The world of the Song of Ice and Fire had many bugged buildings. The Iron Islands' Greyjoy Family's castle, Pike City, was one of the bugged buildings.
When it was first built, Pike City was located at the top of a cliff that protruded from the sea. As time passed, the rocks that supported the cliff were eroded by the sea breeze and waves. The island gradually became a reef surrounded by seawater.
It was like a peanut ice cream placed on the balcony and exposed to the scorching summer sun. The cream and chocolate melted and flowed along the wall, leaving only the peanuts behind.
The architect who built Pike City seemed to be able to predict the future of the castle. When he built the city, he purposely built the castle's towers on the "peanut ice cream".
Just like that, the buildings that were originally connected together became a group of buildings isolated on the reef.
The towers were connected by wooden bridges that swayed in the wind.
Why was King Balon's death so easily accepted by the Iron Seed?
Think about it. After having dinner in the dining hall, you decided to read a book for a while. So, you carried a lantern and crossed the spiral staircase that was hundreds of meters above sea level (it was not the stone tower that was hundreds of meters high, but the foundation of the tower was the cliff that was hundreds of meters above sea level). Then, you went back to your bedroom to sleep. Again, you crossed the rope bridge that was like a swing. When you woke up the next day, you heard that you had guests. Then, you crossed …
Even if the probability of an accident every time you crossed the bridge was 0.001%, if you did it too many times, you would fall down one day.
Yes, there were as many Greyjoy who fell to his death in the storm as there were Targaryens who went crazy and tortured themselves to death.
More importantly, even the promontory had become a reef under the erosion of time. The stone towers built on the promontory were still intact.
At least, Asha slept in the duke's bedroom called the "Sea Tower". She listened to the raging waves outside and felt exceptionally peaceful. She was not worried at all that her castle would collapse in the storm.
Of course, her peace was not only because of the sturdy castle. The past month was the most comfortable she had been in years. She was needed by the Dragon Queen and the Seven Kingdoms!
Uh, Asha did not lack love. The Dragon Queen did not give her love. However, You Lun's actions made Greyjoy, who had a bad reputation, become an existence hated by all.
When the people of the Seven Kingdoms hated the Other Ghosts, they did not mind leaving a place of hatred for You Lun and Iron Seed in their hearts.
Therefore, even though Asha had become the de facto ruler of the Iron Islands more than a year ago, she was still not confident. She was worried that the Iron Seed and Greyjoy would be abandoned by the Westeros.
Don't doubt it, Dragon Queen really did reveal her intention to completely ban Iron Seed.
In the history of Westeros for ten thousand years, the Iron Islands had been trying to prove one thing: the Iron Seed was harmful to Westeros and not beneficial at all.
Because of their disastrous defeat in the War of the Conquerors (Harrenburg, burned by the Megalosaurus, belonged to the King of the Iron Isles), the Iron Seed barely managed to keep quiet for three hundred years when the Targaryens ruled the Westeros.
The so-called 'quiet' was only compared to the unscrupulous before the War of Conquest. The Iron Seed had always sent fleets to the narrow sea as pirates, and whenever they had the chance, they would also plunder the coasts of the Westeros.
At one point, with the preferential customs policies given by the Iron Throne and the wise duke he had met, the Iron Seed had also made a fortune through sea trade. They did not need to plunder to live a prosperous life, and the Greyjoy family had accumulated a great deal of wealth.
According to normal people's thinking, now that life was good, they should live a good life, right?
But the Iron Seed did not.
They thought, 'F * ck, after holding back for so long, we're finally rich now. We have money to build warships, buy arms (ironware), and an armed force. Why don't we go all out?'
Then they really started to rebel, killing, robbing, and laughing.
Therefore, the Dragon Queen had never thought of letting the Iron Seed live a good life, and then let them know their manners, and let them know their honor and disgrace when they have enough food and clothing.
To the Iron Seed, living an honest life was a humiliation, and seizing, burning, killing, and plundering were the honorable ones. In a sense, they had really achieved "knowing their honor and disgrace when they have enough food and clothing".
For such a people, Danny's way of governing was very simple. She would completely ban them, including their economy, people's livelihood, external communications, and other social factors.
The Iron Islands were an archipelago, and even the wood used to build ships had to be imported from the mainland. Cloth, wine, fine iron, and other resources were scarce. Faced with the ban, they could barely make ends meet, and their population could not grow. They had lost the potential for war, so how could they have the strength to provoke the major port cities?
.....
Now, everything was fine. The Dragon Queen had personally promised that as long as they helped her honestly, regardless of whether they succeeded or not, she would give the Iron Seed another chance to be a good person.
With the internal and external troubles eliminated, Asha was relieved and slept more soundly.
"Ssss —" The pterosaur's cry woke the Iron Islands' Duchess from her deep sleep. She opened her eyes in a daze, and after confirming that there was indeed a pterosaur, she immediately woke up. She lifted the duvet and pushed away the man who was wrapped around her like a vine. She walked out of the bed naked, and the cold air that assaulted her made her shiver.
"Perhaps, I should move to the castle and build a brick bed," Asha muttered to herself as she pulled the bedsheet to wipe the wet stains on her thighs.
"Duchess, so early?" The man on the bed also woke up from his dream.
With the dim yellow light of the whale oil lamp, Asha could see the face of her bedmate.
Fortunately, it was her bodyguard, Big Dick. He was young, strong, and had a passable appearance.
She originally had seven or eight bedmates, but the past few years were not peaceful. When she was captured by Erlu in Deepforest Castle, three died in battle. The rest responded to Yolun Of Silla's summons. They either died in the river or were fighting the Other Ghosts in the high court.
"A pterosaur knight has arrived. It should be Dragon Queen's men." She said casually and called for a maid to dress herself.
The visitor was the second son of Crab Island, Rega Sytiga.
The little crab originally did not have the qualifications to become a pterosaur knight. Later on, the old crab felt that he was too old and did not have the energy to ride a dragon into battle. He discussed with the Dragon Queen and gave his pterosaur to his second son.
Yes, the big crab Eris Sytiga was the commander of the Slave Bay Fleet. He already had a pterosaur.
Although the little crab was greedy and greedy, he had a good resume in the past few years. In the early years, he helped Meribad build a stronghold, helped the Dragon Queen manage disaster relief on the Crab Claw Peninsula, participated in the Battle of Winterfell, and was the first to respond to the "Dawn Knight" summons.
Hence, Danny agreed to the old crab's request.
"Duchess Asha, I know you like to read. This time, I have brought you a full set of hardcover editions of 'Wargrave's Theatrical Works'." When he saw Asha in the main hall of the castle, the little crab attentively presented her with a large bundle of books wrapped in kraft paper. Then, he carried a bamboo basket of fresh strawberries. "Eat more fruit, it will make you more beautiful."
Asha smiled politely but not too intimately. "Sir Sytiga, is there any other arrangement for you to come to the Iron Islands this time?"
She knew what the little crab was thinking. The Iron Islands' royal husband.
However, it was not the first time they met. Back then, he despised and despised her (the little crab had his connections and knew that the Dragon Queen wanted to ban the Iron Islands). It was only when the Dragon Queen promised to give the Iron Islands and Greyjoy another chance that he suddenly became very attentive to her.
She looked down on such a snobbish fellow.
Asha's calm reaction disappointed the little crab, but he did not forget his mission.
"I wonder if Her Majesty Inami agrees with the queen's suggestion?"
"This …" Asha turned her gaze to 'Triple Drowned Man' Thale.
The Inami High Priest shook his head regretfully. "Her Majesty Inami did not respond. She probably rejected it."
Asha looked at the little crab worriedly.
As expected, the little crab frowned and his tone became stern. "The terms of the alliance can be discussed. Her Majesty Inami is not even willing to discuss it?"
"Perhaps, she is still thinking. Give us some time to explain the current situation to Her Majesty Inami." Asha said.
Thale sighed and nodded. "I will do my best."
He personally did not agree with the queen's alliance.
To make the Iron Seed's supreme god the younger brother of a mortal?
That was blasphemy!
If it was another time and person, he would have shouted the slogan, "The dead will not die, and will rise again." He would have called for the Iron Seed to rebel and let the blasphemers feel pain and death.
But now, to rebel against the Dragon Queen, that was … The dead will die, there is no hope of rising again, the Inami will die, and the Iron Seed will be extinct.
"There is one more thing for this trip to the Iron Islands." The little crab's expression softened. "Her Majesty has built the first Holy Light Shelter on the Crab Claw Peninsula. Duke Asha and High Priest Thale can go and take a look."
"What is the Holy Light Shelter for?" Asha was puzzled.
"After you go, you will understand that the future of humanity depends on Her Majesty Danny Rize.
No matter if the long night lasts for ten years, twenty years, or even longer, the final victor is destined to be the humans, it is us, it is Her Majesty. "The little crab said meaningfully.
Half a day later, Asha understood what he meant.
"Am I dreaming?"
The sun was shining above her head, and there were bare-chested farmers working in the fields. The black soil was dotted with green spores, and the grass on the ridge had green leaves. The water in the ditch was gurgling, and the warm breeze brought the fragrance of spring and the cheerful singing of birds.
When Asha was ten years old, she had seen a similar scene. It was after winter and before summer. For people now, it was "spring" that was very far away.
But now it was the Long Night!
She suspected that she had gone back in time.
But she clearly remembered that a few minutes ago, she saw a huge, inverted translucent bowl on the ground on the pterosaur's back.
Lega sang a song loudly, "Little kid, hand in hand …"
Then a silly human face appeared on the wall of the bowl. It was huge, and it grinned. The thirty-meter-long pterosaur went into the giant's open mouth.
The wall of the bowl seemed thin, but Asha flew in it for a minute. Maybe it was not a straight line?
It was an ocean of wind with two layers. The outer layer was spiraling, and the inner layer was spiraling. When she flew through the middle layer, Asha had difficulty breathing and her face turned red.
So, she was not dreaming, nor did she go back in time. She just went through the wall of the wind bowl and came to the Shelter of Holy Light.
"We call it the 'Danny Lilith Girdle.' It is the land of eternal summer that Her Majesty personally created. Even in the Long Night, it is still summer here, early summer. "Monk Meribad walked over.
"Currently, the Danny Lilith Girdle is still in the experimental stage. As long as it is proven to be feasible, it can be widely spread. A thousand Wind Elves, two hundred Wind Giants, the King of Wind Giants, and Storm Giants can create at least three super wind rings that cover the Three River Basin."
"Three Three River Basins? Half of the Westeros! "Asha and Thale exclaimed.
"It's not an exaggeration. There are only twenty Wind Giants here, and they are not as strong as the Wind Elves.
Moreover, the Queen has Storm Giants that are not weaker than ordinary True Gods. One of them can protect the Three River Basin, "said the old monk.
"Gods bless, humans are saved." Asha exclaimed.
"Humans will win, but to save more lives, we still have to solve a big problem." Meribad looked at Priest Thale and said seriously, "If the Wind Elves are used to create the Danny Lilith Girdle, Her Majesty will lose her powerful magic weapon. Next, what should we use to deal with the Frost God and the Evil God Alliance?
If Her Majesty is exhausted when rescuing the city of Ursos, and the Evil God Alliance ambushes her, what should we do? "
"So, Her Majesty needs help to deal with the Evil God Alliance first, then she can deal with the Other Ghosts without any worries.
Also, there are too many humans, and the Girdle of Wind can't feed everyone. We need Her Majesty Inami to give us seafood to survive! "
Asha thought for a moment and said, "With the Danny Lilith Girdle, humans will definitely survive the Long Night. Her Majesty Inami's choice is just icing on the cake for humans.
I think she will not refuse to ally with the victors. "
If she refused, she did not mind leading the Iron Seed to convert to the Seven Gods.
What value was there in a God who refused to help his believers out of a hopeless situation?
"I will try my best," Priest Thale said seriously.
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