While the Dragon Queen was rushing to Casterly Rock, Tyrion had finally broken through the last tunnel under the Red Keep.
"Above us is the Black Dungeon and the cellar. There are four levels to the dungeon, and Bellerion's skull is in the cellar," Tyrion said weakly as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.
After learning about the massacre in Casterly Rock, he was anxious to return home and wished he could teleport to Casterly Rock. But Cersei was right in front of him, and he could not give up halfway. He had to work hard, overdrawing his mental strength and mana to order the dragonworms to scout the way.
Compared to the estimated time, they were at least seven or eight hours earlier.
"Are you okay? Can you come with me?" Jaime forced himself to stay alert despite his exhaustion.
His condition was not much better than the dwarf's. Although he did not have to work through the night, what happened in Casterly Rock and the ongoing war with the King's Landing made him so anxious that he could not sleep.
"Don't worry, let's rest for two hours and recover our mental strength to deal with the upcoming battle," Tyrion grabbed Jaime's arm and forced him to sit on the ground.
"Varys?" Tyrion shouted towards the entrance of the cave.
The fat eunuch went ahead to scout the way.
After a while, the sound of riding boots running on the stone floor came closer, and the fat eunuch's panting gradually became clearer.
"Seven levels of hell, You Lun has gone mad!" Varys's terrified yell reached him before he even came down the stairs.
"You Lun are crazy, he filled the cellar with wildfire jars! Hundreds of tons, "the eunuch exploded.
"You Lun are going to bomb the Red Keep?" Tyrion and Jaime suddenly stood up and shouted.
The fat eunuch trembled as he said, "I have always wondered why Stannis's army was not attacked by wildfire bombs.
I even wondered if You Lun were thinking about the big picture and left the wildfire bombs to deal with the other ghosts.
It turns out that after the madman confirmed that he had no confidence in defending the King's Landing, he wanted to blow up the Red Castle and perish together with Stannis. "
At the end of his speech, the fear on his face disappeared. His tone became slower, and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes. As long as Stannis entered the Red Keep and ignited the Wildfire Bomb, even the King of Light would not be able to save him.
It seemed worth a try?
"We have to save Cersei before the Red Keep is blown up," Jaime said anxiously.
"No, I can't let You Lun blow up the Red Castle!" The dwarf waved his hand repeatedly and said with a serious expression, "If the Red Fort is blown up, not only will we lose a large number of wildfires, a huge gap will also appear in the walls of the King's Landing.
Moreover, in the Dragon Queen's strategy, even if the King's Landing falls, the Red Fortress and the Great Cathedral of Baylor will act as a nail, firmly nailing the deviant ghosts' passage to the south. "
"You'll understand once you go up and take a look. There are too many of them, we can't carry them all," Varys said helplessly.
"Inform Dragonstone Island. Messenger crows are too slow. Send a letter to the Church and let them use glass candles to contact the Dragon Queen, "Tyrion said.
Varys hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "That works too."
He then turned to Jaime and asked, "What about you guys? With the Dragon Queen's intervention, it seems that we don't have to take the risk anymore? "
"I think it's useless to call the Dragon Queen. You Lun is about to blow up the Red Keep, why should we care about her? It's better to save Cersei first. Anyway, I have to go up, "Jaime said with a firm tone.
Tyrion thought for a moment and said, "Varys, wait for a moment. We'll go up and scout the way first."
The wide tunnel was paved with stone slabs, which clattered loudly as they walked. On both sides of the dark tunnel, there were stone steps that were one meter high. On the steps were the skulls of the Megalosaurus that were born after the Targaryen family took over the Seven Kingdoms.
They were like shrines, worshipping the glory of the Targaryen family.
At this moment, where the yellow light of the lantern shone, there were no longer black skulls that swallowed the light. Instead, there were rows of neatly stacked green glass bottles.
As they walked, Tyrion felt as if he was in the mouth of a dragon, Crescent Moon Tensei.
"The King's Landing should have more than this amount of wildfire," Tyrion said doubtfully as they reached the end of the cellar.
"You think it's too little? This amount of wildfire is enough to make the Red Keep fly, "Varys shouted.
"It's not a matter of whether it's too little or too much. We have to find the location of the remaining wildfire," Tyrion said.
"Before the battle of Winterfell, the Dragon Queen asked Randolf Talathos for 100 tons," Jaime said.
"That still doesn't seem right …"
The two of them left the cellar as they spoke.
The Red Keep had two levels. The inner level was for the royal family. There were the Empress Dowager's Tower, the Meg Tower (for the king and queen), the Chu Lady's Residence, and the White Sword Tower. The outer level was for the council ministers, such as the Grand Scholar's Crow's Nest, the Hand of the King's Hand's Prime Minister's Tower (which had been burned by Cersei), and the Judge's Room on the fourth level of the dungeon.
Between the inner and outer levels was a city wall and a moat that had dried up all year round. Rusty iron spears were stuck on the battlements, specially used to pierce the heads of traitors.
For example, the heads of Eide and the people of Winterfell were hung on the tips of the iron spears on the inner walls. The classic scene of Joffrey forcing Sansa to see her father's head happened there.
The problem now was that Meg, who had built the tunnel, was not stupid. The secret tunnel could only lead to the outer level of the Red Keep, such as the Prime Minister's Tower and the Crow's Nest.
The inner city of the royal family, such as the Meg Tower and the Empress Dowager's Tower, could not be reached directly.
In the original novel, Tywin died in the Prime Minister's Tower, in the outer level. If Varys wanted to kill Kevon, he had to lure him out of the inner city of the royal family and kill him in Grand Scholar Pycelle's Crow's Nest.
Now, Tyrion and Jaime had to cross the city wall.
Fortunately, most of the soldiers were fighting outside the city, so the Red Keep was not heavily guarded. As expected, it was lax.
Besides the bronze gate at the front of the city wall, there were a few small side doors around it.
At this time, Jaime was glad that he had called the Dwarf along.
No matter what kind of door it was, whether it had a lock or a bolt, it was defeated by the Dwarf's two nimble fingers.
Along the way, they killed seven or eight guards and finally stepped onto the stone steps of the Empress Dowager's Tower.
"Cersei, Cersei!" Jaime shouted anxiously as he ran up.
At the entrance of the Empress Dowager's Tower, he and Tyrion had killed two Tiemin, but they did not find the Church's knights.
When they reached the outer room of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, even the nuns were nowhere to be seen.
Jaime became more and more anxious. He pushed the thick oak door with all his might, but it did not budge. He could only open the small window above. Immediately, a faint stench of blood rushed to his nose.
"Zhan ~ Mu ~?" After a series of shouting and banging on the door, a weak and hoarse voice, like a female ghost, came from the room.
"Cersei, it's me. I'm Jaime. I'm here to save you. How are you?" Jaime began to use his knees to push against the wooden door, and used his steel sword to hack at the door lock.
"Jaime, what are you doing? Why are you so loud?" Tyrion, who was standing guard downstairs, exclaimed.
"No!" The door lock was hacked open, and the oak door opened. Carrying an oil lamp, he stepped into the dark, cold, and bloody bedroom. Jaime broke down and wailed.
It was as if Sister Xianglin had seen Ah Mao with a hole in his stomach and all his organs eaten.
"Seven levels of hell!" The Dwarf, who had heard the commotion, only took one look before he retreated, cursing.
"Come back and treat her." Jaime stopped him.
Tyrion had no choice but to walk over. He tried his best not to look at the bloody face that had been stabbed thousands of times, and the wet and bloody crotch. He only put his hands on her bruised chest where her head had been bitten off. A white light flashed, bringing warmth and vitality to her.
"Sob sob sob, is the Lannister of Casterly Rock City wiped out?" Cersei's toothless mouth let out a mournful cry.
Hearing this unexpected sentence, Jaime and Tyrion were stunned.
"How did you know?" Tyrion asked.
"Sob sob sob, You Lun said that Casterly Rock City was destroyed, that I was useless. Sob sob sob … He couldn't do it himself, so he let Tiemin take turns to XX me.
Last night, many of them died. He said that he would use the Queen to reward the warriors and boost their morale. Sob sob sob … "
"Bastard! I'm going to kill him! " Jaime's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets. He clenched his fists so hard that they broke his skin. Blood and dull pain seeped out, but he did not feel it.
His anger and frustration were about to burst out of his chest.
Tyrion asked with a gloomy face, "What about the Reverend Mother and the paladin?"
"The paladin was chopped up and fed to the dogs. Tiemin also raped Sister Maule. They killed her in front of the statue of the Madonna. Her body was thrown into the sea by a catapult, saying that it was a gift to Inami."
Cersei's throat moved as she spoke, and a yellowish-white substance with traces of blood flowed out of the corner of her mouth.
"You Lun have gone mad?!" Jaime said in disbelief.
Cersei opened her bloodshot eyes and struggled to look at the man beside her. Tears began to well up in her eyes again when she saw the man beside her.
"You Lun hated Matthew for crippling his magic. He wanted to blow up the Red Keep and sacrifice the King's Landing. He said that after this, he would return to his hometown with glory and wealth. He said that he wanted to sit on the Iron Islands and wait for the chance to rise again. "
"Don't worry. We have found the wildfire in the cellar of the Red Keep. We won't let You Lun succeed." Jaime held her face and comforted her gently.
"No, no, no! Don't look at me. Please don't look at me. " Her tears washed away the blood in her eyes, and her vision became clear. Cersei saw her lover, who was still as handsome as he was in her dreams. At the same time, she also saw her own condition.
She broke down. Tears poured out of her eyes, and she pulled the straw quilt to cover her dirty body.
But she had been tortured too much last night, and she had no strength left. She could only cry like a kitten.
Tyrion's eyes were sore, and two tears fell. He quickly pressed the lion head button on his shoulder and covered her with the brocade cloak embroidered with a red dragon and a golden lion.
She clenched the cloak tightly and pulled it up, trying to cover herself, but she wanted to see the man crying like a child. So, she slowly pulled it down again, leaving only a slit outside.
"Mother of God, why did you arrange such a fate for us? Why?!" Jaime held Cersei and cried.
Tyrion was very sad, and there were still tears on his face. But when he heard Jaime's cry, he could not help but smile. "Mother of God only left a Bible to teach people what to do, how to do, and what the end result is. She doesn't care.
Don't doubt it. She said this to me herself. She told me not to complain about fate. Fate has nothing to do with her. "
Jaime ignored him, and Cersei only stared at Jaime.
"Jaime, you are so cruel. You left King's Landing after our fight. It's been more than two years, and you didn't even send me a letter. When I got married, you didn't even come to see me. You bastard!"
"I was captured. I wanted to come back, but I couldn't!" James cried. "I'm sorry.
"Who caught you?"
"I … I swore not to tell!" Jaime's face was full of pain.
"You still want to lie to me? Are you hiding somewhere and giving birth to a child with that ugly Britney? "Cersei cried.
Jaime …
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