisoning?!" Ander looked angrily at Daelon who was sitting next to Hazan as if he had realized something.

You don't talk about martial arts, I will tear you to pieces!
(End of this chapter)