Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 128: Eating Dorne, Miracles in the North

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Jacaerys poked the pile of white bones on the ground with his foot and tilted his head to observe for a while.

From this pile of large skeletons, it can be inferred that the body should have been a tall man when alive.

Jacaerys was burning the front area of ​​​​Hell Gate Mountain. When he heard Yangyan's loud dragon roar, he immediately rushed over.

But he was still late. When he arrived here, the only people on the scene were Yangyan who was gnawing on the human-shaped snacks, piles of bones, and some Dornish nobles and soldiers kneeling at the entrance of the cave.

Based on their identification and the relevant descriptions that Jakaris had heard.

He was sure that the pile of bones belonged to Hobart Hightower, and the two smaller bones next to him were those of Colainne and her brother.

Da da da!
This hidden exit seemed to be discovered by other people in the cave, and groups of civilians began to pour out of it.

Faced with two huge dragons, these civilians had no intention of resisting and fell to their knees.

For them, it made no difference which king or lord they submitted to; at most their lives would become more difficult.

If you stay in the cave, you will die in pain due to the poisonous smoke.

But this time they guessed wrong. Even if they knelt down in surrender, they would only become sacrifices for a blood sacrifice.

Who made them have a lord who is extremely ambitious but lacks the strength to match him!
Since he was only riding a dragon this time, Jacaerys did not rashly perform a blood sacrifice.

He selected several Dornish nobles who wanted to atone their sins to lead the way, and had them lead the civilians towards the direction of the Prison Gate.

According to these Dornish nobles, there were nearly 80,000 Sunspear civilians and more than 10,000 Martell and Hightower soldiers in the entire giant cave.

But when no one came out of the cave for a long time, Jacaerys made a rough estimate and found that the number of people who came out was no more than 50,000.

That is to say, nearly half of them died in the poisonous smoke, or are still hiding in the caves and not coming out.

Jacaerys also questioned them about the treasure that the Martells had brought from Sunspear.

But the answer he got was that Alexandra took advantage of her sister's coronation and sneaked away from the cave in the middle of the night with more than a thousand people.

Hearing this, how could he not understand that this time Alexandra wanted to borrow his knife to kill Sir Hobart and others.

But Jacaerys was happy to help, because infighting among the enemies would only make them weaker.

There were originally nearly 100,000 enemies hiding in the dark, but now only Alexandra and her 1,000-something are left.

As for where she is hiding now, Jacaris doesn't care too much.

Prince's Pass and Bone Road were occupied by his ground forces, and the surrounding seas were blocked by the Conqueror's fleet that had transported the resources of Tor City.

Alexandra was like a trapped mouse, with nowhere to escape as Dorne was devoured.

Rumble!
Then Jacaris controlled Womax to spit out pillars of dragon flame, which directly shattered the rocks at the two cave entrances.

Thousands of tons of rubble have sealed the cave tightly, and those who are clever and try to take chances will remain in the cave forever.

Jakaris and his companions stayed in Prison Gate Castle for a few days. Earl Uller brought his entire family to serve them, and their enthusiasm was extremely high.

He even moved out the food reserves from the Prison Gate Fortress and provided simple meals that were barely enough to fill the nearly 50,000 prisoners.

After all, Dorne has the smallest population among the Seven Kingdoms, and water and labor are precious assets here.

But when Stone's army arrived at Prison Gate Castle, the blood sacrifice that was carried out directly in the open space outside the city left Earl Uller and thousands of Prison Gate Castle civilians who were watching stunned.

It is estimated that the dying screams of nearly 50,000 Dornish compatriots of different genders and ages will become an indelible nightmare for them for the rest of their lives.

After the Life Gem absorbed the blood of nearly 50,000 people, more than two-thirds of its surface had turned bright red.

Seeing that success was imminent, Jacaerys accelerated the pace of his encroachment on Dorne.

In fact, starting from the city of Yronwood, we will officially enter the desert area with unbearable heat and lack of water.

But during this period, the transport convoy that emptied the city of Yronwood showed unimaginable enthusiasm.

When they came back from the Dorne border and the River Reach again, the long transport convoy was filled with sealed barrels of water.

It actually laid a water supply line for the ground troops.

The ground troops did not disappoint this enthusiasm, and with the blessing of their own dragons, they were like gods of war, charging forward fearlessly.

No matter how strong the Dornishmen's will is, it is impossible to prevent their bodies from being destroyed.

Under the unstoppable force of Jacaerys's side, Vance City, Salt Coast, and Soul Hill fell one after another and were sacrificed in blood.

Except for the four cities at the other end of the Red Mountains that were not on the way,
There are only two towns left: Banba Town and Lemon Grove, where the Greenblood River meets the sea.

However, before Jacaerys's army could reach the city, a fleet of Plank Town ships flying white flags sailed upstream along the Greenblood River.

Planktown is a trading town founded by the 'Orphans of the Greenblood', descendants of the Rhoynar who refused to assimilate into Dornish culture.

Therefore, there are no lords or nobles in the traditional sense in Plank Town.

Due to its superior geographical advantages, Bantiao Town can easily obtain intelligence from the many refugees who flee here.

For example, the brutal dragon burned down every city that resisted, and the Prison Gate Castle, which voluntarily provided intelligence and surrendered, remained unscathed.

So when Alexandra brought more than a thousand men to Plank Town to look for the fleet leaving Dorne, the orphan leader of Plank Town led his men to attack them at night.

Then he came with Alexandra and her treasure.

Jacaerys did not expect that the battle of Dorne would end like this. Although there were still a few cities, they could no longer make any waves.

He imprisoned Alexandra together with his father. Such an important person would naturally be tried and executed in King's Landing.

He who knows the current affairs is a hero!

Jacaerys praised the orphan leader and promised to ensure the safety of Plank Town.

But the Life Gem was still a little short of activation, so he chose to ignore the belated messenger from the Dart family in Lemon Grove and launch an attack directly.

After sacrificing the blood of five or six thousand people in Lemon Grove, Jacaris finally heard the good news of full activation from Ella.

However, he did not wear this blood-red gem of life directly on himself, but asked an Unsullied to try it on for a few days first.

During these few days, he made the Unsullied eat many poisonous meals.

But the other party was still energetic and showed no signs of poisoning.

Only an almost negligible dim spot appeared on the surface of the Life Gem.

Seeing how cautious Jacaerys was, Ella made a solemn promise.
She had long since cleared away the divine ritual of this life gem, and now it was just a pure magic weapon.

Even so, Jakaris replaced other people and tested it again and again to make sure there was no problem before he made it into a pendant and wore it on his chest.

This life gem that absorbed the blood of nearly 160,000 people is truly extraordinary.

As soon as it came into contact with Jacaris's skin, it passively radiated a warm current towards his body. Jacaris immediately felt full of energy, and his physical condition could always remain at its peak, as if he would never age.

Of course, he knew it was just an illusion.

If the life gem is lost or the blood magic in it is exhausted, all of this will disappear.

After activating the Life Gem, Jacaerys no longer had any interest in the battles in the remaining four cities in Dorne.

However, the war he launched against Dorne was very successful.

The lower-class civilians and soldiers at all levels made a lot of money in this war.

The many cities on the Dorne border and in the Riverlands that bought cheap goods were also happy and kept singing praises to the new king.

As for the Lannister and Tyrell families, they expressed their loyalty to Jacaerys through this war.

They also obtained a lot of weapons, armor, food supplies and other resources from the looting of each city.

Not to mention Jakaris's supporters, all of them are well-fed and well-fed, and their loyalty has reached an unprecedented level.

As for Jacaerys himself, 70% of all income from the sale of Dorne's resources, in addition to the gem of life, belongs to him.

The treasures of the families guarding the major cities were also collected into his treasury.

More importantly, more than half of Dorne was cleared out.

Although these lands have many disadvantages such as high temperature and scarce water resources, they are formal territories where cities were once built!

The current seven kingdoms, in addition to making great contributions to the feudal lords,

Apart from the reward of dividing his family's territory voluntarily, there is no new territory for him to obtain.

Jacaerys, who owns large tracts of Dorne land, can now drive the landless knights or impoverished nobles of the Seven Kingdoms crazy with just a few words.

When Jacaerys was about to return to King's Landing with Prince Keoren and his daughter,
A raven letter sent from King's Landing to Hellgate and then delivered to him at full speed made him change his decision.

Because of a miracle that occurred in the North, the heart trees that had been withered and died by his use of highly concentrated salt water actually came back to life.

The belief in the old gods, which had gradually faded away due to the withering of the heart tree, is now becoming more and more intense in the North.

There were even many noble earls in the North who publicly declared that they had seen the majestic figures of the old gods in their dreams.

Since the Green Prophet hiding in the dark has taken the initiative, Jacaerys naturally cannot sit and wait for the other party to grow stronger.

So leave the rest of Dorne to Baelor, Lyslys, and Joffrey.

He took Ella, Vermax and the three dragon servants and headed straight for Winterfell in the north.

……

Two days later, in the parade grounds of Winterfell.

"Greetings to His Majesty Jacaerys!"

When the high-ranking officials of Winterfell, led by Duke Creggan, saw Jacaerys jump off the dragon's back, they immediately knelt down and shouted.

After helping the young duke, whom he had a favorable impression of, Jacaerys said directly, “Cregan, you should know why I am here.

Tell me in detail about the miracle that happened recently in the North!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Duke Clegane nodded and answered, then he sorted out his words and told the truth about the information he knew.
“When I first returned to King’s Landing, I learned that the heart trees and weirwood trees throughout the North had withered and died.

Although this represents an ominous implication, it does not cause any real harm after all.

So I didn't take it too seriously and went straight to the Great Wall of Despair to preside over the event of sealing the collapsed gap.

But unexpectedly, just half a month ago, news that "the old gods appeared and brought down miracles" suddenly spread from the Last Hearth City.

Because the heart tree in the sacred forest in their city was resurrected and regained its vitality.

And Earl Amber announced to the public that he had seen the Old Gods, and even said that their Amber family was the family most favored by the Old Gods. "

Jacaerys heard this and asked, "What about the godswood in Winterfell?"

"Just the day before yesterday, when I rushed back to Winterfell from the Wall, I heard that a miracle had also occurred in the Godswood.

In the past two days, a large number of believers of the old gods have held sacrificial activities in the sacred forest.

But I thought this was too strange, so I sent a group of soldiers to drive them away and guard the heart tree, not allowing anyone to approach. "

"Let's go, no need to bring too many people, just a few of us can go and take a look!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, Jacaerys, Ella, and Duke Creggan with two personal guards came to the Godswood.

Just as they reached the small lake where the Stark soldiers were on duty, the heart tree, which was so big that it took at least three adults to hug it and whose branches and leaves were as red as blood, came into view of Jacaerys and the others.

The state of the tree is clear at a glance, this heart tree has indeed been resurrected from the dead.

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Stepping on the dead leaves on the ground, Jacaris looked around the thick heart tree carefully.

And Ella seemed to have discovered something, and she circled around the heart tree with a frown on her face.

Ok?
Suddenly, Jakaris caught a glimpse of something unusual out of the corner of his eye.

He drew out the guard from his waist and pushed aside a dead leaf on the ground, and a strange footprint suddenly appeared under the leaf.

The back half of the footprint looked like a child's foot, but the front half had three sharp claws like a wolf's claw.

It is obvious that this footprint definitely does not belong to a human!
At this time, Ella, who had turned around, also stepped forward and whispered in a weak voice: "Your Majesty, although I have never encountered a power of this nature.

But I can be sure that this is not divine grace but magic!"

Ella's words further confirmed Jacaerys's thoughts. He turned to Cregan and asked, "Besides Last Hearth and Winterfell, where else have miracles appeared?"

"There is also Kaho City, Dreadfort, and yes, Seven City where the miracle just happened today."

Jacaerys thought quickly for a while based on the map of the North in his head, and muttered to himself: "Hmm, they just go from north to south without any concealment?

A trap? Or is it that even he can't see this future?"

"Your Majesty, do you know what happened? Who are they talking about? And what trap?"

Jacaerys did not answer Cregan's question, but smiled mysteriously and said, "Come on, Cregan, I'll take you to see your gods!"

(End of this chapter)