Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 157 156. Ineffective silencing

 After the two combatants paid their respects in front of the king, they turned their heads and separated.

Gregor Clegane is not only able to achieve his current popularity because of his extremely talented body.

 When he drove the horse to the reserved position for the competition, Lan En could see that this guy's riding skills were also quite impressive.

Compared to the famous [Magic Mountain], Sir Hugh is like a monkey riding a dog.

 No one expressed optimism about his game.

 But at the same time, no one expected that the accident on the competition field would happen so suddenly.

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Horses neighed, and the two men, who were quite different in size, charged at each other.

The hoofs of the war horses stirred up the mud and weeds on the ground, and the sound of treading on the ground was like the beating of people's hearts in their chests.

The tips of the lances of both men were trembling with the ups and downs of the horses, making it difficult for the other party to know exactly where to stab.

 For knights who charge with a lance, the game of lance placement and shield parry is also a necessary skill.

 At the moment when the two of them crossed paths, Gregor's horse was just at the moment when its front hooves were on the ground and its center of gravity shifted downwards.

Xiu Fu instinctively moved the shield on his off-hand downwards to protect his upper body and chest.

 This area is the largest, and it is also the most suitable attack position relative to Gregor's condition.

But Lan En, who was watching the game in the audience, had superhuman motor skills that made him frown at this moment.

“The horse’s center of gravity dropped, but his own center of gravity was leaning back on the horse. The target of the lance was on top!”

Just as Lan En predicted, the dark-coated wooden lance looked like a python coming out of its hole!

As the cultivator's shield was moving down, it just brushed against the edge and stabbed toward the throat!

 The armor plate at the gorget is the weakest part of the armor, because the twisting angle of the neck itself must be fully taken into account.

 It is true that the competition lance is a fragile wooden product. But under normal circumstances, that requires the lance to explode when it hits the thick body armor of the knights, dissipating the impact.

 The gorget armor was directly pierced in this case!

 After a moment of passing, the horses of [Magic Mountain] rushed all the way to the end of the track without stopping.

 The monk fell off his horse just in front of the high platform where the king was.

His armored body hit the dirt road hard, with a palm-long wooden thorn stuck in his throat.

 The blood in the blood vessels of the throat is flowing out through the opening of the wooden thorn.

The monk stared blankly on the ground, his arm seemed to be stretched to his throat, and he pulled out the wooden thorn.

 But before his hands reached his neck, he had no strength left and could only scratch randomly in the air.

On the high platform, Sansa screamed and hid in Eddard's arms.

Alia's face looked ugly, but after passing through the tavern in Vizima all night, she felt no fear or discomfort except for surprise.

The nun who accompanied Sansa was the most exaggerated. She howled and screamed.

Ed stared, trying to accept the sudden bloodshed in front of him, comforting his eldest daughter in his arms, and looking towards the audience.

After looking at Lan En, he saw the young man frowning and nodding slightly.

 To kill people and silence them.

Moreover, it was a blatant but unreasonable killing.

The family that [Magic Mountain] belongs to, as well as the calm and calm look on his face, clearly illustrate this point.

Their behavior is unabashed, and in the eyes of those who know it, it is even more arrogant and domineering.

 But when facing a powerful opponent, you must be prepared for the enemy's naturally high fault tolerance rate.

 Even if the Lannister family was spotted by others, there would still be explanations.

I have killed people and silenced them, but you don’t know why I killed people and silenced them.

 What if it’s just because of a small thing? It's not impossible for a knight to offend a Lannister for a trivial matter and then be killed, right?

Is the Prime Minister going to fall out because of this kind of thing? We are all nobles, so don’t make it look so ugly!

  Otherwise, if there is a fight between the great nobles, will this kingdom be maintained?

So even though Ed's face was as dark as soot now, he could only stay in this stand and watch the tournament continue.

 After seeing the blood in the competition arena, the enthusiasm of the crowd became even higher.

After several knights in a row decided the winner, [Magic Mountain] came on the stage again and faced off against a guy called [Knight of Flowers].

His horse was covered with a sitting rug woven with flowers, and the armor on his body was designed with hollow carvings.

While being gorgeous and beautiful, it has also improved its protective capabilities by spending money.

Moreover, not only is his family wealthy, he is also a thoughtful person.

  He rode a mare in heat and successfully disturbed [Magic Mountain]'s mount with the scent of the mare while charging with a lance.

Let the tall black horse stumble for a while, relying on this moment, the mare's originally inferior basic quality used her good footsteps to overwhelm the opponent in terms of impact.

He used his riding skills to successfully stab the tower-like Gregor Clegane.

The cheers of the mountain roared like a tsunami, and the victory of the glorious and handsome knight always made people happier than the victory of the [Magic Mountain].

Then the tall giant raised his hand and pulled off his helmet, drew his sword like chopping firewood, and cut off more than half of his mount's thick neck!

 The thick horse's neck was only connected to the lower layer of flesh when it fell to the ground.

This was not enough, he angrily slashed at the victorious Knight of Flowers.

If the [Hound Knight] beside the prince hadn't rushed down and fought with his brother for a while, the knight would probably have to answer here.

 Finally, the farce ceased with the roar of the king. Today’s one-day match schedule also comes to an end.

The bonfire began to be set up at the tournament venue, and the banquet began.

 The adults who wanted to return to King's Landing set up their carriages and horses, preparing to take their families back.

As long as Ed closes his eyes now, he will remember the image of Xiufu being stabbed through the throat by a wooden thorn.

 He has seen a real battlefield, so he doesn't care about this scene. But there were his daughters here, and he didn't want them to stay here for even a minute longer.

"They are killing people. Do we need to see the monk's body? Ser Barristan is keeping vigil over him, and no one can touch him in front of him."

Ed rode on the horse and asked Lan En in a low voice.

 Ser Barristan is a legendary figure in this world and holds the title of "Fearless".

Many years ago, in a battle called the "Battle of the Nine-Copper King," he charged directly into the enemy's formation and killed the opponent's generals, ending the war.

His bravery and integrity have been sung on this continent for decades, even though now he has a flabby old man's face.

 But if you ask someone in Westeros who is the strongest knight in the world, then the answer will probably be - [Fearless] Barristan.

 He has simply become the benchmark and symbol of the term "knight".

"It doesn't matter whether he does anything or not, Xiu Fu is already worthless. His most useful things are all in his head, and we have already emptied him of that information."

Lan En lifted his silver hair from his eyes and said calmly.

“On the contrary, if he is dead now, it will make the enemy feel that they have cut off the clues and relax. The time when they relax is the time when we can most easily gain the advantage.”

“Now, you should find out what abnormal behavior the former Prime Minister had during his lifetime, and the resistance will be much smaller.”

 After thinking for a while, Ed seemed to have thought of a certain goal.

"I see."

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