Chapter 258 Stump and the Red God, the new king ascends the throne
Rumble~
The series of violent explosions finally ended.
Stannis covered his buzzing head and stared blankly at the smoke and dust on the other side.
Even if you are several hundred meters away and hiding on the back of a hillside, you can still feel the terrifying shock wave of the explosion.
Only after all the loud noises stopped and Chen Mu's voice sounded from the other side of the mountain did Stannis regain his consciousness.
He immediately ran to a higher place to observe the battle just now.
Three rocket launchers, which were comparable to 400mm caliber artillery shells, blasted several craters several meters deep in the front.
If Dragonstone hadn't been dominated by rocks, the pit would have been at least twice as large.
The terrifying kinetic energy of the explosion blew all nearby trees within a hundred meters into their trunks, and all trees within 30 meters of the center of the explosion were shattered.
Stannis was stunned!
Such a terrifying scene simply overturned his cognition.
Even a terrifying wildfire would never have such power.
"Is this magic?" Davos next to him asked in a voice.
Stannis also looked at Ju Chengyan next to him: "Brother, is this magic?"
Ju Chengyan shook his head: "You can call it technology, this is the power of technology."
"The power of technology?" Stannis glanced at the pit, then looked around.
The red voice had disappeared. He guessed that the woman who was so haunting was most likely turned into scum~
Thinking of such a beautiful woman being reduced to rubbish, he sighed slightly.
Davos, who was next to him, saw his lord acting like this and quickly acted as a warm-up tool: "Can you tell us what happened just now?"
Ju Chengyan shrugged his shoulders: "The apostle of the evil god wants to attack us, but we are forced to fight back. You can ask your guards."
Davos looked to his side.
The guard nodded in fear.
"Indeed, that red-robed woman was crazy. As soon as she got outside, she said that the people from the Eastern Tang Dynasty were foreigners and demons. Then she suddenly waved her sleeves and summoned flames to attack them. Brar did not escape and was burned directly.
Ashes!"
Stannis looked at the guard coldly: "Did she kill Brar?"
The guard nodded: "Yes, that woman threw out a handful of powder, and Brar turned into a candle on the spot. If we hadn't seen the opportunity to escape, we would have been killed by that woman!"
Davos took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire: "My lord, the woman in red came here very strangely, and what she did was indeed not like a normal person."
Chen Mu came over and said to Stannis: "Your Majesty, is that woman your distinguished guest?"
Stannis nodded, and then asked tentatively: "Why did she attack you?"
Chen Mu nodded: "We have encountered the evil magic used by that woman before!"
"Oh? Have you ever met before?"
Chen Mu said directly: "Yes, Your Majesty, when we went to the continent of Westeros, we had a confrontation with these believers of the Red God at sea."
"These people are typical fanatics. They worship the Red God and regard all beliefs in other gods as evil... Unfortunately, we non-believers are also pagans. So... we have a lot of conflicts at sea. She
The reason for trying to attack us is most likely because they think we are heretics."
Stannis thought about what Melisandre had done these days and what she had said to him.
"Do you think she and the Lord of Light are evil?"
Chen Mu shook his head: "I'm sorry, Lord Duke, good and evil are not ours to evaluate. I think you must have a deep understanding of the behavior of that priestess."
Stannis nodded with a smile.
"Yes, she is just an evil witch... Davos, take them to the Dragonstone drawing room and entertain them well. I want to be alone!"
Davos accepted this task.
Before leaving, Chen Mu said again: "Your Excellency, that red-robed woman is full of charming magic. Her body fragments need to be specially burned. Your men cannot withstand the temptation of magic, so we have to deal with it ourselves."
clean."
"Okay, you can handle it!"
Stannis took another deep look at several large pits, and then returned to the study alone.
He needed to calm down and throw away the prophecies he had seen with his own eyes before.
Stannis sat on his desk, thinking about what he had done these past few days!
Little did he know that a bionic mechanical snake had quietly crawled into the corner of the study.
After a while, Davos looked for Stannis.
"Do you think what those people from the Eastern Tang Dynasty said is true?"
Davos replied respectfully: "My lord, I'm sorry. I can't analyze whether what they said is true or false."
"Hey..." Stannis rubbed his brows: "I've read all the news about the Eastern Tang people, and so far, their evaluations are all positive. Do I need to believe them?"
"As long as it is beneficial to Westeros, we can try to absorb their knowledge."
"Prepare ships and troops. I am going to return to King's Landing and have my men speed up the search for dragon crystal veins."
"What should we do with the Tang people from the East?"
"Entertain them with the highest courtesy! Confirm the location of the dragon crystal before proceeding."
Davos nodded, then respectfully left Stannis's office, and went to entertain Chen Mu and others!
Stannis was the only one in his office, sitting alone in a daze.
But Stannis looked very strange at this moment. He kept looking at the flames in front of him. It was as if something was about to jump out of the flames.
The other side.
After Chen Mu confirmed that Stannis had no ill intentions for the time being, he began to wash, eat and rest.
Others continue to search for Melisandre's remains.
After three cannonballs, Melisandre's body was almost in pieces. It was very difficult for them to collect it!
Fortunately, they found Melisandre's ruby fragment.
They collected these fragments and stored them in Chen Mu's personal space, waiting for Professor Tian and others to study them when he returns to the north next time.
It's a pity that Melisandre was too aggressive and fought with Chen Mu immediately when they met, which meant that they had no time to trick her out of her magic.
However, they felt relieved when they thought that Zhang Zongze, who was far away in the north, was practicing hard and mass-producing Taoist talismans and seals.
Here I focus on the talisman!
The talisman seal is obtained from the world of Kung Fu.
They obtained the methods of making talismans and seals from some Taoists, such as exorcism, refining corpses, warding off evil spirits, thunder methods, and golden light spells.
Because these things require a certain level of realm and aura to drive them, the weak Chunfeng Team is completely unable to reproduce these talismans.
Fortunately, the world of ice and fire has spiritual energy!
Some time ago, through various complex scientific experiments, it was confirmed that some strange materials in the world of ice and fire can be used to make usable talismans!
For example, the corpse-refining talisman has been made, and the corpse-refining talisman can also be made.
Evil-proof charms have also been occasionally made, but the evil-proof charms have not yet been tested.
For example, the improved rocket launcher used by Chen Mu actually contains high-explosive materials inside, as well as some talisman and inscription lines. These lines can allow the rocket to absorb the aura floating in the air, making the explosives more powerful.
The effect is stronger.
As time goes by, they master more and more secrets of Taoist Xuanmen talismans and seals.
It won’t take long for the more you learn, the road to industrialization of Taoist talismans and seal scripts will begin!
Of course, this is just a beautiful idea ~ specific difficulties still need to be overcome little by little.
Distant Essos, in the Temple of the Lord of Light!
With the death of Melisandre, the flame representing the Lord of Light surged out of thin air.
Benero, the high priest of the Lord of Light who had been staying in the temple, suddenly opened his burning pupils: "Foreigners, damn bastards."
"High Priest, what's wrong with you?" Several red-robed priests serving outside heard the wailing inside and asked quickly.
High Priest Benero gasped and said ferociously: "Let Magiro come over!"
"yes!"
After a while, a guy with skin as black as asphalt, a round belly, and a tattoo with a red flame pattern on his face walked in!
Benero's burning eyes stared at Magiro: "There are followers of the evil god appearing in Westeros. They have deep malice towards the Red God. You must personally lead the team to eliminate them."
"High Priest, there is no belief in the Red God in Westeros, so our power is very limited!"
Benero said ferociously: "I will give you divine power and a team of first-level priests. You must kill them at all costs!"
After speaking, he took out a gem that was almost burning, and then placed the gem in a special box.
"If that doesn't work, use this gem. Remember, do it at all costs!"
Ma Qiluo solemnly took the box and then left!
Watching the high priest leave, Benero said to himself: "Foreigners have repeatedly destroyed my arrangements and taken away my tools to deal with the Cold God. Where did you come from? Why can't I find yours?
Heels?"
With a wave of his hand, the Red God's Hall suddenly closed.
Calm immediately returned to the temple.
Outside the Red Temple, Priest Magiro has summoned more than thirty red-robed priests and monks, and set off with hundreds of warriors.
They have to cross thousands of mountains and rivers to reach King's Landing in Westeros, and then assassinate the guy the high priest ordered to destroy.
King's Landing, Blackwater Port.
Eddard and the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms stood in front of the dock, quietly waiting for the arrival of Stannis Baratheon.
Woo~
The bull's horn sounded, and the knights of Dragonstone were the first to dismount.
After confirming that the surrounding area was safe, Stannis disembarked from the ship.
Seeing his high-spirited brother disembarking from the boat, Renly looked at Eddard and others, with obvious unwillingness on his face.
It's a pity that his escape speed was too slow. Now that the matter has come to this, he must accept the reality.
He didn't want to have his head chopped off by his stubborn brother.
He hasn't had enough good days yet!
After getting off the boat, Ed greeted him: "This is the edict left by the previous king."
Stannis smiled and took the document, looked at it, and then looked at the crowd.
Stannis once served as Sea Lord in King's Landing. He has been in power in King's Landing for many years and is very familiar with the people here.
The people in the crowd noticed Stannis looking at them and saluted respectfully.
There are many people in the Seven Kingdoms, but the core members of Lannister are missing.
"Where are the lions?"
Ed replied: "Because of their sensitive identities, they are all under house arrest at the moment."
Stannis nodded, and then led everyone to the Red Keep.
After he confirmed that things here were basically as Eddard said, Stannis breathed a sigh of relief: "Did Tywin reply to the message?"
Ed replied from the side: "Their army is raging in the Riverlands, and the soldiers transferred to the Great Wall are also ready to return to the West."
"What about the Vale of Arryn, the Reach and Dorne?"
"The Vale of Arryn swore allegiance to you, but Lysa said that the child was still young and was infected with the disease, so she could only send Bronze Yohn to attend the king's ceremony. Prince Oberon from Dorne will arrive soon, and the Reach... Then
Bian sent someone, but they need His Majesty's commitment."
Stannis frowned slightly.
In the Usurper's War more than ten years ago, the people of the Reach were loyal to the Targaryen family. The people of the Reach once sent a large army to besiege Robert's home base of Storm's End.
Stannis led his soldiers to guard Storm's End for two years, and his troops suffered heavy casualties. If it hadn't been for the onions and sea fish brought by the Onion Knight Davos from the sea in the later period, Storm's End would never have been able to hold it.
The defense campaign lasted for two years. Stannis fought very hard, and many of his confidants died at the hands of the people in the Reach.
After Robert defeated the Dragons, the people of the Reach were not welcomed and were basically excluded from the core class of Westeros. Stannis's hatred has been left to this day.
The current hesitation in the Reach is naturally due to him.
"Let Mace Tyrell of the Riverlands come to King's Landing to swear allegiance, and I can forget about them. Also, the position of Lord Treasurer of King's Landing is now vacant."
Hearing this, Ed breathed a sigh of relief.
What he fears most is that Stannis excludes the Rose family in the Reach regardless of the importance.
You must know that the Rose family has the largest population in the Reach. Although their combat effectiveness is a bit poor, they can recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers if they are pressed.
"Also, send a message to Lannister. If you don't want the Lion family to be destroyed, let him come and swear the oath in person."
Ed sighed: "Your Majesty, Tywin may not surrender."
Stannis sneered: "The West is not peaceful. Send ravens to the people in Brand City, Crag City, Nunn Castle, and Golden Tooth. Whoever takes Tywin's head can get the title of Duke of the West. I think
Prince Oberyn of Dorne will definitely take on the main force in attacking Lannister!"
Ed took a breath of air.
This is going to annihilate the race!
Stannis slapped Eddard heavily on the shoulder: "Duke Eddard, you have also experienced the war more than ten years ago. I have heard that you are a person who cherishes the lives of your people. Do you want to see the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros?"
Into the flames of war again?"
"A Lannister's crime will not lead to death!"
Stannis shook his head: "What is the Lannister language?"
"Listen to my roar!"
"But people in Westeros only know that [Lannister debts must be paid]."
Ed was silent for a moment and then said seriously: "I hope your Majesty can forgive Joffrey, Tyrion and others. They are innocent."
Stannis hesitated for a long time before replying: "Okay, let them all wear black clothes!"
Eddard quickly thanked Stannis.
After the new king came to the throne, he showed the resolute behavior of his generals.
He first appointed his confidant Mel Collison as the new Grand Maester of King's Landing, and then appointed his knight Davos as Minister of Coastal Defense and Minister of Intelligence.
Then he said to the nobles of the seven countries: "The finance minister is tentative. In seven days, I will be crowned and become the new guardian of Westeros."
Stannis's ascension to the throne seemed to be inevitable, and countless ravens flapped their wings and flew towards the Castle of the Seven Kingdoms in Westeros.
