Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 77 High Court

The hunt lasted for more than half an hour.

With the sharpshooter Anguy, they shot two wild deer, nine fat rabbits, twelve pheasants, and some birds.

When the prey was brought back, the people who stayed had already built a fire and set up a rack.

Some mercenaries immediately began to skin, dissect, clean, and then roast.

Since the main members of the team were mercenaries, they were very experienced in surviving in the wild, and the Blood Mummers and Dornishmen had their own command system, so Arthur didn't have to worry about many things.

But there was also a small problem, that is, when the interests of their team conflicted with Arthur's own interests, these people might obey the orders of their leader.

Rather than the orders of their employer Arthur.

Dornishmen were okay, they were all relatively upright and open-minded people. Even if they were unhappy in the future, they could just pay the money and leave.

The Blood Mummers were different. This group of people was notorious, and most of their members belonged to the evil and chaotic camp, so they had to be on guard.

Arthur was thinking whether he should take the core members of the Blood Troupe to fight with the small group of the Mountain to consume their strength.

Then he could send someone he trusted to be the leader, so that he could control this group of people.

After a while, the smell of meat began to spread throughout the camp, making many people drool.

After the meat was divided according to status, Arthur got half a scorched and oily deer hind leg and started to make.

After the meal, the whole team was in high spirits. After packing up, Arthur ordered to set off.

In the evening, they walked out of the Royal Forest.

Due to the flat road and wide view, the whole team's forward speed suddenly increased.

Jules and Piper rode four horses straight south, and their destination was the ruins of Midsummer Hall.

Considering that it was time-consuming and laborious to find dragon eggs in a large ruin, Arthur did not set a deadline for Jules, but waited until he found them, and advanced ten gold dragons as survival funds.

Summerhall is located on the border of Stormlands and Dorne. The largest noble family nearby is the Dondarrion family of Black Harbor. Their head, Earl Beric, is the famous Lightning King in the future.

After the outbreak of the War of the Five Kings, the Lightning King gave up his good job as an earl and formed the Brotherhood Without Banners with the red monk Thoros, specifically to avenge the river farmers who were robbed and killed by wandering soldiers.

This shows his noble character.

Near the territory of such nobles, Jules and his companions should not be in any danger. They only need to concentrate on their mission.

Arthur led his men all the way west, through the Bitter Bridge, crossed the Mander River twice, and then arrived at Highgarden.

There, the armor and weapons of the Redwyne and Tyrell families were waiting for the arrival of the seller.

Before leaving for King's Landing, the two brothers Hopper and Horace sent a raven to their father, asking him to send someone to deliver some armor and weapons to Highgarden.

In this way, Arthur didn't have to cross the entire Reach and then cross the Redwyne Strait to reach the Arbor.

It saved a lot of time.

And because Arthur saved the Knight of Flowers' life, Loras also sent a raven to the family, asking them to prepare the same thing for Arthur.

With these two families, there was no need to visit the other small families in the Reach.

After all, the nobles of the Reach who promised to give Arthur weapons and armor were still staying in King's Landing. If they went to their door, their clansmen might not fulfill their family's casual words at a cocktail party.

Arthur still had an intuitive understanding of the face of these nobles.

There were actually very few nobles like Duke Ed who believed in "high as glory" and used secular morality to restrain their behavior at all times.

So few that it could be said to be an exception.

Even the nobles with the best character like the Knight of Flowers would do some tricks in the tournament for the championship.

Not everyone can think of riding a mare to drive the opponent's mount crazy and win the race.

Eight days later.

A huge white marble castle stands on a hill on the south bank of the Mander River. Even from a distance, you can see three circular walls and a giant plant maze between the first and second walls.

"This is Highgarden, the most beautiful castle in Westeros."

One of the twins introduced it.

They are so similar that even Arthur couldn't tell who is who quickly after traveling with them for eleven days.

"This is just the superficial knowledge of you people in the Reach. Obviously, the most beautiful castles in Westeros are Sunspear and Water Gardens." Anguy said.

They each nominated their own lord's castle as the most beautiful castle in the continent. If there were people from the Vale, I'm afraid the Eyrie could be added as the object of debate.

The only big castles Arthur had seen were the Red Keep in King's Landing, Harrenhal and Highgarden in front of him.

The original owner had been to Riverrun, but that castle was a little small and could not be compared with these three.

Frankly speaking, Arthur thought all three castles were good and he liked them all.

As a person with difficulty making choices, he felt that if necessary, he could take all three castles for himself.

Only children make choices, adults want them all.

After leaving most of the members of the Bloody Troupe and thirteen Dornish spearmen in the town near the ferry, Arthur took a few people and the people of the Redwyne family to this giant castle.

The twins brought all their followers into the city. The Queen of Thorns Olenna Tyrell was their aunt, and they had a lot of time to live here, so it could be said that it was half a home.

It looked close, but it was still far to walk on horseback. After another half day, when the moonlight invaded the world and the stars rose, they barely reached the first wall of the castle.

The horses were naturally handed over to the servants who came.

With the two faces of the twins, the guards let them in without checking, and four soldiers and a servant led the way.

The plant maze between the first and second walls occupied a large enough area. If there was no one to lead the way, I was afraid that I would die of exhaustion and still not be able to get out.

This reminded Arthur of the plant maze in Jackie Chan's movie "The Chinese Zodiac".

Only by flying can you get out of here without anyone to lead the way.

It took another half day of walking to reach the second wall.

Here, all of Arthur's followers were stopped, and only he was allowed to enter. The twins of the Redwyn family also left most of their followers and only brought two personal servants in.

Arthur accepted it calmly. After all, it was someone else's territory, right?

Compared to the last time I went to Harrenhal, and the time I beat Cleos and entered the throne room of the Red Keep, entering Highgarden seems to be a complicated process and full of rituals.

This not only demonstrates the strong strength of the Rose family, but also reveals some of the owner's psychology.

On the one hand, the Tyrell Rose family is close to the common people to win the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, it imposes complicated rules on the nobles who enter the family castle to gain a certain sense of superiority.

In the final analysis, it is still the lack of historical heritage of the Rose family that makes their members somewhat unconfident.

It was past midnight, and after meeting the steward Gars, they were arranged to live in residences suitable for their respective identities.

Tomorrow, some transactions will be carried out.

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