Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 338 I Don't Like Your Tone
During the breakout battle, Ian Koru just hid among the crowd with a big round shield, and didn't try to find the enemy to join the battle. After all, he didn't know what the purpose of this 'reinforcement army' was.

Following closely behind 'Bone Crusher' Belakovo, Ian observed the surroundings while preparing to withdraw his mental power. Once he was sure that the appearance of this unknown reinforcement was a trap, he would not do anything. Give up this clone without hesitation.

Fortunately, what Ian was worried about didn't happen. They walked all the way to the street outside the mansion, and they didn't encounter any ambush, only corpses all over the ground.One party was obviously a mercenary from the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce, while the other party surprised Ian because it was a tiger-robed army.

The Tiger Robe Army is the main military force of Volantis, a huge slave army organization, and its internal force composition is also very complicated.Just knowing that it was the Tiger Robe Army who attacked the bloody flower's mercenaries did not allow Ian to figure out who actually extended a helping hand to him tonight.

However, most of the tiger-robed troops lying on the ground were only equipped with light armor, and a third of them were not wearing armor at all. The weapons they used were also very ordinary. It was not difficult to see that these were definitely not those of a certain consul. direct descendant.

When this clone of Ian first arrived in Volantis, he spent a few days visiting the city with Manius Visama. At that time, he had seen many tiger-robed army groups.Then he asked the intelligence officer he brought to try to collect information on all the Tiger Robes deployed inside and outside the city of Volantis.

A total of 6000 Tiger Robes are deployed in Volantis City, and 4000 people are deployed in two military camps not far outside the city.A total of 1.5 to 2 soldiers were deployed in several important towns on the upper reaches of the Lorne River.Although according to the statistics of some Volantis scholars, the number of slaves in the Tiger Robe Army today should be between 50 and 80, Volantis's standing army will not exceed 3 in total.

Among the tiger-robed troops in Volantis City, the ones that impressed Ian the most were two brigades of 2 people.

One is the First Battalion loyal to the Tiger Party Malachor Megia Consul, all of which are heavy plate armor of Kohor, belonging to infantry cavalry, equipped with spear hammers, page hammers/morning star hammers and large shields.

The second is the third battalion loyal to Dophas Pennymeen, the consul of the Elephant Party. They are composed of sharpshooters selected from all over Volantis. They are equipped with medium Volantene scale armor, scimitars and A golden heartwood bow from the Summer Isles.

The Golden Heart Wooden Bow of the Midsummer Islands is one of the most powerful bows in the world of ice and fire, second only to the dragon bone bow, which is so rare that it can be ignored.The arrows of this kind of bow and arrow are one yard long, and the maximum range can exceed 400 yards. The impact force from a hundred yards away is enough to penetrate mail armor and cooked leather armor, and it can even penetrate fine plate armor when shot directly at close range.

Because of its scarcity, the Golden Heart Wood of Midsummer Islands has always been prohibited from exporting.Consul Dofas Pennymeen was also given 500 of these bows and arrows as a gift because he was mainly engaged in the business of gems, spices and precious wood, as the largest trading partner of the Midsummer Islands, and was able to form this archer brigade.

...Considering the economic/strategic value of the Midsummer Islands, Ian also put the conquest of the Islands on the agenda.Despite having a golden heart wooden bow, the army strength of the Midsummer Islands is still very weak. In front of Ian, it is basically at the level of the Indians encountering the Spaniards. The only thing they give Ian a headache is the powerful magic ship - the swan ship.Therefore, Ian decided to launch the war against the Midsummer Islands after capturing the Volantis fleet...

Then came the second, third, and fourth brigades, which were inferior to the first two Tiger Robe Army brigades, but which were considered superior in equipment and sharpness. Da.

As for the remaining 8 brigades, it can only be said that they are almost at the level of Ian's new slave army. They are better than the levies in Westeros or the slave soldiers in Slaver's Bay City, but weaker than the slave iron army that has passed the training. Or a mercenary group with rich combat experience.

Judging from the corpses of these tiger-robed soldiers on the ground, it was obvious that this was not an elite team that had attracted Ian's attention.That is to say, it is absolutely impossible for them to completely defeat the mercenaries of the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce or the manpower of Manius Wisamata's second brother.

The other party was likely to be attacked suddenly, and chose to retreat temporarily without understanding the situation.

"Go west," Ian ordered to Darren Grafson beside him, "let's go to the Great Red Temple."

No one raised any objections, and they followed Ian through the neighborhoods filled with corpses, heading to the Big Red Temple to the west.

Ever since the red-robed monk Maqiro discovered Ian's 'invented' Go game in Astapor, and brought the news back to Volantis to report to Volantis Supreme Red God Priest Benero, Benner Combining Ian's dragon and the revelation given by the Red God in the flames, Luo had formally expressed to Daeron not long ago that the Red God Church of Volantis was willing to serve Ian.

There are a thousand elite Holy Fire Hands in the Great Red Temple of Volantis. With them, Ian is sure to stick to Slaver's Bay and rush to Volantis for the second batch of ships to bring the truth.

However, as soon as they walked out for a while, they ran into a group of poorly equipped tiger robes.

"Be alert!" Ian whispered to the people around him.

Although the quality of the equipment of these people and the people who just helped him out of the siege seemed to be similar, there were at least 6 to 8 brigades of Tiger Robe Army with such simple equipment in the city of Volantis, and Ian couldn't be sure whether they were friends or foes.

However, after the other party also saw themselves and others, a red-robed woman walked out from the group of tiger-robed soldiers.

It was a red-haired beauty with a heart-shaped face and red eyes, with a gold necklace set with rubies hanging around her neck. Behind her, there were four Hands of the Holy Fire and four Knights of Westeros.

Melisandre?Why is she in Volantis?Ian recognized the woman in front of him at a glance. While he was confused, he also felt that it made sense.

After all, I have been in alliance with the Red God for some time. With the hatching of the four dragons and the conversion of the population of Slaver's Bay and Lazarin to the Red God, R'hllor's power is becoming unprecedented (after the doomsday catastrophe of Volantis ), it would not be incomprehensible if he summoned Melisandre to help him through the flame illusion.

Similarly, it would make sense if Melisandre brought tonight's Tiger Robe Army reinforcements.After all, more than half of the Tiger Robe Army are Red God believers, and these poorly equipped B Brigade are almost all Red God believers.

Because Darren Grafson had taken the lead in converting to the Red God long before he went to Volantis, the soldiers in the mission this time, whether they were pious or forced by the situation, also converted to the Red God one after another.

Therefore, when they saw a red-robed woman walking towards them, no one attacked her, but turned sideways to make way for her.

Melisandre walked all the way in front of Darren Grafson. Darren took a deep breath and was about to talk to her, but unexpectedly, Melisandre ignored him just like she ignored the soldiers in front of him. He stopped in front of Ian Kolu.

Melisandre just stared at Ian, her gaze seemed to penetrate people's hearts.

Seeing this scene, Ian knew very well that the other party already knew that this body contained the soul of Ian Darry.At the same time it meant that R'hllor also knew.

Because shapeshifting magic belongs to the old god system, Ian has always been worried that if R'hllor discovers his secret, it will cause trouble for the cooperation between the two parties.

Therefore, Ian was inevitably a little nervous, but he didn't show it, but met Melisandre's eyes with the same gaze.

"You shouldn't be wasting your time here," Melisandre said slowly, "I know you want to take Volantis, but it's meaningless, mortal power is nothing but children's play. The known ancient gods are gathering power, terrifying evil and powerful power, the cold wind has blown, and the long night is coming.

Neither Slaver's Bay nor Volantis are the main battlefields to fight against the Long Night. You should immediately gather your troops to go to Westeros and the Great Wall, where the mission given to you by the Lord of Light lies. "

After listening to Melisandre's words, Ian breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that the other party did not take the fact that he had the power of the old gods to heart.In other words, the Red God most likely doesn't care about this matter either.

If that's the case, what's your attitude?
"Ms. Melisandre, I'm very happy that you came all the way from Westeros to assist me. But I don't like the tone of your words just now." Ian chuckled.

Ian's words made the queen party knights behind Melisandre who followed Melisandre all the way from King's Landing to Volantis burst into anger.

They were all people who had seen the power of Ms. Melisandre. The guy in front of them dared to speak to Ms. Melisandre in such a tone. In their opinion, they simply didn’t want to live.

Several knights put their hands on their swords for a moment, as long as Ms. Melisandre gave an order, they would immediately step forward and chop that presumptuous guy into pieces.

"The Lord of Light sent you to assist me, not to lead me, madam." However, Ian's arrogance and blasphemy did not end. He then said, "If you can recognize your position, you will stay. If No, please leave on your own. Without you, I can still complete the mission of the King of Light."

"Ma'am," a queen knight finally couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, he stepped forward, "please allow me to teach this ignorant guy for you."

"Ma'am, please give me this honor!" Another queen knight also stood up immediately.

At the same time, the bonebreaker standing behind Ian also took a step forward with hammers in both hands.Seeing the giant figure of the bonebreaker and the terrifying blood mask, several queen knights couldn't help swallowing.

"Back off." Melisandre responded to them just at this time, and they also took the opportunity to get off the donkey and retreat back.

"You may not be aware of the urgency of this matter." After Melisandre withdrew from her subordinates, she thought about it and spoke to Ian again.

"I know better than you," Ian interrupted relentlessly, "at least, I won't mistake a powerless false king for a champion of the Lord of Light and expect him to end the night. "

Melisandre fell silent again. She had always been very confident in her ability to interpret prophecies, and the mistake she made on Stannis was indeed the biggest failure she had ever experienced.

"You have only two choices now, surrender, or leave." Ian continued to ask without giving her more time to think.

"The Lord of Light ordered me to assist you, Your Majesty." Melisandre lowered her head, and her voice was very low for the last words, so that no second person could hear them.Obviously, she knew that Ian didn't want others to know that Kou Lu was being manipulated by him.

"Then learn to obey."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Melisandre didn't know how long Ian planned to delay. She was a little anxious, but she didn't dare to leave Ian's side against R'hllor's will, so she could only choose to kneel down and surrender.

At this time, the jaws of the rear party knights who had retreated to the rear were completely shocked.They didn't hear clearly what Ms. Melisandre and the Duke of Xianru said, but they clearly saw the scene of Melisandre kneeling.

They couldn't help thinking of Lord Lorraine of Harrenhal.

If Earl Lorraine, who was far away in Westeros, saw that the red-clothed priest who had spent so long licking him was actually kneeling and licking someone else in Volantis, he didn't know what his expression would be.

"Your Majesty Duke Kolu," seeing the end of the conversation between Ian and Melisandre, the general without tattoos on his face who led the tiger-robed army in front of him strode forward and walked in front of Ian, " My father, Palachiro Valeros, sends his regards to you, and asks that you send his greetings to His Majesty Ian, the great Emperor of Valyria."

Parachiro Valeros?Ian remembered this man, the Grand Inquisitor of Volantis, the teacher of Marnius Wisama.After Manius proposed to give up the opportunity of 'Volantis Hero' to his teacher, Ian Cole once met with the other party under the recommendation of Manius.

At that time, Palachiro Valeros's attitude was not good and could even be described as arrogant. Therefore, Ian gave up his plan to further establish friendship with him and prepared to wait for the news of the defeat of Horse King Drogo to reach Volantis. Then wait for him to beg you.

Unexpectedly, the judge would have a sudden change in attitude, and even deployed troops to support himself at this critical moment. Ian thought about it and looked at Melisandre, who nodded.

"I will never forget the Valeros family's help to the Gith mission tonight," Ian also turned back and nodded to the Valeros general in front of him. "I will truthfully report the Valeros family's loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor. "

Since the Leros family was persuaded by Melisandre, they are worthy of their own reuse anyway.

If the Lord Justice does not believe in the Red God, then he cannot be sure of the outcome of the battle between the Gith Alliance and the Horse King. If he dares to mobilize troops to support himself tonight, he is gambling with the fate of his family. This knowledge and courage, How worthy is he to be his main agent in Volantis.

(End of this chapter)