Casting spells

Your army will slowly lose its combat effectiveness because there is not enough money to feed it, or it will be bribed, causing a terrible rebellion.

Because there is no stable power structure, many people will use all means to fight for power and profit, even using cruel methods such as assassination, poisoning, and mass cleansing.

Do you think you really freed the slaves?

No, dear Daenerys, you are just like a wayward child, crushing an ant nest that you don't like with your foot, without any regard for whether the poor ants inside will survive.

You are not a qualified ruler, let alone what politics is and what the people at the bottom really need.

Maybe you have suffered a lot and experienced a lot of tribulations, but in essence, you are still that high-ranking princess, not an ordinary person running around for a living.

Alright, let's stop chatting after dinner, please give me some of your blood now, I have to go back in a hurry. "

Daenerys was completely stunned by this analysis, and stood motionless. For the first time, she realized that a temporary decision of hers would lead to such serious consequences.

For a moment, she fell into a kind of reflection and self-blame. After seven or eight minutes, she seemed to have figured something out, raised her head and responded in a very firm tone: "Maybe you are right. , I am not a qualified ruler, nor do I understand politics, and even made many fatal mistakes inadvertently, but I will not give up my original intention of freeing slaves, let alone reclaiming my kingdom. Finally, Thank you for your pointers, I think I have figured out how to make it up."

The voice just fell!

The last member of the Targaryen family suddenly pulled out a dagger, cut a small opening on his finger, and allowed the dark red liquid to slide down slowly, filling the test tube in the blink of an eye.

Sensing the faint energy contained in the blood, Zhang Cheng's eyes showed a gleam of joy. He took it and quickly covered it with a plug smeared with beeswax, carefully put it in his pocket, and then stood up and bowed slightly: "Thank you very much! As I promised before Yes, if one day you lead an army to land in Westeros, I will choose to stand by your side and never break my promise."

"Ha! You are really strange, you were still blaming me for my fault a few minutes ago, why do you choose to stand by me now?" Daenerys sneered and raised her eyebrows, obviously confused by the other party's weird attitude .

"Does it matter to me whether you are a qualified ruler? No, it has nothing to do with me. What matters are those ordinary people living at the bottom of society, and what does their life and death have to do with me? To be honest, Even if you let the dragon slaughter unarmed civilians, I don't care, I only care about one thing, and that is to conduct the research I am interested in." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng walked straight towards the balcony.

After all, they have already obtained clues to Valyria's doomsday catastrophe, figured out what is going on with the blood of the Targaryen family, and obtained a bottle of "Dragon Mother" blood, so there is no need to stay and waste time.

As for whether the fate of the three cities of Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen will change because of his appearance, and whether Daenerys will mature in advance, he doesn't care at all...

Chapter 151 The Truth About the Doomsday Catastrophe

After leaving Astapor, Zhang Cheng did not return to Bright Water City immediately, but stopped by Dragonstone Island in the east of Westeros mainland.

With the cover of night, he landed silently on the top of the highest tower of Shigulou.

Since Stannis has not given up on the island at the moment, there are still many guards patrolling and standing guard around the castle.

Fortunately, the disastrous defeat not long ago had lowered their morale to the extreme, and they had no intention of performing their duties seriously.

After all, Dragonstone Island is an island surrounded by sea on all sides. If any enemy wants to attack, the only way is to use a huge fleet to transport soldiers ashore.

But if it is a fleet, it is absolutely impossible to escape the eyes of the watchtower, so most of the guards' guards and patrols are just walking around.

Sensing the pessimism permeating Dragonstone Island from top to bottom, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, and sighed softly: "It seems that Stannis has not realized that he is truly worthy of being in such a predicament after a single defeat." The power to rely on is not those half-hearted lords, but Melisandre, a woman who possesses strange magical abilities. But it doesn’t matter, anyway, I’m just here to get information.”

With the last word blurted out, he patted Kuro Kerba's huge head lightly, signaling the dragon not to make any noise, and he climbed along the wall into the top floor rotunda, looking for Daenerys' description. bookshelf.

After a while, he found a rusty wooden frame next to a huge table carved with a map of Westeros.

I don’t know how long it has been since no one cleaned it. This wooden frame is covered with a thick layer of dust and cobwebs from top to bottom, and because it is close to the sea, the air is extremely humid. Some parts of the frame have begun to rot badly. One push could crash.

Zhang Cheng carefully removed the books placed on the top one by one, quickly flipped through the contents, and found that most of these books were related to the history of Targaryen, especially the biography of Aegon the Conqueror. There are as many as five books, which are of no value at all.

Finally, he found an old book covered with mildew in the bottom corner of the bookshelf. From the words on the cover, he could vaguely tell that it was written——"Splendid Valyria"

"Huh, it looks like it's you." Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, found a chair and sat down, and began to read the history recorded in this book carefully, and was soon attracted by the content in the book.

As expected, Valyria was once an out-and-out magical civilization, and many upper rulers possessed powerful supernatural powers.In particular, the legendary Valyrian steel was repeatedly tempered with dragon flames, spells and magic, just like the enchanted weapons in Azeroth.

In the eyes of the Valyrians, the dragon, which is regarded as a symbol of power today, is just a tamed beast, and there is nothing to be surprised about.

They are even more powerful and advanced than those wielded by the Children of the Forest, capable of altering terrain and landscape as desired.

Unfortunately, when most magical civilizations develop to a certain extent, there will always be a strong tendency to self-destruct.

Just when Valyria was entering its most glorious stage, a person named Visa finally realized that the energy permeating the entire world actually all came from the crimson comet in the sky.

In order to ensure the continuation of civilization, all kinds of magical powers will not disappear periodically, he made a bold decision, that is, wait for the comet to pass by again for a short time, and dig a meteorite from it.

It has to be said that this plan was quite bold and risky, but the ruler at the time did not know why he chose to support him.

Without any hesitation, Visa quickly made corresponding preparations, and launched a powerful magic ritual the moment the red comet streaked across the sky.

A metal ball with a diameter of more than ten meters and made entirely of Valyrian steel rose into the air and slammed into the surface of the crimson comet.

With the violent impact, a meteorite the size of an adult's head fell down.

All of a sudden, all the insiders watched the red light falling from the sky with joy, and no one realized its danger.

Just a few seconds later, when the meteorite hit the ground, it suddenly released a dazzling red light.

next second...

The terrifying energy was released directly, and all the people, buildings, poultry and livestock within a radius of tens of kilometers were all torn apart by the invisible shock wave, turning into rain of blood and dust, even dragons were no exception.

With just one blow, the city center of Valyria was completely razed to the ground!

No screams!

No howling!

Some are just ruthless destruction!

Before the remaining Valyrians realized what happened, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis followed, swallowing up this magical civilization almost instantly.

In the end, less than one in ten thousand survivors escaped, and the Targaryen family was one of them.

As for what the fallen meteorite looked like and where it was hidden, no one knew, and no one dared to look for it again, at least the Targaryen family had no such plan.

"So that's how it is..." Zhang Cheng closed the last page with an ecstatic expression on his face.

If he guessed correctly, this fallen meteorite should belong to a kind of energy crystal formed after forcible compression. Even a little bit of energy leakage can produce terrible destructive power comparable to nuclear weapons. If he can Obtaining it, then [-]% can greatly improve eyesight, and maybe even create a few powerful magic items.

Just when he was thinking about how to find this treasure buried in the ruins of Valyria, a petite figure appeared in the hall at some point.

"You...are you reading a book?" The voice of an immature girl came from Sombra's mouth.

Zhang Cheng turned around vigilantly, and saw a little girl with half of her face covered in dead black skin.

She has long golden hair, is wearing a white silk nightgown, and has two dark blue eyes flickering, seeming a little curious and a little scared,

Celine Baratheon, daughter of Stannis.

Zhang Cheng confirmed the identity of the other party with little effort.

One must know that she can still survive being infected with greyscale, she is the only one in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, and with that characteristic hard dead skin, it may be difficult to admit her mistake.