Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

"Quick! Search!"

"The city guards will be here soon!"

They bribed a captain of the city guard in advance for this operation.

The Tyresh are known for their greed; even the election of the High King is rife with bribery. If you can afford the price, the position of High King can be sold to you.

Of course, this is all predicated on being able to afford the price.

Therefore, they bribed the city guards, which is why the guards were slow to arrive even after such a serious incident.

However, this matter is certainly limited; the amount of time they gain will depend on the price they pay.

They originally thought that killing and escaping wouldn't take long, but they didn't expect Asha and the Iron Man to react so quickly. This woman actually broke through the encirclement, causing them trouble, and now they were in a difficult situation.

They have to chase them even if they can't catch them, otherwise this mission will definitely fail, and the cost of failure is something they can't afford.

Even through the black cloth, the masked mercenary could see his ashen face, and the other mercenaries, naturally aware of the consequences of failure, all began desperately searching for Asha Greyjoy's whereabouts.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door!"

bang——

bang——

They kicked down doors and searched house to house, and Asha, who was hiding in one of the small rooms, became nervous again.

"Hey, what do we do?"

However, the man opposite did not speak, but silently gripped a giant axe hidden behind the door.

But just then, shouts of battle suddenly came from outside the door. It turned out that the guards of Tyros had finally arrived late.

News of the Iron Throne's messenger's attack and subsequent escape reached High Lord Tyrothy's palace, and the High Lord was greatly alarmed upon hearing the news.

He then hurriedly ordered the protection of the messenger, ensuring that nothing went wrong with him in Tyrosi. As a result, the guards of Tyrosi rushed out to arrest the criminals.

The leader, the very person who had bribed the group, was now loudly proclaiming with an air of righteous indignation, his round belly protruding as he wore armor that seemed about to burst open.

"Outrageous!"

"Catch them!"

Immediately, the garrison of Tyrosi swarmed forward and captured the group of masked mercenaries.

However, these masked mercenaries were no pushovers. They were all seasoned veterans with extensive combat experience, and they fought back fiercely, resulting in a fierce battle between the two sides in the alley.

The mercenaries even briefly gained the upper hand, routing the defenders of Tyrosi and forcing them into a rout.

However, although the defenders of Tyrosh were mostly useless, like the Golden Robes of the past, they were numerous, and Tyrosh also had a famous mercenary legion.

Immediately, the masked mercenaries were either killed or wounded. The masked mercenary leader seized the opportunity and fought his way out to escape. The rest were either captured alive or killed, and the situation was quickly brought under control.

Asha Greyjoy, the Iron Throne's messenger, who was hiding in the dark room, and the middle-aged man wielding the giant axe both breathed a sigh of relief.

Whatever secrets lie behind this incident, even if Lord Tyrothy had the greatest courage, he would not dare to kill the messenger of the Iron Throne in broad daylight.

Otherwise, an unavoidable war would break out in an instant.

Tyrosh is the closest city-state to the continent of Westeros, and the Iron Throne could send troops to Tyrosh without even leaving Westeros; the legions stationed at Pentos would be enough to wipe out the island city-state.

Therefore, once the defenders of Tyrosi appeared, they were considered safe.

Then the tall, burly middle-aged man put down his giant axe, found a flint, and lit the candles in the room. The flickering firelight dispelled the darkness in the room.

Asha Greyjoy also saw the man's face clearly; it was a face that was extremely familiar to her.

Her extremely bold guess had come true, and the words that were on the tip of her tongue couldn't help but slip out.

"uncle!"

Chapter 677 Victorion

The person who stood in front of Asha and saved her from danger was none other than her third uncle, Victorion.

Compared to back then, his once dark hair now has many more gray hairs, suggesting that he has had a tough time in recent years and has experienced countless trials and tribulations.

However, the captain of the Invincible Ironfleet, who was once the commander-in-chief of the Iron Fleet, still possessed a robust physique and powerful arms.

He had developed many more crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, looked at his eldest niece, and then sighed deeply.

“Asha.”

However, for Asha, the fact that her uncle, Victarion, was still alive was definitely the biggest surprise.

Because Victalion was her father Balon's most loyal follower, he had never disobeyed his brother's orders, and he revered and even worshipped his elder brother.

When they were little, Victalion was also very kind to Asha and Theon, as well as their brother Roderick and Maren, often taking them out to play and go out to sea.

Unfortunately, the siblings' two older brothers, Roderick and Maren, died when the Iron Throne army stormed Pyke.

At that time, Victarion held the heartbroken and tearful Asha as she bid farewell to his little brother Theon.

Because he was sent to Winterfell as an adopted son and a hostage, Theon was too young to remember much. In fact, Asha shed many tears with her back to him.

However, the White Walkers began their invasion. Balon Greyjoy was convinced that the White Walkers could not cross the sea and was determined to stand by and watch the Greenlands riot. But he never expected that the White Walkers would actually row a boat and launch a surprise attack on Black Tide Island.

He didn't believe it at the time, so he sent his third brother, Victalion, with an iron fleet to investigate Kuroshio Island. After that, Victalion, his iron fleet, and the Invincible Iron Seed disappeared on the sea without a trace.

Asha believed that her third uncle had long since died, or had become a member of the army of ghouls like her father, Baron.

But to everyone's surprise, Victalion appeared in Terossi and seemed to be alive and well.

"Uncle, how could you?!"

Asha was both surprised and delighted that a loved one she thought was dead had come back to life. She couldn't help but grab Victalion's shoulder and say something.

The uncle and niece then embraced briefly before Asha released them and asked again.

She repeated the same question: she really wanted to know what had happened to Victorion over the years.

However, the burly former commander-in-chief of the Iron Fleet shook his head, sighed, and then spoke.

To make a long story short...

Victalion briefly recounted what had happened since his escape from Black Tide Island, because he had experienced so much.

Years ago, the Blacktes family of Kuroshio Island sent a letter requesting help, claiming that they had been attacked. He obeyed his brother's orders and led an Iron Fleet to investigate the situation on Kuroshio Island.

However, after landing on Black Tide Island, Victalion's Iron Fleet was ambushed by the White Walkers.

The White Walkers seemed to possess intelligence; they were extremely cunning. They set up an encirclement and annihilated all the Ironborn led by Victarion. Their ships also encountered attacks from the White Walkers, and most of their warships were lost in the cold sea.

Victarion fought and ran until the very last moment, but was attacked by a White Walker.

He had a very strong impression of that White Walker, because it was a female White Walker with gray hair, who held a bow and arrow made of ice. She shot him in the shoulder with an arrow that nearly killed him.

Ultimately, left with no other choice, Viktorion chose to jump into the sea to save his life.

He had thought he was going to die and was heading to the Water Palace of the Drowning God, but when he woke up again, he had been rescued and was lying on a merchant ship.

The merchant ship was flying the name of the Tyrosi Trading Company, and they were fleeing back to their homeland.

Victarion wanted to disembark so he could return to the Iron Islands and tell his brother about the White Walker attack. However, the merchant ship's captain told Victarion that their rescue of him had come at a price, and he had to repay the value of his life.

He is now a slave.

At this point, Victorion brushed aside his disheveled long hair and pointed to the clearly visible scar on the side of his face.

This was a mark left on him by his slave owner; in Telos, people with such a mark were clearly slaves.

In fact, the reason why the large ship of the Tyrosi Trading Company did not choose to throw him back into the sea after rescuing him was because it valued Victalion's strong physique.

Slaves who are good at fighting can be sold for a very good price, especially to customers in Slave Bay, such as Meereen and Yunkai.

They have the most advanced gladiatorial culture; a skilled slave can be sold for hundreds of gold marks or gold coins.

The Goldmark is the legal tender of Yunkai, a city-state in Slaver's Bay. One side features a pyramid, while the other side depicts a harpy from the Kingdom of Gugis. The Gold Glory is the currency of Meereen.

Furthermore, the captain of the Tyrosh Merchant Guild's fleet told Victarion that the Iron Islands had been destroyed by the White Walkers, and that the Greyjoy family had completely disappeared. It was for this reason that they were preparing to evacuate Westeros with all their supplies.

The head of the Tyrosh Company judged that even with the help of the Young Dragon Lord and his dragons, as well as the Dothraki who crossed the poisonous waters, Westeros would still fall completely in the future and eventually become a forbidden zone for life.

When Victorion heard the captain's words, he was struck dumb. He had no idea that so much had happened while he was unconscious. His homeland had fallen and his family had been wiped out.

In fact, the captain did not know Victarion; he simply assumed he was a strong Ironborn warrior, so there was no need to deceive him.

Therefore, Victalion suffered a major blow and became disheartened. He had no right to demand that the fleet stop, and resigned himself to his fate, he followed the fleet to Tyrosi.

What happened next is a long story.

He actually went to Meereen, was sold to a slave trader, and eventually, after many hardships and fierce battles, won the Meereen championship, earning his master a large amount of gold coins.

Later, he won the championship and rose in his master's heart, gaining much freedom. Victalion then seized the opportunity and successfully escaped from the slave traders' control.

He killed his opponent with a single blow, became a wanted criminal, and thus boarded a merchant ship back to Telosi.

He has just returned to Tyrosi after traveling halfway around the world, and he plans to settle down here and quietly become an ordinary mercenary.

Then he heard that an Iron Throne fleet was visiting Tyroth, and the commander-in-chief of the fleet was none other than his niece, Asha.

Chapter 678 Controlling the Port

The Iron Throne's messenger was assassinated by a group of outlaws on the streets of Tyrosh. His entourage died on the spot, and the messenger himself barely escaped with his life after a great deal of danger.

This is naturally a momentous event, significant enough to trigger a major earthquake.

Lord Tyresh was furious and demanded a thorough investigation into the truth of the matter.

Asha, who had narrowly escaped, was even more furious, because she had almost died in the city of Tyrosi, and her loyal followers had also perished in the streets.

If it weren't for her uncle Victarion's timely rescue of her in Terossi, Asha would have truly died.

Therefore, when the hot-tempered Iron Princess returned to the fleet, she immediately ordered the entire Targaryen fleet to set out and seize control of the port of Tyrosh with lightning speed.

She forbade anyone from entering or leaving the port and demanded that Lord Tyresh explain the matter and arrest all the murderers.

The Targaryen navy suddenly launched an attack and easily took control of the port of Tyrosi. The morale of the Tyrosi garrison was not high, and they easily laid down their weapons and knelt down in surrender in the face of the fierce attack. A large number of them knelt down.

The flags that once stood atop the port city of Telosi have been lowered, and now the banner of the three-headed dragon, symbolizing the Iron Throne, flies in the wind.

However, not long after the Targaryen soldiers took control of the port, the most elite mercenary legions of Tyroth arrived.