Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Like the three ancient bells of Norfolk, everything—whether it was getting up, eating, or sleeping—was already planned out, and the people of King's Landing lived according to the sound of the church bells.

Therefore, although a long night now shrouds the land, obscuring the sun and moon, King's Landing still retains the concepts of 'day' and 'night,' and does what is appropriate for the time of day.

The long night has lasted for half a year, and the empire remains generally stable.

Because the empire made ample preparations and began stockpiling grain early on, although the people are now struggling to survive due to food control measures, they will at least not starve to death in the next year or two.

The outside world is much harsher. Most maritime trade routes have been cut off, and merchant ships dare not go out to sea. It's not that merchants lack courage, but that many city-states have begun to follow the empire's example and implement a closed policy, except for warships that form an allied army constantly running back and forth on the narrow sea.

Viserys also learned about the state of the outside world through his contact with his 'Iron-Faced General'.

It is said that chaos has broken out in many places, with starving people rushing into the homes of the wealthy and opening their granaries. In some places, the riots have been suppressed, but cannibalism has begun to occur.

Viserys and Bessie can communicate across two continents, as can all those corrupted by his black mist, just like the wizards of the ancient Freehold claimed by the Shadowbinder Kui Lizard.

King's Landing currently possesses four glass candles, which were looted from the Citadel after the fall of Oldtown. They consist of one green and three black candles.

Viserys learned the spells that the lizard had taught him to manipulate, but he was still figuring out how to control the glass candle as a whole.

If the glass candles from the Ancient Freehold are truly useful, they would be an incredibly powerful artifact, much like the raven skull.

Because its communication range is much stronger than Viserys' original state. After all, Viserys and Bessie are now separated by a narrow sea, which is not a very long distance. Sometimes when they make a phone call, the call will often be disconnected.

After the fall of ancient Valyria, the craft of making glass candles was also lost, and the number of glass candles remaining is very small, even rarer than the surviving Valyrian steel swords.

However, a glass candle is far less valuable than a Valyrian steel sword, because a glass candle is of no use to ordinary people except for detecting the return of the demonic tide, and is naturally not as valuable as a Valyrian steel sword that can cut through gold and jade and slicing through iron like mud.

If the glass candles are truly useful, Viserys plans to place the four candles at the Wall, King's Landing, and Essos respectively, with the remaining one awaiting further instructions.

In this way, messages can be transmitted seamlessly and promptly. With dragons as mounts, the travel time between the two places can be shortened. Even if the empire's territory were to double in size, it could still be firmly held in the palm of one's hand, without falling apart later due to the large size of the territory.

Viserys stared into deep thought at the black glass candle before him and the ever-burning flame on it.

Just then, a melodious yet slightly childish girl's voice came from behind.

"Dad, Mom said you're going to a very far place?"

Viserrist snapped out of his daze and saw his eldest daughter, Diana, with her short, silver-gold hair reaching her neck, standing behind him.

Diana is still young, only six or seven years old this year, but she has already shown her intelligence. She just likes to play and is naturally lively.

Viserys' other child, Horos Targaryen, was the same. Even Dr. Marwyn, the Grand Maester in charge of the prince's education and his first teacher, sincerely admired Prince Horos's studiousness.

Children in ordinary families are still at the age of three or four, which is the time for playing. Even in noble families, education doesn't begin until the age of six. But Prince Heros doesn't like playing. On the contrary, this boy is very interested in books. He is curious about many things in the world and has already begun to learn to read.

Heros knows more words than even his sister. Of course, this is not because Diana is less talented, but simply because his sister doesn't study hard, while Heros studies diligently.

"Yes, Dad is going to the Eastern Continent."

Viserys heard the voice behind him, turned around and saw his eldest daughter. He then reached out and picked Diana up, and the girl obediently sat in her father's arms.

Do you know where the Eastern Continent is?

“Teacher Marvin should have taught you.”

Viserys, holding his daughter, took the opportunity to test her knowledge and see if she had been studying diligently lately.

"Yes, of course I know!"

When Diana heard that her father was testing her, she immediately sat in Viserys's lap and squirmed like any other child in the world, who would want to be pampered in her father's arms.

"The Eastern Continent is... the continent of Essos."

Diana didn't pronounce Essos's name smoothly because of pronunciation issues.

As descendants of the ancient Valyrian Freehold, House Targaryen is now determined by Viserys to rebuild the empire, and therefore provides bilingual education to the royal children, including Common Language and Higher Valyrian.

In fact, when Viserys was young, as the second prince in the Red Keep, he received an education in Valyrian.

The continent of Essos is a colloquial name for the eastern continent, and it's a simplified version of the name. Over time, some of the letters have been dropped. The full name of the continent of Essos should be Essos Continent.

"What is Dad going to do on the continent of Essos?"

Viserys chuckled as the girl with short, silver hair tried to pronounce the words. He playfully pinched his daughter's nose, earning her a big eye roll, before laughing and speaking.

"Go save the world and find the lost sun."

Chapter 813 Entrustment

The bells of the sanctuary rang, and the entire city of King's Landing fell silent. Except for the Red Keep, which stood at the highest point of the city, all the lights were extinguished.

Meanwhile, in the Imperial Palace, after letting his two children go back to their respective bedrooms to sleep, Viserys returned to his own bedroom, where Ariane was waiting for him.

After a long separation, the couple naturally enjoyed a passionate encounter. Afterward, Princess Dorne, panting, threw herself onto the soft feather bed, covered herself with the warm and comfortable velvet blankets, and lay on her side looking at Viserys.

"my sweetheart."

"How many women have slept in this bed while I was away from King's Landing?"

Arianne's hot body radiated warmth in the bed, her fingers circling Viserys's chest.

Viserys was slightly taken aback when he heard his queen ask so directly. He was about to speak to cover it up when Arianne raised a finger to her lips.

"Don't lie."

Arianne hummed softly in bed; she knew she was going to lie just from the fleeting expression on Viserys's face.

"I have been married to you for seven years."

"You just can't change this habit of blinking when you lie."

Arianne had been married to Viserys for seven years, but they had actually been together for much longer, officially marrying after Arianne became pregnant with Diana.

Arianne, who had given birth to Diana and later suffered a miscarriage, still maintained a great figure. She leaned against Viserys's chest and spoke.

"I don't care how many women you have, my love, but no matter how many women you have, you can't forget me."

Viserys fell silent for a moment after hearing Arianne's words. He wasn't even sure if he should nod at this moment, but he still held the woman who had been with him the longest in his life even tighter.

Will this trip be dangerous?

The couple embraced in silence, the candlesticks beside the bed casting a faint light. Arianne, nestled in Viserys's arms, spoke again, asking once more.

"Perhaps, danger is always present."

Viserys took a deep breath and nodded upon hearing this.

Danger was unavoidable, after all, it was a fight against an opponent of the Night King's caliber. Although he had many hidden tricks up his sleeve that he had never used over the years, his preparations did not mean that the Night King was unprepared.

He heard that the Night King had somehow acquired a dragon, which negated humanity's greatest advantage and made them even more passive because of the dragon's existence.

Based on the intelligence gathered at the meeting, Viserys learned some details about the fall of Iban. According to some of the Iban who escaped by boat from the island, the Night King rode a giant ice dragon that could breathe icy blue flames and cold mist. Anyone who came into contact with the cold mist would be stripped of their life force and freeze to death, while the Night King could directly revive these people and turn them into members of the army of the dead.

In this way, wherever the Night King flew on this ice dragon, he could set the city on fire and it would fall.

Although the humans possess eight dragons, according to the Iban's descriptions, and it's unclear whether there's any exaggeration involved, this dragon is no less massive than Balerion. Therefore, aside from Balerion, the other five smaller dragons, as well as Rhaegal and Viserion, would be in danger if they faced the Night King alone. Viserion would certainly not dare to let them face the Night King alone.

Therefore, Rhaegal and Viserion guarded the Wall, while five dragons guarded Highgarden; one was a barrier to the human world, and the other was the lifeline of Viserion, which could not be lost.

"Then you must come back alive."

In the dimly lit bedroom, Princess Dorn gazed at her husband with her dark eyes.

"Ok!"

Viserys looked at Arianne's beautiful face, gently squeezed her heavy breasts with his hand, and the woman let out a soft moan. Viserys nodded heavily and then kissed her.

The candlelight by the bedside flickered gently, and the shadows reflected on the wall once again merged together.

...

the next day.

The great bell of St. Baelor rang four times once more, its sound echoing throughout King's Landing.

"Whoo~"

Arianne woke up suddenly, feeling sore all over. The night before had been so intense. Her husband was about to leave, so Arianne had desperately tried to take what she wanted, eventually exhausting herself. She also seemed to have had a nightmare afterwards.

"my sweetheart?"

However, when Arianne woke up, she looked up but did not see the sunlight she had imagined. The white curtains on the balcony window were fluttering slightly, and it was still pitch black outside. Her bedside was empty; Viserys had left sometime earlier.

Princess Dorne's face immediately showed a hint of disappointment. She longed for everything to return to normal, for her husband to be by her side, and for the sun to rise from the east when she woke up. But none of these things were possible now.

Viserys is about to embark on an expedition to the continent of Essos. He has gotten up early and has not disturbed Arianne's sleep.

With the help of court maids, he dressed and donned his Valyrian steel armor, his long, silver-gold hair cascading over the cold armor, his sword Twilight hanging at his waist.

This sword, which accompanied Viserys in his campaigns, has become famous throughout the world and is now a true masterpiece.

Indeed, he hadn't personally used it to kill anyone, nor had he donned the armor, for many years.

He gently kissed Ariane's forehead as she slept, then turned and left. Soon after, a long, drawn-out dragon's roar echoed in the sky, and at the same time, the temple bells rang, waking Ariane.

But her bedside was empty, with only a Valyrian steel crown lying quietly beside it, the ruby ​​in the center reflecting a faint light.

Viserys has left Westeros, riding his old steed to a distant land to save the world.

He spoke with Arianne last night, hoping she could take the children back to Highgarden, as it would be safer there, but Arianne refused.

King's Landing isn't far from Highgarden, so if King's Landing is in trouble, Highgarden won't be safe either.

Moreover, with Viserys heading east and Rhaenys and Daenerys guarding the Wall, King's Landing, as the capital of the Empire, naturally needed someone to look after it.

As the First Queen of the Empire, Arianne did not want to hide far away in Highgarden with her two children and invite criticism; she wanted to stay in King's Landing to look after Viserys.

Viserys was persuaded by Arianne, so he left his crown by the window with a note underneath.

"The empire is yours."

Arianne picked up the heavy Valyrian steel crown, which reflected the metallic luster in the candlelight.

Then he slowly put it on his head.

Chapter 814 The Palace of Restoration

The world is both vast and small. Corhol is very far away for many Westeros people, but in reality, it's just a flight from King's Landing to Winterfell.

Viserys rode his dragon eastward, encountering a storm along the way.

Meanwhile, Robb Stark's ship, which had set sail a week earlier than Viserys's, was now floating on the Narrow Sea.

Being attacked by a storm in complete darkness was quite frightening. Everyone on the ship was filled with anxiety. They hadn't expected to encounter trouble before even setting sail and meeting the White Walkers.