Chapter 887
Dragonstone received news of the Casterly Rock cataclysm half a day later than Varys.
The little bird sent a letter to the spy chief immediately after the incident. Casterly Rock lost his backbone, and after a little more tossing, he invited Ser West from Lannisport, Tywin's distant cousin. , the Lannister naval ship Captain under reconstruction.
Well, as with the Dragon Queen, the Lions' navy started offshore fishing.
The first thing Ser West did was write to Dragonstone, not to Dragon Queen, but to Imp.
Now Casterly Rock has been reduced to the point where even the illegitimate child of Imp is more "noble" than all bloodlines.
The direct line and the slightly closer collateral line were all killed.
Although it's half a day late, the content of the letter is more comprehensive than what the little bird sent to Varys.
It was a poison the Maesters had never seen, in the summer red wine that Walder Frey brought from Riverrun.
The attack time is half an hour after drinking. There is no warning before the attack, and there is no cure after the attack. In an instant, the eyeballs were congested and he died of madness.
Casterly Rock not only killed eight hundred and seventy-four people, but two or three hundred guards died in the frenzied attacks of poisoned patients.
At that time, the main hall of Casterly Rock was like a purgatory on earth. The drinking Lannister had red eyes, and dark red blood vessels appeared on the surface, using long swords, forks, chairs, wine bottles, and even teeth and nails to interact Attack, bite each other, then attack, bite and pull their guards and servants.
“It should be doped with Basilisk poison. Warm-blooded creatures will go crazy and lose their minds after being poisoned by this poison. Rats infected with Basilisk poison will even bite lions.” Archmaester Marwyn of Bull Neck said .
Maester Pylos: "In the writings of Archmaester Walgrave, there are many references to the methods of poisoning by the Faceless Men.
The spice with Basilisk's blood is especially impressive. Profound.
When those spices are smeared on meat and grilled, they will emit a very attractive aroma, and no one can refuse."
Uh, because "different world great writers ”, people all over the world know about Faceless Men’s methods.
It's all real stuff, and Faceless Men does like to use poison. The first mission target Arya killed was to use poison—smear the poison on Silver Coin, and then put Silver Coin in the hands of moneylenders who like to bite silver with their mouths.
In Kindly Man's room, Arya learns how to prepare hundreds of poisons.
"It seems to be the Faceless Men, didn't the letter say that?" Old Crab shook the letterhead in his hand, "Old Walder attended the banquet and invited everyone to join us as soon as the meeting opened. Casterly Rock toasted.
Everyone at the banquet raised their glasses and said a toast, and all drank their wine.
But when the body was restrained, only Old Walder was nowhere to be seen. Checked the kitchen afterwards and found what looked to be Walder Frey's bones in the broth instead."
"Mother have mercy, those who attended the banquet drank Walder's soup!" The black girl Alleras said in horror.
"Hi, so cruel!" Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
"King's Landing brown soup every day, what is it?" Old Crab shook his head disapprovingly, "This is not the point, the point is that Old Walder was dead, but he appeared at the venue and invited everyone to make a toast, That's the Faceless Men!"
"Yes, 80% of the time it's the Faceless Men." Marwyn and the others nodded in agreement.
"Didn't Casterly Rock have Faceless Men dogs?" Bronn said curiously.
"It's...probably not, and not everyone is guarding the Faceless Men. Some nobles haven't dealt with the Faceless Men for hundreds of years." Marwyn hesitated.
Then he said: "The key is who hired the Faceless Men? How much Golden Dragon should be paid for killing so many people!"
Bronn touched his chin, looked thoughtful and said: "I heard that Winterfell recently made a fortune selling food. Not only did the loan from Iron Bank get written off, but it also made millions of additional Golden Dragon. Stark has the ability to hire Faceless Men, and only they have such a big hatred with Walder Frey."
In fact, there is no need for them to speculate here. As soon as Dany received the news of the Casterly Rock extinguish sect tragedy, he guessed the identity of the criminal, the method and the motive.
Who else but Arya?
But even Dany was a little nervous at this point.
Too cruel.
While marveling at Arya very ruthless, Dany is also a little envious of her.
Envy Arya for being free and unrestrained, doing whatever she wants, just begging the thought means you've arrived.
She has now become Queen, empress, The Seven, and the savior of the world. Many of her identities emphasize one character: a good person who is just, benevolent, and charitable.
There is no doubt that this is a kind of political correctness, and it is also a great restraint.
When Walder Frey refused to apologize in her own way, Dany also wanted to immediately ride a dragon to Riverrun, Dragonflame to wash the city, and then she stood at the top of the city, with the sky-high fireworks and the wailing of the undead all over the city. Background, head up laughing... well, even indulgent, this style is too exaggerated for Dany.
"Your Majesty?" Old Crab whispered.
"What's the matter?" Dany woke up from his thoughts.
“What do we do with Casterly Rock?” Old Crab asked.
"What's with us? It's Lannister's family business, and the letter is for Tyrion, let him handle it!" Dany said casually.
"Tyrion is not at Dragonstone."
"Where has he been? Tarth or Sunspear?" Dany asked.
“Prince of Ghaen received a letter from Church and went to Great Sept the night before to pick up Duke Tywin's coffin, and has not returned yet.” Maester Pylos said.
"King's Landing is at war, isn't he stuck in King's Landing?" Bronn wondered.
Old Crab shook his head and said, "Our people have been monitoring the King's Landing battle. There are only street battles in the city, no dragon battles.
Tyrion rides the Wyvern, no matter which side he is on. Attack, will not be silent."
Speaking of this, the Old Earl couldn't help but look worried, looked at the Queen and asked: "Your Majesty, the King's Landing war is more tragic than expected.
It was not a battle between high-end transcendent forces as we had guessed before, but an anxious battle of ordinary soldiers.
The fall of the King's Landing gate was just the beginning, and Euron deliberately gave up the kerosene bomb to fix the target. city wall, and distribute the troops in the streets.
Iron Throne's army competes with Stannis's for every street, every alley, every building.
Soldiers mingle , and people's residences are mixed in, Double Headed Demon Dragon and Wyvern cannot intervene.
In terms of total strength, Stannis is not as good as Euron, I am afraid that this war will not be decided in a few days."
"I know about King's Landing." Dany indifferently said.
"I mean, do you want to intervene? The loss of troops is too great, what about the King's Landing battle after the arrival of the Others?" Old Crab worriedly said.
“Who are you helping?” Dany asked.
"No one helps, King's Landing is yours," Old Crab said excitedly.
Dany holds the forehead and said helplessly: "I thought you had pity on the miserable suffering of the people of King's Landing during the war. Now it seems that you think they are not miserable enough."
"Long pain is better than short pain—"
"Okay," Dany said solemnly, raising his hand to stop him, "I repeat, the biggest enemy in Long Night is the Cold God!
Can't solve Cold God, a hundred King's Landings are no different from sandcastles on the beach, the waves will always come and take everything.
Cold God It's True God, even R'hllor was beaten into a dog by him, and I'm just a mortal.
It's very difficult for mortals to deal with True God, I can't waste my energy and time on a useless iron chair On.
To put it more directly, I won't leave Dragonstone half step unless Cold God comes.
No matter what happens to the Seven Kingdoms, even if the Others break through which city, don't Come and disturb me, that's the matter of the Dawn Warrior and the Walker Resisting Committee.
Mortal's business belongs to mortals, I'm only responsible for Cold God.
If any Seven Kingdoms nobles ask, you guys Tell them the same, understand?"
"Understood."
That night, Dragon Queen slapped herself in the face and left Dragonstone in a hurry.
Because, Casterly Rock has fallen.
...
Harrenhal is yet another testament to Song of Ice and Fire World's bug-level architecture.
The whole is composed of five giant towers over 100 meters long. The towers are connected by suspended stone bridges. Standing on the top of the towers, you can see the trebuchets outside the city, which are only about the size of an insert.
The overall area of the castle is three times the size of Winterfell, and Godswood alone has 20 acres.
Harrenhal's kitchen is as large as Winterfell's main castle hall, and Harrenhal's main hall is called "Hall of the Hundred Hearths", which means there are a hundred fireplaces in the hall.
Of course, Hall of the Hundred Hearths is bragging, the actual number of fireplaces is only one third, 35.
With 35 fireplaces alone, one can imagine the grandeur of Harrenhal's halls.
In fact, the largest castle in the Seven Kingdoms is Harrenhal.
Harrenhal is not only a large castle, but also has a thick and high city wall. Its city gate building is the same size as Stark's main castle. Standing outside the city gate and looking up at the inner city, you can only see the towers of five towers. top.
The city wall is too high to block the viewer's view.
As a result, even though Harrenhal was badly damaged at this time, it still became the Dawn Warrior station chosen by the Dragon Queen after the Battle of Winterfell.
The city is sturdy, and the aid to places like the Riverlands is also the closest and most convenient.
"We should rescue Casterly Rock now!" Harrenhal Acting City Lord Ser Bonifer Hasty said.
Shadowbinder Tamm shook his head and said, "I've sent a message to Dragon Queen, she's on her way, and she told us to stand still and take us to Casterly Rock later."
Yeah , Dragon Queen not only left hundreds of sets of Valyrian Steel armor here, even the Imperial Mages head is also stationed here.
"Let's set off first and let the Queen come later?" Ser Bonifer said.
"Harrenhal received Raven from Casterly Rock, does Ser understand what that means?" White Cloak Garth said gloomily.
“On behalf of Casterly Rock, we are in desperate need of help,” Ser Bonifer said eagerly.
"No, it means it doesn't matter whether we go or not." Garth sighed and shook his head, "From Casterly Rock to Harrenhal, more than a thousand kilometers, when we received Raven, it had been two days since Others sieged the city.
More importantly, this time is not an ordinary Others siege.
Casterly Rock happened to have a mass poisoning incident. Internal explosion..."
"The Queen is here!" Tamm suddenly pointed to the dim road.
"So soon? It's less than an hour—"
"Om—" Under the stunned gazes of everyone, a little red light suddenly appeared, and then swelled into a flash. A pale red mirror with a diameter of 40 meters.
"sou!" A black shadow emerged from the mirror.
"Sigh" Black Dragon roared, its wings flapping at high speed stirring the dark clouds on the sky.
"ahhhh " Bonifer and the Knight above the city gate shouted in horror, but it was the Dragon Queen who jumped and fell towards them at a very high speed.
"It's over, the Dragon Queen fell off the dragon!" someone howled.
But after calling for a while, they suddenly found a problem: the speed of the Dragon Queen's landing is not accelerating, but slowing down?
It's not an illusion, when she was 30 meters away from the city wall, she was already like a willow leaf, fluttering and flying sideways.
"The Seven, this, Dragon Queen can fly?" Ser Bonifer said in disbelief.
"Ah, Rhaella?!"
Dragon Queen took off her face armor, looked around, and was about to say something when Ser Bonifer lost self-control exclaimed.
Dany frowned and saw that the tall and thin old Knight had tears in his eyes, his eyes full of reminiscence and love, looking towards oneself.
What situation is this?