Chapter 196 God-given Lance

The competition ground is located in the southwest of Redemption Town. It was built a year ago and was only completed a few months ago. It was originally intended to be used for holding a competition after the Miracle Fleet completed its control of the Dorne Sea.

But after that, the sea dragon attacked the ship, and then the disappearance of Linde's crusade against the sea dragon and other things affected the situation in the entire territory, so the tournament was postponed again and again.

Linde did not leave it idle like other competition grounds outside the castle. Instead, he built a horse farm next to the competition ground to gather all the retired horses in the territory for care. In addition, it is also open to citizens in the territory. , as long as you apply for a license from the city hall, you can ride horses at the racecourse for free, and some injured and retired warriors are also arranged at the racecourse to teach sword and horseback riding skills, thereby increasing the military heritage of the territory.

As for the competition ground, it is also open to the public, and some small competitions will also be organized. In the past few months, when a large number of hired knights, mercenaries and free riders gathered in Redemption Town, it became the most lively place in Redemption Town. Those people will show off their prowess in the official martial arts competition held by the Redemption Town every day, in order to be favored by the senior officials of Shengxia Hall and become the next Rosso and the next Bahrain.

Although these brave and fierce mercenary knights, mercenaries and free riders were sent to the army camp and were not allowed to leave the camp without authorization, which made the competition field deserted. However, this desertedness is only relative speaking. There are still many people every day. People from Redemption Town gather here because there are many guards from other territorial nobles staying in Redemption Town. These guards will look for opportunities to compete in the competition field.

Just like today, the knights from Runestone City in the Valley and the knights from Golden Teeth City in the West met here for a lance duel, and they had publicized it in Redemption Town in advance, and even opened a gambling game for this, with the stakes as high as two Baijinlong.

However, before the knights from the two places officially started fighting, the lance duel between them ended because the arena was occupied by someone else, and the person who occupied it was Lynde Terra, Earl of Summer Hall.

It’s just that they also have a new opponent, this opponent is Linde, and what’s even more shocking is that Linde actually announced a challenge to all the knights in Redemption Town, and the challenge is not the well-known sword duel, but the knight. Gun showdown.

Almost everyone in Westeros knows that Lind is the number one swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms and possesses god-like powerful swordsmanship. However, there is a question mark about how strong Lind's lance skills are, because In all these years, Linde had never shown any skill with a lance, not just in front of his enemies, but even in front of those around him.

Therefore, when Lind announced that he would challenge all the knights in Redemption Town to a lance duel, not only the ordinary people of Redemption Town were attracted, but even the officials of Redemption Town also gathered at the competition ground. For this reason, Nymelie Ya also gave all the officials a day off, and she herself came to the viewing platform of the competition ground with great interest.

Lind made the challenge not because he was arrogant, but because he was confident, because when he obtained the nameless king's character template memory, he not only got the memory of the eldest son of the sun, but also the character template memories of the other two people. It was also integrated with him in the form of an accessory, which meant that he got three character templates at once.

Compared with the various abilities in the memory of the Nameless King that require powerful divine power to be used, he can now use the abilities in the memory of the other two character templates. One of the character templates even gave him something that he was not good at before. A kind of weapon skill, this weapon is a spear, which is why he is now able to confidently challenge the entire Redemption Town knights.

After the spectator stands and the grass around the competition ground were filled with spectators, Linde, wearing the standard armor of the ordinary garrison, walked out from the other end of the competition track, and then he mounted an ordinary war horse, and Hei Feng, who was not his own mount, picked up the spear and shield handed over by the attendant.

At this time, the person on the other end was Rosso Brun, whom everyone feared. Since Rosso became the leader of the Blood Armored People, not only the people were afraid of him, but even the officials of the Summer Hall were extremely afraid of him, because The Blood Armored People are a department that specializes in targeting spies and spies in the territory. Once they are targeted, it means there is big trouble.

Therefore, when Rosso Brun appeared on the stage, everyone wanted to see the scene where Rosso Brun was knocked down.

As the two rode to the two sections of the separation fence, the combat commander gave the order. The two sides rode forward almost at the same time, and soon met in the middle of the separation fence.

Rosso Brun didn't hold back and stabbed directly at Linde's chest. Before the spear he thrust out had time to touch Linde, Linde's spear had already bypassed his shield with great accuracy and stabbed him. On the plate armor on his chest, he felt as if his chest was hit by a stake. He flew up from the horse and fell to the ground.

Compared to Russell who was completely confused by Lind's spear thrust, the people around him could clearly see how Lind attacked Russell. Even the knights who were watching the battle could also see the way Lind used his spear, but Being able to see it is one thing, being able to do it is another.

Because Russell had been put on thickened plate armor in advance, and the lance in Lind's hand was also a cork lance, Russell was only slightly injured when he was knocked off the horse.

Linde did not stop challenging. After changing his spear, he challenged his next opponent, Bahrain.

Unlike Russell who was unknown in the tourney, Balin was the lance jousting champion who fought and won the tourney in King's Landing. Although he has been following Lin Dezheng in various places over the years and has never participated in the tourney again, some people still remember his superb skills. Lancer prowess, and figured Linde wouldn't win easily this time.

However, what surprised many people was that in the competition, Linde used the same thrusting technique to directly knock Bahrain off his horse. Not only was the method the same, but the parts where they were hit were also the same.

No one would doubt that Bahrain deliberately let the enemy go, because they could see that Bahrain's timing of shooting and control of the horses reached an extremely high level. He was worthy of the title of jousting champion, but Linde performed even better, with precision and speed. , Stable are the adjectives that the surrounding knights who are watching the game can think of.

Although these standard words sound so ordinary, just like Linde's ordinary attack methods, if someone can achieve the state described by these words, then this person's lance skills will be unrivaled, and now Linde seems to have done just that.

As Russell and Balin exited, other knights watching joined in to challenge Lind.

Although it can be seen from the battle between Linde, Russell and Bahrain that Linde's lance skills have reached extraordinary heights and it is difficult for them to match them, they still hope that if Linde fails, they will be able to defeat him. The man who became the first knight of the Seven Kingdoms became famous all over the world. This kind of lucrative deal was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.

Therefore, Linde kept fighting with all the knights who took the initiative to challenge. During the challenge, he changed twelve horses, but he himself did not rest. He fought from morning to afternoon, challenging a total of 476 knights. Official knights, hedge knights, free riders and more from all over the Seven Kingdoms and across the Narrow Sea.

From the beginning to the end, he was just using a stabbing technique, which was extremely simple and efficient in knocking the challenger off his horse. Moreover, during the entire challenge, he was not stabbed by the opponent's spear, or even his shield. bump into.

When this massive challenge ended, everyone who watched and participated in the battle no longer doubted Linde's lance skills. Some devout believers even believed that Linde's lance skills were just like his swordsmanship and those mysterious skills. Power is also a gift from the Seven Gods, so the lances used by Linde are sacred objects.

It was not just ordinary believers who had this view, but even some knights thought so. As a result, all the broken lances that were originally intended to be discarded were picked up by the knights and the people and worshiped as sacred objects.

This jousting challenge that will go down in history will become a topic of discussion in Redemption Town and even the entire Seven Kingdoms for a long time. For Linde, this challenge is just to show his wife and attendants that he has the ability to fight. It's just the ability to teach lance skills.

So, the next day, I saw Lind taking Brienne to train lance skills in the lord's racecourse, and Lind's knights who had nothing to do were also summoned to serve as Brienne's opponents. Brienne can quickly gain experience in lance duels.

"Sir, do you have anything to do with me?" After teaching Brienne some lance skills, Lind returned to the castle. Tob Mott, the current forge manager, was already waiting in the study. After seeing Lind He took the initiative to stand up and asked.

Lind motioned the blacksmith to sit down, then took out a few scrolls from the drawer and placed them in front of him, saying: "I need you to build me a new set of armor and weapons. It doesn't need to use Valyrian steel. Just use the hundred-forged steel from the current forge."

Tob took the scroll and read it carefully. He read it very carefully. It took him more than an hour to read the content on the scroll. After reading it, he was still recalling the details of every component he had seen.

In Tob's forging career, the Homeless Knight Armor was the most complex armor he had ever forged. Now this most complex title has given way because the armor recorded in the scroll in his hand is complex. The strength is several times that of the Homeless Knight's armor, and the shape is even weirder.

The entire armor is composed of hundreds of ferocious-shaped armor pieces. These armor pieces are superimposed and interlocked to form a complete set of armor. The overall look of this armor has an indescribable weird beauty, and it also gives People have a very aggressive sense, and ferocious is probably the best adjective to use to describe this set of armor.

Just like the shape of the armor is extremely weird, the design of the helmet is also extremely weird. The lion shape of the mask part, the prismatic armor pieces and prismatic spikes extending backwards, plus the red tassel on the tail, make the entire helmet look... Gorgeous and weird, especially the mask is clearly a lion mask, but the combination of the helmet and armor looks more like a dragon head.

Compared to the weird shape of the armor, the weapon seemed a lot more ordinary. It was just a cross spear. The only weird thing was that the tip of the spear looked more like a long sword.

"When can it be built?" Linde asked.

"About half a year." Taob thought carefully and gave a time. He was afraid that Linde would not understand, so he explained: "If these armor pieces are to be made according to your requirements and standards, it will be more difficult than forging them directly. It is even more difficult to make a high-quality long sword, and it also takes time to polish and test, so half a year is already..."

"Needless to say, I know it will be difficult to build this armor. Please take your time!" Linde said that he could understand Taob's difficulties and told Taob not to worry.

The reason why he wants to build such a set of armor and weapons is mainly to put a layer of vest on himself to facilitate work when he goes to the Essos continent in the future, and it will take at least a year for him to go to the Essos continent. Finally, there is still plenty of time.

"Sir, what is the name of this armor?" Tob suddenly asked curiously as he left with the drawing.

"Golden lion armor." Lind replied.

"Golden lion?" Tob obviously misunderstood. What came to mind was the Lannister family in the north.

Linde had no explanation for this.

I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but a few days after Lind asked Tob to make new armor, news came from Varys that the armor of the Homeless Knight made of Valyrian steel had been made. Okay, Illyrio is organizing manpower to transport it from Qohor, and it will be shipped to Linde in about two months.

This news surprised Linde, because this set of armor of the Homeless Knight has been built for so long that he has almost forgotten that he also has a set of magic armor, and even in his Essos continent plan, he is waiting to master it. After Tyrosh took control of a territory on the continent of Essos, he set out for Qohor to see for himself what was going on with his armor.

Now it saves some trouble, but he always feels that this matter is not that simple, and there may be twists and turns.

And what happened after that was exactly as he thought. More than a month later, news came again from Varys. The cargo ship transporting armor was on its way to Volantis through the Rhoyne River. It docked at a place named Sehoru. The town was attacked by the Dothraki. Although the town was not captured, the dock outside the city was ransacked and the armor was also stolen by the Dothraki.

Because he had expected it in advance, Linde did not have much emotional fluctuations, but he still felt a little annoyed.

So, he asked Varys to continue to pay attention to the armor's movements to see if the armor was taken to Vaes Dothraki by the Dothraki, or if it was resold to someone else. A set of armor containing powerful magic like this would no matter where it was found. Wherever it appears, it should cause quite a stir, and there will certainly be no shortage of similar information.

Sure enough, a month later, news came that the Sea King of Braavos had a set of magical armor in his hands.