Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

However, these gentle ocean predators, who live in the deep sea, have suddenly gone mad and begun attacking human ships, forcefully ramming and pushing against Braavos's naval fleet.

Meanwhile, other marine creatures also joined in, such as sea monsters resembling the Greyjoy family crest, schools of fish, arthropods, and so on, which stretched out their tentacles and swept over the human soldiers on the deck.

Braavos's invincible fleet was caught off guard by the sudden attack, but it was still an elite force. After recovering, it began to fight back, using the giant crossbows on its ships to kill some sea monsters and whales, and then dragged its badly wounded fleet back toward the Ober Peninsula.

"Is the sea unsafe either?"

"Could it be that the White Walkers can even manipulate the corpses of sea creatures?"

Bravos's words elicited varied expressions from the people at the Cohort Allied Headquarters. Some spoke up with surprise and uncertainty, while others remained silent but shook their heads slightly.

So fresh.

It was established long ago that the army of the dead included creatures other than humans. There was a precedent in the First War between humans and the White Walkers on Westeros, where the corpses of wild beasts such as ice spiders, mammoths, and direwolves were controlled by the White Walkers and used in the war.

During the Second War between humans and the White Walkers, even ice dragons appeared on the continent of Essos.

Although the ice dragon only appeared once, during the attack on Iban Island, survivors claimed to have seen an ice dragon circling over Iban Port, spewing icy blue flames and cold mist that killed many people.

However, there has been no second sighting of this ice dragon so far, but it is clear that the ice dragon is more troublesome than creatures such as ice spiders and dire wolves.

The White Walkers have become stronger over time, which is an undeniable fact.

Since the ice dragon disappeared after the attack on Iban Island, the human alliance has no idea where it is now.

This is also why Viserys dared not bring all the dragons with him. Instead, he left two adult dragons on the Wall, Viserion and Rhaegal, who were ridden by his two wives, and five young dragons on King's Landing.

Although the people at the Human Alliance headquarters remained silent, they all looked slightly uneasy upon hearing such terrible news.

It's important to understand that the Allied Forces still rely heavily on sea transport for the transfer of supplies and the transport of soldiers, especially given the support provided by the Valyrian Empire, the main force of the Human Alliance, for this war.

The fact that the White Walkers can control sea creatures and that the ocean is no longer safe is terrible news for humanity, and it also hinders the cohesion of the Allied forces.

Many representatives from various countries and city-states present even secretly resolved that, for the sake of their own lives, they would avoid taking the sea route in the future.

Although the land is equally fraught with danger, it is generally safer than the sea. Humans have a natural distrust of the unpredictable sea, not to mention that we now know what kind of monsters are lurking beneath the deep sea.

Viserys was also present at this pre-battle meeting, though he rarely spoke, but everyone present frequently turned their attention to him.

Because everyone knows that the key to this war lies with Viserys, who is also the supreme commander of the entire human alliance and has the authority to mobilize the armies of all nations and city-states.

"There is another issue worth noting, everyone."

"That's why the White Walkers didn't choose to attack Vis Dothraki directly after landing in New Isles, but instead advanced towards the kingdoms of Ifovilon, the Ober Peninsula, and the kingdom of Salor in the west."

Viserys pondered for a moment before speaking, and his words caused everyone present to exchange bewildered glances, as they hadn't actually noticed this issue before.

"Could it be that the White Walkers also know that the Dothraki are not to be trifled with?"

Then one of them spoke up, but the others shook their heads. The Dothraki were not to be trifled with; they had beaten up all the neighbors. But the White Walkers would not be afraid of the Dothraki's fighting prowess.

Viserys' brow relaxed slightly, and he tapped the map twice with his fingers without saying a word. He had a vague answer in his mind, which was the experience he had gained after fighting the White Walkers last time.

It seems that the White Walkers' attempt to advance south will not be so easy; they would need to conquer most of the territory or break through the limitations of the Red God's power.

The entire world is like a chessboard where gods play a game. Although on the surface it is a war between humans and White Walkers, it is actually a contest between the God of Cold and the God of Red. The gods cannot intervene directly and even need to rely on the performance of their believers.

For example, the more territory the White Walkers conquer, the stronger the power of the God of Cold becomes; but when humanity completely drives out the White Walkers, the power of the God of Red prevails, and warmth will once again envelop the earth.

In the last war between humans and the White Walkers, the White Walkers stormed south of the Neck. If Viserys hadn't stepped in to turn the tide, the White Walkers would have nearly wiped out Westeros and destroyed the entire kingdom.

Even though that war was a victory, it was only a temporary one. The Night King retreated to recuperate, but the power of the God of Cold still enveloped the entire north and continued to accumulate.

Meanwhile, Braavos, which is at the same latitude as the Neck Marsh, experienced several days of heavy snowfall, triggering a snow disaster.

Viserys briefly communicated with her god with Melisandre's help, and through the power of the Red God, he witnessed a game of chess between the gods.

Viserys also had a hard time defining what the Red God was, but he was certainly not a person; he was more like a will with its own consciousness.

However, this miraculous experience did not instill in Viserys awe of the gods. On the contrary, because it unveiled the mystery, he felt that the gods were not as terrifying as he had imagined. They even needed to rely on changes in the world order to consolidate their power.

Chapter 830 Several Months

Corhol is now the center of humanity's resistance against the White Walkers; humanity has never been so united and efficient.

Viserys knew perfectly well that the White Walkers would face great resistance in their southward advance, as it involved the War of the Gods. Just as the White Walkers had spent half a year consolidating their 'rule' in the north, they were essentially strengthening the foundation of the Cold God's power in the north before continuing their southward advance. It was precisely during that half a year that humanity had a chance to catch their breath, allowing the Targaryen reinforcements to arrive and humanity to fight back at the Green Fork. Otherwise, the White Walkers might have already reached King's Landing and even destroyed the entire Westeros if they had pressed on.

Therefore, with such restrictions in place, the White Walkers are currently unable to continue their southward expansion. The further south they go, the greater the resistance they will encounter, so they will inevitably begin to 'expand horizontally' towards the east or west.

However, the region corrupted and ravaged by the White Walkers is now in the central part of Essos, and to their east lies a massive mountain range that cuts across the entire continent. Therefore, the White Walkers only have one path left to break through: westward.

Next, Kohol, Norfols, Loras, Braavos, and even Andalus and Pentos will become dangerous. The Night King now has an ice dragon, and Viserys has lost the 'home advantage' on another unfamiliar continent. Therefore, he cannot use the powers of the Old Gods to search for the Night King's whereabouts on a large scale and then strike him precisely.

However, although Viserys knew perfectly well that the White Walkers' future direction would inevitably be westward, and that cities like Corho and Loras might be attacked by the Night King, he did not directly address this 'weakness' of the White Walkers. He knew that if he did, a large number of nobles and wealthy merchants would flee south, which would not help in this war for all mankind.

Even so, Viserys, as the supreme commander, still ordered these cities in the rear to speed up the production of war weapons, especially the giant crossbows which had a certain ability to restrain dragons, and to mine large quantities of dragon crystal from Dragonstone and transport them to important human cities such as Braavos and Pentos.

Weapons made of dragonglass are lethal against both the White Walkers and the army of the dead, while ordinary human swords are of little use. However, although Dragonstone has a large number of dragonglass mines, it is not enough to arm an army of hundreds of thousands.

Therefore, these dragon crystals are mainly used to forge some necessary weapons... such as crossbow bolts for giant crossbows, which would be ideal if they could kill that ice dragon.

Of course, this was just a hope; Viserys didn't pin all his hopes on winning the lottery.

However, the efficiency with which humanity has been fully engaged in the war machine during this period is truly astonishing, which is humanity's biggest advantage over the White Walkers.

In a short period of time, the human alliance armed all the major city-states with giant crossbows to the teeth. Thousands of giant crossbows were aimed at the sky day and night, and they were all on high alert at the slightest sign of trouble.

In this situation, Viserys felt that the Night King would not dare to easily ride an ice dragon and parachute into these major human cities as he had done when he conquered Iban.

Because the bolts used by these giant crossbows are all made of dragon crystal, they will be deadly to him and the ice dragon. Although the crossbows are not very reliable and the sky is pitch black and nothing can be seen, the human defense has the advantage of large quantity. It is estimated that no one can withstand the scene of thousands of arrows being fired at once.

All of humanity's fears stem from insufficient firepower.

As the supreme commander of the coalition forces, Viserys continuously issued orders to the outside world from the coalition headquarters in Kohol over the next few months, employing a strategy of 'defense first, then offense'.

He first turned all the major cities in the human world into impregnable fortresses, then all the human soldiers from all over the world gathered in Kohor, and only then did the human coalition begin to advance towards the 'lost territory'.

Call ~

A colossal black dragon weaved through the clouds in the sky, its low roar carrying far into the darkness.

Viserys was riding on the back of Belerien, wearing Valyrian steel armor, his long silver-gold hair flowing in the wind, holding a dragon spear, and squinting as he gazed into the distance.

The bond between Viserys and Bellerion, who fought side by side, was already extremely deep. However, Viserys was still somewhat uneasy when he recalled the nightmare he had a few months ago.

"Ho-"

Bellerion seemed to sense Viserys's thoughts and let out another low growl.

"rest assured..."

Bellerion's low growl brought Viserys back to his senses. He then gently patted the scales on the black dragon's back and spoke softly with certainty.

"I will not let you die no matter what."

Viserys did not believe in fate.

If he believed in fate, he would have died when he fought young Drogo. That was the real crisis, a time of impending doom, a time when there was no way to escape but to fight it head-on, and if he couldn't withstand it, he would die.

The current crisis is nothing compared to what happened back then.

However, if Viserys hadn't used his trap to burn young Drogo to death, perhaps the trajectory of this world would have been altered. The Red Comet wouldn't have streaked across the sky so many years earlier, nor would it have fallen. Perhaps the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' would still be playing out today?

Daenerys would have taken up the mantle and become the 'Mother of Dragons,' and Rhaenys' fate was indeed changed from the moment he pulled her onto the carriage. Perhaps the world wouldn't have fallen into such a state, there would have been no Long Night, and no second invasion of the White Walkers.

Most importantly, the absence of this overpowered character has caused many who should have shone in the original Trails series to become overshadowed, such as Robb Stark, who is currently on an expedition to Essos, and Jon Snow, who has joined the Night's Watch, etc.

Call ~

Then a colossal dragon, blotting out the sky, swooped down from the heavens, snowflakes falling from above. Snow fell throughout the entire occupied area, and even ordinary people without the Eye of God could sense that this was the territory of the God of Cold.

The commotion caused by the dragon descending from the sky caused a stir in the forest. Countless ghouls surrounded it and let out sharp howls. In the Kohor Forest, a group of refugees and several defeated soldiers were nervously forming a circle. Among the refugees, a mother and child couldn't help but hug each other tightly, tears streaming down their faces.

They had just thought they were doomed, but unexpectedly, a huge thing fell from the sky and attracted the attention of these dead people.

Bellerion landed on the ground and looked at the group of walking corpses that had surrounded him. Without hesitation, he raised his head high and unleashed a torrent of dragonfire that burned them all to ashes.

Chapter 831 Ten Months of Pregnancy

After the initial months of defense, humanity turned to offensive action, advancing into the occupied territories to reclaim lost land.

The main force of the allied forces set out from Kohor, crossed the vast Kohor Forest, and gradually captured and recaptured some towns.

"Roar roar roar~"

The Dothraki charged ahead, storming into an abandoned town of the Kingdom of Salor.

The ghouls here were in a daze, but they were startled and charged towards them with howls.

These steppe knights naturally had their own methods for dealing with the 'experts' of the Salor Kingdom.

The once glorious Kingdom of Salor ruled the Sal River basin, with three lakes of silver sea and fifty city-states guarding its capital. However, this magnificent civilization, which lasted for two thousand years, was almost destroyed by the Dothraki.

These Salor were no match for the Dothraki in life, and they were no better after death.

"Roar roar roar~"

So they charged into the town with howls, wielding flaming scimitars and hacking the ghouls to the ground one by one, then watched helplessly as the monsters howled and died in the flames.

Burning flames on weapons is a common trick used by red-robed monks when they travel to preach. Although these methods were used to bluff people in the past and the flame enchantment was actually useless, it is now very useful for dealing with ordinary ghouls.

The coalition's main base is now in Kohor, which has been filled with red-robed monks since the Red Cult coup. Therefore, these are spells cast by the red-robed monks who accompanied the army on the expedition.

However, the Dothraki originally strongly opposed this kind of witchcraft, believing it to be a curse from a demon.

But now, facing a crisis, all of humanity has united. Although the Dothraki are reckless, they are not mentally deficient. They know that continuing to cause destruction at this time is doomed to certain death.

Moreover, their khao accepted it, so they had no choice but to obey. But now it seems that these methods are indeed quite effective.

What is his current condition?

Viserys did not ride a dragon but instead rode a warhorse along with the army.

He glanced at Mengo, who was wearing a mask not far away but was actually Drogo's corpse, then turned around and asked.

As one of the three Dothraki priests, the one who actually controls Drogo's body, and the one who once represented the Dothraki at the meeting in King's Landing, Quel'Thuzad has also arrived in Korhor. She has returned to the tribe and is advancing with the army.

"He was controlled by necromancy, and his soul was trapped inside the corpse."

When Kui Lizard heard about Viserys's problem, he didn't hide anything and spoke directly.

“When we found him, his soul had not left his body. I don’t know if this has anything to do with the Dothraki legends. He seemed to refuse to enter the ‘Land of the Night’.”

The land of night is a Dothraki legend. They believe that warriors who die become stars in the sky, and that the Holy Horse will come to take away their souls. But Drogo's soul did not leave his body; it remained where it was.