Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

"Ho..."

The black dragon already had an injured hind leg, and then it fell from the sky, crashing into a maze. In pain, it let out a painful howl.

Meanwhile, the ice dragon that had fallen from the sky while fighting alongside it, and the White Walker king on its back, did not land on the ground. Instead, with a loud bang, they created towering waves and plunged headlong into the icy sea.

"Belle Rien!"

Viserys, riding on the dragon's back, fell from the sky along with Belerien. He was not seriously injured, but he was covered in dust after crashing into the ancient labyrinth.

He could clearly feel the pain and grievance transmitted through telepathy. Viserys felt a pang of sympathy and jumped off the dragon's back to stroke Belerion's head.

Bellerion rarely suffers such severe injuries. The last time was in the Valyrian ruins, when they landed near the Sea of ​​Sighs and rested for a full half-month.

Where is the Night King?

"Will he drown if he falls into the sea?"

After calming Bellerion down, Viserys turned and looked out at the distant sea.

The shockwave from Baelorion's fall and subsequent destruction of the labyrinth had not yet dissipated. Viserys had just witnessed the Night King and his ice dragon plunge into the sea. He wished the Night King would drown, but that was just wishful thinking. Even ordinary White Walkers wouldn't drown, let alone the leader of the White Walkers.

However, just as Viserys was pondering, a thin layer of ice, like a gray mist, suddenly appeared where the Night King and the ice dragon had fallen into the sea. Then, the next second, the Night King rode the ice dragon and broke through the water from beneath the sea, flying directly into the sky.

"Roar--"

Enemies meeting are bound to be filled with hatred. Belerien, who was lying on the ground licking his wounds, sensed the aura of the ice dragon reappear. He immediately raised his head, his scarlet eyes filled with killing intent, and let out a low roar.

Bellerion did not believe it had lost the battle just now. It flapped its huge wings and raised its long neck high, as if it wanted to fight its opponent again.

However, the Night King and the ice dragon did not seem to have any intention of continuing the fight with Balerion.

They certainly saw that Bellerion was injured, and his scarlet dragon blood was still flowing out, staining the ground beneath the black dragon red in just a short while.

But whether it was because the ice dragon was more seriously injured or for some other reason, a large chunk of flesh was torn off the spot where the ice dragon had just been bitten by Bellerion, and its neck was almost severed.

The Night King rode on the back of an ice dragon, his head adorned with the ice crown that had been restored to its original state after many years, and an ancient stone sword slung across his back. He looked down coldly at Viserys standing on the ground and the wounded black dragon beside him, the icy blue flames in his eyes flickering slightly, his thoughts unknown.

Then, disregarding the fact that his army of wights was fiercely attacking Loras, the Night King controlled the ice dragon beneath him and flew towards the dark, trembling sea in the distance, north of Loras.

"he's gone."

Viserys stood on the ground, with the black dragon Belial beside him, his spear of the gods stuck in a crevice in the nearby rocks.

He saw the Night King ride away on an ice dragon and took two steps forward, seemingly intending to chase after him. He had finally caught sight of the Night King and didn't want to let him leave so easily.

However, at this moment, he thought of the nightmares he had had and the prophecy that Xu Ying had given him.

The young silver-haired dragon knight turned his head and glanced at the shocking wound on Bellerion's hind leg, from which blood was still flowing, and immediately abandoned the idea of ​​taking the risk.

Without these prophecies, he might have dared to ride the dragon alone and continue the pursuit to the ends of the earth. However, with these prophecies, Viserys dared not risk Belial's life.

"Let's leave it at that for now."

"We must not let him get away with this next time."

Viserys watched as the Night King, riding an ice dragon, gradually disappeared into the distance. He then removed the bracers from his armor and threw them to the ground. After flying for so long and fighting just now, Viserys felt deeply tired.

Chapter 860 The Labyrinth Builder

Shortly after the fall of Braavos, Loras was also attacked by the White Walkers, but compared to the heavy losses suffered by Braavos, Loras fared better.

Viserys, the leader of the human alliance, arrived in Loras in time on his dragon, intercepting the Night King and his ice dragons from the air and repelling them. This successfully relieved the pressure on the people and soldiers of Loras. The remaining fleet of Braavos also played a crucial role in this, constantly shuttling between Loras and the nearest land, transporting refugees and soldiers from the Loras beaches.

Therefore, although Loras ultimately fell to the undead army after facing a fierce attack, fortunately, most of the people of Loras survived this life-or-death battle and did not become part of the undead army.

They fled to a peninsula outside the Bay of Loras, and some of them headed straight for Andalus on the Upper Loane River along the Valyrian Trail, while others traveled through the Norfos Mountains to Norfos, an inland city they considered safe.

Norfoss is surrounded by mountains on all sides, located in the center of the continuous Norfoss Range, making its geographical location extremely important and also possessing natural defenses.

Braavos and Loras were attacked and fell by the White Walkers one after another. Now, the terrified people of Loras feel that there is danger everywhere on the coast. No one knows when the White Walkers will emerge from the sea under the cover of night. The land is relatively safer.

The Braavos, however, held the opposite view from the Lorasians. They believed that the White Walkers all emerged from the ground, and thus lived in constant fear during their escape, lest the White Walkers suddenly burst forth from the earth before their very eyes.

Viserys rested on the Isle of Loras for a few days because of Balerion's injury. During this time, the White Walkers discovered him, but did not command their army of wights to attack the wounded dragon and the most powerful dragon rider of mankind.

Because they probably knew perfectly well that a siege against Viserys and the black dragon would be futile; Belerien wasn't actually injured in the wings and unable to fly away, but was simply resting here temporarily due to a hind leg injury.

The White Walkers watched from afar, not daring to approach, but the horde of corpses still formed a huge circle, surrounding Viserys and the black dragon, for reasons unknown, as if they were merely observing.

If it were anyone else who had never seen such a scene, they might have been terrified. However, Viserys didn't care that the ghouls were 'watching' from a distance. He went about his own business, and since they didn't make any moves, they just silently 'watched'.

Even when Viserys leaned against the dragon and closed his eyes to rest, they didn't move, as if they couldn't smell the presence of living people on Viserys and the black dragon.

This tacit understanding lasted for a few days. While helping Bellerion recover from his injury, Viserys also took a stroll around Lorason Island, the second largest island in Loras.

This is a renowned ancient site, though it is not listed as one of the nine wonders of the world. This is because it cannot be confirmed that the labyrinths on Lorason Island, as well as other Loras Islands, were built by humans. The labyrinth on Lorason Island is the largest, covering three-quarters of the land.

Legend has it that the people who built these ancient and mysterious structures were a race from a distant past. Judging from the corpses found in the labyrinth, their bones were enormous, much larger than human bones. Therefore, some people speculate that these 'labyrinth builders' were descendants of humans and giantesses, but there is no evidence. Later, these 'labyrinth builders' also perished.

In the legends of the Loras, the 'Labyrinth Builders' were destroyed by marine creatures, such as mermaids, sealmen, and walrus people. As for whether the Labyrinth Builders were related to the Weavers, or whether the Deep Ones were the ones who destroyed them, these questions remain unanswered.

Therefore, Viserys took advantage of his time recuperating in Bellerion to wander around this famous ancient labyrinth.

This labyrinth on Rorazon Island is entirely constructed from carved megaliths, which is why it has withstood countless storms and remains standing for so long.

However, today a portion of it was damaged by Bellerion falling from the sky, but the damage caused by Bellerion is negligible compared to the entire labyrinth.

Historically, this labyrinth was also attacked once when the 'Great Man' Korlong led the Andal army to attack Norfoss. Norfoss appealed to the Valyrians for help, but the Andal army was completely annihilated. The Valyrian Dragon King then rode his dragon to the Loras Islands and sprayed dragonfire, turning Korlong's fortress at the center of the labyrinth on Lorason Island into scorched earth.

Because of its long history, the labyrinth may not look quite the same as it did back then. Traces of dragonfire can still be seen on some of the stone carvings in Viserys.

However, although the maze was full of traps, it did not pose a significant obstacle to Viserys, who possessed a power similar to 'divine consciousness'.

After spending some time and wandering around, Viserys arrived at the center of the labyrinth, the site where the 'great man' Korlong once built his fortress. However, now only ruins remained, and there was no trace of the fortress that had once stood there.

"typical?"

However, shortly after Viserys arrived, he unexpectedly discovered a tunnel here.

Legend has it that the labyrinth on Lorasorn Island does indeed have a four-level underground structure, but few people have actually seen it, and even fewer know what lies beneath. Viserys had only heard that the labyrinth on Lorasorn Island had an underground structure, but he also didn't know what lay beneath.

"Since we're already here, let's take a look."

Viserys raised an eyebrow as he looked at the deep tunnel, then thought to himself, "I'm just killing time anyway, and I'm confident in my abilities." So he lit a torch and headed deeper into the tunnel.

The labyrinth's tunnels were extremely spacious, and indeed, as the legend says, this was likely a place built by giants. Viserys, who was so tall, seemed to stand alone in them. The tunnel ceilings were even three or four meters high, enough for an adult male giant to walk upright.

Viserys' subsequent journey to the second underground level, where he saw the giant humanoid skeletons scattered along the edge of the tunnel, indeed confirmed this.

"Was there once a lost civilization of giants here?"

For some reason, Viserys suddenly thought of the Children of the Forest and the Wood Men of Iverville. The Wood Men's representative had mentioned that they were distant relatives of the Children of the Forest in Westeros.

Could this extinct giant civilization before us be related to the giant race on Westeros?

Viserys couldn't help but think this as he looked at the bones of all sizes on the ground.

Chapter 861 Underground Murals

Viserys then did not linger on the second underground level of Lorasorn Island, but continued deeper underground.

The foundations of the ancient labyrinth on Lorasorn Island are also made of black megaliths, similar to the structures built by the Valyrian Dragon King. Many ancient buildings in the world have used this magical black stone.

Dr. Corleone, a historian of the Citadel, believed that the base of the towering tower on the Isle of Conquest in Oldtown was as complex as a maze and was also built of black stone, which might be related to the maze builder of Lorasorn Isle. Of course, this is just speculation and there is no concrete evidence.

The academic atmosphere in the academic city is quite open. Everyone can express their own ideas, and they can even record in a book how many times they have defecated or climbed stairs in their life.

Because the base of the Tower of Babel is similar to the black stone buildings constructed by the Valyrians, in addition to the theory that it is related to the builders of the labyrinth, some people claim that the Valyrians were the natives of the Reach.

They lived on this land long before the First Men arrived in Westeros. Later, they foresaw the danger, so they migrated as a whole to what is now the Valyrian Peninsula. The foundation of the Tower of Babel is a remnant of the Valyrians' original presence.

The academic community has offered a variety of speculations about these ancient buildings, but few people have actually come out to see them for themselves like Dr. Marwin.

Viserys continued his exploration of the underground labyrinth, torch in hand. On the third underground level of Lorasorn, he began to experience some unsettling sensations.

"This feeling..."

The silver-haired young man holding the torch frowned slightly, feeling as if a pair of eyes were secretly watching him. At the same time, he felt a chill, something he hadn't felt in a long time.

Besides these uncomfortable feelings, the number of huge humanoid skeletons on the ground gradually increased. However, what intrigued Viserys was that, apart from obvious signs of human disturbance, most of these skeletons were facing one direction: deeper into the cave.

Viserys also found traces of explorers among these ancient skeletons.

They were clearly different from the corpses left behind by the labyrinth builders. Although they had also turned into skeletons, they could be seen to be of normal human build, and they also had some weapons that did not belong to that era.

"They were the later explorers."

Why did they die here?

Viserys, holding a torch, crouched down to examine the human remains.

He could tell that these people were explorers of the underground labyrinth, but Viserys saw no signs of battle on them. Yet these labyrinth explorers from an unknown era died peacefully deep underground.

Viserys could not determine the cause of their deaths from their remains.

He didn't know if it was because of the deaths of these people that Lorason Island, the second largest island in the city-state of Loras, had remained unexplored for so many years, and even the island's inhabitants were few and far between, and now they were all dead.

"Let's keep looking inside."

After examining their remains, the silver-haired youth held up his torch and gazed into the darkness, his eyes slightly narrowed, a complex mix of emotions stirring within him.

But these horrific sights did not stop Viserys from continuing his exploration.

After all, there were very few things in this world that could threaten him anymore. Viserys then stood up and continued walking deeper into the underground.

The underground labyrinth of Lorasorn Island has a fourth level, and when Viserys arrived here, he had reached the bottom level of the entire labyrinth.

The darkness here seemed even purer, and Viserys' torch swayed slightly in the complete absence of wind.

Call ~

The light from the torches seemed to be absorbed by something, becoming much dimmer and only illuminating a small area around Viserys, while the rest was completely immersed in deep darkness.

Viserys glanced at the torch in his hand, but showed no fear. If it were anyone else in such a place filled with corpses and an eerie atmosphere, they might have already fled in terror, but Viserys remained calm.

Holding a torch, he slowly made his way into the darkness. In the underground world of Lorasun Island, there were even more skeletons on the fourth level. They were piled up densely and covered the entire ground, all facing the same direction. It seemed that they were performing some kind of sacrifice or worship before they died, and then something suddenly happened, and they all died without any resistance.

But this is quite different from the legend that people speculated that mermaids, sealmen, walrus people, or even deep-sea creatures destroyed the labyrinth builders.

"They died without any fighting."

"why?"

The bodies of these labyrinth builders are similar to those of the human explorers on the third level outside, with intact skeletons and few signs of battle. If a battle had truly taken place, it would be impossible for so many bodies to remain intact, with pieces clustered together.