iron throne of ice and fire

Chapter 549 Fishing Net 5
Asha seemed to be looking at a fool. "Regent Green wants a living heir to the Iron Islands, to be exact..."

As she spoke, her body suddenly trembled slightly due to a piercing pain. Her brows knitted even tighter. After a moment of relaxation, she continued, "I want a Lord of the Iron Islands who can be 'loyal' to him."

"Don't look at me like that, damn it!" Theon felt uneasy when he was stared at by Asha, and suddenly became angry and embarrassed.

After thinking for a moment, he sat down on the cold ground with a puzzled and inquiring look on his face: "Were you deceived by the Regent?"

Seeing Asha shaking her head, he couldn't help but frown and raised his voice to ask, "Are you in love with him?"

Without waiting for her response, he shouted angrily again: "Women are stupid. Men only say sweet words to you in bed, but you believe them. Humph, look at you now. You are simply blaspheming the honor of the Greyjoy family!"

Asha's direct gaze made Theon shrink his neck slightly unconsciously, but he still said with a stiff upper lip: "I didn't say anything wrong!"

"This is not a deal I can refuse. This has nothing to do with love, Theon."

Asha's voice sounded a little tired. She rested the back of her head gently on the cold and rough stone of the bridge, sighed, and continued, "Green Crab has the power to choose the trading partner, but I don't. None of us have the power... In front of him, I have no choice."

Theon listened to his sister's words, his face full of disapproval. He raised his chin and said, "The Drowned God will bless the iron race. The sea is born to belong to us."

Asha paused, lowered her head, and murmured, "Robert I and Lord Eddard have already proved that it was nothing more than our own self-deceiving fantasy."

She raised her head and looked at Theon, and suddenly the corners of her mouth rose: "Otherwise, how could you have the honor of becoming the Prince of Winterfell, brother?"

When Theon heard this, he froze in place instantly as if he were cast under a spell.

Asha looked at him and smiled again, as if she and him: "Fortunately, the Regent of the Seven Kingdoms does not like the madmen who dare to plunder the Riverland at this time, but..."

Theon stared blankly into the dark distance, and said weakly, "But what?"

Asha clenched her fists and said, "If I hadn't known that Lord Regent Green was not familiar with the Crow's Eye, I would have even suspected that the 'merit' he 'gave' me was intended to weaken the power of the Greyjoy family."

"Weaken us?"

Theon came back to his senses, and Asha nodded slightly: "My most capable men... suffered heavy losses tonight. Given the current situation, even if we can successfully return to the Iron Islands, we will not be able to achieve anything for a long time. What's more, the two of us may not survive tonight."

There was a hint of self-mockery in her voice: "I have to admit that I still underestimated the strength of the Crow's Eye."

Theon still disagreed with his sister's point of view. He argued loudly: "I am the legal heir to the Iron Islands. As long as I can go back, I will soon be supported by those leaders. I am the legitimate heir!"

"The leaders who were loyal to my father have long been wiped out by the Crow's Eye. Without reliable subordinates, I can only be an obedient puppet if I return. Theon, you must know that the Ironborn never sympathize with the weak."

Asha stood up slowly with difficulty. "In the Iron Islands, legal principles are just dessert after dinner, not bread to fill the stomach."

Theon wanted to continue arguing, but at this moment, he noticed that Asha's eyes suddenly changed, becoming alert and nervous.

He subconsciously stood up as well and followed Asha's gaze.

At the other end of the stone bridge, a figure was walking slowly. As he got closer, the person's face became clearer. It was Crow's Eye.

"My dear niece, my dear nephew, are you waiting for me?"

The Crow's Eye walked towards them at a leisurely pace. His gaze swept over Asha and Theon like a sharp knife, and then the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "You still have some courage of the Greyjoy family. You didn't disappoint me too much."

Behind him was a priest in a red robe and several ghost-like crew members. They looked particularly eerie on the dim stone bridge.

He stopped, with a playful gleam in his single eye, and enjoyed watching his extremely nervous niece and nephew for a while. Suddenly he said, "I am a kind uncle. You two can duel. Whoever wins will be spared."

"Bastard!"

Theon yelled at first, then subconsciously distanced himself from his sister, and then shouted again: "Don't treat us as fools, Euron, we won't be fooled!"

"I think that's a good idea, uncle."

There was an elusive meaning in Asha's tone. Theon was shocked and distanced himself from her again. His finger trembled as he pointed at her: "You, you, you...are you crazy?"

Seeing this, Crow Eyes crossed his arms over his chest, the smile on his face getting wider: "Well, let's get started. Don't dilly-dally, I don't have that much patience."

Asha turned to her brother, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. She touched the aching wound in her abdomen and said, "Xion, I can't run anymore."

Theon clenched the sword in his hand vigilantly, his face flushed: "You stupid woman, Euron is deliberately provoking us, can't you see it?!"

Theon was extremely anxious at this moment, worried about Asha's safety and angry at her stupidity.

Asha did not respond to Theon's roar. She held the hilt of her sword with both hands and slowly moved her feet in a standard fighting posture. Although her movements were a little slow, they were full of determination. After a few steps, her body just blocked the crow's eye from looking at Theon.

"Come on."

The thick lips that had lost their usual rosy color opened slightly, and the voice that came out of her sister's mouth was very light, but it was like a heavy hammer, hitting Theon's heart.

Then, without giving her brother a chance to respond, Asha suddenly turned around, pointed her sword in the direction of the Crow's Eye, and shouted, "Euron Greyjoy, let me see your vanishing trick again."

The Crow's Eye's smile faded instantly, and his single eye flashed with a dangerous light: "In the end, you are still so unlovable, Asha Greyjoy."

Asha took a deep breath. At this moment, she seemed to no longer feel the injuries on her body. A bright smile appeared on her face: "Baron taught me a long time ago how to face my own death calmly."

She glanced at the cloth tied tightly around the Crow's Eye's thigh. "Although it is not perfect, I am satisfied enough. At least, I have hurt you, Euron Greyjoy."

As soon as the words fell, the two of them quickly started fighting.

Asha was nimble and stabbed with her sword swiftly, while the Crow's Eye easily blocked her attacks, and each collision was accompanied by the sharp sound of metal clashing.

Asha and Crow's Eye sometimes approached and sometimes separated, and the battle was extremely fierce.

The Crow's Eye's men stood by like statues, quietly watching the Greyjoy civil war without moving.

Asha took another step forward and thrust her sword at Croweye's chest, but his blue lips curled in a disdainful arc, and he dodged sideways, easily avoiding her attack.

Then he swung his scimitar and slashed at Asha's waist. She reacted quickly and blocked it with her sword.

With a "clang" sound, sparks flew everywhere.

Asha was knocked back repeatedly by the tremendous force, her steps staggering. She quickly rolled over and managed to keep her balance.

Holding the sword in front of her, she suddenly spoke breathlessly, "It seems that the injury on your leg will not allow you to continue to perform the disappearing trick."

Crow's Eyes looked past Asha and behind her with interest, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on his face: "What a good brother who loves his sister."

Asha's pupils shrank. Theon, who had escaped, returned and roared, "Euron!"

Asha closed her eyes, said nothing more, and immediately attacked the Crow's Eye.

clang clang.

In the hasty attack, Asha's sword was ultimately unable to avoid the sharp blade of the Valyrian steel scimitar. The sword in her hand broke into two pieces, and the broken sword body smashed onto the stone slab.

The Crow's Eye took a step forward, raising the scimitar high. Asha had no chance to dodge, and her last attempt was to... throw the hilt of the sword with the broken blade at him.

"Euron!"

Seeing this, Theon rushed towards the Crow's Eye desperately as if he had gone mad.

The eyes of the Prince of the Iron Islands were full of determination and madness. Seeing the terrified expression in the Crow's Eye, he suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged his body tightly.

Without stopping, Theon roared, and used all his strength to carry Croweye over the low edge of the bridge.

The two of them disappeared into the stone bridge in an instant.

"Theon!"

Asha couldn't help but scream in pain and ran over quickly. When she looked down... she could only see the bottomless black abyss.

There... it was as if a huge demon opened its bloody mouth and swallowed everything.

however.

Just when Asha was filled with despair and grief, a hand suddenly appeared in her sight, stretching upward from the bottom, and then... the hand tightly grasped the rough stone of the bridge edge.

"He died on his own. That's why I think he's a little cuter."

"Crow's Eye!!!"

[I got home late today. The Dragonstone plot will be almost over tomorrow... probably.]

(End of this chapter)