Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 82 Dragon Cave Exploration ([-])

Bypassing the closed bronze gate, Ian and his men entered the dragon lair through a collapsed wall.

Passing through the gap under the boulder, Ian quickly came to a hall.

After entering inside, his first reaction was cold.

Obviously still in the long summer, Ian, who was wearing a silk shirt, plate armor and burqa, actually shuddered the moment he walked in.

This hall is very empty, even reaching a shocking level. Its length and width are more than 30 meters, and the surrounding walls are as high as [-] to [-] meters. There is nothing in the whole hall, which inexplicably gives people a sense of loneliness. .

After passing through the hall, Ian and his party immediately came to an identical 'hall'.

Only then did he realize that these spaces, which were larger than any castle hall in Westeros, were merely 'dragon chambers' for a dragon to live in.

Ian couldn't help but think of the description Quentin Martell recalled when he stole the dragon from the Dragon Mother in the original book - the closed dragon's lair restricted the growth of the dragons in it, and none of the dragons bred in the dragon's lair reached The size of Vagarhar or Meraxes is much smaller than the Black Death.

Seeing these 'Dragon Chambers', Ian was a little suspicious of the records Quentin had seen. After all, although the 'Black Death' Balerion could not live here, it was already possible to live in Meraxes or the early Vagarhar. More than enough.

Perhaps what really affected the development of these giant dragons was not the small space here, but the inability to fly freely.

"Everyone, look around and see where there is an entrance to the underground passage." After walking for a while, Ian began to give orders to his companions.

Although he said it lightly, he knew in his heart that this was a big project.

The dragon's lair is too big, and most of it is covered by ruins. It is obviously very difficult to find the passage leading to the underground of the flea nest that Ian imagined.

Fortunately, he has time and manpower advantages over other players.

After the mercenaries dispersed, Ian took a torch from Rolle's hand, and now there were only Rolle, Case, and Bronn by his side.

They found a spiral staircase, and after Ian confirmed that there was oxygen below, they followed the staircase and began to explore the ground.

The four torches illuminated the entire corridor in orange red, and the echoes of the footsteps of Ian and others echoed in the long stone corridor.

Ian put the torch close to the wall, and found that there were many murals covered with ashes, telling stories about how to train dragons.

Walking through the corridor, they finally came to a pair of stone walls, where there were armors covered with dust, like guards standing here.

These armors are all made of black fine steel, and the helmets are inlaid with dragon scales. Ian reached out and touched one of them, wanting to find one or two intact parts, but to his disappointment, these armors had already been corroded, light With a light touch, it disperses into dust.

"It's a dead end." Bronn made a judgment after inspecting the four weeks. "There is no other passage here."

It was bad news, but not the first Ian heard tonight.

Because more than 20 of them searched for half the night without any gains.

They explored a total of 44 basements, 18 underground corridors, and found 2 secret tunnels, but neither of these two tunnels led to the direction of the flea nest, and there was nothing inside.

But generally speaking, this is still within Ian's expectations. After all, the dragon's lair is so big and has collapsed for many years.

When they came this time, they had already brought enough wine and food, and they were ready to search here for a few days.

After all, compared to finding the tunnel exit at the end of the flea nest, the difficulty of finding the tunnel at the Dragon's Den is still much less.

That night, the number of players, which had been stagnant for several days, changed again and came to 68.

The next day, Ian and the others started their operations again. This time they searched all the searchable parts of the entire Dragon Cave ruins.

This time he found the wildfire pots that appeared in the original book, but he still found nothing in terms of authenticity.

This made Ian wonder whether the exit of the target tunnel in the dragon's lair had been buried by the collapsed boulder.

But if they want to verify this problem, they have to start dealing with those subsidence areas. This is a huge project that depends on luck, and Ian is not willing to choose this option.

And he doesn't quite believe that the system will design tasks like this.

If the clues sold in the mall point to the dragon's lair, then the tunnel exit of the dragon's lair should be easier to find than the exit of the flea nest. value.

So Ian ordered his subordinates to search the areas that had already been explored again, this time paying attention to some blind spots and possible institutions.

The time soon came to the third day, and the exploration in the dragon's lair still had no progress, but the number of remaining players was reduced to 67 last night.

Ian knew that these 8 points could not be saved, so he logged into the Points Mall to purchase the fourth clue.

[The transaction is successful, get the second clue of the bounty task (sacred), remaining points: 10]

Holy looked at the last clue, and Ian felt a headache for no reason. On this bounty task 15, he spent a total of [-] points to buy clues.

Of course, as long as he took down a box, the cost would definitely be a good deal, but if he couldn't take it down, it would be a pure injustice.

Unfortunately, this last piece of news failed to bring any breakthrough to Ian's treasure hunt.

Because the word "sacred" seems to only point to the dragon's lair.

Of course, the dragon's lair itself has nothing to do with the word sacred. The reason why [sacred] points to it is because the place where the dragon's lair is located was once the holy place of King's Landing City - the Temple of Thoughts.

During the reign of Aenys I Targaryen, because the Faith of the Seven Gods could not tolerate the incest of intermarriage in the Targaryen family and some other factors, the church at that time launched an armed uprising known as the "Religious Order" rebellion.

In the early days of the rebellion, the church relied on the two armed sects of the "Son of Warriors" and the "Assembly of the Poor" as well as a large number of mobs to expel the Targaryen royal family from King's Landing. The rebellion was eventually suppressed.

And the successor of Aenys I, the "cruel" Maegor I himself, rode the giant dragon "Black Death" Balerion left by his father (probably the largest dragon "Drogon" in the fifth volume 20 times) descended on the Reynes Hills, and burned the Sanctuary of Thinking with dragon flames, killing thousands of believers including 700 elite warrior sons at one time.

Afterwards, Maegor I ordered the ruins of the sanctuary to be cleared, and a dragon's lair was built on top of it.

The ruins where Ian is now, as the combination of the former Temple of Remembrance and the Dragon's Lair, undoubtedly fit the three clues of [death], [remains] and [sacred], but [underground].
etc!underground?
Suddenly, Ian figured everything out.

(End of this chapter)