Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 20 Lore

"Mercenaries," Harui suddenly shouted, "your captain refused to kill the illegitimate son in front of you for his honor, because he dared not offend the Lannister family. Take back my grandfather's castle, he wants to live in Westeros."

Harui knew that he could not prove that Ian was a fake, so he simply admitted that he was the illegitimate son of the Lannister family.

"But you don't have to. I offer 80 golden dragons as a reward for his head. With this money, you can go far away, leave the days of blood licking with knives, and go to Essos to live a prosperous life." Harui held up His own purse, this one is completely stud.

In an instant, the mercenaries who had been quiet because of Sir Carmel's order became restless again.

80 gold dragons is a huge amount of money that these mercenaries have never seen in their entire lives. In the face of this kind of temptation, what honor is there for the captain?Threats from the Lannister family, let's go meet the White Walkers!

"He is the fish on the chopping board now, don't look at your companions, do it, the fewer people who do it, the more money you will get." Harui urged again, and then looked at Ian proudly, but Ian's expression made Harui's expression stiff.

Because Ian was laughing too.

Harui turned around in surprise and found that Kamel was staring at him angrily. Only then did Harui realize that his act of directly trading with his mercenaries over Kamel had crossed the line.

But so what?With Carmel's obsession with honor, can he still kill his employer?
"You will still protect me, right? You swore an oath to me." Harui smiled reassuringly, with a hint of madness on his face, "You won't be the oathbreaker, right?"

Kamel turned his face away, did not answer but acquiesced to Harui's words.

"Hahahaha!" After getting a satisfactory answer, Harui's laughter grew louder, and he looked at Ian again.

You. You. You bastard!You are still laughing!Why do you?
Why are you laughing?Why do you have a mocking expression on your face?You are richer than me, but what good is that?

I can use money to incite these mercenaries to kill you because they can kill you, but you can't let them kill me, let alone double, even if you offer ten times and a hundred times the price, so what?With Carmel and his personal soldiers protecting me, those instigated mercenaries didn't hurt my capital at all!
In front of them, there is no option to kill me!

I'm already invincible!And you, I have already been checked to death, and the victory and defeat have been divided!

"Protect me and wait for my attendant to arrive later. I will pay you the same as him." Ian said lightly to the mercenaries around him, then looked at Harui and responded with a joking smile.

Afterwards, Harui's smile froze directly on his face.It took him about half a minute to understand the meaning of Ian's words, and then he suddenly had a feeling that he was not wronged.

Because if it were him, he would definitely not be able to make such a perfect response.

There are at least two shrewd points in dealing with the counterfeit illegitimate child. One is that he only wants to save his life, and he doesn't want to instigate these mercenaries to kill him.

If the fake illegitimate child's condition to the mercenaries is to kill him, then the mercenaries may not dare to accept Kamel's strength and long-term prestige even if he offered ten times the price.

It's a pity that the counterfeit illegitimate child retreated to advance, and directly gave up killing himself, so he avoided a direct conflict with his biggest reliance—Sir Cameron, and Cameron planned to let that guy go, as long as he didn't If you make it difficult for yourself, Kamel will definitely not make it difficult for him.

And the second shrewdness of the fake illegitimate child is that he obviously wanted to pay a 'ransom' to save his life, but he didn't directly offer to exchange the money for his life, but instead asked these people who 'protected' himself The mercenary pays his ransom in the form of a 'remuneration'.

From 'ransom' to 'reward', a small name change completely changed the nature of the event.

If he offered to pay a ransom in exchange for his life after being threatened by the mercenaries, then the relationship between the two parties would be hostile. Even if the mercenaries got the money, they still needed to worry about retaliation from the Lannister family.

And he paid the ransom in the form of 'remuneration', which defined his relationship with the mercenaries as 'hiring cooperation', which was tantamount to giving up the reason for revenge.

In this era where everything is pursued "claiming rights" and "being famous", the act of a fake illegitimate son of a "noble" is tantamount to giving the mercenaries a reassurance.

"It's an honor to serve you." Sure enough, a mercenary who had planned to attack Ian began to bow and swear.

"My sword is yours." The mercenaries surrounding Ian turned their backs one after another, and even many mercenaries who had hesitated to participate in the siege of Ian came to Ian to swear an oath.

For the mercenaries, this is a choice that does not need to be considered, because taking Ian's money not only complies with Captain Carmel's previous decision of "letting Ian go", but also does not need to be worried about the Lannister family. Going away for revenge, or even doing nothing, is almost tantamount to whoring for nothing.

However, taking Harui's money would risk retaliation by the Lannister family, and he would be judged high and low.

So soon, there were only five bodyguards left by Carmel's side, and all the others gathered around Ian.

"The form has been reversed." Ian snapped his fingers and looked at Harui with a smile.

"I thought this move was a lore. However, there is no such thing as a reversal of the situation, right?" Harui had already admitted failure in his heart, but he still tried to save himself a little face, "For me Say, the worst result is a draw, isn't it?"

Ian didn't answer, but just looked at Harui quietly.

"Why, don't you still want to kill me?" Halui was immediately irritated by Ian's obvious contempt, and he looked back at Kamel beside him.

"Sir Ian, you swore." Kammer failed to understand the conversation between the employer and the illegitimate son of Lannister, but he still reminded Ian aloud.

"Yes, I swore it to the honor of the Lannister family." Ian nodded, looking indifferently at the end of the dirt road leading from the salt well to the town.

The gradually setting sun cast a fine shadow on the ground through the treetops, and two knights riding side by side appeared in people's field of vision. They were both wearing full-body plate armor, one was light green and the other was pure black. .

The knight in light green plate armor wore a closed helmet, and the visor was lifted over the top of his head, revealing a bearded face, coupled with his strong physique, he was particularly intimidating. He rode a horse with a red hood Tall horses in black robes, with thick iron-clad round shields on their backs.

The other knight was a bit stronger than the knight in light green plate armor. He was more than seven feet tall and carried a two-handed giant sword five and a half feet long on his back. He didn't wear a helmet on his head. His long hair was scattered behind his head, his eyes were sharp, and his overall facial features were very handsome for a man of his size.

"My attendant is here." Ian smiled and said to the mercenaries beside him, and the mercenaries followed his gaze to the end of the road.

No one noticed that Ian clenched his fist slightly, his fingers retracted into his palm, and even his breathing gradually became short.
"Servant?" Hearing Ian's words, Adam, the old mercenary who had been pretending to be the foreman just now, saw the two full-armored knights approaching, and was shocked, "Seven layers of hell! Your servants are wearing Full plate armor?"

I heard that a set of that thing cost at least ten golden dragons.

"I can't help it. I'm an illegitimate child. If I'm not generous to my subordinates, how can anyone be willing to follow me?" Ian quickly adjusted back to his state, and he shook his head pretending to be bitter, "After all, I am poor There's only money left."

"Money is good."

"What did you say?"

"Nothing." The old mercenary shook his head quickly.

Soon, as the two knights approached, the mercenary team entered a state of alert.

They originally thought that the attendants Ian mentioned should be two ordinary half-grown children, so the sudden appearance of these two heavily armored knights gave them a deep sense of oppression.

"Relax, I said that those are my servants, they brought everyone's commission." Ian said loudly, looking at the old mercenary Adam.

"Put down your weapons!" The old mercenary quickly said to the people around him, "Sir Ian is our employer, what are you talking like?"

Obviously, Adam's reputation among this group of mercenaries is not low. After what he said, although the mercenaries were still vigilant, at least they put back their weapons.

Seeing this, Ian nodded to the old mercenary, then raised one hand above his head, making a stop gesture, and shouted at the knight five meters away: "You all stop there."

As expected, the two knights stopped in place.

"Who the hell, throw 80 gold dragons over here, pay attention, it's throwing." Ian ordered, he knew that the two knights were carrying more than 80 gold dragons.

The two knights looked at each other for a full seven seconds before finally deciding who was Goudan. Then the 'Goudan' wearing light green plate armor untied the bag hanging by his leg and began to count the golden dragons.

"That lord..." The old mercenary wanted to say something about the lord. After all, the knight who counted the gold coins looked a little too majestic, but he quickly stopped and changed his words, "That servant is called a dog?"

"The son of the kitchen cook, he came from a lowly family background. He was with me before my father took me back to the castle. This is his nickname," Ian explained. "Stupid is a bit stupid, but he is good at fighting and loyal. When I get my surname back, I will look for an opportunity to canonize him."

"Canonization. A cook's son?" The old mercenary couldn't believe his ears.

"Loyal service will be rewarded generously, this is my principle, and illegitimate children will never despise others because of their birth, because we are no nobler than anyone from the beginning." Ian laughed at himself .

"It is his good fortune to have met such a master as you."

"Haha, I'm actually just thinking about it now. After all, it may take more than half a year for my father to recover from his injury and marry my mother. Only after that can I become a real Lannister." Ian waved his hand.

Afterwards, Ian turned to the green armored knight who had already counted the gold coins, nodded to him, and signaled him to throw the gold coins over.

The green armored knight grabbed the gold coins and divided them three times before throwing them all out. The golden dragon scattered on the ground immediately attracted the mercenaries to loot them.

"Lannister has paid off his debts, and goodbye, everyone." Ian took the opportunity to mount his horse, and then ran towards the direction of the two knights.

In the middle of the journey, Ian looked back at Harui, which made Harui feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Harui didn't know why, but felt an ominous premonition rising from his heart.

"Captain Kamel, I want to leave, take me away now! Now!" Harui said hurriedly.

"Relax, Sir Ian has sworn, he"

"He's no Lannister at all!" Halui growled.

"You're here again." Kamer was a little helpless, he didn't understand why his employer had been struggling with this issue.

"In short, I'm leaving now," Harui gave up his intention to continue explaining, and hurriedly climbed onto an old horse. Due to his inexperienced riding skills, he held the horse's neck tightly with both hands, and urged again , "Let's go, let's go!"

When Kammer saw this, he didn't insist anymore, but gave the order to the guards around him to set off.

But to his surprise, none of the cronies around him moved. They all stood there, staring blankly at the direction of the setting sun.

Carmel felt suspicious, followed the gazes of the mercenaries, and saw that Ian, who had come to the side of the two knights, was holding a gold bar above his head. The bright red gold was particularly dazzling in the afterglow of the setting sun. , exuding a fairy-tale-like intoxicating aura.

(End of this chapter)