King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 665 Happenings
"Tyrion Lannister and Igor West." Fleet representative spoke first , "these two people, one is the executive and the other is the decision-maker. As long as they are eliminated, the Westeros Bank, which has just started, will suffer heavy losses and will not be able to operate in an instant!"

This view has been approved a few times, but the opposition also Sounded almost immediately.

"Too shallow! The information shows that the bank is actually organized by these two people, but if it doesn't get the Queen's approval, anything in the name of Targaryen can be done?" A Keyholder snorted and shook his head, "Since we have decided to use the ultimate means, we also know that we need to grasp the executors and decision-makers... Why not be bold, just go a step further and solve the problem fundamentally - go to the higher-level institutions, The decision makers of the Targaryen Dynasty won? eunuch Varys and Petyr Baelish are dead, as long as Daenerys Targaryen also has an accident... The Queen camp who lost allegiance will be disorganized and self-destructed, and someone will help us clean up the mess, there is no need to Take the trouble to deal with a small bank that was just established alone!"

"It makes sense, if you just keep your eyes on Westeros Bank, if you kill two of them, Queen will continue to assign someone to take over, take over. What should I do if the proposer is equally capable? Assassinate all the way? Killing the Queen is the fundamental solution to the problem!"

The voice of approval was louder than before, but the original proposer retorted: "Who doesn't Have you thought about it? But Faceless Men don't kill Dragonlord!"

Don't kill Dragonlord -- this is one of the secret principles that existed hundreds of years ago when the Black and White Court was first established, of course, the original words It's not "don't kill Dragonlord", but "add money when the target is Dragonlord, add a lot of money". The price of Faceless Men's shot was already unbelievably high, and the asking price for assassinating Dragonlord was more than doubled according to regulations, which reached an astronomical figure that even the wealth of the iron vault could not afford. "Don't kill Dragonlord" is a strange legend and agreement.

If it is said that before the fall of Valyria, this rule was out of fear of Freehold's terrifying strength, it has become more like a metaphysics by now. However, the past generations of Faceless Men, who pay attention to inheritance, still firmly adhere to this article. The members of the Keyholders who know know that they will never make an exception, and they do not want to be difficult, so they acquiesce to its establishment.

"If the Faceless Men don't take action, then look for someone else, and it's not just the Black and White Court that kills people!" The third person opened the mouth and said, "But what I want to add is that according to What we know about Igor, even if the Queen is assassinated, he will probably still have enough ability and prestige to pull a new king out to continue to worship, relying on the power to force the alliance to continue to fight against us. So my point of view Yes, in order to be safe, we have to get rid of Queen and Igor, these two people are the 'Rogal brother' of the Daenerys regime!"

"Agreed, Queen and Igor are exactly on the stand. Sandro and Drazeko's brother. The liaison of the special affairs department of the Iron Vault assassinated the Queen, and the Black and White House dispatched the Faceless Men to kill the Night's Watch. Everyone has an independent mission, and everyone is happy. I suggest that this proposal be voted on. !"

The current president, nodded, agreed, and began to prepare to count and record the voting results. While he was preparing, everyone whispered, and the buzzing buzzing sound like a swarm of flies sounded again, clearly talking about taking people's lives, but the leaders of various industries here seemed to be discussing what to eat at night. There was no expression of surprise, fear, or the like. Even Gordon Gallonier, who was sitting in the audience, nodded approvingly - he was very relieved: Although the juniors in front of them were not very good at finding primary and secondary conflicts, they still grasped the problem when discussing the solution. focus.

For the actual rulers of the known world financial center, the lives of outsiders are not something sacred and inviolable, even if it is Monarch of the entire Country and Hand of the Queen. It's just that it's more difficult to succeed, and the assassination price is higher.

But, just at the juncture where the Keyholders will be clamoring for today's First Stage vote, the unexpected strikes again.

A representative of the House of Black and White, a middle-aged man in a gray robe with a half expressionless public face under the hood (who knows if that is the real face) speaks Speech: "Sorry, the Black and White Academy is unable to accept this commission."

The warm atmosphere cooled down a little, but some people still couldn't hear this sentence, and those who approached clarified with doubts on their faces : "It was the Iron Gold Kut Special Affairs Department who came up with ideas to deal with Daenerys Targaryen. The Black and White House only needs to find a way to deal with Igor West. This guy is definitely not Dragonlord, right? He came from the west of Sunset Sea!"

"He is not the Dragonlord, but the spokesperson of the Red God in the mortal world. The Lord of Light has descended on every Red Temple in the world with a sure Divine Vestige to manifest the awakening of oneself and announce the decision, choose in this limelight To murder his chosen one is especially unwise, and its nature is more serious than the assassination of Dragonlord, and any price is unacceptable." The public face hooded man explained slowly at a moderate pace but determined tone, indicating that oneself did not That's right, "Not only will the Black and White House explicitly reject this commission, but at the same time, as believers of Many-Faced God, we kindly remind and reiterate: Braavos is advised not to be an enemy of the Daenerys regime."

This He was the last anti-war faction who was still holding on to his position. Although his voice was silent for a short paragraph, he spoke very clearly. The crowd at the conference table suddenly became quiet, and dozens of pairs of eyes were fixed on this man. There is a high probability of being a representative of the Faceless Men, and various mentalities and expressions such as hostility, puzzlement, sarcasm, and anticipation are all displayed. After three or two seconds, the current president said with a gloomy face: "So, in addition to the rules of not killing Dragonlord, Now the Black and White Court has added the article 'Don't kill Gods spokesperson'? It's a joke! There are literally thousands of beliefs in this world. Could it be that if any religion is established, its leader will be removed from the Black and White Court's stinging Must Kill List? "

"No, there are thousands of gods in the world, most of them are just the emotional sustenance objects imagined by some poor worms. But Vulcan is different, he is one of the few gods in the world who has definitely revealed Divine Vestige. One, the teachings of the 'Many-Faced God' belief that all the gods in the world are different incarnations of 'God of Death' - now God of Death is named after the god of fire R'hllo The appearance of r's identity to show Divine Vestige must be because his major event related to blood and fire needs believers to do. As a follower of True God, how can Faceless Men assassinate its spokesperson bad major event? The reason for this cannot be explained in a few words. House of Black and White has no intention to influence the foreign policy decisions of the Keyholders Council, but it has a clear intention and a firm attitude in rejecting this entrustment, please understand! "

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It's really hard to explain this in a few words, because everyone here is mortal except for him, a Faceless Men.

R'hllor was When giving dragon scales to Igor, he promised the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch: [The one who carries the scales is the human voice I have chosen and recognized, and my followers will unconditionally obey your authority, and all self-aware Life will be in awe of your existence, and all the transcendents in the world who have seen or understood my existence—except the Cold God of Lands of Always Winter and the devil still active in the ruins of Valyria, will never dare to be your enemy.]

As a seriously wounded person with an incomplete body and unable to even show up in reality, R'hllor dares to make such a rhetoric with confidence.

She is the world The ceiling of power - so high that even the second layer of transcendent beings next to her have to look up.

The "believers" and "consciousnesses" mentioned in her passage "life" is easy to understand, while "the transcendents who have seen or know of my existence" are somewhat general and vague - the specific list would be long, but it is certain that it includes at least a large number of Greenseer, Shadowlands Sorcerer...and the Faceless Men in House of Black and White.

As for the reason, the traces are also very clear: the belief in the "Many-Faced God" enshrined in the Black and White House comes from the Old Valyria Volcanic Mine The slave labor and coolies were brought to Braavos with the defection of the slaves that built the city-state - a belief born from a group of slave laborers and slaves, whose purpose is not to fight against the slave system for freedom but to worship death, thinking that this is a This kind of gift and liberation, why? It's not easy to understand, but it can be summed up in a biased sentence: The Valyria Freehold, who was in Peak at that time, was so powerful that the oppressed would rather die than openly resist.

Valyria is extremely liberal with religion, but no religion has grown in the land - not even the Red God cult of R'hllor Foster, "the first Dragonlord". Why? Because Dragonlord Most of them don't believe in God - they think oneself is God. R'hllor ·Forster is as powerful as Heavenly God, but to Dragonlords, he is nothing more than mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, or great-great-grandmother.

Who will worship the "great grandmother" who believes in oneself - especially when the latter is still alive and well and has a chance to meet every other day?

Because there is no soil for development and growth in Valyria, the "Many-Faced God Religion" simply left the original place in a decision a few years later, and the whole moved to Braavos to relocate to become what we are now. Known as the House of Black and White, it is located in the northwest corner of the Essos continent. Who would have thought, instead, it was a blessing in disguise, and it escaped the catastrophe of the apocalypse by accident and survived.

Few people who have lived through the apocalypse know better than the ancestors of the Faceless Men how terrifying R'hllor Foster, the original Dragonlord, was. And when generations of modern Faceless Men who have inherited experience and historical memory suddenly found out: R'hllor, the old bastard, is still alive and has the ability to make Divine Vestige widely..., they will obediently admit it and have no resistance. It became completely understandable.

They are just a group of assassins after all, and they are good at being an ordinary person who comes from a dark place to a bright place with the little bit transcendent ability that they have finally mastered. The existence of the high-level priests of the Red God is enough for the Faceless Men to drink a pot, not to mention the Vulcan deity who is male or female, and there is no way to know where he is, and he can display his power from the air without showing up. exist?

Faced with a boss whose dungeon entrance is hidden and the health bar is not bright, no matter how arrogant people are, they can only do nothing and sigh.

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The quarrel and debate broke out again in the Conference Hall, and the anti-war factions who had raised their flags and surrendered were rekindled according to this prophetic warning Fighting spirit. Seeing that the good situation that had finally been reached with an agreement was about to be broken again, there was a startled sound of "peng" - Galonil, who had planned to stop interfering in the agenda, slapped the table again.

"Forgiveness? Just one word of forgiveness?" Putting down the small pot in his hand, the old man angrily squirmed his poisonous lips and tongue, "Braavos accommodates the House of Black and White to provide you with shelter and Convenience, bear with all your strange operating modes and rules, that is, the Faceless Men can work at the critical moment! I don't know that the Keyholders meeting that agreed and accepted your 'don't kill Dragonlord' rule was out of What kind of consideration, but today, here in front of me, this move will not work! The dog has to watch the house after eating the bone, can it offend the Dragonlord, can it meet the ensuing revenge of the enemy, this is the master-the whole The only thing that needs to be considered is if the Keyholders are qualified, the Faceless Men of the Black and White Court have to be obedient, and whoever we ask you to kill, go kill whoever!”

The scene was instantly quiet to the point of needle It can be heard, everyone looks in awe towards these two people confronting in the field: the Faceless Men of the Black and White House has only one seat in the Keyholders meeting, and its representatives have the same rights as the rest of the members. There is nothing special about it. , and even for this seat, rarely uses the power to publicly express opinions and participate in controversial votes. As for who everyone admires and admires more, there is no doubt that Gordon Gallonier wins, but as for who everyone is more afraid of and dare not offend, it is obviously the unremarkable Faceless Men who doesn't even know his real name. .

The reason is very simple: No matter how powerful or fierce Gordon Gallonier is, he is only senior and prestige, and he has no power to kill; but Faceless Men...Although in principle they will not Braavos ruling class shot, but after all, they can kill the invisible, right?
Who would want oneself to stop breathing in his sleep in his prime, or choke to death while eating bacon?
Funny how, now, these two guys who are not to be trifled with are on each other's side.

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(end of this chapter)