Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 119: Life Gem, Sword to Dorne

The remaining thirty or forty warships of the Combined Fleet were slowly sailing towards the Mijie Island in an orderly formation.

No warship tried to escape during the voyage, because the three-headed dragon hovering in the sky had already burned many fools who tried to escape.

When Jakaris landed, holding a tightly bound transcendent captive in one hand.

Rudy had already been waiting on the coast of Mystique Island with nearly 2,500 Unsullied in neat battle formation and nearly 100 Velaryon soldiers.

"Your Majesty, I failed to do my job well this time. Please punish me severely!"

As soon as Rudy, with a haggard face, saw Jakaris, he immediately knelt on one knee and loudly apologized.

Jakaris did not ask Rudy to stand up, but raised his chin to signal him to explain the matter clearly.

"First of all, I went to Astapor this time with the intention of buying from other benevolent masters who raised Unsullied.

But I wonder if Grazdan mo Nakroz, the good man who had previously deducted our handling fees, has learned the news about Tyrosh and Myr.

He bought all the Unsullied from other good masters in Astapor in advance.

So I had to trade with him again.

But this bastard directly doubled the price of an Unsullied to thirty gold dragons!
Adding the equally rising handling fees, I only managed to buy 4,100 Unsullied with the nearly 270,000 gold dragons I brought with me.

Your Majesty, please rest assured. I swear that I will give you Grazdan's head and all his wealth!"

"Well, keep talking."

“Then, on our way back from the Slave Bay, we actually encountered a reconnaissance ship from the Combined Fleet in the Rees Sea of ​​the Sunset Sea.

But because the reconnaissance ships I sent out did not detect the movements of the enemy's main fleet, I did not take it seriously at the time.

When I returned to Lanark Island and learned that you were leading your troops back to the Seven Kingdoms, I was too anxious to go north, so I did not send out scout ships in advance as you instructed.

The result...they were ambushed by the enemy fleet near Bloodstone Island.

More than 1,600 Unsullied were sacrificed to break out of the ambush, and then they barely landed on the Secret Steps Island and held out until you arrived with your dragon!"

Bang!
As soon as Rudy finished speaking, Jakaris suddenly kicked him three or four meters away.

Rudy, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, quickly stood up and knelt in front of Jakaris again without saying a word.

"Rudy, do you know where you went wrong?"

"So many Unsullied have been sacrificed in vain, and your wealth has been wasted."

Bang!
Another kick, and this time Rudy rolled five or six meters away.

Even though Jacaerys controlled the power, he still struggled for a long time before he got up, and then crawled back using his hands and feet.

"What's wrong?"

When Jakaris asked the question again in a calm tone.

Rudy, whose mouth was bleeding, suddenly felt a mountain of pressure.

Just as he was about to answer that it was because he was not strong enough in Astapor, a sentence Stone once said flashed through his mind.

Without any hesitation, he immediately replied: "I did not strictly follow your majesty's orders!"

Upon hearing this, Jacaris slowly said, “I have always been clear about rewards and punishments!
Rudy, you have been wandering for several months and brought the Unsullied back to me. I will reward you when we return to King's Landing.

But do you really think that you can break out of the enemy's siege by sacrificing 1,600 Unsullied who are not good at naval warfare?
The enemy kept you here to lure me here!
From the first time I met the fourteen of you, I asked you to strictly follow my orders.

You forgot, that's wrong!

These two kicks are your punishment. My strength is not light. Go find the maester on the island to heal you."

"As ordered!"

This punishment has been engraved in Rudy's mind. After receiving the order, he immediately walked quickly towards the stronghold fortress on the Secret Step Island.

After Jacaerys handed over the task of collecting prisoners and warships to a Velaryon officer, he strode towards the stronghold fortress.

The three-headed dragon in the sky followed closely and hovered above his head.

Bang, bang!
Coming to the most luxurious lord's room in the stronghold fortress with ease, Jakaris threw the two captives he had been carrying to the ground.

Well!
The masked woman who was knocked unconscious by the punch groaned in pain and seemed to be about to wake up.

Jacaerys ignored her and turned to Melisandre, who was looking at him with hatred, and said, "Have you thought about it?
Do you want me to hand over your necklace and tell me how to use it, or do you want me to snatch it from you and then torture you in every way I can?"

Hearing Jacaerys' words, Melisandre subconsciously touched the necklace around her neck.

It was a hexagonal gold necklace inlaid with a huge ruby.

If you look carefully enough, you can find a large number of unknown runes engraved on the surface of the hexagonal necklace.

In the original drama, Melisandre lived for at least hundreds of years thanks to this ruby ​​necklace.

Jacaerys now possesses supreme power in the Seven Kingdoms and countless beauties and wealth.

Naturally, he wanted to figure out the specific usage of this thing so that he could become an immortal and create an immortal dynasty that belonged to him alone.

The reason why he didn't try to rob the necklace on the boat just now was because he recalled the scene where Melisandre turned into ashes after taking off the necklace.

It would be very troublesome if she died and I got the ruby ​​necklace but couldn't use it!
"Give up on this idea! You are a minion of the evil god from another world.

This is the divine weapon bestowed upon me by the King of Light. You cannot use it even if you take it away by force!"

Seeing that Jacaerys seemed to truly know the power of her necklace, Melisandre spoke up to try to dissuade him from taking it.

Jacaris naturally wouldn't believe her lies, and immediately stepped forward to snatch it away.

He had already prepared for the worst.

If he really couldn't use it after stealing it, he would overturn all the red temples in Essos and he would always be able to find a red-robed monk who knew how to use it.

“Wait, what she said is true.

This magical weapon has been subjected to a divine ritual and can only be used by the fanatical followers of the Lord of Light."

The wizard Ella, who was lying on the side, suddenly spoke, causing Jakaris to temporarily stop his actions.

"go on."

“But I don’t sense any magic power in you, so what you actually want is the life gem embedded in this magic weapon.

I can help you remove it and reactivate it.

How about this? I will use this as a condition to exchange for my freedom, do you agree? "

"Hmm? You want to make a deal with me?
Didn't you hear her call me the evil god's minion?"

Upon hearing this, Jacaerys looked at the masked woman with interest.

“I don’t care about true gods or evil gods, I just want to explore the ultimate truth of magic.

So I can't die, well, at least not before I get a glimpse of the truth!"

Master Ella's words portray himself as a magician who is obsessed with the truth of magic.

Jacaerys didn't know whether it was true or not, but if he believed her, at least he would have another way to become an immortal.

"Oh no, quickly protect the gem of life!"

Mage Ella suddenly screamed loudly. It turned out that Melisandre heard that she was making a deal with the evil god's minions, and immediately reached out to destroy her ruby ​​necklace.

Click!

Jacaerys had just rushed to Melisandre.

When he heard the scream, he immediately turned around and broke her hands with his own hands. Then he pulled the ruby ​​necklace off Melisandre's neck.

"Oh! Give me back the gift of my Lord..."

Melisandre, who had lost her ruby ​​necklace, let out a scream and waved her limp broken hands towards Jacaerys, trying to get her necklace back.

But in just these ten short breaths, Melisandre's originally beautiful face quickly aged, and her plump figure instantly shriveled up as if air was deflating.

“Hurry up and give me the magic weapon, I need to take the life gem as soon as possible.

If she dies, the Divine Grace ritual will destroy the entire magical device!"

After hearing what Master Ella said, Jacaris pondered for a moment and then threw the ruby ​​necklace in his hand to her.

The magic of this masked woman was very strange and powerful. But at this distance, he had enough confidence to kill her before she could make a move.

If she really valued her life as much as she said, she would never take risks easily.

"***"

After catching the ruby ​​necklace with her right hand, Master Ella immediately began to chant in a whisper.

The unknown rune engraved on the hexagonal necklace immediately emitted bursts of red light, as if resisting her.

Master Ella began to tremble all over, trying her best to suppress the red light on the necklace.

Finally, she couldn't hold on any longer, so she used her free left hand to remove the white mask on her face, and then fell heavily to the ground.

Cuckoo!

As the white mask broke, streams of translucent mist quickly merged into Master Ella's body.

After losing the mask, Ella's eyes suddenly brightened as she revealed a stunningly beautiful face.

She actually forced the red light back into the unknown runes of the hexagonal necklace.

Don't miss out!

Master Ella quickly stretched out his left hand and took off the ruby, then quickly threw away the remaining hexagonal necklace.

Chi Chi Chi!
Without the suppression of Master Ella, the red light of the hexagonal necklace reappeared and became stronger and stronger.

With one final sudden flash, the entire hexagonal necklace began to decay rapidly.

"My lord..."

At the same time, the white-haired, shriveled Melisandre let out a low roar towards the sky.

Then her whole body decayed as quickly as the hexagonal necklace, and finally turned into a pile of black and gray dust.

Jacaerys glanced at the reduced Melisandre, then fixed his eyes on the face of the mage Ella.

The black hood of her robe covered most of her long brown hair, and her big watery eyes were full of relief.

Drops of sweat dripped down her stunningly delicate face amid her rapid breathing, which had a unique kind of temptation.

“Huh, I didn’t expect the grace bestowed by R’hllor on this red priestess was so strong.

It almost happened.

"Alas, my magic weapon! What a loss, such a huge loss!"

Master Ella's voice before must have been disguised by some kind of magic, as it sounded like an old woman.

Now, I don’t know if it’s because my magic power has been exhausted, but the clear and crisp voice like a silver bell doesn’t fully match her appearance.

"Hey! Are you sure this life gem can still be used now?"

After admiring the beauty of Mage Ella, Jakaris looked at the most important gem of life.

But this gem, which was as red as blood before, has now turned gray, like a stone picked up from the roadside.

"My name is not Hey! My name is Ai Samurian Kaqiya Jagunla.

If you think my name is too long, you can call me Ella."

Master Ella first refuted Jakaris's address unhappily, then answered,

"When this life gem was taken down, the Divine Grace Ritual absorbed its 'vitality'.

So as long as we infuse it with vitality through the ritual, we can reactivate it."

"Infuse vitality? I don't understand your magical terminology. Can you express it in a way that I can understand?"

Jacaris frowned when he heard this, having no idea what the so-called vitality meant.

Mage Ella shook her head upon hearing this and began to explain to the magic newbie, "The name of the Gem of Life sounds normal.

But in fact it was created by a powerful and terrifying blood witch.

These disgusting blood witches are best at blood magic.

So to infuse it with vitality means to pour a large amount of fresh blood on its surface, allowing it to absorb and reactivate the blood magic within it!"

“How much is a lot of fresh blood?”

Hearing Jakaris's question, Master Ella looked him up and down for a while.
Then he replied with a slightly mocking tone: "To become a life gem of the level just now, it requires the blood of at least 100,000 people.

This shouldn't be hard for you, right?
Slaughtered more than 200,000 people and destroyed the dragon of Tyrosh!"

But unexpectedly, Jakaris didn't care at all. He nodded and said, "One hundred thousand troops? It's not difficult.

And what a coincidence, I was just about to start a war.

One last question, why did you choose to help me just now? "

"I just said that I don't want to die, I want to exchange this for freedom!"

Hearing Ella repeat the reason just now, Jacaerys shook his head and said, "This may be part of the reason, but I can feel that this is not all."

“I…want to keep breaking through and reach the highest peak of magic.

Therefore, a large amount of materials rich in magical power are needed.

And the dragon is the most powerful magical creature in this world!
When I heard that this mission in the Red Temple would involve facing a dragon, I immediately agreed.

Because whether it is helping R'hllor's side to kill dragons and dragon knights and obtain materials.

Whether it's helping the dragon side to destroy the enemy or helping the dragon side to destroy the enemy, it's all the same to me.

In addition to activating the life gem, I can also help you as much as possible.

But please let me take some dragon blood regularly, and I can guarantee that I will not hurt your dragon."

After hearing this, Aila was silent for a few minutes, and then she stated her true purpose in a very sincere tone.

Jacaerys, who had always been cautious, naturally did not completely believe what she said, but his face showed an expression of complete belief.

He stretched out his right hand towards Aila: "Deal!
If you do a good job, in addition to dragon blood, I can also provide you with other dragon materials!"

"Really?"

Ella was surprised when she heard that, and immediately stretched out her right hand and shook hands with Jakaris.

"Okay, let's go back to King's Landing now and prepare to activate the Life Gem!"

"King's Landing? Are you planning to activate the Life Gem in Westeros?
By the way, you just said you were going to start a war, where are you going to attack?"

Jacaerys smiled slightly when he heard this, turned his head and looked towards the southwest of the Secret Step Island and replied: "Dorn!"

(End of this chapter)