Game of Thrones: Dawn of Justice

Chapter 40: The Knight of the Laughing Tree, Garlon defeats the Greatjon!
Garlon's spear hit Edmund Weikley's neck armor hard!
In an instant, wooden spikes flew everywhere and the spear broke!
But at the same time, Edmund Weakley's neck armor was also shattered by the huge impact force!

Several pieces of wooden spear fragments pierced directly into his throat!

"boom!"

Edmund Weekley fell suddenly off his horse.

His body twitched a few times on the ground and then froze.

After a while, a small pool of dark red blood appeared under his body.

"Oh!"

The crowd exclaimed.

Many people stood up.

They never expected that Garlon would kill his opponent instantly with one shot.

And it seems that he killed the other person!

Several knights from the He'an family quickly stepped forward to check. When they saw the wooden splinters deeply embedded in Edmund Weekley's neck, they couldn't help but shake their heads.

Hopeless.

Garlon returned riding on Leiyan.

Seeing that Edmund Weikley was already dead, his eyes did not change at all.

"Garon Tas wins!"

Sir Longmos quickly announced the result.

"Oh! Kanon!"

"Garon Tas!"

As Robert took the lead in cheering for Garlon at the top of his voice, the audience quickly followed suit and cheered!

Many nobles and knights in the North were much more excited than before, and even stood up and waved, which was a rare occurrence.

The people of the North are martial, and the first life since the start of the game today makes them particularly excited.

As the men cheered, many brave noble girls also cheered for Garlon with bright faces.

If it were any other big and strong knight, they would just think it was cruel.

But when it comes to the handsome and cold Garlon, they think Garlon is particularly brave!

As for Edmund Weekley lying in a pool of blood, everyone automatically ignored him. It was because this guy was incompetent and yet he challenged others.

It is normal to have some accidents in a spear competition.

In the crowd, Marco Lagfson looked grim.

His eyes were full of disbelief.

He never expected that his confident "sniper" not only failed, but also failed so completely.

Garlon even managed to kill Edmund Weikley with a single shot!
How could he accept this!

"Waste Edmund!" Marco Lagfson cursed inwardly.

He always brags about how capable he is in front of him, but when asked to do something, he is so incompetent.

Marko Lagfson was breathing heavily and was in a particularly bad mood.

However, at this moment, he was shocked to find that Garlon on the field had locked his eyes on him accurately.

Across several dozen meters, Garlon and Marko Lagfson's eyes met.

Marko Lagfson's heart skipped a beat.

He secretly thought something was wrong.

"This kid won't notice it."

For some reason, Marko Lagfson felt uneasy.

He quickly shook his head, somewhat self-deprecatingly.

He specifically ordered the knights of the Weakley family to challenge instead of letting the knights of Seagull Town go up. How could Garlon guess that he was the mastermind behind the scenes?

Besides, what if you knew?

He is the Earl of Seagull Town, and Tas Island is inferior to him. What can he do?

Marko Lagfson turned his gaze back and smiled at Garen.

"Ah."

Looking at the smile that Marko Ragfson showed him, Garlon snorted in disdain.

You like to play tricks, right?

The Usurper's War is your death.

Garlon silently took note of Mark Lagfson in his heart.

The duel that Garlon had just had was truly spectacular.

He leaned back and sideways to avoid Edmund Weekley's spear, and at the same time accurately hit Edmund Weekley with his own spear.

The horsemanship, body coordination, spear accuracy and strength displayed were all amazing.

If it was said that Garen defeated Jon Fossoway in the morning, some people would still question whether it was a fluke.

Now no one has such an idea anymore.

Garen circled the field again, but no one dared to challenge him.

Sir Longmos successfully announced that Garlon had advanced.

Next, other knights appeared to meet the challenger.

After a while, a knight from House Frey appeared.

He circled the field twice, and no one challenged him.

But just when he thought he could advance smoothly, suddenly, an extremely "strange" knight appeared at the other end of the field.

He was short, wearing ill-fitting armor that was patchwork. The shield he held in his left hand was painted with a heart tree belonging to the Old Gods—a white weirwood with a red, smiling face on it.

Seeing the challenger's outfit, the audience couldn't help but show curiosity.

Only Garlon had a strange expression on his face.

The Knight of the Laughing Tree!
I didn't expect it to appear so soon.

Looking at this uniquely dressed Smiling Tree Knight, Garlon had some guesses in his mind.

He immediately looked towards the Stark family seat.

Sure enough, Lyanna was not found among Brandon, Eddard and others.

This verified Garlon's conjecture.

The short knight on the field is most likely Lyanna.

After failing to persuade Howland Reed, Lyanna chose to go on the field herself to vent her anger for Howland Reed.

Soon, with the announcement of Sir Longmos, the competition between the two sides began.

The Laughing Tree Knight's riding skills were obviously superb. His upper body hardly swayed on the horse, and the lance in his hand was held very steadily.

In just one round, the shield of the knight from the Frey family was shattered and he was knocked off his horse.

The crowd let out a cry of surprise.

No one expected that this thin and strangely dressed challenger could actually defeat the knight of the Frey family.

Soon, under the gaze of everyone, the Knight of the Laughing Tree obtained the horse and armor of the Frey knight.

But surprisingly, the Laughing Tree Knight did not ask for or demand a ransom.

Instead, he asked the Frey knight to teach his own knight squire a lesson in order to redeem his warhorse and armor.

The Laughing Tree Knight informed the Frey Knights that their squires were bullying the weak in the woods.

The knight of the Frey family felt a little ashamed, but on the other hand he was also happy to use this to redeem his horse and armor, so he severely reprimanded and beat his knight squire, and even vented his anger and shame on the knight squire.

The Laughing Tree Knight was very satisfied with this and returned the horse and armor to the other party.

Holland Reed, who was in the stands, watched all this in a daze.

He didn't expect that Lyanna would actually appear.

He had not expected that someone would stand up for him like this, for an insignificant marshlander like him would go to such great lengths and take such great risks.

The smiling face on the Laughing Tree Knight's shield was deeply imprinted in Holland's heart.

After challenging the Frey knights, the Laughing Tree Knight unexpectedly proposed an idea to Sir Longmos: she wanted to challenge other knights, which surprised Sir Longmos.

However, considering that this would be very entertaining, Sir Longmos reported to the king and agreed to the Knight of the Laughing Tree's request.

So the Laughing Tree Knight then challenged a knight from the Hay family and a knight from the Brown family. Like before, "he" did not take the horses and armor of these two knights, but asked them to teach their respective knight squires a lesson so that they could understand what the way of chivalry was.

After doing all this, the Laughing Tree Knight rode away.

The audience in the stands were very excited. This one-on-three situation was very entertaining.

Garen couldn't help but nod as he watched.

Although Lyanna is a girl, her strength is indeed extraordinary.

No wonder Eddard always felt that Arya looked like Lyanna in the original book.

After the Laughing Tree Knight left, Longmos hosted several more rounds of challenges. As the sky grew darker, the first day of the tournament finally came to an end.

At night, both the victor and the vanquished were invited by Earl He'an to attend a banquet in Bailu Hall.

The atmosphere of today's dinner was even more lively than last night.

While drinking, people talked excitedly about the duel that took place at the martial arts competition in the daytime.

Garlon also became the target of many people's urging to drink.

Because his performance during the day was very impressive.

At the age of 14, he defeated his opponent twice in a row in a martial arts competition. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

The dinner went well, but King Aerys was in a bad mood again.

Because his finance minister whispered in his ear that the Knight of the Laughing Tree was most likely Jaime Lannister.

Jaime Lannister must be dissatisfied with your decision, so he secretly returned, put on a mask, and participated in the tournament in this alternative way.

When Iris heard this, he immediately started to imagine it.

After imagining it, he actually believed it. He was very angry that Jaime Lannister disobeyed his orders.

The king felt humiliated and decided to personally arrest the daring "James" at tomorrow's tournament and teach him a lesson.

……

The next day, the martial arts competition continued.

The opponent Garlon faced in the morning was a knight from the Bronze Gate City in Stormland.

This time he was much gentler, simply hitting the opponent's shield with his spear, and relying on the impact force, knocked the opponent down and won the victory.

His strength was close to 19, while the Bronze Gate City knight on the opposite side had a strength of only about 13 at most, and was no match for him at all.

After defeating the knight from Bronze Gate City, Garlon once again received warm cheers.

Everyone was aware of Garlon's extraordinary talent.

However, at this time, not many people believed that Garlon had the ability to win the championship.

After all, Garen was only 14 years old, and this Harrenhal tourney included powerful Kingsguards such as White Bull, Barristan, and Arthur Dayne, as well as past champions such as Prince Rhaegar.

After Garlon left the field victorious, a match that everyone was looking forward to followed.

The Laughing Tree Knight vs. "White Bull" Jello Hightower.

This is actually the result of Iris's behind-the-scenes manipulation.

Aerys wants the White Bull to defeat the Knight of the Laughing Tree and then remove his mask.

However, to everyone's surprise, despite Sir Longmos's repeated urging, the Knight of the Laughing Tree still did not appear.

When the servants of the He'an family went to check, they discovered that the Smiling Tree Knight had not come at all!
The whole audience was in an uproar.

I didn't expect that there would be people who abstained from participating in this competition.

King Aerys was so angry that his face turned green.

He was even more certain that the damn Laughing Tree Knight was Jaime Lannister!

He is playing a trick on himself!
Aerys was furious and directly ordered Rhaegar to take people to capture the Knight of the Laughing Tree!
Be sure to catch it!
Rhaegar immediately took the order and left.

Garen watched the farce, smiled and shook his head.

It seems that the opportunity for the relationship between Rhaegar and Lyanna to warm up was this "arrest".

Rhaegar was a man of great strength and intelligence, and he would surely be able to find clues from the patchwork armor used by the Knight of the Laughing Tree.

It is likely that Rhaegar will catch Lyanna in the end, but will let her go because he admires her integrity and bravery.

This made Lyanna feel even more favorable towards Rhaegar.

The two gradually fell in love.

Yeah, it's exactly like in the novel.

Garen could almost guess the whole process.

But he ignored it and had no intention of witnessing this scene.

After the morning competition, the challenge competition will continue in the afternoon.

But this time, no one dared to challenge Garlon.

After all, the scene of Edmund Weekley lying in a pool of blood was still vivid in his mind.

No one dared to underestimate Garlon anymore.

At the dinner that night, Rhaegar arrived late and reported to Aerys that the Knight of the Laughing Tree was not caught, but only his clothes and shield were found hanging on the tree.

Aerys angrily cursed Rhaegar at the banquet.

At the long table where the Stark family was sitting, Lyanna, who had just sat down stealthily out of guilt, looked at the scene where Rhaegar was scolded by Aerys. She felt anxious and angry, and even some tears appeared in her eyes.

"..."

Garen, who had been secretly keeping an eye on Lyanna ever since she snuck into the Hall of a Hundred Hearths, had a strange look on his face when he saw Lyanna.

Just at this moment, Robert patted his shoulder, raised his glass and clinked it with him while laughing.

Garen watched speechlessly as Robert drank the wine in the glass. He only noticed that Robert's black hair had completely turned green.

……

Soon, the night passed.

The martial arts competition has entered its third day.

Today's martial arts competition is not as urgent as before.

Because there were only 64 knights left to engage in a spear duel.

64 knights competed to select the top 32 and began to sprint towards the championship of the tournament.

Today is also the last day of the challenge.

Starting tomorrow, Knights who are not participating in the round of 32 will not be allowed to challenge.

In the morning, Garlon defeated his opponent again.

This time, his opponent is Jon Umber from the Umber family in the North.

Jon Umber is the heir to Lord Umber of Last Hearth.

In the original book, he also has a nickname, Greatjon.

House Umber tended to be large, and the Greatjon had inherited that trait. He stood nearly seven feet tall, almost two meters tall, with muscles as strong as a giant bear.

He rode on a warhorse that made the horses look very small.

However, the Greatjon was completely unable to suppress Garen in terms of strength.

The two sides fought for two rounds. The young Greatjon was even slightly weaker than Garen's in strength, about 16-17.

Even with the most advantageous power, he couldn't suppress Garlon.

So the outcome of this duel was already determined.

With the first shot, Garen shattered the Greatjon's wooden shield, and the Greatjon barely managed to keep his balance.

With the second shot, Garlon shot down the Greatjon. Although the Greatjon shattered the shield in Garlon's hand, it did not cause any substantial impact on Garlon. Garlon still rode steadily on Leiyan's back.

The Greatjon accepted defeat wholeheartedly. After returning to his seat, he kept exclaiming in disbelief to the northern nobles around him, saying that Garion's power was even greater than his!
You know, Garlon is only 14 years old!

This shocked the northern nobles.

Only Ed was relatively calm.

Because he had long known that Garlon had extraordinary talents.

(End of this chapter)