Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 41 Leaving Home

"Bring me some goose meat, I'm craving that." Patrick shouted as soon as he sat down in the hall.

Due to its high fat content, goose is a favorite meat of the nobles.

Pork is not very popular among the nobles because it is easy to get sick.

"Bring him some pickled fish." Arthur ordered Amber.

Ignoring Patrick's reaction, he turned to Desmond and asked:

"I don't know the purpose of your visit to my castle yet."

Although he didn't know why the heir of Seawall City was mixed up with Arthur, a small noble, Desmond still honestly stated his purpose.

"...So I hope to go to King's Landing with you to participate in the tournament. This is a letter written by Lord Edmure in the name of the Guardian of the River."

Edmure presided over the affairs of the Tully family, but he was not the Duke of Riverrun yet, so he could only give orders in the name of his father.

The heir of Riverrun himself did not want to go to King's Landing. First, his martial arts skills were weak, and second, his father, Duke Hoster, was ill, so he had to accompany him.

Desmond handed the wax-sealed paper to Arthur.

The battle nearly twenty days ago left a deep impression on him, so after getting Edmure's permission to participate in the tournament, he pestered Edmure to write this letter.

Arthur took it, peeled off the trout wax seal, and read it carefully.

The letter was not long. The main content was that he was allowed to participate in the new prime minister's tournament in the name of the feudal lord. When he was away, the territory was protected by the Tully family. Any attack on the nine villages near the Red Mill during this period would be regarded as an attack on the Tully family.

"You should go with me. We may not have a share in the lance competition, but we still have hope in the team battle and archery competition." Desmond said carelessly.

According to convention, there are three events in the tournament: lance, archery, and team battle.

Lancing is the favorite competition for all kinds of knights, from the Kingsguard to the wealthy property-owning knights, to the wandering knights, and even warriors without the title of knight, all want to become famous in the lance competition.

Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers, became famous in the Seven Kingdoms for defeating the Kingsguard and Kingslayer Jaime Lannister with one spear at the tournament on Joffrey's name day.

Arthur thought of this and felt quite funny.

On his son's name day, the father was defeated by a 17-year-old young man with one spear.

As for the archery competition and team battle, anyone can participate.

If Arthur remembered correctly, the champion of this team battle was Thoros, the red monk from Myr.

This man is a preacher of the Lord of Light. Of course, judging from his behavior, he is a flower monk with an unreligious faith.

He is also a melee mage.

He folded the letter paper and put it on the table.

Patrick was not upset about eating the goose, and said with a smile: "Go ahead, Edmure has promised you, what else do you have to worry about?"

"This letter comes at the right time, of course I will go." Arthur made up his mind.

With the promise of the Tully family, Raventree City would not dare to make any small moves, so he could leave without worry and go to King's Landing to participate in the tournament.

He must win the championship of the three competitions and get the bonus of 70,000 gold dragons, so that he can have the capital to carve out a place in the subsequent war.

"With your hammer, I think the team battle championship is already in our pocket."

Desmond has seen Arthur's hammer and knows how powerful such a powerful armor-piercing weapon is in a melee.

One hammer knocks down, two hammers meet the seven gods.

Arthur shook his head gently, "I think this hammer is too light. When I go to King's Landing, I will make a bigger two-handed hammer, the size of a pumpkin."

Desmond opened his eyes wide, feeling incredible, "How strong are you? Pumpkin hammer, who can withstand such a hammer?"

Patrick had never seen Arthur hit a child with a hammer, and felt that the conversation between the two was inexplicable: "What pumpkin hammer, what are you discussing."

Desmond introduced him: "Mr. Arthur is going to make a pumpkin-sized iron hammer as his weapon."

Patrick laughed when he heard this.

"You southerners talk interestingly. I don't think even the Mountain can swing a pumpkin-sized hammer."

The city of Haijiang belongs to the north in the riverlands, so naturally people along the Red Fork River are called southerners.

"But Mr. Arthur can dance." Desmond chose to believe the Lord of the Red Mill.

Patrick shook his head and laughed, treating this as a joke told by the two.

Arthur didn't want to force him to believe, so he started a conversation about other things.

People always believe what they want to believe.

Before Patrick saw his divine power, no matter how many words he said, it was useless.

Soon, dinner was served, and the three of them and their followers had dinner and went to rest.

The castle was small, so Patrick and Desmond could sleep in the guest room, and the followers could only sleep outside the castle.

Fortunately, there were enough tents to accommodate them.

…

The next morning, in the hall.

"… You must build this kind of long spear, and buy some farm tools to melt and make the spear head yourself. In addition, you must build more large shields. After the village is built, all adult men will gather together and participate in military training. The war is coming, and they must also be prepared."

Arthur repeated his orders several times, and Amber wrote them down on paper.

He had already ordered Amber and the maester Benji of Alan City to build the stockade and manufacture weapons and armor, and Harville, an officer of the Stonehedge City defense force, to train the militia.

With the guarantee of the Tully family, Blackwood was no longer a problem. After the stockade was completed, his subjects would be much safer, and he had no worries about going there.

This trip would take at least a month, so it would not be wrong to give more detailed instructions.

After the steady and mature Desmond expressed his boredom, Arthur finally decided to leave.

He left 500 gold royals for daily expenses of the project. If it was not enough, he would write an IOU and wait for him to come back.

Like Patrick, Arthur also brought four followers, Jules, soldier Piper, personal servant Medan, and stable boy Barton.

Of course, this stable boy was not a boy, he was already an adult.

Five people from Arthur's side, six people from Patrick's side, and nine people from Desmond's side, a total of 20 people, set off.

Many years later, when the reputation of "King of Benevolence" Arthur Bracken resounded throughout Westeros, people always liked to talk about when Arthur began his journey to become king.

And most people believed that it was his trip to King's Landing that set him on the road to dominance.

From Last Hearth to Dorne, his notoriety is known to everyone.

From Lannister Harbor to Dragonstone, his evil deeds are known to everyone.

Enemies tremble when they hear his name, and his people are proud of Arthur because he is their king.

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