"The Faceless One of Braavos tried to assassinate me, so I came here this time. I will discuss this matter with the Sea King."
"Boom!"
The Dragon Queen threw a nuclear bomb into the crowd. No, the word 'Faceless One' was more terrifying than a nuclear bomb.
Hundreds of small eyes that were blinking fervently were extinguished all of a sudden, like stars covered by dark clouds.
In unison, whether it was the citizens of Braavos or the foreign merchants and tourists, they all took a step back, then another step back, and another step back.
The doorway suddenly became open and quiet.
Fear was clearly written on their wide-open eyes, pale cheeks, and mouths that were chattering up and down but could not utter a complete word.
Such a uniform reaction of fear made the Dragon Queen stunned.
The Faceless One was actually so terrifying?!
Of course!
If Danny knew the details of Erya's experience in Braavos, she would not be so puzzled at this moment.
When Erya found the ship to Braavos in Saltpan Town, the captain refused to let her board the ship — even if she was willing to work as a laborer and pay the rest of the fare.
Then Erya took out the iron coin that Jia Kun gave her and said, "All mortals have to die." From the sailor to the captain, from the gangplank to the deck, to the cabin, it was like pressing the pause button. Silence, and their movements were stiff.
After that, Erya was treated as a guest of honor.
But no one dared to talk to her. On the way from Saltpan Town to Braavos, everyone was in awe and alienation with her.
In the end, the captain even personally rowed her from the dock to the Black and White House on the Isle of Gods.
And the captain had nothing to do with the Black and White House. He was just an ordinary Braavos sea merchant.
Just like what Jia Kun said before he left Erya, he threw the iron coin in a very pretentious way: Take it, find any Braavos person, and say, "All mortals have to die," he will take you to that place.
He was not pretentious, the Faceless One was really awesome.
At this moment, the Dragon Queen also experienced it.
"Cough cough, yes, Faceless tried to assassinate me, but she disguised herself as my maid. Unfortunately, my Wang Cai found out … "
"Oh, you don't know who Wang Cai is? Sigh, it's just a mutt, a yellow-skinned puppy from Astapor. "Dragon Queen said as she waved her hand carelessly.
"Crack, crack …" The sound of jaws dislocating could be heard from the crowd.
"In short, I escaped the assassination of Faceless One without any danger. But I don't understand. Braavos has always been preaching 'against slavery' because the ancestors who built this city were all slaves.
But why were the descendants of the slaves hired by the slave owners to assassinate a liberator of the slaves? Could it be for the gold royals? "
"Then, I came. I sent the White Knight, Sir Gero, to Braavos to ask the Sea King about this matter."
"Speaking of which, I'm acquainted with His Majesty the Sea King, Frego Antalyon! I grew up in Braavos before I was five years old, but unfortunately … "
"Originally, I didn't dare to come here, because before this, in the old town of Westeros, in the City of Knowledge, a sensational and cursed thing happened. When the scholar invited me as a guest, he violated the guest's rights and poisoned me to assassinate me, arranged for a knife and axe man to kill me, and hundreds of crossbowmen to kill me …"
"Sigh, the degeneration of humanity, the distortion of morality, the wrath of the gods! “
"Boom!"
One atomic bomb after another blew up the melon-eating crowd, causing a collective climax, and the climax continued.
The melon was too big, it was too big!
The nearby citizens and tourists were frightened and excited.
The Dragon Queen's melon was more frightening than the dragon flame, but it also stimulated their faces to turn red.
They were afraid and wanted to hear it, but they couldn't stop.
It was too difficult for them.
Uh, they unknowingly took another step forward, and another step forward, and another step forward. They were closer to the threshold than before they heard the words "Faceless One".
Not only were they closer, but more and more people were gathering around. Assassins, tourists, mercenaries, citizens, shop assistants, dock workers, vendors …
The news of "Dragon Queen's arrival at the Green Eel Inn" spread like the wind in all directions. People who were idle and busy, stepped on the last ray of light of dusk and rushed to the Moon Pond.
After explaining how the City of Knowledge violated the guest's rights, the Dragon Queen looked up at the sky. It was a cobalt blue, and there wasn't much time left. The Sea King and his people should be here soon.
"In view of this, the Sea King, the keykeeper, and the chief swordsman made a joint oath that we would never hurt each other during the negotiation period, nor would we violate the guest's rights.
Now, I'm here, for world peace, for the happiness of the world's people, for the thousands of slaves who are worse than death, I need to talk to the Sea King.
The matter of Faceless One, you must give me an explanation. It must be solved, or else … "
The Dragon Queen, who was originally amiable and soft-spoken, suddenly turned stern and said in a cold voice, "I will burn Braavos, let the Sea King's Palace and the School of Black and White turn into scorched earth, and let this water city boil. The worst result is here, don't say I didn't warn you! "
"Wow!" Everyone was shocked, angry, and frightened, and their faces were green and white.
While they were at a loss, the Dragon Queen took a step back, and the door of the inn slowly closed.
"Is it useful to say that?" Hearing the uproar outside, Dark Star's stern face flashed a trace of disapproval, "If the City of Knowledge cared about the contempt and blame of foreigners, it wouldn't have repeatedly arranged for scholar spies to steal the technology of smelting steel and firing high-grade lenses from Reese and Kohor.
The Sea King and the nobles of Braavos, if they really wanted to do something, they wouldn't stop because of public opinion.
The nobles only believe in swords, and the swords in their hands make them confident and powerful, while the swords in the hands of the enemy make them afraid and obedient. "
Danny walked to the stairs, and said with a faint smile, "If the public's words were really useless, the story of the rat chef wouldn't have been passed down through the ages.
Or is it that they have no sense of shame at all, and don't care about becoming the rat chef in the legend?
Even if they can be shameless and proud, at least I can take the righteousness and the title, and stand on the moral high ground to judge the enemy. "
"Righteousness and whatnot are not as practical as a dragon flame." Geralt sighed, stopped, and said to the dozen or so assassins behind him, "You all wait here and prepare to welcome His Majesty the Sea King."
"Yes, Sir Geralt." The assassins respectfully answered.
Dark Star accompanied the Dragon Queen to the third floor, where a spacious hall was. The former dining room was empty, and the walls and roof were covered with new yellow satin.
The fireplace was lit, and forty to fifty candles were lit on the chandelier. The room was warm and comfortable.
Danny was by the window, gazing at the scenery of the Moon Pond.
Drowned Town was named appropriately. There used to be a city in the mud at the mouth of the river. Hundreds of years had passed, and the environment had changed. The buildings there had been submerged under the green water, and only the domes and spires of the ancient buildings were occasionally exposed.
Since the ancient town had sunk to the bottom of the river, its original dock for river boats had become deeper, and more ships could be docked there.
Therefore, the people of Braavos built a dock out of wood and stone, and surrounded it with a pond for ships to dock there. The locals called it the Moon Pond.
The entrance of the Green Eel Inn was facing the Moon Pond.
Winter was coming, and the weather was getting colder.
Otherwise, the children would have jumped into the water long ago, playing in the Moon Pond and swimming in the deeper water.
Some mischievous children would even dive into the buildings at the bottom of the river, and then climb out through the domes that were exposed above the water.
After waiting for about an hour, a fleet sailed over from the distant sea, escorting a strange cruise ship that was covered with exaggerated smiling faces from the bow to the stern. The ship slowly entered the river.
"It's the Sea King's fleet. He's on the Smiling Cruise." The Dark Star's eyes flashed, and his voice was flat.
Danny turned to look at the cruise ship and asked, "Is everything ready?"
The White Knight in Reserve raised his strong chin toward the wall by the river and said in a low voice, "Everything is ready."
.....
Arya had also seen the dragon.
Oh, no. She was no longer Arya Stark. The person who saw the dragon flying over her head was the Cat by the Canal.
The instructor of the Faceless, the Kind Man, had told Arya on the first day she entered the School of Black and White that the Faceless would give up their previous memories, feelings, identities, and assets.
Even the sewing needle that Jon had given her, which represented Arya's identity, had to be thrown into the river.
She couldn't bear to part with it, so she hid it.
But while she could hide the needle, she couldn't hide her name, surname, personality, habits, and feelings. The Kind Man wouldn't allow her to hide them.
Every day since she came here, she had to play a game of mutual lying with the street children.
She had to fabricate her name, background, today's experience, personality, and feelings so that the other party would judge whether it was true or not.
Gradually, the lie slipped out of her mouth seamlessly because she had learned a skill to make herself believe that "this is the truth" at the last minute.
Telling a lie that even she believed was only the first step. Arya was then given various identities and adapted to various lives.
The little girl who sold oysters, the beggar girl in the Purple Harbor, the thief near the Palace of Truth, the waiter in the hotel, the street cleaner …
Now, she was the maid of Brusco, the fishmonger at the Drowning Town dock, the Cat by the Canal.
Now, she was a nameless person.
The Faceless, the believer of the God of a Thousand Faces, had a thousand faces, a thousand personalities, and a thousand lives.
Just like how the Kind Man had done to countless Aryas, the traces of "Arya" gradually disappeared …
Until one day, the Cat by the Canal dreamed of a wolf, and then she became a wolf.
She saw the world with the eyes of a wolf, used the teeth of a wolf to bite her prey, and used the body of a wolf to feel the passion that did not lose out to her age.
Gradually, she dreamed of a girl named "Arya Stark". She was freed from the brainwashing, and she found herself.
During the day, when she was awake, she was a nameless person; at night, when she was asleep, she was a happy and unrestrained she-wolf.
She knew that she was Arya Stark.
Therefore, she could not help but pay attention to the news of the Mystic Dragon and the Dragon Queen.
Because the Dragon Queen's surname was Targaryen, and her surname was Stark!
The cat chased the Mystic Dragon to the Green Eel Inn, and ate a few melons in the crowd: The Faceless assassinated the Dragon Queen? The Faceless was discovered by the dogs? The City of Knowledge violated the rights of the guests? The Mother Of Dragons was indeed a Targaryen, and when the negotiation failed, she went berserk and burned Braavos and the House of Black and White?
But she seemed to be a member of the House of Black and White, and she was also a Faceless!
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