The Mountain of Ice and Fire

The 7th Magic Mountain Dragon Taming Cloud Mist Mountain

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*

Dragonstone Harbor.

Captain Jared, the naval commander of Braavos, boarded the flagship of Pentos with Captain Anseil of Lys. Chester, the naval commander of Pentos, was already standing with dozens of captains. They were whispering something, their expressions wary and cautious.

On the deck, the captains' whispered conversations stopped because of Captain Jared's arrival. Jared noticed that everyone looked at him with a mysterious vigilance.

"What happened?" Captain Jared said. His eyes swept over everyone suspiciously. Why were these fearless guys so afraid? What were they afraid of?

"Captain Jared, we received a letter from Governor Illyrio. The Mountain rode a dragon to Pentos and ordered our fleet to retreat within seven days, otherwise the dragon will slaughter the city," Chester, the naval commander of Pentos, whispered, as if he was guarding against someone eavesdropping and monitoring here in the air.

"The Mountain? Dragon? Pentos?" Jared's eyes widened. He was shocked.

"Captain, the Mountain went to Pentos, but the threat is not to burn Pentos alone, but all the cities of the nine Free Cities," Chester said in a low voice.

Jared stared at Chester. After a while, his surprised expression eased: "Queen Daenerys told me personally that the Mountain's dragon was beyond saving, and the Night King killed the Mountain's dragon."

"But obviously Her Majesty received false information." Chester carefully took out Illyrio's letter from his arms and handed it to Jared. "Governor Illyrio is Queen Daenerys's most steadfast supporter. Daenerys lived in his house and was sheltered by him for a long time before she married Drogo Kao. This is Governor Illyrio's autograph. I know his handwriting. Governor Illyrio would never lie."

*

Among the nine Free Cities, Braavos has the strongest navy. The ruler of Braavos is not called a governor, nor a prince or king, but the Sealord. The courtiers who assist the Sealord are not called courtiers, nor are they called prime ministers or governors, but scholars.

Braavos once launched a war against the coastal city-states in order to abolish the slavery prevalent in the Free Cities and to completely prohibit other city-states from engaging in the slave trade. In the end, Braavos's navy lost less and won more. Even if the navies of other city-states joined forces, they still lost more and won less. The most direct damage caused by the war was maritime trade.

The prosperity of Pentos, Lys, Myr, Tyrosh, Volantis, and other Free Cities all depended on maritime trade. Once maritime trade was affected, the lives of the city-state nobles and their people would be threatened as never before.

When maritime trade had to be completely stopped due to the war, Pentos, Lys, Myr, and other city-states chose to compromise. They made concessions and agreed to Braavos's proposal to abolish slavery and completely stop the slave trade. Pentos, which was closer to Braavos, was also forced to sign an agreement to abandon the construction of city garrisons.

Braavos challenged all the other Free Cities with the strength of one city-state and finally achieved victory and achieved its goal.

In the great naval battle of the Free Cities, the Sealord used its huge maritime power to choose a naval blockade, which touched the lifeline of every Free City and finally forced all the Free Cities to sign an agreement to abolish slavery, and the nine Free Cities were able to exchange for peace.

Braavos was built by miners who escaped from the Valyrian Empire. The first and second generations of Braavosi were all born as miner slaves. They hated slavery deeply. This is why the Free City of Braavos, which announced its existence to the world after the Valyrian Empire was destroyed by earth fire, wanted other city-states to abolish slavery.

This time, the nine Free Cities chose to join Daenerys's army. The most powerful navy was sent by the Sealord of Braavos. The commander-in-chief of this huge naval fleet of more than 500 warships was Captain Jared.

He was ordered by the Sealord to lead the Braavos fleet to support Daenerys. Daenerys abolished slavery in Slaver's Bay and liberated the slaves of Slaver's Bay. She created a miracle and was deeply admired by the Sealord of Braavos.

*

Captain Jared, the naval commander from Braavos, took the letter from Commander Chester and his face was uncertain. The order he received from the Sealord was to help Daenerys win the Iron Throne. Daenerys's feat of hating slavery and abolishing slavery made the Sealord find a 'like-minded' ally. The Sealord of Braavos's support for Daenerys was heartfelt.

Once the Sealord of Braavos is elected, he is king for life. This is different from other Free Cities, where governors are elected every few years to manage their cities.

"Captain, our Pentos fleet will retreat tomorrow and evacuate," Chester said in a low voice. Pentos has no garrison of its own. It is a city without an army. Once the Mountain attacks Pentos with a dragon, Pentos has no ability to fight back, not even the ability to defend.

"Queen Daenerys also has dragons," Captain Jared said cautiously.

"The Mountain's is a giant dragon, with wings that can cover a small town. That dragon is dozens of times larger than Her Majesty's black dragon Drogon," Chester said painfully. "Captain Jared, don't let the Mountain's dragon burn Braavos to ashes."

"Captain Chester, if we leave tomorrow, will Daenerys's dragons burn our fleet to ashes first? Maybe we won't have to wait for the Mountain's dragon to fly over," Jared said.

"Captain, we still have time. I think we need to send representatives to explain the situation to Her Majesty," Chester said. "That's why I invited everyone to meet on my flagship. If we withdraw, we must ensure that Her Majesty understands us and understands that we have no choice."

"Chester, the Braavos fleet may not choose to leave," Captain Jared said with a frown.

"Captain Jared, if you choose not to leave, you may let the Mountain ride the dragon to burn Braavos, and then implicate the safety of other city-states," Chester said sincerely.

"Captain Jared, we originally hoped that you could represent us to meet Her Majesty. Her Majesty trusts you very much," said Captain Anseil of Lys.

"Anseil, we have already arrived in Westeros. King's Landing is right in front of us, and there are gold dragons and beauties everywhere. If we don't make a fortune and go back, how can we have the face to return to our city-state?" Jared said. "Of course, the situation has changed a little. The Mountain's dragon is not dead. He is still alive. But he only has one dragon, and the Mother of Dragons has three."

"But the Mother of Dragons's three dragons will not be a match for the Mountain's giant dragon at all. That dragon is said to be hundreds of years old," Chester said with self-righteous exaggeration. "Braavos is a city-state without walls. Are you really not afraid of the Mountain's dragon?"

The Sealords of Braavos have never built city walls. They believe that their navy is the wall of Braavos.

"No one is not afraid of dragons, but we have already arrived in Westeros. Are we going back just because of the Mountain's threat? I think we should go and see the Mother of Dragons and listen to her opinion, instead of withdrawing our troops and returning because of a threat. This is not honorable, this is humiliation."

"Captain Jared, then let's go and see the Mother of Dragons together, but no matter what the Mother of Dragons decides, the Pentos navy has decided to withdraw," Chester said.

"Captains, let's vote for a representative." Jared looked around. He saw that some captains were hesitating. They were no longer so determined to retreat. King's Landing was right in front of them, and the continent of Westeros was right in front of them. If they attacked, there would be a large amount of wealth and various supplies. It was impossible for these captains not to be jealous. "Let's go and see the Mother of Dragons first. If the Mother of Dragons has a solution, I suggest everyone stay. Think about the wealth of the continent of Westeros, the Seven Kingdoms, and countless castles filled with wealth. And those beautiful noble women."

*

Dragonstone. Dragonstone Castle. Map Table Hall.

The Map Table Hall was full of talent—Her Majesty Queen Daenerys, Prime Minister Tyrion Lannister, Master of Whisperers Varys, Captain of the Kingsguard Jorah Mormont, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Barristan Selmy, Her Majesty's personal handmaiden Missandei, Unsullied leader Grey Worm and Hero, mercenary commander Ragged Prince, fierce general Daario Naharis, blood riders Aggo, Rakharo, Deputy Commander of the Navy Theon Greyjoy...

In addition, standing in front of the huge map table in the Map Table Hall were more than a dozen captains, including Captain Jared, Captain Chester, Captain Anseil, Captain Rhaelf, Captain Meredith, Captain Ted, and Captain Clorys. This group of foreign captains was led by Jared, Chester, and Anseil.

Daenerys sat on the only chair in the Map Table Hall. The chair was on a high platform. Sitting on it, she could overlook the map on the table. Her personal handmaiden Missandei and Prime Minister Littlefinger stood on either side of Her Majesty. Lord Commander of the Kingsguard Barristan and Captain of the Guard Jorah stood in front of the Queen's platform to protect the Queen.

"Captain Jared, speak. You insisted on seeing me. What's the matter?" Daenerys said. Her beauty and complexion were like bright pearls, making the Map Table Hall even brighter.

"Your Majesty, I have noticed that your dragons have not appeared for several days."

"That's not your concern, Captain Jared," Daenerys said in a stronger tone.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Captain Chester couldn't help it. He didn't expect Jared to say such boring things: "Your Majesty, I have definite news that the Mountain's dragon is not dead." Chester went straight to the point! His words shocked Daenerys.

She herself was not very sure whether the Mountain's dragon was dead or not. Before seeing it with her own eyes, she still harbored some luck and fantasy, but Captain Chester's words shattered her wishful thinking and self-deception hidden deep in her heart.

"Where did you get the news, Captain?" Littlefinger asked in a timely manner, before Her Majesty could answer. This was a difficult question to answer. If it was not answered well, it would shake the high morale and the determination to win.

Not answering the question, but questioning the source of the other party's news, this is a tactic. But this kind of tactic is a trick. Now is not the time to be clever.

"Dwarf, my news comes from Governor Illyrio of Pentos," Chester said in a deep voice. He was here to get a clear answer and would never be vague or use tactics. He directly cut to the most core key point.

Master of Whisperers Varys's hands in his sleeves moved slightly, and his shoulders shrugged almost imperceptibly. His heart was also shaken.

Illyrio was his close friend, the best friend and most trusted partner in this world. Varys knew Illyrio, and he knew that what Chester said was true!

This was a sharp question that would collapse morale, and it was fatal!

Daenerys's cold voice was like a blade: "Governor Illyrio?" Besides shock, she also had great doubts in her heart. Across the Narrow Sea, how did Governor Illyrio know that the Mountain's dragon was not dead? You must know that Master of Whisperers Varys was by her side. Illyrio could not have known the news earlier than Varys.

Chester said: "Your Majesty, I just recently received a raven letter released by Governor Illyrio, ordering all the warships of our Free Cities to retreat, and within seven days. If they do not retreat within seven days, the Mountain will ride the dragon to burn the nine Free Cities."

Daenerys, Littlefinger, Varys, Jorah, and others were all shocked!

Did the Mountain have foresight? Did he write a letter to Illyrio in advance to threaten him? You must know that it takes a long time to receive a letter from this side of the Narrow Sea to the other side. Then, it would take a long time for Illyrio to receive the Mountain's letter and then write a letter to Chester. From this, it can be inferred that the Mountain had planned all this a long time ago.

This made Daenerys, Littlefinger, Varys, and others who were good at using dark schemes and power struggles gasp and feel cold in their hearts. The Mountain's wisdom was so far-reaching, then who could be his enemy?!

"The Mountain wrote a letter to Illyrio?" Daenerys said in disbelief.

"The Mountain personally rode the dragon to Pentos to threaten! He visited the port of Pentos in the middle of the night and burned a large merchant ship. He warned Illyrio that if he could not get the warships of the Free Cities to retreat within seven days, he would launch an attack on the Free Cities. Pentos was the first Free City he would attack. He would burn Pentos to the ground." As if in an instant, the Map Table Hall was silent.

The Mountain personally rode the dragon to Pentos to threaten?! Well, that sounded like the Mountain's style. However, because of this, Littlefinger and Varys secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The Mountain was not so powerful that he could foresee everything in advance and make all the arrangements and hit the nail on the head.

Varys, who always had a smile on his face, couldn't smile anymore.

Although the Mountain gave Varys a chance to live, hoping that Varys could be a friendly bridge between him and Queen Daenerys, Varys knew the Mountain's brutality and bloodiness, and he was determined to eradicate the Mountain's 'demon-slaying faction'.

Tyrion Littlefinger's one eye blinked for a while. He quickly walked down the high platform, came to Chester, stretched out his hand: "Captain, let me see Governor Illyrio's letter."

Chester took out the letter and handed it to Tyrion.

Tyrion read the letter and then looked at the date. He walked back to the high platform with the letter and handed it to Daenerys, then turned around, his tone heavy, "Captains, unfortunately, judging from the date on Captain Illyrio's letter, even if you retreat immediately now, you will exceed the time limit set by the Mountain. It's too late, captains."

"No, today is exactly the seventh day," Chester said.

"The Mountain said within seven days, not on the seventh day," the Imp coldly reminded. "Besides, you haven't withdrawn your troops yet."

"I have already ordered that our Pentos fleet will retreat tomorrow," Chester said.

"Tomorrow?!" The Imp laughed.

"Yes, dwarf, tomorrow."

"Tomorrow will be the eighth day. I trust my mathematical abilities, Chester."

"Your Grace, the raven flying from Pentos to here in just seven days is already a miracle. The Mountain's intention was for us to withdraw, and I believe the time limit only expresses his resolute attitude. One day sooner or later isn't that important. The withdrawal is rushed. Our fleet needs fresh water and food supplies when it returns, and these things take time to handle. Lord Mountain is also a military leader, and I believe he will understand our helplessness in being one day late. He won't burn Pentos to the ground because of this one day, creating new enemies. But if we receive the letter and don't withdraw, the situation is completely different."

Varys gave his trademark playful smile, his bald head gleaming. "Chester, you don't understand the Mountain at all. He is the greatest villain on the continent of Westeros, and his word is his bond. If you fail to withdraw your troops within seven days, that means you have violated his order. The Mountain's approach is always to eradicate completely. The Mountain is cruel and loves to kill, Chester."

The Imp said, "Captains, whether you believe it or not, judging by the time, even if you all withdraw your troops now, you have already violated the Mountain's order. The Mountain will not spare you. If our forces are separated, we will inevitably be killed by the Mountain one by one, but if we stick together and take King's Landing by surprise first, the initiative will be in our hands. There are 10,000 men of the Golden Company in King's Landing who have sworn allegiance to us, Mountain's wife, Jeyne Westerling, 3,000 of the Mountain Clegane's personal guards, and hundreds of Cleganes. These are all hostages. Lord Mace, the Hand of the King in King's Landing, has also secretly sworn allegiance to our Queen, and as long as we attack, he will open the city gates and let us in."

Daenerys looked at the Imp. They had not received a secret letter from Hand Mace swearing allegiance, but the Imp publicly announced that Mace had sworn allegiance to her. This was a trick.

What Captain Chester said about one day sooner or later was reasonable. On the battlefield, the distance is far, and the situation changes a lot. It is normal for letters to be delayed. As long as they withdraw their troops, the Mountain probably won't really care about being one day late, and won't use the dragon to burn Pentos. But Varys asserted the Mountain's brutality, bloodthirstiness, and commitment to his word. Are Varys and Tyrion telling the truth, or is it just politics?! Daenerys's beautiful eyes were as bright as stars.

If more than 2,000 warships of the Free Trade City-States all withdrew, it would greatly shake Daenerys's morale and severely damage the morale of her army. Unless she gives up the fight for the Iron Throne, she must take these people with her and not withdraw a large number of troops before the battle begins.

"Captains," Jorah Mormont said, "I have lived in Westeros for decades, and I guarantee you with my family honor and the faith of the Seven Gods that the Mountain is the most ferocious, cruel, ruthless, and barbaric person in this world. He said that you must withdraw your troops within seven days, and if you fail to do so, it will be too late. He will definitely fight you with dragons. The only way to save your city-states is to fight alongside us. If we take King's Landing, we can hold the Mountain hostage."

"Captains, I have received definite news that the Mountain's wife, Jeyne, is pregnant," Tyrion, the Imp, hammered home an important nail.

"Lord Hand, is what you say credible?" Captain Jared said.

"Captain, I swear by all the gods I know that every word I say is true. The Mountain is cruel and inhumane even to his own family, but he dotes on his wife, especially since his wife is pregnant with his flesh and blood. That is the bloodline of the Clegane family's heir. Jeyne Westerling, the beautiful and talented eldest daughter of Lord Gawen, the Lord of the Westerlands, is also my father's foster daughter. The Mountain is infatuated with her, and I know that."

Theon Greyjoy looked at the Imp with suspicion. "Half-man, I heard that the Mountain has a paramour—Arianne Martell of Dorne. He takes her everywhere. If the rumors are true, then the Mountain is not loyal to his wife."

"You're wrong, Theon. The Arianne the Mountain is with is not a woman, but a Dorne. The Mountain's ambition is not small. He killed the Night King in the North, and his military prestige has reached its peak. He must be coveting the Iron Throne; otherwise, he would not keep Arianne Martell by his side all the time. Because once he lets go, he will lose Dorne." The Imp's eyes turned to the captains. "Captains, why do you always wear your swords on your belts? I want you to let go of your swords, go to the battlefield empty-handed, and fight the enemy with your fists. Are you willing to do that? Who would do that?"

The captains looked at each other.

"Dorne is like a sword on the Mountain's belt. He is plotting this kingdom, and Dorne is his mortal enemy. He doesn't dare to let go of Princess Arianne at all. Princess Arianne is not his lover at all, but his most miserable hostage," the Imp asserted.

"I will definitely rescue Arianne Martell. She is a close relative of our Targaryen family," Daenerys said appropriately, then changed the subject. "Everyone, time is of the essence. Since the Mountain's dragon is not dead, and since he dares to provoke all of us, then we will attack King's Landing tonight. Ser Barristan, I want you to immediately send orders to all military branches on Dragonstone to prepare meals immediately. In one hour, I want to see all the warriors on the warships."

"As you command, Your Grace."

"Vice-Admiral Theon, I want you to immediately send out the vanguard fleet, with the goal of the Water Gate at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush. Launch a surprise attack at midnight tonight and take the Water Gate. By dawn, I want at least two hundred warships to control the upper and lower reaches of the mouth of the Blackwater Rush."

"Yes, Your Grace."

"Jorah Mormont, I want you to lead a merchant fleet full of Dothraki to land in the coastal fishing village of Duskendale, raise torches at midnight, and march all the way to King's Landing."

"Yes, my Queen."

"Captain Jared, Captain Chester, your two fleets will be the second echelon of the navy, lined up behind the vanguard, and will attack the port of Blackwater Rush early tomorrow morning."

"As you command, Your Grace," Jared replied loudly.

Chester, the naval commander of Pentos, did not answer. His face was hesitant.

Daenerys and everyone's eyes fell on his face.

"...Yes...Your Grace," Chester finally replied reluctantly.

Daenerys looked at the courtiers and said majestically, "I need someone to be my inside man, immediately board a speedboat disguised as a merchant, enter the port of Blackwater Rush before dark, and then find a way to sneak into the city to connect with the new commander of the Golden Company and launch a rebellion when our army attacks the city and open the city gates."

Varys said, "Your Grace, only I can complete this task. Let me go."

"Varys, your bald head is too obvious," the Imp said. "I am familiar with King's Landing and have many noble friends in the Crownlands. I can hide in a wooden box to enter King's Landing."

"No, Lord Hand, you don't know Varys's other abilities at all, such as disguise. I have been doing this kind of thing for more than thirty years, and I don't seem to have ever failed," Varys said with a smile.

Daenerys made a decision: "Lord Varys, go and choose guards and a ship, and set off immediately."

"Your Grace, I would like to ask Daario Naharis to act as my mercenary. And I will act as a spice merchant."

Daario Naharis is an absolute fierce general under Her Majesty, with a knife in his left hand and a sword in his right, and no one in King's Landing can recognize him.

Daenerys looked at her paramour, Daario Naharis. Daario laughed and said, "Let's go, eunuch."

Daenerys stood up, and an aura of majesty swept through the Painted Table chamber. "Everyone, I hope that the day after tomorrow, we will meet in the Red Keep in King's Landing. In the throne room of the Red Keep!" "Good!" The generals were excited and responded loudly.

*

It was another sunny day.

In the depths of the Mountains of the Moon, on the hillside of Cloud Mountain, within a peculiar black area, the four dragons were too huge, giving the strong impression that the four dragons had filled the hillside.

This black area is the exclusive territory of the Sheepstealer dragon. Above the black area, there is a huge cave, which is the entrance to the Sheepstealer's dragon lair.

Compared with the Sheepstealer dragon, the Mountain and Arianne seemed like little people in Lilliput.

On the periphery of this black area, more than twenty people were barbecuing mountain goats and other animal meat. The mountain goats were for the Sheepstealer, and the other animal meat was for the three little dragons.

Far away, at the foot of this hillside, more than twenty people were grazing mountain goats.

In the past few days, the Mountain, Arianne, and Daenerys's three little dragons have gone from strangers to being able to be approached at close range. The speed of this mutual acquaintance is very amazing and completely a miracle.

The creation of this miracle is not entirely based on delicious food, but also on the Sheepstealer's leadership charm and the fact that the Mountain and Arianne both mastered the Dragon Tongue. But this may still not be the main reason. The main reason may be revealed in the speculation revealed in the conversation between the Mountain and Arianne.

Arianne was feeding the white dragon, Viserys. She had a special liking for the white dragon. The first time she saw the white dragon, Arianne fell in love with his divine handsomeness and beauty. The white dragon is very sensitive to a person's true love full of emotion. The white dragon, who grew up with the human race since he was a child, is no stranger to the way of living with the human race and accepts it without much difficulty.

It goes without saying that family dragons are easier to get along with people.

Arianne was talking to the Mountain while feeding the white dragon Viserys, while the Mountain was feeding the Sheepstealer, the black dragon Drogon, and the bronze Rhaegal at the same time.

"Mountain, it is said that in addition to fighting and gluttony, dragons have another talent. I have always been very skeptical."

"What talent?" the Mountain asked with an ill-intentioned and mischievous laugh. He had his back to the Sheepstealer, but faced Drogon and Rhaegal.

Drogon and Rhaegal generally do not attack familiar people who have accepted them with their backs to them, but the Mountain would never risk his life. One dragon flame and he would be done for.

"Dragons are horny," Arianne said loudly. The Mountain's strange laughter stimulated her.

More than twenty people from the Scorched Men tribe outside the black area who were barbecuing goat meat and animal meat laughed. There were men and women among them. In the past few days, the dragons' horniness had stunned them. They all agreed that the reason why the three dragons from other families were able to accept the Mountain and Arianne so quickly and allow these two people to approach them was largely due to their horny lives.

After being horny, the four dragons' food intake will increase sharply. And after they are full, they will be horny again, and it seems that they hardly rest.

"Dragons are huge, just like me," the Mountain smiled at Arianne.

"You don't even have a small part of the dragon's abilities," Arianne said with a cold face. "But I see that Drogon doesn't seem to be very willing to be intimate with the Sheepstealer every time he starts..."

"Wrong, that kid has the longest time being intimate every time, wishing he could empty his body."

"But Viserys is the most active. He takes the initiative to be intimate with the Sheepstealer every time, and the time is also very long. Will his small body be hurt by this?"

"I don't know," the Mountain said. "Since one of the three major talents of dragons is lust, it should not hurt their bodies. On the contrary, love will make them grow and mature faster."

Arianne was worried that her dragon would become weak because of lust.

Viserys has not recognized a master at all, but she has already regarded Viserys as her mount dragon. This idea is actually very dangerous and will mislead you to make wrong judgments, thereby angering the dragon and then having your life ended by a fireball.

Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserys now have a huge dependence on the Sheepstealer. In terms of force, the Sheepstealer is their well-deserved leader; and in terms of the opposite sex, the Sheepstealer is the only female, and once the dragons turn on mating mode, that talent is so jaw-dropping that the Mountain, Arianne, and dozens of Scorched Men tribe members are all amazed.

Once they start, it seems that they can't stop.

This brings a great benefit, which is that it becomes very easy for the Mountain and Arianne to provide them with delicious food, and it is also very easy to enter their sensitive areas and approach them. Each dragon will only accept people they consider safe and trustworthy to come to their presence. That is their sensitive area and their most core territory.

Dragons have a very strong sense of territory, and anyone who dares to violate it will die very easily.

The black hillside in front of the Sheepstealer's dragon lair is the Sheepstealer's core territory. Now this area has become the core territory of the four dragons. For dragons, they have the tradition of 'sharing the other's territory with the opposite-sex dragon who is good to them'.

Dragon semen. Assuming rivals are friendly, they won't engage in battle. Of course, this is rare. The Sheepstealer of the Mountains of the Moon has three dragons of different sexes, and not only have they not engaged in deadly combat, but they also get along very well. This is an extraordinary event in an extraordinary environment, and this uncommon state cannot be measured by the rules recorded in dragon literature.

In a few more days, the Mountain believes he and Arianne will be able to touch the scales of the three young dragons.

Everything is progressing smoothly.

Calculating the time, the agreed time with Illyrio has arrived. Have those naval fleets from the Free Cities been threatened by the dragons and all withdrawn?

That's a problem!

People die for wealth, and birds die for food. Now that they're at the gates of King's Landing, it's possible that some desperate people might risk a gamble to get rich.

*

Night.

Blue sky.

High autumn and cold night.

However, for people and dragons who have been tempered in the extreme cold of the North, this bit of cold no longer affects them.

The Mountain and Arianne rode dragons flying on the edge of the white clouds.

The straight-line distance from the Mountains of the Moon to the Dragonstone sea area is not far.

Sheepstealer began to slowly descend.

His feelings for Dragonstone are even deeper than the Mountain's.

Sheepstealer was born and raised on Dragonstone Mountain on Dragonstone Island, and it was also on Dragonstone Mountain that he met his dragon rider, Nettles.

"Mountain, the warships of the Free Cities have not left," Arianne's voice was heavy.

Below, the dense ships are like dense, twinkling lights.

The Mountain did not answer. He was staring below.

"Mountain, are you really going to attack the Nine Free Cities?"

"Having dragons, the territory of Westeros seems too small," the Mountain's voice came calmly.

Arianne's heart trembled. She turned to look at the Mountain, her hair brushing his face.

"Mountain, are you doing this on purpose? Did you know they wouldn't retreat?"

"Seven days is too tight. Moreover, with so many warships, there are always some who are unwilling to leave. Those who don't leave have broken my decree. I have a very legitimate reason to attack the Free Cities," the Mountain's voice was still so calm.

Arianne's eyes widened, shining like the stars in the sky.

"Your ambition is in Essos?" Arianne's voice was incredulous.

"They can come and attack us, why can't we go and attack them? I estimate that the wealth of the eastern giant city of Qarth, even if the Lannister and Tyrell families are added together, may not be half as rich. A Dothraki Sea alone is twice the size of our entire continent."

"You..."

"Don't worry, this is a plan after Sheepstealer can lay dragon eggs. I hope to spread the civilization and trade of the Clegane people all over the world. The Valyrian Empire was built with dragons. If we have more dragons, why can't we?"

Arianne looked at the Mountain and couldn't speak.

The Mountain's ambition shocked her.

"When there are dragons, everything is possible. Don't you want your name to be written into the annals of the royal historians? Don't you want your children to be lords of a vast land in the future? I really want to go to Melisandre's hometown. Her hometown is in the Shadow Lands of Asshai, twenty thousand miles away. She can come here to be my army priest, why can't we go to her hometown as guests? Melisandre came here by riding a horse and taking a boat, we are just riding a dragon, that's the only difference between us," the Mountain's words were smiling.

The Mountain's words were soft, but in Arianne's ears, they rumbled like thunder.

The dragon Sheepstealer was still slowly descending. The Mountain saw Daenerys's fleet mobilizing and heading towards the Blackwater Rush.

"Daenerys has launched an attack," the Mountain said, "Her personality is more domineering and resolute than many mighty men."

Arianne finally recovered from the shock. What kind of person is the Mountain beside her?

The thoughts that the Mountain had just revealed to her made Arianne feel that her vision was simply—like a three-year-old child. She never dreamed that the Mountain's driving the dragon to threaten Illyrio of Pentos was actually a real threat. This man was planning to breed dragons while finding an excuse to start a war against the Free Cities in the future.

The excuse can be said to be seamless!

It was the people of the Free Cities who attacked Westeros first!

You hit me first, sorry, then I will hit you!

No wonder that when he came out, in order to prevent Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion from sneaking out of the dragon pit, he ordered Sheepstealer to seal the entrance.

I don't know where the Mountain learned that it takes fifteen days for dragons to sow the seeds of reproduction. Arianne believes that the seeds should have been sown in three days with dragon semen.

The dragon approached the Blackwater Rush.

"Their vanguard fleet is already lined up at the mouth of the Blackwater Rush, but we don't have many defending fleets," Arianne was shocked to discover this situation.

"Most people are afraid of Daenerys. They think Daenerys has dragons, but we don't. The collective betrayal and massacre of the Golden Company's generals has also shaken the morale of the army. Moreover, Lord Mace, the Hand of the King, is a surrenderist, and Tyrion's letters to the nobles of the Crownlands have also greatly shaken the morale of the army. The entire King's Landing, except for the Clegane army, is now vulnerable."

"Then what should we do?"

"Don't worry, the surrenderist Mace and the ten thousand warriors of the Golden Company will choose to stand on the side of victory, as will those nobles in the Crownlands who have been instigated by Tyrion. And our dragons represent victory."

The Mountain patted Sheepstealer's head and shouted, "Go down, Sheepstealer!"

Jiu!

A dragon roar resounded through the heavens and the earth, penetrating time and space!

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