Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

"I'm just going to find Renis, of course I won't wander off."

The silver-haired boy's reasoning was perfectly valid; after all, the fact that the two children had a good relationship was obvious to everyone in the castle.

Renis always liked to cling to Viserys, even when he was practicing swordsmanship, she would sit in the shade of a tree and keep him company.

Moreover, Renis always made 'slips of the tongue,' calling Viserys 'brother.' After being reprimanded by Queen Leila several times, she reluctantly changed her address to 'uncle,' but the little girl's face was still full of reluctance.

Indeed, there are no complicated reasons for a child, and it certainly doesn't involve the thoughts of adults.

In her naive view, Viserys wasn't much older than her; they were the same age.

But she was inexplicably a generation older than him, which made her somewhat resentful, so she deliberately called Viserys her brother. However, Viserys didn't care about that.

"Since you're looking for Her Highness the Princess..."

The two guards exchanged a glance, hesitated slightly, and then nodded.

After all, Renis's bedroom was right next door, and the little king hadn't run around. It would be rather unreasonable to refuse even this small request.

"OK then."

wow-

The metal of the armor made a sound as it rubbed together.

Then, two guards, each with one hand on the hilt of their swords, nodded and stepped aside.

Thank you.

Viserys nodded, then suddenly remembered something as he walked past them.

She paused slightly in front of Renis's door; from the corner, Viserys was not directly visible.

Then the boy looked up and casually asked.

"Then... does Mother also have guards protecting her?"

Too much has happened tonight, and there's still a naval battle going on outside. If the Dragonstone fleet is defeated, none of them will escape.

However, Viserys thought of something else.

If the entire Dragonstone fleet were to engage the enemy, wouldn't that mean that the Dragonstone coastline would be completely undefended at that time?

You can easily row a small boat and silently reach the shore under the cover of night to land.

Dragonstone is barren, with only a small fishing village, and the lord of Dragonstone can hardly muster any soldiers to fight.

The only defenses on the entire island were the few dozen guards inside the castle, but the castle was so enormous that the guards could not possibly cover every aspect of the island.

Upon hearing the young king's words, the two guards paused, not thinking as much as Viserys, but still nodded in agreement.

"Of course!"

"Her Majesty the Queen is also protected by guards."

However, this was happening while the three were talking.

bang——

Suddenly, the sound of a bowstring snapping rang out, and an arrow flew out from the darkness.

Chapter 27 The Chase

puff--

The crossbow bolt, flying from the darkness, pierced the throat of a guard without hindrance.

A sharp point protruded from the back of the guard's neck, gleaming coldly, and blood splattered onto the wall.

The guard's eyes widened, seemingly never expecting death to come so suddenly.

"Ho ho ho-"

He tried to say something, but his trachea was filled with gushing blood, and he could only make incoherent sounds. He reached out to pull out the crossbow bolt stuck in his neck, but before he could even touch it, he lost all his strength.

thump--

The corpse's knees buckled, and it collapsed to the ground.

Viserys was standing not far from the guard, but due to the angle of view, his position was not directly visible from the corner.

However, he was actually very close to the murdered guard, and they had just been talking to each other, with the guard even smiling.

But in an instant, scalding blood splattered onto the silver-haired boy's clean face.

All of this happened so fast and so unexpectedly that Viserys and the other guard were caught off guard and stood there dumbfounded, seemingly stunned.

However, the last remaining guard reacted faster than Viserys.

He seemed to vaguely see a pair of eyes with a cruel light in the darkness.

"Enemy attack!"

Then the guard suddenly drew his longsword from his waist, grabbed Viserys who had just reacted and wiped the blood from his face, and pulled him backward.

"Your Highness, run!"

The young guards stood in front of Viserys to cover the young king's retreat, and the silver-haired boy with blood smeared on his face did not hesitate or refuse.

He turned and ran.

Boom——

In the darkness, the taut bowstring snapped open once more.

Another crossbow bolt shot out from the darkness, this time targeting Viserys, who had finally come into his view.

Unfortunately, Viserys was running very fast, and the crossbow bolt went astray. Moving targets are much more difficult to hit than stationary targets.

The crossbow bolt grazed the boy's hair, taking a strand of his silver-gold hair, before embedding itself firmly in the wall.

bang——

Shards of stone and dust flew up, and the tail of the crossbow bolt was still trembling slightly, showing how powerful the arrow was.

"That was close!"

Viserys first felt a slight coolness near his ear, followed by a burning pain.

However, Viserys had no time to care about the pain on his face; his heart was pounding and he was filled with immense fear.

All he wanted was to escape as quickly as possible.

...

Damn it!

"I messed it up!"

And in the darkness not far away.

The mercenary group members who had ambushed the enemy with crossbows looked slightly grim when they saw that the second arrow had missed and the Targaryen boy had escaped.

What's worse, however, is that the guard's shout seemed to have alerted all the guards in the Stone Drum Tower.

Their being exposed here could very well affect the other leader's and his brothers' plan to intercept and kill Queen Leila.

"Chase!"

The burly man carrying a battle axe, named Langdon, also had a somewhat gloomy expression, and his red and black paint made him look rather ferocious.

He then suddenly stood up from the darkness and strode off in pursuit of Viserys.

The entire team of seven carrying out this mission consisted of the best in the group. After all, this mission was very important, and the team had to be small but highly skilled.

Otherwise, if they were discovered by the Dragonstone fleet, even if they brought all their mercenary group over, they would all have to jump into the sea and become fish food.

After entering Dragonstone Castle, the group of seven split into two groups. One group of three went to kill Viserys, while the other group, led by their leader, went to attack Queen Leila, who was better guarded.

They believed that sending three men to kill a child was more than enough, and their main purpose was to deal with the Targaryen prince's guards.

Langdon strode after Viserys, but the loyal Dragonstone guard wouldn't let them pass so easily.

"stop!"

The guards, holding a shield in one hand and a longsword in the other, blocked their way in the corridor.

Although the voice was loud and clear, a slight tremor could still be heard.

Who are you people?!

However, he still did not turn and run away; he was trying to buy Viserys time to escape.

Dragonstone was once Rhaegar Targaryen's fiefdom, so these guards were all former subordinates of Prince Rhaegar and were loyal to the Targaryen family.

Viserys had no idea how his near-perfect brother could be so charismatic, to the point that everyone who had ever met him spoke highly of him.

But in his memory, his older brother was indeed very talented and handsome.

He remembered that his brother had once taken the boy on an outing to the Kingswood, where they were attacked by a grown wild boar. Prince Rhaegar, carrying Viserys, skillfully and elegantly subdued the boar with just one hand and a sword.

However, instead of chasing after it to kill it, Rega let the wounded boar escape.

In short, the deceased prince became synonymous with perfection.

Instead of fleeing, the loyal guards of Dragonstone bravely met Viserys's advance, buying him time to escape.

clang--

The well-trained and highly skilled guards faced off against the mercenaries who were used to licking blood on the streets. The three of them surrounded him alone in the narrow corridor.

Ding ding—

The guard's longsword deflected the attacks of the other two, and sparks flew as metal clashed in the darkness.

However, a battle axe immediately came crashing down, and in their haste, the Targaryen soldiers could only raise their left-hand round shields to defend themselves.

next second.

bang——

Wood chips flew as the burly mercenary wielded a battle axe and slammed it down on the round shield held in the guard's left hand. The force was so great that it almost cleaved the shield in two.

The guards on Dragonstone Island were taken aback by the opponent's strength, and their expressions changed drastically.

He staggered slightly, almost falling to the ground.