Chapter 7 The Tattered Prince
"It's right there, just around the corner."
Meris pointed Viserys in the direction and stayed to accompany Dany.
Viserys knocked on the old captain's door and bowed respectfully.
In his impression, the Tattered Prince was a very perceptive person. In
the original book, when the Dragon Mother was fighting with the "Great Lord" and the "Good Lord" in the Slaver's Bay, he keenly perceived the weakness of these slave owners. He
believed that the Dragon Mother would definitely win in the end, so he sent his Westeros mercenaries to contact the Dragon Mother. The fact that
the Dragon Mother was able to gain a foothold in the Slaver's Bay also proved his vision.
"Captain."
"Sir Viserys, please sit down."
Across the desk, the two looked at each other.
This Tattered Prince, at first glance, was a veteran of hundreds of battles, exuding a smell of leather and steel, and completely without the old breath of an ordinary old man.
However, when the old captain saw Viserys, he was a little confused.
The young man in front of him was obviously only about sixteen years old, but he also gave him a feeling of being active on the battlefield for many years.
His steps were light, his eyes were firm and cunning, and he would not have such temperament without ten years of mercenary experience!
Could it be the innate "holy body of mercenary"?
Unfortunately, the Tattered Prince did not know this term, but felt that he had underestimated Viserys before.
However, whether he underestimated Viserys or not, he had to test it out to know.
"I need to ask you a few questions here, okay?"
"Of course."
Viserys thought of his experience as a mercenary in his previous life, most of which were tests of values and loyalty.
For example, the recruiter would ask him questions such as:
"If we go to war with your motherland, will you execute orders without hesitation?"
"If necessary, can you kill women and children?"
Viserys thought he was still experienced and was not afraid of his questions.
But the question from the old captain in front of him was beyond his expectations.
"What do you think of revenge?"
Looking at the other person's brown eyes, Viserys was stunned for a moment.
But he soon understood.
The Tattered Prince wanted to take back Pentos and avenge his family because he wanted to escape the fate of being used as a "sacrifice".
Viserys' situation was similar. He needed to take back Westeros to avenge his brother, sister-in-law and father.
The two had similar goals.
It seemed to be a question of values.
"In my opinion, revenge is a necessary means to maintain public morality."
The old captain leaned forward with interest and motioned him to continue.
"If someone hits you and you don't fight back, he will hit the next person. If
someone kills your relatives and takes away what belongs to you, if you don't retaliate, he will kill more people and take away more things that don't belong to him.
So revenge and retaliation are legitimate and just. The so-called tolerance is nothing more than the self-consolation of the cowardly."
As Viserys talked, the Tattered Prince's eyes lit up.
His thoughts seemed to be more clear.
Although he never gave up revenge, he now felt that he seemed to have been injected with new strength!
So the old captain nodded with satisfaction.
After talking about Viserys's "revenge theory", he said:
"I know all your conditions, and the Windblown can accept them, but I have a question." The old captain in front of him spoke first.
"Please speak."
"Given your martial arts, the Golden Company should offer a better price. Why didn't you choose the Golden Company?"
He thought for a while and said:
"You may not have heard of the Crown Banquet. I am called the Beggar King because of this group of guys.
My goal is to defeat them one day, not to join them."
This answer with a "youthful spirit" seems to have no flaws.
But the Tattered Prince lived longer than Viserys's two lives combined.
His intuition told him that this was not the real reason, at least not the whole reason.
But he didn't intend to ask in detail.
For some people, joining the sellsword is not the goal, and he is the same.
The old captain nodded and continued:
"I don't know if Meris told you about the Seventh Battalion on the way."
"Yes."
"Are you interested?"
"You can give it a try."
So, the second brother Long officially signed a contract with the Windblown.
The first clause in the contract was very eye-catching.
'The captain has the right to punish deserters and traitors in any way.'
Viserys remembered that the cook of the Windblown was once a deserter.
He claimed that the reason for deserting was that the food of the Windblown was too bad.
As a result, Prince Tattered cut off his legs and made him eat it himself.
Later, this guy has been working as a cook in the Windblown, and the food level of the Windblown has also risen sharply.
It can be said that for this old captain, it is best not to 'eat cooking wine instead of toasting'.
There are also some other ways to distribute rewards and spoils.
For example, the sergeant major can raise equipment on his own, and when distributing spoils, it will also increase according to the share of weapons and equipment provided by the sergeant major.
'As expected of coming from Pentos, there is a distribution method similar to 'partners'. '
But it's good this way, we can build a team that is relatively loyal to us.
The equipment of the Seventh Battalion is probably very poor, maybe we can ask Illyrio for help.
This old guy hasn't dropped gold coins for a while.
In addition, another reason why Viserys took over the Seventh Battalion is that most of the people in the battalion are from Westeros.
Take Spider Webber, the current sergeant major of the Seventh Battalion, for example. He was expelled from the Free Cities by his family.
He thought that one day he would be able to "return home in glory."
The most important thing for a team is "values". By taking over the Seventh Battalion, he can dig out more confidants for his future "counterattack on Westeros."
"We will leave Tyrosh in three days. I will let Melis arrange a place for you to stay. You can also go out for a few days."
"Thank you. I'll take my
leave now." Just as Viserys was about to leave, the old captain spoke again:
"By the way, we are not responsible for the safety of your sister."
"Of course, I will take good care of her."
"Well, it's okay."
...
Although Regis was still recovering from his injuries, the Tattered Prince still signed him and the Big Bear with a stroke of his pen.
The two also signed a one-year contract.
It's just that Kael was not signed, and he didn't need an assassin mercenary group.
"It's still early, let's go to the Temple of the Three-Headed God first."
As the mainstream belief of Tyroshi, Viserys wanted to see if there was anything special about this three-headed god.
If it was really something left over from the Valyrian period, his panel should have some reaction.