Chapter 6 The Effects of Reputation

After hearing the story, Lind said with some confusion: "Why did the people who sided with the Tyrell family lose so easily? Didn't you say that they have been in a stalemate for the past few decades? Logically speaking, the strength should be about the same?"

"It's all because of the Usurper's War." Father Bain sighed and said, "The Tyrell family supported the Long family and sent troops to participate in the war. The Klein family also sent troops. These people all support the Tilea family. Many of the Kleins of the Lear family died in the Battle of Ashford. Only a few people such as Fertimo Klein survived. Because they were worried about being dealt with by another faction of the family, they all died after the war. I stayed in Highgarden and did not return to Red Lake City.”

"What's going on with the smiling Will?" Lind asked doubtfully.

"He's an idiot!" Father Bain cursed angrily and said, "Originally, the internal fighting in the Klein family had nothing to do with him. He just had to be his guard captain. It's a pity that he I don’t know who listened to the temptation, but they actually captured Lady Liana and Miss Menedith and surrendered to those guys. Although the Klein family was fighting fiercely, they were only fighting for power and did not rise to the level of blood fighting. To the extent that what that guy Will did was a taboo violation, it was reasonable for him to be caught.”

Lind asked again with concern: "Are you implicated because of Will?"

Father Bain comforted him: "Don't worry about me. I'm just a nobody to them. If they really think I'm a threat, it won't be Crowe's arrogant kid who comes here."

Linde said slightly worriedly: "But it's different now. I killed six soldiers guarding Red Lake City. They might..."

"No, this is actually a good thing." Father Bain laughed and said: "To the current Klein family, a swordsman like you is worth much more than six ordinary guard soldiers. "

"Why?" Linde didn't quite understand.

Father Bain explained: "Not long ago, Red Lake City had agreed to send troops to clear out the bandits in the Red Lake Forest together with the Rowan family and the Oakheart family. It was just because of the deaths and injuries of the Klein family in the previous Usurper War. There are too many. We can only gather a team of more than two hundred people at most, and those people were farmers before they picked up weapons. They are all novices with little fighting ability. They need strong people to join, so I just asked you to go all out. , I just didn’t expect you to be so strong when you hit it with all your strength, but this is better, I think someone should have passed your message to Joel Flowers.”

"Joel Fohua? I seem to have heard this name in the tavern," Lind recalled for a moment and asked, "Is it the cold Joel?"

"Yes, that's him." Father Bain nodded and said: "Lord Joel Flower is the illegitimate son of Sir Belan Crane, and one of the few Crane who supports the Florent family. The man who led the war had participated in a tournament in King's Landing in the past. Although he was defeated by Lord Barristan, he was greatly appreciated by Lord Barristan. He once invited him to join the Mad King's Kingsguard, but He refused. Within the Klein family, he is also a swordsman, as famous as Lord Fortimo. He also greatly appreciates people with superb swordsmanship. This time he served as the swordsman of the two hundred people in the Klein family. Commander, you have shown superb swordsmanship now, he will definitely send someone to recruit you."

"Among the people who were watching just now, is there anyone from Lord Joel?"

"Yes." Father Bain admitted Linde's guess and said, "It should be that your reputation as a bear hunter and dual-wielding swordsman reached his ears, so he sent someone to confirm it. In fact, there is no Clowe When that idiot appears, I will also find someone to fight with you and help you show off your swordsmanship. However, the effect is better now."

"Isn't he worried about offending that faction of the Klein family?" Linde asked.

"He is a well-known neutral faction of the Klein family. He is only loyal to the lord of Red Lake City. He doesn't care who becomes the lord, so anyone who controls Red Lake City knows that he will never betray him and will work with him. He has a good relationship and will not offend him easily." Father Bain analyzed seriously: "This time the Klein family still needs him to lead the more than two hundred recruits to exterminate the bandits in the Red Lake Forest, let alone because of some. Little things annoy him."

As he spoke, he sighed again and said: "Actually, it was because of him that I went to find that guy Will in the first place. I guessed from the beginning that he would definitely become the leader of the bandit suppression team, but I have never dealt with him. , there is no relationship, it is impossible to go to him directly, and Will was recommended by him to become the guard captain. The two of them have some relationship, there should be no problem in recommending someone, so I went to find Will. Now it seems that I have All done in vain.”

"What do I do now?" Lind asked.

Father Bain suggested: "Don't do anything. Just stay here for the next few days. Lord Joel will probably send someone to find you."

Lind nodded, agreed to Father Bain's proposal, and then asked: "Father, has my sword been forged?"

"It's been built. I originally planned to give it to you when you come over, but things happened so suddenly that I forgot to take it out. Fortunately, your bare hands are as good as your swordsmanship."

Father Bain motioned for Lind to follow him, and the two of them entered the house in the backyard one after another. Then Father Bain entered the hut inside alone, and soon walked out again, only with two more long swords in his hands. sword.

Father Bain handed the sword in his hand to Lind and said, "The half-hand sword I made according to your request has widened the width and thickness of the sword body. It looks more like an extended broadsword, which is true. It fits its name as a hybrid sword."

After Linde took over the two broad-bladed half-hand swords, he pulled them out of the scabbard, then turned his wrist and arm and tried to swing them. In terms of weight, it was a little heavier than he expected, but It didn't have much impact on him.

After that, he tested the sharpness of the weapon and the toughness of the material. The result was much better than the Red Lake City Guard Long Sword he used just now, but it was still much worse than the weapons held by the Peace Envoy in his memory, in terms of quality. In general, it can only be regarded as a slightly better weapon.

However, considering that these two broad-bladed half-hand swords only cost five gold dragons, and I feel that they are well worth the money, I think that Father Bain must also have some favors.

Afterwards, Lind stayed in the backyard of Father Bain's tavern for two days to familiarize himself with the two newly acquired weapons. Although the combat experience of Peacemaker's dual-wielding weapons is more suitable for the configuration of one long and one short, that is only in the game. In reality, on the battlefield, going to the battlefield with a dagger is simply asking for death, so what he has to do now is to slightly modify the Peacemaker's combat experience and integrate it into his own combat experience.

During this period, Linde did not lack opponents who could cooperate with him to familiarize himself with the battle. The caravan mercenaries in the tavern were happy to cooperate with Linde's training, because every time during the training process, Linde would point out what they encountered in the battle. various problems, teaching them mutual cooperation skills and some sword skills that can only be learned from nobles.

Linde's approach invisibly gained him more respect among these mercenaries. As the caravan where the mercenaries were leaving left, various legends about Linde would spread, gradually accumulating Linde's reputation among the mercenaries. The reputation of the Reach.

Crowe Klein's revenge did not appear, but on the third day, Red Lake City sent a team of twelve people to Bai Village to bring back the bodies of the six soldiers and their equipment.

During this process, no conflict occurred. On the contrary, the captain of the team met with Linde and had a fight with him. It is conceivable that the captain should have received some formal swordsmanship training and was able to Against ordinary soldiers, Linde could only sustain two moves, and the sword in his hand was knocked off by Linde. If he had used a real weapon, the captain's arm would have been severed.

Although he lost to Linde, the captain was not angry. Instead, he admired Linde very much. When leaving, he also hinted to Linde that Red Lake City would not pursue Linde's killing of six soldiers, but Linde still had to pay some price, but he didn't say what the price was.

Until the sixth day, the arrival of a group of people broke the peace of Bai Village.

There were about a hundred people in this team, and they were fully armed. Everyone wore full-body leather armor, spears and swords, and some even carried bows and arrows. It looked like an army with complete combat equipment.

The team was led by seven knights, six of whom were dressed in different costumes, but all wore metal plate armor with different emblems printed on the plate armor. They seemed to be from noble families affiliated with the Klein family.

The leading knight is taller and stronger than the other six knights in terms of body shape. Coupled with the tall war horse riding under him, he is one taller than the other knights even if he does not sit upright on the horse. First of all, this also gave him a strong sense of oppression that other knights did not have.

The plate armor worn by this knight is also different from other knights. Judging from the style of the plate armor, it should have ancient heritage, because it also has the Green Hand emblem of the Gardener family on it.

Different from the ancient plate armor, the knight's helmet looks very trendy. It is shaped like a turkey rooster unique to the Red Lake Forest. This is an extremely aggressive animal. Even if it encounters a very dangerous beast, it will protect its territory. He fights with the cubs without fear. Perhaps the knight uses this helmet to express his character.

The team stopped in front of Father Bain's tavern. At this time, Father Bain and Linde had heard the sound and walked out, and many people gathered around to watch the fun.

After Father Bain saw the leading knight clearly, he immediately stepped forward and saluted the knight: "Lord Joel."

Joel Fohua tightened the reins in his hands, controlled the horse under his seat, looked down at Bain's father, and said: "Lance Bain, I still remember your demeanor when you led the team to penetrate the enemy's formation, like People like you should be on the battlefield, not in this country tavern."

"Not everyone has such ambitions as adults," Father Bain said with a smile: "Compared to dying on the battlefield with no one to clean up the body, I prefer to get drunk and sleep to death. On my bed at home.”

After hearing what Father Bain said, the knights behind Joel Fohua all showed disdain. On the contrary, Joel Fohua did not show any unusual expressions. He only saw his eyes shifted to Linde, looking up and down. After sizing up Lind, he said, "Are you the bear hunter?"

"Yes, sir." Linde nodded slightly.

From the moment Joel Fohua appeared just now, Linde was weighing his own strength against that of his opponent.

Although he has defeated many opponents these days and eliminated six Red Lake City guards in an extremely gorgeous way, these people do not represent the real strength of warriors in this world. Most of them are just some who have taken up arms. Among the farmers, a few may have learned some swordsmanship, but not many, and they belong to the bottom of the world's combat power.

On the contrary, the Joel Buddha in front of him is the representative of the real high-level combat power in this world. Being a swordsman master who can be appreciated by the fearless Barristan itself represents his strength. Not to mention other places, just in the river bend. There are not many people who can defeat him one on one.

This also made Linde couldn't help but have the urge to challenge the opponent and understand his true strength, but he knew very well that now was definitely not a good time to challenge Joel, so he suppressed it.

However, although he resisted the urge to challenge, Joel still keenly felt a hint of fighting spirit emanating from him, and asked very directly: "Do you want to challenge me?"

"Yes, sir." Linde nodded again.

Before Joel could speak, a knight attendant behind him scolded: "Bold, you lowly guy, what qualifications do you have to challenge Lord Joel?"

"Despicable?" Joel turned around and looked at the humiliated attendant behind him, and asked him: "Is it lower than an illegitimate child?"

The knight attendant was stunned for a moment, and seemed to realize that he had stimulated Joel's pain point, and quickly explained: "My lord, I am not talking about you!"

Joel looked at the other person and said in a deep voice: "Forget it, I know you didn't mean it, but one thing you have to remember is that since you have become my attendant, you should not have any noble or low thoughts in this world. The only thing that allows you to survive and help you make achievements is the sword in your hand, not the blood on your body and the identity represented by the blood. "

"I understand, sir." The knight attendant lowered his head slightly and said.

Joel shook his head slightly. He did not think that he, a noble knight attendant, understood the meaning of his words, but he did not think of a further explanation. Instead, he turned to look at Lind and said, "I have already After helping you solve the trouble in Red Lake City, you must join my army next. After you have accumulated enough merits on the battlefield, I will recommend you to become a knight squire for Lord Fortimo. "

"At your command, sir." Linde responded directly without any thought.