Chapter 57 Spider Silk-
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The recruitment of new guards went smoothly. With the large sum of money contributed by Kirk, by noon, a full 200 free riders were recruited into the Honor Guard (because Ed was dismissed and could no longer be called the Prime Minister's Guard), and 200 sets of cavalry
The armor also deployed troops. Brienne began to train them immediately, striving to turn these free riders into regular troops in the shortest possible time.
Everything is false now, only hard fists are the truth. In the stormy King's Landing, although the 300 Riders are just a bumpy boat, they are not meant to charge into battle. As long as they can protect Duke Eddard and break out of the siege, the mission will be completed.
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Sir Roderick was also loyal. After the recruitment was over, he saw that he still had 8,000 gold coins in his hand, so he simply threw it all in and bought a lot of fish oil cupping jars. King's Landing is the second largest port in the Seven Kingdoms, and fish oil
It's very cheap here. 8000 gold coins can buy tens of thousands of cans of fish oil cupping.
According to the old knight, since Robert is not honest, don't blame us Northlanders for being unloyal. If you make me angry, I will burn King's Landing for you. It is easier to kill and set fire to than to save people. It is easier to create chaos and then escape.
easy.
Kirk clapped his hands and applauded. There were four female vampires in his [Spirit Stone]. These kings of the night with their speed are the best candidates to carry out arson and trouble.
As a result, the Prime Minister's Tower temporarily turned into a large arms factory, and the 300 riders, except those on duty, were busy making kerosene incendiary bombs. Wang Han calculated that although this homemade incendiary bomb was not as good as the similar ones made by the Alchemist Guild
It's professional, but it's more than enough to deal with messy houses and streets dominated by wooden structures.
In the afternoon, Kirk followed Duke Ed to continue to the church. As expected, it was another extremely lengthy procedural ceremony. It lasted until 7 o'clock in the evening. The king was the first to return to the palace for dinner, and the others were also croaking with hunger.
Everyone went back to their homes for dinner.
Kirk heard Lord Stannis ordering people to go to the docks to prepare his ship. He claimed that if this continued tomorrow, he would return to Dragonstone.
Kirk sighed inwardly. This Robert is quite shameless. He already has a lot of cuckolds on his head, and he still pretends to be nonchalant. Your king's face is too important, isn't it?
Kirk believes that Tywin Lannister has murderous intentions towards Robert. Because Robert is such a face-loving person, he will never let Cersei and Joffrey go. This is the Achilles' heel of the two parties' inability to reconcile.
But Robert no longer trusts Eddard. Even if Kirk knew that he might be assassinated by the Lannister family at any time, he could not remind him.
Outside the city, Fatty kept sending messages in. He was doing well with Little Wolf Girl's direwolf, and told Kirk not to worry.
Kirk instructed Xiaopang to use his vampire blood talent and direwolf's keen perception to expand the scope of investigation and detect any military movements around King's Landing.
In the evening, Kirk continued to learn martial arts from Roderick.
Brienne also joined the training.
The first time Kirk competed with Brienne, he discovered that this woman was really a genius in martial arts. She was tall and powerful, but full of flexibility and agility like a leopard. She didn't care about herself when fighting, and suppressed Kirk extremely.
Embarrassed.
Fortunately, Kirk also has a character that refuses to admit defeat. With his strong body and bravery, he stood up again and again and continued to practice.
After being beaten black and blue by Brienne and turned into a pig's head, Kirk suddenly felt that he had a new understanding of fighting. This had nothing to do with attributes or upgrades, it was purely a sublimation of his understanding of martial arts.
It turns out that fighting is such a simple thing.
To put it bluntly, "use one's own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses."
Sir Roderick defeated himself by relying on the energy he had accumulated in a lifetime of fighting. He could always easily find a flaw in his defense like a sea otter cracking a shell, and give himself a blow.
Brienne taught herself a lesson by using her perfect combination of strength, agility and skill. She sprinted when she should sprint, and was nimble when she should be nimble, so that she could not adapt to her unique rhythm.
In this world, many things are extremely complex and yet extremely simple.
Kirk lay quietly on the sweat-soaked floor, his eyes dull as he thought about his path to martial arts.
When he regained consciousness, it was time to accompany Ed to the Inquisition.
Although the training in these two days and nights did not increase Kirk's attributes by one point, nor did it increase any skill by one level, Kirk's combat system and perception were no longer the same.
He believed that if he met "The Hound" Sandor again at this time, he could end the battle perfectly in a short time, unlike last time by relying solely on his digital body and powerful crushing.
In front of the Prime Minister's Tower where Eddard temporarily resides, 300 knights are ready to go. After just one day of training by Brienne, although this cavalry unit is still lacking in integrity and offensiveness, according to Sir Roderick
, he is still a bunch of ducks on the battlefield. But in terms of tactics and obedience, Ed can now use his fingers with ease.
Eddard was once worried that such a large-scale guard in King's Landing would be a bit ostentatious, but Kirk persuaded him that the king has dismissed you as Prime Minister anyway, so what is there to worry about? The most important thing is to be able to return to Winterfell alive.
Ed thought about Catherine and the children, Sansa and Arya beside him, and finally nodded in agreement.
Just as Kirk was riding on his horse, Wang Han suddenly sent a message through the team channel: "Have you noticed a strange phenomenon? There are a lot less messenger white crows in King's Landing. I have been using the crystal ball to do divination this morning.
But not a single white crow was found. It is said that now is the time when the princes have frequent contact with their own families, so there shouldn't be such silence?"
Kirk was shocked when he heard this: "Lynn, I asked you to monitor the Lannister family, what did you find?"
Lynn shook her head and said: "Tywin has been living in seclusion recently. He has almost no contact with the outside world and has no contacts with the princes. He has not even visited Cersei and Joffrey in the King's Red Keep."
Kirk pondered, turned to Wang Han and said: "Any news about Fatty recently?"
"No!" Wang Han affirmed: "Xiao Pang has not sent any message for 30 hours. It was originally scheduled to be sent every 12 hours at the latest!"
Kirk looked up at the hazy sky. There was an invisible giant network above it, isolating King's Landing from the outside world!
"Is this," Kirk murmured, "going to block us?"
He walked slowly to Van Gundy and Demon Archer at the back of the team: "Boss, have you felt anything is wrong recently?"
Recently, due to Kirk's strong performance, Van Gundy and Magic Archer have been relatively low-key. In addition, Kirk's performance has allowed them to serve as honorary guards of the same force, and they have also gained a lot of family favorability, plot deflection and team contribution points.
, of course it is very good, please continue, without causing any trouble or trouble.
Van Gundy thought for a while: "We haven't found anything here, but the contact with Fat Goose's team has been interrupted. I have always been in close contact with them, and I have been unable to contact them since noon yesterday."
Kirk turned to the Demon Archer, who was holding a silver plot military crossbow that he had just exchanged from the Stark family quartermaster. He thought for a moment and said, "Everything is normal here."
Kirk turned towards Ed. He had a strong premonition that something big that would shock the world would happen today.
The disappearance of the letter crow, the breakup of the letter by the fat man, the departure of the fat goose, and even the performance of the alliance teammates all illustrate a problem.
That means the enemy has blocked King's Landing and is preparing to attack Duke Eddard and the Stark family!
Kirk mounted the war horse and followed Ed slowly through Sister Street and entered the King's Avenue. This avenue is the core of the entire King's Landing City, similar to the Suzaku Avenue in Chang'an City.
This busy street is still full of people and traffic, and it looks prosperous.
The cavalry formed a long dragon, cutting through the waves and moving forward slowly.
At this moment, a well-worn messenger rode up to the front of the honor guard, rolled his saddle and dismounted: "Sir Ed, His Majesty the King orders you to enter the palace quickly and meet face to face. We have important matters to discuss."
Kirk grabbed Ed who was riding away and shouted sharply: "Did you know that the king's messengers always use the king's autograph letters as imperial edicts and deliver them to the nobles who are being ordered? Where is the king's autograph letter?"
The messenger smiled and said: "We are just here to deliver orders to Lord Ed on the orders of Lord Wallis (the Eight-clawed Spider), the steward of the inner court. Lord Wallis didn't give me a personal letter from the king?"
Kirk's face brightened slightly: "I see, Lord Wallis is the steward of the inner court, and it is common for noble people to forget things. You lead the way, and we will follow!"
Ed quietly asked Kirk: "Do you suspect that he is falsely passing on the imperial edict? This is absolutely impossible in King's Landing."
Kirk said coldly: "Sir Ed, this is entirely possible."
Ed said displeased: "No matter what, Robert will not harm me."
Kirk laughed and said: "I believe in King Robert's brotherly love for Lord Eddard, but what if King Robert is dead?"
Ed smiled: "If Robert dies, I will eat the [Ice] sword one bite at a time."
Kirk shook his head and said: "Lord Ed, we only need to do a small experiment to know whether this is a Hongmen Banquet that will never come back or a normal summons from the king. We are like this."
Ed was shocked: "Isn't this bad?"
Kirk sneered and turned Ed's horse's head, and unexpectedly drew out the [Carthaginian Executioner's Sword] and stabbed Ed's horse's buttocks. The frightened horse stood up in pain, neighed for a long time, and rushed towards him crazily.
direction!
Kirk ordered sternly: "Follow me quickly!"
The long steel queue of the Honor Guard quickly turned their horses. The 300 guards were all battle-hardened veterans. They quickly galloped wildly, knocking down many pedestrians, and finally surrounded Duke Ed in the guard circle again. (Unfinished)
Chapter completed!