iron throne of ice and fire

Chapter 454 Conqueror (End)
Facing Green's sharp gaze, Brynden Tully continued, "In fact, being able to fight until now is much better than I expected... When and how I die is no longer important to me."

He sighed and said, "According to what you said...it should be said that I have always been too cowardly to admit my identity as a rebel. I will not put all the blame on Horst."

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes for a while, then opened them again, and continued, "So... Duke Green Crabbe, I am willing to do my part before I die. This is... Tully's atonement for his rebellion back then."

He slowly straightened his chest, then solemnly placed his right hand on his chest and said, "Please tell the old knight, what do you want me to do?"

"Family, responsibility, honor."

Green put his hands behind his back. "It seems that you have foreseen the fate of the Starks, or rather the fate of Catelyn Tully and her children."

Brynden's sharp face froze for a moment. He stared at Green for a while, moved his lips, and then said, "I know Ned. He is no match for someone like you."

Green's eyebrows raised slightly: "Someone like me?"

Brynden's deep eyes were still fixed on Green: "A man who is good at playing with people's hearts. Ned's sword can win on the battlefield, but it cannot cope with the game of thrones, let alone..."

His voice was full of fatigue. "The famous generals still have a steady supply of rose bread to support them. At least I can't imagine how Stark can resist the 'sharp blade' you suddenly swing one day."

"Rose's bread?"

Brynden avoided Grimm's gaze and looked toward the river. If he hadn't been worried about Kate and her family, as a knight, he would have immediately stopped talking to the power player in front of him.

After a pause, his hoarse voice rang out: "If the Golden Rose and Marigold had not reached some kind of alliance in private, Duke Crabbe, could you have safely manipulated the bloody game of lions and trouts under the Riverrun?"

After listening to Brynden's speculation based on limited intelligence, Green neither denied nor admitted it.

He just looked towards the north and said calmly, "In that battle, Duke Ned saved my mother, and I was in her belly at the time. Crab... will never forget it."

After confirming what he really wanted to confirm, Brynden couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if the heavy shackles that Green had unknowingly added to him were instantly broken.

However, his relief did not last long.

Green's voice sounded like a devil's mockery: "But Stark has committed treason after all. I can only try my best to save their lives within the laws of the kingdom. I can let all the men in the Stark family wear black clothes, and all the women in the Stark family..."

Green frowned and thought for a while, then sighed and said, "Send them to a female branch... I will try to find a female branch with a better reputation... This way, not only can their lives be saved, but the fairness of the kingdom's laws can also be guaranteed, and the people of the Seven Kingdoms will no longer pay attention to them."

Kate and Kate's daughter are going to be the daughter of the branch?!
Veins popped out on Brynden's forehead. "Is this what you mean by never forgetting?! A Tully woman will never tolerate being insulted!"

He gritted his teeth and said, "No one can break through the Moat Cailin, and no one can defeat the Northern Cavalry!"

Hearing Brynden's threat, Green sneered: "Mount Cailin is not the only passage to the North. There is White Harbor in the east and... in the west... I remember the invasion of the Ironborn has just ended. When I pacify the riverlands, I will invite the troops and ships of all the lords of the kingdom to go to the North to hunt together to make up for the losses caused by the war, and..."

Looking at Blackfish who was suppressing his anger, Greene's lips showed a villain's arc: "Perhaps a lord in the North is very interested in replacing Stark as the new Lord of the North, such as... Bolton of the Dreadfort?"

Brynden's right hand tightly grasped the hilt of his sword, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged out like earthworms trembling.

Green glanced at him and said, "What do you think? Knight Blackfish, do you still think you are qualified to negotiate with me?" Brynden's chest, which had been rising and falling violently, gradually slowed down. At this time, Green's voice came again: "If you don't want to see the scene of Robb Stark repeated in the Stark family, you should listen to my... orders."

As soon as he finished speaking, Brynden's hand that was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword loosened. He stood there silently for a long time before he squeezed out a hoarse voice: "I am at your disposal..."

"very good."

Green reached out and grasped the hilt of Lady Hollow's sword. "In the name of the savior of the Riverlands, from this moment on, the Tully family will repent for the crime of Hoster Tully, the Duke of Riverrun, who joined the rebellion sixteen years ago. The successor of Riverrun, Brynden Tully, will repent in the presence of the gods and voluntarily give up the title of Lord of the Riverlands."

His voice rose slightly: "If you accept my conditions, please swear allegiance to me in the presence of the gods in heaven."

Hearing this, Brynden's pupils first dilated, then suddenly shrank. He said in disbelief: "Your goal is the Iron Throne?!"

choke!
Green drew his sword: "From now on, Cleber will be the Lord of the Riverlands, and the Tully family will be Cleber's vassal."

Brynden stared at Green blankly for a while, then muttered to himself: "I knew the war sixteen years ago would never end..."

The Lady of Loneliness in Green's hand glowed in the moonlight, and Brynden felt that he could no longer stand upright. He had an urge... to jump into the Red Prong River in front of him with his little remaining honor, and sink directly to the bottom of the river, to reunite with Tully's family forever in the underwater palace.

Gods...

Brynden's stern face could not hide the pain.

Robb……

My little Kate...

He could face death calmly because the Tully family still had Cat, his niece who was strong and smart. As long as she was still around, he believed that she would choose the heir to the Tully family from among her children and would one day restore the Tully family's former honor.

House Tully...

Brynden raised his face, which seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and said slowly, "Duke Greene, another usurper cannot extinguish the flames of hatred. Perhaps your rule will be weaker than that of Robert I. Although he robbed the Iron Throne of the Targaryen family, his legal right of succession began with the Targaryen family."

"When I restore peace to the riverlands, I will marry the Dragonstone princess who once traveled to the continent of Essos, the only true dragon, Daenerys Targaryen, as the ruler of Dragonstone, the Vale, the Riverlands, and the Crabclaw Peninsula."

The Mad King's Daughter?!

Brynden couldn't help but show an expression of disbelief again. Green moved his sword and said, "Can we start now, Duke Brynden?"

.........

The Red Prong and Riverrun were witnesses, and when the oath was taken, Grimm's rule had its first vassal with the title of Duke.

From this moment on, Green's blade officially pointed at the Lannister family.

(End of this chapter)