The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 159 Temporary Ending (End of this Volume)

Although the centaur invasion came to an end with the killing of Khal Balboa, and a large number of centaurs fled back to the east of the River Rhoyne, the centaur problem that plagued various parts of the New Seven Kingdoms was not resolved.

Many of the centaurs penetrated too deep into the New Seven Kingdoms and learned of the main force's defeat too late. Therefore, by the time these Dothraki learned the news, they had to face the risk of retreating alone to the Great Grass Sea.

Faced with this situation, some of the more traditional centaurs chose to return to the Great Grass Sea, even at the risk of being annihilated by the Westeros people on the way, while others chose to stay there and mingle with the various mountain bandits active there, becoming a major problem affecting local public security.

So, strictly speaking, the Dothraki invasion did not end after the death of Khal Baalb. The remaining problems still plagued the Iron Throne, and there were very few knights willing to fight against the centaurs. The reason was simple: these centaurs were too poor.

Only those soldiers who had crossed the ocean and gained nothing were willing to fight the centaurs for the spoils, but their equipment was so poor that fighting the centaurs would often be a waste.

However, since these poor people who would not be pitied even if they died were willing to solve the troubles that the commanders were too lazy to even look at, why should we stop them? Anyway, the weak will die on the road, and the strong will return with the heads of the centaurs.

However, some centaurs did not choose to become bandits. Instead, they, together with some of Balboa's direct descendants who remained in the west, chose to join the Westeros people.

The defeat in the Battle of the Great Avenue made some centaurs think more actively. Although most of them still could not accept armor, the idea that the Dothraki were invincible had also disappeared from their minds.

Moreover, according to the tradition of the centaurs, the rule of the tribe has always been a matter of winners and losers. Now that the Great Kah has died at the hands of Robert, it is not impossible to honor the "Khah of the West" from the other side of the sea as the new Great Kah.

But the surrender of these people has caused headaches for Westeros. The people of Westeros have a very strong aversion to the centaurs and basically regard these people as some kind of bipedal beasts.

Moreover, most importantly, although the centaurs are strong-willed, their stubborn minds and unruly personalities make the lords very helpless. They hate armor and disobey orders. These two points basically determine the centaurs' position as battlefield cannon fodder. Who is willing to spend a lot of gold, silver and land to support a group of battlefield cannon fodder? Even if they have shown signs of change, who is willing to spend this destined to be a lot of money? What's more, there are a lot of old, weak, women and children in their tribe, which is a complete negative asset in everyone's eyes.

Robert was willing to accept some of these warriors into his guard - the bravery and loyalty of the bloodriders proved their value, but he had little interest in accepting other surrendered centaurs.

Even the king who admired bravery the most in Westeros had such an attitude, not to mention the other nobles present. But they couldn't just ignore it, otherwise these centaur tribes would definitely join the ranks of bandits. From the perspective of profit alone, they couldn't do so.

There is no doubt that how to deal with these tribes has become a headache for the Iron Throne.

Just when the Iron Throne was very distressed about this, Tywin Lannister, a royal relative of the Iron Throne, stood up at this time and said that the Westerlands would accept these centaurs, and he would also undertake the cost of transporting these centaurs across the Narrow Sea.

Tywin's decision solved the urgent problem of the Iron Throne. As for why Tywin accepted these centaurs, no one cared. However, there was no need to care. Everyone knew Tywin. He accepted centaurs for only one reason - to raise wild beasts.

Tywin is a master who is good at using terror. Terror has become a label and a part of his mask. Therefore, Tywin needs a beast that can create terror, like the Mountain.

Therefore, some people who understand the political situation in Westeros can't help but look at Tywin's current beast. They know the ins and outs of this. Now that Tywin has a new beast, will the old beast be abandoned? Will Lord Tywin use the beast's head to appease Martell, who has always been extremely dissatisfied with the Lannisters?

Everyone is waiting to see what happens.

Speaking of the centaurs, the Great Grass Sea has entered an era of chaos and wars, and the khals have returned to the days of attacking each other. This chaos is different from the previous ones. The previous melees between the centaur tribes were more like the two sides accidentally bumping into each other while wandering. Now, both sides are actively looking for each other, actively annihilating each other's forces, and occupying those areas on the Great Grass Sea with abundant resources where more wild horses can be caught.

The process was so fast and the battle was so fierce that it surprised all observers, because it was unprecedented. The civil war among the centaurs had never taken such a form. It seemed that the reforms of the Great Kao did change the centaurs - but his death was a wedge, and this cruel path of change would definitely not be without the blood of his tribe.

There is no doubt that Balboa's tribe has become the target of attack in this new round of centaur civil war. The centaurs believe that Balboa needs to take responsibility for this unprecedented defeat. It doesn't matter if he is gone, his tribe can also pay the price - and all the khals are very interested in the manpower and wealth of the great khal.

Therefore, under the siege of many horse tribes, the tribe of this great Kaa was forced to flee further east, taking the descendants of the great Kaa away from the bloody center of the Great Grass Sea.

And after they left, no one chased them anymore. After all, the East was a desert that was difficult to cross, and there was no need to chase them in.

However, although Balboa died and his tribe fled far away, the Dothraki were full of abuse when they mentioned this great khal, but the tradition of wearing long clothes brought by Balboa remained. As for whether there was armor underneath, only God knew.

Moreover, some centaurs have become increasingly disrespectful of the traditions of the Centaur City and the old women who hold the traditions - that is, the priest group. Although they have not yet expressed their contempt for them directly, the number of times they violate "long-standing traditions" and make fun of the City of the Horse King is gradually increasing.

Vaes Dothraki was naturally very angry about this. They had thought that their position would be completely consolidated after the death of the great Khaaru who intended to change the tradition. However, the phenomenon of disobedience among the Dothraki tribes still existed, and incidents of contempt for the priests became more frequent.

Vaes Dothrak could only order the khals who strictly respected tradition to capture these opponents and kill them in public.

It's ironic that when Balboa was trying desperately to change the centaur traditions, Vaes Dothrak was watching there calmly, because they knew that the Great Khael's reforms would encounter countless obstacles, and there was no need for them to jump out to oppose the Great Khael. As a result, now that the Great Khael has been defeated, they have to come out and play the role of the bad guys that the Great Khael once played.

In this way, the war on the Great Grass Sea became more and more intense. What's more important is that whether all parties are willing or not, this war is heading towards an increasingly chaotic future for the Great Grass Sea.

Almost everyone around was happy to see the melee on the Great Grass Sea, especially the weak and disunited nations like the Sheep People. Let those Dothraki bastards kill each other - even though they would never be killed off. God knows why the Great Grass Sea could always produce so many people like magic.

The remaining free trade cities were quite discouraged by this. Once the giant tribes on the Great Grass Sea disintegrated, the Westeros people would definitely target them. The king on the iron chair also announced that his next expedition would be against them.

There is little the Free Cities can do about this. The initiative of this war lies in King's Landing, not the East. All they can do is strengthen their own defenses and integrate and quell internal problems so that they can devote more resources to deal with Westeros's another expedition.

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The Golden Fields, this land was once the breadbasket of the Rhoynar people. There were countless farms and fields on this vast land, but with the arrival of the Valyrian Dragon King, all of these were destroyed, and the rich Golden Fields became a deserted place.

For hundreds of years, the only people who came and went in these lands were Dothraki raiders from the depths of the Great Grass Sea, but with the arrival of the Westeros people, the Golden Fields changed.

The Lannister family of the Westerlands took over the territory named Upper Lorne, and Tywin Lannister's brother Tyget Lannister became the ruler of this territory. Duke Tywin regarded the Golden Fields as the new land of the Westerlands, and therefore countless resources were poured into this land.

Tall and strong westerly immigrants continued to arrive in the Golden Fields, and along with them came experienced westerly bureaucrats and nobles. They were not simply attracted by the broad future in the East, but more by orders from Duke Tywin.

The local centaurs were soon expelled, and the locals who had become bandits were recruited. Western-style farms and castles sprang up, roads were built, and the Golden Fields became full of vitality again.

Thanks to the strong city of Dorne and the River Rhoyne that have resisted the military threat of the Northern Confederation, the Westerlands will most of the time only have conflicts with the Dornish and the Centaurs. The former have a hatred for the Lannister family, and now that they border the Lannisters, they are bound to cause trouble for the Lannisters. As for the latter, they are beasts that are impossible to communicate with.

With the beginning of the Centaur Invasion, after countless Centaurs crossed the Rhoyne River on sheepskin rafts or directly jumped into the river on horseback, the Golden Fields were hit by a wave of severe war - after all, the Dornish could hide in the Rhoyne River and enjoy the protection of this mother river, but the Westermen could not do that.

The Westerlands could still easily deal with ordinary looting, but facing so many centaurs, the Westerlands could only close the castle gates. In this way, the Dothraki burned, killed and looted crazily on the Golden Fields. Everything outside the armed settlements was ruthlessly destroyed. Many castles and settlements were also broken by the centaurs who received the help of the city-state army, but the most important and strongest ones still persisted.

After the Northern Confederacy withdrew from the various mountain passes, Hugo Tollet went south from the Border Dike and followed the River Rhoyne to the Golden Fields.

Lannister is an important ally of his and is in such a critical position. Both publicly and privately, he should help Lannister. Moreover, in the attack and defense of the mountain pass, thanks to its defensive position, his army did not suffer much loss.

Not to mention, there are a bunch of "Knights" vying to take over his army, so Hugo only needs to leave some troops behind to supervise.

He first visited Na-Sa on the River Rhoyne, which was the center of the Dornish recolonization of the River Rhoyne. The Dornish had deep feelings for the city where Queen Nymeria lived. The Greenblood Orphans cleared out all the buildings that were still intact, and repaired and decorated them as best they could, just like they decorated their simple boathouses to make them look as beautiful as possible - and with their efforts, all of this did look a bit like the old Rhoyna.

As for those pure Dornish immigrants, they brought with them buildings that could barely be seen to be of the same lineage as the Rhoynar, but mixed with a lot of Andal style.

However, there is one thing in common between the two, that is, these people are always unable to adapt to being in an environment with such abundant water resources, and subconsciously they will get a lot of bottles and jars to store a lot of water.

This is a city that represents both antiquity and newness, a city full of vitality.

Here, Hugo not only received a warm welcome from the Dornish people, but also met the Red Viper of Dorne, Oberyn Martell.

Red Viper looked much better than the last time Hugo saw him, but his personality was still fearless, as if no authority could make him feel in awe - however, Hugo also discovered during their conversation that Red Viper's tone was less casual and more respectful when he mentioned the Mother River Lorne.

Hugo was not surprised by this, for he knew well that the Mother River Lorne was a truly powerful god, and it was easy for it to change the minds of some mortals.

The Dornish did not suffer serious damage in this centaur invasion because they were blessed by the River Rhoine. To be specific, when the Dothraki invaded on a large scale, the Dornish fled directly into the River Rhoine - among the Dornish immigrants, the Greenblood River orphans living on the boats accounted for more than half, if not the majority.

As for the planet Na Sa, on the day the centaurs arrived, the water around the city miraculously rose, submerging all the roads leading into the city. The centaurs regarded this as the power of the water god - the mother river Lorne as they called it - and stopped the siege and stayed away from the city.

For this reason, many Dornishmen gave up their faith in the Seven Gods and bowed down before the Mother River Rhoan, just as their ancestors gave up their faith in the Mother River Rhoan when they came to Westeros, and learned how to worship this sacred river under the guidance of the Greenblood Orphans.

Although the heritage of the Greenblood River Orphans has lost many rituals due to the passage of time, it is still sufficient to worship the Mother River Lorne, whose faith is still being rebuilt.

Many knights who came with Hugo expressed great indignation and dissatisfaction with the Dornish people's change of faith, but Hugo suppressed these opinions. First, the Mother River Rhoan had never shown hostility towards the Seven Gods. Secondly, the Mother River Rhoan was a powerful deity. Finally, in the East Continent, a place full of evil spirits, the Mother River Rhoan was an extremely rare pure and kind deity, and Hugo had a good impression of it.

So, he suppressed those remarks, and his remarks were indeed effective. Seeing that it was one of the Seven Gods who spoke, those who had any opinions shut up.

After bidding farewell to the Dornishmen, Hugo continued south and officially entered the Golden Fields.

Signs of war can still be seen on the Golden Plains. Hugo saw many smoking ruins and piles of charred corpses along the way. Although the roads were in good condition, there were no pedestrians.

Soon, Hugo saw the first western settlement he had seen along the way. It was a "huge city". As for why it was "huge", it was because this settlement surrounded the farmland and many undeveloped lands within the city walls - this was the characteristic of the Golden Wilderness settlement. It was too easy for the horsemen to come and plunder, so people had to do this to protect themselves.

Some traces of war can be seen near the walls of this big city, which shows that the centaurs once attacked here but failed.

Upon seeing Hugo's army, the town opened its gates. The commander guarding the city was a Lannister from the Westerly—of course, a branch. The Lannister family in Casterly Rock was surprisingly prosperous, and there were simply too many Lannisters.

This Lannister showed Hugo the way to the new Casterly Rock, the ruling center of the Golden Fields, and sent a guide, and Hugo continued on his journey.

After walking for another whole day, the new Casterly Rock finally appeared in front of people. The new Casterly Rock was a formidable tall fortress that used all the technologies that Westeros had summed up in past wars. The lions of Casterly Rock were roaring on it.

The town below the castle was once very prosperous. As for why it was once prosperous, it was because Hugo saw the scale of the charred ruins.

However, some people were already clearing the ruins, and when they saw the seven-pointed star flag, many of them bowed humbly in salute.

When the New Casterly Rock saw the seven-pointed star flag, a messenger immediately appeared in front of Hugo. Hugo informed him of his identity. Soon after, the gate of the New Casterly Rock was opened, and Hugo was able to meet his good friend and important ally, Tygett Lannister.

"You are late, Lord Hugo. If you had come earlier, you might have been able to stop more centaurs. As for now, they have already run away."

Hugo noticed that there were some Dothraki among Tiget's followers, which made him very concerned. Tiget also noticed Hugo's mood, "Those people are centaurs who have defected to us. These guys are now more sober-minded and at least willing to cooperate with us. They are still quite useful..."

"Lord Tiget, does that mean there is no more fighting here?" Hugo's tone was relaxed, but he was a little disappointed inside. He had always hated the centaurs very much, and it was a pity that he missed an opportunity to beat them up.

"But the work is as heavy as a mountain. Tywin said that he would send more immigrants. In order to settle them, only the Seven Gods know how long I will be busy." Although Tygett said this, Hugo could feel that he was actually enjoying it. "However, your people did not come in vain. I have too many centaurs here. From time to time, there are some who run slower and want to cross the Golden Fields. You still have a lot of room to display your talents."

The two chatted as they walked into the new Casterly Rock. As they walked into the main castle, Tiget lowered his voice and said, "Lord Hugo, I have something to ask of you. It is related to a scandal in our family."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Hugo immediately became interested. The scandal of the Lannister family, was it that thing?

"I have a nephew named Tyrion. You should know him, the little devil of the Lannister family." When mentioning the word "little devil", Tygett's tone was full of sympathy. "He has a wife...but my brother does not allow this marriage, so Jaime took her away from Westeros and entrusted her to me. But the centaur invasion has proved that the Golden Fields is not a safe place, so I want to entrust her and her child to you."

As Tiget spoke, he carefully observed Hugo's emotions. He was a little afraid that this would anger Andas's God-favored Ones - after all, this was not a decent thing to do.

But Commander Upper Lorne had to do this. In addition to the danger of the Golden Fields being on the front line, another point was that Tywin would send a lot of people to the East next. He had finally dealt with the previous batch of people and controlled the news, and now there were too many people and too many eyes.

If Tywin knew what Jaime, him and Gillian had done, given his character, he would definitely hunt them down and kill them.

Hugo felt as if a cake had suddenly fallen on his head. Was Tygett going to send Tyrion's wife to him? As someone who knew what Tyrion was capable of, Hugo was filled with ecstasy, but on the surface he controlled himself well and even showed a hesitant look.

"Well, Lord Tiget, I can solve this problem for you. In the name of the Seven Gods, I will take good care of this woman and her child."

"Thank you so much, Lord Hugo." Tiget was very happy, so he treated Hugo more warmly. What he didn't know was that Hugo was, in a sense, just as happy as he was.

(End of this chapter)