King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 170 Ends or Begins

“Selmy Ser.” Igor had a monthly chat with White Cloak Zhiyi, when he saw him appear, he took the initiative to say hello.

Ed also nodded to the visitor: "Barristan, everything is done?"

......

I received news yesterday that Cersei was planning a rebellion, Ed and Robert were driven to attack House Lannister in advance. The matter was of great importance. Unable to determine which side the important ministers and nobles living in the Red Keep were on, Ed chose the most direct and effective one. The method to eliminate hidden dangers - before dawn, send someone to restrict the movements of all the residents in the Red Keep and their squire servants, and order them not to leave the room today.

When this chaos is over and everything is over, those who can't investigate the problem can be freed; those who have the House Lannister tag or are found to have signs of collusion with them will face immediate arrest or dismissal. The Seven Kingdoms couldn't bear the tossing, and this attack on the Queen's family had to be resolved quickly and across the board.

The executor of this mission is Barristan Selmy, and the source of the manpower is to call the Stormlands soldiers in the Red Keep in the name of the king - not only to prevent the queen's possible lackeys from assisting her in rebelling or escaping, but also by the way. Put an end to the possibility that Renly Baratheon, the king's younger brother, coveted Iron Throne and took advantage of the possibility of messing with it.

...

"That's it." Barristan approached Ed and whispered worriedly: "But Robert didn't listen to my advice and insisted on questioning the Queen in person before he started. The chance for her to confess her crime, he had already set off when I went back from what you asked me to do, and it must have been a quarrel in Joffrey Prince's room by now."

"Confession? I didn't say everything and wait. After the garrison enters the Red Keep, is Robert oneself a fool and wants to treat others as fools!" Ed said angrily, even raising his voice a lot: "Did he bring everyone with him."

"Bring them all." Barristan replied, "Don't talk about that, what are you doing here? When will the garrison arrive?"

"Bring them all. It's good to go, the garrison should be coming soon." Let Robert do it, anyway, as long as the golden robes drive into the Red Keep, the overall situation will be settled, Ed pouted at the cage on the carriage: "Look, Mormont give me Brought an interesting thing."

Igor broke out in a cold sweat as the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard turned his gaze to the carriage: Jaqen had been in the dark for months because of being held by Barristan at the Royal Oneself got caught in the library, how could oneself be so careless that he brought the Faceless Men into the Red Keep and let the two of them meet.

"A lunatic?" Barristan glanced at the cage, two more wrinkles on his forehead: "What's so interesting about this?"

"Look at this again."

The Guard Captain turned his head again. Fortunately, Jaqen returned the severed hand to Ed's guard in time. In addition, his appearance and clothes had changed a lot, and he was mixed in a pile of black clothed, which did not attract Barristan's attention. .

Barristan glanced at the broken arm, then turned to look at the "man" in the cage, and finally found an abnormality: the "madman" in the cage had his arm cut off, but no blood spurted from the wound, and he even scratched. Frenzy pounced on the edge of the cage and attacked the crowd, if that's nothing... The vigorous grasping action of the severed hand is really bizarre and indescribable.

"What the hell is this?" The old Guard touched the hilt subconsciously.

"It doesn't matter what the hell this is," Ed said sullenly. "What's important, Mormont told me, is that it's in the thousands north of The Wall now, all over the place."

"This—" Barristan's face flashed with surprise, and he immediately understood what it meant. As a North person, for Ed, this matter is probably not as important as dealing with Lannister. under. "But my lord, let the Night's Watch wait a little longer and the Wall won't fall. We can finish what we're doing first, and then discuss how to deal with this shit."

"Of course I understand. Seriously, but all my guards have been sent out to guard the door of the Red Keep, and no soldiers will be alone. If they go to Cersei's side, the woman will go crazy, won't she give her a chance to serve as the king's prime minister?" Ed wrinkled He frowned and shook his head, "Ser Alliser, Igor, whoever you are, tell me...about the situation of Others, apart from the different ways of dealing with them, what is the difference between them and ghouls?"

Igor finally had a say in this matter, and he was the first to speak, and began to explain the difference between Cold God's elite men and cannon fodder.

Barristan stood there for a few seconds, realizing that Eddard was indeed safer here when the garrison arrived. But oneself, the Guard Captain, should be with the king. This is his duty... Figured out the key, and immediately turned around and walked in the direction of Maegor's Holdfast.

At this moment, the neat footsteps of soldiers trotting finally came from the direction of the main entrance of Red Keep, and after a while, Jory Cassel appeared in the field of vision. The newly appointed acting garrison commander wore a golden cloak to make it easier for the newcomers to identify oneself. He led the battallion golden robe and ran over gasping for breath from the entrance. The darkness was golden. Stopped in front of Ed: "Sir, as you ordered, I brought over half of the soldiers of Iron Gate, Aegon's High Hill and Linhemen Guards, including me, a total of 346 people."

The captains of the three garrison teams stood up: "Lord Ed, the garrison is at your command!"

"Very well, it's just in time." Expected to be much slower, but it wasn't the fault of the people in front of me. If it wasn't for Janos Slynt, the scoundrel, who made the crucial last night, the defense wouldn't have been delayed so much. oneself was going to wait for House Lannister to be done before dealing with him... Now that I think about it, it's a huge mistake. Slynt, this idiot's account, will be calculated later: "Night's Watch friends, please wait here for a while, I will deal with other things first."

Seeing this battle, not understanding the complete truth The members of the ghoul escort team thought Eddard was trying to usurp the throne, so they dared to have any opinion, even though nodded agreed, and watched the Prime Minister lead the grandiose of the garrison to Maegor's Holdfast in the center of the Red Keep.

＊＊＊

James leaned back at the last moment of the sword break to avoid Warhammer's direct blow, and finally had no way to retreat, and sat down on the ground with his back against the wall side.

If it's on the martial stage, he can dodge or roll around to escape, trying to get other weapons to continue the fight, but in this room, facing Robert, who is fully armed with a long hammer, Victory and defeat.

(Failed, lost in the Life and Death Battle, which should have concentrated one's mind, but was constantly distracted; lost in dealing with a Robert who was no weaker than oneself, but still thinking of capturing the captives alive... Maybe in Deep in one's heart, it is even more defeated by the sense of senseless honor. Facing the object of his oath to protect, he will not be able to exert his full strength no matter what.)
"Heh...Kingslayer, it seems that your sword is all powerful. It's more honorable than you, knowing that oneself is fighting the king who is sworn to protect." Robert gasped, the battle draining all his energy. With a smug grin, he approached Jaime step by step: "You didn't do your best, but judgment is judgment, there is no second chance. Now, I, the king of Andals, Rhoynar, and the First Men, ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector Of the Realm, Robert I of House Baratheon, hereby condemns you—death!"

Robert smiled, but his mouth still had gnashing teeth. After the sentence was pronounced, he slowly raised the Warhammer, Intended to give the opponent the final blow.

Although his body has not been fatally wounded, he only has half a sword in his hand. James, who is leaning against the wall behind him, has nowhere to escape, and he does not want to struggle any more. He closed his eyes.

"No—"

"Your Majesty beware!"

With Cersei screaming and two Kingsguards exclaiming, and a utensil The sound of shattering, the fatal hammer has not yet come, but Robert let out an annoyed groan, James reopened his eyes, and found that the executioner of oneself turned around, the armor on his back was full of water stains, and the ground was also stained. Full of liquid and debris - at the last minute, Cersei smashes Robert with a water bottle.

Kingslayer suddenly woke up when a drop splashed on his face: what is oneself doing, closing his eyes and waiting to die? Is this what oneself James Lannister would do?

James woke up like a dream, and consciously suppressed the muttering in his heart. Recalling the entire battle just now, James felt that oneself was possessed by something, and was muddleheaded. Oneself was no longer completely oneself, but was interfered with by some mysterious power, which swayed his judgment and behavior, and he couldn't stop thinking about it. , foolishly executing the wrong tactics...

This feels familiar, having an affair with Cersei in the castle a few months ago in Winterfell and scare the child of House Stark, oneself also briefly before the incident Experiencing this trance state. That time, this state almost exposed his affair with Cersei, and this time, it almost cost him his life!
Before he had time to think about what happened to oneself just now, Robert turned around and grabbed Cersei's neck with his left hand, who had found a pair of scissors from nowhere. Feet off the ground: "You woman, you act recklessly! I, in the name of the king, hereby deprive you of your queen status and sentence you to death!"

(Robert, you idiot, just Can't you kill me first and then deal with Cersei.) Jaime was ready for the king's sentence a moment ago, but he just couldn't watch someone hurt a lover in front of oneself. He no longer thought about how things would end, he threw the Broken Sword in his hand, pulled out the dagger from his waist, endured the pain and propped himself on the ground, bounced from the corner and stabbed Robert at Robert.

--

(end of this chapter)