Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 188: Ringol's Crusade () News of the Tournament at Harrenhal

The "handsome man" Albin's face twitched, but he finally put away the dissatisfaction that was almost written on his face.

They are no weaker than any knight I know, the young wandering knight couldn't help but say in his heart. No, in terms of martial arts alone, all the knights I know are just children facing adults in front of these three guys who are younger than me.

They really killed people.
"Hyena" Kane watched quietly as Ringol swung his sword into "Green" Robin's throat, and with just a slight twist, he removed his head. The remaining members of the Green Brotherhood were no match for the well-armed and horse-riding teenagers. In the blink of an eye, they killed all the robbers with the three horses charging back and forth.

"Is that black-haired boy really the illegitimate son of the Tully family?" The old knight "Scar" Jaime moved closer to "Hyena" Kane in doubt. The three of them did not accept Earl Clinton's employment. Although Earl Roland offered a high price, the experienced Jaime and Kane found something wrong.

Too many people.

There were too many people gathered at Griffin's Roost. James even saw several familiar faces, which could only mean one thing: the war that Count Roland Clinton was preparing for was on a large scale. And the experienced Cain also learned Roland Clinton's destination from a well-informed hedge knight.

The three knights just wanted to earn some money and leave peacefully, and had no intention of crossing the sea to fight for the Stone Steps Islands. So under Kane's instigation, the three knights decisively chose to run away.

Of course, no one would care about the departure of three little hired knights.

After the army was assembled, the chariots of the Stormlands could not wait to start rumbling. Lord Borros Baratheon led the 7,000-strong army assembled at Storm's End and set out southward. In the army was Lord Borros's young son. The boy was born in winter and was weak, but had thick, dark hair. The maester said he would not survive the winter, but he still lived until the arrival of summer.

Now, Borros hopes to allow the child, named Royce Baratheon, to truly thrive on the battlefield.

The Silver Fleet leased him 200 large sailing ships for transporting troops, and Rees's fleet was also on the way. The Shipbreaker Bay near Storm's End was full of reefs, with strong winds and rough waves, and it was simply unable to support a large fleet approaching. Therefore, the starting point of Borros' plan was the ports of Weeping Town and Stonehelm south of Mistwood.

But these have nothing to do with Lingol and the others for the time being.

Looking at the rapier in his hand with some doubt, Lingol thought to himself: Can a rapier cut off a person's head? He seemed to realize something, and hurriedly looked through the rapier. Sure enough, he found the traces left by the place where the gem was originally inlaid on the rapier, which could not be found without careful observation.

Here, here, and here were all inlaid with more than one kind of gemstone. Ringol suddenly felt his heart tighten.

A star singer.
Valar had told him the names and characteristics of all the Valyrian steel swords and Valyrian armor in the cellars, and he had seen the weapons himself.

But he wore it from Dragon's Nest to the Royal Forest, and he didn't notice the extraordinaryness of this sword until he used it to chop off the head of the bandit leader. Regen and Alarion cleared out the remaining bandits and moved closer. Although they were young, they had seen blood, which was also part of their curriculum. When Regen was twelve years old, he returned to Kaon Castle and personally led a team to clear out the bandits in the mountains. That was his first time killing someone.

He did vomit a lot, but he quickly adjusted himself.

Alarion was much earlier. When he was still in his infancy, he witnessed his father swinging a sword and slashing people. When he grew up, he participated in real battles according to Aslan Longdel's requirements. Unlike Regan, who took a long time to adapt, Alarion was a natural warrior.

He had no strange feelings about killing.

Ringol suddenly remembered the abnormality when Danyla handed him the sword.

I'm so stupid, really. Ringol closed his eyes in annoyance. He remembered the anxiety when Danella handed the sword to him, and the nervousness when he kept peeking at Hoffa and Valar.

Thank you, Daniela.

Ringol opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the three wandering knights. Not only him, but also Regen and Ellarion noticed that when they were exterminating the Green Brotherhood, someone was peeking at them.

Alarion urged his horse on and raised his shield to block Ringol.

"Come out, everyone." Lei Geng shouted, but his hand was still on the hilt of the sword, his eyes fixed on the direction where he had just discovered the cold light of the sword.

"Everyone, everyone, we mean no harm." "Hyena" Kane rode out of the woods on his warhorse, staggering with his hands raised. Beside him, "Scar" James and "Handsome Man" Albin walked out slowly, leading their warhorses. They were different from Ringol and his group. These poor guys did not have enough money to buy pack horses. They could only wear their equipment all the time, or use their only horse for transportation.

So when Albin saw the three packhorses with three young men standing obediently beside them, and the armor he had seen before, his eyes were full of envy and desire. At first glance, Ringol recognized these three guys as the three wandering knights he had seen in Stormland. Alarion taught the young man a lesson, and then they pooled their money to buy a bag of fruit wine from Regen. At the second glance, he saw the mixed emotions of greed, envy and desire in Albin's eyes.

really
Lingol nodded, turned his horse around, called his companions, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute." "Hyena" Kane rolled his eyes and said loudly.

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?" Regen turned around and looked coldly at the wandering knight. He knew Lingol's habits, and in this situation, he should be the one to speak.

"I'm sorry, I didn't have time to introduce myself last time." "Hyena" Kane bent down and saluted on his horse. "I'm Kane, Kane Mudd." The middle-aged knight introduced his name with some pride: "Others also call me Hyena."

Mudd? Ringol frowned. The former king of the Riverlands? He quickly searched for the name of this family in his mind. The Mudd family was a very, very old family. According to legend, the ancestors of the Mudd family once built a magnificent castle on the banks of the Blue Fork River and ruled the Trident River Basin for a thousand years. They were the last rulers of the Trident River who believed in the Old Gods and the most powerful king of the ancestors until the fateful time came.

The Andals came across the sea, wielding iron swords and riding on war horses. They sailed longboats upstream along the Trident and its three tributaries, and fought under the leadership of their chiefs.

The small kingdoms along the river were devoured one after another. In "Night in the Whitewood", the Children of the Forest emerged from the empty mountains and commanded hundreds of wolves to pounce on the Andal camp and tear hundreds of enemies to pieces under the light of the new moon.

The Brackens of Stonehedge and the Blackwoods of Raventree put aside their past grudges and joined forces to fight the enemy in the Battle of Bitter River, but were crushed by the charge of 777 Andal knights and seven monks.

King Tristani IV of House Mudd fought against the invasion of the Andal kings with his allies, the Children of the Forest. He won ninety-nine battles and cut off the head of Roland Arryn II of the Vale and placed it in his castle.

But in the 100th battle, the great "Hammer of Justice" Tristefan IV was killed in the siege of seven Andal kings, and his successor Tristefan IV was an incompetent idiot. He was unable to unite his subjects and could only watch the magnificent castle being destroyed by the Andals, and his own head was chopped off and hung on their spears.

So his kingdom and family were destroyed. Since then, there has only been one Mudd in the history books, and that was the "Mad Poet" Mark Mudd who rebelled against the Storm King during his reign in the Riverlands.

Ringol looked at his shield, and sure enough, there was a golden crown decorated with emeralds painted on his simple shield.

"Sir." Kane knew that Ringol must be a knight. With his powerful force, this usually careless guy actually looked particularly peaceful at this time. He also knew that his bloodline must be very noble, because of the hunter on Ringol's shield.

He is a Tully, or at least he has Tully blood in his body. "Hyena" Kane said to himself in his heart that the Tully family is now one of the most powerful nobles in the south of the kingdom. Even the illegitimate son of the Tully family is not someone that ordinary mercenaries like them can provoke.
Kane knew Ringol's name.

Regen Silverblood.

Silverblood is the surname of the illegitimate sons of the princes of the Marchers, especially those of Valyrian descent. They abandoned their original surnames Flower, Storm and Sand and changed them to Silverblood. Of course, there are still many illegitimate sons who did not change their surnames.

After all, no matter how it is changed, he is still an illegitimate child.

Rhaegon is a Valyrian name. Cain couldn't help but guess in his mind that according to Ringol's age, he might be the illegitimate son of a Tarly.

"I would like to ask if you still need companions?"

Lingol tilted his head and looked at him, as if he wanted to see clearly what he was thinking.

Scar Jaime explained hurriedly, "Ser Regan, we are going to Harrenhal. Prince Viserys has commissioned Lord Kermit Tully to organize a tournament there to select the new master of Harrenhal. We just want to confirm whether you and your squire want to attend."

The old knight paused and said, "If possible, we would like to follow you." He looked at Ringol's equipment and made no secret of his purpose.

Lingol fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)