Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

"calm."

However, Viserys ultimately restrained his impulse.

Because he knew all too well that this seemingly easy wealth was not so easy to obtain.

In that cursed land, there was even something that could injure the Black Death God, Bellerion, in his prime.

Chapter 162 Memoir

"However... in any case, this is an important discovery."

Viserys suppressed the urge to seduce him, then clenched his fist.

"If the opportunity arises in the future, I might consider taking a look."

Although the Valyrian ruins are extremely dangerous, they are of great importance to Viserys.

"I have a feeling—"

"The secrets hidden in the black fog may lie within this lost civilization."

House Targaryen was one of the forty ancient houses of Valyrian Freehold.

Viserys, being of Valyrian descent, was able to see the black mist surrounding him that was invisible to others.

Furthermore, this black mist will express its host's current state in Valyrian script, and actively killing and plundering the souls within others will further fuel the growth of the black mist.

The connection between the Black Mist and the Valyrian civilization gradually became more solid, rather than subtle.

These tattered items, which were suspected to have been brought out of the Valyrian ruins by Gillian Lannister, were shrouded in a faint black mist.

This was the first time Viserys had seen this black mist anywhere other than on a dead body, further confirming the hidden connection between the two.

Viserys then put away the parchment map and opened the 'scholar's' diary.

as predicted.

This diary records the story of Gillian after he left Lannister Harbor at the age of eighteen.

Ten long years have been condensed into this thin diary.

He once sailed the Laughing Lion to Valantis, but half of the crew abandoned their journey after hearing that Gillian was going to the legendary Sea of ​​Smoke. Gillian then had to buy slaves to replace them.

In the days that followed, Gillian was busy preparing to enter the Valyrian ruins. He was even deceived several times, almost killed, and nearly went bankrupt. In despair, he even considered suicide.

Gillian's writing here is very poignant.

Fortunately, every cloud has a silver lining. Gillian eventually rallied and organized a small fleet to venture into the sea.

Viserys was engrossed in reading Gillian's diary.

This is more of an autobiography than a diary. If Gillian were to publish his diary, he would probably make a fortune.

However, after he organized his fleet and entered the seas of smoke, Gillian's writing underwent a dramatic transformation.

Viserys tried his best to imagine, but he still couldn't comprehend the transformation from his initial ambition to the joy of seeing the Valyrian ruins, and finally to the utter despair that followed...

What exactly did they go through in the meantime?

"tentacle?"

"Tentacles?"

“A huge tentacle snatched a crew member away, who screamed in agony, and was then dragged into the pitch-black sea.”

This diary entry is a memoir written by Gillian after he escaped the Valyrian ruins, and he also recorded his own reaction at the time.

"I felt like I was completely terrified at that time."

"His legs felt like lead; he desperately tried to escape but could barely move, and could only watch as the overwhelming tentacles relentlessly swept away one crew member after another..."

"They didn't even scream; I thought they'd been dragged into the water and drowned..."

"However--"

"Until I hid trembling in a crevice on the deck, I witnessed a crew member being lifted up by that huge tentacle."

"Then, with immense force, his flesh and blood were stripped away, leaving only a skeleton that fell into the black sea."

Gillian's writing is filled with fear.

call...

Upon seeing this, Viserys's breathing became slightly rapid. He took a deep breath, gripped the memoir tightly with his fingers until his fingernails turned white.

"Is this... a sea monster?"

Viserys tried his best to imagine what it would be like if a giant deep-sea squid, comparable in size to a three-masted ship, attacked humans.

However, Gillian's records only allow Viserys to associate the words 'tentacles' and 'arms' with deep-sea squid.

Moreover, it seems there was more than one of them; according to Gillian's description, many more bizarre creatures attacked them.

Fortunately, although the crew suffered heavy casualties, they fought back and severed several of the sea monsters' tentacles, eventually escaping their attack and reaching land.

"These sea monsters seem to be terrified of this land. They stop once they reach a certain area, but they also seem unable to go far away. They can only stay in the deep sea around the Valyrian continent forever."

"Otherwise, if these monsters escape, it'll be the seventh level of hell! Heaven knows what terrible things they'll cause."

These are the original words from Gillian's memoir.

The fleet lost several ships, but through luck and a tenacious will to survive, they finally broke through the sea monsters' attack, cleared the boiling fog on the sea, and arrived at the edge of the Valyrian continent. The sea monsters dared not pursue them and retreated on their own.

"Perhaps this disaster created them. After all, I have been to many places, and there are no such monsters in other parts of the world, except Valyria."

"Therefore, they are unwilling to leave this place, for if they leave, they will stop growing, but if they get close to this land, they may die."

Next, Gillian discussed the direct connection between the sea monster and that natural disaster, and offered his own speculation.

However, no one could verify his statement.

Viserys then turned the page to the next chapter.

He already regretted giving Gillian a cup of poisoned wine. If he had known earlier that Gillian knew so much, he would never have let him die like this.

However, it's too late to say anything now. The poisoned wine has already been given, and it's too late to take it back. Perhaps we'll hear news of Gillian's death soon.

Viserys shook his head with some regret, but there was nothing he could do but continue reading.

Next.

Gillian's memoirs then came to the land of Valyria.

They paid a heavy price to break through the sea of ​​smoke and finally landed on Valyria, a land filled with mystery and terror.

Many of the crew members and even slaves on Gillian's fleet refused to continue exploring, terrified. They even captured Gillian, intending to kill the man who had lured them there.

However, despite his fear, Gillian made full use of his eloquence and eventually persuaded some of the slaves and crew to release him.

After all, the ship has been severely damaged and cannot return immediately; it must be repaired on the spot.

They had no other choice but to keep moving forward.

However...

On the very first night after this group of survivors landed on the island, another terrible thing happened.

Chapter 163 Valyrian Castle

That night.

A piercing scream shattered the long-standing tranquility of this land.

“I woke up in a panic from my sleep. A slave on night watch told me that he had accidentally fallen asleep, and another slave on night watch who was dozing off next to him had been dragged away by a terrible monster.”

"When I heard the news, I rushed over and found that a lot of people had already gathered there."

"I squeezed my way to the middle and then saw a long, horrifying trail of blood that stretched along the scorched earth into the dark distance."

"What attacked us? Was it a wolf? A jackal? Or a shadow lynx?"

The former two are social creatures, so Gillian actually prefers the latter.

“‘We should rescue our companion!’ That’s what I told everyone, because if it only attacked one of us, it meant it didn’t have the courage to face everyone.”

"If we want to repair the ship smoothly and return home, instead of living in constant fear, we should deal with this guy who is a threat to everyone first."

"I persuaded the rest of the crew and slaves, and they agreed with my idea. Then we organized everyone and gave chase..."

In Gillian's description, the ruins of Valyria were not much different from ordinary desolate lands, and in some places, they were no longer apocalyptic scenes, but had begun to grow weeds and trees.

This is not what the crew members and Gillian, including Viserys who is now reading this story through the pages of a book, imagined.

The Valyrian ruins have begun to gradually recover thanks to nature's powerful self-healing abilities.

Perhaps for this reason, all the crew members and slaves, including Gillian, became somewhat complacent.

They felt that the most dangerous thing in the Valyrian ruins was the sea monsters swimming in the black waters outside, and that this land was no different from where they lived in their daily lives.

In his memoir, Gillian also expressed remorse, saying it was one of the worst decisions he had ever made in his life.

Encouraged and led by Gillian, the armed crew and slaves followed in the dark, following the trail of blood left on the ground by their companions.

The nights on this ancient land are so dark that even the moonlight is very faint. It's hard to tell whether it's because of the mist that shrouds this lost continent or because it's just a cloudy day.

The crew members held up a few torches that could barely illuminate the small patch of land in front of them, and then they chased after the enemy for an unknown distance.

Until some of them, out of fear, suggested retreating.

Then their path forward finally changed slightly.

"The ground beneath our feet seems to have been an ancient road, but it was almost completely destroyed in the apocalyptic catastrophe, leaving only a trace of its former glory."

"The bloodstains on the ground seemed to follow the broken ancient road, and when we followed the road to its end, we finally made a different discovery."

"That's a castle..."

"We could vaguely make out the outline of the castle shrouded in darkness not far away, which looked just like an ancient castle, but it was obviously dilapidated and only ruins remained."

"And the bloodstains on the ground stopped abruptly here, as if they had vanished into thin air."

"Without a doubt."

"This is a Valyrian noble's castle, and it's also an exciting discovery, because just thinking about it makes one realize how much blood-pumping wealth is contained within."