Chapter 293
"Jon, do you know why I'm chasing that goshawk in the afternoon?"
"Skinchanger," Jon nods, stroking the scar on his cheek with a mixed expression, "in fact, I know him. , once it belonged to Orell, I killed him, his eagle scratched my face. I heard that the Varamyr Sixskins inherited the eagle."
"Varamyr Sixskins...did he Five pets?" Dany asked in surprise.
"With Orell's Eagle, maybe it's time to call him 'Sevenskins'. Three wolves, a Shadowcat, a hut-sized snow bear, pretty much the strongest Skinchanger in the Wildlings."
Dany was silent, but not only was the strongest Skinchanger in the Wildlings, but the guy named Varamyr was rare in the world...well, before the Stark family bug was born.
Like Bran, definitely better than Sixskins.
Forget about Bran, the Varamyr Sixskins even fears Jon because his innate talent isn't half as good as Jon's.
“How much is a Skinchanger in Wildlings?” Barristan asked.
"There are at least twenty of them, but none of them are as powerful as Varamyr. They can only control one pet. The strong one can conquer the Shadowcat, and the weak one can only find a goat and a wild boar as partners."
White Cloak's complexion changed dramatically, and he exclaimed: "Twenty? The Seven is on top, even a Shadowcat and a Sparrow, if they can be used flexibly, they can change the final direction of a war. "
Before Dany and Robb came along, the old man probably didn't have that concern.
But he has personally experienced the battle of Slaver's Bay, and knows that information asymmetry alone can cause one side to be in a passive state, and the suppression of war horses and pack horses by powerful Legendary creatures will further increase this disadvantage.
Even if the Skinchanger only controls one Sparrow, he can sneak into the enemy's castle and eavesdrop on the commander's entire battle plan and army deployment map.
What a terrifying advantage of having a complete grasp of each other's information!
"Not much at all," Dany shook his head disapprovingly, "one Skinchanger out of a thousand Old Gods followers, one Greenseer out of a thousand Skinchangers, and wildlings outside the city estimated to be thirteen- There are fourteen thousand, only a dozen Skinchangers, which are already few."
Jon hesitantly said: "North also believes in Old Gods, why...haven't heard of Skinchangers?"
Dany looked at him with a "hehe" smirk, "Riding on a horse to find a horse, isn't your oneself Warg?"
"I'm not!" Jon waved his hand and eagerly denied it, as if the Dragon Queen was slandering him It's like a villain, a monster.
"You are instinctively denying the essence of oneself. Jon, I understand that the Skinchanger has been transformed by the Andals, by the Citadel demonic, and you don't want to be regarded as a monster.
But as an Old Gods believer , you deny oneself, deny Skinchanger, you are equivalent to cursing out loud - Old Gods are Evil God."
"Varamyr Sixskins are the strongest Skinchanger in Wildlings, but I listen to Jesus... I heard Wildlings say that when he was a child, he controlled the family's Hound to kill oneself's younger brother, committed murder kin, and when he grew up, he took away the oneself master's wolf, house, and territory - more hateful than betraying the sacred oath.
He controls more than a dozen nearby villages with his martial power. Anyone who dares to resist his rule will be torn apart by the wolves. He also uses Shadowcat to plunder women in the villages...
According to Your Majesty, the innate talent of the Skinchanger comes from the blessing of the Old Gods, why should the Old Gods bless such wicked people?" Jon said excitedly.
He agrees with Dany's statement in his heart - Skinchanger is related to the belief of Old Gods, but the few Skinchangers he has seen seem to be no good person. Is it true that Old Gods of oneself belief love villains?
"Jon, you misunderstood me." Dany commanded Barristan a few words, explaining, "Skinchanger's innate talent is a personal bloodline power. I'm not sure if it's fundamentally related to Old Gods.
Only, in the Old Gods belief, Skinchanger is equivalent to the status of priest.
You can question the character of a Skinchanger, but there is no need to deny the 'Old Gods priest' A career system.
Like Church of The Seven, the Most Devout with inferior character is no less than the scum in the Skinchanger, but I believe in The Seven, which does not affect my pride in being a oneself Devout at all.
As another simple example, I have an innate talent for witchcraft, but Ser Barristan doesn't.
If we both believe in Lord of Light at the same time, I don't need to be religious to become a master. The mysterious power of the Red God priest, and he has no power even if he is devout.
Because he has no innate talent, his status in the Red Temple is far inferior to mine."
Old Aemon looked thoughtful and said: "This explanation is very clear and objective. To be honest, I have always been biased against Skinchanger before." hesitantly said: "Then what should I do?"
"Check your innate talent first."
As he spoke, Barristan came back from above the tower, holding A long wooden box.
Dany took over the wooden box, opened and took out the obsidian spar with silver-gray stripes inside, inserted it into the round hole of the wooden box base, and said to Jon: "This is a glass candle, try it out, how long does it take? Can ignite it."
"How?" Jon dragged his chair to the edge of the table, staring at the obsidian crystal curiously, "Is this a Dragonglass? I found a package on the wall beyond the wall with Dozens of Dragonglass daggers."
Old Maester Aemon said slowly: "Dragonglass is the folk name for obsidian, and the Valyrians call it 'Frozen Fire'. Dragonstone's Dragonglass ore reserves are huge."
"Iron Throne can be put aside for now, but Dragonstone I have to take now."
"That's the ancestral land of Targaryen!" Dany emphasized.
"After that, will your Majesty have soldiers stationed?" Aemon worriedly said.
“What does the Old Master think of Velaryon at Driftmark, Celtigar at Claw Isle?” Dany asked.
"As long as you ride a dragon in front of them, the loyalty of the two families is completely fine, but in Chaos of Four Kings, they followed Stannis to King's Landing and suffered heavy losses.
There was only one little Earl, less than ten years old, left in Driftmark; Earl Celtigar himself was defeated and captured, put under house arrest in King's Landing by Duke Tywin, and it is unknown whether he returned to Claw Isle."
"There are a hundred and ten guards. That's enough, I have dragons, who would dare to send ships to besiege Dragonstone?" Dany said to himself.
"Aren't you going back to Slaver's Bay?"
"Hey, it's only a straight-line distance of more than 7,000 kilometers. With the danger of Dragonstone, you won't be able to persist for three days. Will you stay?"
"Uh..." The old Aemon was stunned for a while, and asked in doubt: "Contact with Dragonstone through Magic?"
"Yes, glass candle, Archmaester Marwyn has pledged his allegiance to me. He's not just a Citadel Archmaester, he's a Mage."
"Marwyn the Mage?" old Aemon looked oddly, "I know, he doesn't have a good reputation at Citadel."
"By the way, what's up with Archmaester Perestan? I find your relationship...a little complicated." the old Maester asked again.
"Om—" Just as Dany was about to explain the Citadel conspiracy to old Maester, the silver-gray light group suddenly filled the field of vision, then exploded in a flash, and the rays of light went out.
"Ah—" Jon exclaimed blankly, rubbing his eyes, saying blankly: "I, I... the obsidian burned, I didn't touch it, and it suddenly lit up."
"Ah-" p>
"This, the legend is true, glass candles can really be lit out of thin air?!" Old Aemon said in disbelief.
Dany looked at Jon solemnly for a while, and said slowly: "Light the candle in less than half an hour, Jon Snow, your innate talent is very strong."
"The sooner The brighter the glass candle, the stronger the innate talent?" Jon grinned with pride and asked, "Your Majesty, how long have you been using it?"
"One look." Dany's small chin Slightly lifted, indifferently said.
"Uh, what do you mean?"
"I just glanced at it, and the candle lit steadily and persistently. The dazzling of rays of light is like a bullfight. , people outside a dozen or more li can clearly see the Heaven and Earth natural phenomenon, and in the end even Spiritual God was shocked to the world."
Dany's tone was flat, but Jon and Aemon's expressions Twisted, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes clearly indicated: You blow, you keep blowing, whoever believes it is stupid!
She raised her eyebrow and asked, "Don't believe it?"
"It's too exaggerated, it's completely out of reality, I can't believe it if you want to!" To be fair.
Barristan said resolutely: "Really, I was there and had a fight with Spiritual God. At first I was going to rush up to hack him! Thankfully Your Majesty stopped me."
Old Knight means: If you really rush up, I'm almost done. Live to talk to you, thanks to Queen Your Majesty wisely stopping me.
In Jon and Aemon's view, Barristan, who used to be fearless and upright, has completely failed.
Cut the Death God spirit? !
This kind of cowhide is generally not dare to blow, but you, the Legendary Guard face doesn't change, said it.
Jon decided not to expose the two of them. After all, they are both big bosses, so he changed the subject and said, "Do I want to learn witchcraft?"
"Overwhelming majority Skinchanger relies on Instinct to communicate with animals, as long as you don't resist Warg's identity, it should be easy to find your Direwolf. As for Skinchanger's meditation, there must be, but I won't."
Speaking of this, Dany thought A move, oddly said with a smile: "Did you get a message from the glass candle?"
"Some strange glyph..." Jon mused.
"You can try cultivation, don't go out to guard the gate tonight, just stay in the hall and use the glass candle for you."
Jon thought the Dragon Queen put it. Oneself's "peerless secret tome" was passed on to him, and he quickly agreed: "many thanks Your Majesty."
I don't know what the consequences of Child of Prophecy's transfer to Shadowbinder will be...
"Your Majesty, I see that you have no trouble communicating with dragon, are you also a Skinchanger?" Barristan said curiously.
"no! Skinchanger is a human soul that enters the body of an animal and controls the body of a pet companion. Regardless of the pet's own will, the body is completely human, just like a human being transformed into another form.
"No! p>
I control Big Black by command, he can fully understand what I mean, but always maintain his independent will.
Like I ask you to do something, you can completely I understand, but it is up to you to decide whether to execute it or not. You may obey, you may refuse, or even outward devotion but inner opposition.
And my Soul cannot enter the wild beast body such as wolf, Shadowcat, etc. I can't control other animals except dragons."
"Skinchanger sounds so evil." Jon frowned.
"Occupation is neutral, whether you are evil or good or not depends on what you do."
My dear nephew, when you become a Shadowbinder, you will understand how simple and kind Skinchanger is .
Second day early in the morning, the wind stopped snowing, the sun shone on the earth, the sky was a clear blue, Wall was like a huge crystal standing between Heaven and Earth, reflecting a beautiful circle of colorful halo.
What makes Night's Watch even better is that, as Dany expected, the Wildlings army did not attack again.
However, at the insistence of Queen Your Majesty, Night's Watch reluctantly took back a Wildlings captive.
Wildlings takes away a parchment with the seal of the Three Headed Dragon inscribed on the Dragon Queen's negotiating request for 'Night's Watch, Wildlings, Dragon Queen'.
In view of the clear weather and high visibility today, Dany rode the Big Black to the depths of the wall after breakfast, maintaining an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, ready to search for the legendary Others .