Chapter 105: An Unexpected Visitor (Part 2)
Chapter One Hundred and Five
The tournament is the world's largest group event. But that's just an event. In fact, the whole tournament basically does not produce any special significance. The reason is very simple, almost all the people who participate in the tournament are aristocrats from all over the world. Or those knights who were raised by nobles.
Ordinary people don't have the opportunity to participate in this kind of event, and even if they can, they don't have much chance of winning. Again, the aristocratic monopolists of this world have the vast majority of resources. Ordinary people can't even eat enough, how can they have time to practice swords, riding guns, and bows and arrows. The vast majority of people can't even afford a sword at all.
Therefore, jousting tournaments will always be a game of aristocrats. The competition is over, the excitement is over, and everyone goes back to their homes. Nothing will change.
But this time, Ned made some changes. Civilians are not allowed to participate in such jousting conventions, but there is another type of people who can. Those freelancers, or mercenaries. These people are the only ones who have the combat power to participate in the competition, except for the regular knights.
In order to be able to attract these people to participate. According to Su Yuan's opinion, Ned made a lot of military standard armor, long swords, and bows and arrows, as long as they could pass the preliminary selection, the organizers could provide weapons and equipment for the contestants. In order to shorten the gap between those wandering samurai and regular knights. As for the spear, it was still a game for the aristocracy. No mercenary would have practiced riding a spear, and they couldn't afford it.
The brand-new tournament immediately caused an uproar. And in order to prepare for this grand event. It took a full month to get it. Despite Robert's insistence. But he has always resisted the pressure and is ready to do it to the extreme. It was also to give the wandering warriors time to reach King's Landing.
Ned's series of measures caught everyone in the entire Imperial Council off guard. The ministers of the entire Seven Kingdoms, who belonged to the human spirits, found that they couldn't keep up with Ned's rhythm for a while. It's not a matter of IQ, it's a matter of insight. For a hanger from the world of the information explosion, these very basic things are the avant-garde ideas that transcend this era.
Ned had also noticed that he was becoming more and more comfortable at the Imperial Council. Basically, whenever he asks a question, it is no longer quickly refuted or suggested. The rest of the group would be silent for a while, and then consider speaking their minds.
Ned was not stupid, and he realized that Mr. Grant's advice to himself seemed to have given him the upper hand in the Imperial Council. But obviously Su Yuan has his own opinions.
"Far from it. Believe me, Lord Ned, it's just an illusion. Or rather, it's just a short period of hibernation. You've never had any advantage. It was only a brief concession on their part. Once they're used to your rhythm, you still can't fight them.
Chief Scholar, Minister of Finance, Minister of Justice, Minister of the Sea, Imperial Guard, Director of Intelligence. Everyone has their own ideas. It's not nice to say. No one in this group is really thinking about the king except you and Sir Barristan. You only have a hundred soldiers in King's Landing, and you can't do anything if they turn their back. ”
What Su Yuan said was also the problem faced by Ned in the original book. He has a background, an identity, and righteousness. But in the end, it was a mess. The reason for this is that there is no power of its own in King's Landing. So much so that in the end, he actually wanted to cooperate with his rival in love, but he was sold unsurprisingly (rival in love, I will sell him if I change me).
"King's Landing has two thousand golden robes." Ned wanted to retort. However, Su Yuan refuted him without hesitation.
"You and I both know that Genos is Tywin's man. He had been in the position of the leader of the golden robe for more than ten years. Do you think there are still a few of the entire golden robes that have not been subdued by him. He is a man of Tywin, and he is equal to a man of the Queen. You know the relationship between the queen and the king. Whether you admit it or not, something is already on the verge of happening. ”
Ned was silent. He actually didn't believe what Su Yuan said. But some other information is faintly proving what Su Yuan said. The death of his adoptive father, Jon Arryn.
The mystery of the death of the former prime minister is known to everyone. Ever since Ned entered King's Landing, he has naturally been investigating this matter. This was the only point where he and Robert agreed to something. However, the more Ned looked down, the more terrified he felt. He knew that once what he found was made public, it would inevitably cause a big mess. If you don't make it, the entire Seven Kingdoms will be in turmoil.
Su Yuan continued to live his own repetitive and monotonous life, in addition to teaching Arya, he was studying how to mobilize the energy of the Lava Heart and the Heart of the Forest. It's a pity that the effect is average, and he feels that there may be no way to take this thing before he exchanges it for the secret method inheritance of the wizard.
However, in this world, if you want to accumulate source power points, you have to wait for a while. Killing people can also get source power points, but it is much less than killing monsters with thunder. It takes at least ten people to get a little bit of source point. Even if Su Yuan went to the streets and alleys of King's Landing every night to kill those scumbags, he wouldn't be able to get much source power points. Therefore, the turning point lies in the battle of the five kings later.
Don't say that Su Yuan didn't intend to stop this war. Even if he wanted to, there was nothing he could do. The contradictions of the Seven Nations have long accumulated to the limit. Just wait for a fuse, and it will explode in full force. Even if Ned was able to hold his breath and suppress what he was looking for, Cersei's side couldn't hold his breath. They don't know what Ned has found. Over time, it is bound to be unbearable. When the time comes, everything will explode.
What Su Yuan wants to change is not this war, he needs war himself. He wants to change the fate of House Stark. In this world, it's too boring to follow the plot. Su Yuan has the world's most high-end combat power, if he doesn't do something, wouldn't it be a trip for nothing.
During the preparation of the competition, everyone was very busy. Su Yuan's small life is also comfortable. But one day, a somewhat unexpected guest suddenly arrived.
"Miss Sasansan. You're a rarity. Arya is no longer here, she trains on the other side of the garden. If you're looking for her......"
"No, I'm not here for her, I'm here for you."