Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

The atmosphere in the entire port city instantly became tense. The two sides confronted each other, swords drawn, neither side willing to back down, as if a great battle was about to break out. The people living in the port area were also filled with fear, closing their doors and windows and not daring to go out on the streets, for fear of being implicated.

Meanwhile, High Overlord Tyroth was in a terrible predicament. The Iron Throne's envoy had been attacked on his way to Tyroth and had even nearly died in the street, so he was naturally to blame.

Although it's obvious to anyone with a discerning eye that there's something fishy going on behind this, and that someone is framing him and trying to sow discord between Tyroth and the Iron Throne.

But ultimately, this matter occurred in the territory of Tyrosh. If the Messenger of the Iron Throne really died in Tyrosh, the High Lord of Tyrosh will be unable to clear his name and will have no way to defend himself unless he can find conclusive evidence.

Therefore, Lord Tyrothy ordered a thorough investigation into the matter while also actively trying to appease the Iron Throne's emissaries and demanding that they relinquish control of the port of Tyrothy.

However, Lord Tyrothy's demands were met with a firm refusal from Asha Greyjoy, who demanded an explanation from Lord Tyrothy before she would lift the blockade on the port.

The standoff continued from day to night, with the Targaryen fleet still occupying the port of Tyrosy, refusing to let anyone in or out.

A large number of merchant ships were piled up on the sea, eager to enter the city, while in the city there were also a large number of merchant goods waiting to be loaded onto merchant ships and transported to all parts of the world.

Even so, the Tyrothy still dared not attack the Targaryen fleet and could only choose to continue to swallow their anger, otherwise a war would really break out.

However, at this critical juncture, an unexpected incident also occurred during the interrogation at the Tylosi prison.

The Tyrosh Guard captured several prisoners during the daytime raid, and the Highlord ordered them to be pried open at all costs. So they prepared to pull out all their fingernails one by one to force them to open their mouths and tell the truth.

But at that moment, the prisoners suddenly experienced a violent contraction of their throat muscles, their faces turned a horrifying purple, and then blood gushed from their seven orifices, causing them to die.

All the prisoners were poisoned, and the trail went completely cold. Lord Tyrothy did not sleep that night, and upon hearing the news, he was once again enraged.

He was genuinely uneasy this time, because he felt this was a premeditated frame-up, designed to sow discord between the Iron Throne and Tyroth.

The Iron Throne's messengers were attacked on the streets of Tyroth, and the guards' delayed arrival left them with no way to defend themselves. Now, the captured prisoners have all died of poisoning in Tyroth's prison.

Even Lord Tyroth himself had some doubts about whether he was playing a murder-to-silence game, or whether he had sleepwalked and given such an order.

However, High Lord Tyroth was very clear-headed and knew that he had never made such a decision. What benefit would it have to him if the Iron Throne's messenger died in Tyroth?

Before dawn, Lord Tyroth spent the entire night awake with bloodshot eyes, and Tyroth's guards went out to capture the masked mercenaries who had escaped during the day, but with little success.

After all, the other party was masked at the time, and Tyrosi, as a trading city-state, had a mixed population of all kinds of people, making it impossible to screen them.

However, the overnight investigation did have some effect, and they caught the prisoner who had poisoned all the prisoners in the jail.

He was a jailer in the Tyrosian prison, and that evening he received a large bribe, the glittering gold coins enough to dazzle his eyes.

All he had to do was put tiny, seed-like, pale purple particles into the prisoners' drinking water, and the person who came assured him that no one would be able to trace him.

Wealth can be very tempting.

Therefore, the greedy jailer agreed to the other party's conditions, put the tiny particles into the water, and then poisoned all the prisoners captured during the day.

However, just when he thought no one would ever track him down, the guards of Tyrosi still came knocking on his door.

The interrogation that followed was extremely cruel. Lord Tyrossi demanded that the truth be found at all costs, so it was the jailer's turn to suffer in place of the prisoners from the daytime.

The guard plucked out the jailer's fingernails one by one, forcing him to reveal the whole truth, including who bribed him, what they looked like, what those particles were, and so on.

This jailer was of low moral character and naturally wouldn't keep a tight rein on things. When the first fingernail was pulled out, he spilled everything he knew like beans.

But in the end, Tyrothy's guards pulled out all his fingernails, causing him to die in agonizing screams.

The jailer claimed that the man who bribed him was not tall, had an accent from out of town, possibly from the Valantis region, and had flame-like markings on his cheeks.

As for the poison this person gave him, he didn't know what it was.

Chapter 679 The Mir Incident

"Stranger".

"This is clearly the effect of strangulation."

Despite the turmoil in Tyros's prison overnight, they still managed to uncover some clues.

An elderly man with gray hair, leaning on his cane, spoke shakily.

Although the Free Trade City-State does not have scholars, it does have healers. This white-haired old man is the foremost doctor in Tyrosi and is also very knowledgeable about poisons.

He was summoned by Lord Tyrossi to determine the type of poison that had killed all the prisoners. Upon arriving, the old man immediately recognized that they had all died from a terrible and potent poison, strangulation.

Because the strangulation method was so effective at killing, the victim's face would turn bluish-purple, like poison, as if they had been strangled or choked to death, hence the name 'strangulation'.

However, strangulation and death from external injury are clearly different in that strangulation causes bleeding from all seven orifices, and death from poisoning involves even greater bleeding and a more gruesome and terrifying manner.

"The strangulator is very expensive; it is made from a plant that grows only on the islands of the Jade Sea, half a world away."

"Its leaves need to be left for a long time, then soaked in lime water, sugar juice, and certain precious spices from the Midsummer Islands. After that, the leaves are discarded, ash is added to the solution to make it thick, and then it is left to crystallize."

"The process is slow and difficult, and the ingredients are expensive, so strangulation drugs are not cheap."

"However, there are many people in this world who can create stranglers, including, as far as I know, the alchemists of Rhys, the Faceless Men of Braavos, and the Citadel of your Westeros."

The white-haired old man spoke in a trembling voice. After he finished speaking, he bowed and withdrew.

At this moment, the underground prison in Tyros was brightly lit, and guards held torches and stood watch throughout the prison.

Due to a series of recent events, the upper echelons of Tyrosi City have become highly tense, with everyone feeling insecure and increasing their security forces, fearing that, like Asha's experience, a group of people might suddenly rush out and assassinate them.

The torches of the Underworld flickered gently in the wind, illuminating people's faces. High Overlord Tyrothy and Asha Greyjoy, the messenger of the Iron Throne, were now gathered in the prison, calmly discussing the ins and outs of the whole affair.

After a night, Asha's anger had subsided. After careful consideration and analysis with her uncle, she had largely ruled out Grand Prince Tyrothy as a suspect.

Unless he's insane, killing the Iron Throne's messenger on his own turf would be a blatant provocation that would inevitably ignite a war.

Of course, we cannot rule out another extreme possibility: taking advantage of people's habitual thinking to do the opposite.

High Lord Tyrothy secretly instructed his subordinates to kill him, pretending to be framed, and then framed someone else, thus instigating conflict between the Iron Throne and the other side—a strategy of using one enemy to devour another.

However, Asha still came to the invitation from Lord Tyrosh, but this time she was accompanied by more than one guard, a total of more than a hundred soldiers.

“Your Excellency, you have already heard it.”

"These criminals died from strangulation."

After listening to the old man who was skilled in medicine and poisons, Lord Tyrossi, with his round belly, turned to look at Asha and spoke.

When they first met, Lord Tyros was rather impolite, but within just one day his attitude had completely changed.

Asha Greyjoy's tough stance, her audacious order to seize the port of Tyroth and demand an explanation, intimidated the Tyrothian High Lord, causing him to set aside his prejudice against women and involuntarily look at her with newfound respect.

This was reflected in their words, which showed much more respect and a more humble attitude, since the other party was a woman who would draw her knife at the slightest provocation.

"This whole thing was suspicious from the very beginning."

"It is obvious that someone is trying to frame us and sow discord between Tyrossi and His Majesty the Great Emperor."

When Viserys' name was mentioned, Lord Tyroth lowered his posture even further, becoming somewhat humble, and his words were filled with reverence.

"As for who is behind this, based on the information we have so far, I guess it is Rhys and Valantis."

"The alchemists of Rhys are well known for their expertise in creating terrifying poisons."

"Moreover, for well-known reasons, Rhys also has ample reason to sow discord between the Iron Throne and Tyrossi, since both sides hope to win the support of His Majesty the Emperor's invincible army on the issue of the disputed lands."

“If Your Excellency dies in Tyrossi, the relationship between the Iron Throne and Tyrossi will inevitably crack, and may even lead to war, from which Rhys will benefit.”

From the perspective of the beneficiaries, there is naturally no problem. The Tyrande of Tyros is not hereditary but ascends to the position through a series of elections, just like the Sea King of Braavos. Therefore, the Tyrande of Tyros is certainly not a useless person.

He held his belly and talked eloquently in front of Asha, then took the opportunity to shift the blame to his other two opponents.

Needless to say, Rhys, the former sisters of the Three Sisters Kingdom, are now enemies, especially after the decline of Myr, which turned into a fierce rivalry between Tyros and Rhys.

As the overlord of the southwestern region of the continent of Essos, Valantis possesses a very powerful army and was once an invader of Tyrosi. Now, it still harbors ambitions to covet more land, making it Tyrosi's number one enemy.

Nowadays, every time Valanthi shows interest in the contested lands, it even makes Rhys and Tyrossi temporarily put aside their differences and unite against a common enemy.

"As for Valantis, he is equally suspicious."

"Because according to the confession of the prison guard we captured, he claimed that a man with a flame scar on his face and a Valantine accent gave him the poison and told him to poison everyone to cover it up."

Lord Tyrosh's words caused doubt to appear in the eyes of the Ironborn present, including Asha.

With this evidence laid bare before them, coupled with High Lord Tyroth's unwavering assurances, it's hard not to believe this is a frame-up operation, because if the Iron Throne clashes with Tyroth, Rhys and Volantis would be the direct beneficiaries.

However, it is not yet possible to confirm who exactly attacked the Iron Throne's messengers, and they have no direct evidence.

But when Asha returned to the port, she ordered the lifting of the blockade on the port of Telosi.

However, at this very moment, an explosive piece of news from Mil spread rapidly throughout the streets and alleys of Tyros.

The pirate governor of Mil, under the pretext of holding a meeting, led his men in a brazen attack on two other governors in the street, killing them on the spot. Now, his pirates have completely taken control of Mil, which was rebuilt from the ruins.

Coincidentally, this happened precisely when Asha ordered the blockade of the port of Telosi.

Chapter 680 Direwolf

The Iron Throne's fleet set sail eastward, stirring up a turmoil in the world of free-trading city-states.

Power, chaos, conspiracy, a storm brewing, undercurrents surging.

On the other side, far removed from humanity, there are no such conflicts and conspiracies. Here lies stark coldness, and also the most primal boundary between life and death.

In this hell on earth, power is the most ridiculous game, and only the war between the living and the dead is eternal.

Call ~

The icy wind howled, whipping up snow and taking away all life here, except for some hardy pines and animals.

rustle...

A snow-white dire wolf, its body somewhat thin, looked as if it had been starving for a long time. Its eyes were bloodshot as it trod a path through the snow.

Then it finally climbed onto a boulder and let out a long, drawn-out wolf howl.

woo-

The albino direwolf howled, calling out to its few remaining companions.

Like other wolves, the direwolf is a pack animal, traveling in groups. However, it has been a long time since it has found a second direwolf.

The vast ice plains north of the Great Wall were originally their territory. Even the free people dared not venture too deep into the ice plains, otherwise they would easily lose their way, freeze to death, starve, or become prey for the ice wolves.

But just then, a faint sound suddenly came from the raging wind and snow.

sand...

sand...

The sound was slow and deliberate, but it quickly alerted the dire wolf.