Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 210 The Finger of the Harpy
The nine boxes were opened one by one, and it took more than a dozen slaves an hour to complete the counting of the gold coins.

[-] golden dragons, buy [-] Unsullied, cash transaction.

Even for Astapor, such a scene is rare in a century.

"After paying the money, the deal will be concluded, right?" Ian asked.

Opposite him were eight good Lords of Astapor in tokar robes with tassels.

According to the tradition of the Ghis, the tassels on the toka robes represent status. Among the slave traders in the shaded resting room at the top of the pyramid, two of the toka robes wear silver tassels, and five wear gold tassels. The tassel of the oldest Grazdan was a large white pearl.

Krazni mo Nakroz is only one of the five people who owns the golden tassel, if it is not because his main business is the Unsullied, and he owns more than half of the Unsullied instructors in Astapor, Then such a "good thing" as "Emperor Danggis" will definitely not fall on his head.

"Of course, my lord Ian," replied old Grazdan with the pearl tassel in his vague Valyrian tongue, "I regret that we could not agree on a further deal. But if you are willing to pay in gold For the fee, we can still accept Ghis Legionnaires who are not Unsullied for you."

"No need," Ian directly refused, "I want eight thousand Unsullied people is enough."

"Then it's a deal." Old Graztan spoke first.

"Deal." The other benefactors followed closely behind.

"Deal, deal...eight deals." The slave girl translated.

Krazni mo Nakroz was the last to speak, and after he finished speaking, several good lords looked at him meaningfully, as if they wanted to gloat.

Krazni mo Nakroz wanted to laugh, but his nephew Femor had warned him, so he could only keep a cold face at the moment, letting those mocking eyes sweep over his face .

You won't be arrogant for long!Krazny secretly thought, you will pay the price!

After cursing in his heart, Krazny stood up and walked towards Ian.

It is customary for him to complete the last part of the transaction as well.

"It's called the Finger of the Harpy, and it's the highest-level whip. With it, you can command the eight thousand Unsullied you have obtained and gain their absolute loyalty." Krazny handed Yi a whip. Well, and made an introduction.

The handle of the Finger of the Harpy was finely carved black keel, inlaid with gold, attached to nine slender leather strips, each tipped with a gold-plated claw.The weight ball at the end of the handle is a woman's head made of pure gold, with sharp teeth made of ivory in the mouth.

"Hold it, is that enough?"

"No," Krazny shook his head, "You still need to move to the Punishment Square. The Pride Square is too small to accommodate eight thousand Unsullied at a time. You need to go to the Punishment Square to have the final battle with our instructors." The transfer of power—our instructors will confirm to the Unsullied that the deal has been concluded, and their obedience has since been transferred to this whip."

It's reasonable, Ian secretly thought, after all Astapor is selling the Unsullied at any time, if there is no complete power transfer mechanism, wouldn't there be a mess among the bunch of whips sold?
Although this detail is not mentioned in the original book, Daenerys held up a whip in the punishment square to confirm to the Unsullied that the deal had been reached, which is probably what she was doing.

"However... the Unsullied can only understand Valyrian, you need an interpreter to order them," Krazni mo Nakroz grabbed Missandei's shoulder and pushed her forward, "Accept this one as our gift, symbolizing a successful transaction."

I don't know if Krazny vented his grievances against other benevolent lords on the little interpreter. He exerted a little force on his hands, and the little translator staggered forward a few steps and fell to the ground.

Daenerys, who was standing behind Ian, stepped forward quickly and helped her up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The little translator said hastily, "Please forgive me for being rude."

"It's not you who needs to apologize," Daenerys looked up at Krazny, "but the one who pushed you."

"No, no, no," the little translator was terrified, "The villain is just a slave, how can the master apologize for hurting the slave?"

"Don't call yourself a villain in front of me, what's your name?"

"Your slave is named Missandei."

"Missandei is not..." Daenerys wanted to release her on the spot and restore her freedom, but in the middle of speaking, the words of Ian yesterday suddenly rang in her mind.

If we fail, there will never be another one to break their chains, not in the past few thousand years, nor in the next few thousand years
No, I can't. Daenerys struggled, and finally swallowed the words back.

"Come with me, you will follow me from now on." Daenerys turned around and pulled Missandei into Ian's team of attendants.

"Your queen is really." Krazny heard the other slaves translate to him the words that Daenerys thought he should apologize to the slaves, and suddenly felt ridiculous.

"Too kind," Ian interrupted Krazny, not letting him say anything that might exacerbate the conflict, "She is still young, and sometimes she can't tell the difference between superior and inferior, and she will naturally understand after giving her some time A master is a master, and a slave is a slave."

"You are not very old, but you are always so sensible." Krazny saw the steps handed by Ian, and went down. He and Ian still had a big cooperation, and they had a friction over a slave Too unwise, "Then follow me to the punishment square."

"Please." Ian made a gesture of please, and walked to Daenerys after Krazny began to lead the way, "If you feel uncomfortable, you can go back to the boat first."

"No!" Daenerys replied decisively, "I want to see all this with my own eyes."

"." Ian blinked. He suddenly felt that Daenerys was more confident today than before. It was because the abolition cake he drew for her made her feel that he was on her side. Are you confident?

"As you wish," Ian didn't insist.

It would be good for Daenerys to see the miserable conditions of the slaves in the Punishment Square, so that when she uses the slaves in the future, she will involuntarily compare the state of the slaves with the slaves here. Those sweatshops in the future can be called beacons of freedom.

"But you must remember not to show any dissatisfaction." Ian reminded.

Soon, Ian and his party arrived at the Punishment Square, which was facing the main city gate of Astapor. Once Ian completed the transaction, he could take them out of the city and wait for Krazny to notify him to come back.

There are no bronze statues here, just a wooden platform where rebellious slaves were tortured, skinned and strangled.

"The good lords put it here so that it would be the first thing new slaves see when they come into town," Missandei whispered to Daenerys.

Daenerys heard the words and looked towards the wooden platform. There were many slaves tied up on it, and their skins were peeled off in long, curly strands like peeling apples.

Daenerys was on the verge of gagging, but she didn't take her eyes away.

I am of the blood of the true dragon, she whispered in her heart.

Crossing the execution platform, Daenerys finally saw this expensive army in the middle of the square.

Row after row of them stood, each of them an inhuman stone.

Ian was riding a tall white horse, passing through the rows of bricks. He held up the Harpy Finger in his hand, and cooperated with the instructors of the Unsullied in the transfer of power.

When Ian finished the last phalanx, Daenerys knew that these brick eunuchs were all hers now.

(End of this chapter)