Chapter 39: Falconry, Falcon

"Okay, you go get ready first. Wait." Long Zell frowned and looked at Valarr from head to toe.

"What? What's wrong?" Valar looked at himself with some confusion. There was nothing wrong with him? Why did Long Zell look like he was about to eat himself?

"What are we going to do?" Long Zell tapped the smooth breastplate of "Silver Shield" twice. Looking at Valarr with a serious face, Jakaris on the side quickly pricked up his ears and wiped away the fine dust with a cloth, wanting to hear what this elder brother who had already admired him after just a few days of contact had to say. What.

"Fighting the Vulture King, ah, no." Seeing his brother's face suddenly darken, he quickly changed his words: "Falconry, we are going to the mountains for falconry."

"Falcon, why are you wearing armor?" Long Zell raised his eyebrows. "Just bring it with you. You put on your armor and ride out. The horse will collapse from exhaustion before you see the prey."

"I know." Valar muttered and went out to take off his armor. Only Longzel and Jakaris were left in the room again.

The two princes arrived at Darkport City secretly, and their dragons were not strong enough to support them from flying from Dragonstone to Darkport City. They can only take a boat first and then reach their destination under the protection of the Silver Blood Army. The two children first studied with Longzel's original attendants Linn and Hoffa for a few days before officially starting to serve as Longzel and Valar's attendants. As the two princes who have received a full set of noble education, they are naturally familiar with the work content of the attendants. After all, before coming here, Prince Jakaris served as the cupbearer of Princess Rhaenyra and Prince Daemon, and Prince Luthris also served as the cupbearer of Koli. Lord Velaryon's cupbearer.

"Sir, please don't blame Uncle Valarr too harshly. He might have been too anxious and asked Xiaolu to help him put on the armor. Xiaolu did the same. After all, this was the first time he really saw Valyrian steel armor." Seeing that Long Zell had no objection, Jakaris spoke up.

"Aren't you the same? Xiaojie, you've been staring at the Dragon Knight for a long time." Longzell smiled. He took the armor handed over by Jakaris and put it into the package containing the armor. Jakaris was a little embarrassed. The ground scratched his head. "After all, the royal family only has one set of leather armor that is said to be decorated with Valyrian steel." The brown-haired boy tied the silver blood around Longzell's waist and helped him adjust his collar and cuffs. "We also wonder what real Valyrian steel armor looks like."

"Now that you have seen it, what do you think?"

"It's very strange, very beautiful, and has an indescribable feeling." Jakaris truthfully expressed his feelings. "Watching it sometimes is like seeing Womax."

Womax is Jakaris's dragon, a dark green young dragon that is the same age as him and grows rapidly. He is currently living in the dragon lair in Dragon Nest City.

After emergency construction, Dragon Nest City's main tower "Silver Blood Tower" and two auxiliary towers "Twin Towers" connected by long corridors have been renovated. If it were not for an emergency military operation, Long Zell would bring his family and close ministers to Moved here.

"Is there anything else?" Long Zell also helped Jakaris fasten the belt of his leather armor and continued to ask.

Jakaris shook his head: "That's all I saw."

Long Zell smiled and nodded, instead of continuing, he changed the topic. "Xiaojie, Prince Damon asked me to ask you to learn something from me. Well, this is natural. After all, as a squire, it is an established tradition to learn from a knight."

"I have learned a lot from you." Jakaris tied a long sword on himself. "Thank you also for your gentleness and patience."

Longzell smiled and motioned for Jakaris to follow him. The two teenagers walked out of the gate of Blackport City together. Outside Blackport City, 300 heavy cavalry summoned by the Dondarrien family were already in place. These border areas Heavy cavalry are generally equipped with chainmail coats covered with robes. Most of them do not have horse coats or vests. The family or origin to which they belong can be distinguished by the patterns on the robes. A small number of them were equipped with beautiful plate armor and heavy horse clothing. Longzell knew that they were the retainer knights directly affiliated with the Dondarrion family or those rich and wealthy knights. The other part was not so wealthy, and there were many heavy cavalrymen. Attendant. Lord Edric also recruited 800 additional longbowmen, which was the limit of the Dondarrion family.

They carried a purple lightning banner, and another group carrying a brown banner also gathered under the city. Their banner had three bunches of yellow wheat drawn on it.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, this is Count Gerald Selmy of Harvest Hall, and this is his eldest grandson and heir, Sir Harlow Selmy." Count Edric introduced Longzel Take a look at the two noble knights wearing brown smocks next to you. Gerald Selmy is an old man with a weathered face and a big beard, and Harlo Selmy is a short and sturdy young man. The hammer was inserted into his belt, and his eyes were piercing, trying to see something from behind Long Zell.

"Sir Harlow, my dragon has to see its prey before it hunts." Longzell saw what Harlow wanted to see and said with a smile. Harlow hurriedly withdrew his gaze and looked at his grandfather with some embarrassment. .

"Harluo is too young, and His Highness the Prince and His Highness have seen the joke." Jero smiled and pulled his grandson behind him. "Your Highness, I have brought 50 cavalry and 300 armed infantry. I'm sorry, the Selmy family is only a small family. This is our limit."

"It's okay." Long Zell patted the old earl on the shoulder. "Tell the cavalry to travel lightly. We are going falconry. Leave some of the people behind with their equipment and set off again after seeing the signal."

"As commanded."

"Brother, the Silver Blood Army is also ready." Valar and Prince Lucilis rode over slowly from the side, followed by the heavily armed Sebastian Jieyan and Aslan Rondel. .

"This time it's you two." Long Zell walked over with a smile and punched Sebastian and Aslan who got off their horses.

"Those guys are building the city, and this time it's just the two of us." Sebastian took over. "According to your instructions, we brought 400 cavalry and 1,200 Silver Blood soldiers equipped with longbows and crossbows. The cavalry were all equipped with horse bows."

"Very good. Are there any replies from Stonehelm City, All-Seeing City and Nightsong City?"

Jakaris gritted his teeth and replied: "Earl Sven of Stonehelm City and Earl Cullen of Nightsong City said that there are no recent plans for falconry, and without Duke Baratheon's permission, they cannot respond to another lord. Earl Granderson of All Vision City did not reply to the call. They are all silverfish in the kingdom. How dare they respond to the matter of annihilating the Vulture King."

Ronzel held Jakaris's shoulders and shook his head at him. "It was part of the plan that they didn't come. Xiaojie, sometimes the silverfish in the kingdom also have their benefits. Valar, let everyone know and prepare to go."

"yes."

"What did you say?"

The Vulture King suddenly stood up. His army is rushing towards Weir City, hoping to receive support from Weir City as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, there is an army of cowards in silk from the Stormland hunting nearby. There are about three to five hundred people. I can see it clearly." The Dornish sentry replied confidently. "They brought a lot of supplies and wine!"

"real?"

"Absolutely true."

"Okay!" The Vulture King mounted his beloved sand war horse and shouted to his men: "Eagle cubs, the hunting has begun!"

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