Chapter 99

Chapter 99 Dawn

  "Not enough money?"

  Natalie was full of surprise. Perhaps in her opinion, such a big castle should be full of gold.

  Why is there not even enough war reparations to pay?

  The Steward Alf said weakly: "Yes, miss, there is still a gap of nearly 70,000 golden dragons..."

  Natalie blinked and looked at Samwell again as if asking for help.

  Samwell coughed lightly, and said righteously:

  "In that case, you will owe my share, and you can pay the war indemnity of the rest of the nobels first."

  "Thank you so much, Sir Caesar!"

  " You're welcome." Samwell patted the girl's shoulder lightly, "I promised your mother that I would treat you like my own sister, this is just a small favor."

  Natalie didn't know what to think, her face started blushing .

  Immediately, she asked again: "Then, how should I repay the money I owe you?"

  "Don't worry about it." Samwell took out another roll of parchment from his bosom, and said, "I've already drawn up the contract . I signed a repayment contract for 30 years, and the interest rate is not high, only 9%, and you can repay it slowly."

  Natalie didn't know what the interest rate was, but she was still happy when she heard that she could repay slowly :

  "Okay, Sir Caesar, you are really thoughtful."

  Alf on the side began to roll his eyes again.

  "Come on, sign it if you have no objection." Samwell took out the quill pen he had prepared earlier and handed it to Natalie, "Sign here. Oh, by the way, the arrears need mortgage Of course, you can rest assured that as long as Starfall City repays the loan on time, the collateral will be returned to you, and only if you can't exchange the money, the collateral will belong to me to make up for my loss."

  "Oh." Natalie thought this was reasonable, so she asked, "Then what kind of collateral do you want?"

  Samwell chuckled, "Dawn."

  "Dawn?" Natalie was at a loss.

  And Alf on the side jumped up: "No! Miss, Dawn is a sword that has been passed down for thousands of years in Starfall City! It is the highest honor guarded by the Dayne family for generations! How can it be handed over to outsiders!"

"Dawn is a sword ! ." Only then did Natalie understand.

  Seeing the girl's disapproving look, Alf was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but before he explained to Natalie the meaning and great value of the [Dawn] sword, he found that his shoulder was being held by a big hand.

  It was so powerful that it almost crushed his bones.

  "Steward Alf , you are making too much of a fuss." Samwell said with a smile, "I don't really want to take [Dawn], I will just keep it as collateral temporarily. When Starfall City pays off the money in the future, this sword will naturally be returned to the original owner."

  "Yes, yes." Natalie kept nodding, "It's just a sword, Sir Caesar, if you think it's appropriate, you can take it as collateral."

Just a sword ?

  Alf screamed in his heart, this is the sword on the Dayne family coat of arms!

  But he didn't dare to make a sound at this moment, otherwise, the big hand on his shoulder might really crush his bones directly.

  After Natalie finished signing the contract, Samwell let go of Alf with a smile and said, "

  Okay, then you guys settle the war indemnities of the other companies here first, and I'll go and see [Dawn] "

  "I'll go with you too." Natalie also followed curiously.

  When passing by Alekyne Florent, he quietly gave his nephew a thumbs up.

  Samwell smiled back, thinking that his uncle must have been moved by his humility and kindness.

  Leaving the warehouse, Samwell headed to the west corner of the castle under the leadership of a servant.

  Natalie followed all the way, chattering non-stop, as if she had said all the things she had been holding back before.

  While looking at the scenery in the castle, Samwell casually comforted the panicked and excited girl.

  Not long after, they came to a cliff facing the sea.

  On the steep rock, stands a pure white tower abruptly.

  "Ser, Lady, this is the White Sword Tower."

  Samwell nodded and led Natalie towards the Sword Tower.

  There were four guards outside the sword tower. After seeing Samwell and Natalie, they all bowed and saluted.

  The tower has seven floors and is made of white glazed rock, but in the eyes of Samwell, who has seen the Hightower , it can only be regarded as small and exquisite.

  After entering the sword tower, the two climbed up the stone steps.

  The first six floors are empty, nothing.

  Up to the top floor, Samwell saw the long-known giant sword [Dawn] at a glance.

  It was inserted into a huge rock, almost as tall as a person, and the wide and thick sword body was like milky white glass, reflecting a strange luster under the sunlight.

  Legend has it that this sword was forged from the stars and meteorites that fell here, and it is extremely sharp.

  Unlike the inherited swords of other families, [Dawn] does not have to be passed on to the head of the family, but to the knights in the family who are qualified, or have the ability to pull it out of the stone.

  For thousands of years, it has been wielded by many great knights of the Dayne family, and these knights all have a unified title-

  "Sword of morning ".

  And the previous "Sword of morning " was Ashara Dayne's brother, Arthur Dayne.

  During Robert's Rebellion , it was said that the greatest knight in the history of Westeros died in battle under the Tower of Joy, and this giant sword [Dawn] returned to the Dayne family, waiting quietly for the next "Sword of morning " to came and wake it up.

  When reading the original book in his previous life, Samwell once had a doubt—

  Is this great sword [Dawn] really the [Lightbringer] that belonged to the reincarnation of Azor Ahai in the prophecy of the gods?

  After all, the names of these two swords have similar meanings, and it is too easy to be linked together. Moreover, the battle where the ancient hero Azor Ahai led his army to repel the White Walkers happened to be called the 'Lightbringer'.

  The Dane family has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, and it is very likely that they participated in that ancient battle.

  Could it be that they brought the hero's sword [Lightbringer] back to Starfall City?

  As for the difference in names, it may be due to the evolution of the language, or it may be that the Dayne family changed it's names.

  However, that [Lightbringer] back then was a burning sword, but this [Dawn] has no flame.

  "It's so beautiful!" Natalie couldn't help muttering as she looked at the giant sword in front of her.

  Samwell also put away his thoughts and came to the giant rock.

  He took a deep breath and was about to draw this sword, but he heard an old voice:

  "Be careful, young man, not everyone is qualified to draw [Dawn]."

  Samwell turned around, only to find that there was another old knight present , their eyes were attracted by the sword just now, and they didn't notice this person.

  He smiled: "How do you know I'm not qualified?"

  The old knight also smiled: "Do you know why the inherited swords of other families can be considered very old if they have a history of hundreds of years?"

  Samwell saw that the old knight had a good attitude , and didn't force him to stop, so he patiently chatted with him a few more words: "After all, a sword is a weapon, and it is easy to be damaged and lost. It is really not easy to pass it on for a long time."

  "That's right." The old knight nodded, "Then do you know why [Dawn] has been passed down in the Dane family for thousands of years, but it has never been lost?"

Samwell seemed to understand : "Could it be that knights from your Dayne family can only use it?"

  "That's right." The old knight looked at the giant sword as if he was looking at the goddess in his heart, "She is a living sword, and those who are not qualified to own her will find her difficult and impossible to pull her out of the stone. Countless knights who think they are strong have come here to try, but none of them can shake her."

Samwell raised his brows: "Hehe, then I'm going to give it a try, maybe she likes me."

  The old knight chuckled lightly, no longer trying to dissuade him, as if he was waiting to see Samwell making a joke of himself .

  Samwell stopped again, took a deep breath, and held the hilt of the sword with both hands.

  Woo—

  the sea breeze suddenly became manic, rumbling like a loud horn.

  Samwell really felt the resistance, the sword was resisting him!

  She doesn't want to be pulled out by him!

But he wanted to pull her out.

  "Ah—" Samwell let out a roar, his face flushed.

  The enormous power caused the huge rock under the sword to shake, and even the entire sword tower began to tremble slightly.

  Huh——

  The sea wind became more and more violent, and the air became hotter.

  Natalie had already shrunk to the corner, trembling, but the old knight's eyes widened.

  Because he suddenly saw red and gold stripes appearing on the pale sword, like a spell from ancient times, exuding a chilling aura.

  "up!!!"

  Samwell roared again.

  All the muscles in his body began to twitch, as if they were about to break apart under the load in the next second.

  His eyes started to become bloodshot, his face was extremely ferocious, and his big mouth seemed to spew out fire.

  He was almost at the limit...

  but he hesitated to give up.

  But at this moment, the huge sword stuck in the crack of the stone shook!

  Heck——

  before Samwell was happy, he suddenly realized that the power in his body was rapidly draining—

  flowing towards this giant sword!

  There was more and more red-gold lines on the pale sword body, and the red light was constantly shining, as if something sleeping is waking up.

  boom!

  Samwell pulled out the giant sword [Dawn] abruptly, and the blade, which was as pale as glass, was now flushed like a burning flame.

  The old knight showed a ghost-like expression, murmuring indistinct words.

  Words such as "stars weep blood" and "burning red sword" can be vaguely heard.

  Samwell held the giant sword [Dawn] high, and violent and hot energy surrounded him.

  At this moment, he seemed to be fire, light, and the sun tearing apart all darkness!

  But the next moment, the sun seemed to burn out all its brilliance, and instantly turned dim.

  Samwell also paused then fell on his back.

  [END]