Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

"Viserys's perverse actions are destined to fail to gain the support of the lords of the Seven Kingdoms."

"However, we may not be able to win the war on our own, after all, the tyrant has the support of the Golden Company and the Dothraki."

The speaker was a knight wearing the coat of arms of the Wilder family.

"Hmph, relying on foreigners and traitors from the Blackfire Rebellion, Viserys is truly a 'good king'."

Another knight in the tent snorted and spoke with a sarcastic tone.

His words were met with nods of agreement from the other Stormlands nobles inside the tent.

The other knight, who wore the coat of arms of the Dondelion family, did not continue the topic. He looked at the map on the table and frowned as he spoke.

"My lords, I have heard that the Hightoar reinforcements, in coordination with the Tyrell army of Highgarden, defeated the Dornish army from within."

The Dornish army besieged Highgarden after breaking through the frontier, but failed to capture the garden castle after a long siege.

Highgarden shed its idyllic facade, stubbornly resisting the Dornish army's attack, and ultimately, with the help of the arriving House Hightower reinforcements, temporarily repelled the Dornish forces.

"Can we ask the Tyrells for help?"

"Sir Beryl Dondarrion of Black Harbor asked."

The chaotic central command tent fell silent for a second, then a jumble of voices erupted as various nobles from the Stormlands expressed their opinions.

"That probably won't work. House Tyrell is too busy dealing with their own problems; after all, those damned Dornish barbarians haven't retreated yet—"

"Reign Supreme!"

"The tyrant has left his capital; perhaps we can ask our allies to take this opportunity to attack King's Landing!"

“That Dornish bitch of Viserys has given him a daughter, and the other dragon bitch isn’t in King’s Landing either; she seems to have gone to the Westerlands to set fires. If we can take advantage of this opportunity to breach King’s Landing and capture his wife and children, we won’t be afraid of even dragons.”

Sir Bruce Bookler of Bronze Gate, who led the charge during the day, shared his insights.

Looking at the map before him, he felt as if he had become the commander-in-chief with the overall situation under his control. He suggested that the Tyrell family could be asked to send troops to attack King's Landing, which would both tie down the Targaryen army and relieve pressure on the Stormlands army.

However, his presumptuous words were met with opposition from Earl Astan Selmi of the Harvest Hall, and the young knight sneered and spoke.

"A dragon can fly from Storm's End back to King's Landing in a single day, Ser Bruce."

"And when you said those words, did you even consider that Lord Stannis's family is also in their hands?"

Lady Florence and little Shireen are still under house arrest in King's Landing, but the 'tyrant' has not used this to coerce Stannis into surrendering.

The tent was noisy, but Stannis remained silent with a furrowed brow.

As Stannis's most trusted advisor, Davos the Onion Knight remained silent, his brows furrowed as he gazed at the map, seemingly pondering a countermeasure.

"Davos".

At that moment, Stannis suddenly spoke up.

"grown ups?"

Davos snapped out of his daze and looked up. It turned out that Stannis was somewhat worried about the safety of the camp.

Because there weren't many nobles and knights in the Stormlands army who had fought against Viserys, apart from the Earl of Twilight Hall who died on the battlefield of Green Fork River, only Stannis and Davos remained.

The remaining people didn't know much about Viserys and his dragons. Although it was a rainy night, Stannis was still worried that Viserys might take advantage of the darkness to attack the camp.

'After all, this is someone who is difficult to understand using common sense.'

Stannis thought to himself.

However, he was not worried about his wife and daughters who were under house arrest in King's Landing, because the fact that his brother had not yet been beheaded and that Joffrey and Cersei were still able to live in the Red Keep showed that Viserys was not a ruthless person, at least not to the point of punishing his family.

However, Viserys's failure to execute Robert quickly also created some obstacles for Stannis, preventing him from being crowned so legitimately.

If Stannis were to be crowned king, he would have more confidence in his fight against Viserys, and his influence would be broader and more legitimate.

Stannis has been considering the matter of coronation for a long time, but Davos has been trying his best to dissuade him, believing that a hasty coronation would ruin the last bit of his 'public image'.

"Perhaps he could be crowned in the military camp on the eve of a major battle?"

Stannis's expression was solemn, but he was secretly a little tempted.

However, the war must be the priority right now; otherwise, even if we are crowned after losing, we will only be short-lived kings.

The Onion Knight, of course, was unaware of Stannis's inner thoughts. He received his orders and turned to leave the camp.

At that moment, he bumped into a soldier who was just about to lift the tent flap and come in.

"Lord Davos."

The two exchanged a brief greeting, nodded to each other, and then went their separate ways.

However, after Davos had only taken a few steps, he felt that the soldier looked somewhat familiar, and then he couldn't help but turn his head to look behind him.

Who does he resemble?

He seems somewhat like Donald Swin, one of Renly's advisors...

However, by the time he turned around, the other person had vanished without a trace.

Chapter 522 The Beginning of the Great War

The next morning, after a night of heavy rain, the road from the banks of the Wende River to Tongmen City was full of mud.

The Stormlands army was stationed on the hills south of Bronze Gate, with banners symbolizing various houses flying, among them the crowned stag banner of House Baratheon.

"Everyone stand in a line!"

"Spearmen ahead!"

The Stormlands army occupied the high ground, gradually forming ranks and looking down at the Targaryen army below.

Meanwhile, the Targaryen knights rode out of the camp on their warhorses. Compared to the Stormlands army's numerous and chaotic banners representing various families, the Targaryen army's banners were much simpler.

The atmosphere of various nobles and families was diluted in the Targaryen army because all military power belonged to the state and the royal family.

The knights of each family merely served as wartime commanders in the army, and all soldiers swore allegiance to the entire nation, not to any particular nobleman.

Even if a newly recruited soldier comes from the Riverlands, he does not pledge allegiance to the local lord, but instead swears allegiance directly to the king.

Therefore, the flag of the Golden Legion, which is also the fourth legion of the kingdom, is a pale yellow flag with a three-headed fire dragon symbol at the top and a golden skull symbol at the bottom.

"Form ranks!"

"Form ranks!"

An endless expanse of Targaryen soldiers emerged from the camp, with knights on horseback loudly directing their troops into formation.

"Arrange yourselves in column formation!"

"Everyone, move quickly!"

Last night's heavy rain turned the entire battlefield into a muddy mess. Soldiers, holding weapons and shields, were trudging through the muddy ground as they formed ranks.

Although the heavy rain last night has stopped, the light drizzle overhead seems to never stop.

The silver-haired youth who disappeared into the rain last night had naturally returned long ago. Viserys rode a white horse, wearing Valyrian steel armor, with two longswords at his waist.

One of them is his sword, Twilight, while the other is the Dark Sisters he found in the cave last night.

Last night, Viserys pulled out the Dark Sisters, which were piled up from the heads of crows, from the cave. Then, lightning and thunder began to strike outside. He didn't know what had happened, but he vaguely guessed that it might be related to the legendary Storm God.

According to a book that Viserys had once read.

'The Storm God is the eternal enemy of the Drowning God; he dwells in the halls of the clouds, and the raven is his servant, setting traps to lure the Ironborn to their own destruction.'

Given that Viserys is currently in the Stormlands, and has encountered such thunderstorms, coupled with the sight of raven heads scattered everywhere, it's hard for him not to gravitate towards the Storm God.

However, speculation is just speculation. He did find some concrete evidence. He picked up a raven head that was as white as jade from the pile of skulls. He was suppressed directly below the Dark Sisters, in the very center of the Skull Mountain.

When Viserys touched the head, which was significantly larger than the other raven heads, he felt a strange sensation, as if an electric current had passed through his body, and his fingers even felt slightly numb.

However, Viserys wanted to use this to revisit the past of the giant raven's head, but for some reason he failed. The power of the Old Gods was insufficient to help him see the past of the raven's head, so he had no choice but to take the head back with him along with the Dark Sisters.

...

And at this time.

tata tao...

A warhorse galloped toward Viserys before the Targaryen army's arrayed formation.

"His Majesty."

Mistoin, the commander of the Golden Company, dressed in golden armor with a bright red cloak billowing behind him, rode a tall black horse up the hill in the drizzling rain.

wow-

Then, the heavy armor on his body made a sound, and Mithril, sitting on his horse, pounded his chest with one hand and bowed slightly to Viserys.

The silver-haired youth also stood on his horse in the rain, his hands, gloved with metal, gripping the reins.

He glanced at the neatly arranged Targaryen army, then turned to look at the Stormlands army that had seized the high ground in the distance, before withdrawing his gaze and nodding to Mistoin.

The commander of the Golden Company then rode down the hill to personally direct the entire battle, while Viserys remained a bystander, quietly observing from the hilltop.

...

"I heard that the Tyrant's dragon is even bigger than Aegon's?"

Soldiers in the Stormlands army whispered amongst themselves as they watched the Targaryen army arrayed opposite them. The difference in numbers between the two sides was not significant, and the Targaryen army might even be slightly smaller.

Because of the battle report from Highgarden that the Dornish army had been defeated, Viserys changed his battle plan before leaving King's Landing, and sent the Dothraki army to Highgarden to help his ally.

The Dothraki army was led by Kago, who had previously served as commander of the Allied cavalry.

"That's pure nonsense."

Another soldier shook his head upon hearing his words.

"How could Viserys's dragon possibly be as big as Aegon's?"

"This is Stannis lying to us. How could he gather so many soldiers without scaring us?"

"If Viserys' dragon is really bigger than Aegon's, then what's the point of us fighting?"

"However, I do hope..."

The soldiers in Stormland whispered among themselves; although it was the eve of a major battle, the overall atmosphere was not tense.

The main reason is that our side seems to have more people and holds a geographical advantage, having taken the hills south of Tongmen City first, giving us a commanding position.