Accompanied by the fall of the arrow was a lazy voice.
"Beautiful lady, as long as you agree to these bastards' conditions, I guarantee you can leave here safely."
Hearing these words, both Jon and the red-haired girl involuntarily looked towards the source of the voice.
Then, a tall and slender archer slowly appeared on the hillside.
Although separated by a long distance, Jon felt a faint sense of familiarity.
Before he could observe carefully, Anya responded.
"No matter how much these people pay you, I'll pay double, as long as you help me escape from here..."
"Sorry, Miss, I owe them a large sum of money, and I definitely can't pay it back, so you'd better not make things difficult for me."
Before the woman could continue to solicit him, the sharpshooter interrupted her and directly stated his position.
Although the sharpshooter clearly refused the bribery, in Jon's view, this might just be that the price was not enough.
After all, after adapting to the darkness, Jon's extraordinary spiritual power also endowed him with night vision perception.
In his perception, the appearance of the thin young man in the distance gradually entered his field of vision.
Then, the transmigrator saw the archer's freckled face and dissolute smile.
It was Jon's opponent in the tourney, a commoner from the Dornish Marches, but also undoubtedly a sharpshooter—Anguy!
Although they had only met a few times, Jon was deeply impressed by this opponent with superb archery skills.
In the hundred-step shooting competition back then, this guy successively defeated Ser Balon Swann and Jalabhar Xho, almost snatching the archery championship.
Even relying on the "bug" of the bow stand, Jon almost lost to him.
Fortunately, this guy was young and vigorous. After defeating many people in succession, he actually began to enjoy himself wantonly and frequented high-end brothels in King's Landing.
During this period, not to mention spending a large amount of Gold Dragons, he was also drained into a soft-legged shrimp, and was eliminated by the Knight of Flowers without Jon even having to play tricks.
Now that time has passed and circumstances have changed, when the two opponents met again, one was already a noble lord, while the other had been reduced to a bandit. It could only be said to be fate.
Of course, Jon did not know the specific details of this sharpshooter's encounter.
If it was really as the other party said, Jon might have contributed a part to today's situation, so Jon really couldn't stand by and watch.
Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, the baron resolutely stepped out.
"Everyone, do you want to continue? I'm getting tired of watching."
The lazy voice, coupled with the black gauze covering his head, made him look like a highwayman no matter how you looked at it.
Then, everyone on the field saw a twisting and shy big guy being dragged out by this intruder.
At this moment, the situation on the field suddenly became chaotic.
But the initiator didn't care, and arrogantly stated his attitude.
"Robbery! No one move!"
When Jon said this, his tone was cold and professional, and extremely intimidating.
However, a lineup of only two people obviously couldn't deter the few interceptors opposite.
Especially after that deadly crossbow was damaged, the remaining few robbers became extremely brave under the encouragement of their own sharpshooter.
So before Jon could continue to threaten, the remaining five or six guys had already rushed up, obviously intending to fulfill the bald man's prophecy.
But what awaited them was a dazzling cold light.
As the sword tip lightly pierced into a robber's chest, it went through the back without losing momentum, piercing the unlucky ghost behind him as well, leaving only a cold gleam.
As for the two robbers skewered together, before they even had time to scream, their lives were taken away by the withdrawn longsword.
This single strike scared the remaining robbers out of their wits, and they instantly screamed and chose to scatter and flee.
Even Anguy, who was watching coldly from the side, decisively disappeared into the mountains and forests after seeing this overwhelming strike.
When Jon put away his sword and was ready to enjoy the reward after the hero saved the beauty, he saw the beauty named Anya had already jumped onto the carriage and disappeared into the night.
Regarding this, Jon could only turn his head and vent his anger on the Bull, "My dear comrade-in-arms, what do you think about this?"
But the response to the baron was only the uncontrollable gagging sound from Gendry's throat, "My Lord... brave... blech~"
Jon: "..."
...
After returning to the inn, Jon did not rest immediately.
Everything that happened today seemed sudden and incredible, and the situation in the entire Tampa seemed to far exceed his imagination.
He originally thought this was just a smuggling den, at most involving some bigger nobles, but the fact was that this small town so close to King's Landing had obviously become a foothold for some desperate people.
Just like an expert like Anguy would also be recruited to join. As for who could take these people under their command, probably only that bastard Varys knew a bit better.
So by now, Jon increasingly realized that he seemed to be involved in some conspiracy.
Fortunately, he kept an eye out before coming to Tampa and chose to hide his identity to scout first, so as not to completely expose himself.
If he had entered here in a high-profile manner as a lord from the beginning, he would probably have been propped up by these mixed organizations of dragons and snakes long ago, let alone easily straightening out the relationships here.
Fortunately, now that he and the Bull were still in the dark, the next thing to do was to find a way to invite a few participants off the table, and then swap himself in to continue.
Thinking of this, Jon ignored the yawning Bull who wanted to sleep, pulled him up, and carefully arranged some precautions.
At this moment, although the Bull's legs were trembling and his eyelids could hardly open, driven by instinct, he listened to all the baron's instructions.
Then, the master and servant split up and began to act.
When the sky just brightened the next day, the baron hiding his identity took the lead and rushed towards King's Landing.
As for the Bull, he continued to sleep until the sun was high in the sky before getting up and changing his disguise, starting to inquire about the things Jon had instructed.
...
Just as Jon was working hard to take root in Tampa, the Imp finally returned to Casterly Rock after going around in a big circle.
However, the Lannister family did not show any welcome or joy for this returning prodigal son, nor did they hold a grand reception banquet.
Apart from ordering someone to clean up his room, Duke Tywin let the Imp return to his room to fend for himself, and did not even summon his son during this period.
On the other side, Lady Catelyn finally left the Vale and headed towards the Trident.
Before returning to Winterfell, Catelyn Tully had an important matter to deal with.
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