The Mountain of Ice and Fire
#925 - Bran Returns: The Three-Eyed Raven
“Arya, concern clouds judgment,” the Mountain said. In the next sentence, he calmed down and expressed himself by pressing his hand down towards Arya. Arya is now an elder of the House of Black and White, and she must restrain herself and pay attention to her words and deeds.
The Faceless Men are known for being ruthless, and have nothing to do with worldly affection, family, friends, and enemies.
Although Arya does not abide by these rules of the Faceless Men, she used to be a small Faceless disciple in the House of Black and White, but now she is the elder with the highest status in the House of Black and White.
Arya Stark glanced at her Faceless Men team, and everyone was looking at her. She immediately understood that the Mountain was right, but this also strengthened her decision to leave the House of Black and White and no longer care about the trivial matters of the House of Black and White. The world is vast, and being confined by the rigid rules of the House of Black and White makes life too long.
Arya decided not to go out to see Bran, she decided to wait here.
*
The Mountain sat on a high stool, looking down like a giant at the pale-faced boy in the wheelchair - Bran Stark.
He saw the dodging in the boy's eyes. Although it was only a trace, it could not escape the Mountain's eyes.
If it were Bloodraven Brynden Rivers, there would never be a trace of timidity. Bran's gaze at people was no longer ancient frost, but carried complex human emotions.
But, what if this is Bloodraven's disguise?
The Mountain is not a blood witch and cannot窥视 other people's secrets through 'blood tasting'.
The Mountain does not have Melisandre's ability to 'see the truth in the flames'.
He can only judge the authenticity through Bran's facial expressions and emotional fluctuations in his eyes.
Bloodraven Brynden Rivers' only expression is no expression, but this Bran already has the emotions that ordinary people should have: he now looks very weak, tired, and has a look of weariness in his eyes.
Those who have not experienced this would find it difficult to understand the exhaustion caused by the overdraft of Bran's mental and physical strength when a soul is stripped away from his soul.
“Bran?!” the Mountain said.
Bran nodded to the Mountain, showing a polite and weak smile, as if with the next heartbeat he would slip from the wheelchair to the ground.
In the past, Bran would only take a faint look at the Mountain.
“Has Bloodraven Brynden Rivers left your body?”
“...Yes...” Bran's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
“Can you still sense him?” the Mountain asked.
Arya Stark stared at Bran Stark, her eyes fixed on him.
Her heart was on her brother, and she really didn't have the indifference and ruthlessness of a Faceless Man.
“...Bloodraven...did not possess anyone or any birds and animals...” Bran said in a soft voice. He began to pant, paused, and let himself take a breath: “...Bloodraven left me, entered the body of a three-eyed raven, and flew onto a large merchant ship going to White Harbor...”
“Did you see his whereabouts?”
“...At close range, I can feel some of his actions...”
“Is that ship still in the Braavos Sea?”
Bran closed his eyes, indicating that the ship was still in the Braavos Sea.
“The name of the ship?”
Bran shook his head.
“What do you mean?” The Mountain raised his voice slightly.
“...The three-eyed raven...can fly to any merchant ship to cross the Narrow Sea...” Bran began to pant again.
The Mountain pondered.
What Bran said was right, the three-eyed raven can fly. If he sent out Braavos naval scouts to intercept him, it was obvious that the Braavos naval scouts had no way to deal with Bloodraven, and they could not catch a bird flying in the sky.
“What about us riding dragons?”
“...You can try...”
“Tell me the name of the ship!”
“...Daughter of Lys...”
If Bran delayed for some reason or talked about other things, or coughed and gasped for a long time without answering - any delay, the Mountain would doubt Bran's authenticity. But Bran said he could give it a try and told the Mountain the name of the ship, which gave the Mountain more trust in him.
The three-eyed raven Brynden Rivers has lost his helpers and guards, and he alone cannot accomplish anything. Unless he hides and painstakingly manages for decades, using the name of God to bewilder some powerful figures, but decades later, the prestige of the Targaryen family in Westeros has been completely forgotten by people.
The Mountain was worried that the three-eyed raven had become a demigod. As long as he kept finding suitable alien people to possess, he would be immortal.
This is actually very scary.
Maybe one day, the three-eyed raven will make a comeback as a prince or governor somewhere.
The Mountain looked at Daenerys Targaryen: “Your Majesty, maybe we should go to the sea to look for the Daughter of Lys.”
“Okay!” Daenerys replied decisively.
The three-eyed raven is a raven and has no ability to resist in front of a dragon. As long as it is discovered, it is doomed to die, there is no doubt about it. In the sky, a raven encounters a dragon, just like a rabbit encounters a lion.
“Arya, I'm leaving Bran to you,” the Mountain said.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Arya concealed her joy. She quickly walked up to Bran, squatted down, and looked intently into Bran's eyes, as if she wanted to see through all of Bran's secrets. Bran was pale and looked extremely tired and weak. Arya and the Mountain felt the same way, they both thought they were seeing a real Bran Stark, and did not see half a shadow of Bloodraven as a prophet.
Arya had three points more trust in Bran's return than the Mountain.
“Bran!”
“...Arya...”
“How do you feel?”
“...Very tired, like climbing a mountain and exhausting my physical strength to the extreme...I just want to rest...”
During the conversation between the two siblings, the Mountain and Daenerys Targaryen walked out of the hall and rode on the dragon's back. With a roar, two dragons, one large and one small, soared into the sky, the air currents stirred, a gust of wind swept across the city wall, and the dragon's wings blocked the sunlight, shrouding the city wall and fortress in shadow. In an instant, the sunlight reappeared, the wind blew, and the Sheepstealer and the black dragon Drogon flew into the sky...
*
“Daenerys, do you believe that Bran Stark has come?”
In their time alone, the Mountain and Daenerys called each other by their names, without hypocritical politeness.
“Mountain, the three-eyed raven can only survive by escaping,” Daenerys said with certainty.
“He can also choose to hide.”
“Hide under the eyes of two dragons?” Daenerys asked rhetorically.
Indeed, the risk is too great.
“Bran Stark and Bloodraven have been one for quite a long time, he will be influenced by Bloodraven to some extent, he is a wolf spirit and is easily influenced by the power of the prophets,” the Mountain reminded Daenerys.
“What do you mean?” Daenerys stared at the Mountain and asked.
The two dragons advanced side by side!
“What if Bran is influenced by Bloodraven and they secretly form an alliance?” The Mountain expressed his worries.
“Bran covers Bloodraven's smooth escape?”
“Yes, there is this possibility,” the Mountain said in a very affirmative tone.
“Mountain, I think as long as Bloodraven leaves Bran, Bran is still a Stark. The people of the Stark family are Northerners, and I heard that Northerners are upright and it is difficult to change their views. Arya remembers your kindness to the Starks and the Northerners. The Stark family and the Northerners were all saved by you. Bran is also of Stark blood, and his essence is not a Targaryen prophet.”
Daenerys talked about Bloodraven as if there was no family affection. In fact, when Bloodraven was on Dragonstone, he took the action of trying to kill the Mountain, which was hidden from Daenerys. This destroyed Daenerys' family identity with him.
While talking, the two dragons came to the sky above the naval port.
The Mountain saw the warships in the port sailing out of the port quickly.
The Mountain did not see the Braavos navy's civil war.
“Commander-in-chief Vinson has a good foundation of prestige in the army,” the Mountain said.
Commander-in-chief Vinson only surrendered to the Mountain in the Iron Bank's military fortress with several naval generals. He had extremely high prestige. After returning to the naval port and telling the story of his surrender to the Mountain, he received the understanding and support of all the naval soldiers.
On the decks of thousands of warships, all the soldiers looked up at the giant dragon and black dragon above their heads. Unlike the Mountain's Westeros Legion, the Braavos navies did not make deafening cheers. All their buglers stood at the bow of the ship and blew their horns to pay tribute to the Mountain.
The Mountain let the Sheepstealer lower its altitude. He drew out the Ice Greatsword on his back, and the tip of the sword pointed to the east sea line, which was the direction of the Lorath city-state: “Take Lorath, and I will celebrate for all the soldiers.”
The Mountain's voice roared like thunder in the sky above the sea.
His naturally loud voice made Daenerys reveal an appreciative look.
Daenerys has also inspired her subordinates in this way many times, but her voice cannot be compared with the Mountain's majestic power. Daenerys cannot make a thunderous roar. The Mountain's voice has the characteristic of making the soldiers' blood boil, which is one of the talents of leading the army.
The soldiers made a roaring response.
“Long live Braavos, the Braavos fleet is invincible,” the Mountain shouted the inspiring slogan.
It's just that this seems a bit embarrassing for the fleet that has just surrendered.
But the Mountain ignored this embarrassment.
In the powerful moment of historical change, some small inner obstacles are directly crushed.
Under the circling of the giant dragon and the black dragon, the naval soldiers finally shouted the slogan of Long Live Braavos in unison.
Long live so-and-so, this is the usual slogan of the soldiers in this world before the battle.
After the Mountain aroused the soldiers' fighting spirit and enthusiasm, he and Daenerys rode the dragon and flew to the sea outside the port.
Dozens of large and small merchant ships were traveling on the sea, and their speed seemed as slow as ants.
The giant dragon and the black dragon flew down, the dragon's wings swept across one merchant ship after another, and the wind from the wings made the flags on the bows of the ships crackle. The mercenaries, sailors, captains, and merchants on the merchant ships all lost their color.
The Daughter of Lys appeared in front of the Mountain.
Huge sails, a two-story ship on the water, and hundreds of wooden oars. In addition to the Braavos flag, there was also a flag of a naked woman on the bow.
Lys produces two things: poison and prostitutes.
The most concentrated place for dark wizards in the world is Lys. The poisons prepared by the wizards are expensive, which brings rich rewards to Lys. In addition, Lys also trains various professional prostitutes who are eager for women's colleges all over the world, among which the training of virgins is the most famous. Lys Tears poison is a very famous poison in the world, and only royal nobles can afford the price; while the Daughters of Lys specifically refer to virgin training, and are also playthings specially sold to big figures all over the world.
The captain of this ship may be from Lys, or have a unique plot for Lys virgins.
The giant dragon flew to the front of the Daughter of Lys and hovered. The captain of the floor ship shouted to stop the ship in a panic.
A hundred wooden paddles stopped together, inserted into the water, and the ship slowly stopped.
The Mountain stared at the floor ship. If the three-eyed raven was on this ship, he must be hiding in some dark corner of the ship.
In the sky, the raven dared not show up in front of the dragon.
No matter if he has three eyes, four eyes, or more eyes.
The dragon is the highest magical creature, and the world's silent magic has been revived because of the reappearance of the dragon. There is no bird that cannot be solved with a mouthful of dragon flames.
Daenerys was in the high sky above the rear of the ship. The black dragon and Daenerys were watching the entire sky. If the three-eyed raven flew out of other merchant ships, he could not escape the black dragon's surveillance.
“Captain!” the Mountain shouted.
The captain came out, a tall guy with very dark skin, and he almost knelt down.
“...Sir...”
“I am Gregor Clegane, the Dragon Knight King of Westeros, and the new Sea King of Braavos,” the Mountain shouted.
“...Your Majesty...” The captain knelt on one knee, panicked.
The mercenaries, sailors, and crew on the ship knelt on the deck together.
They may not respect the King of Westeros, but they dare not disrespect the Sea King of Braavos.
The new Sea King, the Dragon Knight King, these words shocked, doubted, and feared them.
The Sheepstealer's huge and ferocious dragon head, golden-red scales, a body as huge as a mountain, a tail several times longer than a longship, and terrible giant dragon claws that could grab a warship... Every part of the dragon's body shocked, awed, and terrified the people on the ship.
“Have you seen a black raven with three eyes on the ship?” the Mountain shouted. His words drowned out the sound of the waves on the sea, and everyone on the Daughter of Lys could hear them clearly.
“...Your Majesty, I saw it...” A small sailor raised his skinny arm. This was a very thin boy who looked like he had been malnourished for many years.
“Where is it?”
“...I locked it in a cage...”
A slave-like little sailor locked the three-eyed raven in a cage?
Is this God's will? Or is the three-eyed raven trying to escape by this?
“How could you lock him in a cage? A raven with three eyes, aren't you afraid of him?”
“...Your Majesty...I'm afraid of it...but I think its cleverness, cuteness, and intelligence will definitely sell for a good price in the White Harbor market...”
“Go get your cage,” the Mountain shouted.
The boy quickly stood up and hurried off the deck. On the deck, the captain and all the mercenary sailors and crew were kneeling, not daring to move even slightly. The captain was scared out of his wits and wanted to tell the new Sea King that this child was just a young male servant he had bought at the market. The boy had caught the Sea King's raven, which had nothing to do with the captain himself.
Mountain was unwilling to believe that the Green Prophet Brynden Rivers had fallen into the hands of a 'mortal' so easily. Why hadn't the Three-Eyed Raven possessed the child? It could have controlled the child to hide in the bottom of the hold, or somewhere else.
Was the Three-Eyed Raven Brynden Rivers's soul, unable to be separated for long? Or was the boy agile enough to catch him by surprise when the Three-Eyed Raven wasn't prepared?
Mountain had many questions.
Soon, the young sailor ran back onto the deck, carrying a birdcage in his hand. Inside the cage was a raven with glossy black feathers. Right in the center of the raven's head was a shiny black eye: the Three-Eyed Raven!
Thank you Chau534 for the reward, thank you for your support. Shaking hands.
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