Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 62 Core Strength

(Let me say something first. The character of the protagonist has been changed to a straightforward, honest, kind and righteous lord. He will also add a chivalrous image of repaying kindness and revenge, and a king who never slaps others in the face or pretends to be arrogant.

I wanted to create a righteous lord image earlier, but it was a bit too saintly. It's my poor writing skills. I kowtow to everyone and apologize.

In addition, the part about beating a hundred people to death needs to be slightly changed. It will not affect the subsequent plot. I will upgrade it to another level, otherwise it will be difficult to make it right.)

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On the morning of the second day.

The Blackwater River was crowded with people from King's Landing who were enjoying the cool and avoiding the stench. Hundreds of tents were scattered in the woods by the river. Servants carrying fruit plates and wine waiters holding wine barrels came and went.

"This is also a good place." After feeling the breeze and the barely audible stench, Patrick sighed.

"In fact, the Red Keep is a good place to go, but our status is not high enough, so we can't live there." Desmond said so.

The coach of Riverrun was telling the truth.

Generally speaking, if a noble from outside comes to King's Landing, the king's servants will arrange accommodation in the Red Keep.

For example, Beric Dondarrion, the Earl of Blackhaven in the Stormlands, can live in the Red Keep because he is a vassal of the Baratheon family of the Deer.

Patrick, who is of the same rank and the first heir to the earldom, will not be paid attention to by the Red Keep, so he lives outside like Arthur and Desmond, a small noble.

There is a little trick to this.

Because it is the Deer Dynasty, the nobles of the three large territories of the Deer: the Crown, Dragonstone, and the Stormlands are more valued than nobles of the same title in other regions.

Below the Deer, the vassals of the Lannister family in the West are valued, after all, they are the queen's people.

Others, such as the vassal of the Eagle family Arryn in the Vale, would also be treated favorably by the Red Castle when the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn was still alive.

And now, if the northern vassal of the Wolf family Stark comes to King's Landing, he will also be treated favorably.

The great vassal from other major territories will not be treated in this way.

The unreasonableness of this situation also reflects some of the embarrassing situations of Robert's four alliances at present.

In theory, Robert's Iron Throne was won by the four alliances of Wolf, Eagle, Fish and Deer.

Considering that the soldiers of the Deer family did not fight much in the early stage, the other three families made the main contributions to Robert's throne.

However, the Reach and the Westerlands, which were the top two in strength, lived out the value of united front because of preserving their strength.

So Robert married the eldest daughter of the lord of the Westerlands to maintain the unity of the seven kingdoms.

In this way, the three families of Fish, Wolf and Eagle, who fought for the world, made the most effort, but got the status before the war.

The Westerlands did the least, but got the greatest benefit. Consolidating the existing status is the proposition of the Lannisters led by Tywin.

The performance of the Reach is quite satisfactory, but because it is the strongest among the seven kingdoms, after more than ten years of development, it has some different ideas.

Seeking a status that matches its strength has always been the core demand of the Reach led by the Rose Family.

Considering that they cannot overthrow the throne, all they can do is to marry the king. But if the king changes, they will also support the candidate who is willing to pay a high price.

Even within the Deer Family, because Stannis, who has the greatest military merit, got the smallest Dragonstone Island, and Renly, who has no merit, got the Stormlands and Storm's End, they gradually developed a grudge against each other.

Robert's throne has long been shaky because of some of his immature performances in politics.

Littlefinger Baelish instructed Lysa Arryn to poison the former Prime Minister, which only gave the most accurate kick to the shaky throne, causing it to start to overturn.

Of course, all this has little to do with Arthur and others.

At this moment, what they need to face are dozens of heads and heirs of various families of all sizes in the Reach.

And servants several times that number.

"Arthur Bracken, I'm glad you've been invited."

Loras Tyrell, nicknamed the Knight of Flowers, stood up to greet his guests.

As for Patrick, Desmond and others behind him, he nodded symbolically.

As the son of the most powerful lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Loras didn't need to build a good relationship with two small nobles and knights.

The reason why the Knight of Flowers invited Arthur to come was, first, because he was very fond of Arthur's action of standing up for a commoner, and second, because of Arthur's invincible strength.

"I was just thinking about practicing lance, and your invitation is really a wonderful act of handing a pillow to someone who is sleepy." Arthur responded.

Although the full-body plate armor he ordered has not been completed, it is also good to ride on a horse to find the feeling of sprinting with a lance.

In the lance competition, the only condition for winning is to knock the opponent off the horse while you are still on the horse.

In order to allow both sides of the competition to smoothly achieve this condition, the shields used in the lance competition are different from the convex shields and flat shields used in normal battles.

The round concave shield is the shield for lances. The only advantage is that it can prevent the special spear from slipping away and then breaking due to the two-way rush of both parties.

"There is no rush. It seems that you are not wearing armor, so you can only ride a horse."

The Knight of Flowers is very friendly to his friends.

The two of them no longer exchanged politeness and walked to the main seat of the VIP seat and sat down.

The venue is still being arranged, but due to the influence of the son of the Duke of Rose, these nobles of the River Bay can use it in advance.

Patrick, Desmond and others did not receive the favor of the Knights of Flowers. They were arranged to sit in seats that suited their status.

Of course, since there were few people now, they were not far from Arthur.

"I would like to ask, is your strength natural or cultivated, or a blessing from some god?"

Loras asked politely, and at the same time signaled the servant to serve Arthur wine.

"Of course not natural, this is all the strength I have cultivated through hard work." Arthur said proudly.

His current expression was as if the system did not exist.

Loras was in awe, "I didn't expect that someone could train their strength to this extent. Teach me quickly, so that I can be as strong as you."

Arthur suppressed his smile and explained seriously: "First of all, the most important thing is to train the core, that is, the power from the waist and abdomen, which is the source of your strength."

"And to train the core, there is only um... sit-ups, plank support and other methods. Of course, you also need to eat enough meat to supplement protein, etc."

He briefly introduced his fitness experience in his previous life and fooled around first.

Loras didn't understand, and his admiration for Arthur increased a little: "Are these all words you came up with yourself? They sound very advanced."

"Ah, that's right. I have been thinking about how to make my power bigger since I was a child. What I just said is just an insignificant but very basic part of my huge theory." Arthur began to talk nonsense.

"It seems that my invitation is correct. You can teach me a lot of knowledge beyond my imagination."

Loras saw the servant coming with a wine pot and a wine glass, and he personally picked up the wine glass and poured Arthur a glass of Qingting wine.

The two talked happily until they were interrupted by a shocked voice:

"What, how could someone kill more than 300 people?"

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