Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

The gates of the Red Keep are now open, the Royal Guard has laid down their arms and surrendered, and the rebels are gradually taking over the entire imperial palace.

The person responsible for opening the gates of the Red Keep was none other than the Black Worm. His hair was already gray, but his dark eyes were still as bright and piercing as they had been back then.

He led the Unsullied soldiers to open the gates of the Red Keep, then threw all their weapons and shields together, piling them into a small mountain, before staring intently at First Prince Heros Targaryen, who leaped down from the back of the dragon Terex.

It could be said that Black Bug watched Heros grow up.

Even watching his mother, Rhaenys Targaryen, grow from a naive young girl into a woman who eventually married Viserys and gave birth to his first son, the Black Worm, as the leader of the Royal Guard, faithfully fulfilled his duties and silently watched over all of this.

However, the children from back then have all grown up, each with their own ideals and careers, and have gone their separate ways. But Black Bug never expected that when he saw Heros again, it would be in such a situation.

Therefore, it's hard to say that Black Worm hates Heros. After all, they are all His Majesty's flesh and blood, children he watched grow up. They just accidentally went to extremes and went astray.

He hated the rebels who followed Heros in rebellion, as well as the sycophants who incited the prince to rebel.

Black Bug had his hands behind his back. Although he had thrown away his spear and shield, he still had a dagger tucked into his waistband.

He stared intently at the brown-haired young man in front of him who looked remarkably like Viserys, then remained silent for a moment before finally speaking in a cold voice.

"Your Highness."

Beside Heros, the giant prince Artis, who was over four meters tall and as tall as his father, the Giant King, was covered in heavy armor, with only his eyes showing. He took a step forward, and the earth trembled slightly.

"teacher."

He was afraid that the Black Worm might harm Horos, because the Giant Prince had grown up in the Red Keep and trained with the Black Worm and others, so he knew that the other party's martial arts skills were not low.

"Artis—"

However, Heros, who was standing in front of the black bug, merely raised his hand slightly, turned his head, and spoke.

"Uncle Black Bug will never hurt me."

Then Heros turned back to look at the black worm in front of him, and the many Unsullied who had followed him out, all of them familiar faces.

They had all laid down their weapons, obeyed Her Majesty the Queen's orders, and marched out of the Red Keep in a line to surrender.

"Uncle Black Bug, where is Mother?"

Heros looked at the scene before him, his eyes flickering slightly as he seemed to be lost in thought, perhaps with some emotion.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke to the black bug and asked.

"Her Majesty the Queen is waiting for you in the throne room."

Black Bug listened to Heros's words without any change in expression, only his gaze softened slightly, and he paused before speaking.

They look so alike...

Courage, boldness, manner of doing things, decisiveness, methods, etc...

Viserys' eldest son looks just like him.

Black Bug turned to look at Heros, who had heard his words and strode confidently into the Red Keep without hesitation, seemingly unconcerned about any ambush inside. He then sighed slightly.

Inside the Red Keep, the gates were wide open, and all the royal guards lined up to throw down their weapons and surrender. The Red Keep was deserted; it seemed that all the servants, gardeners, grooms, and so on had been cleared out beforehand.

But Heros paid no attention to this and walked straight through the garden toward the throne room.

At the same time, he was slowly thinking about what he should say to his mother when he saw her.

Will the Empress Dowager get angry and reprimand me?

Will she still cry and whine?

Or perhaps they are indifferent and disown their son?

However, all his thoughts vanished the moment Heros pushed open the doors to the throne room and stepped inside.

At the same time, his heart sank slightly.

The brown-haired young man stood quietly in a silent hall. The empty Iron Throne stood at the end of the steps, and beams of sunlight shone down from above, illuminating the dust and forming pillars of light.

Where is Arianne in the throne room?

Only the crown left behind by Viserys sat quietly on the Iron Throne, seemingly waiting for Heros to come forward and take it.

Chapter 1009 Refusal to Meet

The throne room was deserted and eerily quiet.

Just as Xu Ying foresaw in the Hall of Immortality, the only difference was that the ceiling of the throne room was not blasted open by catapults.

The prophetic wheel of fate was broken when Arianne decided to open the gates of the Red Keep, so Xu Ying was indeed the key piece that would greatly influence the future situation.

Although none of the prophecies he saw in the Temple of Immortality have come true so far, this may well be part of fate.

However, Heros was unaware of the prophecy's contents and had never even heard of it.

The brown-haired young man stood quietly by the entrance to the throne room, looking at everything that was both familiar and strange—every corner, every pillar, every mural. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

His gaze then finally fell upon the end of the throne room steps in the distance, where a menacing iron throne stood, and a crown rested quietly upon it.

This was something he had always dreamed of, and now it was so close yet so far.

If he were to walk up now, remove that crown and place it on his head, and then sit on the iron throne left by his father, he could become the second emperor of the empire, Herod Targaryen I.

Looking at the throne and crown in the distance, Heros felt more nervous than ever before, even more so than three years ago when he was fighting the plague in the Riverlands and burning the bodies of those who had died from the plague.

Because he knew that among those mountains of corpses, there were countless people who still had their last breath.

Although they might leave this world tomorrow or the day after, the towering flames illuminated his cheeks, and the scattered screams carried by the wind still pierced his heart deeply.

Heros could now feel his heart pounding faster, a complex mix of tension, joy, and many other emotions.

Then, a gentle breeze rustled the fallen leaves outside the throne room, and the young man standing by the door took his first step, walking deeper into the throne room.

The throne room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; only the soft rustling of Heros's footsteps echoed.

He climbed the steps one by one until he reached the Iron Throne, then reached out his hand, wanting to pick up the Valyrian steel crown that rested quietly on the Iron Throne.

And the ruby ​​in this crown is radiating a glow.

Then, just as Heros's fingers were about to touch the crown, they paused slightly in mid-air, just like Xu Ying's action in the Temple of Immortality.

However, unlike Xu Ying, who sensed great danger and stopped in time, Heros only hesitated for a moment before picking up the crown.

"This is the crown left by my father."

Heros picked up the crown, which was made entirely of Valyrian steel, and stood before the Iron Throne, examining it carefully in the sunlight streaming through the windows above the palace walls.

It is said that this crown was forged by the father from a Valyrian steel dagger, mixed with other precious metals, and the ruby ​​set in it is also an extremely precious material.

He had heard his mother mention this crown before. Wearing it on his head would make him feel warm all over, and it might have the effect of warding off illness and cold. At least his mother had worn this crown for so many years and it seemed that she had never been sick.

Should I wear it?

There seemed to be a voice deep within Heros's heart, perhaps his own desire.

And this voice is constantly urging Heros... to put on the crown that rightfully belongs to you, to sit in the seat your father left you, and to have the court officials and nobles from all over come to pay homage.

However, after standing before the Iron Throne and carefully examining the crown he had longed for for a long time, Heros actually placed the crown back on the Iron Throne once again.

Because Heros knew very well what he truly wanted.

There is no doubt that this eldest prince of the Targaryen family is a smart man. He also knows that now is not the best time to put on the crown. So, just like Xu Ying in the prophecy, he restrained his inner desires and overcame them.

"One day I will wear it with dignity and sit in this position."

Heros placed the crown back on the Iron Throne, silently thinking to himself.

Then, without looking back, he turned and left. Only the Valyrian steel crown remained quietly on the Iron Throne, its ruby ​​shining faintly.

However, after leaving the throne room, Heros did not rush to leave the Red Keep. Instead, he went straight to the inner palace of the Red Keep, the place where he had grown up, the Targaryen royal family's bedroom, Maegor Tower.

He knew that Queen Arianne, who was not in the throne room, must be in the Megalo Tower at that moment.

Heros then easily crossed the bridge over the dry moat of the Maegor Keep and arrived directly in front of Maegor. Heros could find his way around the Red Keep with his eyes closed, because he knew this place very well.

In front of the Maeger Tower, most of the soldiers, maids, gardeners and others from the Red Keep had already left, but as expected, some people were still there.

The one who stopped Herros was a tall female knight. She wore a white cloak and white armor without any family crests, and a longsword hung at her waist. Her face was ugly, and her pale yellow hair fluttered in the wind. She was Brienne Tarth, one of the members of the Kingsguard.

She seemed to have known all along that Heros would come to Meg Tower, and she had been waiting quietly there for a long time.

"Your Highness, please stop."

Brienne of Tarth, with one hand on the hilt of her sword, stood in front of Herlos Targaryen and spoke calmly.

"Sir Brienne".

"I want to see my mother."

However, Heros frowned slightly when he saw Brienne blocking his way.

But he still patiently explained his purpose.

"But the Queen does not wish to see you, Your Highness."

Brienne stood in front of Heros, looked at the brown-haired youth in front of her, shook her head slightly, and spoke.

Brienne knew that the Crown Prince was an exceptional swordsman and that she might not be able to stop him, but she still made that statement. Brienne paused for a moment and then continued.

"The Queen already knew you were coming here, although she doesn't want to see you right now."

"But she has something to give you."

"what?"

When Heros saw what his mother had given him, his expression faltered slightly.

Chapter 1010 Arrangement

After being rebuffed when he tried to see Arianne at the Magorium, Heros left the gardens of the Red Keep with the things Arianne had given him, and pondered for a moment.

He did not leave the Red Fort immediately, nor did he hastily declare his victory.

For Heros, this victory was already firmly in his grasp. As long as the throne remained under his control, it would be virtually impossible for his opponents to turn the tide.

The capital city of a country is of extraordinary significance to that country.

If a civil war breaks out in King's Landing, it would mean that the monarchy of that country has been subjected to the most serious challenge.

This is why Heros instructed Oberyn not to launch a direct attack on the Red Keep, and why he had meticulously planned for this day for many years, all to ensure a peaceful transfer of power rather than a battle in King's Landing.