Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 142 The mastermind behind the scenes, using his life to prove his god

Hooray, hooray!
Vermax's massive dragon body flew over the Velaryon family's ancestral stronghold, High Tide Castle on Tidemark Island.

Jacaerys looked at the majestic castle below, and memories of the places he had traveled through emerged in his mind.

In eight years, everything has changed!
When they saw the inky dragon flying from the direction of King's Landing, the soldiers of the Velaryon family immediately took action.

Two or three soldiers immediately entered the city to report, while the rest of the soldiers quickly cleared out the outsiders and cleared a landing space for Womacks outside the city.

Since it was a spur of the moment decision, Jakaris did not notify anyone this time and came alone with his dragon.

Jacaerys, who showed no emotion at all, walked through the many kneeling Velaryon soldiers and strode into Climax City.

These kneeling soldiers didn't even dare to stand up, let alone try to stop the attack, without the King's permission.

Several of the captains tilted their heads and looked at each other, anxious expressions on their faces.

Jacaerys had already noticed their little actions, but he had no intention of leaving Climax City for the time being.

Instead, he placed his hand on the hilt of the Blackfire Sword thoughtfully and walked into Climax City.

Jacaerys knew something was happening to the Velaryon family but he still marched forward. This was not carelessness, but confidence.

He was confident that with his current strength, it would be almost impossible for him to have an opponent in the Seven Kingdoms.

Even if there was, Womacks guarding outside the city could provide him with enough confidence.

Squeak!

As soon as he reached the entrance of the No. 9 Aircraft Hall, Womax happened to meet Renia and others who had opened the door.

"Greetings to Your Majesty!"

When Rhaena saw Jacaerys, she lifted her skirt and saluted calmly.

As for the large group of people following her, some were kneeling and some were bowing.

Those who were kneeling were soldiers, servants and other civilians, and those who were performing the salute were naturally the members of the Velaryon branch who held titles.

But Jacaerys had no interest in any of them, his eyes fixed on a middle-aged knight in silver-plated armor.

There was no family crest on the opponent's armor. This middle-aged knight was either a free knight (mercenary) or he was deliberately hiding the signs that could identify his identity.

"You're welcome, Rhaena.

Hey, this knight's face is unfamiliar. I don't know which family he is loyal to. Can you introduce yourself?"

Hearing Jacaris's question, the middle-aged knight who had bowed his head immediately raised his head and replied: "Your Majesty, my name is William, and I am a free knight.

This time I came to Climax City because I was asked by Count Celtigar to bring some Crab Island specialties to Princess Rhaena."

Crab Island is located a few hours away from Dragonstone and is the territory of House Celtigar.

Although the Celtigar family was not famous in the previous TV series, it is actually an ancient family from the Freehold of Valyria.

They also had a close relationship with the Velaryon family. After all, the former relied on the latter to build a relatively powerful fleet and accumulated a lot of wealth through ocean trade.

"Tsk, tsk, you are very generous.

Lord Celtigar didn't even send me any Crab Island specialties on my wedding day!"

Jacaerys' words made Rhaena frown slightly, but she still replied in a very calm tone: "Your Majesty, Crab Island has recently gained something because of the changes in the ocean currents.

Lord Celtigar didn't know whether you liked these specialties, so he asked me to give them to your sister.

So it’s not that I have a lot of face, it’s that you have a lot of face!”

Although Rhaena is Benilla's younger sister, she has been calm and composed since childhood, and has always followed the "Uncrowned Queen" Rhaenys.

Having experienced many changes in the Velaryon family, she is now much more cunning than her sister.

But precisely because of this, Jakaris knew that she would not influence Benilla and Lusiris for no reason.

"Really? Then I'll wait for Count Celtigar to send over some Crab Island specialties.

Now, Rhaena, I want to speak to you alone."

Jacaerys didn't seem to be suspicious. He said something to Rhaena and then went into the Hall of the Nine Aircraft alone.

Upon seeing this, Rhaena quickly waved to William and other members of the side branch to leave, then turned around and followed them in.

Jacaerys walked to the chair next to the fireplace and sat down without any nonsense. He asked directly: "Rhaena, have you been sending letters to Benila and Lusiris very frequently recently?"

"Frequently? Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean.

It should be normal for me to keep in touch with my sister and fiancé from time to time! "

Hearing this, Rhaena answered with an innocent look on her face.

"I know you have been unhappy with my decision to expel Daemon and Rhaenys.

But you should listen to what they told you before they left, live a good life on Chaotou Island and don't do anything stupid.

Those little tricks you mentioned in your previous letter have no effect except bringing you closer to death.

Or do you think I would not dare to kill you because of Benila and Lusiris?"

Seeing that Rhaena was still playing dumb, Jacaerys simply laid out his thoughts.

And his words immediately made Rhaena's face change drastically.

It was nothing more than what Daemon told her before he and Rhaenys left Westeros. The only people present at the time were Rhaenys's personal guards and her confidants.

This means that among those people she thought she could trust, there were already Jakaris's spies.

Rhaena was no fool, and she immediately realized that Jacaerys was giving her a chance to confess.

She immediately answered, “Your Majesty, I did write to my sister and Lusiris and said some inappropriate things because of Earl Celtigar’s reminder.

But we, the House of Velaryon, remain loyal to you.

My sister is your queen, and I am about to marry your brother.

It is absolutely impossible and there is absolutely no need to take such a big risk to do something stupid! "

“Well, I believe you.

Because you are a smart person, Rhaena, and you must be telling the truth now.

But people who think they are smart are often the easiest to be taken advantage of!

I hope you won’t make the same mistake again. If I were to come to Chaotou Island again with my dragon, it wouldn’t be as easy as it is now.”

As soon as Jakaris finished speaking, he stood up and left the Jiuhang Hall.

Rhaena stared blankly at Jacaerys's departing back, thinking about his last words.

Used? Used by whom? Lord Celtigar?
No, it seems I made a fatal mistake.

Crab Island is not far from Chaotou Island. Why doesn't Count Celtigar come to see me in person?

Instead, why not let this free knight named William be in charge of the contact?

Hooray, hooray!
Vermax carried Jakaris high into the sky, then circled over the sea near Climax City at an extremely fast speed.

Since there were very few ships leaving Climax City, he easily found the dilapidated cargo ship of the Celtigar family that had not yet left the sea area.

This cargo ship of the Celtigar family did indeed start out sailing in a northeasterly direction.

But after passing Dragonstone, it circled around the north of Dragonstone and sailed towards Blackwater Bay.

Moreover, during this voyage, the dilapidated hull of the entire cargo ship was quickly dismantled by the sailors, and the crab flag of the Setiga family was replaced with a huge seven-pointed star flag.

It suddenly transformed into a transport ship belonging to the Church of the Seven Gods.

Jacaerys, aboard the dragon saddle of the Womax, had been observing the freighter through a special telescope.

After seeing the familiar seven-pointed star flag, a sarcastic sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

As he expected, the mastermind behind the attempt to influence Benilla and Lusiris through Rhaena was the Church of the Seven.

Although the conspiracy of the Church of the Seven Gods is still in its initial stages, no major problems seem to exist.

But their ultimate goal is definitely only one, that is to indirectly influence Jacaerys through this series of means. Now that Jacaerys has ascended the Iron Throne, he is different from the past. He does not need to wait until the conspiracy breaks out before thinking of ways to deal with it, but can directly strangle it in the cradle.

Jacaerys was originally planning to take action against the Church of the Seven, and now they have just delivered the excuse to him.

Bang!
Half a day later, the transport ship of the Church of the Seven Gods docked at the Blackwater River, and William, who had changed his clothes, immediately got off the ship.

On the shore, a bishop of the Church of the Seven Gods named Tovani was waiting to pick him up.

Hooray, hooray!
Suddenly, Womacks dropped from the sky!

The huge dragon claw grabbed the transport ship of the Church of the Seven Gods like a toy and directly brought it to the shore of the Blackwater River.

Rudy, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed out of the Linhe Gate with a large number of golden robes and Unsullied and surrounded them.

After Jacaerys arrested William and Bishop Tovani, he charged them with stealing the property of the Setiga family.

There were a large number of items engraved with the Celtigar family crest on the transport ship, and they were now completely unable to defend themselves.

Then Jakaris' plan began to be carried out in an orderly manner.

The news that His Majesty Jacaerys would personally execute criminals of the Church of the Seven spread like wildfire.

A large number of King's Landing civilians heard the news and rushed to Aegon Square.

No matter which world it is, there will always be people who love to watch the fun.

In just an hour or two, the entire Aegon Square was filled with civilians watching the fun.

Because Aegon Square does not have a large area reserved for nobles like before, there are more commoners gathered today than at previous coronations and the king's wedding.

William, Bishop Tovani and dozens of believers of the Church of the Seven Gods knelt in a row on the giant bluestone platform.

Jacaerys held the black fire in his hands and waited quietly for the protagonist of this big show to appear.

Da da da!
With the sound of footsteps, the crowd of onlookers was separated by a group of believers from the Church of the Seven Gods.

The Archbishop of the Church of the Seven Gods hurried over, wearing a silver silk robe and a tall crystal crown on his head.

Behind him, there were twelve archbishops whose status was lower than his.

The new High Septon was named Eustace, an ascetic who had been stationed at the Red Keep since the time of Viserys I.

In the previous Bloody Coronation, he was not invited by the previous Archbishop due to his low rank, and as a result he managed to escape unscathed.

Based on his original qualifications and achievements, he was still not qualified to succeed the position of Archbishop.

But the archbishops had long heard of Jacailes's lack of belief in God and his reputation for wanton killing, so they nominated Eustace as the high bishop.

“Your Majesty Jacaris, as soon as I heard that Bishop Tovani would be executed by you for his crimes, I came here immediately.

I can swear to the seven gods in heaven that this is definitely a misunderstanding. He can't possibly steal the property of the Celtic family!"

“Swear to the seven gods in heaven?
Hey, do you think that swearing on these illusory things can save their lives?"

Jacaerys sneered at the words and then answered directly in a loud voice.

With his taunt skill maxed out, he was able to provoke Eustace and the other archbishops with just this sentence.

"Damn it! Even if you are the king, you can't slander the Seven Gods in public like this!"

"Blasphemy, this is absolutely blasphemy!"

“He was originally a heretic who believed in neither the Seven Gods nor the Old Gods.

Kingship is granted by God, and he who does not believe in God is not worthy of being the king of the Seven Kingdoms!"

"He has killed nearly a million people in Essos and Westeros. He is definitely a dragon that escaped from the seven hells!"

The archbishops on the giant bluestone platform started talking at the same time, and the believers of the Seven Gods gathered near the bluestone platform began to accuse Jakaris one after another.

As Jakaris' words were spread by the civilians below, more and more believers of the Seven Gods began to curse and attack.

Not only that, some people even tried to break through the obstruction of the golden robes and the Unsullied Legion and rush onto the bluestone platform.

hold head high! ! !
Just as the situation was about to get out of control, a dragon roar was heard from the sky, resounding throughout the entire King's Landing.

Four giant dragons, led by Vermax, flew over Aegon Square at a very low altitude, scaring most of the civilians so much that they squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Seeing that the crowd was subdued, Jacaerys pointed the black fire in his hand at Eustace and the twelve archbishops behind him and shouted, "What a divine right of kings!
I agree, but my power is not granted by your seven gods who don't exist at all!

But it was awarded to ourselves by me and my dragon!
So, you fools, why don't you wake up and abandon the seven gods of nothingness and worship me!"

Seeing that Jacaerys' words were becoming more and more arrogant, Eustace and the archbishops' faces turned completely dark.

Previously, they said that the Seven Gods were illusory, but now they simply say that they don’t exist.

If they were able to defeat him, they would rush up and fight Jakaris to the death.

"Seven gods in heaven! I am willing to sacrifice my life in exchange for your coming to the world to punish this blasphemous dragon!"

An archbishop suddenly banged his head against the ground with great emotion and shouted in a very tragic tone.

Seeing this, the Seven Gods believers in Aegon Square, who were originally frightened by the dragon, had red eyes and showed signs of swearing loudly like before.

Jacaerys didn't want to listen to their nagging anymore, so he spoke directly to the archbishops, "It's easy to prove whether your seven gods exist or not, or that I'm not a god.

Just sacrifice your life! Come here!"

Following Jacaerys's call, Rudy walked onto the stage with Grand Maester Mukun and two Unsullied carrying red cloth trays.

“Your Majesty, this is a very precious strangler!
This poison can kill a person in just a few dozen breaths, and the death will be extremely tragic!"

As soon as Grand Secretary Mu Kun came on stage, he took out a glass bottle filled with purple liquid from his robe and explained loudly what the liquid inside was.

At the same time, Rudy ordered the two Unsullied to open the red cloth covering the tray, revealing a bottle of wine and fourteen wine glasses.

Then, before the tens of thousands of eyes in Aegon Field, Grand Maester Mukun filled fourteen goblets with wine and dropped a drop of Strangler's poison into each.

“The rules are simple, we drink this poisoned wine together.

Whoever survives in the end proves that his god really exists!

To prevent you from accusing me of cheating, I can let you choose first."

Jakaris's action immediately silenced the archbishops who had been furious before.

They all looked at Eustace, who was elected as the Archbishop.

But before Eustace could speak, Jacaerys spoke again: “Don’t make any mistake, when I say we, I mean me and the thirteen of you.

Don't want to drink?

You are not so naive as to think that you can just walk off the stage safely after you have slandered and insulted me just now, right? "

Seeing this, Eustace walked forward, picked up one of the glasses of poisoned wine and drank it.

Seeing this, the other twelve archbishops first praised Eustace loudly, then turned to look at Jacaerys.

Jacaerys understood what they meant, and with a disdainful sneer on his face, he stepped forward, picked out a glass of poisoned wine and drank it in one gulp.

Finally, he showed the wine glass to the twelve archbishops and the civilians watching in the audience.

There was no other way, the twelve archbishops could only reluctantly pick up the poisoned wine and drink it slowly.

But they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, after all, Jakaris wouldn't really poison himself!
Uh! ! !
Suddenly, Eustace, who drank the poisoned wine first, covered his neck, and his face gradually turned purple like pig liver.

In less than twenty breaths, he died on the bluestone platform with foam coming out of his mouth.

Upon seeing this, the other twelve archbishops were so frightened that they ran away in all directions.

But it was of no use, as they died of the poison among the crowd of civilians who ran to the stage.

In the end, only Jacaerys was left standing on the giant bluestone platform like a living god.

For thousands of years, the belief in the Seven Gods has always been illusory and has always relied on words to deceive people.

And from Jakaris falling from the sky at the beginning to drinking poison wine with a smile now, it has been shown that he has already been extraordinary.

At this moment, the faith of a large number of Seven Gods followers in Aegon Square collapsed, and they began to believe in this living god!

(End of this chapter)