Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 285
"Is he betting that the boss of the arena won't dare to openly retaliate against himself who has won the title of 'Champion of Meereen'?" Ian guessed.

Since the ancient Ghis Empire was destroyed by Valyria, the Ghis nobles in Slaver's Bay have been living in the dream of the ancient empire. They followed the tradition in everything and celebrated the ancient Ghis festival with extra grandeur.

A gladiator who has won the title of champion of Meereen is retaliated after the match is a scandal that Meereen cannot bear. As the owner of Daznak Arena, asking the challenger to play a fake match and lose to his own gladiator is even more detrimental to the entire Meereen. Lin's humiliation.

If the player named Erlands really relied on this to bet that the boss of the arena could only suffer this dumb loss, it would not be impossible, but...
"Obviously he lost the bet," Meda also had the same guess as Ian, "Erlands didn't even leave the arena alive, and when he won the victory, he enjoyed the cheers of the people of Meereen and returned When we were in the preparation area under the arena, a slave riot suddenly appeared in the preparation area."

"Slave riot?" Ian jokingly smiled.

"I don't know which careless guard forgot to lock the iron gate," Mita said with a hint of teasing in his tone, "Several gladiators rushed out of the dungeon and launched a surprise attack on Erlands.

Erlands had gone through several games that day, and when he returned to the preparation area, his physical strength was already exhausted, and he was attacked very abruptly, so he was killed on the spot, and then the rioting slaves were also very angry. All the guards who arrived soon were killed. "

"Death without confrontation? What's the point of this kind of death without confrontation? A gladiator who just won the championship turned around and died in the arena. This has already brought shame to Meereen, and the responsibility for this lies with the arena boss after all."

"Yes, after the incident happened, several great masters immediately pointed their finger at the owner of the arena, and the matter of the owner asking Erlands to play fake matches was also quickly exposed.

As a result, this little great master who made Meereen lose face was taken away by the great master council. The ownership of the arena was confiscated, and the family property was fined, and Meereen was expelled.

Then the new owner of Daznak Arena was replaced by Mr. Daznak whom the lord asked us to investigate, whom he met in Yunkai. "

Good guy!From the looks of it, it was almost impossible to see that it had anything to do with this guy, but in the end he became the biggest beneficiary?
"How did he become the boss of this arena?"

"A gift. House Paar of Meereen took the Daznak Arena after the fact, and gave it as a gift to the man who later changed his name to Daznak."

"The Parr family. Commander of the Meereen garrison." Daznak's establishment of the previous Meereen-Yunkai-New Ghis anti-Ian alliance was probably mainly due to the contribution of this family.

"By the way, you said before that you have found many clues pointing to Daznak, what are these?" Ian said again.

Needless to say, there is a high possibility that Mida's guess at the beginning is the truth, that is, the whole thing was planned by the player named Daznak.

After all, that guy could work out a plan to drag Ian until he ran out of food, force him to go to the east bank of the Tanmakaha River to collect food, and then use the fleet to cut off Ian's army in the middle and annihilate them separately.It's no surprise that he's been able to pull off a big show in Meereen.

The question now is, how did he do it?
Of course, how he did it is not important in itself. What is really important is to clarify this matter, which will greatly help Ian to clean up the development and struggle of the entire Meereen players, find out the possible remaining player forces, Let the mice in the gutter have nowhere to hide.

"The Paal family and the owner of the Daznak Arena have always been in a state of hostility since Oznak Zo Paal of the Paal family defeated the arena keeper in last year's match and won the After taking away the title of champion and warrior of Meereen, the hostility between them once reached the point where swords were on the verge of breaking out.

Before this match, the Parr family even declared that in addition to defending the title of 'Champion Warrior' representing the nobility, they would also take away the title of 'Champion Warrior' from the slaves, and made a fight with the owner of the arena. A huge bet.And this time the bet happened just after Erlands (the player) agreed to a fake match. "

"So?" Ian felt a little confused.

"Maybe I forgot to say that the fact that the champion of the Daznak Arena was attacked before the match was strictly kept secret at the time. It was not until after the match that the owner of the arena asked Erlands to play a fake match. The matter was reported together. And the champion of the Daznak Arena at that time was an undefeated myth in Meereen."

"So it's a problem for the Paar family to dare to bet against the owner of the Daznak Arena?" Ian finally understood, "Unless they have known the news that the champion of the Daznak Arena is injured in advance, Or, unless they themselves were the ones who sent someone to attack the champion?"

"Yes," Mita nodded, "so we managed to investigate the attack on the champion at that time."

"Can this be found?" Ian was a little surprised. Are your business capabilities so high?

"The funds given by that lord are very sufficient. There is nothing in Meereen that cannot be found with money." Mi Da said that he gave all the credit to the funds, but he did not hide his pride on his face.

"So, what was the situation?"

"This attack was very tricky. Even though the champion of the arena managed to escape into the maze-like neighborhood, the commander of the attack was able to find his location precisely."

Skinchangers, Ian wondered, was Daznak planning this attack?
If he cooperated with the Paal family to complete this matter as a means of attacking the arena boss family, it would make sense for the Paal family to pay him the arena as a reward afterwards.

But "How do you know this kind of thing?" Ian asked strangely, except for those who participated in the attack at that time, who the hell would know such details?
"Because a participant in the attack at that time is now working here. After all, we have more money here. When I released the task, he said that he knew some inside information."

This is even more strange. The scale of the attack at that time was not large. It stands to reason that all those involved should be Daznak's cronies. How could there be a defection?Taking a step back, even if someone defected, with Daznak's prudence, he would definitely silence them all.

"Go on." Ian ordered.

"Before he joined us, he served in a mercenary group that Erlands formed."

Erlands' mercenary group?What the hell is this?If Erlands' men were responsible for the attack, what role did Daznak play in it?He collaborated with Erlands?Are they actually secret allies?
It's possible, if the whole thing itself is a double reed played by Daznak and Erlands. First they attacked the defending champion of the arena, and then it was Daznak who asked the Parr family to provoke the arena The boss forced him to bet against himself.

On the other hand, Erlands pretended to agree to the arena owner's request to fight fake matches, so that he could gain confidence in gambling. In the end, Erlands changed his mind on the spot and killed the injured champion. In this way, they successfully made the Daznak Arena The boss lost all his wealth to the Parr family.

If that's all it takes, Erlands gets riches and glory, Daznak gets the arena as a gift from the Pals, and the Pals get rid of their political enemies, everything is perfect.

But Erlands was attacked and killed immediately afterwards.

What's happening here?Daznak helped Erlands fake his death?Or was Erlands backstabbed by Daznak?Or, is there a third player here?
"About Erlands' death, can you be sure about this?" Ian asked after thinking about it.

"Ah?" Mita was a little surprised, but nodded after thinking for a moment, "It is basically certain that the arena and Erlands' subordinates have confirmed his body."

Ian suddenly realized that his question was a bit difficult for others. His intelligence station in Meereen had only officially started work more than a month ago, and they could only rely on the clues they got from other people about what happened three months ago. to judge.

And if Daznak and Erlands are really playing the oboe together, Ian thinks they should be able to find a way to create a perfect illusion.

"Forget it," Ian shook his head, and asked instead, "After Erlands died, what happened to the mercenary group he formed earlier?"

"They were attacked, a devastating attack, and only a handful of them survived that attack."

Looking at it this way, it is more likely that Daznak backstabbed Erlands, but as a skinchanger, how could Daznak let him participate in the attack when he cleared Erlands' mercenary group? The person who slipped through the action of the Arena Defender?
Or did Daznak have no idea who was involved in the attack at all, and he wasn't the skinchanger who directed the operation at all?Moreover, since this person did not tell Daznak the list of attackers at that time, and did not appear in the previous game between himself and Daznak in Yunkai.

He's either dead, or parted ways with Daznak.

If it is the latter, there might be a fish that slipped through the net in Meereen. Of course, it may not be still in Meereen. After all, Daznak has grown up in Meereen, and he wants to survive. Escape from Meereen would be even more difficult. Good choice.

But anyway, as long as he is no longer an ally of Daznak, the chances of him showing up in Meereen and sabotaging his plans are greatly reduced, at least temporarily.

Thinking of this, Ian was slightly relieved.

"Continue to investigate this matter, especially the candidates who were by Daznak's side before that game, but disappeared after that, and officially start cleaning up Daznak and Georis (player from Volantis) What remains of the Chamber of Commerce in Meereen."

"Including the part related to the Parr family?" Mita asked cautiously.

"Include the part related to the Parr family, and point the finger at the Parr family, pretending that we just found out about this matter," Ian gave an affirmative answer, adding, "The action is directly based on that In the name of your lord, and watch closely the reaction of House Paarr and the other Great Lords of Meereen."

"How clean is it?"

"Kill them all."

Guggis Kali coastal road.
Turning his attention from Kou Lu back to his main body, Ian got up and went to the main camp of the Chinese Army to attend the already planned battle meeting.

The people who came to the meeting today included a group of senior military generals under Ian, as well as Yunkai's new Grand Marshal "Ass Shake General" Grazido zo Alk, who also became Ian's not long ago, and the second deputy commander Gra Zdan zo Eraz.

As for the other two deputy commanders of Yunkai, they were quickly dismissed after leaving Yunkai, and they were not even eligible to participate in the combat meeting.

Ian's army was now twenty leagues north of Yunkai, less than seven days' journey from Meereen.

Unlike the original plan of letting Yunkai's army go to Meereen by boat later, Ian took away all of Yunkai's troops this time, including 5000 city defense troops, 1500 cannon fodder militia recruited by the former Grand Marshal, 1000 mercenary cavalry and 1500 private soldiers voluntarily and selflessly donated by the sages.

Ian improvised the Yunkai'i army into two legions, and placed them under the command of the Stormcrows' leader, Puranda Na Jisen, and an officer he had trained in Astapor.

As for the generals of Yunkai itself, Ian just asked them to follow him in the central army and wait for the military achievements in the sky, and they surrendered their military power happily.

For these two legions of Yunkai, and the Meereen legion that Ian will get in Meereen later, Ian does not intend to give them banners.Because in Ian's army, the banner is a very important part of the command system, and Ian has in fact given up the plan to bring the armies of Yunkai and Meereen into the command system.

Before the war comes, if the Iron Legion of New Ghis can be trained to the point where they can receive some simple combination commands, Ian's expectations will be considered fulfilled.

Now Ian currently has a total of 2.6 troops. After arriving in Meereen and integrating the coalition forces of Meereen, the number will be close to [-].

Then, Ian will send Meereen's fleet to Astapor, carrying three new legions that will be able to complete training by then and the two Unsullied Legions that stayed in Astapor, with a total of 1.5 people to Meereen.

In addition to the allies of the mountain clans and the servants of the plain people gathered from the mountainous area of ​​Lazar, according to Ian's plan, he will be able to have about [-] elite soldiers and about [-] ordinary soldiers before the official battle with the horsemen. Soldiers and a mob of about [-].

If this force is to fight a field battle with Drogo's [-] roaring warriors, it may still need to draw a big question mark.

But the good news is that the centaurs look down on all other ethnic groups, they will not force Raza's goatmen to form a servant army, and after Drogo himself left the Dothraki Sea, he could no longer conquer other centaur tribes to replenish his troops .

Therefore, Drogo's army is one less than one dead. As long as Ian can manage to consume Drogo twice before the decisive battle, he can take the initiative in the final battle.

Just as he was thinking, Ian realized that he had come outside the camp, so he walked in directly.

"Commander-in-Chief." Seeing Ian walking into the camp, the generals quickly saluted and said hello.

After Yunkai's Grand Marshal also fell into Ian's control, Ian had gained a majority in the command of the Allied Forces of Ghis.So far, he has directly obtained the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Ghisse Allied Forces.

Ian came to the main seat, raised his hand and pressed lightly, and the big tent suddenly fell silent.

"Today I have summoned all of you, and there is only one thing to say. Go to Meereen. We are going to besiege Meereen."

"But you clearly said it before." General Shake Butt instinctively asked suspiciously, but just halfway through his words, he suddenly found that none of the generals raised any questions, so he stopped in embarrassment, a little at a loss for what to do.

"Go get ready." Ian left the big tent after leaving these words.

It wasn't that he really wanted to hit Meereen, it was just a simple threat.

Meereen can be let go, but the Parr family that has had in-depth cooperation with the player must be eliminated.

(End of this chapter)