The king on the Great Wall

There is no doubt that the octospider is indeed superior to him in terms of information acquisition ability, but... he and Lysa were the only ones who did the poisoning of Jon from the beginning to the end, and did not find any helpers.If he was still discovered by him even though he was so guarded against Varys, then he would be a god, not an octospider and a dead eunuch.

Intuition told Petyr that it was unlikely that Varys was responsible for this matter, but after struggling for a long time, he finally decided to place the blame on the eunuch.Except for Varys, I really can't think of anyone else in King's Landing who can destroy his plan with such a vicious and sharp method-whether you guess right or not, a visible enemy is always Much better than a mysterious opponent who cannot be seen or touched.

Aylin Valley was originally his final hole card and a place to escape in case of failure, but now it has become a place of death and danger that he must never go to after the League of the Righteous... The only thing to be thankful for is probably because of this. He accidentally got out of house arrest and got a chance to escape and ascend to heaven.

Lock yourself up for so many days, and then let yourself continue to borrow money for the Iron Bank?These damned great nobles, their contempt for themselves is still the same as before.

No matter who wins or loses this counter-insurgency war, Westeros is now an extremely dangerous place, and it must never be returned. As for the money in the Iron Bank, smart people will not use their brains ... Braavos also has a secret asset, the money after the sale is enough to live for the rest of his life, as long as he gets rid of the servant Robert sent to him as soon as possible, and escapes from Braavos——with the current financial resources of the Iron Throne and Ed With Stark's network skills, he can't hire anyone to hunt him down and extradite him.

As for the next step, whether to spend the rest of her life incognito and humiliated, or find a thigh to hug and try to make a comeback, that's another story.

Viserys Targaryen seems to be a good option, but the intelligence shows that he doesn't seem to be able to use his mind very well, and it is not clear where he is for the time being... Wait, let's settle down and think about it slowly. The grievances of wasted effort must find a place to vent——Varys seems to be trying to maintain peace in the Seven Kingdoms. Since you have become my chosen imaginary enemy, no matter whether you are the one spreading the rumors or not, don't think about it.

The way... Since I was defeated by the rumors, then use the same method to repay the chaos to the enemy who defeated me!

……

The wind and waves pushed the Juneflower, and the boat approached the giant titan steadily and quickly. The sea water was stirred into white foam by the hull, and the shadow of the giant became eclipsed in the next second—they entered the harbor of Braavos.

Petyr Baelish stopped his thoughts, turned around and faced the two attendants sent by Robert to "escort" him with a smile: "The one who will pay back the money will be His Majesty the King, but our representative to borrow the money is the Lord. As usual, the Iron Bank must have prepared a place to stay for us. Braavos women are famous all over the world. We can't afford the most advanced courtesans, and it's not a problem to be a little inferior. Since we're here, we must I can’t miss it, I will bear all the expenses, the two brothers have worked hard along the way, enjoy it.”

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Chapter 107 The Red Comet Appears

Outside the tent, the sun was shining brightly, and it was another ordinary day in the coalition camp.When Iger woke up naturally after sleeping and got out of the tent after dressing, he felt that the atmosphere was a little weird.

After observing the surroundings for a while, he quickly found the source of this strange feeling: many soldiers around were pointing and talking at the eastern sky.

Following everyone's line of sight, Iger looked up at the sky, squinted his eyes, and quickly found what everyone was looking at: a comet was quietly hanging beside the rising sun in the low eastern sky, dragging a long The long tail was bleeding red, as if someone had cut a bloody gash on the sky giant's blue skin, and it seemed that a hot and bright fragment burst out from the sun.

red comet.

The reason why I couldn't see it when I got out of the tent before was because the sun just happened to rise, and the brilliant light covered the bloody sky that was also in the eastern sky... But once you see it, you can no longer ignore its existence : Its brightness is so high, and its colors are so vivid, even standing side by side with the sun, it doesn't look dim at all!

It's hard to imagine what the sky will look like at night.

The comet will probably be as bright as the full moon.

Iger was inexplicably horrified, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember what happened to the comet for a while.It has been too long since he read the original book of Ice and Fire, and his memory of the details of the story has become blurred, and he can only vaguely remember that the appearance of this comet seems to coincide with Daenerys Targaryen hatching the three dragons. the same time period.As for whether it was the hatching of the dragon that caused the recovery of the magic power, which led to the celestial phenomena, or whether the comet brought back the magic to restore the vitality of the dragon egg... He had no idea at all.

Even if he has a clue, Mother Long is still far away in the sky, so what can he do?It sounds reasonable at first glance, but once you are really in this cruel world, you will find that you have no energy to think about these things at all.

Due to his own reasons, Tyrion probably will stay in Westeros and play his money game. Without the assistance of one of the smartest brains in Westeros, can this Targaryen girl go well? The counterattack to the mainland is still unknown. How beautiful and miraculous this prophesied queen is, let's wait until Iger sees her alive.

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Iger decided not to think about Daenerys, but the shadow of the comet was firmly lingering in his mind. He took a deep breath, and subconsciously tried to analyze its existence in the way he understood the world : Such a conspicuous comet, if it returns along the orbital cycle around the sun, it should gradually enter people's field of vision from scratch, instead of suddenly appearing and instantly becoming visible in daytime-this is unreasonable.

It looks so close, it should be very close to the planet where the world of ice and fire is located. At this distance, the angular velocity of the comet relative to human observers must be quite huge, and what people see should be passing by quickly and then going away quickly. Instead of a bloody trace hanging in the air, it was a dazzling vision.

Could it be... It is actually quite far away from people, but it is so conspicuous because of its huge size?Impossible, such a big guy, even a gaseous planet, is enough to cause gravitational disturbance to the world of ice and fire, but the surroundings are obviously peaceful!

Only when it is extremely small but is in orbit around the sun close to this alien "earth" and is moving forward parallel to the planet we live in, can it explain its stability and harmlessness... But this problem goes back to the beginning. How did it pop up.

The thoughts in his mind were chaotic for a moment, and Iger decided to give up thinking about the existence of the red comet. There are too many things in this world that cannot be explained with the knowledge he understands, not less than this one.Since they exist, it cannot be said that they are unreasonable. What I really should do is to realize and admit that the knowledge I have has limitations, and try to overcome this shortcoming!

***

"Everyone says that the appearance of the blood-colored comet indicates that the Blood Gate will definitely be breached!" Casey excitedly reported to his lord what he heard from all over the barracks.

"Blood Comet, Blood Gate." Iger raised the corner of his mouth, and this statement is really decent: "Do you believe it?"

"Isn't it right?" The young man really wanted to say that he believed it, but under the watchful eyes of the night watchman's general logistics officer, he had no choice but to honestly change his words: "I don't believe it."

"I dare say that there must be some people in the Blood Gate defenders talking about this comet heralding the defeat and destruction of King Robert and his coalition forces. Believe it or not, but remember to think independently, no matter what the final conclusion is, whether it is correct or not, It’s better to listen to what others say than to follow what others say.”

"Oh, I see." The young man said, but he didn't know if he listened or not.

Iger nodded and said no more.No matter whether others admit it or not, I can be regarded as a person with my own power now, and in this case, it is normal and necessary to point out and support the followers and helpers around me.After all, the better the people around you, the stronger your power and the more promising you will be.

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The Martell army in charge of the siege today has already launched a wave of charges towards the Blood Gate. After successfully inflicting casualties on both the enemy and ourselves, it is declared that today's military mission is complete, and they withdraw to the camp to start defense work.

Sometimes, people will never know where their limits are if they don't push themselves.One and a half months after leaving King's Landing, Iger met more than half of the families with names and surnames above the knight level summoned from the Six Kingdoms. Among them, 50 to [-] people showed interest in the Night Watchman industry—even if only half of them were recruited in the end. Successfully recruited the group, and each family only purchased bonds of [-] gold dragons, which is also a huge amount of thousands of gold dragons.

After finishing breakfast, the sun gradually rose, and the red comet was still hanging steadily in the eastern sky, but Iger, who had stayed in Castle Black for a year, easily accepted its existence, no matter how glaring and hideous it looked, compared to Coming to the Great Wall, its visual impact is still so small that it can be ignored after all—as long as it doesn’t fall down and exterminate human beings, life will go on.

The official business that can be done in the coalition camp is coming to an end. Iger now only waits for the Great Wall to send an officer or Langya to replace him as a "Night Watchman with the Army", and then he can return to King's Landing to continue his business with peace of mind... As for Ping Well, what about the war of rebellion, as long as Robert doesn't try to get himself into it, what does winning or losing have to do with the Night's Watch?

Iger, who was relieved of his psychological burden, began to enjoy the rare leisure time. He wandered in the barracks, thinking about who else he could visit, and at the same time, he was sincerely happy that he didn't need to go to the battlefield by himself.

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Ahead, under the banner of a huge, gold-and-red-crowned stag, roars, cheers, and the clang of weapons continued.When the army is stationed in one place, the soldiers have to do other activities to pass the time besides looking at the little yellow books and looking for camp prostitutes.Martial arts competition is one of them. Soldiers generally divide their camps according to their allegiance to the duke, and then carry out activities in various forms and rules-horse riding contests, team competitions, heads-up, etc. Those who win will get glory and applause for their camp, Those who lose will find other members of their own family to relay and try to get back the game... The young attendant Casey can watch every match with relish, but Iger quickly lost interest after watching a few games.

It's just killing skills. It is undeniable that this is indeed a real skill. Seven out of ten people on the field are better than themselves, but just like most of the drowned people can swim, the better they are, the closer they are to danger.Iger is now playing a game that can move the whole world, and relying on macro operations to keep himself away from danger while changing the world is his goal.

But today, the cheers from the crowd caught Iger's mind: he actually heard someone calling "beauty" and "prince"?Could it be that Brienne was singled out against Oberyn the Red Viper?

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Chapter 108 Competition and Accident

In this counter-insurgency war, how many supporting actors, big and small, gathered in this coalition base camp?

countless.

Due to time constraints, class status and other reasons, Iger has no time and conditions to visit and get acquainted with these people one by one, not to mention, at least "Red Viper" Oberyn Martell and "Beauty" Brienne Tass He hadn't really met these two famous warriors yet.

The former is because the status is too high to be seen, and the latter is probably missed because the tent is too inconspicuous.

Now that we have met each other now, naturally we cannot give up this opportunity to see each other. Even if we don’t get to know each other, at least we will recognize each other when we meet next time. With the excited Casey, Iger approached the competition circle .

Hundreds of people crowded here, and the competition circle was tightly surrounded, making it difficult for people to get close. It took him a lot of effort to squeeze into a place where he could see the situation in the arena clearly.

"Pretty!"

"Beauty, kill him!"

Amidst the cheering cheers of the surrounding soldiers, Iger saw two soldiers facing each other in the field. Among them, the taller one was covered from head to toe in blue armor, and he couldn't even see his eyes clearly. A man with long guns, black hair and black eyes, Iger guessed was Oberyn Martell.Compared with his opponents, the Red Viper looked almost defenseless - apart from greaves, gauntlets, gorge, armor, battle skirt, and a helmet without a face shield, he wore only soft leather and smooth silk underwear. .The mail armor was covered with a layer of shiny copper scales, which together did not cover more than a quarter of the body.

Iger didn't know the coat of arms of the Tass family, but based on the shouts of the soldiers around him, he confirmed that the person the Red Viper was targeting was "Beauty" Brienne—and looked at the "Blue Knight" a few more times, He couldn't help admiring: Day, this woman is really tall!

Oberyn stood in front of Brienne who was wearing combat boots and wearing armor, as if it only reached her chest, but now, the Red Viper, who was at a disadvantage in terms of height and equipment, was tilting his head to challenge his opponent with a smile .

"Go on, girl, I admit that you are the most difficult woman I have ever met, so you won't lose your strength?"

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Under the urging and roaring of the crowd, Brienne charged towards Oberyn again with a roar, and the long sword in her hand drew an astonishing sword light, unceremoniously falling on the red viper.

After all, Iger had been a ranger for a year, and he was not a complete layman in swordsmanship. With just this sword, he immediately saw that "Beauty" Brienne's ability was not in vain. His roommate in Castle Black, holding a sword Gary, who has been in the forty years, may be able to fight her a few moves. As for himself, under such a powerful and swift attack, if he fights with the conventional defensive counterattack routine, he will lose if he can't hold out a few moves.

Amidst the booing of the surrounding soldiers, Oberyn Martell nimbly turned around and slid aside to avoid the edge of the sword, and danced with a gun in a calm manner—without looking back, he used the gun barrel backwards The tail seemingly accidentally poked Brienne's armor-covered waist, causing the female swordsman to stagger and almost crashed into the crowd of onlookers.

(Brienne was no match for Oberyn at all.) Iger saw that if she took off her armor, Brienne might still have a chance of winning—but without the protection, the red viper was on the tip of the spear in a life-and-death duel. You can apply whatever you want, and the result will still not change.

"I—surrender!" Eggshang didn't have time to think about it, and the tall blue knight angrily threw down his long sword in full view, took off his helmet with his hands, and after saying this, he pushed away from the crowd and left without looking back. After entering the martial arts competition scene, a large group of men were pushed to this side, and they couldn't stop her.

***

This is the end?Surrendering after only one move, this doesn't seem like the character of a "beauty"... Egger was stunned for half a second, and quickly figured out the reason: Brienne must have fought Oberyn before she squeezed into the crowd After a while, it is estimated that they have been molested countless times in various ways. Seeing that there is no hope of winning, the opponent does not end the competition neatly. He feels humiliated, so he throws his sword and surrenders angrily, then shakes his head and leaves.

The audience booed, but the Prince of Dorne was indeed amazing in martial arts, and there was no shame in surrendering to him.Watching the "beauty" leave, Oberyn chuckled lightly, and said loudly, "Dorn's marksmanship is the best in the world, is there anyone who disagrees?"

The voices in the crowd suddenly became much quieter, and many people urged each other to play, but after a long time of pushing and shoving, no one stood up.Iger snorted disdainfully in his heart. In this camp of the coalition forces, those who can fight Oberyn one-on-one are either beside their respective lords or are guarding the side of the king in white robes. Jumping out to fight the bottom knights is really a drop in price.

The goal of getting to know the Red Viper and the Beauty has been achieved, and Iger is about to leave to see if there are any nobles who have not visited before. When he turned around, he was suddenly grabbed by the sleeve: "Wait, 'White Ghost Killer' is not Are you here, let him play a few tricks with the prince, let us also see the demeanor of the night watchman!"

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"White Ghost Killer! White Ghost Killer!" With the object of booing, the commotion and shouts of the onlookers suddenly became louder, mixed with shouts of "Night Watchman!" The soldier pressed down, and before he could resist, he was pushed into the arena.

***

It is no exaggeration to say that Iger is now a celebrity.

"Night Watchman's Fantastic Adventure Journey" has been released for a few weeks. Although the sales volume is far less than that of several other "special publications" released in the same period, after all, it is impossible for everyone to read small yellow books all day long.In this coalition army camp, there are many illiterate peasants and soldiers, but with the gathering of nobles and elite troops from the six countries, the literacy rate is actually far higher than anywhere else in Westeros or even the entire world, possibly reaching ten percent. One-tenth, or even more than that.

In addition, even illiterate people can understand the content of the book through the mouths of literate people.

As one of the first books to appear on the market, the protagonist is not a knight, and the content is refreshing. "Adventure Journey" easily became popular. After word of mouth, Iger's "Own Story" went smoothly Spread the word.

As the protagonist, Iger originally hoped through this book to let the world know that he was a visitor from outside Westeros, and was forced to join the Night Watchman because of language barriers; The black-clothed brothers who confronted the ghosts rectified their names and improved the impression of the night watchman in the hearts of the world... As a result, there is always a deviation between reality and ideals. For some reason, readers and readers of the readers ignore the real point and instead refer to "ghosts" Fighting against the ghosts in the shadow forest" has been widely circulated... So, the release of this book finally had the opposite effect:

Not only has the image of the night watchman in people's eyes not changed, but he has become more bragging. Iger himself has become a legendary night watchman. Unfortunately, this "legend"...is in double quotation marks.

99% of the content of a book is fictional, and everyone takes the only real 1% as evidence that it is not true. Iger doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

To put it in the real world, this is a typical failure of public relations and improper guidance of public opinion... Fortunately, the name of the protagonist is not written in this book, and it is also marked on the cover that it is purely fictitious. Compared with its own sales and profits, the popularity it brings to Iger is not a loss.

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Iger comforted himself in this way at first, but when he was pushed into the arena and faced one of the best fighters in the Seven Kingdoms, his popularity suddenly became a burden.

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Chapter 109 Night Watchman vs Red Viper

"It turned out to be the legendary 'White Ghost Killer', I've heard about it for a long time!" Oberyn danced with his gun casually, stopped and put the gun on the ground with a smile, and looked up and down at the new opponent who was pushed into the circle: "Hey, it seems that the rumors are not all fiction. You are not from Westeros, are you?"

"I'm from Sunset Haixi, a place called Caina." Since he was pushed out, there was no reason to turn around and go back into the crowd. It wouldn't be a shame to lose to Oberyn, but if you have the courage to even try None, the reputation of the Night's Watch is even worse.After turning his mind quickly, Iger decided to express his opinion first: "Dawn's marksmanship is the best in the world, and I have no objection! But since he is on the field, he naturally wants to learn... Do you have a blunt sword? The lighter the better!"

"Blunt sword?" Immediately, Dorn's soldiers thought Iger was pretending to be aggressive: "You can touch the corner of my prince's clothes before we talk about it!"

Oberyn is almost middle-aged, and he is not as angry as the young people. He shook his head: "You can choose the weapon and armor that you have, if you don't have a suitable one, you can ask your kid to go back and get the one you brought. Find the blunt sword."

But put it down, Iger brought a sword, but for a half-baked swordsman like myself, there is not much difference between a sword that has been used a few times and a standard practice sword: "The prince has something I don’t know, the main opponents of the night watchmen are the wildlings. In fact, their martial skills are no different from ordinary farmers, the only trouble is that there are too many people.”

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The more you use your brain, the brighter it becomes. After Tyrion and Tyrion left the Great Wall and came to King’s Landing to start a business, Iger has developed the habit of warming up his thinking organs and keeping them in the best condition at all times. There will be no accidents at all. When he was panicked or his mind went blank, he stood in the circle of people for only a few seconds before thinking of several ways to end the accident decently.

"One thousand night watchmen have to defend against nearly 20 wildlings outside the Great Wall. On average, one night watchman has to deal with two hundred opponents." Iger slightly exaggerated the data: "Almost every encounter between the night watchman and the wildlings, It is launched in a situation where the enemy is outnumbered. Therefore, the training we have received is to be offensive and defensive-only when the enemy in front of us is quickly eliminated, can we immediately clear the siege for our comrades or deal with the next one, so as not to fall into the trap encircled dilemma."

It's not entirely a lie, but in fact, the wildlings who encountered the rangers rarely dared to pack up and besiege them. Unless they had prepared an ambush, they would basically run away after seeing them from a distance.As long as you don't get too close to the Great Wall, the night watchman will not be so bored as to come to the door to do things like dry slaughter villages——Usually, the two sides do not interfere with each other, rather than the state of fighting every day as imagined by the people of the Seven Kingdoms. There are even occasional transactions of necessities of life.

"So?" Oberyn nodded. He actually didn't know anything about the Night's Watch, after all, no one in the Martell family was forced to wear black.

"So, the night watchman's fighting style is generally more unrestrained. We are in a state of war all the time. We don't have the concept of martial arts. We only think about how to kill people." Iger was talking nonsense seriously. He didn't believe that there would be anyone who knew the defenders of the Great Wall among the soldiers present. : "The prince's martial arts are unparalleled in the world. After all, he is different from the savages we usually face, and I am a logistics officer... I dare not boast whether I will hurt you with a real sword. I am afraid that I am too weak. Once the prince's competition becomes flustered and hurts himself, it will not be able to carry out the business that His Majesty the King instructed."

He stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling face, and Iger was flattering and thought that he was inferior to others. Oberyn and the Night Watchman had no grievances, so naturally he didn't want to embarrass him too much. The corner of his mouth raised, and he acquiesced in Iger's request: "Give him A blunt sword."

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After that, Oberyn himself threw the spear to the Dornish soldiers in the crowd, and made a gesture.Soon, blunt guns without a point were also thrown back. It was an unwritten rule in the martial arts competition that if one side chose a weapon that was not sharp, the other side could not pretend to be stupid. This was also part of the chivalry in the cold weapon era. Plant it.

Although there are wars at the moment, it is basically a peaceful era, and everyone is still willing to abide by morality.

Iger took the sword, declined the kindness of the tournament organizers to provide armor, took only a small shield that could protect the vitals, and stood still in the field.

To deal with such an agile opponent as the "Red Viper", wearing heavy armor when his own skills are not as good as others is simply looking for abuse.As for Oberyn...he looks like a fool, but as one of the real power rulers of Dorne, he is actually a very clear-headed person. He didn't rape-kill his sister, and at the same time he was still in the camp of the coalition forces. The only "Night Watchman with the Army" among them, the opponent should not be so ignorant that he would cause trouble in this kind of informal contest.

If Oberyn wanted to hurt himself, it was useless to wear anything. On the contrary, a small shield was enough.Of course, a judgment is a judgment after all. To be on the safe side, Iger first took the trouble to get both sides to change into blunt weapons, and then explained the precautions in advance, and actively told the other party that he would only attack but not defend... Next, You can give it a go.

The night watchmen have offense but no defense, they only kill and don't fight?Of course it's nonsense, but in the face of a master of martial arts like the Red Viper, if you want to use the most vulgar and worst defensive counterattack skills taught by Alliser and Gary to fight him, I'm afraid you will be so abused that you can't find your teeth—— If you can't guard against it, you simply can't guard against it. The bet is that a master like Oberyn is extremely conceited and arrogant, and won't use the flaws deliberately exposed by a rookie like himself to attack him.

"I just want to learn Dorn's marksmanship, and I ask the prince to be merciful!" Iger held the sword, stood opposite Oberyn, and said something that seemed polite, but actually it was the only truth.

***

(Admit a wave of cowardice, and then use your most proficient attack moves to fight him a few moves, and find the right opportunity to deliberately lose or surrender quickly, so as not to suffer.) ——This is Iger's whole plan.

It's easy to say, but it's really hard to know how to do it... Holding the sword and confronting the "Red Viper" for a few seconds, Iger found that he didn't know how to make a move: the prince just stood there, with a relaxed expression, and his hand Unable to take time off, he used the long spear like a golden cudgel and danced it around twice from time to time. It seemed that there were empty doors and flaws everywhere, but in fact it didn't give anyone a chance to attack at all.

Iger is almost certain that no matter what angle or action he launches the attack, he will be greeted with a stormy counterattack and teasing in an instant-by that time, I am afraid that it will be a bit difficult for him to deliberately lose. The beauty Brienne probably felt the same way.

This is a real top player. After less than ten seconds of confrontation, Iger felt like a villain who was facing the protagonist in a martial arts movie. He even had the illusion of "If you shoot, you will die, if you don't shoot, you will die" , wishing that the small shield in his hand could be several times bigger so that he could completely cover himself, and he was sweating unconsciously on his back. You must know that the weather in the valley is still summer at this moment!

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"White Ghost Slayer, come on!" - This is a typical way of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big things.

"Beat him, let this southern guy see how powerful the northerners are!" - the one who said this obviously came from the northern border, and the soldiers in the northern border always used to treat those in black as their own.

"Don't dawdle, you're wasting everyone's time!" - This is a bad tempered person, and there is a high probability that he doesn't understand martial arts at all. Only a pure layman would consider the mutual observation and probing stage before the action as a waste of time.

After a few seconds of confrontation with Iger, Oberyn had some idea of ​​what the night watchman in front of him was: he had been trained, not exactly a show, but it was at the level of a qualified mercenary.The only interesting thing is that - with his rich knowledge of traveling all over the world, after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out where the night watchman came from. Could it be that he came from somewhere in Sunset Sea West as this guy himself said?

Hmm...it looks very refreshing and clean. I don't know what people think about the so-called "Cai Na" there.