The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 206 Euron's Ambition (End of this Volume)
"That dwarf killed his father? Hahaha, there are far more monsters in this world than those people advertise."

After hearing the news from the east, the current Duke of the Iron Islands, Euron Greyjoy, laughed his head off on the Seastone Seat. His mute crew members stood silently beside Euron, and although the captains of the Tranquil Fleet and the lords of the Iron Islands did not have their tongues cut off, they all remained silent tacitly.

Therefore, the only sound echoing in the entire hall was Euron's somewhat piercing laughter. Combined with Euron's appearance, this man seemed weird and scary.

No one dared to go against Euron's will, needless to say, those captains who had followed him for a long time had witnessed Euron's terror countless times and had long been completely tamed by him. As for the captains of the Iron Islands, they had also seen from Euron's recent behavior how unrestrained this generous new lord was.

The Drowned God's priests, led by Aeron Greyjoy, were an indignant group of people regarding Euron's ascension to the throne. Why did Euron, a guy who worshipped pagan gods and practiced witchcraft, sit on the Seastone Chair?

Euron's response was swift and brutal. A large number of pirates rushed into the hall of the Drowned God and captured everyone, including his brother. Then, he showed what a cruel and ruthless man he was in front of the lords of the Iron Islands.

Euron held a big barbecue and roasted these opponents to death alive in front of everyone. Faced with this human barbecue, many experienced raider lords couldn't help but vomit there, but Euron laughed loudly, expressing his attitude towards the Drowned God with an extremely contemptuous attitude.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among many lords who were devout believers in the Drowned God. Even though Euron gave them expensive and priceless Valyrian steel weapons, he could not insult the Drowned God like this!

So, these lords went back and began to organize themselves to overthrow that "ungodly bastard", but unfortunately, before their actions even began, Euron's men rushed in and captured all the lords.

Then Euron drowned the lords with sea water, confiscated their lands, and then distributed the lands to his subordinates or those submissive lords.

Euron's carrot and stick approach scared the lords of the Iron Islands. The Ironborn were already unhappy with Euron for bringing a large number of outsiders, and he was so disrespectful to the Drowned God. Many Ironborn thought that he would have to leave sooner or later. Unexpectedly, Euron turned around and arrested all his opponents.

After this execution, there were no more voices against Euron in the Iron Islands - or rather, these voices became even more hidden.

Next, Euron ordered the entire Iron Islands to prepare for war. Euron promised the Ironmen that he would bring them a bright future and help them escape from the present situation of continuous population loss and decline.

Euron's words were full of temptation, and the lords were all seduced by the beautiful picture he painted.

However, there are still people who hold different opinions. After his nephew and niece fled the Iron Islands, "the Scholar" Rodrick also fled the Iron Islands with his family property and subjects.

This lord who intended to reform the Iron Islands eventually decided to leave the Iron Islands and create a new career in the East, just like those lords who shared the same view as him.

"However, considering the time, it should be around then. Is the ceremony ready?"

Euron threw the letter on the ground and spoke seemingly nonchalantly, and his mute crew member immediately made a few gestures.

"A little while longer? Fine, then wait a little while, but then I want to see the ears of the person in charge. They should have finished by now."

The mute crew member hurriedly conveyed Euron's order. No one present dared to express an opinion on this cruel decision, because those who expressed opinions would often end up in an even more miserable end than that.

Sitting on the Seastone Chair, Euron's thoughts began to drift away, drifting to his trip to Valyria.

If one wants to enter Valyria, the first thing one needs to do is to cross the Sea of ​​Smoke. Since the fall of the Freehold, countless ships have been buried in this sea. However, Euron has no fear of the Sea of ​​Smoke - he has experienced more thrilling moments before, and he just wants to conquer this sea that is said to be impassable.

With his most elite ships, Euron began the challenge - most of the Tranquility Fleet was cruising and waiting outside the Sea of ​​Smoke, and most of the ships going to the Sea of ​​Smoke were just going to die.

The Sea of ​​Smoke is filled with storms all year round, and there are some kind of monsters lurking beneath the sea surface. In the storms, they constantly stir up waves and swallow all passing ships. However, this could not stop him. He personally took the helm and sailed through the huge waves and storms - although for this he had to make a sacrifice and ask for help from beneath the water.

As soon as they set foot on the shore of Valyria, Euron's team was attacked by some deformed monsters. They might have been human originally, but now they have mutated so much that their original appearance cannot be recognized at all. Moreover, the distortions and mutations of these things are different, and there is not much similarity between them.

Euron's team easily killed these monsters, but then they discovered that these monsters could spread the plague! Some crew members showed symptoms of mutation, but Euron still did not hesitate to burn all the crew members and the bodies of those monsters to death.

And then, they headed towards the ruins of Fortress of Liberty.

Even after experiencing the devastating destruction, the Freedom Fortress is still majestic. The towering black stone building stands proudly, greater than any building Euron has ever seen, and its dilapidated state gives it a kind of romance of ruins.

However, there are countless dangers hidden in the ruins. Euron led the team into it, and then encountered magic from nowhere, sudden attacks, and people who were poisoned and fell down for no apparent reason. Even though he had been dead for so many years, the protection measures left by the Dragon King were still so effective. Euron overcame these difficulties one by one, and the dead man's mechanism could not do anything to him. He successfully came to the place he wanted to go, the treasure house of the Free Fortress.

Through that prisoner, the blood of Viserys Targaryen in his hands, Euron opened the door there.

Then, he saw countless Valyrian steel weapons and armor, rare treasures from all over the world, and magical items of the Dragon Kings, but Euron didn't care about these things. They were very precious, but that was not his main purpose.

Soon, Euron found those precious books, those books that recorded the secrets of this world and countless magics. Euron came here just for these things.

Holding these spoils, Euron left the ruins of Valyria. It seemed that this land also knew that he had conquered the Freehold, and the journey back was particularly smooth. He did not encounter any attacks or messy magic, and even did not encounter much trouble when crossing the Sea of ​​Smoke.

When Euron walked out of the sea of ​​smoke, the Tranquility Fleet burst into thunderous cheers. All along, Euron had relied on his ruthless methods and mysterious style to make the Tranquility Fleet regard him as a god-like existence, but the idea of ​​going to the Fortress of Liberty still made everyone in the Tranquility Fleet very hesitant.

After all, the majority of Euron's subordinates are pirates after all, and these people have always been treacherous. They obey Euron only because of his methods. Even though Euron has led these people for so many years and spread their notoriety far and wide, there are still a lot of restless guys.

However, these restless guys completely shut up after Euron's return, and many of them even completely became loyal to Euron because Euron had performed a true miracle.

But Euron didn't care about these things at the time. After sending the Targaryen, who had been exploited to the point of exhaustion, away by ship, he devoted all his energy to the books of Valyria.

There, he saw many secrets, mastered stronger magic, and understood what his own situation was.

There have always been people like him since the birth of this world. They were driven by the gods, fought for the interests of the gods, and finally thrown away like used garbage - just like he treated that Targaryen.

This was all within Euron's expectations. Although he used magic and borrowed the power of the gods, he never let down his guard against those high-ranking beings, and was never willing to completely obey the will of these gods.

These immortals, who have existed in the world since the beginning of the world, have always only used humans for their own benefit.

Although this is a good deal for many people, Euron is unwilling to make such a deal. He is unwilling to become a pawn of the gods and unwilling to become unknown history after his time passes.

He wanted to be the fear, the real fear.

Very early on, Euron discovered that fear could give him strength. When he appeared in front of some people, they would be afraid and tremble.

However, at that time he was simply enjoying this emotion, and the Storm God also called on it, and the monsters in the water also called on it.

He responded to the call of these guys, and in this way, Euron traveled across the oceans of this world, making his notoriety known far and wide.

As more and more people began to fear him, Euron felt more and more powerful.

More importantly, after studying the power of gods and magic, he felt that this fear seemed to be a path to a higher existence.

Those gods didn't seem that powerful. In Yuhai, he destroyed many immortals who had existed in the world for who knows how long. These guys didn't seem that powerful either.

This trip to Valyria solved Euron's doubts and he found a way forward. Compared to that road, the immortals did not seem so powerful or worthy of attention.

So, he returned to the Iron Islands. Euron finished his thoughts as his mute crew member said that everything was ready and the ceremony could begin at any time.

Let it all come, Euron stood up. The tide of magic has arrived, and all forces are ready to welcome the new era of changes.

And he was naturally one of them, he had prepared a gift, a gift for the coming of magic. However, this was just the beginning, he had prepared a lot more...

(End of this chapter)