Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Chapter 446: Fighting without bloodshed

The spring drizzle had not stopped, but after a night of hustle and bustle, dawn was breaking.

Rumbling--

The gates of King's Landing suddenly swung open, leading directly to the Gates of the Gods, which were controlled by the capital's garrison. From there, a main road stretched out to the Red Keep, with troops standing on both sides of the street.

A colossal figure swept over King's Landing, and the roar of a dragon awakened the slumbering, magnificent city.

"Ho-"

The bronze-scaled dragon Rego hovered in the sky, spreading its wings and letting out a desolate roar once more.

"A giant dragon."

"Oh my god."

The golden-robed figures below all looked up at the sky, their legs trembling slightly.

The citizens of King's Landing did not sleep a wink that night. They instinctively believed that something major must have happened the night before, otherwise these golden-robed men would not have been frantically searching everywhere all night.

However, once dawn breaks, the truth of what happened last night will come to light. But before the truth they were waiting for could be revealed, the roar of the dragon came first from the sky above King's Landing.

The citizens of King's Landing huddled in their homes, trembling with fear. Those with cellars had already retreated into them, believing that Rhaenys' Targaryen army, after besieging King's Landing for several days, was preparing to launch its attack.

Unexpectedly, the queen ordered the city gates to be opened, welcoming the Targaryen army into the city.

The elephants of the Golden Company led the way, their bodies covered in heavy armor and their tusks adorned with gold, trudging forward with heavy steps.

Swish swish swish—

Meanwhile, the soldiers of the Golden Company, clad in bright golden armor and carrying weapons, followed the elephant in orderly steps into the Gate of the Gods.

The banners of the three-headed fire dragon and the golden skull fluttered in the wind. Beneath the banners, Mistoin, the commander-in-chief of the Golden Company, rode a tall horse, also clad in golden armor, with a long sword at his waist.

At this moment, he was looking around at the magnificent capital of the seven kingdoms. He saw the fear in the eyes of the people in the houses on both sides of the street. To the people, the warriors of the Golden Legion were not coming home, but naked invaders.

"I never expected King's Landing to be like this."

Mistoin gripped the reins with one hand, swaying slightly with the horse's movements, and then spoke with a sigh.

The Toin family was once a family in the Stormlands, whose motto was "Fly Away." However, they never expected to actually fly away to the continent of Essos, and only today have they been able to return once again.

"I never expected King's Landing to be like this. I could smell this nauseating stench outside the city."

Half a step behind Mistoin, a fat, balding man, also riding a warhorse, began to complain.

His name was Harry Strickland, the head steward of the Golden Company, in charge of the company's finances. He was Misty Toyn's right-hand man. At that moment, Harry was pinching his nose with one hand, looking miserable.

King's Landing has a very dense population and outdated sewage system that is not able to support such a large population. Therefore, it is a dirty and chaotic place compared to other cities, and the smell of excrement and urine can be smelled from a great distance.

The most striking impression of King's Landing for anyone who has just arrived is its nauseating smell.

It was obvious that Harry, the patriarch of the Strykerland family, who was known as the 'Four Generations of Loyalty to the Golden Company,' was visiting King's Landing for the first time and was truly impressed by the smell of excrement and urine, and was thoroughly captivated by it.

Although the soldiers of the Golden Company all looked troubled, the Unsullied soldiers following behind them had resolute faces and remained unfazed, as if they hadn't smelled the odor at all. They also marched into the city of King's Landing in orderly steps.

Seeing the Targaryen army marching into King's Landing in a powerful and imposing manner, the soldiers of King's Landing's garrison, the able-bodied men Jaime had hastily recruited, the free knights, and the mercenaries all looked at each other in bewilderment.

They were all forced to stand on both sides of the road to 'welcome' them, and then they couldn't help but lower their heads and throw away their weapons with a clang.

...

"Go! Confiscate all weapons!"

"Take off your armor and put it over here!"

"Line up in columns and stand here!"

The soldiers of the Golden Company, under the command of Mith Thoth, quickly took over the defenses of King's Landing.

They brought all the guards of King's Landing under control, including the Gold Robe, confiscated their weapons and armor, and temporarily restricted their personal freedom.

The commander-in-chief of the Golden Regiment had a cautious style of military operations.

Although the gates of King's Landing were wide open, he did not let his guard down. He proceeded step by step to ensure the safety of himself and his brothers, and to prevent the Lannister queen and the little dwarf from suddenly resorting to any tricks or schemes.

After the Targaryen army entered the city, they proceeded cautiously and methodically, gradually taking over the entire city. Meanwhile, the renowned Princess Longoria, who had swiftly stormed Dragonstone and besieged King's Landing, remained conspicuously absent, leaving many intelligence operatives observing from the shadows puzzled.

The Unsullied army then surrounded the Red Keep, whose gates remained tightly shut.

Queen Cersei, fearing that Prince Joffrey and Princess Myrcella would be frightened, hoped to prevent the Unsullied army from entering the Red Keep and to maintain the peace of the palace for the time being.

However, Cersei's persistence did not last long. When the green dragon Rhaegal landed on the top of the Red Keep, bricks and tiles fell down, and a deafening roar was heard, the gates of the Red Keep were completely opened.

The adorable blonde princess Myrcella was so frightened that she burst into tears, while Prince Joffrey was also terrified, turning pale and trembling behind his mother, as the dragon's tail was hanging outside the throne room door.

"Secure the gate!"

"Inspect that room over there!"

The Unsullied commander, Black Worm, loudly commanded his brethren in Valyrian.

The soldiers of the Unsullied Legion were also disciplined, refraining from looting the wealth within the Red Keep and from touching the frightened women inside the palace. They quickly brought the Red Keep under control.

Almost all the guards of the Red Keep willingly laid down their weapons, and those who dared to resist were mercilessly stabbed to death by the Unsullied.

As for Robert's two remaining Kingsguard, Belo Braun and Preston Greenfield, they did not offer any resistance.

They had already heard about what happened last night: Jaime had disappeared and Alex had been killed by the Golden Robes. Therefore, they were naturally very pragmatic.

Outside the throne room, there was a commotion and chaos. The beautiful blonde queen, holding her daughter and holding her son Joffrey, sat on the Iron Throne.

She tried to calm herself down, but her pale face and slightly trembling hands betrayed her nervousness.

Especially when the soldiers of the Golden Company reported to Misty Toyn that a large number of wildfires scattered throughout King's Landing had been discovered, the tension on her face was almost impossible to conceal.

Chapter 447 Controlling the Reign

These are large amounts of wildfire produced by humans to fight off the White Walkers.

However, a batch of these animals was produced but not yet transported to the battlefield before the war between humans and the White Walkers ended.

Cersei had originally planned that if Viserys decided not to spare the lives of Joffrey, Myrcella, and Jaime, she would order the wildfires to be set ablaze and perish along with the Targaryen army.

But unexpectedly, before Viserys himself even arrived in King's Landing, the wildfires were discovered first.

"grown ups."

In the throne room, a soldier from the Golden Company reported to Mistoin the discovery of a stored wildfire.

Mistoin was not surprised when he heard this, and simply nodded slightly.

He told the soldiers to handle the wildfires properly, to deploy heavy troops to guard them closely, and not to allow anyone to approach them. They were to move the fires outside the city at night.

Although the Golden Company did not participate in the war between humans and the White Walkers, news of the allied forces using wildfire to fight off the White Walkers had already spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

This weapon is incredibly powerful; the green flames produced after the explosion are enough to incinerate everything.

There are even rumors that after the White Walkers retreated, the Allied forces did not continue to pursue them across the Neck to reclaim the North because the explosion at the Gulf of Carin was too powerful and destroyed the causeway that would have allowed the army to travel across the Neck.

This dashed the army's hopes of reclaiming the North. Subsequently, a civil war broke out among humans due to a power struggle, further extinguishing any remaining hope of reclaiming the North by sea.

Misthorne had long admired the reputation of wildfire and had been wary of any wildfire stored in King's Landing even before entering the city. He dispatched soldiers to conduct a thorough search and finally found some in a hidden cellar. However, this was certainly not all the wildfire; there were still more stored in King's Landing.

The ugly-faced commander-in-chief of the Golden Company with a large nose raised his head and looked at Queen Cersei, who sat pale-faced on the Iron Throne.

The usually graceful and beautiful queen looked somewhat nervous, after all, her schemes had been exposed.

Tyrion, standing not far from Cersei, sighed slightly upon seeing this scene.

Cersei did not inform Tyrion beforehand that she had secretly stored wildfire.

She merely warned Tyrion that if Viserys did not spare Jaime's life, she would make the Targaryens pay the price.

But Tyrion never expected that his sister would resort to such a crazy tactic, attempting to drag the entire city down with her.

However, Cersei didn't want Jaime to die, and neither did Tyrion.

Tyrion also did not tell Cersei that he had hired a group of mercenaries to attempt a prison break, allowing Bronn and others to seize the opportunity to secretly move Jaime out of King's Landing and then send him to the Eastern Continent.

Unfortunately, the plan backfired. Taking advantage of the Gold Cloaks' reluctance to kill, Jaime decisively fought his way out and fled. To this day, neither he has been seen alive nor dead, and even Tyrion and Cersei have no idea where he went.

Tyrion didn't actually distrust Cersei or fear that she would leak the secret; rather, he wanted as few people as possible to know about it, otherwise, if this matter were to involve him, Tyrion would also be doomed.

Therefore, Cersei kept it from Tyrion, and Tyrion kept it from Cersei. The last two Lannisters in King's Landing were still wary of each other, and the final result was naturally a mess.

"Lord Mistoin."

Perhaps it's because Cersei recounted the two tears she shed for him.

After a sigh, Tyrion stepped forward to help his sister out of the predicament.

"Wildfire has extremely demanding storage conditions; it must be stored underground, away from sunlight. Therefore, there are many underground storage sites in King's Landing."

"Moreover, many of them are wildfires left over from the time of the former king, which have not yet been found."

The 'former king' that Tyrion refers to here is Viserys' father, the 'Mad King' Aerys Targaryen II.

Iris caused many wildfires, and the storage sites have yet to be found.

Tyrion feared that Misthoine would pin the blame on Cersei as well, so he offered an explanation in advance.

Mistoin nodded slightly. He had already sent out soldiers to capture the leader of the Pyromancer Guild and get him to cooperate in finding out where the remaining wildfire was stored.

At that moment, footsteps and the rhythmic tapping of Unsullied soldiers' spears on the ground suddenly echoed outside the throne room of the Red Keep.

"Your Highness."

"Your Highness."

The expressions of the many royal nobles in the throne room, as well as Tyrion and Cersei, tightened slightly; they knew who had arrived.

Rumbling--

Then, the doors to the throne room were pushed open by two Unsullied guards, and a brown-haired girl in military uniform strode in, one hand on the hilt of her sword. Behind her were several women and children who looked terrified.

They were the wife and daughter of Stannis, Duke of Dragonstone, a survivor of House Valerian, and an adopted son of Rossby.

The Targaryen army swept across the kingdom from the sea, and Rossby was naturally the first city to fall into their hands. Lord Gails tried to stay inside, but was burned to death by Reyne riding a dragon.

Cersei, seated on the Iron Throne, saw Reyne stride in, her palms sweaty. She wanted to maintain her queenly dignity and preserve her last vestiges of respect.

But when the 'new conquerors' looked over, Cersei finally couldn't withstand the psychological pressure, after all, she was surrounded by Targaryen soldiers.

At this point, Cersei may have regretted surrendering so easily after being rescued, but if she had refused to surrender, she might have faced an even worse outcome.