Braavos was made up of hundreds of small islands, surrounded by a group of wall-like islands that firmly protected the lagoon in their arms. Only the Titan's narrow gorge could be seen.
This ring of mountainous islands blocked the storms and tsunamis from the narrow sea in the west and the Trembling Sea in the north for the people of Braavos.
At this time, it also blocked the view of the Braavos fleet for the Dragon Queen's ship.
There was no moon tonight. Under the dark night, a 30-meter-long flat-bottomed cargo ship was quietly parked in the northeast direction of the ring of mountainous islands. It was separated from the Ocean Palace by a ten-meter-high craggy hill and a seven to eight-kilometer-wide lagoon.
It was not a remote place, and most ships sailing to Iban Island in the east used this route.
But very few ships docked here.
"They're here." Danny stood at the bow of the ship, and her sight seemed to penetrate the mountains and see the Ocean Palace in the distance.
"It's late at night. There are only some government officials in the Ocean Palace, and the families of the guards and doctors are scattered all over Braavos. They won't be hurt too much." Geralt said.
In the past three or four hours, his hair and underwear had been dried by the charcoal fire on the deck.
"I'm just imposing fear. No matter what, the two dragons can't destroy Braavos." Danny sighed.
"Will the people of Braavos be afraid and give in?"
"They will definitely be afraid, but they won't really give in. The Long Night is coming, and a short surrender is enough. "
Geralt's purple pupils contracted, and he hesitated. "The people of Braavos think that the Deviants and the Long Night are not directly related."
"Yes, the Deviants have existed for many years. They have always been in the Land of Eternal Winter and have never really disappeared. But this time is different. The dragons were hatched by me, and the Deviants went south to the Great Wall. These are all signs, signs of great changes in the world.
And I have personally contacted the Deviants. They are testing the strength of the Megalosaurus and me, just like understanding the enemy's intelligence before a war. There is no doubt that this winter will not end easily. It is the Long Night. "
Geralt's strong jaw muscles slowly relaxed, as if he had accepted the cruel reality helplessly.
After a while, he said dryly, "What should I do next?"
"When Braavos is defeated by me, you take the fleet to the East Sea to pick up the barbarians … Here it is, do you see it?" Danny stretched out her right hand and pointed at a blurry dark red light spot in the dark sky.
"Is that … a meteor?"
.....
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"What the —" Brusco was complaining to the fishermen nearby that the treasurer had paid the promised ten Silver Radiants so that he could go home.
Seeing the cat stomping the small boat up and down, he couldn't help but get angry.
But the moment he raised his head, he also saw the meteor that was getting brighter and brighter.
It was bright red, like a red sword, cutting through the sky with the force of thunder, like the punishment of the heavens!
"Rumble …" Gradually, there was no need for Mao 'er's reminder. Thunderous explosions came from above the dock. Everyone looked up and was aghast. Everyone frantically fled.
"Meteor, a meteor is flying over!" Thousands of people shouted in fear, but they still couldn't suppress the meteor. The roar of the falling meteor was like a tornado blowing in their ears.
"Ah ah ah ah, meteor, falling towards the Sea King's Palace —" Mao 'er's face was distorted as she screamed in horror.
But in the end, even she couldn't hear her own screams.
There was a flash of red in the sky, and then there was silence. The sky, the earth, the sea, and the wooden boat were shaking violently, but no sound could be heard anymore.
Or rather, their ears were filled with the sound of the huge explosion, and no other sound could be heard.
“BOOOOM！！！”
The majestic Sea King's Palace made of marble was like fresh cow dung that was hit by a stone. When the bright red meteor fell, the solid stone walls had no resistance, and large pieces of broken stone splattered everywhere.
Visible to the naked eye, the tall stone palace that used to overlook the Purple Harbor burst into pieces in the red light and smoke. The stone dome and walls burst into pieces, the stone foundation burst into pieces, and the stones fell in all directions like a storm.
The boulders were as big as carriages, as big as millstones, as big as a human head, but most were smaller than a fist …
The edge of the square was also affected. Within thirty to fifty meters of the palace, there were almost no people standing. Wails and cries were everywhere, and corpses were piled up everywhere.
After a full minute, Mao 'er recovered her hearing. Looking at the Sea King's Palace that had almost completely disappeared, she was in a daze and almost couldn't believe it.
The twenty-meter-tall circular dome was built on a hill that was ten meters higher than the dock. It covered an area of more than four hundred square meters and was made of white marble. It faced north, and the Purple Harbor Dock in the north.
This was the place where the Sea King held court.
Now the palace in the east had completely disappeared, leaving behind a steaming crater of unknown depth. The remaining walls in the west had collapsed outwards.
"Oh gods, is this the punishment of the gods? Did the meteorite fall on the Sea King's Palace?" Brusco knelt at the bow of the ship, holding his head and wailing.
"Punishment …" Mao 'er repeated the word in her mouth. Suddenly, her gray eyes bulged and her body shuddered. Her horse-like face was pale as she screamed, "Mystic Dragon, this is the Mystic Dragon's punishment. The Wings of Death plucked a star from the sky and threw it on the Sea King's Palace."
"Mystic Dragon?" Brusco was stunned. He looked up at the empty sky. "There is no Mystic Dragon."
Uh, the Mystic Dragon's flying speed was not as fast as the meteorite.
At this moment, Blackie was still on its way to the scene of the show.
On the day that Danny took down Dragonstone Island, Geralt Dane had just arrived in Braavos. He did not immediately go to the Sea King's Palace to seek an audience with the Sea King. Instead, he did three things in advance according to Danny's request.
First, choose a safe place for negotiation, a hotel or hotel by the river or the sea. Second, renovate the hotel and build a secret passage that could quickly reach the bottom of the river. Third, hire a ship from Dorne and purchase a batch of supplies.
A certain number of round-headed iron pillars of about 500 pounds and a certain number of barrels of kerosene of 100 pounds were to be transported to the outer sea of Braavos by cargo ships.
As the world's top trading city-state, Braavos' commercial street could easily provide the above goods.
These arrangements were just in case. If the people of Braavos were willing to negotiate honestly, then she would not initiate a conflict. If …
The facts proved that human nature could not withstand the test.
For the first time, Danny even sincerely admired Xiangyu.
How many tyrants and political dignitaries could abide by the rules and maintain their honor in the face of "Liu Bang" who had entered their territory?
As for Copernicus's coup, sorry, she was not stupid, and she did not have the "Blood of Madness". This kind of trick was completely useless against her.
Whether or not Copernicus's coup had the tacit approval of the iron treasury and the government, it was a fact that Braavos had attacked her.
However, Danny did feel sorry for the Sea King, Brother Felic, and the Chief Swordsman, Queiro.
Those two were definitely innocent. They had kept their oath and fulfilled their obligations as hosts to the guests.
Unfortunately, politics was so dirty. No matter how noble a character or great honor was, it would be tarnished in the face of politics.
The only thing she could do was to position the "Meteor Fall" as far away from the Sea King's palace and Brother Felic's family as possible.
.....
After being blocked by the fishing net, Dahei and Little White went to the cargo ship docked in the Trembling Sea. Little White put Geralt on the deck. With the cooperation of the Dorne sailors, Dahei grabbed the chain at the end of the iron pillar and began the second act of the fake Meteor Fall.
Well, the first act was dedicated to the people of Xingis. It failed.
Dahei hovered in the air for more than an hour and stopped at an altitude of about 35 kilometers from the ground.
This time, Danny did not give Dahei the coordinates. Instead, under the Second Dragon Spirit, Dahei and Little White could sense each other. Little White locked on to the target and dived vertically. At the same time, Dahei accelerated with the round-headed iron pillar.
Dahei, Little White, and the Sea King's Hundred Beast Garden. The three of them were in the same line.
In theory, the round-headed iron pillar should fall in the Hundred Beast Garden and kill the thousands of rare animals collected by the Sea King from all over the world.
In the end …
It was much better than the last time in Xingis. The iron pillar did not break. It only deviated less than a hundred meters from the target and hit the east side of the main hall where the Sea King hosted the court meeting.
As soon as the round-headed iron pillar was thrown, Dahei began to hover and dive. After flying for more than 15 minutes, it appeared again in the sky above the Purple Harbor.
At this time, a long time had passed since the "Meteor Fall". The people of Braavos had recovered from the shock. Some were busy rescuing the injured, some went into the ten-meter-deep crater to check, and some stood in the square and wailed for their families.
Even more people, after regaining their senses, immediately left the cursed land by boat.
Then, a familiar horrifying voice sounded in the sky.
"This is the Dragon God's Forbidden Curse … Meteor Fall!"
"I pick up the stars with my left hand and put my right hand down. When I put my palms together, heaven and earth tremble in my palm!"
"I am the Light Messenger, I am the Vanguard of Justice, I am the Prophet of Fate, and I am also the Wing of Death. It is not my intention to bring death and fear. But if I want to make the world cleaner and holier, I must cleanse the filth and decay. "
"Oathbreakers, this is only the beginning! Tremble, cry, wail, and repent in pain! "
Dahei's loudspeaker came online. Danny used his loud voice to say … Uh, to spread endless fear and despair on the heads of the people of Braavos below.
Then, with a roar, he ran away again.
But this time, no one really thought that the Devil Dragon had left.
"The Devil Dragon went to the sky to get the stars again!" Everyone screamed in fear as they fled the Purple Harbor in a panic.
In the halls of the Sea King's Palace that were not affected by the meteor, a large number of maids, guards, and officials escorted the family of the old Sea King to the canal. They took a small boat and left the island that was targeted by the Devil Dragon.
They were wrong.
The second meteor did fall two hours later, but it did not fall on the empty Sea King's Palace.
Danny's second target was the Munitions Factory.
It was located on a reef island at the entrance of the Great Lagoon. The island protruded like a fist on the surface of the water.
Although it was not big, it was the station of the Braavos City Fleet. It was also the shipbuilding center of Braavos.
To be honest, the second "Meteor Fall" was not as shocking as the first one. It fell on a shipyard and smashed a seven to eight meter deep crater.
More than a dozen shipwrights on night duty were killed, two docks were destroyed, and several ships under construction were destroyed.
But the fear that it brought to the people of Braavos was no less than the first one.
Even the death of a hundred Sea Kings could not shake Braavos's position as the overlord of the Free Cities, but the destruction of the Munitions Factory …
Even if the ships and shipwrights left the port immediately, the shipbuilding industry of Braavos would suffer irreversible damage.
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