Chapter Forty-Three: Tirien Arrives
Tirion rode on a low mule and walked side by side with a dejected face of Ace, in front of him was a golden robe carrying the royal banner to open the way, and behind him were thirty carts of soldiers from the north who were consoling grain and grass, they had been walking north for two days, since saying goodbye to the king and Duke in Neverwinter, Ace had not said a word, Tirion was leisurely, and he did not go to a beautiful place to get off the drawing board from his back, so that everyone could rest, he wanted to sketch.
Ace doesn't have a dislike for this little demon, but he doesn't have much closeness, Lannister and Stark are two completely different families, Lannister advocates elegance and resourcefulness, and has always considered himself the noblest family in the West Sea, while Stark believes in tenacity and patience, and believes that no matter what family, it should stand the test of time to stand.
"Hey, it's like you're going to the execution ground, you haven't spoken in two days, haven't you?"
“…… I'm going to be a gray robe, you just go to visit and condole, the circumstances are different, the mood is different. ”
"I say, do you think you have anything to feel sorry for yourself compared to a dwarf who has been ridiculed since he was a child, who can scare barbarians to death when he turns around, and who needs to build a stool to get to the knife and fork when he eats?"
Ace sneered helplessly, the little devil didn't mind others making jokes about his appearance and height, anyway, no one who joked about him would end well, he whipped the mule's buttocks, walked past Ace with his own thoughts, shook his head and said:
"Never forget who you are, because the world will not forget you. You have to turn resistance into help, so that there are no weaknesses. Arm yourself with it, and no one can use it to hurt you. ”
Listening to the little devil's meaningful words, Ace felt the gloom in his heart dissipate a little, and when they crossed a forest, two huge peaks sandwiched the path in the middle, one left and one right. The golden-robed man stopped, for there was a gray-robed man looking at them at the edge of the forest ahead.
Sir William, the captain of the golden robe, rode forward and asked:
"Good day, gray robe, how far is it from the Black City?"
The gray-robed man bowed and said:
"May I ask where the visitors from afar come from, and what are you doing in the Black City?"
"We are on the orders of His Majesty Ou Langjie III. Come and pay your respects to the warriors who stood on the wall. ”
The gray-robed man shouted behind him with a strange expression:
"It's the condolence group from Dengqiao, let them go!"
More than a dozen gray robes armed with bows and arrows came out of the forest, which scared Sir William directly into a cold sweat, so dangerous, fortunately, we have also studied northern history, and we know that gray robes are not easy to mess with, but we have not lost face. He saluted the grey-robed man, and was about to shout at everyone to move on, but was stopped by Tirion on the mule beside him.
"Wait, do you dare to take off your cloak?"
Tirion found that their movements were completely inconsistent with the standards of the dynasty's regular army. On the contrary, there are some beasts, the gray robe was stunned when he heard this, and the leader took off his cloak, revealing his blonde hair.
"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the latter ones!"
William also heard the strangeness, his palm was on the hilt of the sword, and the dozen gray robes behind him took off their cloaks indifferently, revealing the barbarian's tattooed face and black braids.
"Barbarians. Golden robe, defend your lord! ”
"Hey. I advise you not to be impulsive! ”
The gray robe of the West Sea led by him hurriedly spoke to stop them, but where would the golden robe follow his advice, and a knight drew his sword and rushed towards the gray robes.
"Hula!"
A huge hand stretched out from the towering forest and scooped the knight out of the horse, and the Supu giant walked out of the forest with a sluggish expression, stunning all the golden robes.
"O my Lord God. What a monster this is! ”
"Six ears, put him down, put him down, they're guests!"
The Supu Giant scratched his scalp and lowered the struggling knight to the side of the road. The knight rolled several times before he got up from the ground, looked at the six ears with his mouth wide open, and Abba Abba was speechless. The Captain of the Grey Robe said to Six Ears:
"Hurry back to work, the construction period has been delayed, and the white-faced lord will deduct our ration again!"
Six-ear walked back to the forest in a daze, and he squatted down, picked up a bundle of timber tied to hundreds of large trees, and walked step by step towards the narrow path between the two mountains. Seeing the giant's back carrying a large pile of trees, not only did the golden-robed brains go down, but Tirion and Ace were also dumbfounded.
The gray-robed man came over with a smile and saluted:
"My lord, didn't you read the report of the chief of the nine toes, the barbarian and the gray robe are now one family, and the threat from the north has been completely eliminated."
"What...... What family, you, you...... It's not good, the gray robes and the barbarians are colluding and preparing to attack the northern frontier......"
"Shut up!"
Seeing that Sir William was no longer aware of the situation, Tirion rode out of the crowd on his mule, and said:
"My name is Tirien. Lannister, what's your name, please? ”
"My name is Grey Feet, Lord Tirion, do you need me to show the way?"
"Very good, Grey Feet, you were able to subdue the barbarians and conquer the ......"
Seeing that the barbarian grey-robed men behind him had unkind faces, Tirion looked at Greyfoot strangely, and Greyfoot hurriedly leaned over and said:
"My lord, it's not submission, it's cooperation, we have established a post-war reconstruction committee, and now everyone is under the jurisdiction of the committee, regardless of barbarians and gray robes."
"Well, the post-war reconstruction committee, a very interesting name, so who is the head, the nine toes?"
"No, it's Chairman Mencius."
"What? Legend has it that Mentheus, the god of war, hasn't he been dead for a long time. I've done the math, it's been almost 344 years. ”
"My lord, it's another Mencius chairman."
Tirion couldn't figure out how a chairman with the same name as the legendary god of war had appeared, and they began to slowly drive between the two mountains under the guidance of Gray Feet, until they reached the foot of the mountain, only to find that two watchtowers were being built on the top of the mountain, and a stone bridge was being built between the two mountains, and on the top of the mountain stood a dozen giants, under the command of the ant-sized gray robe, rammed the piers of the stone bridge into the rocks of the peak.
"Watch out for falling rocks!"
At the foot of the mountain, a barbarian stood on the shoulders of giants, waving a small red flag in his hand. Shouting at the convoy:
"Don't come here yet, wait until the project is finished before leaving."
"This ...... It should be taller than the watchtower in Bird's Nest City, right? ”
Ace looked at the towering watchtower and muttered, and Tirion looked at Grayfoot and hurriedly inquired:
"What the hell is going on, how can it be...... Oh, be careful! ”
A boulder suddenly rolled down from the South Mountain. The golden-robed people standing below couldn't dodge, and when they were about to be turned into meat sauce, there was a sudden sound of breaking wind in the air, and a black light directly hit the boulder in mid-air, and the boulder exploded with a bang, turning into stone powder and falling on everyone's heads, Tirion looked towards the black light, and found a small and delicate black war hammer, after the war hammer fell to the ground, it was like being summoned by some force. Quickly flew back towards the road he had come from.
"W-what is this?"
"The Chairman's Warhammer from Brancord the Rebel."
"Rebels...... Wasn't Blancordion a great city builder? ”
"Hmph, great city builder, you'll know when you get there!"
Along the way, there are ordinary people and giants who are building a lot of buildings, cultivating fields, and building houses, with the help of the Supu giants. Many improvised houses were quickly erected, and large areas of the forest were uprooted. Instead of patches of farmland under development, exhaustion and ...... were written all over their faces A new hope!
"Hell, it's really hope, you can't see this kind of look in the light bridge?"
"What are you talking about, Lord Tirien?"
"Ace, you should look at their looks. Although tired like a dog, it shines in his eyes, which I have only seen in the eyes of gamblers, which is incredible, who would have thought. Barbarians, grey-robed, giants will work together, oh, look, aren't those tall buildings for giants to live in? ”
The gray feet who walked in front and led the way nodded proudly:
"The chairman allowed the Supu giants to live in the house, and their boss kissed the chairman's combat boots for this, don't look at the Supu giants are stupid and stupid, they are just not good at expressing their feelings, but their minds are clearer than anyone else, who is good to them, they are like who is loyal to ......"
"Gray Feet, how much do they eat?"
"My lord, why are you asking this?"
"I just think you have such a large population, and you still have to provide rations for the giants, do you have enough food?"
“…… It's not enough, our hunting party brings back a huge amount of animal meat every day, and our fishermen bring back hundreds of carts to load the fish, our ......"
"Okay, okay, I see, I'm just asking."
Looking at the gray feet that jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on, Tirion knew that they were short of food. The group followed Gray Feet and pointed along the way, looking at the busy scene everywhere, Tirion couldn't help but say to Ace beside him:
"I've only read in books, the Siguti people are the most hard-working people in the world, I thought it was bragging, but I didn't expect them to be really very hardworking, if the people of Dengqiao had half their patience and enthusiasm, I believe that Xihai would have dominated the world long ago."
"Lord Tirien......"
"You can call me Tirien, or Timmy."
"Uh, Tirion, I think they're all forced right now, if they have enough food, I think they'll ......"
"Look, look, it's another pass, the Lord God is above, they actually want to use the mountains as the city wall and the steel as the gate, how much steel does it take to build such a huge city gate?"
Twenty giants were pulling the pulley set and slowly pulling up half of the steel gate hundreds of meters high, Tirion looked at this unimaginable steel gate, and really couldn't think of how it was made, and he could barely recognize some of the intricate patterns on it, the balance of the bridge god, the scythe of the god of death, and the cross of the god of faun.
The golden robe and the hillbilly soldiers from Neverwinter City were also eye-opening, originally thought that outside the lamp bridge, there were turtles, but they didn't expect to see this kind of generosity in the turtle place, and suddenly the Venerable Man became a small pinch of sand looking up at the world, and the only thing they were happy to do was to say that this group of fools and barbarians did their best to do some flashy things.
"Hey, go this way!"
The red flag bearers on the hillside next to them were waving at them, and the group drove the carriage along a newly paved side road to the entrance of a tunnel in the middle of the mountain road.
"If you have a tunnel, why do you have to spend so much effort to build such a huge door? You must know that if it is for the convenience of defense, you only need to block the passage between the two mountains with boulders. ”
Gray Feet walked ahead with an oil lamp and explained:
"Our chairman said that the two gates represent the face of our far north, don't let the southerners make us small."
(This is pure!) )
Tirion knew that the other party would not tell him the truth, so he changed the subject:
"How far is it from the Great Wall?"
"My lord, you're here out of the tunnel!"
The group followed Grey Feet in the long tunnel, and from time to time there were barbarians from the opposite side carrying various tools, or pulling a wagon of ore outward, Tirion looked by the light, and found that the ore was all black, and he sniffed with his nose and smelled a smell of rust.
"You're still mining iron ore?"
"My lord, you said they, yes, they are responsible for some transportation work every day, and their food is better than that of our logging team, which is not fair!"
"Oh, your division of labor is clear."
"yes, that little brunette of Brinita doesn't look like a traitor, and things are still well arranged."
"Brenita is ...... again"
"Alright, my lords, welcome to the Great Wall of the North!"
Looking at the sudden opening of his gaze, Sir William was ready to express his feelings that had been suppressed for a long time, he opened his hands and shouted:
"The Great Wall, I've finally come to the Long ...... Long...... The Great Wall! ”
The group watched the bare Black City standing on a long belt of ruins, the barbarians and gray robes inside and outside the Black City and the Supu giants were busy, the whole Black City was like a huge construction site, only a building about thirty or forty meters high stood on top of this dust and ruins.
"Lord Tirien, I can only send it here, naturally there is an official in front of you to receive you, by the way, you ask why Brancordion got the title of rebel, look at this piece of ruins in front of you, it is all caused by that debris, he repaired the Great Wall, and destroyed the Great Wall, this is an insult to the gray robe."
"Hey, wait, Grey Feet, who are we going to?"
"No, they're coming!"
Tirion looked towards the Grey Feet' fingers, and a group of female knights on horseback came to them quickly, and the female knight who took off her veil at the head was a beautiful woman from the West Sea.
"Please come with me, guests from the south, the chairman of the committee is holding a meeting, you can go to the flower hall and wait." (To be continued......)