Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 23 Chasing and Killing

Fortunately, the opponent wanted to escape and did not intend to kill Ian. After knocking Ian's sword away, the mercenary glanced at Luo Er, who was already close at hand, and quickly clamped his spurs, trying to continue running northward in vain.

It's a pity that he was slowed down when he was fighting with Ian, and his escape speed failed to return to the peak for a while. After only a few seconds, he was caught up by Luo Er and was pierced through the back of his heart by a sword.

Seeing this scene, Ian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he also had lingering fears about what just happened.

He couldn't believe that he, who had always regarded himself as steady, would rush towards the enemy like that. When his horse ran at full speed, all his rationality disappeared, as if the hormones in his body had turned into adrenal glands white.

This reminded him of a description about the state of the cavalry when they charged - a drunken man was carried by a runaway horse.

Shaking his head, after making up his mind not to make such a risky attempt again, Ian began to reflect on this first real battle after he entered the world of ice and fire.

Regarding his own performance, Ian can't say it is remarkable, it can only be said that it is embarrassing.
During the battle, his mind was almost blank. Although he got the memories of riding and sword skills that a hired knight should have from the system, these memories were completely uncoordinated with his body, and he had no muscle memory at all. As for he simply doesn't know what to do next.

Even though this is related to his lack of actual combat experience, it also shows a problem from the side - the layout data is quite unreliable.

He was even thinking about letting Luo Er systematically train himself again in his free time.

Looking behind him again, Luo Er had led the empty horse of the escapee back to the corpses of other mercenaries, sorting out the spoils with Case.

But Ian's attention was not on the spoils, but on the equipment of the two knights.

This time, it was very rare for Ian not to greet the planner, because the reward was really too powerful.

Obviously, the S-level NPCs that are rewarded by the system come with top-end equipment. Needless to say about the armor, Ian’s heart sank when he saw Kamer’s spear hit Case. What he didn’t expect was that He actually failed to penetrate Case's defense.

Although this was related to Case's successful dodge, causing the opponent's spear point to hit the thickest defensive left shoulder plate on his body, but to be able to successfully defend under the sprint at that speed, Case's plate armor is undoubtedly the best of the best.

Then there are the horses. You must know that Rolle and Case are fully armed. In this case, they were only a few seconds behind themselves and caught up with themselves who had actually been defeated by the enemy. This shows that their horses It is even better than my own thoroughbred horse!
Such a configuration is definitely a rare conscience discovery for the dog-planned style of this game.

Soon, Rolle and Case finished collecting the trophies—two horses, an exquisite long sword, a dozen golden dragons, a large bag of other coins, and a pair of plate and chain armor.

Of course, when it comes to plate and chain armor, this pair of armor is just a metal plate added to the chest of the chain armor, a bit like the one worn by Stannis Baratheon in the Game of Thrones TV series.

Ian didn't understand much about this.

Stannis is also a king when he dies poorly. Will the director die if he arranges a stronger armor for him?Even if he must be given plate chain armor, at least it must be the kind worn by Zhao Yun in the movie "Red Cliff", right? (In other words, why did Zhao Yun wear plate chain armor more than ten centuries earlier?)
In short, under the influence of the embarrassing performance just now, Ian was somewhat worried about the appearance of himself in a fancy dress, so he took off his coat and pulled the blood-stained scarf from the dead Kamel. The armored suit was put on him without hesitation.

Then, with the help of Rolle, he changed into this plate and chain armor. Ian and Kamel's figure were similar, and this suit of armor was surprisingly suitable for Ian after wearing it.

After completing all these quickly, Ian ordered to turn back and run towards the salt mine in the small town of Holloway.

When they returned to the salt mine, the battle here was not yet over. The surviving mercenaries were divided into two groups and were confronting each other, with three on one side and four on the other, and they seemed to be exhausted.

Obviously, after Carmel left, the scene got out of control again. These mercenaries probably formed a small group based on their usual relationship and competed for the gold bars.

A total of three people were seriously injured. It is estimated that even if their various small teams won the final competition, the money would not be distributed to them.

The appearance of the three of Ian broke the short-lived balance between them.

The mercenaries looked at the blood-stained swords of Rolle and Case, and seemed to realize something. At that moment, perhaps countless thoughts appeared in their minds.

Is it desperate resistance?Run away?Or kneel down and beg for mercy?

There are all of them, but none of them matter anymore, because before that, Ian had already given the order to attack.

It's too late.

The battle ended in just 1 minute. The two knights cut down a few mercenaries who were still resisting like wheat, and then dismounted to kill the blood of the few who had already been seriously injured and fell to the ground.

After confirming that there were no survivors, they began to rummage through the loot.

All the while, Ian's eyes were looking the other way.

The night there devoured the last rays of the setting sun, and on the pitch-black curtain, a bright star map was slowly lighting up.

Perhaps, there is a distant blue planet in that star map, where there are no merciless executioners, no mercenaries begging for mercy, and no crying and wailing of the hunted.

There is a harmonious society, a stable legal system and a dead game planner named Xia Ze.

Soon Ian and his team completed the inventory of the second wave of spoils.

This time, most of the items were discarded by Ian's order, and all he left behind was Carmel's family sword-a high-quality hand and half sword, two exquisite daggers, three adult river horses and Carmel's plate mail.

Of course, there is the most important thing in addition to this-money.

Carmel and the mercenaries had almost negligible money, and the most important thing Ian and his team got back was the two commissions paid by Ian himself and Harui's remaining 80 gold dragons.

Ian put all the gold bars into the backpack of the auxiliary system, and the remaining more than 500 gold dragons were packed in Rolle's bag.

Then they left the mine, came to the Green Fork River not far away, and began to wash the blood on their bodies.

"Can you tell me why you were so confident just now that you can instigate those personal guards in Carmel?" Luo Er suddenly asked Ian while Ian was washing his clothes.

(End of this chapter)