The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 186 Mil's Change of Hands

Grachel Tite was watching the huge siege tower staggering towards Myr. The defenders also noticed the arrival of this behemoth and understood the threat it could bring. All kinds of flaming arrows were shot like a fire net, but the flames were extinguished by the wet animal skins.

As for penetrating the steel plate underneath, it is even more impossible.

Grechel could almost imagine the panic of the defenders on the city wall. Although the siege tower built by Lord Hugo to conquer the wall of Myr did not have the terrifying firepower of the city breakers, it was no less than the city breakers in size and could carry more soldiers.

The siege tower rolled mercilessly over the ground that was already soaked with the blood of the attackers. Grechel couldn't help but recall the scene when she first saw the magnificent city-breaker. The huge mobile fortress ruthlessly crushed all the strong walls and barriers that tried to block it - the magnificent fortress of Pike City that originated from the Queshi era was no exception.

The path ahead for the siege tower has been paved, and the infantry have filled in a solid path from the moat. When the siege tower reaches the city wall, it will roll over the moat and lean against the city wall, bringing ruthless destruction to the rebels.

As the capital of the New Seven Kingdoms, Myr's defenses were truly formidable. After several exploratory attacks failed and it was confirmed that there were no loopholes in the city walls, the plan to build a giant siege tower was put on the agenda.

This poured cold water on those passionate knights. They were planning to stage another drama of defeating the rebels. Gleicher thought these people were stupid. They were so arrogant after defeating the cannon fodder sent by the enemy that they didn't even take the walls of Mill seriously.

It took a lot of resources to build this mobile tower, but fortunately this is Myr, where many things can be found, so the tower was built at a very fast speed and stood on the land.

After looking at the siege tower for a while, Gleicher lost interest. It would take some time for this giant to reach the city wall. There was no point in just watching it. It would be better to do something meaningful.

Squeezing through the civilians and soldiers who were scrambling to watch the movement of the siege tower, Gleichel walked in the city of tents and shacks outside the city of Myr. Lord Hugo gathered the refugees of Myr and turned them into a force to attack the city. It was these people who had brought supplies to the army and provided additional troops.

Walking on the road and looking at the citizens who were driven out, Grachel was once again glad that he was the one who held the power, so he would not fall into a situation where his fate was manipulated by others. These people should thank Lord Hugo. If they were the vicious warlords from the disputed land, they would have probably been sold to the East by now.

A few children ran past him. While the adults were all worried about the future - with Hugo around, people assumed that the city could be recaptured soon, so they naturally had to consider the future - only they were so carefree. To them, this big military camp was like a long journey.

Grechel couldn't help but think of her son. When she heard the news that he had led the charge into the rebels, Grechel's heart almost jumped out of her chest, fearing that something might have happened to her son. Fortunately, with the blessing of the Seven Gods, her son was fine and returned with glory.

However, he also heard from his son that he was able to survive many dangerous times thanks to George's protection, which made Grechel glad that he had arranged this bodyguard for his son.

Well, when the brat has had enough of the Order of the Seven, he will give him what he promised to George. This knight of commoner origin wants to become a noble, so Gleicher will give him a sturdy castle and a wealthy territory.

It was a simple thing for him and it was something the lad deserved.

As for her son's position in the Order of the Seven, Grachel was very satisfied. The Order of the Seven brought together the sons of nobles and young talents from Andas and even from both sides of the Narrow Sea, and established connections with them. This is how the network of relationships was established.

Although the Tite family has become so powerful that only people come to please them, the shrewd Gleicher will not let himself and his descendants become arrogant fools so hastily. He still wants the Tite family to climb higher under his or his son's leadership.

The reason why Gleicher wanted to climb as high as possible was simple. That was, when her future descendants were incompetent, the longer she could buffer the family from complete decline, the better. During this period, the Tite family could always produce a few descendants who could turn the tide - if not, then it could only be said that this was the will of the Seven Gods.

But Grachel understood that it was too difficult. He had already entered the highest circle of power on both sides of the Narrow Sea. In this circle, if he wanted to move up a level, he would have to look at the Frey family. Their family had worked hard for eight hundred years and had been called upstarts for eight hundred years. But now they had suddenly risen and became the ruler of Pentos.

However, little Gleichel is still young, and in her heart she still has hope of seeing that day.

Grechel walked through the large military camp with ease and familiarity. Before she knew it, the people and children running around on the roadside disappeared, the ugly shacks also disappeared, and were replaced by neat tents. There were also knights and soldiers on the roadside.

Passing through teams of soldiers and knights, as well as various emblems, Graciel arrived at the largest tent in the camp. The elite Knights of the Seven stood there like statues, looking extremely solemn.

Several local Myr people were walking out of their tents with happy faces. When they saw Grachel, they quickly bowed to the great noble of Andas.

Glachel waved her hand and signaled them to leave. These days, Lord Hugo has been receiving such visitors almost all the time. Some of them are local tyrants who need recognition, some are grassroots officials looking for organizations, and some are citizens who want to promote themselves.

Lord Hugo met with these people non-stop, signed agreements with them, and reached consensus. As a veteran, Gleicher knew that this was Lord Hugo's way of reorganizing the mess left behind by Littlefinger, turning it from a broken machine into a functioning system.

This was a very troublesome matter. Lord Hugo even had to disband the Order of the Seven and let these educated young people go to various parts of Myr to serve as officials. This was also an opportunity that Grachel had seen recently. If her son could perform well in this matter, then he might be able to become the governor of Myr.

Grechel observed that Lord Hugo seemed very anxious about the future. He was eager to quickly take control of everything in Mill so that he could call upon these resources. It seemed that he had determined that there would be a fierce battle in the future. It seemed that Lord Hugo was asking for too much, but he was happy to see it happen. In his opinion, Lord Hugo was a man who could work miracles. He believed that as long as Lord Hugo wanted to do it, he could achieve it.

Grachel is still proud of having joined Hugo. It was because of that time that he was able to have his current status. Therefore, Grachel trusts Hugo to the extreme.

With beautiful expectations for the future, after her identity was confirmed by the knights, Gleicher walked into the tent.

As soon as she entered the tent, Gleicher heard voices. They were the voices of reports. Tite quickly lowered her footsteps and squeezed in with the nobles, standing just behind Marlon Manderly.

The nobles standing in the tent can be roughly divided into three categories. One category is the holy war lords, that is, the nobles who came from the other side of the narrow sea and won territories in the east. Grechel has been trying to get closer to them, but because he is not a Westeros after all, there is always a gap between him and these people.

The other category is the local faction like him, the lords and officials of Andas. Gleichel has always had a good relationship with this group of people. They also regard Gleichel as one of their core members. When they see Gleichel, they all show goodwill to Gleichel.

The last category was the power of the Andals Church. They were not very friendly to Grechel. After all, Grechel's forgotten nickname was closely related to slavery. He had offended many orders of the Seven Gods of the East. He had even personally eradicated some small orders before. Although he had resolved these past grievances by donating to the church, it was still like a thorn in the side. However, compared to the other group, this was not so bad. Grechel was glad that those people were not there. That was the mountain Andals. Whether in the Pentos era or now, the mountain lords had direct conflicts of interest with Grechel and others. However, it was not as sharp as before, but due to the hatred in the past, their relationship was still not good.

Gleicher's reputation in the mountains is extremely bad, and it seems that this reputation will be passed down from generation to generation. This is not something that can be easily resolved.

Thinking of the mountain Andals in the mountains, troubles surged into Grechel's heart. After this battle was over, he would have to go back and fight with the mountain lords. Those damn barbarians...

"…Robb Stark has defeated Jaime Lannister and the river lords who did not respond to Riverrun on the banks of the Trident. Currently, Ser Jaime is leading the remaining Lannister troops to retreat to Harrenhal. Lord Tywin has set out from King's Landing to the north to meet Stark's army. In the south, Renly Baratheon is leading his troops north, and his goal is King's Landing."

The sound of the report attracted Grechel's attention. The news of the fighting on the other side of the Narrow Sea made Grechel excited. Before, he was most worried that the other side of the Narrow Sea would forcibly interfere with Lord Hugo's actions, but now it seems that the war on the other side of the Narrow Sea has already started in full swing.

This is perfect for Lord Hugo. In Grachel's opinion, Hugo wants the whole East, which requires the Iron Throne to fall into chaos and be unable to interfere in Eastern affairs - even if it interferes, it has to be "interfering" like Cersei.

The God-favored One did not speak immediately. This was his usual habit. He liked to listen to others speak first and then give his own summary at the end.

"With the Starks in the north and the Baratheons in the south, it seems like it's only a matter of time before the Lannisters are doomed."

As Hugo's old partner who had assisted the former since he started to make a fortune, the Old Sparrow rarely showed his attitude directly. Grachel could feel that he was very happy. After Cersei's foolish behavior, the Old Sparrow was full of disgust towards the Lannisters. This kind of stupid and bad stuff... is really disgusting.

As for Cersei, the current Queen Mother, Grachel had similar thoughts to Old Sparrow, but that was simply a disgust for stupid people. He did not hate Cersei's behavior. If it weren't for Cersei's stupid behavior, would they be here now?
He wished that the Iron Throne was filled with such fools, but unfortunately, the Iron Throne was now occupied by experienced nobles, not fools like Cersei.

"Lord Hugo, the Lannisters and Baratheons have all sent letters, and even the Starks in the North have all asked us to stand on their side. How should we respond?" The voice of the report sounded again. Only now did Grachel notice that the person making the report was the Black Blade guy - because his voice had become more and more ordinary over the years, and it was becoming more and more in line with his identity.

"Still no answer." Hugo said, "Let them fight in Westeros, and we will just watch here to see who will win this battle. I think no one wants to be commanded by someone like Cersei Lannister."

Hugo's words caused a burst of laughter. Everyone knew that if it weren't for Cersei's folly, they wouldn't be standing here. Everyone was happy that such a stupid ruler sat on the Iron Throne.

"Any news from other territories?" Hugo asked after signaling everyone to be quiet. Everyone knew that Hugo was referring to Tyrosh and Lys. After all, the other large territories that still existed in the New Seven Kingdoms had already become friends with Andas: facing a powerful enemy, they had in fact obeyed the leadership of Hugo's City, and were now fighting side by side against the invading Northern Confederation and the Centaur Kha'o.

"The great families of Lys have nominated a prostitute as their leader - or the first governor. They say that this woman is the daughter of King Robert... This seems to be true. The Iron Throne has already identified this person. Her name is Zhong'er - now she is called Bella Baratheon; she is from Stonetown, and her mother is also in this business. About a few years ago, she was brought to Lys by a 'spy' active in the Seven Kingdoms. Later, she was found and identified by the knights sent by the Iron Throne to find the king's illegitimate children. She was also the last illegitimate child of the king to be identified. Originally, the knights were going to take her to King's Landing to meet with other illegitimate children, but then His Majesty Robert - may the Seven Gods bless his soul - unfortunately passed away; in a series of political storms, she was forced to stay there, and fortunately avoided Cersei's massacre. After that, she was left in the islands by the great families of Lys."

This news made the entire tent fall silent immediately. Everyone thought of many possibilities, but no one expected it to be this: a prostitute becoming the Commander of Rees... But to be honest, it's not too outrageous, since he is the prostitute leader of the City of Prostitutes.

People like Old Sparrow, who had a clear attitude, just laughed out loud. He had always despised prostitutes. As for the others, they were looking at Hugo's attitude, trying to observe what attitude the God-favored ones had towards the King of Conquerors and his descendants.

And Hugo's attitude was... very playful? This made many people confused about what he was thinking, pondering, and judging. Seeing this, everyone had to tense up and wait respectfully, avoiding laughing at Reese's outrageous behavior and Old Sparrow's wanton ridicule.

"The Lysians, they may decide to remain neutral." Hugo said after thinking for a long time. "When King Robert died and Cersei and Renly drew forces from the east, they still cooperated with the remaining people in the River Reach and resisted Volantis' actions. When Viserys established this short-lived little court in Myr and the east fell into complete chaos, they ignored the situation outside the Isles and only focused on stabilizing the order of the Lys Islands. And now, with the war raging in the west and the situation in the east uncertain, they have elected a Baratheon as their leader... In my opinion, they will probably wait and see until the war on either side of the Narrow Sea ends. They may not recognize the Iron Throne, but they will definitely recognize a capable lord who can clean up the mess."

Grachel agreed with Hugo's words. Lord God's Blessed One was as sharp as usual. Those bitches of Reese were only at this level. And judging from the situation in the East, Lord Hugo was the capable one.

In his eyes, other people had almost the same attitude. Under the current circumstances, only Hu Ge could serve as the capable leader. Some people even began to persuade those favored by God to become his loyal subjects.

"What about Tyrosh? What's Stannis doing?"

Lys's plan was broken, and the only unstable factor in the East was Tyrosh, a large territory ruled by the king's brother; although Stannis also sent a small fleet to support the siege of Myr, his true intentions on the current political situation were never revealed to the outside world. Is the Sea Lord a loyal minister or an enemy? His attitude will undoubtedly affect Hugo's next move.

They gathered their spirits again and pricked up their ears, ready to listen to the intelligence from the West.

Speaking of Tyrosh, Grachel remembered some information about the city. After Euron's massacre, Tyrosh completely became Stannis's naval base. Later, the king's second brother controlled the city and its territory with an iron fist. Stannis's strict management caused some people to leave Tyrosh, but it also caused more people who wanted to live in a stable order to migrate in.

In addition, Stannis's harshness also brought the best security and living environment in the Narrow Sea. As a result, the population and wealth of the great territory of Tyrosh increased, and its strength became stronger.

However, Grachel then remembered one thing that concerned him, which was that he had recently been receiving news that a large number of R'hllor followers were heading to Tyrosh.

The Red Temple has been quiet for a long time. Apart from the liberation of slaves, there have been no major actions in the past ten years. This has prevented them from being hit too hard by the Seven Gods during the expedition. But now they have taken major actions, which makes people wonder about the political implications behind it...

"The royal fleet has all left the Tyrosh naval port and headed west, carrying the army that the Minister of the Navy had assembled a few days ago. Apart from the city's garrison, all the official forces of the great territories have left." Black Blade's words interrupted Grechel's thoughts. "According to the description of my hired informant, the fleet left with a stag flag, but the specific pattern was not a crowned stag with a golden background, but a giant horned stag branded on a flaming red heart."

There is no doubt that this is big news, super big news.

However, at this moment, thunderous cheers were heard outside the tent. Gleicher quickly pricked up her ears and found that people outside were celebrating the siege tower being placed on the wall of Mill. The news spread and everyone in the tent cheered - the siege tower was full of knights, and when the knights rushed up the wall, the victory was already decided.

It was also at this moment that Grachel saw that in the midst of all the jubilation, Hugo was unusually calm, which made him reverence Hugo in his heart. Look, this is the attitude of a person favored by the Seven Gods. Under his leadership, they will surely win victory after victory.

(End of this chapter)