Chapter 19 Humble Chess Pieces Refuse To Follow What's Planned For Them

  "I really don't know why you are so mad just because you failed to kill your enemy yourself. Now you want to kill me? You didn't even hesitate to use some crazy words to slander me?" Ian said.

  After regaining control of the situation, he took advantage of the victory and said, "I'm sorry; I really didn't know that the hatred between you two was so big. What did that guy do? Did he sleep with your wife?" For a moment, the laughter around him became even louder.

  "Thirty," Harui held out three fingers. He couldn't explain it to the mercenaries, so he simply talked to them in the language they could understand best. "Kill him, and I will give you thirty golden dragons," the mercenaries said.

  The laughter stopped suddenly, and Ian felt only scorching eyes directed at him, and the air was filled with the smell of greed.

  "Oh? Really? Are you looking for a Lannister to compete for financial strength?" Ian sneered, then looked at the mercenary captain Kammer. "Kill him, no matter how much he pays, I will pay twice as much as him."

  "You can't get the money," Harui  was halfway through his words when he suddenly remembered that the other party had already won the first kill mission, so he could only clench his fists and swallow his words.

  "Of course, I can get the money," Ian took over the words with a smile. He wanted to claim the prize in the system immediately and take the money out of his backpack, but he suddenly became wary.

  These mercenaries are all from Harui. What if after I take out the money, these guys take advantage of the situation, rob me, and then silence me?

  "I don't have any money with me now," Ian said with a contemptuous expression, "but my attendants will naturally bring the money later. Lannister must pay its debts. For thousands of years, we have never breached a contract."

  No one doubted Ian's words. Whether it was his identity as an illegitimate son of the Lannister family or his bejeweled dress, Ian's words were full of persuasion.

  "Annie, I don't have time to log in to the system now, can you directly help me receive the award?" Ian took the time to ask in his mind.

  "Yes, the golden dragon rewards have been distributed. Due to the player's insufficient storage space, some of the rewarded golden dragons will be carried and escorted to the player by the rewarded NPC," Annie replied.

  "One liter of gold weighs about 37 kilograms, and 3000 gold dragons weigh about 45 kilograms. Plus, the shape of gold coins and gold bars will occupy a lot of space, and a storage backpack with one grid cannot hold so many gold dragons."

  "But why did I inexplicably think of sending express delivery?" Ian cursed but also knew that now was not the time to be clever.

  "When will the reward NPC arrive?"

  "You have three options for the self selected NPC this time, namely [Son of the Warrior], [Crowtooth Guard], and [Elite Oath Knight]. After you make your choice, they will start from a distance from here, come to the nearest resource point five kilometers away."

  After hearing these three options, Ian was really stunned because the first two arms have long since disappeared in the long river of history.

  The Warrior's Sons are the name of an armed sect of the Church of the Seven that was disbanded during the reign of Jaehaerys I, the fourth monarch of the Targaryen dynasty.

  The Sons of Warriors are also known as the Knights of the Holy Sword or the Knights of the Star. Their members are all knights who have been anointed with holy oil. They renounce their titles, castles, and territories.

  Their responsibility is to protect the temple and safely escort the devout from bandits and heretics. It's probably similar to the Paladin without the power of the Holy Light, which is undoubtedly the top class.

  But Ian rejected this option with almost no hesitation because the son of a warrior was carrying Pinru's wardrobe.

  They wore rainbow cloaks with the heraldry of 'a colorful crystal sword shining on a black background' and silver-plated armor.

  They used star shaped crystals as weight balls on the hilts. They were a very cool group. If only for a while, two warrior sons arrived, and no one would believe that they were the servants of the Lannister family.

  The second Crow's Tooth Guard is the famous noble bastard son of the eleventh king of the Targaryen Dynasty, King Aegon IV, Brynden Rivers, Bloodraven (this guys is a legend, he served as the Prime Minister of two kings and later became the Commander in Chief of the Night's Watch, and then became the personal elite of the Three Eyed Raven, who is still alive today, not detailed here).

  They used enchanted weirwood bows, and their most famous achievement was during the 'Battle of the Redgrass Field' when quelling the Blackfyre Rebellion. They shot and killed the rival king Daemon Blackfyre and his son from 300 yards away. The twin sons are also undoubtedly the top long-range units.

  But Ian also did not choose them because they had no horses and could not get here as quickly as possible.

  After choosing the most inconspicuous, but not bad at all in terms of statistics, the Elite Oath Knight, Ian looked up at Captain Carmel, seeking his answer.

  To Ian's surprise, Carmel rejected him after hesitating for a while: "Turne against my employer and waved my sword at my employer. Who do you think I am?".

  I think you are a mercenary! Otherwise, what else should I think of you? You don't even want the me to pay you money? wait Is it because my offer is too little? Ian looked confused.

  Harui, who was opposite Ian, let out a long sigh of relief, secretly glad that he had not chosen the wrong person.

  Sir Carmel's mercenary team has always been the most reputable team near Earl Harroway's town. It is for this reason that Harui  chose them at the first glance, and he did not hesitate to use 12 golden dragons for this remuneration, several times higher than the normal price to snatch them from another person.

  It is rumored that Mr. Carmel is the eldest grandson of an earl. However, when he was still very young, his family had to sell the territory due to bankruptcy. By his generation, he also lost his title.

  He still had to work hard on his own to earn the title of knight during King Robert's battle to put down Balon Greyjoy's rebellion.

  In order to revive his family, Sir Carmel has always valued honor more than life, and his sense of honor is Harui's biggest reliance at the moment.

  It is true that Harui  has no way to compete financially with a 'Lannister bastard' who got the reward for the first kill, but he is Carmel's employer, and Carmel has been a mercenary for more than 20 years and has never been known as a mercenary with a scandal of oath-breaking.

  "You mean you rejected my offer?" Ian confirmed to him, "If you think it's too little, I can actually offer him three times as much, or any other price you offer that you're satisfied with."

  "Attention, it's any price, as long as you ask for it," Ian added again. He was confident enough to satisfy the other party's appetite.

  After all, Jaime Lannister was only worth 1,000 gold dragons. He was an illegitimate son, and the other party could ask for a price as high as 2,000. All the loyalty and honor in the world come from not giving enough.

  "Sorry, Sir, my honor does not allow me to betray my employer." Carmel  seemed a little moved, but his answer made Ian feel cold.

  Ian only knew that Ned Stark was a wooden head who insisted on honor, but he never imagined that he would encounter such a weird honorable mercenary on the first day of the game.

  What kind of mercenary do you want to be if you value honor?

  However, Carmel  changed the topic immediately, causing Ian's heart to ride a roller coaster: "Similarly, my honor does not allow me to launch a dishonorable murder against a nobleman. Therefore, as long as you swear here not to take any action against my employer, I will let you go."

  Ian held his left chest and felt that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.

  Before Ian could speak, Harui couldn't sit still. He retorted almost subconsciously: "He is just an illegitimate son!" Then he changed his mind and realized that it was ridiculous, "Ah no, he isn't even an illegitimate child, he is just a liar!"

  "The agreement we signed is to protect your life and help you ambush your enemies. Now that your enemies are dead, we only need to be responsible for your safety," Carmel rejection was just as firm as his previous rejection of Ian.

  This made Ian feel a sense of respect in his heart. It was probably respect, but he wasn't impressed at all, anyway a mercenary who value honer won't make it far in this industry.

  "I am your employer, and I order you to kill him!" Harui was furious.

  However, Ian is no longer willing to cause trouble. His obsession with killing Harui is not serious. After all, he has already won the first kill task.

  At this time, the reward obtained by killing another early player is not worthy of him to continue adventuring.

  At this moment, it was a completely acceptable result for Ian for both parties to go their separate ways, so he swore to the sky without hesitation:

  "I, Ian Hisham, swear to the Seven Gods on the honor of my father and the Lannister family that I will never hold Mr. Harui and Ser Carmel and his mercenaries responsible for what happened today. And I will never initiate any revenge; otherwise, the judgment of Heavenly Father will come to the Lannister family."

  "The Lannister family has nothing to do with you!" Harui gritted his teeth.

  "Thank you, Sir may the Seven Gods bless you," Carmel bowed slightly, then turned to Harui and grabbed him. "Let's go, Mr. Harui. Sir Ian has sworn not to pursue you for today's matter. Just stop irritating him."

  It was obvious that he understood the words 'The Lannister family has nothing to do with you as an insult to Ian's bastard status.

  "I," Harui felt extremely wronged, but he could only hold back those meaningless explanations because he knew that without evidence, everything was empty talk.

  He just felt that his defeat this time was inexplicable.

  It can be said that from the moment the fake illegitimate son appeared, he never connected the other party with a player.

  Harui couldn't figure it out. He was riding a well bred war horse worth at least 20 gold dragons. He was wearing a brocade hunting suit, a gold shawl, and a gold plated belt worth no less than 3 gold dragons.

  The belt also had a noble knight sigil with the Lannister heraldic sword. Is actually a player, and he comes to cheat and sneak attack me, a businessman with an average attribute of only 5. What is this?

  That guy pretended to be the bastard son of the Lannister family. Damn it, Carmel didn't dare to take action against him. Carmel didn't dare but....

  Harui, who was depressed, suddenly raised his head and looked at Ian, his eyes shining brightly: "Do you think today is destined to be a draw?"

  A draw? Ah, yes, yes, if you say it's a draw, let's call it a draw. Anyway, I've taken all the advantages. Thinking of this, Ian nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's a draw. I don't have any objection if you say you win."

  "But I'm not willing to accept it," Harui said in a low tone, with a sinister tone, "I wonder if you've ever heard a sentence?"

  "What?"

  "The sentence 'Littlefinger' taught Sansa, in the Game of Thrones, the humblest chess pieces also have their own desires, and sometimes they will refuse the actions you designed for them." Harui showed a scary smile.

  Ian's pupils suddenly shrank.