Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 178 The Departing Ship

The 'Kiss of the Breeze' has left the coast of Pentos for three hours, and the sea in Pentos Bay is full of ships escaping from the port.

The blazing fire in the city behind made the captains and sailors who had escaped secretly rejoice.

"Is it worth it?" After sending Daenerys into the cabin and letting her sleep peacefully, Celia returned to the deck and came to Ian's side, "To destroy a city and lose Hazan as an ally Is it worth it to prevent her from marrying Mawang?"

"I told you the reason," Ian shrugged, "The plot of the original book is very easy to be brutally destroyed. It is a clear card for us to follow Daenerys. There are countless ways for other players to make our plan come to nothing. .

In contrast, we directly steal Daenerys, but it can reverse the plans of other players.

For example, those players who may be hiding in Drogo's Casali, they may have prepared a huge trap for us, but in the end they couldn't even see Dragon Mama. "

"But there are also many disadvantages," Celia retorted immediately, "We have established three enemies, Illyrio, Prince Hazan, and Drogo at the same time."

"No, our only enemy is Drogo. Hazan and Illyrio won't cause us trouble anymore." Ian shook his head, his falcon had already left after witnessing the end of Illyrio came to Pentos, and was pursuing their ship.

Celia was stunned for a while before slowly saying, "You scare me."

"Then do you think I will be afraid when doing all this?" Ian suddenly laughed, with a slightly crazy smile, "Do you think that when I am doing all this, I am just like a machine?" In this way, everything is done at your fingertips according to the predetermined procedures, or is it trembling and walking on thin ice?"

"This?" Celia didn't expect Ian to have such a sudden reaction.

"Do you think I was scared when I suddenly found out that you were a player? Do you think I was scared when I suggested a plan with Illyrio and brought my private goods? Do you think I was bringing During the journey of the Long family brothers and sisters fleeing to the port, have I ever been afraid?

I am afraid all the time.

Every time I eat, I am afraid that the food will be mixed with poison.Every time before I go to bed, I am afraid that I will never wake up again.Everytime I see a stranger, I'm scared that he's a player, and suddenly he'll pull out a dagger and slit my throat"

As if realizing his gaffe, Ian's words stopped abruptly. After taking a deep breath, he returned to his usual expression.

"But the good news is that all the things that have scared me so far are dead, and I'm still alive and well," Ian spread his hands, "so I need to remind you, don't do anything behind my back. Little move, I am very timid, once I find out that you have done anything that I cannot confirm your intentions, I will treat it as a betrayal at the first time, and eliminate the threat at all costs."

Unexpectedly, this time, Celia was neither angry nor afraid after listening to it, but laughed instead, "After venting, do you feel a lot more comfortable?"

"Which player is not like this?" she continued. "For a long time in the past, especially after two of my allies were eliminated, I was in exactly the same situation as you. This is a game of cannibalism , if the psychology is not strong enough, the player will drive himself crazy in the end”

"I have already made mental preparations before the competition," Ian interrupted Celia, "Okay, I don't want to continue this topic. How is Daenerys?"

"She is already asleep," Celia wisely did not continue to struggle, "but she has a severe fever."

"Very good." Ian nodded.

"Very good?" Celia asked strangely, "Aren't you worried about what happened to her?"

"It would be an anecdote if dragons were physically harmed by a fever," Ian said noncommittally. "If I'm right, she's dreaming about dragons. Didn't she do it on the eve of Drogo's wedding in the original book?" Is it? It's early now."

"Dragon dream? Daenerys' dragon dream on the eve of the wedding is a harbinger of the appearance of the dragon, which indicates that Illyrio gave her three dragon eggs at the wedding the next day," Celia wondered, "We are now And without dragon eggs, what kind of dragon dream is she dreaming of?"

"We don't have dragon eggs?" Ian chuckled, "Why should I take Longma away without dragon eggs?"

"So you have already stolen it." Celia suddenly realized.

"So what are you going to do?" she asked immediately, "How are you going to hatch these three eggs? In the original book, Daenerys walked in when Drogo became a vegetable and the fetus was aborted." The birth of a dragon in exchange for flames, but there are different opinions about the conditions for the birth of a dragon."

"I'm more inclined to say that it's a blood-for-blood black magic," Ian replied. "The Mother of Dragons exchanged the lives of her husband Drogo, her son Rhaego, and the witch Mirri Maz Duur. The birth of three dragons."

"And I think this kind of statement is the most unreliable," Celia retorted, "Because before Daenerys, I have never heard that the birth of a dragon requires a blood sacrifice, and even if there is no human intervention, the dragon itself Don't you want to hatch eggs?"

"Thinking like this only shows that you haven't figured out a problem, that is, what we have in our hands are dragon egg fossils, not dragon eggs. Of course, fresh dragon eggs don't need these fancy things, but we want to get them from stones. For life, there must be a sacrifice of life, and exchanging life for life is the general law of magic in this world."

"When you say that, it seems that I have overlooked it?" But Celia reluctantly agreed with Ian's theory, "Even if you are right, the third person used for sacrifice should not be Mirri Ma. Z Duur, right? Khal Drogo is the strongest horse king on the sea grass, Rhaego is the son of Drogo and Dany, the khal who conquered the world in the prophecy, what the hell is Miri? A witch? If Her blood can be exchanged for a dragon, so is that my blood?"

At the end, Celia's voice stopped abruptly. She seemed to realize that she had accidentally said something terrible, and smiled awkwardly at Ian's gaze.

"Don't worry, you are still far behind." Ian was a little bit dumbfounded, "Do you really think that Mirri Maz Duur is only at your level?"

"My level is not bad, okay?"

"We obtain magical power through the system, and are not affected by the decline of magic power in this world," Ian shook his head, "but they are different, do you remember when Mirri Maz Duur used it?" Blood magic?"

"After Drogo got hurt?"

"Before the dragon was born." Ian emphasized, "It is well known that the revival of the magic tide in A Song of Ice and Fire was brought about by Dani's three dragons. Before that, the magic of this world had disappeared for an unknown number of years.

Whether it is the holy flame servants of Volantis or the wizards in the Immortal Temple of Qarth, they are all in a powerless state before the magic tide recovers. The particularity of a city can retain very little power. "

"And Mirri Maz Duur, the priestess of the High Shepherd, could use blood magic in Lazarin to keep Drogo alive before the magic tide appeared, and turned the fetus in Dany's womb into a A monster, think about it carefully, if she can survive until the magic tide arrives, what level will her magic power reach?"

"She's underestimated." Celia helped Ian come to a conclusion.

"She is seriously underestimated. In fact, the power contained in Mirri Maz Duur's blood will never be lower than that of the so-called king's blood. This is why burning her can bring a dragon."

"Okay," Celia nodded, and then seemed to remember something, "So... why did you insist on bringing Viserys' body on board?"

(End of this chapter)