Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 127: Borrowing a knife to kill, burning the mountain to induce poison
Two days before the fall of Yronwood City, in a huge cave with bright lights.

Dornish nobles in bright yellow robes were sitting around a long and narrow stone table.

The long and narrow stone table was filled with fine wine and delicious food. From the richness of the food, it could be seen that these Dornish nobles hiding in the cave would not lack food supplies in the short term.

Alexandra, who was beautiful but looked haggard, took a sip of the wine in the glass, but her eyes followed a Dornish noble who stood up.

The Dornish nobleman walked to the front of the stone table and threw a piece of parchment the size of a little finger into a wooden box placed in front of a middle-aged scholar.

This was a banquet, but it was an election banquet that determined the power of the entire Dorne.

To be honest, Alexandra didn't take Colainee's group seriously before.

In order to show her magnanimity and resolve internal problems, she even followed the example of King Jaehaerys I and canceled the election banquet.

Because she is very confident, most of the nobles will stand on her side.

But yesterday something unexpected happened: Hobart Hightower returned with a large army.

After losing Prince Keoren and half of the Martell soldiers, Sir Hobart, who has an army of nearly 10,000 Hightowers, has a great say.

Although Sir Hobart is not eligible to participate in the election banquet, under the current situation, he can fully influence the choices of some Dorne nobles.

Just in case, Alexandra went to see Sir Hobart last night.
She also said that as long as Sir Hobart was willing to support her, she would choose him as her husband.

But this marriage proposal was directly rejected by the other party!

It was understandable that she was rejected by Jacaerys at the beginning. After all, the facts now prove that Alexandra was indeed out of her league.

But Sir Hobart was fat and ugly, and he would be sixty next year, and he also rejected me.

Alexandra, whose self-confidence was severely hit, slammed the door and walked out. After calming down, she immediately visited a group of Dornish nobles who were loyal to her and made many empty promises.

As she was thinking, Alexandra's eyes glanced at her sister Colainne, who was chatting and laughing with Sir Hobart across the street.

Nothing serious will happen in one night!
The voting for the election ended quickly, and the middle-aged scholar opened the wooden box and began to sort the ballots inside.

Ding-ding-ding-ding!

More than ten minutes later, the middle-aged scholar stood up with the sound of shackles clashing and spread out his hands.

I saw that he had a pile of parchment in each hand, but the quantity was obviously different.

Alexandra smiled when she saw this, the result was obvious.

“A total of twenty nobles participated in this vote, and three of them cast blank votes.

Of the remaining seventeen votes, five adults supported Alexandra Martell and twelve supported Coleanne Martell.

It is clear that Clyanne Martell will be the new Princess of Dorne!"

Click!

As soon as the middle-aged scholar announced the voting results, Alexandra, with a livid face, threw the wine glass in her hand to the ground.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Did you pronounce the name wrong or count the votes wrong!"

Hearing Alexandra’s question, the middle-aged student raised his hands in her direction with a helpless look on his face and replied, “Princess Alexandra, I checked it several times.

If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself.”

Upon hearing this, Alexandra immediately went forward to check the ballots.

After looking through the ballots for a while, she crumpled them up and threw them on the ground.

“Hahaha, let this farce end here!

Our Dornish inheritance law does not distinguish between men and women, but the eldest child inherits.

You guys get ready, I will be officially crowned as the Princess of Dorne tomorrow, no, this afternoon."

"Alexandra Martell, are you trying to break the rules now?"

Seeing that Alexandra had turned her face and refused to admit her mistake, Sir Hobart stood up and said sternly,
"I was going to save your face, so I'll just say it straight.

Before I parted with Prince Keolun in Tianji City, he personally warned me that my character was too frivolous and reckless.

Ascending the throne would inevitably lead to repeated mistakes, putting all of Dorne in danger.

So he wants Coleanne to inherit the throne and for me to be her regent."

As soon as Ser Hobart finished speaking, the Dornish nobles around the stone table looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.

The two sides are now at loggerheads, and Sir Hobart has also revealed his true intentions.

"You're lying! You're lying!

Father would never say such a thing, let alone allow you to become the regent of Dorne."

“Humph, the guards who escaped from Tianji City can all prove it.

If you don't trust me, the Hightowers, you can ask the Martells."

At this point, Alexandra calmed down.

She knew in her heart that Sir Hobart must have made full preparations and she was bound to lose this game.

call!
Alexandra took a deep breath and continued in a calm tone, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now.

Coleanne did win the election and the throne should go to her."

As soon as she finished speaking, Alexandra turned and left the huge cave.

Wow!

After Alexandra left, the twelve Dornish nobles who supported Coleanne immediately shouted their congratulations.

Three of the five Dornish nobles who supported Alexandra hesitated for a moment and then joined the congratulations.

The other two stood up and chased in the direction Alexandra left.

Sir Hobart looked at the backs of the two Dornish nobles leaving, and a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.

However, the most urgent task now is to crown Colainne first and formally confirm his position as regent.

The two Dornish nobles chased to the cave corridor and found Alexandra waiting for them quietly.

Seeing that there were only two people, there was a slight disappointment in her eyes, but she didn't show it on her face.

"Thank you both for your willingness to continue following me. Please go back and prepare as soon as possible."

The two Dornish nobles frowned upon hearing this, and one of them whispered, “Princess, our forces are too few.

Sir Hobart and Colainen have many guards around them, so the chances of success are probably slim."

"Haha, I'm not that stupid. I'm just asking you to get ready to leave.

When Coleanne's coronation takes place, we will act.

As for Sir Hobart and the others, let the dragon deal with them!"

……

Prison Gate Castle is the ancestral castle of the Ule family. It is located in the southeast of the Red Mountains and on the upper reaches of the Sulphur River.

The only trace of the Ule family in the previous life TV series is the birth of a sexy and attractive illegitimate daughter in the future.

She will become the lover of Oberyn Martell, the 'Red Viper', and give birth to three more beautiful illegitimate daughters for him.

Today, Count Uller, along with all his family members and high-ranking military officers, was waiting at the parade ground.
As the sound of dragon wings breaking through the air was heard, the sky over the entire Prison Gate Castle suddenly darkened.

Thousands of pairs of eyes in the Prison Gate Fortress looked up at the sky and immediately gasped.

They saw seven giant dragons of different sizes hovering above their heads. Their terrifying might made some timid people's legs go weak and their urine become incontinent.

Everyone understood that these seven giant dragons only needed to breathe out a few breaths of dragon flames, and the Prison Gate Castle would be transformed into a flaming hell.

pat!

Count Ule, feeling extremely grateful for his choice, immediately knelt on his knees and kowtowed to the dragon.

Seeing that the lord had taken the lead, the others did not hesitate at all and immediately followed suit by kneeling and kowtowing.

Boom!
Suddenly, a figure fell from the sky and landed heavily on the training ground of Yumen Fort.

The ground of the Prison Gate Fort in the desert area was covered with sand and dust. The powerful impact force carried by the figure directly stirred up a large amount of sand and dust.

Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha Cha!
Along with the sound of footsteps trampling on the sand, the figure that fell from the sky to the ground actually walked out slowly from the dust.

The miniature portrait of the new king had already spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms through ravens, and Earl Uller and others recognized him at a glance.

"Meet Jacaerys I Targaryen!"

A thunderous roar rang out, and thousands of Yumenbao civilians kowtowed frantically again.

Unlike the kowtowing to the dragon just now, they were now kowtowing sincerely to Jacaerys, the new king who was like a god.

After all, in the common people's cognition, it is impossible for the fragile human body to jump off the back of a dragon unscathed.

Being able to control such a huge dragon and possessing a body that is not as strong as that of a human, who else could he be but a god?
Jacaerys was very satisfied with the attitude of Earl Uller and the civilians of Prison Gate.

Count Uller had already made a meritorious contribution by reporting the case, and he had recently carried out bloody sacrifices in several large cities, so he didn't mind this small castle with a maximum of three or four thousand people.

So he simply erased Yumen Castle from the blood sacrifice list in his mind.

Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish!

Jacaerys talked with the terrified Earl Uller for a while and got a general idea of ​​where Alexandra was hiding.

Hooray, hooray!
Fearing that Alexandra and the others would move again, Jacaerys did not delay too much and flew directly to the north of Prison Gate Castle on his dragon.

Yumen Mountain is a barren mountain with almost no vegetation, and it is also the source of the Sulfur River.

If it weren't for Count Uller's contact with some civilians from Sunspear who had escaped secretly, and if it weren't for the fact that he had personally seen the disguised Alexandra a few days ago.

He also wouldn't believe that tens of thousands of Yangji City civilians had hidden here without knowing it.

Moreover, how could such a large cave appear out of nowhere in the familiar Yumen Mountain?

In fact, this matter involves the famous warrior queen, Nymeria.

She had led a large army to encircle and suppress the King of the Sulphur River, Lucifer Drought, and accidentally discovered the Prison Gate Mountain which had been hollowed out by the Drought Family.

Later, the Handi family disappeared and most of the people who knew about it also died.

Nymeria's husband, the first Prince of Dorne, Mors Martell, passed down this secret cave as a retreat for the Martell family.

In fact, Jacaerys had been wondering if this might be a trap. After all, Alexandra had been hiding for a long time, but now she was exposed so easily.

But even if it is a trap, isn't it also a clue?
He also wanted to see what kind of trap could trap the seven giant dragons he brought with him!

As soon as he flew to the conspicuous yellow boulder on the hillside of the Prison Gate Mountain mentioned by Earl Uller, Jacaerys gave the order to spit dragon flame without saying a word.

Except for Yang Yan, the other six dragons immediately opened their mouths and spewed dragon flames of various colors towards the yellow boulder and the surrounding area.

Hoo ho ho!
Click, click!
The yellow boulder shattered into stone fragments of varying sizes under the extremely high temperature and powerful impact of the various colored dragon flames.

As the yellow boulder shattered and collapsed, a cave entrance nearly half the height of the boulder appeared in front of Jakaris and others behind it.

There were originally more than a dozen soldiers from the Hightower family guarding the entrance to the cave, but they were affected by the high temperature of the dragon flame and the impact of the gravel, and now fell to the ground, with their lives or deaths unknown.

Ok?
Jacaerys suddenly discovered that the yellow boulder that was burned by the dragon's flames was emitting light blue flames and thick smoke.

The river where Yumen Fort is located is called Sulphur River, and the source of the river is in this mountain.

Could it be that... this Yumen Mountain is a mine rich in sulfur, and the yellow boulder is a natural exposed sulfur ore?

This also explains why there is water flowing out of the mountains but no vegetation growing.

After making a judgment in his mind, Jakaris's still-unforgotten chemical knowledge came to his mind.

The gas produced by the burning of sulfur is sulfur dioxide, which plays a role in bleaching, sterilization and disinfection in daily life in previous lives, and can even be used as a food additive.

Of course, those are only used in trace amounts, and such a high concentration of sulfur dioxide can already be called poison gas!
"Ella, use magic to draw as much of this smoke as possible into that cave!"

He turned his head and gave an order to Ella behind him, then Jacaris sent a message to Wormax to increase the force of his dragon flame spray.

The extremely high temperature black dragon flame directly ignited the mountain, and light blue flames with billowing dragon flames rose up one after another.

Wind is a natural phenomenon where air flows from high pressure to low pressure.

For Ella, an air magician, creating low pressure is much easier than draining out oxygen or increasing the oxygen concentration.

When she finished casting the spell, the thick smoke that was originally rising aimlessly into the sky seemed to be controlled by an invisible force.
They all poured back into the cave.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
The ones closest to the cave entrance were the Hightower soldiers who had been specially replaced by Sir Hobart after Alexandra escaped.

As soon as they came into contact with the billowing poisonous smoke, they immediately started coughing violently.

At the same time, their eyes, which were irritated by the poisonous smoke, kept tearing up and their throats were in severe pain.

Sulfur dioxide is soluble and will turn into sulfurous acid and sulfuric acid when absorbed by the moist mucous membrane surface.

Some of the Haital soldiers who could not bear it any longer tried to escape from the cave, but the high temperature of the dragon flames outside the cave prevented them from getting close to the cave entrance.

There was no other choice but to flee deeper into the cave in panic.

The Haital soldiers at the rear had been breathing poisonous smoke for a long time, and their throat mucosa began to become congested and swollen, making it difficult for them to breathe and they began to suffocate.

These Hightower soldiers naturally did not know first aid methods such as cricothyroidotomy (tracheal puncture).

I saw them all with pale faces and purple lips, struggling on the ground, covering their throats.

After a while, they stopped moving and turned into corpses with hideous and terrifying expressions.

As the poisonous smoke spread, the huge cave in Yumen Mountain, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people, suddenly fell into chaos.

Some Dornish nobles attempted to contain the fumes in small caves of their own, though the question of airtightness was not an issue.

Even if they really blocked the poisonous smoke, without air flowing, they would eventually die.

The Dryland family that dug out this huge cave certainly could not have dug only one entrance and exit.

After all, if someone blocked the entrance to the cave, wouldn’t they be unable to escape even if they had wings?
Da da da!
Sir Hobart, along with the siblings, Coleanne and Quill, fled to another hidden exit of the cave, surrounded by a group of Hightower soldiers.

This exit is located on the back of Yumen Mountain and is also blocked by huge rocks.

Hooray, hooray!
But just as Sir Hobart and his companions had moved the huge rock and escaped from the cave, they heard the sound of a dragon's wings breaking through the air.

A colorful dragon shadow hovering in the sky suddenly fell from the sky.

Sir Hobart looked at the familiar colorful dragon shadow, gritted his teeth and gave the attack order to his Hightower soldiers.

He has a blood feud with Jacaerys and there is absolutely no way he would surrender!
There will be another chapter later.

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(End of this chapter)