iron throne of ice and fire

Chapter 438: Dragon Horn
Chief He Suo chuckled: "Miss Asha will not marry an old man obediently. She is the daughter of a sea monster."

Amid the noise, Ellen paused and said, "I am also her uncle. I will not let her marry Ali Ameke."

Chief He Suo stroked his beard and said, "However, no one can stop our king except Asha herself."

Aeron said calmly, "I will stop him."

Chief Hoso came closer and whispered, "Lord Aeron, don't forget that at the Kingsmoot...it was you who placed the Driftwood Crown on Crow's Eye's head."

Aeron glanced at Chief Hosor. "It was the Drowned God who helped him ascend the Seastone Throne, and he disrespected him."

Chief He Suo looked at Iren, whose face was expressionless, for a while, then pondered and said, "It is said that the Crow's Eye drives the wizards on the Serenity, and the Crow's Eye satisfies the God of Storms with blood sacrifices."

He glanced around and lowered his voice, "Otherwise, how could the Crow's Eye dare to sail so far to the west? According to convention, we always advance along the coastline... This really caught the vassal of the Rose off guard, and the Ironborn easily swept across the Shield Islands."

Although Reverend Aeron’s expression did not change, his hand clenched the wine glass tightly: “Euron, who is ungodly, will incur the wrath of the Drowned God.”

He reiterated: "I will stop him."

Chief He Suo made a secret gesture, and seeing this... Captains Harlo who were sitting nearby started talking loudly to the people around them and raised their glasses.

He then spoke to Aeron: "Although you and the Crow's Eye are both of the sea monster's blood, he now controls everything. If you oppose him alone, it will be no different from committing suicide."

Aeron gave Hosel a look of evil, and it was said in the Iron Islands that his glance could corrupt well water and sterilize women.

"The Drowned God helps the brave, not those who cower below deck when the storm comes. I have the Drowned God's support. My strength comes from the sea, and the Crow's Eye is no match for that."

Aeron took a sip of wine from his glass and continued, "When the waves encounter the mountains, they may disperse, but they will always come back, wave after wave, until finally, the mountains become pebbles, and soon even the pebbles will be swept away and forever settled on the seabed."

Chief He Suo stared at Yi Lun for a while. He scratched his short beard and said, "Waves? Pebbles? Can these things deal with Crow's Eye?"

Aeron put down his cup. His tone remained unchanged. “The ironborn will become waves. I do not mean the great ones, but the common ironborn of the Iron Islands… the ones who till the fields and fish. The captains and chieftains support the Crow’s Eye, but the angry waves will overthrow him. I will make my voice heard in every village and town of the Iron Islands. No one who does not worship the Drowned God deserves to sit on the Seastone Throne.”

Chief He Suo shrugged. "I fully feel the Drowned God's wrath, but I think... Chief Harlo Island (Asha's uncle) can help you with your actions better than the waves."

Aeron glanced at Hosoh. “He acted for Asha, not the Drowned God.”

Leader He Suo spread his hands and said, "Does it make any difference?"

Ignoring He Suo, Aeron looked up at the platform... Crow's Eye was sitting in the seat of the Lord of Oakenshield Island, with a beautiful girl sitting in his arms. She had a plump figure, bare feet, and messy clothes.

Iren retracted his gaze and asked, "Who is she?"

Chief He Suo looked in the direction of the platform and said, "Faria Flowers is the illegitimate daughter of Count Humphrey Hewitt. Before Crow's Eye captured Hewitt Castle, she had to serve Countess Hewitt and others at the table and then eat with the servants."

On the dais, the Crow's Eye kissed Faria Flowers with his blue lips. She giggled and whispered in his ear, and he smiled and kissed her again.

Faria put her arms around Crow's Eye's neck and whispered something in his ear, and he burst into laughter.

Crow's Eye slammed the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table. The noisy banquet gradually quieted down, and everyone looked towards the platform.

He glanced at the crowd below, grinned, and said in a loud voice: "Dear ladies of Hewittburg, my sweetheart is worried about your dresses. She doesn't want them to be stained with oil, wine or dirty fingerprints."

Finally, he loudly declared: "Therefore, I command you all to take off your clothes!"

As the Crow's Eye finished speaking, the hall erupted in laughter.

The women of the Hewitt family, who had witnessed the brutality of the pirates, had no choice. They knew very well that the consequences of rejecting the Crow's Eye would only be more serious.

They could only obey. The youngest girl was crying, and her mother whispered to her: "Your father will use the ransom to buy our safety. You must be strong, my daughter."

She didn't dare say anything more and helped her daughter untie the ribbon on her back with tears in her eyes.

………After that, the women of the Hewitt family continued to serve the pirates. They held full wine jugs, walked naked along the table, and poured wine into empty glasses.

At Faria's signal, a daughter of the Hewitt family came tremblingly to pour the wine.

Crash---

Due to the shaking of her arms, a few drops of wine fell on the table. Faria scolded: "Filthy thing, can't you even pour the wine?"

The Hewitt family’s daughter was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and said, “Please… please… beg for your forgiveness…”

Faria Flowers glanced at her body with disgust: "Without your pretty skirt, you are even more despicable than a kitchen girl! ... Don't cry, if you dare to shed tears, I will let His Majesty reward you to his soldiers! You can get out now, get down from here, quickly!"

The daughter of the Hewitt family slowly climbed down the stairs, choking with sobs. Before Faria could feel the pleasure of revenge, she discovered that... the Crow's Eye was staring at the woman's moving back and forth.

She immediately moved her body alertly to block the sight of the crow's eye: "Your Majesty, she is just a lowly bitch. Don't be fooled by their usual pretense, in fact..."

She deliberately lowered her voice and said, "Whenever I, Count Hewitt, leave the castle for some reason, these women will become sluts, even more despicable than prostitutes. I have seen it with my own eyes."

She lifted her shirt, revealing her huge, full breasts, and continued, "I am different from those cheap sluts. You are my first man, Your Majesty."

Euron Greyjoy pinched his chin, looked at her curves, and asked playfully, "The first man?"

Hearing this, Faria hugged Euron's arm and shook it: "Oh - I lost my virginity to a horse just like those sluts in order to learn how to ride. I'm so sorry. I should have refused the riding lesson earlier."

The Crow's Eye laughed. "After the party, she can choose any clothes from their wardrobes. This is your reward for your first time."

After saying this, Crow's Eye pushed away the excited Faria and jumped onto the table.

"Captains! Chiefs!"

Everyone banged their wine glasses and stamped their feet on the ground.

"Euron! Euron! Euron! Euron! Euron!"

After the noise gradually died down, Crow's Eye spread his arms and said loudly: "This is the first bite you have tasted, but it is only a small bite. I promise to take you to share the entire Green Land!"

Everyone suddenly shouted frantically: "Euron! Euron! Euron! Euron! Euron!" The torches lined along the wall were shining brightly, and Crow's Eye's eyes and lips seemed to glow with a strange blue light.

"Once a sea monster catches its prey, it will never let go. I need strong men to defend these islands."

Of the four islands in the Shield Archipelago, Crow's Eye left Greyshield Island in the west to those who joined him, and the other three islands were all given to his "opposition party."

The gift from the Crow's Eye must contain poison... Priest Aeron closed his eyes. The three leaders who were excited by the unexpected generosity of King Crow's Eye would be the first to bear the wrath of the Rose.

After the reward was given, Crow's Eye asked Countess Hewitt to add another glass of wine, and then raised the glass in her hand above her head.

"Raise your glasses and greet the new Lord of the Shield Islands!"

Everyone shouted, "Euron! Euron! Euron! Euron! Euron!"

"Fill the water buckets with water from the springs, take every sack of grain, every barrel of beef, and as many sheep and goats as you can. Those wounded who can row the boats will row... The rest of you will stay here and help the new lords defend their lands."

The Crow's Eye raised his glass again: "We will set sail tomorrow morning."

Outside the sun had set, and darkness gathered beyond the walls, but the burning torches flickered orange and red, sending up smoke that gathered above the hall like a gray cloud.

Chief He Suo's complaints reached Iren's ears: "Damn it, Crow's Eye really doesn't like me!"

Aeron opened his eyes, glanced at He Suo, and said, "The title of new lord is not a good thing. The Crow's Eye is not planning to take your life yet."

Chief He Suo grinned: "I am not the silly Captain Newt. Crow's Eye awarded Oakenshield Island to him. Look at him... He is almost going crazy with joy."

Aeron glanced at Captain Newt who was shouting loudly, nodded, and said, "Before entering the hall, he wanted to break Crow's Eye's neck."

Chief He Suo shrugged and said, "The Crow's Eye is not only crazy, but also evil, and he likes to play tricks on people... No wonder Chief Rodrik is willing to support Miss Asha."

Aeron was silent for a moment, then said, "If Asha had any brains, she would marry a lord of the Green Lands and live in her man's castle, away from the sea and the Crow's Eye."

Hearing this, Chief He Suo frowned and said, "Lord Yilun, you don't think highly of your niece?"

Aeron looked at the platform without the Crow's Eye and said, "If Asha appears in the Iron Islands again, she will face the most cruel situation. The Ironborn have no mercy."

"Her cruelest ending was to inherit her uncle's Ten Towers City..." As he spoke, Leader He Suo suddenly stopped talking, paused, and said, "It should be looking for you."

After saying that, he reached out and picked up the bone he had thrown away before, put it in his mouth and continued to suck it.

One of the Crow's Eye's half-blood bastards came up behind Aeron, a boy of ten with shaggy, curly hair and mud-colored skin.

"Lord Aeron, His Majesty invites you to come over."

Yilan glanced at Chief He Suo, who was drinking and chewing bones, then stood up and left the table.

Aeron followed the Crow's Eye bastard up a winding flight of stone steps. The sounds of merriment died down as they climbed, until finally, all that could be heard was the gentle scraping of boots against stone.

Arriving at the door of Count Hewitt's bedroom, the bastard opened the door for Aeron, and after he entered, he closed the door and left.

On the spacious bed, Count Hewitt's illegitimate daughter was lying with her arms and legs spread out, snoring softly.

Euron was standing by the window, drinking from a silver goblet, wearing nothing but a red leather eyepatch, just like the girl on the bed.

The room was filled with the smell of red wine, blood, and the pleasure of men and women.

"My brother, you seem to be hostile to me?"

The Crow's Eye turned to Aeron, raised his deep blue lips, and said, "I am your brother. You should assist me wholeheartedly, just like the Prime Minister of the Green Land."

Aeron stood still and responded coldly: "Euron, you disrespect the Drowned God."

After a moment of silence, the Crow's Eye suddenly laughed and said, "My behavior should not be regarded as disrespectful to the Drowned God. I only temporarily retain my respect for him because he cannot help me for the time being."

"You are setting sail tomorrow, and I shouldn't disturb your rest, Euron."

Seeing Aeron about to leave, a smile flashed across Crow's Eye's deep blue lips: "Aren't you curious about my next target?"

Ellen paused: "Will you tell me?"

The Crow's Eye shrugged and said, "Don't forget, we are brothers. You are my brother."

Iren clenched his fists, paused, and said, "You are the brother who makes me sick."

"You really hold a grudge." Crow's Eye spread his hands helplessly, the firelight flickering in Crow's Eye's only eye. He said again: "Would you like a glass of Earl Hewitt's wine? The wine obtained from the enemy is the sweetest."

"unnecessary."

The Crow's Eye's disgusting body was moving. As he walked, he said, "The Arbor of Redwyne, that's my next destination."

He opened a large wooden box leaning against the wall. In the firelight, the items inside were flickering with black light.

Aeron's eyes narrowed slightly. That was the horn that the Crow's Eye had brought to the Kingsmoot. It was covered with stripes of red gold and Valyrian black steel, and the stripes were engraved with strange ancient magic symbols.

The Crow's Eye announced to the Iron Islands chiefs that he had found it among the burning ruins of Valyria and named it the "Dragon's Horn".

During the Kingsmoot, as a conflict was about to break out between the supporters of Euron Greyjoy and Asha Greyjoy, the Crow's Eye had the Dragonhorn blown, demonstrating its power.

The sound of the dragon's horn was like the roar of thousands of souls. At that time... Aeron was among them. He felt as if his bones were burning, and the scorching flames were burning his flesh and blood from the inside out.

The sound of the horn did not last long. After it stopped, Aeron saw a thin wisp of smoke rising from the Dragon Horn, and the man who blew the horn... his mouth was covered with blood and blisters, and the flying bird tattoo on his chest was also bleeding, and... he found out that the man died shortly afterwards.

The Crow's Eye's voice rang out in the silent room: "Aeren Greyjoy, you are my brother. I am going to give the 'Dragon Horn' to you for safekeeping."

(End of this chapter)