Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 187: Ringol's Expedition (Part ) Meeting an acquaintance again

Ringol and his companions did not stay in the Stormlands for too long. They did not even stay in the castle or the inn in the market town. They crossed the Stormlands and entered the Royal Forest of the king's territory.

Fertile land gradually disappeared, and roads gradually became muddy and narrow. Only the King's Road remained wide, but there were still sludge of rotting leaves and mud after heavy rain. Villages also gradually became rare.

Eventually, all signs of civilization disappeared in front of the great forest in the south of King's Landing. Apart from the King's Road that ran through the Royal Forest, Ringol and his companions rarely saw any human habitation.

This forest is the private hunting forest of the Targaryen kings, but Aegon is not as keen on hunting as his grandfather and uncle Viserys I. Young Viserys is now busy making children and serving as assistant to the current Hand of the King. Neither of them has time for hunting.

As a result, the Royal Forest rarely saw the grand scene of the king hunting again in recent years.

"Is this the Royal Forest?" Regen looked around curiously at this dark green world. The ancient trees were like old men with wrinkles on their faces. The green leaves were the old men's long hair, the gnarled roots were the old men's long beard, and mosses covered the roots of every tree. Ellarion picked non-toxic mushrooms to eat when setting up camp. As soon as Ringol entered the Royal Forest, he shot a pheasant and two rabbits.

At least today they had fresh meat to eat during their break.

"That's all." Lei Geng said somewhat disappointedly.

"What?" After thinking along the way, Lingol's temper changed a lot. He would even joke with his two companions occasionally now, and no longer minded Lei Geng's disrespectful play and many of his behaviors that seemed awkward in the past.

For example, hunting in the Royal Forest.

In short, although Lingol now tells himself not to go too far, he never shows mercy when hunting.

"I thought the King's Forest would be big." Regen looked around. "But I didn't expect it to be as old and large as the rainforest in the Stormlands. Hum, it's about the same as our forests."

"Do you think all the wood in King's Landing is provided by Stormlands?" Ringol couldn't help laughing, then he frowned and said.

They didn't notice the tiny noises in the dense forest.

Elarion beside him suddenly straightened up and moved his ears.

"Something's wrong!"

Before he finished his words, a crossbow arrow suddenly pierced through the almost dark green air in the forest and headed straight for Ringol.

thump.

Almost without any hesitation, Regen's horse rushed to Ringol's side. The young man twisted his waist and the crossbow arrow nailed the top of the shield on his back.

It was almost like the shield couldn't defend anymore.

"Seven layers of hell." The crooked crossbowman in the forest spat. They were members of the Green Brotherhood, which had just been conquered by the new Hand of the King, Earl Bal Ammon. With the help of the villages in the Royal Forest that avoided the heavy taxes of the lord, the Green Brotherhood, which had more than 300 people, was reduced to only a dozen guys after this battle.

However, their leader "Green" Robin survived. This guy who loved to wear green clothes used to be a knight, but during the Dance of the Dragons, he participated in the riot in King's Landing. Although he eventually survived the dragonfire, he was still afraid of the revenge of the Targaryen family, so he took the initiative to give up his house in King's Landing and ran to the King's Forest to become a bandit who robbed passing caravans.

However, Robin also had some principles. He would not rob the flags of the great nobles, but would instead rob the caravans of ordinary merchants.

But unfortunately, although the current King Aegon follows the rules of his father, he is not a foolish and incompetent person. On the contrary, the only reason he follows the rules of his father is that Longzier's policies are very effective.

What he needs to do is to maintain the operation of policies that have already achieved great results, and Robin's Green Brotherhood, which is a cancer, is naturally the first target to be eradicated.

In fact, he had been eradicated several times, so that when Longzier was in power, the entire Green Brotherhood was extremely well-behaved, and that was also the period when the traffic in the Royal Forest was the smoothest. Unfortunately, after Longzier left King's Landing, Robin felt that no one could attack him anymore, so he led the Brotherhood to make a comeback, but unfortunately he ran into a tough guy again this time.

Lord Baldwin was certainly not qualified to be the Hand of the King, but he was honest enough and wise enough. In short, he followed the rules and was more stubborn.

So Robin was in big trouble.

Looking at the three teenagers who were ready in the blink of an eye, Robin hit his thigh in annoyance.

"Sir, we have no crossbows." The crossbowmen said angrily. After being dispersed, they had been hiding from the gold cloaks and white cloaks. The latter was the king's guard formed by Viserys, composed of the servants who served the Kingsguard in the White Sword Tower. The army was already being prepared during Daemon's regency. When Longzier was in power, they were given financial and equipment support. But for some reason, this army of 300 people was not officially formed until Longzier left, and was led by the new captain of the Kingsguard, Ser Erik Cargayle.

So now they don't even have any extra crossbow arrows.

"Damn, they are just three kids, what are you afraid of?" Robin looked at the three boys' horses, weapons, and shields greedily. "It's not like we haven't killed noble kids before, go ahead."

"Haha, little guys, your dad is here!" A little giant wearing simple armor roared and waved a long-handled battle axe and ran out of the forest, followed by other members of the Green Brotherhood.

The remnants of the Green Brotherhood rushed up howling.

Then they saw the young stranger.

Even the Green Brotherhood's strongest warrior, "Immortal" Joe, who was nearly seven feet tall, could not withstand Ellion's hammer.

The little giant was knocked down by the oncoming warhorse just as he lunged forward, and Alarion's hammer fell on his head.

His brain burst, but the robbers nearby had no time to panic or escape.

Because the other two people have already called.

It was not until Ringol looked at his sword in a strange way and threw the remaining head of Robin to the ground without even looking at it that the robbers who had already met the Stranger realized that they had offended someone they should not have offended.

as well as.

Seven levels of hell, Robin, you screwed us.

They have horses, war horses!

In the shadows on the side, "Hyena" Kane slowly retracted the sword in his hand.

He looked at the three young men with some surprise.

I didn’t expect that these three young men I met in Stormland were actually not afraid of killing people at all.

Looks very skilled.

Who are they?

(End of this chapter)