Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 166 Martial Arts Tournament ([-])

After Ian returned to Prince's Square, the third battle was not over yet.

To be precise, Ian just caught up with the scene where Ender Poole pierced Barley's breastplate with a sword in both hands, sinking the tip of the sword into his chest.

This scene shocked Ian a lot. His first reaction was, how can this kid be so strong?

But the next moment, he realized that this should be caused by the poor quality of A.

Even the most common medium-carbon steel plate armor is impossible to be directly pierced by a hand and a half sword, so the material of the mercenary warrior's breastplate is probably only wrought iron, at most low-carbon steel, and it may not have been surface-hardened.

Later, Ian thought of the scenes in the original book or TV series where armor was pierced by swords and spears, and what Rohr said when he taught himself sword stabbing skills that proficient "stab" is enough to deal with most enemies.

All these details made Ian start to wonder, did he overestimate the steelmaking process in this world?Is the quality of armor in this world generally not good enough?Or at least the quality varies wildly?Good ones can be good to a certain extent, but most of them are parallel imports.

Although Barry is just a mercenary, his equipment is not good enough to draw this conclusion.

What about the Magic Mountain?The Magic Mountain sits down as the number one thug as the Duke of Tywin who can pull gold. Isn't his breastplate pierced by Oberyn Martell with a spear?

Oberyn's spear is poisoned, not enchanted!Being able to be pierced by a spear shows that the magic mountain's plate armor is also of mediocre quality.

If we continue to look for evidence according to this idea, the mainstream weapon of the knights of Westeros in the original book is still the sword, rather than the hammer and pickaxe for professional can opening, which also confirms this point.

This also explains why there are so many medium and light armors among the proxy warriors on both sides of Hazan and Suda. The proxy warriors are short of money, but Hazan and Suda are not short of money. They can provide better armor for the proxy warriors , but they do not think it is necessary.

Thinking of this, Ian sneered. He realized that he preconceived that the technology tree here was directly benchmarked to the middle and late 15th century, probably because the original book made a lot of references to the War of the Roses.

However, they ignore that the plate armor is continuously strengthened in the process of competing with firearms. There are no firearms in the world of ice and fire, so people here will naturally not pursue the improvement of armor performance too much.

And in the weird climate in the world of ice and fire, where summer and winter last for several years, it is also difficult to click on the technology trees of various basic industries including iron smelting.

The quality of armor in the world of ice and fire (without enchantment) may be more reasonable if it is compared to the late 13th century to the early 14th century.

As Ander Poole limped off the stage, the tournament entered the preparation time for the fourth match.

"Is Ander Poole injured?" Ian asked Yada who had returned to the stands beside him after seeing this scene.

"At the beginning, Ender Poole obviously had the absolute advantage, and once hit Barry's three swords without taking any damage, but for some reason, Ender suddenly froze at a certain moment during the battle. , and was wounded by Barry's hatchet on the right leg joint." Yada smacked her lips,
"Although Ander Poole reacted quickly and took advantage of Barry's closeness to complete the counter-kill, his subsequent combat effectiveness will definitely be affected."

Hearing this, Ian smiled.

He deliberately chose to kill Ender's ally Belz when Ender was on the field, in order to let the system news about Belz's killing interfere with Ender's performance on stage.

Although this didn't make Ender lose to Barry, it was a good gain for him to get his leg injured.

The candidates for the fourth contest were quickly sent by both sides. Hazan sent his red-robed monk this time, Shay, who had served as the Hand of the Holy Fire in the Red Temple on the top of the mountain.

This person was wearing chain armor without a helmet, and was holding a fighting spear about [-] meters in length. The tip of the spear was burning with flames.

And Suda dispatched yet another champion gladiator.

Ian didn't rush to watch the game, but logged into the auxiliary system in the stands and began to check the gains just now.

[Successfully kill a player, get 4 points, capture 6 points, and get an extra 1 point of mental power]

Damned poor man!Seeing the capture and the extra income, Ian couldn't help but curse secretly.

Obviously, Belz gave almost all of his resources to Ender, and he only left a few points to ensure that he would not fall into the last three, and he hardly added points to himself.

This made Ian's desire to have his subordinates kill Ender Poole even stronger. After all, only in this way can he get the corresponding killing benefits.

Then, Ian checked his updated page:

[Ian: Strength 32, Dexterity 27, Mental Power 22
Skills: Etiquette Basics, Common Language Literacy Basics, Fencing Proficiency, Equestrian Advanced, Lance Intermediate, Skinchanger Intermediate, Greenseer Basic
Attribute Points: 0
Skill Points: 2
Points: 62
Props: basic skill optional scroll

Skill Upgrade Scroll]

After confirming that there were no other problems, he logged out of the system and started watching the game again.

The battle lasted for nearly 10 minutes. Although Su Da's slave warrior almost killed the monk Shay several times, he was exhausted by him and was shot through the chest to death.

The battle came to the fifth round. Suda sent a Dothraki slave warrior. Ian was eager to solve the battle and did not give Ender Pool more time to recover, so he suggested that Hazan sent Boron.

Bronn really lived up to expectations and killed the centaur warrior in the 4th minute of the battle.

In this way, the competition came to the sixth match, and it was Hazan's turn to send someone first.

At this time, there were still two places left in Su Da's camp, one could only be given to himself, and the other would definitely be given to the Iban called the 'Elephant Hunter'.

Theoretically, it is impossible for Suda and Hazan to play in person until the end, so there is a high probability that the opponent will send the elephant hunter in the next game.

The Elephant Hunter has never fought in the White Sands Arena, but he is well-known. Ian has no way of knowing his specific strength, so he plans to let Hazan's people test the water first. There are two places that can be played, and in the first few games, there are more wins than losses, and the fault tolerance rate is very high.

But Hazan seemed unwilling to bear such a loss, so they both thought of a name—Jorah Mormont.

That guy is from Varys, and Ian will definitely not be able to take him with him later, so Ian doesn't care much about his life and death, and for Hazan, Jorah is just a mercenary for money.

As a result, Hazan used Jorah in Game [-].

As expected, the opposite side sent an elephant hunter as a response.

It was a long-haired guy with unusually broad chest and shoulders, slightly shorter lower limbs, slightly longer upper limbs, full of muscles, with three javelins on his back, a hatchet in his right hand, and an iron ax in his left. Holds a furry brown shield.

Iban is an island nation located on the Shivering Sea north of the continent of Essos. Its inhabitants live mainly on whaling, but the strongest warriors among them hunt the mammoths on the ice fields. , thus getting the title of elephant hunters, this race is short and strong, but generally not high in intelligence.

The Ibans didn't speak the Common Tongue or Valyrian at all, so the two sides skipped the self-introduction and salutation, and the referee directly announced the start of the game.

The elephant hunter moved when he heard the sound, and threw a throwing gun in his hand at Jorah after a two-step run-up.

The scope of the battle platform was not too large, and the spears came to Jorah's eyes almost instantly. Jorah dodged to one side, narrowly dodging this spear, but the elephant hunter's next spear came one after another. Finally, it directly pierced his abdomen, took Jorah flying out, and then nailed him to death on the battle platform.

"This monster." Ian and Hazan looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

Is this the greatest confidence that Andrew Poole dared to personally participate in such a life-and-death contest?

　Explain two points:
　　First, the level of the armor in the world of ice and fire: the author got involved in it after researching it several times, so I decided not to research it again.

　　The final setting of this book is: most of them are made of wrought iron or low-carbon steel, and occasionally there will be high-quality medium-carbon steel armor, and the enchantment is not included.
　　Second, Bronn's force: This question is actually hard to say, because he has not shown a particularly strong highlight, nor has he suffered a big loss, so it is hard to see where the upper limit is.In the setting of this book, he may be stronger than some readers' impression of him
　　
　
(End of this chapter)