Chapter 0177: Duel

Prince Joffrey and Queen Cersei made their way to Ruby Beach, surrounded by Kingsguard Jaime Lannister and the Red Cloak.

Joffrey wore a splendid robe that reflected his good figure, a long sword with a golden belt embellished with jade around his waist and an ornate scabbard hanging from his waist. Clothes that fit close to his figure outline the graceful lines of his body.

Lan Li did not prepare a seat for Queen Cersei and Prince Joffrey.

Queen Cersei was adamantly opposed to the duel and made it clear that she would not come to Ruby Beach.

But here she is now, with Prince Joffrey, who has an excited, bright-eyed, and unusually handsome face.

Lan Li hurriedly stepped forward and politely gave up his seat.

Queen Cersei didn't say a word, and walked straight to the king's highest throne. Prince Joffrey, as if he had forgotten the unpleasantness with Sansa and Arya, greeted Sansa with his right hand wrapped in a white bandage, and his left hand pressed the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he were the protagonist of the duel.

Arya's face was scornful, and her disdainful eyes swept over Sansa and Joffrey.

Eddard Stark stood up and gave up his seat. Queen Cersei snorted softly and sat down. This was a serious frustration to the king's good mood, like eating a plate of delicious food and suddenly discovering a fly in the food.

Sansa stood up and saluted Queen Cersei and Prince Joffrey. Cersei gave Sansa a condescending glance, and Joffrey replied with a warm and polite response.

The king's long table is filled with sweet breads, pigeon pies, cinnamon-scented baked apples and lemon cake sprinkled with icing, with honey and butter sparkling with an alluring sheen. Not far behind the king, the master of the barbecue and the master of the toast were busy. Stouts, ales, ciders, and wines filled the king's table. The sommelier Lannister stood by the king's side, ready to pour wine into the king's golden cup.

Joffrey knew that Sansa loved lemon cakes, and he graciously gave two lemon cakes to Sansa's hands and kissed the back of Sansa's hands.

Sansa's heart is sweet, and her face is full of the brilliance of love.

Arya couldn't take it anymore, got up, left, and went to the seats of the northern guards. As soon as she went, the guards happily moved out of the way and welcomed the second lady to her seat. Arya was loved by guards, servants, master craftsmen, and apprentice craftsmen. As for Sansa, she was so noble that the guards and servants stayed away from her, and did not dare to laugh with her.

To Arya's slight regret, Mikay avoided her and refused to play with her as usual, even though she was present. When Prince Joffrey arrived, Mikay was so frightened that he hid directly, not daring to be seen by the prince.

Duke Lan Li invited Prime Minister Ed to his long table. The servants began to bring up snacks made on the spot, toast, honey-glazed chicken, sweet onions drizzled with thick gravy, hard cheeses, butter-fried rutabacias, fried fingerfish, sturgeon, bacon, eggs, all kinds of steaming and fragrant cakes, grilled meats, and a stream of fruit of all the beautiful colors that were basically used to decorate the long tables.

The whole ruby beach has become a grand dining venue.

It's not like it's a duel, it's a bonfire party!

The Hound Dog, the Magic Mountain, and the Bachelor of Lu Xiu walked into the field together, and the knights, knights, generals, and centurions stood up and cheered for the two.

Therefore, Master Lu Xiu checked the shields, armor, swords, and other short knives, daggers, short crossbows or steel thorns on both sides in public, and after the inspection, Lu Xiu announced that it was correct, and the weapons and armor of the two knights met the rules of the competition.

Then, Master Lu Xiu recited the dueling oath in the name of the seven gods, the magic mountain and the hound knelt down on one knee, put their left fist on the heart, and swore to conduct a duel of life and death in a fair, just and open manner, and all grievances between the two people were written off because of this duel, and in the future, no one such as family members, friends, lords, and attendants on both sides should seek revenge against each other or any family members of the other party because of the consequences of this duel.

This is the custom of the dueling oath, the only difference is that the two sides of this duel are family themselves.

Brothers kill each other, murder is a great crime!

But up to the king, down to the servants, they were all in high spirits, expecting to see blood splattered, one standing, and the other falling!

Then, Maester Lu Xiu came to His Majesty's long table and asked His Majesty to declare the duel begin.

King Robert held a golden roast leg in his hand, held a golden cup in his hand, and shouted: "In the name of Robert I of the House of Baratheon, the king of the Andals, the Royna, and the ancestors of the Andals, the Royna, and the guardian of the whole realm, and the lord of the Baratheon, hereby officially declares that the knightly duel between the Magic Mountain and the Hound has begun!"

Joffrey stood up and shouted, "Hound Dog, slaughter the Magic Mountain, I bet on you to win!"

Joffrey's sudden shout silenced the audience, and everyone's eyes were on him, and the Hound and the Magic Mountain also stared at Prince Joffrey, which made Prince Joffrey's tall and short.

Immediately, the magic mountain and the hound slowly retreated, opened the prescribed distance, and put on a fighting posture.

The hound held the sword in both hands and said lightly: "Demon Mountain, you are going to die this time! I don't wear plate armor, just light leather! My speed and agility are above you!"

"I wore a turtle shell tonight!" said Magic Mountain.

"Why?"

"Last night I was attacking, horse fighting, I need speed and agility, so I don't even need shields and armor, that's tactical. My tactics are very successful, I just won you with a sword, tonight's foot battle, I only defend, I need heavy protection and a safe barrier, so I brought a shield and put on plate armor, this is also a tactic, I will still win you easily!"

Syllable!

The Magic Mountain's greatsword lightly struck on the huge and heavy oak shield, signaling the hounds to attack!

"You are wearing hundreds of pounds of armor, plus a hundred-pound shield, and dozens of pounds of giant sword, hehe, how long can you hold on?"

"I'm only defending tonight, if you don't attack, I'll rest!" Demon Mountain also smiled faintly. He thrust his shield into the ground, and the shield stood on the ground, and the magic mountain lowered his body, and the giant sword rested on the shield, revealing the tip of the sword.

A hundred-pound oak shield and a giant sword weighing dozens of pounds, these are all burdens, wielding, jumping, dodging, attacking and defending quickly with these things, which is very exhausting, and the magic mountain is also wearing plate armor that is difficult to penetrate.

The plate armor is very thick, which is the best defense, but it is also very heavy, at more than two hundred catties.

Eddard Stark realized that when he rode out of town to see the fire last night, he met a hound, who had just finished fighting on Ruby Beach.

The two brothers had a very simple conversation, but the information contained was too great. This time, everyone knew that there had been a duel between the Hound and the Magic Mountain on the Ruby Beach last night, and the Magic Mountain won the Hound with just one sword.

This frightened kings, queens, princes, prime ministers, courtiers, knights, generals, centurions, and many other guards!

The Hound is brave and good at fighting, and the Seven Kingdoms are famous!

But he can't stop the power of the magic mountain's sword!

This conversation also proves that the Magic Mountain has indeed been in Harroway Town last night, and the arson case in the Rushing Plains has nothing to do with him.

King Robert, who bet on the hounds to win, was nervous, and he pressed five hundred gold dragon hounds to win!

The hound sneered: "Demon Mountain, tonight is not last night!" He suddenly started, fast and incoherent, flickering left and right, and arrived in front of the Demon Mountain, the long sword was shining coldly, piercing the face of the Demon Mountain.