Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Chapter 165 Escape from Valyria

"At that moment, the monster that was devouring our companions in the main hall finally noticed us."

"It had a dark gray skin, a snow-white belly, and its body was slippery as if it had just emerged from the water, constantly dripping water. However, when we looked closely, we realized that the dripping sound was from the blood flowing from the corner of its mouth."

"It stood up and had a vaguely human-like feature, with a pair of huge, bulging eyes that gleamed with a blood-red light."

"It noticed us, it walked towards us, and a chilling roar came from the dark hall."

"The warriors also discovered the monster, and at the same time, they discovered the treasure placed on the throne behind it. Overcoming their fear, they drew their weapons and shouted that they too would slay the monster—"

"And so a horrific massacre began."

"Blood, blood everywhere."

"The monster is extremely fast. Although it has a humanoid body, it runs on all fours."

"Its strength is immense; it can easily tear a man who is over six feet tall and weighs over two hundred pounds in half."

At this point, Gillian's writing became very messy, as if he had recalled something terrible, to the point that he could not even hold the pen steady.

Meanwhile, in one spot, the ink was spread out, as if it had been hit several times by something.

As Viserys read the memoir, he couldn't help but fill in the blanks in his mind with the image of Gillian in agony as he wrote it, clutching his head and banging it against the table.

However, the final outcome was obvious: Gillian escaped alive.

As for whether anyone else escaped with him, Viserys didn't know; he would have to wait and see.

Whoosh...

The sound of papers turning could be heard once again in the quiet room.

The silver-haired boy turned to the next page, his gaze slowly moving over the words.

...

At that time.

The monster pounced on them, and Gillian and the crew and slaves exploring the castle seemed to be in great trouble.

escape

escape

escape--

The word that appears most frequently in the rest of the memoir is 'escape'.

The exaggerated tone and trembling handwriting both illustrate the extreme fear present at that time.

Gillian only saw a sword, a suit of armor, and a huge horn in the castle's main hall, and he knew that it must be the most valuable treasure in the entire castle.

However, he could only see it but could not get close to it.

Faced with the terrifying monster attack, the crowd panicked and scattered in all directions. Among them were some brave souls who dared to draw their swords and try to kill the monster, but their fate was tragic; they were all torn to shreds by the humanoid creature.

It turned out that it was not, as Gillian had incited them, that it had attacked only one of them because of the large number of crew members and slaves.

It's because its appetite is only so big; dragging away one person is enough for it to have a full meal.

But perhaps the monster didn't expect that its prey would actually come to it willingly.

However, Gillian was unwilling to retreat like this, so he maliciously incited everyone to chase after the monster and kill it.

However, he was lucky enough to escape with a group of crew members and slaves while the monster was attacking the others.

Although many of the collected treasures were lost in the castle, fortunately, a bronze chest was brought out; otherwise, their trip would have been fruitless and they would have suffered heavy losses.

The remaining dozen or so crew members and slaves, like frightened birds, took their last spoils without daring to look back, and then fled in the direction they had come from, living in constant fear.

They even extinguished the torch in their hands, fearing that the monster would notice the bright torch in the darkness and chase after them.

However, they didn't know how far they had escaped. With no firelight to illuminate their path, they could only lie on the ground, searching for the footprints they had left behind.

Then, on their way back, they discovered an earlier group of people who had left without even entering the castle.

But something even more terrifying happened. Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and their hearts sank to the bottom when they saw the scene before them.

Now, those who returned earliest are scattered on the ground as severed limbs, seemingly arranged into several strange symbols, like a profound warning, yet none of them can recognize them.

Those who didn't explore the castle and left earlier all seem to have died here, perhaps having encountered something even more terrifying than what they experienced in their lives.

finally.

Gillian and his group were quite lucky; they escaped back despite the constant fear and anxiety.

However, due to the lack of torches, countless people fell behind along the way.

Only seven or eight people managed to escape back to the campsite where they started, plus the dozen or so who remained at the camp, making a total of twenty people on both sides.

After hearing what had happened to them, no one dared to stay there any longer. If they stayed any longer, they would all die before they could survive the night.

So everyone returned to the ship and, in the wrecked vessel, fled into the sea of ​​smoke.

It turns out the sea is the safest place.

This lost continent is the true 'devil's land,' where demons roam freely.

The survivors prayed to various gods on the ship.

Then, perhaps due to the blessing of the gods, the wrecked ship that escaped from Valyria did not encounter the sea monster this time, but instead sailed smoothly out of the vast ocean and headed straight for Volantis.

After emerging from the fog and seeing the outside world clearly, the hearts of everyone on the ship finally settled down.

The joy of escaping death filled everyone's minds; people excitedly hugged each other in celebration, and the blood in their bodies began to flow faster.

Then one of the slaves, his face flushed with excitement, raised his head in front of everyone...

It exploded.

It is like a blooming flower.

The curse of Valyria arrived silently.

Few have ever emerged unscathed from exploring the ruins of Valyria, thanks to this terrible curse.

Even those who escaped Valyria mostly died from a strange illness.

So during the long voyage back to Valantis, the survivors on board began to die one after another from strange illnesses.

When the ship finally ran aground on the shore, only three survivors remained of all those who had escaped from the ruins of Valyria.

Gillian was very lucky to be one of them; the three of them did not seem to have contracted that terrible, strange disease.

In the end, they unloaded all their spoils from the trip onto the ship, loosened the anchor, and let the large ship drift away with the current.

The three then divided up their spoils and went their separate ways.

Chapter 166 The Dragon's Horn

After returning to Volantis, Gillian Lannister changed his appearance and his name.

He secretly bought a dilapidated house and then hid there every day, trembling as he wrote this diary, recording the entire trip.

He hoped that one day he could reorganize the fleet and return to Valyria. The longsword hanging in the castle hall, the armor, and the horn on the table were all treasures he longed for.

He hoped to make a name for himself through his own adventures, break free from his brother's shadow, and prove his own abilities.

Even the men his brother Tywin sent to Valanthi to find him deliberately avoided him and hid themselves away.

Several years later, Gillian heard news of the War of the Usurpers breaking out in Westeros, and decided to return to his homeland.

However, the journey back to Lannisport from Valantis was long, and with the news traveling back and forth and the long journey, by the time Gillian returned home, the War of the Usurper had already ended.

Robert Baratheon overthrew the Targaryen rule and successfully sat on the Iron Throne, subsequently marrying his niece Cersei Lannister through a political marriage.

To express his congratulations, Gillian gave her a treasure he had salvaged from the ruins of Valyria as a wedding gift.

Then it was just as Varys the 'Eight-Clawed Spider' told Viserys in his letter.

After being missing for many years, Gillian Lannister returned to Casterly Rock and learned of the death of his brother Kevan, then vowed to avenge his brother.

They eventually replaced the scholar who should have gone to Dragonstone and secretly infiltrated the island.

Having finished reading about Gillian Lannister's incredibly fascinating life, Viserys closed the memoir with a sense of profound emotion, never imagining that such a remarkable figure would be taken away by a cup of poison.

However, the reflection on Gillian's death lasted only a few seconds.

Viserys' attention was more focused on the castle mentioned in Gillian's memoirs, and the sword, armor, and horn he had glimpsed at that time.

Viserys and Gillian both agreed that these three items, placed in such an important position in the castle, must be extremely valuable.

Viserys boldly deduced that the sword and armor were once the equipment of the castle's lord, forged from magically imbued Valyrian steel.

And that horn…

"Could it be the Dragon Horn?"

A bold idea flashed through Viserys's mind. Gillian might not know what it was, but Viserys knew it very well.

However, even he himself found it hard to believe, and then shook his head, thinking that there was no such coincidence in the world.

He vaguely remembered that someone else had escaped from the Valyrian ruins, and that person was Euron Greyjoy, the younger brother of Balon Greyjoy of the Iron Islands.

He committed adultery with his brother Victalion's salt concubine, and was subsequently banished from the Iron Islands by his elder brother Balon.

Euron then disappeared for a period of time, but when he reappeared before the world, he already possessed this legendary treasure that could command dragons.

However, the Iron Islands rebellion has only been suppressed for a short time now, and Euron Greyjoy is still on the Iron Islands.

"Could Euron have obtained this information from Gillian?"

"Or perhaps Gillian had already died somewhere by then, and this diary and the parchment chart that recorded the correct route eventually ended up in Euron's hands?"

Viserys suddenly felt that his guess seemed quite plausible.

Gillian was indeed very lucky; he could be considered a 'chosen one.' Valantius once sent an entire fleet into the Smoke Sea, but they all disappeared without a trace.

The fact that Gillian was able to successfully reach the Valyrian continent with only a small fleet across the Smoky Sea indicates that there weren't many sea monsters along this route.

Euron most likely obtained this precious diary and nautical chart, and then successfully entered Valyria, obtaining the horn and armor.

Thinking about it this way, this recorded horn could very well be the legendary Dragon Horn.