Because the name of King Burning Tower was too unlucky, Arthur ordered this huge castle within a castle to be renamed the main castle.
King Hejian walked into the main entrance of Hundred Furnaces Hall and saw two middle-aged knights and their five followers from a long distance away.
Podrick, who was following Arthur, reminded him in a low voice: "It's the Knights Egilon Oakheart and Thaos Rowan from the Reach. They claim to have an audience with the new King of the River."
Arthur thought for a while, these two families were quite famous.
The Oakheart family descended from John "Oak", son of Garth "Green Hands".
Rumor has it that one day, Qingshou was on his way and encountered a storm, so he had to hide in a cave to take shelter from the rain.
The rain kept falling, and Qingshou was a young man with high energy. He was bored in the cave, so he rewarded himself.
So Oak John, who has both Garth and Giant blood, was born. Like many brothers and sisters, he started his own family in the Reach:
Oakheart in Ancient Oak City.
The family's clan language is deeply rooted, and its territory is at the junction of the Riverlands and the Westerlands. The coastal road passes through their home castle, Ancient Oak City.
"Blonde" Luo Wan, the founder of the Luowan family, is also a descendant of Qingshou. Rumor has it that "Blonde" was abandoned by his lover, so he cut off his own hair and wrapped it around an apple seed and buried it in the ground, whereupon a golden tree grew.
, so Luo Wan’s descendants settled there and built Golden Tree City as their family fort.
This family's territory includes the entire northern part of the Reach. They are relatively high among the second-tier nobles in the Reach, and they still have four to five thousand troops in hand.
"What do you two knights want from me?" Arthur walked up the steps and sat on the main seat.
The Riverbend Army to which these two men belonged was fighting for Tommen and Tywin, but they came to Harrenhal, which was a bit strange.
The gray-haired Thaos Rowan stretched his neck and stared at Arthur several times before replying: "Your Majesty the King of the River, we are here to see your dragon, if..."
"Do you think this is a zoo?" Arthur interrupted, "The dragon is not just for people to look at."
Alduin is still in his infancy and has no ability to protect himself. Even inside the castle, Gendry, who is responsible for feeding, is surrounded by twenty third-level sword and shield soldiers specially selected by Arthur and wearing plate armor.
Turning around with the dragon.
The two knights were from opposing camps, and Arthur did not dare to let them see the dragon with just one word.
An attendant handed a small wooden box to Knight Thaos. He opened the box and presented it to him with both hands respectfully.
"This is a Valyrian dagger, just as a gift for the two of us to meet you."
This Rowan was very polite. He raised the opened wooden box above his head with both hands and handed it to Podrick.
The latter quickly walked up the steps, checked it himself before handing the dagger to Arthur.
Like most corrugated steel devices, this dagger is surprisingly light. The blade is about thirty centimeters long. The handle is made of keel and is decorated with densely packed small diamonds. The largest one is about the size of a quail egg. Even in the dim light
In the castle, the gem on the handle of the knife still shines with dazzling light.
Great value!
In the entire continent of Westeros, there are more than 200 tile steel swords. The statistics of the Academy are 223, and they all have names. Except for the missing ones such as Light Howl, Black Fire, and Dark Sisters, most of the rest are hidden in
In the castles of those ancient families.
But there are more corrugated steel devices. Some bachelors' necklaces also have small rings made of corrugated steel, such as Maester Luwin of Winterfell. There are also some corrugated steel spoons, knives for eating and other small items.
These smaller corrugated steel objects have no names, so it is impossible to deduce their origins and owners.
But the origin of the dragonbone corrugated steel dagger is very clear, it must be Euron Greyjoy.
"Horn Collector" Euron is the younger brother of King Balon. When he was young, he ran away to travel around the world. He once risked his life and entered the ruins of Valyria. He got a set of Valyrian armor, a dragon egg, and more than a dozen
A dagger with a keel handle and a corrugated steel handle, and a dragon horn.
Among the things he obtained from the ruins, the most valuable in worldly terms were dragon eggs and a set of Valyrian steel armor.
This set of steel armor, even before the destruction of the Valyrian Free Fortress, was worth a kingdom. Now that the method of making Valyrian steel has been lost, it has become a truly priceless treasure.
The one with the highest magical value is the Dragon Controlling Horn.
It is rumored that blowing this horn can break the magical taboo that only forty members of the Valyrian Dragon King family can ride dragons, but the price will be to lose their lives and become a clan of death.
Equally important as the Horn of the Dragon is the Horn of Winter. It is said that this horn can break the magical effect of the Great Wall and prevent the White Walkers and corpses from passing through.
It’s hard to say what the price will be, but it may cause a White Walker to end his life completely.
But luckily, Fat Samwell found the Horn of Winter north of the Wall and brought it to the south to Old Town, where the Academy is located.
Therefore, unless there is a traitor in the living camp and the Horn of Winter is sent north of the Great Wall, there is a high probability that the White Walkers and the Night King will not be able to go south.
Of course, there are rumors that dragon flames can also destroy the Great Wall, but neither Arthur's Alduin nor Daenerys' three dragons could have gone to work for the Night King and the White Walkers during their lifetimes.
Back to business.
"I am a principled person. Before accepting the gift, I would like to ask where this dagger comes from?" Arthur asked.
The dragon eggs Euron obtained from the ruins were sent to the House of Black and White in Braavos to hire the Faceless Men to assassinate King Balon, but a lot of his daggers were leaked.
As far as Arthur knew, the dagger used by Joffrey to assassinate Bran was obtained by Robert from a bet in a tournament. Tracing its origin, it should have been passed down from the Free Trade Cities in the Eastern Continent.
Thaos Rowan did not hide anything and simply replied: "My Count Matus bought it from a certain Braavos merchant in the old town. The previous origin is not clear. But it is indeed Valery.
Yadagger, I think only a true dragon like you is worthy of using it, so I dedicate it to you."
Although this dagger looks small, it is quite expensive.
At the tournament, in order to please King Robert, someone used a similar dagger to make a bet with Robert, who offered him a hundred gold dragon coins, so that the dagger would fall into the king's hands.
Is a dragon-bone corrugated steel dagger worth a hundred gold dragons?
Of course not.
At least seven or eight hundred gold dragon coins are obtained, and they are priceless but not marketable.
Like this one, which is inlaid with gems and looks so good, a thousand golden dragons can't beat it.
The meeting gift is so valuable, but the Luowan family still has their sincerity.
"Your Majesty should have met with me in the High Court. At that time, I was sent by the Governor to go to the Duke of Metz to deal with the dispute between us and the Western Territory. However, the Duke asked us to endure it for a while. I wonder if you have any impression of this matter.
?”
Seeing that the King of the River was still deep in thought, Knight Egilon Oakheart used trivial matters to close the relationship.
Arthur looked at him and suddenly remembered that he had indeed met this person when he went to Highgarden to buy armor.
The territory of Ancient Oak City borders the Western Territory, so there have been many ownership disputes.
There should be no ill intentions between these two families, King Hejian came to the conclusion.
"You can meet my dragon, but the details about Alduin are not allowed to be revealed. Just keep it a secret." Arthur warned.
The best way to publicize something is to tell others about it as a secret.
The two knights hastily promised not to reveal the details of the dragon.
So Arthur whispered Alduin's name in Valyrian.
During this month at Harrenhal, Arthur has tested clearly that as long as the dragon is within a few hundred meters, there is some very special spiritual connection with him.
Specifically, both parties can roughly feel each other's position, and can use mental waves to convey information.
Since Alduin was replaced by the Eternal Emperor Joffrey, his magic power is much stronger. He can even hear Arthur's whispers within a certain range.
Valyrian only, of course.
The reverse doesn't work, Arthur can't use his mental power to hear its dragon roar.
Not long after, Alduin flapped his wings and flew in from the door like a whirlwind.
The two middle-aged knights turned around and stared blankly at the dragon gliding towards them.
Although Alduin was less than one meter long, due to its extremely large wings, its wingspan reached three meters, and its tail, which was as long as its body, actually frightened the two knights so much that they squatted down on the spot.
Arthur chuckled, stretched out his hand and asked Alduin to fly over.
"Don't frighten our guests," Arthur said to the young dragon in Common Tongue.
Of course it couldn't understand it, but since the River King's Valyrian vocabulary was limited, that was all it could do.
The two knights looked at the dragon flying on Arthur's shoulders, their eyes widened, and they wrote down all the details with the only speed in their lives.
Slightly different from the giant dragon in the records, this dragon's body is covered with sharp thorns, and the tips of the thorns are glowing with black light, making them very sharp at first sight.
Moreover, this dragon also has a tail as long as its body, with a spike at the end, which seems to be able to be used as a weapon.
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, can His Highness Alduin's tail also attack?" Knight Egilon Oakheart asked after swallowing hard.
Arthur touched the faucet, then pointed to the stone steps.
Alduin's huge dragon eyes revealed a hint of contempt. He slowly turned around and showed the details of his tail to the two guests.
When the two knights stared at the tip hungrily, Alduin flicked his tail extremely fiercely, making a sound of breaking through the air, and then, a small hole as big as a fist appeared on the steps.
"Hiss!" The knights who took two breaths looked as if they had a dye shop on their faces.
What they saw and heard today was enough to remember them for a lifetime.
…
Outside Storm's End, there is the tent of the Reach Army.
This is a huge tent that can accommodate hundreds of people for a masquerade party. There are indeed nearly a hundred people gathered here at the moment, but they are not dancing.
All the prominent nobles in the Reach gathered together to discuss whether to go north to fight alongside the Lion family.
In the center of the crowd, the two Earls Matus Rowan and Randyll Tarly were introducing their investigation results to everyone.
"...The dragon bearer may be an illegitimate child...the dragon egg should come from Summerhall...Joffrey I should have been burned, just like Stannis did..."
A few days ago, the two earls had returned to the military camp and reported the facts they found to the Duke of Metz and his two sons and one daughter, Garland, Loras, Margaery and other members of the feudal family.
He also suggested that the Duke of Metz wait and see, waiting for Stannis and Duskendale to have a war before deciding on his position.
In Duskendale City, the number of soldiers from the lord family including the golden robes was only over 3,000. While Stannis in King's Landing lost some soldiers during the siege, he added many more to the huge city of 500,000 people.
Manpower, the number of troops currently under its jurisdiction starts at least 20,000.
The Lannister family's troops are still in the west and will not be able to drive outside King's Landing on the east coast in the short term.
This leaves Duskendale and Tommen I in a precarious situation.
Lord Inflatable Fish himself was hesitant, so he sent Messenger Crow to Highgarden, hoping to get advice from his mother, the Queen of Thorns.
But the Queen of Thorns did not agree to wait and see the situation or join the so-called dragon worshipers. Lady Olenna believed that the dragon was just a widespread rumor.
During the Dance of the Blood Dragons, there were many dragons stabbed to death by the common people. Even if there was a baby dragon, the knights of the Reach could drown it with just a drop of spit. These are the exact words of the Queen of Thorns' letter.
She asked her son to lead the army to the north as quickly as possible to annihilate the false king Stannis, and then immediately held the wedding of Tommen and Margaery.
However, several knowledgeable and capable nobles under the Duke of Mace advocated waiting and watching the situation for the time being. Anyway, the siege of Storm's End was also a battle against Stannis, and the Lion family could not find any fault with this.
Mr. Inflatable Fish himself couldn't make up his mind, so he was ready to listen to the opinions of his vassals.
Therefore, nearly a hundred Hewan District House Governors and powerful knights were called to participate in this meeting.
These house governors whispered to each other and exchanged their opinions with each other.
Some people think that the Lion Family and King Tommen should be supported, while others think that the Dragon Holder is the real owner of the Iron Throne.
The remaining house governors did not speak. They understood that after the alliance between the Tyrell, Redwin, and Hightower families, the Rose family was able to suppress the entire Reach.
Not to mention that powerful second-tier nobles like Luo Wan are also peripheral members of that alliance.
Mr. Inflatable Fish was made even more opinionated by the crowd's voices, so he asked his second son: "What do you think of Garland?"
"Our family has dealt with that Arthur before." Garland remembered that time when he sold armor. "He was just an ordinary little nobleman from the Riverlands. He had no foundation at all. We have 60,000 people.
Even the Northern Riverlands and Stannis together can't defeat our alliance with the West, so I think it's better to quickly send our troops north to solve Tommen I's dilemma."
Loras was saved by Arthur, so he did not dislike the King of the River. He suggested to his father:
"If the Dragon Bearer really has a dragon, then he is the first in line to inherit the Iron Throne from Aerys II. Since my father fought for Targaryen sixteen years ago, he should be the same now."
Margery recalled the few times she had talked with Arthur, and she also held the same view as her third brother:
"The time he came to buy armor showed that he had a far-sighted vision and had already seen the coming war. Moreover, he was a good nobleman who loved his people very much. Chasing the Demon Mountain along the way earned him a lot of popularity among the farmers of the entire continent.
With his excellent reputation and his own military strength, he already looks like a king."
The Duke of Metz still said nothing.
So Little Rose added: "At least he looks like a king than Tommen, an eight-year-old boy. We can't be sure of the eight-year-old boy's character as an adult, but now we can understand all about the Dragon Holder. I heard that leaving
After entering the battlefield, he became a very gentle person."
Although Margaery doesn't care about her future husband's appearance, figure and personality, Arthur, who is already an adult man, does have an advantage over Tommen.
He loves his people, is gentle to others, is brave and invincible, has a handsome appearance, and has noble blood.
Only such a king is worthy of a queen like me.
Lord Randyll Tarly looked at the lord who was turning his head around and expressed his thoughts: "Miss Margaery is about to become the queen of Tommen I, but Arthur is not sure. I heard that he and Shan
Sarah Stark is very close, and the Frey family, the strongest of his men, also want to climb a high tree. Even if we throw ourselves over, we may not be able to get the queen's position."
The queen has always been the weak point of the Rose family.
His family's family status was too low, and he was only a steward of the Gardener family. However, most families in the Reach could be related to Greenhand Garth, and they had been intermarried with the Reach King's family for several generations.
Although they temporarily suppressed their vassals due to their kinship, fame was never worth it, so the Rose family always wanted to have a queen.
As early as Robert's lifetime, Loras and Renly conspired to marry Margaery to Robert, but the plan was not implemented in time.
The Duke of Metz finally made up his mind, "I will earn a title of queen for my daughter, and the army will set off immediately to march towards King's Landing."
…
Five days later, Riverrun.
Arthur finally knew what Simon Frey called the "little gift".
They actually sent assassins to kill Hendry, Jayne and other Janos Bracken's heirs, and they failed.
The six Hendrys were brought to Riverrun by Marco Piper and have been kept as hostages in the city.
The acting city lord of Riverrun is the legendary knight Blackfish, so the defense is naturally tight. The assassins sent by the Frey family were captured without killing a single target.
Although the assassin came from a small knight family in the Riverlands and was loyal to Seaside City, it was rumored that Arthur sent people to assassinate Hendry and others.
It's no wonder that there are rumors. If Hendry and others die, and Janos Bracken also dies in the war, Stonehedge City will be completely controlled by Arthur.
So the King of Hejian suffered the loss of being dumb.
After Heiyu learned the details of the assassin, he became extremely angry.
This legendary knight has a very good temper and would hate to see such sneaky and assassinated behavior.
So Arthur and others came to resolve the misunderstanding with Blackfish, and wanted to ask the Tullys to defend the Pink City area - they heard that the West was preparing to attack the Riverlands again, although they did not send as many soldiers as last time.
But Blackfish avoided seeing him, claiming that he only recognized Robb, King of the North and Three Rivers, and his heirs, not the king of chaos, and asked Sansa to entertain Arthur.
The two young men were interested in taking a concubine. After a routine meeting, they immediately dismissed all the attendants and servants, entered Sansa's residence and began to hold her and nibble on her.
But Miss Stark obviously had other ideas. After taking a few bites, she pushed Arthur away and her expression became solemn.
"I want you to promise me something."
Arthur didn't understand what she wanted to do, but he still agreed: "You said, I will do whatever I can do."
"I want to be your queen!"
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