Game of Thrones: The Strongest Guoguang

Chapter 28 Glass Candles
Glass candles are not made of glass in the traditional sense, but candles made of obsidian, which originated in Valyria.

Obsidian, also known as dragon crystal, used to be rich in obsidian in Valyria. Not only the great wizards used it, but also the children of the forest who lived in Westeros also used obsidian to polish it into arrows to attack the enemy.

"Your Highness, the Valyrians associate obsidian with magic and dragons, and glass candles do have magical properties." The president of the Alchemists' Guild, the wise Jan Summer, continued to answer Rhaenyla's doubts.

"I heard that the ancestors - those wizards of the Freedom Bastion can rule the world by burning glass candles?"

"Yes, they can see things thousands of miles away, enter other people's dreams to show visions, and even communicate with people who are not geographically connected."

When Rhaenyla heard this, she suddenly thought of one of the three dragon seekers who came after her late-night junior Daenerys hatched a dragon in the red wasteland: the shadow-binder Kuaili from Asshai. .

She appears in Daenerys' bathroom in Meereen and gives her cryptic warnings, the first of which is "the glass candle is lit".

This seemed to herald the return of magic, and the dragon brought magic that made the glass candles shine again.

"All magic in Valyria comes from blood and fire. In that distant era, the powerful blood and magic in their bodies could make dragonglass candles emit strange, pale, uncomfortable flames.

There are rumors that the wizards of Valyria never hammered or chiseled stone, but used fire and magic to cut stone like clay. "

Yang Somer paused, and continued,
"The rise of Old Valyria was so sudden and swift that people in some places witnessed the power of magic just as they began to understand the power of miracles!"

The old man couldn't help admiring, as if he was nostalgic for that distant era.

"Magic is so powerful, but it cannot escape the fate of destruction. Although Valyria is extremely glorious, it dissipates like sparks..." Rhaenyra shook her head. What remains is a ruin shrouded in mists and curses.

Yang Summer still smiled and said nothing.

This old wise man is not only a pyromancer, but also a court knight. They have been enshrined for generations, and King's Landing has their place, but they have not been reused by the rulers. Targaryen may feel that there is something in his heart. The dragon rules the world, wildfire?It's not as good as my dragon breathing fire by itself.

It wasn't until later that the dragon gradually disappeared that the Alchemist Guild was "recognized" by the monarch. The mad king Aerys was an avid wildfire lover. He once asked the magicians to create wildfire, roast the city wall, roast vassals, and even roast the entire King's Landing .

"Valyria can control dragons and herds of dragons with binding spells and magic horns. Have you ever seen such magic and horns, sir?"

This is one of the things Rhaenyra wants to know the most, not only her, Daenerys also complained that they Targaryen used ancient Valyrian language to train dragons with whips, but the Dragon King used to use whips to train dragons. It's magic and horns, and it's too far behind.

After hearing this, Yang Summer smiled wryly, "Your Highness, to be honest, if I had seen the Magic Horn, I would have been on the way to tame the dragon by now. Similarly, so far, except for Targaryen, The world has never heard of anyone who can control a dragon - those who have tried it have long been eaten by the dragon or burned to ashes by the dragon's flames. The dragon's temper is violent and fierce, and the princess has never heard of the dragon. The story of the wild dragons on Stone Island?"

Becoming a dragon knight is a difficult thing. Targaryen has failed a lot, and the nobles in Westeros are not lacking in bravery. They also want to try the feeling of becoming a dragon knight. Of course, Targaryen readily agreed. But each time these warriors filled the bellies of those Dragonstone Isle wild dragons.

In the original history, in order to train dragon knights to deal with the Green Party, Rhaenyla recruited a large number of people to let them come to Dragonstone Island to train dragons, but except for a few Targaryen's illegitimate sons, and Velaryon's illegitimate son Adam, the others were all Being eaten by a dragon, her Kingsguard volunteered and was eaten a few times, so she had to go to King's Landing to recruit people to form the Ironguard...

Seeing that the wise man had no knowledge of this matter, Rhaenyla had no choice but to put aside the horn and dragon magic and continue the previous topic.

"Sir, as an indispensable magical item for extraordinary people, why doesn't Westeros have a few glass candles? Is it difficult to make glass candles? Dragonstone Island is full of obsidian, why has it never been taken seriously to make glass candles? Woolen cloth?

I've also heard maesters have a glass candle too, what's that for?What happened to the theft from the Alchemist Guild you just mentioned? Rhaenyla asked questions like a cannonball, staring at the old knight with a keen eye for knowledge.

Yang Summer wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "Your Highness, the old man is getting old, please take your time, let me tell you about the glass candles in the Academy City first!" Rhaenira's strong curiosity made him Thinking of himself when he was young, he also knew that the girl in front of him would inherit the kingdom in the future. For the future of the Wizards Guild, he would of course choose to help the young princess as much as possible.

"The idiots in the Academy City value magic but don't understand magic, and even ban magic. I really don't understand what these people think!" Everyone who wants to understand magic in Westeros once complained like this .

"The four glass candles are all in the Academy City. It is said that they were brought to the Academy City from Valyria thousands of years ago. There is a rule in the Academy City that all assistant bachelors must watch in the cellar the night before they take their oath to become a bachelor. And shall not carry any lighting unless he can light the glass candles kept in the cellar."

The old man continued to speak in a disdainful tone, "But after so many years, the glass candle has still not been successfully lit. I only applaud from my heart, magic will not favor the ignorant!"

Rhaenila learned about this secret from the old man. The school city has four glass candles, one green and three black.

She had a vague feeling that these four glass candles, especially the green glass candle, would be related to the Hightower family.

"Lighting a glass candle means igniting the magic fire in the body. Naturally, you can also use the glass candle to learn the information or spells hidden in it. It is true that alchemists can make glass candles, but the Church and the Academy have already issued a statement, not We are allowed to manufacture, and the production of glass candles requires both magic power and some magic spells and skills. Now there are only three people in our guild who can make glass candles, and I, the old man, is one of them."

"As for the obsidian on Dragonstone Island, it belongs to the royal family. No one can mine or use it without the permission of His Majesty the King. As for whether anyone secretly mines it, I, an old man, don't know!"

Yang Summer seems to be passing some words to himself. It seems that there are really people secretly mining on Dragonstone Island!Rhaenila flashed a few figures in her mind, and finally locked on the family... But this matter still needs a long-term plan, Rhaenila can only press it temporarily, in order not to startle the snake.

"As for the theft." Yang Summer's face became darker, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth. "This is not the first time, but the second time! Our treasured esoteric art has been stolen twice. What a tiger!" Luo Pingyang was bullied by dogs!"

The sullenness on Yang Summer's face did not seem to be fake. It seems that the losses caused by the two thefts to the Warlock Union were indeed not trivial.

"I know what you want to know, Your Highness. One of the two glass candles is the red mystic technique brought back from overseas by my grandfather, which belongs to the blood magic - tempering blade!"

"And the other one is Spirit Vision, one of the 108 universal spells compiled by the Valyrian Council of Wizards!"

(End of this chapter)