Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Meanwhile, the gods who had returned to their original world were stunned by what they saw. Diana and Heros were also stunned.

Above them were towering black tree branches that blotted out the sky and were rooted in the earth, forming a giant 'shell' that gave them the illusion of being back in the long night.

"Could this be...?"

Meanwhile, their rapidly recovering divine power and the familiar yet unfamiliar environment made them vaguely guess what was going on, and a strong sense of unease arose in their hearts.

"Yes."

"We're back."

Just then, Viserys' voice rang out behind the two of them.

"Father."

Upon hearing their father's voice, Diana and Holos quickly turned around.

Then they saw Viserys standing not far from them, his hand resting on the rubble, a hint of sadness on his face.

Viserys returned before them, after the Old Gods sacrificed themselves and gave all their power to Viserys, and then he returned to the world he originally belonged to.

Meanwhile, the other gods, including the 'Calamity' Kramdi, who disrupted the order of spacetime, have been driven back here. It is unknown where the calamity has fled to, but it is certain that it will not easily show itself again.

"Are we back already?"

"Father, what... happened here?"

Upon hearing this, Diana and Holos's tension suddenly turned into a sharp one, and they quickly asked.

"Could it be..."

Today, the entire world is filled with signs of decay.

Back in their original world, their divine power was rapidly recovering, and their divine sense quickly spread in all directions.

However, the wider the coverage, the more depressed they became.

Because in the perception of the gods, the entire world had fallen into complete silence, just like the land beneath their feet, where all life had been extinguished and drained by the black branches.

Needless to say, not only humans, but even animals—birds in the sky and insects in the ground—have all vanished without a trace.

No wonder the whole world was plunged into such an unprecedented silence, with only the faint sound of the wind making them aware of their own existence.

"Highgarden once stood beneath our feet."

And so the world has become like this, and the former city-states, families, and empires have all disappeared.

With Gaoting reduced to ruins, the Queen Mother, her brother Yin Meng, and his sons, daughters, and grandsons naturally vanished as well.

Viserys' words brought tears to Diana's eyes, while Heros felt a sharp pain in his heart.

"Everyone is dead?"

They could not accept this outcome.

They went through countless hardships and spent decades traveling through time from eight thousand years ago to finally return here, only to find the world ravaged and devastated.

"Father, is the whole world... just us now?"

Then, the middle-aged woman with pale hair asked her father again, unwilling to accept the situation.

"That's probably it."

Meanwhile, her younger brother also frowned, then took a deep breath and spoke in a suppressed voice.

"Mother..."

Heros is somewhat indifferent to emotions, but the current situation has also made him sad and angry.

After all, if all life in this world were to perish, then their long period of suffering would be like being imprisoned.

"It's not time to despair yet."

However, just as Diana and her brother Holos were feeling somewhat disheartened, their father suddenly spoke up.

"Now that we're back, we must stop and defeat it..."

Viserys' voice was low, and within that low was an almost barely suppressed rage. His son and daughter could hear the anger in his voice, like a volcano about to erupt.

He has every reason to be angry.

After all, he had left behind too many memories and recollections in this world: familiar people, familiar cities and street corners, as well as prosperity and hope.

They survived several catastrophic disasters, but all their efforts were wiped out in this catastrophe. In fact, for many people in this era, the only dream was to survive.

"Now it's just us left, and we can only rely on ourselves."

“We depend on people’s faith for sustenance, and it’s time to do something for them.”

Viserys spoke, and his words made Diana and Herros stiffen slightly, involuntarily straightening their backs.

This is an unprecedented mission and responsibility. Before returning to this time and space, they never imagined that one day all the hopes of the world would rest on their shoulders.

“But Father, even if we defeat the corrupted Old Gods, we still can’t bring all the dead back to life.”

Viserys' eldest son, Heros, who was always intelligent, frowned and spoke up.

In the past, the gods did indeed possess the ability to bring the dead back to life, but to exert such an ability, one needed both a soul and a living body; neither could be lacking.

Now the whole world is in ruins, quieter than ever before, all living things have perished, where can they find a living body?

Moreover, to prevent them from stopping and interfering, the gods were exiled by the Old Gods to a time eight thousand years ago, and it took them decades to return.

No one knows how much time has passed here, but the world is clear and empty. Apart from the remnants of certain deities that can be sensed, there are no other living beings with souls left, including their mother and younger brother Yin Meng.

To have one's soul scattered is utter death; even if they defeat the Old Gods, how can they undo it?

"The Old Gods wield the Wheel of Time and can roam the river of time."

"Theoretically speaking, it is impossible to kill."

Viserys had also calmed down and composed himself. He answered his eldest son's question, while Diana and Herros listened attentively.

"But curses can."

Viserys then raised his wrist, revealing the dense, faint black lines on his skin beneath.

They were rooted beneath his divine body, like maggots clinging to his bones, and even after traveling through time to before his birth, they could not escape.

"Father, you..."

Meanwhile, Heros and Diana, who witnessed this scene, stared wide-eyed.

This is a secret that Viserys has been keeping hidden.

They never imagined that their father, like the Red God Rahlo and the Old Gods, was also corrupted by the curse.

Chapter 1155

They had already witnessed what it meant to be cursed.

Rahlo, the Red Goddess and King of the Gods, was tortured beyond recognition. However, she was merely a pawn of the Old Gods. In the end, the Old Gods absorbed her power to complete their final accumulation to devour the entire world.

Even though they were the masterminds behind the millennia-long war between the gods, the Old Gods were nothing more than slaves driven by curses.

Throughout history, it seems that none of the gods who have been cursed have met a good end. The only successful case is the Eastern Heavenly Emperor mentioned by Kramdi, who claims to be their brother.

Now, their father has also been afflicted by a curse, and it seems that this has been going on for quite some time. How could this not shock and be hard for the siblings to accept?

"Father, you..."

The middle-aged woman with white hair was startled by the sight and quickly asked a question.

However, Viserys removed the marks of the curse on his wrist and let out a soft breath.

"At that time, the power of ice and fire was concentrated on me alone. Who wouldn't want to try it?"

Viserys' words silenced the two men. Indeed, faced with such a situation, few could resist the temptation to give it a try.

After all, Viserys didn't know that the fusion of ice and fire would create forbidden power. Taking that final step put him on the countdown, leaving him with only the choice between life and death.

“But I remember you saying, Father, that the Old Gods are now under the control of the curse.”

"Then can you use the curse within you to deal with him?"

Viserys was bound by black lines, which meant that his life was beginning its countdown.

His eldest daughter, Diana, was naturally heartbroken, while her brother, Heros, was more rational and composed than his sister.

He knew that now was not the time to consider these issues; even if his father was cursed, he had at least a thousand years to delay the inevitable.

But if the problem of the corrupted Old Gods cannot be solved right now, the whole world will be doomed, let alone the desire to save the people.

"I was just giving an example; I didn't actually intend to use curses against the Old Gods."

In contrast to his children's sadness, Viserys himself seemed quite indifferent; he was already happy that his children had inherited his will.

As Diana and Heros grow up, there is less and less I can do.

His strength alone could suppress either of them, and if Diana and Heros joined forces, probably no one in the world could defeat them, not even if the Lord of Light, R'hllor, were reborn.

With Diana and Heros, one representing yin and the other yang, one ice and the other fire, working together to protect him, Viserys believed the future would be brighter, and therefore he took a much more detached view of his own life and death.

This is also why he agreed to the Old God's conditions.

The Old Gods realized that Viserys was also cursed, so they demanded that if he were to successfully defeat them in the future, Viserys should also leave this world voluntarily to prevent such a thing from happening again.

At that time, Viserys left this place and went to the outer void of the universe, and the curse was no longer a trace in this world.

If the Black Stones invade again from beyond the heavens in the future, then we can rely on Heros and Diana to protect the world.

Although he has made preparations for his death, Viserys is not yet ready to face it calmly.

His wife, son, grandson, and great-grandson all perished in this catastrophe, and the nation and world he had built and protected were plunged into crisis. Viserys naturally had to complete his mission before making any other choices.

Furthermore, going to outer space in the future might not necessarily be a dead end, since others have already gone through it, which greatly reduced Viserys's anxiety and unease.

"Use the power of ice and fire."

Viserys then spoke, his expression turning cold.

Why did it exile us to a time and space eight thousand years ago?

Meanwhile, Diana and Herros, who were about to speak, paused slightly upon hearing their father's last words, and then seemed to be deep in thought.

However, Viserys did not wait for Diana and Herros to figure it out on their own, but instead slowly spoke up.