After having a pleasant and sumptuous lunch with the Tyrell family, Robb and Margaery went to her gorgeous boudoir for post-meal exercises to help digestion.
I don't know if it was because the relationship between Stark and the Tyrell family was officially established today, but Margaery served Robb more actively than before, making him feel relaxed and comfortable from the inside out.
At this moment, Robb deeply understood the classic saying of his ancestors in previous lives: Gentle Township is the Tomb of Heroes!
In his previous life, Robb was just an ordinary social beast. In this life, he has reached the point where he has gained power over the world and is drunk in the lap of a beautiful woman.
However, Robb, who knew that there was a huge danger lurking in Westeros, would not be addicted to it!
After ruthlessly rejecting Margaery's invitation to fight again with rosy cheeks and spring eyes, Robb packed his clothes and left Highgarden Castle under Margaery's relatively unfamiliar service.
When Robb and the Wolf Guards returned to the port area of the West Gate from the inner castle in a mighty manner, Theon came up with Ramsay following closely behind.
"Robb, that boy Gendry seems to be very talented in forging! I showed him the Valyrian steel dagger that the Highgarden blacksmith couldn't do anything about, and he just said he could recast it today.
It's quite boring to stay in his tent, so I asked Yara to lead people to guard outside the tent, specially waiting for you to come back here."
Xion, who has become accustomed to the luxurious life now, will always wear brand new and gorgeous clothes unless he is in wartime. As soon as he comes to Bloodwind, he will report with a smile on his face.
"Oh? I originally planned to give him enough time to try, but I didn't expect it to be recast so soon?"
Robb had a surprised expression on his face when he heard this. He turned over and jumped off Bloodwind while answering to Theon.
"That's why I said he is very talented! But why would you let such a good blacksmith serve as a cavalryman who charges into battle?
If he accidentally dies in battle, wouldn't it be a waste of his casting talent?"
It was obvious that Theon really admired Gendry, and it was rare for him, who never liked to meddle in other people's business, to express his opinions to Robb.
"Haha, this is the path he chose. And maybe his fighting talent is stronger than his casting talent? After all, there is..."
"Eh? What's going on? You always like to speak half-speak, it's so appetizing!
Forget it, as long as you don’t want to tell me, it’s useless for me to ask again. Let’s go! I’ll accompany you to Gendry’s blacksmith tent!”
When he heard Robb's words come to an abrupt end, Theon immediately complained angrily. He buried his head and walked towards Gendry's tent in the camp.
Ramsay, who had been listening silently, heard a strange look in his eyes, and then he followed Theon calmly like a loyal dog.
"Vell, go and bring Moroa Hightower to Gendry's tent. By the way, ask Clay to bring the moonstone he kept."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Robb looked at the backs of Theon and Ramsay. Without looking back, he gave an order to Will and walked forward.
Gendry arrived at Highgarden yesterday just like Margaery, but he did not come from Crake Hall along the Esplanade, but took a boat from Lannisport.
On the day the War in Highgarden ended, Robb, seeing the incompetence of the Blacksmith in Highgarden, sent an urgent order for him to come to Highgarden.
Because, after he confirmed his previous conjecture about Valyrian steel to destroy magic from Moroa Hightower, he planned to build a set of equipment for Bloodwind to defend against spiritual charm magic.
As for the raw material of Valyrian steel, it is naturally the dragonbone dagger used by Littlefinger to frame Tyrion.
The reason why Robb thinks Gendry has the ability to reforge Valyrian steel is because his former blacksmith master in King's Landing, Tob Mott, has loudly claimed that he knows the spell and reforging of Valyrian steel.
method.
Clang, clang!
As soon as Robb and others approached Gendry's blacksmith tent, they could hear the rhythmic sound of metal clashing from inside.
The unusually large tent was surrounded by many of Theon's ironborn guards. When they saw Theon and Robb coming hand in hand, they immediately saluted respectfully and opened the tent.
Gendry's blacksmith tent was specially prepared by Robb for the Tyrell family. It contains everything from a large furnace with bellows to high-purity charcoal and casting tools.
"Your Majesty, King Xion!"
Seeing Robb and others entering the tent, Gendry, who was bare-chested and covered in bronzed muscles, put the big hammer in his hand on the blacksmithing pier in front of him and saluted respectfully to Robb and Theon.
"Well, Gendry, thank you for your hard work! But Yara, what's going on with you?"
Robb first nodded his condolences to Gendry, then turned to the corner of the tent, where Yara, who was directing two ironmen to put several corpses into bags, asked.
"Your Majesty, the blacksmith boy let me in before and told me that reforging Valyrian steel requires a blood sacrifice, so I found a few prisoners who were sentenced to death by Lord Clay."
When Yara heard Robb's question, she immediately bowed respectfully and answered.
"No, Your Majesty. What I said is that we need fresh blood. But after Master Yala brought these prisoners over, he slit their throats directly, and I had no time to stop them!"
As soon as Yara finished speaking, Gendry, who had a straightforward personality, eagerly explained the truth to Robb.
"Well, it's okay, it's just a few death row prisoners. Now I just want to know if their blood has any effect?"
After hearing this, Robb waved his hands and then spoke out the topic he was most concerned about.
"Of course, Your Majesty. It's just..."
Hearing Robb's question, Gendry nodded and answered him, then looked at the other people in the tent without hesitating to speak.
"Except for Theon, everyone else should go out! If Will and Clay come, let them inform me outside!"
The method of reforging Valyrian steel was obviously a secret. Seeing that Gendry was worried, Robb directly gave the order.
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
After everyone, including Yara, saluted Robb, they turned around and walked out of the tent. Only Theon was left with a smile on his face because he had special treatment.
"Sorry, Your Majesty. Actually, I don't want to keep the recasting technology secret. It's because my recasting technology was not taught by Master Tob...
I learned it secretly!"
After seeing everyone else walk out of the tent, Gendry lowered his head in shame, and then spoke to Robb and the others.
After hearing Gendry's explanation, Robb realized that he didn't want to collect technology, but had such concerns.
It's no wonder that the criminal laws of Westeros are very lenient for nobles, but extremely strict for commoners.
Gendry's behavior of stealing skills can be classified as the crime of theft, and the punishment for the crime of theft varies according to the circumstances of the seven countries. The most severe punishment is to be hanged directly, and the most relaxed one is to cut off an arm.
Of course, thieves have another option, which is to put on black clothes and join the Night's Watch. Based on the frequency of theft in Westeros, thieves are one of Castle Black's main sources of troops.
"Gendry, in the name of the king, I forgive you for stealing lessons. Let's get back to the topic and talk about this Valyrian steel!"
A smile appeared on Robb's face and he spoke to Gendry, who was upright and honest.
"Hey, I thought you were going to say something! It turns out it's just such a small thing!"
Xion, on the other hand, rolled his eyes and complained mercilessly. In his eyes, Gendry's incident was just bullshit.
Hearing Robb's words, Gendry immediately raised his head and nodded gratefully to him, then turned around and opened the stove lid behind him.
call!
As soon as the stove lid was opened, a hot breath hit his face, instantly raising the temperature in the tent by several degrees.
The orange fire that suddenly appeared in front of his eyes immediately made Theon subconsciously turn his head, while Robb observed carefully with his ice crystal eyes as if nothing had happened.
I saw a large amount of red-hot high-purity charcoal piled in the blazing furnace. There was an iron pot the size of a casserole in the furnace, which contained Valyrian steel that had been melted into liquid.
After opening the stove, Gendry's chatterbox seemed to have been opened, and he began to introduce Robb eloquently: "Your Majesty, Valyrian steel is very difficult to melt, even with high-purity charcoal and adding auxiliary materials to assist the fire.
Nope either.
Master Tob said that he speculated that the finished Valyrian steel might be so special because it was protected by a magical spell.
Therefore, the first step in recasting technology is to use the spell of blood magic to break the protection of the original magic."
"Eh? That's not right! Didn't you just say that you learned the recasting technique secretly? Why is it that Master Tob is telling you now?"
"I'm just an ordinary apprentice. Master Tob naturally won't teach me. But he often drags me to chat after he's drunk.
That time he seemed to be angry at the Blacksmiths Guild. After getting drunk, he kept yelling that he was bragging and that he really didn't know the technology to forge Valyrian steel. But he spent a lot of money to reforge the technology in Qohor.
Learned at a cost.
Then, he dug out the foundry notes he had collected back then and said that it would be rare for him to have the opportunity to recast Valyrian steel in this life, so he could only review the forging notes occasionally to prevent him from forgetting his skills.
And it was at this time that I secretly memorized Master Tob's casting notes."
"I see, Gendry, now that the Valyrian steel has been melted, this blood magic spell is indeed effective.
Come, use your blood magic spell on the ice sword in my hand!"
Compared to Theon, who likes to listen to gossip, Robb's attention is more keenly focused on blood magic spells. He stretched out his left hand to condense an ice crystal sword, and spoke to Gendry.
"yes!"
Gendry nodded, grabbed a handful of sticky blood from the large basin of blood next to him with his bare hands, then smeared it on the ice crystal sword in Robb's hand, and began to speak some spells that no one understood.
After Gendry finished reciting the spell, there was no other sound in the tent except the crackling of the stove. However, the ice crystal sword in Robb's left hand had no other change except for the increase in blood stains.
"...Maybe, this blood magic spell only works on Valyrian steel!"
I thought that if this blood magic spell had the effect of breaking magic, it would be of considerable value. But Robb looked at the unchanged ice crystal sword in his hand and speculated with some uncertainty.
"Maybe! Your Majesty, I have just made the mold. Do you want to start recasting it now?"
"Well, let's get started!"
After receiving Robb's reply, Gendry placed the mold he had just created on the iron pier, then clamped the iron pot in the furnace with an iron tong and began pouring the molten Valyrian steel into the mold.
Valyrian steel juice, accompanied by countless tiny burning sparks, flows along the lines on the mold into rows of mold grooves the size of little fingers.
At this time, Gendry repeated the spellcasting action using blood again, applying blood magic spells to each mold.
Finally, after Gendry's sizzling quenching action, the dragon bone dagger turned into one large and six small ones, a total of seven pairs of earrings.
Looking at the seven pairs of earrings that Gendry placed on the long table in the tent, Robb suddenly pointed at them with the ice crystal sword in his left hand.
Bah!
When the ice crystal sword came into contact with several earrings, it broke directly into several sections, and then quickly dissipated in the air. It was exactly the same as when it collided with Count Landau's Heart-Eating Sword.
"It is indeed a magic-breaking effect! Well, Gendry, I'm afraid your blood magic spell only serves to suppress and restore the special power of Valyrian steel."
Looking at the seven pairs of earrings with the ability to break demons, Robb, who had been thinking carefully, said to Gendry.
Subsequently, Gendry tested the second blood magic spell according to Robb's instructions, but it was true that the new weapon did not have the special effect of breaking magic.
"Theon, Gendry, each of you should get an earring! They can protect you from the control of mental magic."
"Thanks, Robb!"
"Your Majesty, I don't need it!"
After hearing what Robb said, Theon chose an earring without ceremony, and Gendry was forced to accept it by Robb.
Robb gave Gendry earrings as a reward for his reforging. As for giving Theon earrings...
"Hey, Xion, come on, I'll pierce your ears now!"
"Ah? No, no need! I don't think I need to wear earrings."
Hearing Robb's words, Theon immediately wanted to refuse, but he was able to defeat Robb, who had great strength. Robb forced him to pierce his left ear with tiny ice spikes condensed from it.
"Your Majesty, I am here with Lord Clay and Moroa Hightower!"
The resentful Xion had just put on his earrings when Will's announcement came from outside the tent.
"Come in!"
After Robb answered outside, Will took Clay and Moroa into the tent.
"Your Majesty, I've been thinking about it these past few days. It seems that you don't need runes to resonate with the rune structure when you build the ice application.
So, can you let me feel the rune energy in your body?"
As soon as he entered the tent, Moroa, who had dark circles under his eyes, asked Robb eagerly.
"I'll think about it, but first I need you to do something small for me!"
Robb nodded to Moroya and replied, then turned to Clay and ordered,
"Clay, give her the moonstone you kept."
Clay didn't ask too much, and directly followed Robb's order and handed the moonstone, which was only the size of a soybean, to Moroa.
"Use your charm spell on him!"
"Huh? Me?"
Seeing Robb pointing at him, Theon, who still felt pain in his ears, had a dull expression on his face.
This Moroa was quite obedient. As soon as Robb finished speaking, she raised the moonstone in her right hand and recited a spell to Xion.
In Robb's field of vision, as Moroa's spell ended, a dark blue light suddenly shot from the moonstone in her hand towards Theon's head.
Then, just like his previous ice crystal sword, it suddenly dissipated in the air.
In Xion's field of vision, he only saw a dark blue light shining in Moroya's hand, and then he looked down at his body, as if nothing happened.
"No effect? Well, is there Valyrian steel?"
After casting the charm, Moroa found that she did not have that mysterious connection with the target, so she stopped her spell-casting action, then turned to ask Robb.
"Well, it seems that you did not lie to me about the information about Valyrian steel!"
"I didn't lie to you about other information. However, looking at your posture, did you use blood magic to reforge Valyrian steel?"
Moroa's knowledge of mysticism is indeed rich. She roughly guessed what Robb and the others were doing after a quick scan.
"That's right! Is there anything wrong?"
"I would rather study necromancy than touch blood magic. Believe me, those who learn blood magic will not escape the punishment of God in the end!"
Speaking of blood magic, Moroya did not refer to it by the name of occult science. He just persuaded Robb in a serious tone.
After hearing this, Robb immediately showed a strange expression and asked Moroya: "Huh? Don't you claim to be a bachelor of the city? Do you still believe in the gods?"
Looking at Robb with a surprised look on his face, Moroya answered without hesitation: "I can't represent the city. However, based on the knowledge I know.
The reason why the Citadel is trying its best to build a world without mysticism is because it does not want Westeros to suffer the fate of Valyria.
Hundreds of years ago, there were doctors from the city who speculated that the reason for the destruction of Valyria might be that they used evil blood magic extensively, which angered the gods, so the apocalypse was unleashed to directly destroy them!"