Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 25 Calculating and Planning

Viserys's control experiment was crude and lacked repeated verification, but he believed it was sufficient.

Viserys is like a medieval alchemist who only needs to obtain reproducible results from simple experimental phenomena and put them into practice, and the actual principles and logic can be put aside.

The conclusion of Viserys's crude experiment is that Daenerys's blood is an indispensable medium to obtain the dragon soul on the dragon bones.

At noon, Viserys did a test without contacting Daenerys' blood. The result was that Daenerys had a nightmare during her nap, and nothing happened to him. After contacting Daenerys' blood, he had a similar dream again at night, dreaming that he swallowed a small ball of purple smoke, and then briefly detected the magic ocean in his body again, squeezing out a second drop of water from it.

At this point, he obtained the second dragon scale and the second magic power!

The acquisition of the second magic power means that he has now found a reproducible method of collecting dragon souls: let the objects containing dragon souls come into contact with Daenerys, and then use Daenerys's blood as a medium to achieve the purpose of collecting dragon souls in a dream.

Viserys was not sure if this was the only way to collect dragon souls, but it was the only way he had.

He didn't rush to the bathroom to test the power of his breath. After so many days, he already knew that using up his magic power every day would not make his "magic tank" bigger. And after experimenting with his breath, he already knew that even if this little bit of magic power was doubled, his breath would only change from an ordinary lighter to a slightly more powerful lighter.

The magic-like fire breath supported by this little bit of magic can only burn through silk and satin. It is not enough to deal with tougher leather and things like steak and pork chops, let alone armor.

Viserys estimated that at least four to five dragon scales of magic power would be needed to maintain his concentrated breath for two to three seconds in order to penetrate leather and cause serious damage to human flesh, and more would be needed to injure armored knights. Now if someone stood still and let him burn, of course he could cause burns, but if both sides were fighting, creating an opportunity to aim his mouth at someone would only cause minor injuries, which was basically useless - it would be better to stab with a dagger.

Speaking of which, this second portion of magic power made Viserys discover a problem. King Guliok was a dragon king with three magic attributes, in addition to fire, there were also frost and lightning, but the two scale magic powers he got were both fire attributes. Viserys was not sure whether this was related to the dragon soul he swallowed, or if the magic power he got was too little, and he was unlucky not to get the frost and lightning magic from the magic ocean.

These are things that require further experiments in the future to draw conclusions.

Viserys sorted out the chaotic thoughts in his head.

[As the matter of dragon bones was discussed, Illyrio's secret surveillance became the primary issue. ]

All signs indicate that Illyrio's spying on Viserys and Daenerys is a foregone conclusion, but Viserys has not been able to find out the location after so many days. He has a rough guess, but he can't find any evidence to verify his guess.

He had observed the doors of the two rooms and the corridor outside the house carefully enough, and these two places could be ruled out with a high probability.

Combining his impression of the castle courtyard with the traces of maids and butlers always hanging around in the corridors, he guessed a very likely method of spying - rats in the walls.

Viserys speculated that there might be a secret compartment somewhere in the wall of his and Daenerys's room, and the prying mice observed their every move in the room from there. But Viserys found no evidence. He took the opportunity when the maid and the butler appeared in the open to look at the paintings on the walls of his own room, the lamp holders, and the glass decorations. He even secretly measured the thickness of the walls of the room inside and outside the building to observe the possible secret entrances, but he could not find the possible location.

Therefore, it is highly likely that the next actions will be taken under the consideration of the possibility of surveillance.

[Illyrio's test.]

Illyrio's return this time was obviously full of energy, and his radical tests came one after another, so Viserys had to be extremely careful to deal with them.

Everyone would say the same nonsense as saying "when the enemy comes, we will fight back with our generals; when the water comes, we will block it with earth." Viserys had to prepare enough words and plans, throw out some deliberate baits, and be prepared for the worst.

If the time really came to tear the relationship apart and show his true colors, he could not do nothing. His trump card must be kept no matter what, and left to Illyrio. After their contact and the impression brought by the original book, the only thing this old fox could use to threaten him might be his life.

【Daenerys.】

Thinking of this girl, Viserys felt a little headache. This girl was extremely important to him now.

But if it really comes to a certain point
Viserys tried not to think of the worst case scenario. Human nature is the most vulnerable thing. If possible, try not to easily test yourself with extreme situations that will make your conscience uneasy. Thinking of this, Viserys thought that she might have a fever at this moment.

Last time, he guessed that Daenerys' abnormal state the next day was because he devoured the dragon soul. Now, perhaps she is in the same situation. Viserys actually wanted to verify his guess and observe the abnormality from the beginning to the end of Daenerys's body. But he had established the habit of not getting up before noon in the past twenty days. This was his effort to deal with Illyrio. He weighed the pros and cons and could not waste his efforts.

The riddle was solved more quickly than Illyrio had imagined.

Viserys's riddle had been revealed for only a day, but Illyrio already knew what seemed to be the correct answer.

"Merciful Virgin Mary, protect your sons, stop the arrows, block the swords, and let them see a better tomorrow. Gentle Virgin Mary, help your daughters not to suffer, calm their anger, tame their madness, and teach them to be tolerant of each other."

This prayer comes from the Gospel of the Virgin Mary in the Seven Star Bible, chapter 19, verse 8, verse 14. It is included in the Song of the Virgin Mary and is a prayer for the Virgin Mary in the Seven Gods Faith. The Virgin Mary is one of the seven different forms of a god in the Seven Gods Faith. The believers of the Seven Gods believe that their God is unique, but he has seven states, just as the temple is a building with seven high walls.

In many cases, in the church, monks will pick out this passage to bless the newlyweds when they officiate at the wedding between the altars of the Father and the Virgin. In fact, many people in the Seven Kingdoms have heard this prayer, but usually, people will regard it as a familiar hymn. Only those who have read the Seven Star Bible and are familiar with the content and stories in it can accurately tell which chapter and verse of the Gospel of the Virgin Mary it comes from.

Although the numerical riddles of nineteen, eighty, and fourteen were strict, Illyrio and Varys had many capable people under their command, especially those who were familiar with espionage business. Soon Viserys' riddle was locked on the Holy Scripture, and it was determined that the only one that met the requirements of nineteen, eighty, and fourteen was the "Book of the Virgin" in the "Seven-Star Bible".

Literally, this was Viserys telling someone that he was safe. The prayer was related to the wedding, and Illyrio couldn't help but think that there was some secret message hidden in it.

Illyrio also carefully examined the dragon bone pendant, but could not find any clues - he suspected that this was a one-way communication method for Viserys, and the price and dragon bone were both displayed in the open, which was equivalent to making them public.

This further proves that Viserys has a secret connection with a force in the Seven Kingdoms.

The finger is pointed at Dorne.

Illyrio became more and more convinced of his guess. After he sold Viserys's pendant in the shop, he assigned a lot of people to keep an eye on the customers coming in and out, especially those from Westeros, especially Dorne. Pentos was Illyrio's territory after all, and he couldn't let the changes that affected his overall situation for many years happen under his nose without him knowing anything.

Compared to these potential threats that could affect their plans, the growing closeness between Viserys and his sister is just a minor matter. As the situation develops now, Daenerys is no longer that important to Illyrio. She is no longer a princess who can be exchanged for tens of thousands of Dothraki troops, but just a sister who is deeply concerned by the Beggar King.

But Illyrio doubted very much that the Beggar King had as much affection for his sister as he seemed to have.

Varys would privately say that King Robert was a fool, but he still walked on thin ice in front of King Robert. Illyrio finally began to understand a little.

Varys was right, dealing with the king was a tough job.

Even the Beggar King was much more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

"Master, everything you want is ready. When will it be delivered?"

Before Illyrio, his Unsullied eunuch guard reported to him.

Illyrio looked up and saw that the gift box containing the dragon bones had been packed. Along with the gift box, there was a young girl with golden hair, blue eyes, a graceful figure, a hot body, and a lovely appearance.

"Just now."

I know some people will wonder why Illyrio hasn’t died yet, so let me give you a spoiler in advance. When I first started writing, I thought about referring to “Maester Cressen” in the original book of Ice and Fire for the ending of Illyrio.

If you happen to know who Maester Cressen is and what kind of story happened to him, then please look forward to it. I will do my best to write the story I want to write.

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