With An Gai, a sharpshooter, they shot two more wild deer, nine fat rabbits, twelve pheasants, and some birds.
When they brought the prey back, the people who stayed behind had already lit a fire and set up a frame.
Some mercenaries immediately started skinning, dissecting, cleaning, etc., and then started roasting.
Since the main members of the team are mercenaries and are experienced in surviving in the wild, and the Blood Troupe and the Dornish soldiers have their own command system, Arthur doesn't have to worry about many things.
But there is also a small problem, that is, when the interests of their team conflict with Arthur's own interests, these people may follow the orders of their leader.
Rather than the orders of his employer Arthur.
Fortunately, the people of Dorne are all relatively upright and open-minded people. Even if things get unpleasant in the future, just pay them and leave.
The Blood Troupe is different. This group of people is notorious, and most of its members belong to the evil and chaotic camp, so be careful.
Arthur wondered whether he should bring the key members of the Blood Troupe to fight against the small army of the Magic Mountain in the future to consume their strength.
Then parachute someone you trust as the group leader, so that you can control this group of people.
After a while, the smell of meat began to spread throughout the camp, making many people's mouths water.
After dividing the meat according to position, Arthur got half a brown and oily deer hind leg and started cooking.
After the meal, the whole team was in high spirits. After packing up, Arthur gave the order to set off.
In the evening, they walked out of the royal forest.
Due to the flatness of the road and the open sight line, the entire team's forward speed suddenly accelerated.
Yule and Piper headed south with four horses. Their destination was the ruins of Summer Hall.
Considering that searching for dragon eggs in a large area of ruins would be time-consuming and laborious, Arthur did not set a deadline for Yule to find them, and advanced ten gold dragons as survival funds.
Summer Hall is located on the border of the Stormlands and the Territory of Dorne. The largest noble nearby is the Dondarrion family of Blackport, and their governor, Lord Beric, is the famous Lightning King in the future.
After the War of the Five Kings broke out, the Lightning King left the good earl alone and formed the Brotherhood Without Banners with the red-robed monk Soros, specifically to avenge the river farmers who were robbed and killed by stray soldiers.
This shows his noble character.
Being near such a noble's territory, there should be no danger for the two of them. They just need to concentrate on carrying out their tasks.
Arthur led the people all the way west, passed the Bitter Bridge, crossed the Mander River twice, and then reached Highgarden.
There, the armors and weapons of Redwin and Tyrell were waiting for the sellers.
Before setting off from King's Landing, the two brothers Hobb and Horace released messenger crows for their father and asked him to send people to transport some armor and weapons to Highgarden.
In this way, Arthur would not have to cross the entire Reach and then cross the Redwyne Strait to reach the Arbor.
Saves time greatly.
Since Arthur saved the life of the Knight of Flowers, Loras also released the messenger crow to the family and asked them to prepare the same thing for Arthur.
With these two families, there is no need to visit the other small families in the Reach.
After all, the nobles of the Reach who promised to give Arthur weapons and armor are still in King's Landing and are coming to visit them. Their people may not necessarily honor the casual words of their governor at a certain cocktail party.
Arthur still had an intuitive understanding of the shamelessness of these nobles.
There are actually very few nobles like Duke Ed who believe in "high as glory" and use secular morality to restrain their behavior at all times.
So few that it can be said to be an exception.
Even those with the best character among the nobles, such as the Knight of Flowers, would do some tricks in the tournament to win the championship.
Not everyone can think of riding a mare to drive the opponent's mount crazy and win the race.
Eight days later.
A huge white marble castle stands on a hill on the south bank of the Mandeb River. Even from a distance, you can see three circular city walls and a giant plant maze between the first and second walls.
"This is Highgarden, the most beautiful castle in Westeros."
One of the twins introduced it this way.
They were so similar that even after Arthur traveled with them for eleven days, he couldn't quickly tell who was who.
"This is just the superficial knowledge of you people from the Reach. It is obvious that the most beautiful castles in Westeros are Sunspear and Water Gardens." Angay said.
They each recommended their lord's home castle as the most beautiful castle in the entire continent. If there are people from the valley, I'm afraid the Eagle's Nest City can be added to the debate.
The big castles Arthur has seen are the Red Keep in King's Landing, Harrenhal and Highgarden in front of him.
The original owner had been to Riverrun, but that castle was a bit petty and could not be compared with these three.
Frankly speaking, Arthur thinks these three castles are very good and he likes them all.
Being a person with difficulty in making choices, he could take all three castles as his own if he felt necessary.
Only children make choices, adults want them all.
After leaving most members of the Blood Troupe and thirteen Dornish spearmen in a small town near the ferry, Arthur took a few people and members of the Redwin family to the giant castle.
The twins brought all their followers into the city. Queen of Thorns Olenna Tyrell was their great-aunt, and they spent a lot of time living here, so they could be said to be half a family.
It seemed close, but it was still far away when riding on horseback. It took another half a day, when the moonlight invaded the world and the stars rose, they could reach the first wall of the castle.
The horses were naturally handed over to the servants who arrived.
The two faces of the twins were there, and the guards let them in without checking, and were led by four soldiers and a servant.
The plant maze between the first and second city walls occupies a huge area. If no one is there to guide the way, you may not be able to get out even if you are exhausted.
This reminded Arthur of the plant maze in Jackie Chan's movie "Zodiac".
Only by flying can you get out of here without anyone guiding you.
It took another half day of walking to reach the second city wall.
Here, all of Arthur's entourage were stopped and only he was allowed to enter. The Redwin twins also left most of their entourage behind and entered with only two personal servants.
Arthur accepted it calmly, after all, it was on someone else's territory, right?
Compared to the last time I went to Harrenhal and the time I entered the throne room of the Red Keep when I beat Cleo, entering the High Garden seems to be a complicated and ritualistic process.
This not only demonstrates the powerful strength of the Rose family, but also reveals some of the master's psychology.
On the one hand, the Tyrell Rose family is close to the common people and wins the hearts of the people, but on the other hand, it imposes complicated rules on the nobles who enter the family castle to obtain a certain sense of superiority and satisfaction.
Ultimately, it is the Rose Family's lack of historical background that makes their members somewhat unconfident.
It was past midnight, and after meeting the steward Gars, they were arranged to stay in accommodation suitable for their respective statuses.
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