Chapter 453: Forced to Take Risks (Part II)
"Yes, there is only one person in the world who has a dragon, everyone knows it!" Recard saw Egger admit so confidently, but he froze for a moment, and was confused for a few seconds before regaining his senses, "Then I have to ask, how did you, a night watchman, get together with the mad king's evil species?"
"The Dragon Queen traveled from King's Landing to the front lines of the land grants, and took part in the Night's Watch's pursuit of enemies who had crossed the Wall, not only helping us destroy them, but also rescuing hundreds of Northerners from the corpses of your lord, Robb Stark. She sacrificed one of the three dragons and seriously injured the other—there was only one dragon that flew over the castle, didn't you think why?"
"Maybe the queen has only one dragon, and three are just rumors, maybe there are three dragons, but only one came, who knows?" said the bearded son in an unkind tone, "You said that the queen threw down King's Landing to protect the North and saved Robb Stark, so why didn't anyone from Winterfell come with you to inform me? How did the stranger stand on the ground, and how did he hurt the dragon flying in the sky? Do you think we look like rough people, so we deserve no brains to be deceived by you?"
Rickard's son was nearly 1.9 meters tall, as strong as a bear, and was already strong and covered in thick fur and armor, and Iger had no doubt that the two of them would only be able to fight him tially - again with his bare hands. Under the fierce gaze of such a big man, it is not easy to remain calm and continue to think calmly about ways to break the game, but fortunately, Egger has long been accustomed to seeing wind and waves.
The strange ghost will not leave a corpse when he dies, and the ghoul and the white dragon have been burned and left in place, Egger really can't come up with evidence to prove it, but he still straightens his waist and is not moved at all: "Is there such a thing, even if the two of you ask the night watchman who returned with me to the land grant, the new land grantee, or the mountain clan that the people of the north are familiar with, it really can't be fake, and it can't be fake." Now, the queen's injured black dragon is in urgent need of a good environment to recuperate, so he will continue to go north with me after the end of the war, and want to temporarily borrow the last fireplace city that I thought should be uninhabited...... Who wants to be occupied by your army first. In this case, I will come on his behalf and try to persuade the adults to return to Cahoe City to avoid conflict. ”
The night watchmen who followed the guards vouched for their commander-in-chief, but the two Karstarks ignored them directly.
"Avoid conflict? You say it nicely! No wonder I was so secretive that I was persuaded to leave, and my feelings were to trick me into giving up the last Hearthh City to the Mad King's daughter, so that she could easily take the first spoils of war in the north?" Burned to ashes by dragon flames, she will never be let into this city for half a step!
If it was possible for the original dozen or so night watchmen to take advantage of the chaos to kill a bloody way, then with the thunderous roar of the city lord of Kahoe City, twenty or thirty soldiers gathered over, and his son also pressed his hand on the handle of the weapon on his waist with a sneer, and Egg had no way to retreat, so he could only move forward without hesitation.
We can't go on any more nonsense, delay any longer, and wait for Rickard to give the order to take him down, and everything will be too late.
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"Your Excellency is Harrion Karstark?" Iger asked, turning his head to the middle-aged bearded man.
The other party grinned: "Hehe, I just want to set it up now, it's too late, go to the dungeon and reflect on it!"
Iger raised his hand and motioned for the other party to wait: "Sir Harion, let me take the liberty of guessing - your brother Torren Karstark is also in this castle at this moment?"
"Well, I don't remember any friendship he had with you. ”
Friendship Egger didn't count on this, he gambled: the country is easy to change and difficult to change, and Rickard's problem of liking to take all his sons with him on the expedition can't be changed!
The old man's youngest son, Eddard Karstark, had been killed by Euron Greyjoy during the battle against the Iron Folk on the West Coast, which meant that if Harrion and Torun were there, then Richard Karstark, himself and all his male descendants, was in this small castle.
Death, many tough guy characters are not afraid, but when their own son is also in the game, not everyone can muster the courage to die together - for these long-established families, nothing is more important than blood inheritance.
"I really don't know Brother Ling well, and I don't necessarily recognize him when he stands in front of me. Iger pretended to laugh lightly, "But the two adults think: the walls of the last Fireplace City look thicker and more fire-resistant than Harrenhal?" ”
Egger would not be stupid enough to use such a "threat" as a typical northern reckless man for the Karstarks. But now, the Queen's demonstrative behavior has forced him to look for opportunities in a desperate situation.
He first asked where Harrion's brother was, and then hastened to mention Harrenhal, not only because it was the most famous castle burned by dragon fire, but also because the owner of Harrenhal, the last king of the Iron Isles and the Riverlands, had been killed in the battle against the dragons with a fortified city, and the House of Hale had disappeared from the world, and that the House of Hale had disappeared from the world since then, and that it was in this castle that Roricard and his two only remaining sons were in Heron's defeat will definitely remind him of his current situation, so that he can calm down and think about the pros and cons.
"You bastard, aren't you really afraid of death?" Although Harion has a big beard, he is actually not a few years older than Egger, he is in the prime of life, young and vigorous, and he was immediately provoked by this threat, and pulled out his long sword: "Even if our father and son all die here today, there are still my sisters, my uncles and cousins in the city of Cahoe!
Now, it only depends on whether Rickard's love for the son is as strong as he judges.
Iger didn't dare to take the call to let the situation get out of hand, and took a step back, and several well-trained Night's Watch soldiers immediately understood, and stopped in front of the angry Harion with their weapons raised...... They don't have a strong body of 1.9 meters or more than 200 pounds, but they are by no means short, thin or cowardly and cowardly to be selected for the guards. Until the soldiers of the surrounding Kahoe City are ordered by their master to do so, there is no way for a single person to threaten the Commander-in-Chief.
"Harion, come back!"
Just as the young nobleman hesitated for a moment to make a move on the other innocent Night's Watchmen, and Egger's heart rose to his throat, Rickard opened his mouth and drank his son—he stretched out his arm and pulled Harion behind him, and walked up to Egger with uncontrollable anger, glaring at him.
If he were alone, Iger would dare to threaten and intimidate him to his face, and Rickard Karstark would cut off his head with a sword without saying a word. But this time, with the only two remaining sons in the castle and without the weapons or plans to deal with the dragon, Iger did hold on to his vital point and kept him from acting rashly. It's true that there are more than just these three men in the Karstark family, but the queen's dragon can fly, and Kahoe City doesn't hunt dragon crossbows, and once you annoy the mad king's daughter, it's impossible to say anything.
"What a night watchman commander-in-chief, there is no room for promotion on the Great Wall, so he has found a good way out and good skills! That little bitch of the Targaryen family, thinking about the Iron Throne is crazy, and whoever comes to take refuge will not refuse...... Hey, pull the night watchman into the gang! It's so unsophisticated, and it's up to her to think of it. Ricard endured the monstrous killing intent, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm curious, how dare she use a dragon against me if I detain you and lock you in the hall dungeon now?"
If that were the case, it would be all a mess.
Egger felt a chill on his back: if the other party really detained him, the land-giving army would be leaderless, and the queen would not be able to command anyone. When she has no way out, she will burn the city with dragon flames and destroy the Kastark army that occupies this place, and absolutely no one will have the prestige and appeal of herself, and she will be able to twist the land into a rope to meet this war with her original ally in the north. When the time came, the three groups of the Mountain Clan, the New Landgoers, and the Night's Watch were scattered, and no one could command the dragon team to transport the wounded black dragon into the castle...... I lost my life, the queen also lost her mount and was trapped in the north and could only wait for death, what kind of plan for the king to lead and break the wheel of history has become a joke!
"Hahahaha......"
The more you are hit by the death hole, the more you have to hold on to the performance, and at this time show cowardice or beg for mercy, then it is really over.
Egger laughed and stretched out his hands, making a gesture of being captured: "Either your lordship will kill me immediately, or please keep me in the deepest dungeon, I don't want to taste the taste of being burned to death by dragon flame." Do you think the queen cares about my life as a night watchman? She was just anxious to find a castle for her wounded baby Black Dragon to heal her wounds, and she had clearly told me in advance that if I entered the castle for an hour before I went out, she would wash every corner of the castle with dragon flame. I understand your objection to the Night's Watch violating the principle of neutrality, but imagine the story of the Dragons and the Night's Watch teaming up to defeat the Wraiths invading the North, and the Karstark army not only failed to participate in the battle, but also backhanded the Night's Watch. Not only did I not hesitate to kill the greatest hero, I, the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, but I also cleanly angered the queen who had come all the way to help, and thousands of people died for no reason, including the current head of the Casstark family and all his sons......"
"Sounds like a farce, doesn't it?" he didn't give Rickard more time to think and get angry, and hurriedly continued with the rhythm: "If you don't want to become a joke and a negative teaching material in the mouths of the Seven Kingdoms and future generations, then please calm down and listen to what I envisioned - another version of the story with a happy ending." ”
The biggest difference between a flicker and a threat is that if the flicker fails, it usually doesn't go well, but if the threat fails, the end is usually miserable.
Nervous cold sweat had begun to soak the vest's clothes, and the situation had not gotten out of control so far, but Iger knew that it was not time to relax: it was not enough to threaten the lives of his two sons even for a tough guy like Rickard Karstark...... In addition to the hard ones, there must be some soft ones, so that he feels that although he has suffered a loss, he still has the possibility of getting it.
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