Iger didn't believe in any prophecy, but that didn't stop many others from believing it. Rather than being a stupid and angry young man who dismisses these prophecy believers as fools and despises them, Iger prefers to do something useful—try to harness that "belief."

That's why he named the reforged set of arrows "Lightbringer" instead of "Arrows of Egger" or "Arrows of the Night's Watch". It's not because he thinks the name is handsome, it's cool to steal the rights of the prophecy...... Rather, it is because of the use of this name, it is easy to subconsciously recognize that the owner of the arrow is the hero who will save humanity in the prophecy. In this way, it is natural that the ready-made influence of that well-known prophecy can be easily collected for one's own use, which greatly enhances the self-confidence of the military and civilians in the land donation.

Seventy-one arrows, which Iger named "Lightbringer One" and "Lightbringer Two...... Until the "Lightbringer Seventy-One", in order to verify the authenticity and distinguish between them if necessary in the future.

However, if you want to take advantage of the situation, of course, you can't simply engrave the name and number on the shaft of the arrow. He also wants to spread the news, not to the whole world, but at least to let the people of the land grant and the north know that the Lightbringer has appeared.

And in this world where the means of communication are low, and the transmission of information is slow, is there any good way to make a large number of residents, not just those who have the crows, know and approve of an event?

There really is: a jousting tournament.

A new member of a large family's descendant Tian Ding has been introduced and wants to announce, a lord has chosen a legal heir and wants the rest to witness, where the overlord is bored and wants to show off his wealth or show off his might...... Even if any nobleman wanted to plot or rebel...... In short, as a social activity that everyone knows about, the martial arts competition of this era is a combination of "military exercises" and "press conferences" in the modern world, and the "martial arts competition" is only a form, an excuse, and an add-on, not an end. It's really all about the fact that the organizers bring a whole bunch of people together to get a message.

Just like the jousting contest held by Robert when Ed went to King's Landing: the reason why it was talked about by countless people as the "Prime Minister's jousting tournament" was not because the jousting was held at the Prime Minister's expense, but because the theme of the jousting tournament was to send an important political signal: King Robert had chosen Duke Stark to be his next Prime Minister, and other people who had ideas could take a break.

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At the moment, the situation at the front line of the land grant, especially at the forefront of the canyon, is tense, and it is obviously not suitable to recall people to hold a real jousting tournament. However, Houguan Town alone and the nearest Black Castle have gathered more than one-third of the soldiers and civilians of the entire land grant, and holding a simple archery competition here is enough to widely spread the news of the birth of the "Lightbringer", which greatly enhances the overall combat confidence of the human side of the land grant.

Interestingly, even though Iger had already come up with a good idea, Messira was able to give him a few more tricks.

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"Seventy-one arrows, this number is not up to the limit. On the way back, the little princess frowned and muttered, "You might as well declare that you have forged seventy-seven arrows, a number that is very sacred in the Church of the Seven, and will surely make many believers happy to be the propagandist of your story for free." Didn't the master blacksmith make a few samples of arrows out of his own tile steel, and you could buy six of them as 'Lightbringer Seventy-Two' or 'Lightbringer Seventy-Seven' - and after colluding with him, make up enough arrows. and then put gold on the arrow shaft to enhance the appearance, there must be countless people rushing to it. ”

Iger winked at her, he had always only regarded Messira as a distressed little cute baby who needed love, but now he found that her ability to come up with ideas was quite first-class, and her expression when thinking was even more unexpectedly attractive: "Good proposal, but after all, not all the believers of the Seven Gods are fighting side by side with me, I can't make up a lie, just to please this handful of people." ”

"You can make the story a little longer and add other factors to take into account the feelings of people of all faiths. "You have to know that people will always believe what they want to believe - for example, if you claim that you have forged the seventy-seven Lightbringers with the help of a priest of the Lord of Light, in this story, whether it is the followers of the Seven Gods or the followers of Rahlo, they will find what they want and enough elements to spread everywhere......"

"And we Northerners! We believe in the Old Gods!"

Arya stomped her feet in a hurry on the side, and almost shouted: "This is my master, what are you doing talking to him all day long!"

"Hmm...... I'm sorry, I almost forgot. Messira quickly apologized, bowed her head and pondered, "Then add some elements of the old gods, what is recognized as sacred in the beliefs of the northerners and the new landgoers?"

"Heart tree!" replied Arya, she felt threatened: if she didn't show some cleverness to attract attention, she would soon be compared to her master, and she would become a stupid girl who could only dance and wield swords, "We can say at the beginning of the story that the master found the sword in front of a heart tree! Anyway, the sword was given to you by Bran, and I can just talk to him!"

"Makes sense. "We can say that in a heart tree that had been struck by lightning or burned by fire, Master Iger drew the unknown Valyrian steel sword, and then the ruined Fishbeam Wooden Dream gave him a dream to reforge the sword into a Lightbringer!"

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Egger was originally just listening to the discussion between the two little girls for fun, but as the details of the story became more complete and the content became thicker, his face gradually became serious—the more he listened, the more reliable he felt: Isn't this just making up a myth?

He found a mysterious sword stuck in a giant heart tree, and with the help of a priest of the Lord of Light, melted it and reforged it into seventy-seven arrows, named Lightbringer. In addition, he had already decided that no matter how the Night King's army was finally repulsed, the Night Watch would announce that it was the "Lightbringer" who shot the Night King to end the war......

All of this, in the end, is a story that can generate great public opinion power in the story of whether it is a believer in the Old God, the Red God, or a believer in the Seven Gods, or even a person who does not believe in God and simply hears the prophecy!

As long as it can be spread all over the world, thousands of years later, there will definitely be people who will regard this story as part of the orthodox mythology, deduct words from it, analyze the details, and try to restore the truth that cannot be restored!

"Hmph, boring. Melisandre snorted, scoffing at the wanton fabrication of stories and blasphemy. Although she occasionally uses illusions and tricks to achieve her goals, she has one principle that cannot be broken: she must not collude or conspire with anyone other than the high priests, lest she damage her sense of mystery and power. "Just make it up, don't put my name in it, I've never been involved in this discussion with you, and I haven't heard a word. ”

With that, the red-robed woman brushed her sleeves away and went straight back to her room.

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"Leave her alone, she won't talk nonsense, this idea is very interesting, and it has the value of further refinement and implementation. Iger smiled disappreciatively, turned his head and ordered a few of his henchmen to refrain from passing on what they had heard, "It's not early, you two girls, come to my room after dinner." Together, we will revise and polish this story, and at the same time as the archery competition is held, we will spread this new myth in various ways. ”

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