The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 265: The Road to Peace
When the queen's dragon began to fall from the sky to the ground, the outcome of this decisive battle and even the entire war was decided at this moment.

Everyone on the battlefield saw the dragon fall. As the dragon fell towards the valley, the morale of Hugo's army reached its peak. They cheered and fought more bravely. However, their enemies, the armies that saw the queen's defeat, lost all will to fight. Many armies collapsed and many soldiers fled the battlefield without looking back.

However, not everyone gave up. The dragon fell in the upper reaches of the Mander River, so Jon Connington, who commanded the right wing of the army, gave up commanding the crumbling southern lords and led his soldiers to rush to the place where the dragon fell, intending to rescue his queen. Some eastern troops that were closer followed closely. Hugo also noticed them, and at the moment the dragon fell, he also led his soldiers and the Holy Army of Qohor to rush here.

At the place where the queen fell, the two sides fought fiercely. It turned out that Sir Clinton's resistance was the last gasp of this army. With his death, this elite army finally collapsed. Some people - mainly Orientals - fled into the mountains, while others, seeing that resistance was hopeless, chose to surrender.

After the battle, Hugo was finally able to turn around and check whether the contender was alive or dead. The black dragon was not dead. It seemed that the queen had made a final attempt after discovering the crisis. Its wings were shot and it was injured but not dead. It was indiscriminately spewing fire at the humans approaching. As for Daenerys, the soldiers did not find her body. Considering that this place was close to the Mander River, she might have been thrown into the water when she fell.

Immediately, Hugo sent a large number of soldiers to search the river beach. Soon after, they found the queen's body on the river bank - she had drowned.

Based on the previous battle situation, Hugo believed that Daenerys was accidentally thrown off the dragon's back and fell into the Mander River when she was falling to a low altitude. The impact of the fall made her faint directly, and her soul eventually disappeared in this tranquil river. She no longer had to worry about the prosperity or decline of her family.

"The era of Targaryen is over, and a generation of feuds and stories will come to an end." Hugo thought so as he looked at the queen's body.

"Give her a proper burial. She once saved many lives, but she was also trapped by her own fate. She was pushed by countless people, step by step, towards such an avoidable tragic ending. She committed countless crimes, but she also received honors that should be passed down from generation to generation. Let us let her rest in peace, and leave all the right and wrong, merits and demerits to future generations to judge."

The news that the queen was dead spread quickly on the battlefield, and the defeat of the Targaryens was a foregone conclusion. So, at this moment, the war truly came to an end.

Looking around, most of Daenerys's troops either collapsed and fled, or surrendered to their opponents simply and neatly, while Hugo's side was thanking the Seven Gods for this great victory.

As for the queen's dragons, they seemed to sense their mother's death. They gave up fighting and just kept wailing. Hugo's army soon dragged the giant crossbows over and shot them one by one. With the death of the last dragon, the era of dragons will also come to an end. They will rest beside their mother, the last dragon king.

There were still some eastern troops fighting on the front line. Most of them were former slaves. The queen gave them a new life. Although other friendly troops had been defeated or surrendered, they still chose to fight and tied down a lot of Hugo's troops. In the end, Hugo personally came out to negotiate with them and promised that they would be treated fairly after surrendering. This was indeed the case. After these people laid down their weapons, Hugo did not execute them or send them to the Great Wall, but asked them to guard the tombs for their kings for generations. These people accepted this duty that they were willing to do.

However, although the battle had come to an end, Hugo would not relax at all. After the joy of victory had passed, he began to make arrangements to pursue the remaining enemies. While ordering the troops to set up camp and rest and treat the wounded, Hugo personally led a large number of troops to Highgarden. He needed to capture the center of the river bay to stabilize the situation in the south, and now was the best time.

In fact, the journey was very smooth. The lords of the River Bay along the way had already lost their will to fight and surrendered one after another. They had no courage to confront Hugo's army. Even Highgarden opened its gates the moment Hugo's army arrived. The Queen of Thorns led the women of the Tyrell family to hand over the ceremonial objects symbolizing the Tyrell rule to Hugo. They chose to surrender just like they did when facing the conqueror.

Tyrell's choice was not surprising. Everyone understood that Tyrell, without the support of the dragon, could not fight against the army from the north. However, the swift action of Hugo's army still caught Tyrell off guard. What's more, Lord Inflatable Fish and his young son died in the chaotic army, and the lives of other Tyrell men were unknown. For this reason, the Lord of the South simply chose to surrender.

Moreover, there have always been many pious believers in the various parts of the River Bay. They were suppressed before only because the will of the River Bay lords under Tyrell was unanimous. Now, with Tyrell's defeat, the River Bay lords naturally could not have any unanimous opinion, so the pious believers began to swarm everywhere. These pious believers played a great role in Hugo's march and also formed a huge momentum. The Southern Church, which was originally controlled by the River Bay nobles, also made a crazy effort. The church personnel in various places decisively resisted the River Bay nobles, organized local forces, and welcomed Hugo's march.

In short, with the fall of Highgarden, all parts of Riverbend also swore an oath of submission. Although there are still some rebels in various places, it is not a problem to eliminate them.

After taking Highgarden, the army's next target was Dorne. However, Hugo was not in a hurry to lead his troops south. After making military arrangements for Dorne, he set out for King's Landing with a team of guards.

Hugo understood that the war against Dorne would probably not be completed in a short time. Dorne had been fighting against the Dragon King for hundreds of years. Even when it was completely occupied by the Westeros army, it relied on tenacious resistance to drive them out. Therefore, taking over Dorne would be a very long process.

Therefore, the most important thing for him at this moment should be to go to King's Landing and announce the arrival of a new era. Anyway, the unification of the dragon kings has long excluded Dorne in the south, so why can't he do the same?
As for the legitimacy of his rule, there was no one in the world who could compare with him. Although Hugo did not have the blood of the king, the favor of the Seven Gods gave him greater authority than anyone else in the world. Moreover, his son would marry the daughter of the King of Conquerors. When the blood was merged in his grandchildren, any opposition would not be able to shake the rule of Tollet, or the Baratheon-Tollet family. Next, he only needed to wait slowly, waiting for time to pass.

Walking on this familiar road to King's Landing, Hugo couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. He thought of the past years, the journey when he led the expeditionary force to King's Landing, the turmoil in King's Landing, the protection of the Seven Gods, crossing the Narrow Sea, and everything he experienced in the East.

Now, he could finally relax, with the last enemy in the story gone, he could finally break free from the shackles of fate. He was finally free, a new world had opened up before Hugo, and the supreme throne had been signaled to him, waiting for him to sit on it.

While Hugo was thinking about how to heal the kingdom's wounds after he ascended the throne, a young couple appeared from the path and began walking with the team. They were very surprised when they saw the king, but soon greeted Hugo warmly.

"Lord Hugo, it's a pleasure to meet you... I'm Pete, and this is my wife Rosie."

The young man was obviously very surprised to see Hugo coming to him, but he still plucked up the courage to introduce himself and his wife to the king. His wife was riding on a mule, and when she saw Hugo stop, she quickly got off the mule and stood shyly with her husband.

"Pate..." Hugo thought for a moment, and suddenly he felt that the two of them sounded familiar. "Oh, are you Pate, the apprentice from the old town? One of my subordinates used to work there. He said that there was a young man who particularly liked to go to a bar to meet his sweetheart..."

"Yes, Lord Hugo, this is me. I once studied in the Old Town, but that is now a thing of the past..."

As if because he was too nervous, Pate talked about his experience in a rambling way: as a student in the Citadel, his qualifications were mediocre, so he could not make his own necklace. However, the lack of talent in the East gave him an opportunity. After thinking that he had no hope of getting the necklace, he went to Myr to be a grassroots official. After saving up some money, he returned to Oldtown to marry his current wife, and took his wife and mother-in-law to the East to start a new life.

When the civil war broke out, he was visiting relatives in Westeros with his wife. They were unable to return to Myr due to the war, and during that time he went to Oldtown to seek help from his classmates - fortunately, he only asked for help, so he escaped the looting of the Iron Men - afterward, he and his wife wandered around the River Bay and the Crownland, making a living by treating people's illnesses.

At this point, Pete's story was over, but the young man seemed to be holding back some words, and his face turned red. Hugo listened to the young man's story with great interest, and looking at him, the king suddenly felt a strong sense of accomplishment in his heart. At this moment, he got the reward for his efforts for more than ten years.

"Thank you for your story, young man. I'm glad that you can live a good life with your own ability and marry such a virtuous wife." Hugo took the initiative to help Pete out, then took out a bag from his waist and took off a seven-pointed star necklace from his neck and handed it to the young man. "Don't worry, you will go home smoothly and reunite with your family. The days to come will get better and better. You will live in an unprecedented peaceful era."

After saying that, Hugo continued to ride forward. The young couple stepped aside. They were a little overwhelmed. Why did Lord Hugo talk so much to them? At first, they just greeted Hugo, but Hugo gave them so many things. Needless to say, the value of this seven-pointed star necklace is enough to be a family heirloom. As for the bag, it was full of golden dragons, enough for them to live a rich and fulfilling life in the East.

The young couple looked at each other for a while, trying to know why from each other, but there was only confusion and puzzlement in each other's eyes.

"This is the favor of the Seven Gods to us." Finally, Pete said to his wife with a smile, and when his wife saw him like this, she no longer worried.

"Yes, this is the favor of the Seven Gods."

Then, they no longer doubted this and started their journey back home.

(End of this chapter)