Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

On the other side, the Deep Ones acquired a warship. Dr. Marwyn, Vice Dean Melisandre, and other Valyrian Empire personnel boarded the warship. The only White Walker captured by humans so far was still imprisoned in a dragonglass cage, then chained to the bottom of the ship and sunk in the sea. The Deep Ones were responsible for escorting it, and it then sailed towards Pentos.

With the war in Braavos over, the nobles, wealthy merchants, and key-keeper families living there fled towards Pentos. Humanity had now formed a comprehensive alliance, and Pentos was a major human city second only to Braavos in importance. Whether these people then traveled to King's Landing, the capital of the Empire, the Kingdom of the Three Daughters, or Valantis is another story.

Now, Dr. Marwin, draped in a dark cloak, stood at the bow of the ship, watching the ice dragon constantly circling under the night sky of the 'Secret City,' occasionally swooping down to spew icy blue dragon flames, before closing his eyes with a slight pain.

"If His Majesty the Emperor were here, that would be wonderful."

Dr. Marwyn is among the most skilled in magic among humans, at the very top of the pyramid, but he has no confidence in facing the Night King, after all, the other party has long transcended the realm of the mortal.

In the human world, the only person who can stop the Night King's advance is Viserys, and the Night King may also understand this. He suffered a loss at the hands of the dragon riders in the Battle of the Green Fork, so he seems to have always avoided a direct confrontation with Viserys. His masterpiece is the surprise attack on Braavos, which destroyed this city-state that is extremely important to mankind.

The last vestiges of Braavos' courage to resist have completely vanished. Even the Sea King has fled by ship, leaving the ordinary soldiers with even less reason to resist. Meanwhile, the Braavos monks and priests are tirelessly working throughout the war, persuading all the civilians to leave their homes and flee south.

The Moonsingers who had helped establish Braavos, the red priests of the Church of R'hllor, and the followers of the Many-Faced God all participated in it, making it a magnificent escape, second only to the Great Escape to the North in human history from 292 to 293 Aegon.

Even so, only a small number of Braavos' hundreds of thousands of inhabitants were able to escape. Most of them were too slow to react or simply couldn't outrun the surging horde of zombies. They were either pounced on and bitten to death by the ghouls, eventually becoming part of the horde, or they jumped into the sea, but after swimming only a short distance, they became exhausted and drowned, sinking to the bottom of the sea.

...

Braavos has fallen.

When the news reached the front lines, it caused a huge uproar.

"what?"

"How could this happen?"

The human alliance was advancing with overwhelming momentum, preparing to successively recapture the Kingdom of Everviron and Vis Dothraki, and finally, in coordination with the Braavos Invincible Fleet anchored at the Loras colony of Morothy, cross the sea to attack Iban, complete a normal battle, and eliminate all the White Walkers.

However, the Allied soldiers at the front never expected that the White Walkers would descend from the sky and build a teleportation array underground in Braavos, then teleport a vast horde of undead creatures directly to the city center of Braavos.

The news was confirmed by Viserys. Now the high command of the human alliance also knows about the glass candles. After all, they are now joining hands to save the fate of all mankind, so there is no need to hide it. The glass candles are indeed a very powerful strategic resource, but no one except the Valyrians can use them. Therefore, people from other city-states can only be envious.

The most important thing now is how the coalition should conduct itself: should it make a desperate move forward or retreat and put out the fire behind it first?

The question is actually quite simple: which is more important, the city of Vis Dothraki, the forests of the Kingdom of Everville, or the island of Iban, which has been turned into a dead zone, compared to the human alliance's rear bases of Braavos, Pentos, and King's Landing?

If you put these cities together, the answer will be obvious. The land now occupied by the White Walkers has been reduced to ruins. Even if it is reclaimed, it will not be of much use. It will take at least ten, twenty years or even longer to restore it to its original state.

But Braavos has already been destroyed, so let's leave that aside for now. Pentos, Norfos, and other places are at least currently thriving cities with large populations and strong productivity.

If these places fall, humanity's backbone will be broken, and even if we wanted to organize resistance, we would probably be powerless.

Therefore, the entire army naturally understood what to do when everyone was in agreement. However, it was easy to talk rationally, as everyone could distinguish right from wrong. The difficulty lay in the fact that rational minds are easily influenced by emotions. After all, they couldn't reclaim their homeland, which was right in front of them. Moreover, these nations and peoples that had been wiped out by the Others had paid a heavy price for all of humanity.

A fierce dispute erupted once again within the allied forces, and there were even signs that they might part ways.

The Dothraki, who had contributed greatly to this war, most desired to reclaim Mount Virgin and the holy city of Vis Dothraki as soon as possible. This was something that even Mengo Khal, the uncrowned king of the Dothraki, could not stop. It was the sentiment of the entire nation. Therefore, Quetzalcoatl expressed her apologies to Viserys, but she still did not forget to persuade Viserys to go east.

"To go north, you must go south; to reach the west, you must go east; to go forward, you must go backward; to get to the light, you must go through the shadows."

"His Majesty."

"Asha will be at the heart of the problem."

Kui Lizard suggested that Viserys go to Assassin, believing that the East held the opportunity to end the long night and save the fate of the entire world.

This wasn't the first time that Kui Lizard had invited Viserys to Assassin, but he really didn't have the time to go there now, so he could only nod to indicate that he understood.

However, it was at this critical juncture that a messenger claiming to be from the Golden Heavenly Dynasty of the Eastern Barbarian Lands came to visit Viserys.

Chapter 853 Mission

Although they were envoys from the Golden Heavenly Dynasty, they were actually a large, ragtag army of several thousand men, dressed in all sorts of armor and carrying different weapons.

"An envoy from the Golden Celestial Dynasty?"

Viserys was slightly taken aback upon hearing the announcement, and even seemed a little confused, thinking he had misheard.

The Golden Dynasty was thousands of miles away from here. Although Viserys knew of the Golden Dynasty's great name, he never expected that they would send an envoy to pay homage to him.

As for how Xu Ying's situation evolved into this, it's a long story.

Since the explosion of Qarth, the Temple of Immortality could not withstand the massive energy fluctuations and thus exploded, killing all the immortals. Only Xu Ying escaped through the back door.

The Temple of Immortality is the core of the male wizards' faith. When the Temple of Immortality exploded and all the immortals were killed, the male wizards would naturally go mad.

Therefore, the wizards who now control Qarth have gone mad in their pursuit of Xu Ying and the entire delegation from the East, believing that this evil Easterner destroyed the Temple of Immortality and killed all the Immortals.

Xu Ying and the members of the Golden Dynasty's delegation were not fools. Although Xu Ying had a clear conscience and the explosion of the Immortal Palace had nothing to do with him, he was the only one who escaped from the explosion. Now he had no way to defend himself, so he had to escape first if he didn't want to be killed by the crazed male wizards.

Xu Ying and the members of the Golden Dynasty delegation hurriedly escaped to the ship before anyone could react to the explosion, and then fled Qarth by ship.

But the wizards, after regaining their senses, naturally did not let them go, so they sent their best men to hunt them down. However, just as this farce was unfolding inside and outside the city, problems arose within Qarth itself.

The reason is that since the return of the magical tide, the wizards gradually regained their lost power, and then reached their peak after the Long Night, completely seizing all the power in Qarth and suppressing forces including the Thirteen Giants, the Spice Guild, and the Tourmaline Brotherhood.

These forces, having lost power, were naturally resentful, but powerless to resist the sorcerers' curses, they could only swallow their anger.

However, at that moment, the Temple of Immortality suddenly exploded, killing all the powerful immortals. The only remaining male wizards, apart from the one in charge, Paiya Puli, were just some minor minions.

Therefore, in the first few days, forces such as the Thirteen Giants, the Spice Ancient Guild, and the Tourmaline Brotherhood were able to patiently observe for a few days. However, when they discovered that the remaining male wizards were just some weaklings, these forces began their counterattack.

They organized a group of people to kill the wizards in the streets, attacked their settlements, and even the royal family residing in the Thousand Seats of Qarth personally joined the hunt for these wizards.

This is enough to show how much anger and resentment the wizards had incurred during their year-long rule over Qarth. Therefore, now that the banner of the wizards has fallen, many people have jumped out to criticize them.

The wizards encountered a counterattack from Qarth's local forces, and were forced to temporarily slow down their pursuit of Xu Ying and the others, focusing all their attention on internal problems.

Now that the magical tide has reached its climax, although the male wizards have suffered a major blow, they still possess considerable strength and have not been killed outright. Therefore, under the leadership of Paiya Boli, they have engaged in a long stalemate and internal strife with these forces.

This allowed the Golden Dynasty's delegation to escape the male witches' pursuit and continue their westward journey.

As they traveled, they gathered intelligence and learned that Viserys was now in Corhol. Overjoyed, they realized that the journey to Corhol and King's Landing had been shortened by more than half. Therefore, they changed their plans and headed straight for Slaver's Bay instead of King's Landing.

The delegation then landed in Meereen, the northernmost point of Slaver's Bay, where they were warmly welcomed by the local lords.

Slaver Bay is an open business, where money talks and they do business with anyone. Even the Dothraki are their main source of 'stolen goods', so they naturally welcome visiting envoys.

When the great lords of Meereen heard the purpose of the Golden Dynasty delegation's visit and learned that their destination was Kohor, they did not make things difficult for them. In fact, the three city-states of Slave Bay—Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor—in the human alliance also contributed their strength by sending many slaves to participate in the war. Although these slave soldiers were not enough to fight on the battlefield, they were still capable of doing hard labor such as transporting supplies in the rear.

The great and benevolent owners of Slave Bay were not generous or had a conscience. Although these slaves were their property, food was now more valuable, and keeping these people would cost money, even more than their intrinsic value. Killing them would be a waste, so they simply gave them all to the Allied forces.

Ultimately, for the great and benevolent lords of Slaver's Bay, humanity was just a business. In a sense, the Night King's view of humanity was perhaps similar to that of these slave owners.

The great lords of Meereen funded Xu Ying and the mission's caravan, and later also provided them with a slave guard of five hundred men, because the land was still more dangerous than the sea, especially for small groups like theirs, as hungry people would target them.

However, although the great leaders provided financial assistance to the army, they did not provide much food, only enough for about seven days. Xu Ying even felt that it was more likely that these great leaders would abandon them.

However, he accepted the gifts from the Great Lords, who also provided him with a translator fluent in both the language of the Golden Kingdom and Valyrian.

Xu Ying had learned a lot of foreign languages ​​during his long journey of nearly a year, but he was not proficient and could only communicate with them with difficulty. Therefore, having a translator was of great help to him.

Then this former scout captain of the fifth rank of the Heavenly Dynasty picked up his old profession again. Leading troops into battle was what he was really good at. He was only going to the diplomatic mission because he was terrified. So he led his five hundred emaciated slave soldiers on the journey.

During this time, he experienced some hardships and moments of crisis, and participated in several wars, some of which were against the White Walkers, but most of them were against other humans.

Xu Ying led his soldiers to fight and learn on this unfamiliar land, gradually understanding what they had encountered. Along the way, they gathered some refugees and defeated soldiers, and when they finally found Viserys, their numbers had multiplied several times, reaching a scale of three thousand.

"This person... is quite talented."

Viserys was even somewhat surprised when he heard about these things.

Chapter 854 Bu Gai's Handwritten Letter

Xu Ying was also somewhat excited when she met Viserys.

He had spent a year at sea to complete the mission entrusted to him by the emperor: to travel to the Western Regions and meet the legendary emperor who founded the Valyrian Empire.

Although Xu Ying had never met Viserys before, he had already heard of him along the way. He was hailed as the leader of humanity's resistance against the White Walkers and carried the hopes of everyone. Therefore, Xu Ying had a preconceived notion about him.

He felt that Viserys should be a mature, steady, broad-shouldered, and resolute emperor, so that he could shoulder the hopes of mankind. He should have a white beard, an old but still strong physique, and hold a golden scepter that symbolizes power, and wherever his scepter points, his army will be invincible.

Oh, and he had heard that he had silver hair and purple eyes; it was said that people of noble Valyrian blood all had these physical characteristics.

However, when Xu Ying met Viserys, he was shocked. He never expected that this man, who was praised, worshipped, and even hailed as the last light and hope of all mankind by all Westerners, was actually a handsome young man under thirty.

He did indeed have long, silver-gold hair and pale purple eyes. However, when Viserys turned his gaze to him, Xu Ying felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. He had never been so nervous, not even when facing the monsters of the Gray Wasteland.

Because when he saw Viserys's cheek, he suddenly remembered a terrible fact.

"It's him!"

Xu Ying had seen him before!

It was right there in the illusion of the Temple of Immortality!

The silver-haired young man, sitting on the Iron Throne with his head bowed, seemed to be neither alive nor dead. Above his head, to the upper left, hung the head of a dead dragon.

"His Majesty!"

However, Xu Ying's heart was racing, but she took a deep breath to calm herself down and then bowed deeply in broken Valyrian, her voice full of regional accent.

"I come from the Golden Dynasty of the East. On behalf of Bu Gai, the seventeenth emperor of the Azure Dynasty, I extend my sincerest greetings to you."

Xu Ying's words sounded somewhat rigid or even comical, but given the language barrier, it was already quite remarkable that he had managed to get to this point.

Viserys listened to Xu Ying's awkward accent and looked at his familiar attire, paused for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.

"Speak in your language."

“I can understand it.”

"His Majesty?!"

Viserys' sudden switch to fluent Golden Celestial Chinese language startled Xu Ying, and everyone else in the tent was also taken aback. However, given Viserys's linguistic talent, it wasn't surprising.

It is no longer in doubt that this young emperor is a genius. Viserys himself is proficient in many languages ​​from different language families and can communicate freely with giants, children of the forest, Dothraki, and even Valyrian dialects. It is not surprising that he learned the language of the Golden Dynasty at some point.

Xu Ying was startled. The fact that the other party suddenly spoke his mother tongue was indeed unexpected. For a second, he even thought that the person in front of him was the male sorcerer Paiya Puli in disguise. Paiya Puli used to speak fluent Yi language and did not hold back when chasing them. Xu Ying almost died at the hands of the other party.

"Your Majesty, this is a personal letter from the Emperor."

Since they could communicate in the same language, there was no barrier to communication. Xu Ying felt much more relaxed and then handed over Emperor Bu Gai's personal letter.

Bu Gai's letter didn't contain any specific details. It was roughly about how the two great empires of the East and West should join hands to deal with the approaching long night. However, due to the barrier of the Skeleton Mountains, the interaction between the Eastern and Western civilizations was still in its initial stage. They were aware of each other's existence but had little contact.

Bu Gai wanted to promote exchanges between Eastern and Western civilizations, starting with the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Golden Heavenly Dynasty and the Valyrian Empire. Xu Ying was the envoy he sent, and he would stay in the West in the future. As an envoy of the Golden Heavenly Dynasty, Xu Ying had no idea that their emperor had cut off his escape route.

In his letter, Bu Gai also expressed his hope that the Empire would send an envoy to Yidu to promote friendly exchanges between civilizations, jointly overcome difficulties, and even invite Viserys himself.

In fact, Bu Gai's next words revealed his true intentions. His real purpose was not so-called exchange or mutual assistance, but to use external forces to enter Yidu and help him regain the power he had lost.

Because the imperial court is now weak and local forces are rising, General Bo Xiong and others have already declared themselves kings. The emperor's decrees do not extend beyond Yidu. Bu Gai has actually been driven to the brink of despair. Of course, Viserys is unaware of all this, but looking at this letter, he seems to be able to vaguely guess the writer's final madness. He has been holding back for who knows how long, wanting to take advantage of this god-given opportunity to fight back.