Chapter 18 Identity Exposed

  "After the bounty mission is completed, other players will be notified in a delayed manner. Even if Ian steals Harui's kill, he will not be found instantly.

  And they definitely wouldn't dare to easily kill a Lannister, especially a Lannister who was doing a task for a big shot.

  What's more, as a Lannister, after receiving the bounty of 3,000 gold dragons, why should I worry about being unable to instigate these mercenaries?

  "Brotherhood!" The moment Ian thought of an excuse in his mind, he became more and more courageous. He rushed past Harui with a dagger and thrust it into the prisoner's chest.

  Harui's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Ian in shock. The mercenaries around him were also confused, not understanding what Ian wanted to do.

  The sound of the mission completion in his mind made Ian snap out of the madness of that moment. He couldn't believe that he had actually taken action.

  At the same time, he felt the tight string in his heart finally relax.

  It turns out that I am not afraid of killing, but simply afraid of death.

  Ian raised his slightly trembling arm and wiped the blood splattered on his face. The hot temperature and rich fishy smell made his stomach churn.

  It was the smell of rust, the smell of blood.

  But he had to suppress the urge to gag because he knew his role wasn't over yet.

  Ian knew in his heart that only the victor could return alive. The game's mechanics determined that he had no right to be kind and noble, and the mission's pace didn't leave him enough time to transform and adapt to this harsh world.

  From the moment he arrived in this world, he was no longer the Ian from the peaceful era but Ian the player, and he could only be Ian the player.

  Ian pulled his sword from the corpse leaning on him. He looked around at the people with red eyes, then pushed the corpse forward and attempted to slash the corpse's neck with his sword.

  Unfortunately, the sword only sank a few centimeters into the corpse's shoulder, unable to cut off the corpse's head as he had hoped.

  "Sir, what did you do?" Harui asked, suppressing his anger.

  "Members of the Brotherhood Without Banners!" Ian said angrily, with endless hatred in his tone. "If it weren't for these bastards, I wouldn't be a bastard now!" Ian turned to the mercenaries beside Harui and growled, saying, "My father's original wife is dead! If they hadn't attacked my father and seriously injured him, my father would have married my mother long ago, and I would have been an upright Lannister instead of a despicable western bastard."

  The mercenaries retreated one after another. They were shocked by Ian's determination. Who would want to cross a crazed Lannister if it wasn't necessary?

  And now, there was no need for them to do this. After all, their employer, Harui, had hired them to eliminate this enemy who threatened him, and now there were others with a grudge against this person and had taken action first.

  This had no impact on their mission at all, right? The employer himself had been reluctant to take action anyway, right?

  "Brotherhood Without Banners?" Harui's expression instantly turned ferocious, and he roared loudly, "Kill him, kill him!"

  "Catch him, and I will double the commission for your team!" Harui roared angrily, waving his dagger in the air. It was clear that if his average attributes were above 5, he would have rushed up to kill Ian himself.

  Ian was shocked. How could this be possible? How could he be so decisive? I'm a Lannister! He didn't hesitate to kill me? This absurd order confused the surrounding mercenaries, and they all looked at the same person.

  Looking at the scene in front of him, Ian suddenly realized that he had forgotten that the Traveling Merchant started with a hundred gold dragons! Unlike him, who could only hire mercenaries individually, the Traveling Merchant had enough funds to directly hire an entire mercenary team!

   According to the characteristics of players appearing in this world out of thin air, he only needed to confirm with the mercenary captain that no new members had joined their team recently to eliminate the risk of players being in the mercenary team.

  "Madman! Do you want to offend the Lannister family?" Ian looked at the mercenaries around him, and he forced himself to calm down. "Kill me, and the Lannister family will hunt you to the ends of the earth.

  No matter where you are hiding, you will all be found and crushed! Lannister debts must be repaid, whether it is kindness or hatred, the Reyes family of Castamere is the best proof!"

  Two wealthy and powerful families were exterminated by Tywin Lannister because they rebelled against the Lannister family and destroyed their home castle of Castamere.

  "Damn you, Lannister! You really know how to make it up! Good acting, boy. If I hadn't known that the Brotherhood Without Banners was destroyed after the Mountain pillaged the Riverlands, I might have been fooled by you.

  Tucker sent Earl Berry and Thoros of Myr to hunt down the organization!" Harui glared at Ian and sneered. He just wanted to tease him now before killing him.

  "This guy is not an illegitimate son of the Lannister family at all; he is a liar! Kill him! Carmel, I order you, kill him!" Harui ordered the mercenary captain again.

  Oops! How could I forget this? Ian's heart suddenly sank. At this moment, there were 15 mercenaries around Harui, one-third of whom were cavalry. There was no possibility of him escaping unscathed.

  To say too much is bound to make mistakes. I thought I had studied Game of Thrones for so many years, but I didn't expect that I stumbled upon a small mistake in the timeline. Wait... Timeline?!

  "Absurd!" Ian suddenly laughed loudly, hoping to cover up his nervousness with laughter. "What are you talking about? The Mountain plundered the Riverlands? When did it happen? Ser Gregor has a bad reputation, but when I left Casterly Rock City, he was still staying by the Duke's side.

  Don't blame the Lannister vassal for crimes he didn't commit!" The mercenaries burst into laughter.

  "And our Lord Stark is still in his barren Winterfell! When did things in the Riverlands come under his control again? Are you hallucinating or something?" Ian continued to mock.

  "I'm not, I mean..." Harui didn't know how to explain for a moment. He didn't expect that this fake illegitimate child would seize his own flaw in the same way.

  Misremembering the timeline is a fatal mistake for players, but it cannot be a reason to convince these mercenaries because, to the mercenaries, the 'future events' that players talk about are tantamount to crazy talk.

  How can Harui explain to the mercenaries? Is it possible to tell them that you are just a group of indigenous people, and we are the chosen ones who know the future?