As the sky darkened, Danny said to Ago, "Detain Otto's people, give the shepherds some food, and let them leave on their own."
Ago vigilantly glanced at the shepherds who were cowering at the side and said, "Kalixi, the shepherds hate us. Now that they know our location, they may bring the shepherds to encircle and annihilate us.
The shepherds are cowardly but not stupid. They know our situation and won't give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. "
This Agger was young, but his thoughts were unexpectedly meticulous. Dani looked at him in surprise and explained, "Walking at night, how far can they walk? It will be considered fast if they can return to the Raza River by tomorrow afternoon, but we will definitely leave tomorrow morning. "
"Might as well just kill them," Ah Ge muttered as he left.
The bloody sun sank into the horizon. The shepherds were surprised to receive the notice that they were free to leave. After timidly probing for a while, they ran away like a swarm of bees.
But the cremation didn't start immediately.
A group of centaurs opened their almond-shaped eyes and looked for a good omen in the night sky.
Every time a centaur died, his mount would also be killed and buried with him.
It implied that he would ride a fine horse and run into the kingdom of the night.
When their bodies were cremated under the sky, the khal would ride a blazing flame horse and soar out, turning into the stars in the sky.
The more the body burned, the more his constellation would shine in the darkness.
Therefore, before the fire was lit, they had to find the constellation that represented their khal. It couldn't be a star that could be seen every day. It had to be an abnormal star that had just appeared today because the khal was being buried today.
This was a bit troublesome. How could an abnormal star be found so easily?
The centaurs sat on the ground and searched in the sky. Danny felt embarrassed.
If she had lived in this world for more than ten years, she could have found an inconspicuous star to fool them.
But she had just arrived and her predecessor didn't understand the stars. At least, she was inferior to the nomads who had nothing to do and looked up at the stars every day. Well, she couldn't fool the centaurs.
"Can every khal find their own star?" She asked an old centaur.
"Of course, the great Drogo is the twelfth Khal that I serve. I saw it with my own eyes. The previous eleven Khals all turned into shining stars on their fiery warhorses. One of them was Khal's father." When the old man saw that Kalixi was talking to him personally, he was so excited that his dark old face turned red like he was drunk.
Twelve? How many generations have you been a senior official?
While Danny was complaining in her heart, she also sighed inwardly. There were many heroes in the sea of grass, but they also fell like shooting stars.
"How long do they usually wait?" she asked again.
"Kalixi, it's still early. You have to wait until the second half of the night." The old man smiled. His lips, which looked like dried orange peel, cracked, revealing a mouthful of broken, rotten teeth. There was a kind of kindness in his ugly old face. "Once, when we just found some stars to light the firewood, the sun came out. We waited all night!"
Danny finally understood that this was a competition of endurance.
When everyone was tired and dizzy from hunger, their vision would be blurry and their minds would be in a daze. Even if they saw the moon, they might think that it was an alien star from Khal.
"Found it. It's over there!" An excited voice sounded. It was Rakarlo.
Danny looked in the direction he was pointing. She actually found a red comet in the low eastern sky. The red of blood, the red of fire, as if a dragon was spitting fire.
This was definitely an alien star. There was no better sign than this.
"Hehe, the twelfth one." The old man chuckled.
"Pour oil," Danny ordered loudly.
Pots of sesame oil, castor oil, and vegetable oil were poured on Drogo's corpse. Hagg and Keso were also splashed. The oil water soaked the silk quilt, branches, and bales of hay. It seeped into the firewood below, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.
"Tie up the witch and throw her into the firewood pile," Danny ordered again.
Millie Maz Tur had been hiding in the crowd, silently watching the cremation platform being built. She had thought that the matter would completely end when Jake brought the baby boy's head back.
Although she was a bit regretful that she couldn't take revenge personally, she was basically satisfied when she saw that young head.
But she didn't expect that the silver-haired woman would suddenly order for her to be burned.
"No, no, no, Madam Silver, Kalixi, please listen to me …" The witch dodged Agg who was trying to capture her. She struggled madly and shouted, "I saved Madam Lilith. You said you would reward me. I even sang the childbirth song for you and helped you give birth to a healthy little prince. You can't do this to me. This doesn't make sense. This is too crazy … Wuwuwu …"
The witch was no match for Agg. In just a few sentences, she was pressed to the sand and couldn't move.
"Bring my dragon eggs over too," Danny ordered the maids. There was a certain meaning in her words that made them run.
Chora's face was pale. He stepped forward and grabbed her arm. "Your Highness, Drogo has no use for dragon eggs in the Night Kingdom. Why don't we sell them in Yaxia? We only need to sell one to buy a big ship and return to the free trade city-state. The wealth we can get from selling three is enough for you to enjoy for the rest of your life. "
"Am I short of money?" Danny found it funny.
Chora couldn't laugh. He choked and grabbed her hand even harder, as if he wanted to snatch his princess back from the Grim Reaper. "Princess, I know that Prince Regg's death is a big blow to you.
Even if you don't show any sadness in front of others, I know that your heart is about to be drowned by tears. The heavy suffering is about to crush your spine, but you still have … "
His face was red. He almost said words of love that were beyond the bounds of the ruler. The next moment, he realized that there were almond-shaped eyes around him. He said dejectedly, "But you're only 14 years old. You still have countless years in the future. You can still have countless little princes and princesses."
"Don't worry, Sir. Don't forget that I have the blood of a true dragon." Danny awkwardly pulled back her arm that was being held tightly. She said softly, "Last time, I thought Viserys was like me and wouldn't die from the molten gold. So … he's not a true dragon! "
Chora let go of Danny in a daze. He tried to guess what she meant while watching her hug the three dragon eggs that the maid passed to her. With the help of Aggo and Rakarlo, she climbed up Drogo's cremation platform step by step.
Danny waved her hand to let the centaur warrior leave. She put the white dragon egg in front of Drogo's chest and used his hands to hold the dragon egg in place. She hugged the black dragon egg and laid down beside Drogo. The green dragon egg was placed between them.
"So you've gone mad." The witch whose hands and feet were bound saw Danny finish everything and laughed strangely. "The endless pain has driven you crazy. Hahaha, so that's how it is.
You should've accepted my suggestion and used your life to exchange for his. If the blood witchcraft could revive that butcher, you could've at least saved your husband's life. Hahaha, now you regret it. Hahaha … "
"I'll kill you first." Keso was furious. He turned around and prepared to hack the laughing priestess to death.
"Stop. I want her to be burned alive." Danny stopped Keso.
The unruly Blood Brotherhood Guard was surprisingly obedient this time. Not only did he not insult Dani, he even looked at her with respect that he had never shown before, as if he was touched by her 'noble' act of being buried with him.
Or perhaps, he thought that if they were to return to the Night Kingdom together, his khal would still choose her to be the Khaleesi?
Danny turned around and said to the witch, "Have you forgotten? In your temple, when you first healed Khal's injuries, Coholo said that if Khal dies, you'll die too.
I'm fulfilling the promise of that day. No matter whether Khal's death is related to you or not, if he dies, you'll die too. "
"Hahaha, you're right. If Khal dies, the witch who healed him must die too." On the other side, Hage laughed and slit his throat. In the end, he mumbled, "We … we … should all go down … to accompany Khal …"
"Tsk —" The sound of blood spurting out from Keso's throat was immediately heard.
"They're all gone." Danny looked at the red comet at the end of the sky. Her tone was complicated. "Next, it's your turn.
When Zhuo Ge fell from the horse, I already thought of your ending today.
Don't deny it. You killed him and even wanted to sacrifice his son to the devil … What's even crueler is that you did it through the hands of a wife, a mother. "
"Hehe, so you're smarter than I thought." The priestess did not deny it anymore. She smiled proudly and said, "But your son is still dead. That's enough. I've completed my revenge."
"Yes, you want revenge. That's right." Danny agreed with her. The priestess had a reason to kill all the evildoers who invaded her home. "But how are you going to repay me for saving you?"
"Repay?" Danny's words seemed to ignite the anger that she had been suppressing for a long time. The Raza priestess spat and asked, "I was dragged out from the temple of my god by the centaurs. A group of men were waiting to violate me.
That's not the normal position of a man and a woman. From the back, it was like a male dog and a female dog mating. That's not the normal position of a man and a woman.
When you rode past, the fourth man was inside me … How were you going to save me?
I saw with my own eyes the temple of my god being burned down. I had healed countless good men and women there. At that time, I was a pure doctor, a devout priestess, not a witch or a blood witch.
My home was burned down by the centaurs. There were piles of human heads on the streets. Among the heads were the bakers who made bread for me. There was also a little boy who I saved with great difficulty …
I can still hear the warriors on horseback waving their whips and urging the children to leave. They were crying so loudly that it shook the earth. Tell me, what did you save? "
Danny was silent for a moment before she answered, "I did everything I could. Eloye and those women … I saved your life."
Khaleesi was not a khal. Even a khal could not change the centaur tradition that "everyone knew". The original Danny Lilith could definitely say to anyone: "I have a clear conscience."
"My life?" Millie smiled coldly. "Look at yourself. What's the meaning of life when all the good things you have are gone?"
Well, it seemed that everyone thought that Danny was grieving so much that she was numb with despair. It seemed that life was meaningless.
"Why did you beg me before if it was meaningless?" Danny mocked.
"You will never hear my cries." Millie replied.
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