Chapter 156 Prophecy in the Flame
Pentos North City Mercenary Camp
"The Dornish wives are as beautiful as the sun,
Her kisses are warmer than spring;
Dornish swords are made of black iron.
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"Come here, Bronn, I have something to ask you." Dorian, the Black Falcon, walked up to Bronn, who was toasting and singing with his mercenaries, and whispered in his ear, "Here comes another instruction."
Bronn put down his wine glass and followed Dorian to a corner.
"Are you here to give instructions again? I haven't finished the last work yet," said Bronn. "The competition won't start until tomorrow. The price offered by Suda is a thousand gold dragons. If your Lucien The knight wants me to serve him instead, and according to the agreement, he has to give me three thousand."
"Whether it's one thousand or three thousand, the premise is that you have to take your life, man." Dorian sneered, "If you stand on the wrong side in tomorrow's competition, you will lose your life, and you think Sir Lucien will stand on the wrong side. To one side?"
"Damn it," Bronn was stunned for a moment and waved his hand, "Forget it, what are the new instructions?"
"Sir Lucien asked you to return to the mercenary team as soon as possible after the game tomorrow. No matter what instructions we received from above, after entering the XC area, we drove directly to the port and waited for his next step. instruct.
By the way, he also asked me to remind you that as long as this thing is done, he will give each of us a castle and let us become counts. "
"Well, I will do it. This is really irresistible." Even with Bronn's greed, he couldn't say anything else. "Sir Lucien's generosity always exceeds my limit every time." expected."
After speaking, the two returned to the mercenaries.
Their singing continues:
"Brother, brother, my end is coming,
The Dornish took my life,
It doesn't matter, all mortals are mortal,
But I have tasted the Dornish wife! "
The Red Temple on the top of the West/City of Pentos
"Welcome, Lord Earl." After hearing the news of Ian's visit, Celia came to the door in person to greet him.
"You are so radiant, beautiful lady, I am so lucky to have your favor." Ian took the hand extended by Celia and let her take his arm.
"Why didn't I notice that you were so attentive before?" Celia and Ian walked side by side.
"I have a low status and I don't dare to be rude," Ian said and paused, "That's why I'm very curious about what you saw in the flames that made you favor me."
"My brother has already told you, I fell in love with you at first sight, for no other reason," Celia said with a smile, "However," she was not surprised by Ian's curiosity, "since you want to know what I am doing in the flames If you see anything, then please come with me and I will show you."
After saying that, Celia took Ian and walked into the temple. After passing through two corridors and a garden, she entered a room.
"Your boudoir?" Ian looked at the decorations in the room. He couldn't tell that this was a woman's room. Of course, as far as the woman in red robe was concerned, it was strange to be able to tell.
Celia didn't answer, she just slipped the hand holding Ian's arm, held his palm, and then pulled him to the stone table in the center of the room, and then lit the brazier on the table with a torch.
"Just lighting a fire with a torch?"
"Otherwise, what's the use?"
"I thought you Vulcan priests could use spells or something."
"I have also heard the legend. Before the dragons became extinct, there were indeed high priests who knew fire magic. Of course, even if they could do it, no one would use magic to ignite fire." Celia said, pointing to the already blazing fire. The flames ignited, "What did you see?"
"What did you see again?" Ian didn't answer, just asked.
"Look carefully." Celia and Ian pressed closer to each other, sniffing the aroma close at hand, and Ian bent down slightly.
"The Red God is giving us prophecies," Celia continued, "in the flames,
I saw the long night fall, and saw the endless corpses sweep over the world, and their king wore a crown of ice;
I saw a thousand fire dragons and a thousand ice dragons fighting fiercely in the sky, and the sky wept with blood;
I saw the demons of the Night Lion attacking the fifth base of the land, and the human coalition fighting in the wilderness with great momentum;
I saw you," Celia turned around and looked into Ian's eyes, "I saw you holding the Lightbringer, fighting back the darkness in the ice and snow, ending the long night.
I also saw that our child," Celia said as she pushed Ian onto the table, "he will become the master of this world and rule the entire human world. "
"Then do you know what I saw?" Ian's eyes, which had been blurred by the incense, suddenly returned to a sober state, and he pushed Celia onto the table with his backhand.
"Didn't you see what I said? Those...illusions?" Celia said in surprise, her unusually beautiful eyes full of disbelief.
"No, what I saw was something else," Ian smiled. "I saw a little black guy who was full of lies." When he said this, Ian could clearly feel the whole body of the woman under him. trembling.
"What on earth are you talking about?" Celia looked at Ian blankly.
"Didn't you ask me what I saw in the flames?" Ian lowered his head and kissed Celia's forehead.
"I just don't quite understand your wording." Celia responded with a smile.
"It doesn't matter, just think of it as me telling you a bedtime story." Ian said noncommittally.
"The first little black guy is called Gini Taime. After he started in Pantos, he first issued a wanted notice in Qoma Inn, and successfully gathered the other two little black guys through this wanted notice. Got up.
Originally there were supposed to be three, but the appearance of Bounty Mission 1 caused one of them to back down and not join up with the other gangsters. This also laid a fatal hidden danger for them.
Then these little black men developed in the port, and even boarded the Hauket family's ship. They successfully expanded their power by participating in Pantos's slave trading campaign.
In the process, they also brought in private goods, killed many players who rashly went to Illyrio's mansion, and gained a large amount of resources.
At the same time, they concentrated all the points they gained on one of the little Heizi, and asked her to quickly activate the skills of Red God Magic.
With this ability, she quickly gained the appreciation of Delif, the daughter of Governor Haukote, in this era when magic has almost disappeared, and obtained the "Supreme Priest" in the Red Temple and went to Volantis to study for many years. And the daughter's identity is returned.
In order to avoid the suspicion of other players, she lied that she had returned to Pentos a year ago, but had been retreating in the inner courtyard... In this way, even if a player started to screen and suddenly returned to Pentos in the past three months, Those who take the lead will also ignore her existence.
After all, there are too many people who meet the requirements. If suspicion has not arisen, who would investigate a priestess with such a legitimate identity? "
This is the same as Ian River and Lucien Lannister. These two identities are completely unrelated and no one can associate them together.
But if anyone really suspected this, it wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.
Celia wanted to get up, but was pushed back to the table roughly by Ian.
"You shouldn't" Celia gasped in a low voice, "You shouldn't be so rude. I am the sister of Prince Hazan! The daughter of Lady Marian."
"Shh," Ian gently placed a finger on Celia's lips, "I will mention this later, but before that, quietly listen to me finish telling the story of Little Heizi. ?”
Celia stopped talking, but Ian could feel that she was shaking uncontrollably.
"Then disaster struck unexpectedly, although Gini Taime only intended to play this joke once. It was just a short spelling of Valyrian pronunciation, and he did not expect it to be used by anyone other than the agreed allies. People saw that he changed his name immediately after joining his allies.
But what he didn't know was that the agreed ally who didn't come to join them was actually watching them in the dark. "