Chapter 132 Khal Drogo’s Banquet (4)
Ian didn't know why Ander Poole personally participated in the battle. Perhaps he had absolute confidence in his own strength and knew that the two water dancers on Hazan's side would rebel on the spot, so he felt that the risk was very low.
Or maybe he didn't want to participate in the competition, but because he had surrendered to Su Da early, Su Da asked him to participate in the war. He had to participate in the war because all the forces in his hands were linked to Su Da and he could not give up.
In short, when Ian is unable to use Illyrio's power to deal with Ender, such a contest witnessed by the two parties of Pentos and which will not end until all parties are killed has become his ultimate weapon. Germany's best stage.
Because Ian didn't know how many cards Ender had accumulated through managing Suda's power, and how many arrangements he had in Pentos.
If he only uses the Black Falcon mercenaries, Ian not only cannot guarantee the success rate of killing Ender, but also needs to worry about Illyrio finding out that he has a relationship with the Black Falcon mercenaries, and then being suspected and disappearing. Sir Lucien' concerned.
In comparison, trying to kill Ender in this contest was much easier.
After all, Ian now has the key information that the two water dancers will rebel on the spot.
With deliberate arithmetic, they only needed to administer a delayed-onset poison to the two water dancers before the game, which would render them incapable of fighting after they surrendered to Suda Tetrus' side.
In this way, at least one of Suda's acting warrior quotas can be directly eliminated (if the water dancer who came first was discovered after the drug took effect, Suda would definitely replace him and not let another water dancer come on stage).
In this way, the actual number ratio during the competition came to 7 to 6.
In addition, before coming to the banquet, Ian had already asked Bronn to go to Suda's White Sand Arena and asked him to apply for Suda's acting warrior - as for the target, Ian let Bronn make his own judgment.
If Bronn is absolutely sure to kill Ender, then he will directly challenge Ender... If he can directly kill Ender Poole, then everything else will be saved.
If not, then let him choose an 'evaluator' that he can kill, take his place, and kill as many potential applicants as possible. As for whether Bronn can get a place as an acting warrior, Ian is Don't worry at all. Apart from being inferior to a few 'monsters', this guy's combat effectiveness is basically at the top level of human beings.
When it came time for the official competition, Ian responded with his own treatment, causing Bronn to jump ship on the spot like the two water dancers.
At that time, Suda will have to temporarily choose an acting warrior with less combat effectiveness to fill Bronn's vacancy.
Just by getting here, Ian has already eliminated one of Suda's quotas and seriously weakened two of his quotas (the replaced water dancer's substitute combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the water dancer).
After that, Ian also had the master of water dancer Yada Maul, the over-standard S-class knight Kes, and Jorah Mormont, who was confident enough to trick him into boarding the ship. He may also have strong fighting ability (after all, Jorah became The Champion Gladiator of Meereen is a story in the plot of the TV series, and his actual combat prowess remains to be considered) and other top combat powers.
If the risk is right, Ian can throw them into the game.
Anyway, Suda's men will lose three spots at the beginning. If there are enough winning tickets, Ian's sending more men into the field will increase the probability that his men will kill Ender, thereby gaining points and seizing Ender's system resources. .
Of course, if subsequent intelligence shows that Hazan's side is not so sure of victory and the estimated casualties are unclear, Ian will not let anyone other than Yada Mor and Bronn fight for Hazan. After all, he only needs Just ensure that Hazan wins, there is no need to let your own people suffer casualties.
After the competition, Ian can also find an opportunity to tell Olanto and Hazan the information about the player who helped Suda go to the Neptune Palace.
For this guy who persuaded the Sea King to rebel against the two water dancers and almost killed Hazan, Hazan's mother would definitely not let him go. It was possible to send the Faceless Men to deal with him.
Hazan's mother is the richest keykeeper in the Iron Bank, so there's no need to worry that she can't afford to hire the Faceless Men.
In short, if this plan is successful, then Ian will have achieved at least three goals.
First, eliminate the player forces of the Ender faction that are well developed in Pentos and are trying to get involved in the party disputes in Braavos.
Second, make friends with Ambassador Olanto and Prince Hazan, and make them owe him a huge favor. Regardless of whether Hazan's uncle can be elected as the King of Sea in the end, Hazan's mother will always be the richest keykeeper of the Iron Bank.
On the issue of whether Braavos should ally with the future 'Abolitionist of Slaver's Bay', as long as they speak for Ian, Braavos will have almost no reason to refuse.
As long as the purple ship fleet of Braavos can go south to threaten Volantis, then the dilemma that Dragon Mother will face in Meereen in the original book will be easily solved - as long as Volantis does not participate in the war, Yunkai and Xingi alone will Si's alliance, with all due respect to Ian, he has the confidence to hang the opponent up and beat them.
Third, this point is insignificant compared to the first two points, but it is equally indispensable, that is - economic benefits.
Let me ask you, for a top rich second generation like Hazan, would he be stingy with something as trivial as money when faced with a person who provided him with important information and powerful proxy warriors, and also made suggestions for him?
Of course, the premise of all this is to immediately reach an agreement with Ambassador Olanto and force Illyrio to agree in person.
Therefore, Ian immediately winked at Darren beside him and asked him to act according to the plan.
"I'm sorry, you two." Darren Grafson took a step forward and stood in front of Yada More. "Prince Hazan, Ambassador Olanto," he saluted the two important figures in front of him one by one, "If I Your guess is correct, the purpose of your search for Yada is to let him fight for His Highness Hazan in the martial arts competition in the near future, right?"
"Sir, who are you?" Hazan was a little surprised when his purpose was suddenly revealed, but he still remained polite to this unknown person.
"Ser Daeron is my master." Water Dancer Yada said first.
"Master?" Hazan lost his composure for a moment, "Are you sure you didn't use the wrong word? You call him." Hazan glanced at Darren as he spoke. Hearing the name that was given a knighthood, he guessed that Probably a Westeros knight who came to Viserys, "You call this knight master? You almost became the chief swordsman of Braavos!"
"Ser Daeron saved my life, and I swore allegiance to him. The Water Dancer will keep his word. It's that simple." Yada spoke again.