Joffrey was "sparring" with Jaime.
Although it looked more like a one-sided beating.
The Kingslayer appeared quite relaxed, even keeping his left hand behind his back.
"Left chest, right chest, head, neck..."
He called out his targets in advance, and Joffrey tried his best to parry and dodge with his sword, but he was still hit by nearly half of the attacks.
Clearly, if it were a real fight, this sparring session would have ended much sooner.
Joffrey was not discouraged.
Jaime was a renowned brave knight in the Seven Kingdoms, and losing to him was no disgrace for anyone, let alone Joffrey, who was a complete novice.
Although it was embarrassing, this sacrifice was nothing compared to making up for his lack of close combat skills.
So even a wooden sword hurts this much when it hits you.
"Let's take a break, no more fighting."
Joffrey dropped the wooden sword in his hand and sat directly on the ground nearby, panting heavily.
Jaime twirled his sword and put the wooden sword back into his belt.
"I hope you remember, for a warrior, abandoning your sword means surrender or even death."
Joffrey just felt he was showing off.
Jaime sat down next to Joffrey. In the past few days, Joffrey had actually taken the initiative to spar with him, and his impression of Joffrey had improved like never before.
"Swords are not simple things. Do you know how to successfully finish someone off?"
Jaime shared his experience.
"Stab forcefully into the heart, or twist it around a few times in the belly. You can also cleave their head, provided they are not wearing a helmet."
"Of course, if you capture someone, you can be merciful and give them a quick end, by beheading."
Jaime observed Joffrey's reaction with interest.
"There's actually a lot of skill in beheading."
"The bones in a person's neck are very hard. Only by sliding smoothly through the gap between the bones, in a place less than half a fingernail wide, can you cleanly take off their head."
"Otherwise, it's too ugly, it takes a long time to chop off, it's like smashing it off with a hammer, no one would like that sight."
Joffrey listened carefully to Jaime's teaching, showing neither excitement nor fear.
He knew what Jaime was talking about.
The most vulnerable part of the spine is the intervertebral disc connecting adjacent vertebrae, which is a soft tissue structure, naturally not as hard as bone.
He also knew.
There are 7 vertebrae in the cervical spine, but there is no intervertebral disc between the first and second cervical vertebrae, so there are a total of 5 intervertebral discs in the cervical spine.
To behead someone, you have to find these 5 lines.
He remembered the special sensation from last night. Was that Son of the Prostitute also beheaded?
He knew he could sense the death of the Son of the Prostitute immediately.
The Mirror Image Rune has a wide range of uses, not only sensing the existence of other Rune Mirror Images but also controlling and sensing the destruction of Rune Mirror Images.
Once the host dies, the Rune Mirror Image naturally disappears with them.
But in addition to the sensation last night, he also received a surge of abundant energy.
It was familiar Rune Energy, more than three times the Rune Energy required for the two Rune Mirror Images he had given to the Son of the Prostitute.
Although the growth rate of Rune Energy for Rune Mirror Images is the same as that of the Rune itself, even so, it was impossible to accumulate so much Rune Energy in just four days.
So, is Rune Energy really related to a person's Soul?
Joffrey felt he had discovered a bug: give Rune Mirror Images to others, and then harvest them regularly.
The more Rune Energy spent, the more "leeks" grow;
The more leeks, the more Rune Energy earned back;
The more earned, the less spent.
That is: the more Rune Energy spent, the less Rune Energy spent.
He "looked at" the 33 units of Rune Energy in his account, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously curved into an arc.
In the past few days, he had meditated on the two unknown patterns on the Dragon Egg, and had successively obtained the Growth Rune and the Contract Rune.
As the name suggests, the Growth Rune allows the host to break through the limits of normal physical growth and lifespan, which is probably why Dragons can continuously grow larger.
The Contract Rune is not very sensitive; currently, he only knows that it can make two creatures form a mysterious connection and sense each other.
Dragonrider and Dragon?
He also knew the limit of Rune Energy growth – 5 units per day.
Although he already had 6 Runes, the growth rate of Rune Energy did not change with the appearance of the sixth Rune.
5 units per day is more than enough for one person, but it's not enough to develop a force.
In the foreseeable future, he will need a lot of Rune Energy, the more the better.
Now it seems that harvesting might be an option.
The Hound walked up to the two of them.
"Ser Jaime. Your Highness, the Lion has fully recovered."
Joffrey stood up excitedly.
"That's enough for today, Uncle Jaime."
Sword practice can wait.
But he was already impatient to tame such a giant beast.
In a cage even sturdier and larger than the one in King's Landing, the giant Lion stared with its sharp, golden eyes at everyone who passed by.
There was no doubt that as soon as the cage disappeared, it would immediately tear apart these noisy guys in front of it.
Joffrey stopped in front of the cage.
The arrow wounds on the giant Lion were gone, its fur was smooth and shiny as before, and its eyes were bright as if it were surveying its territory.
Although he had seen it many times, Joffrey couldn't help but marvel at its immense size.
He suspected it weighed even more than one or two tons.
If such a beast had such presence, it was hard to imagine how shocking a several-hundred-year-old Dragon would be.
No wonder the Seven Kingdoms had once bowed before the Targaryens.
He started to think about his Dragon Egg again.
Could a Dragon Egg really only be hatched by someone of Valyrian blood? Was it some kind of magic, genetic technology, or because they had mastered the secret conditions for Dragon reproduction?
Roar~~
The giant Lion let out a deep roar, and the surge of air ruffled Joffrey's golden hair.
"You're not being good, you're even drooling."
He patted its head.
The giant Lion suddenly shook its head, and its sharp teeth hit the steel bars of the cage right after Joffrey's hand.
The dozens of iron chains tied to it rattled incessantly, and the entire cage shook.
The Hound stepped forward.
"Your Highness, this beast is too fierce, it's better to be careful."
Joffrey directly drew Dragonflame and extended the tip of the sword into the giant Lion's wide-open mouth inside the cage.
"If you're really powerful, bite down!"
The Fire Magic Energy inherent in Dragonflame was enough to make the giant Lion feel the heat of the sword, and its sharpness and sturdiness were self-evident.
The giant Lion turned its head away and didn't react further.
"Sandor, come here and hold Dragonflame."
Joffrey walked to the other side of the cage and pressed down on the giant Lion's hind leg.
Perhaps unwilling to be injured by the sharp sword in its mouth, the giant Lion lay there and ignored Joffrey.
Joffrey successfully fused a Fire Rune Mirror Image into the giant Lion.
He was looking forward to what would happen next.
The giant Lion already had a Fire Rune. How would the two Runes coexist now?
He felt it.
The power of the Fire Rune Mirror Image suddenly increased several times. Had it merged?
But he could still control this Mirror Image.
He smiled smugly. Little Lion, you can't run away now, can you?
Be good.
Obey.
Let me get on.
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