41 Based in Essos
Beside the city of Tolos, ships disembarked countless people. There were thousands of people but the most notable were soldiers wearing silver armor and red capes and cold soldiers in black leather armor.
The Red Army was impressive but the 89300 Unsullied was shocking. At the head of everyone was Aslan with a smile.
Before him were all his officers and the royal guards.
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At the top of the ziggurat, Aslan and the officers were talking about everything. The royal guards, the officers and Victarion explained the course of the combat in Tolos. Gerold also told him that they had captured a large part of the leaders of Tolos and in particular the lord of the town with his family.
Aslan was satisfied because despite the battle his army had not suffered too much. They lost one man to ten men. He was also satisfied with the capture of Dreny, the lord of the city because he had family ties with Mereen, he could be an important currency. After all the slaves of Slaver's Bay must have had a face.
The royal guards and his offices also asked Aslan who the soldiers he had brought with him were. Aslan explained to them that they were elite slave soldiers trained by the city of Astapor. He told them that he had bought all of the Unsullied from Astapor, leaving only a few thousand Unsullied in the city. Astapor was now a city without real military power for the next 5 years and that they could conquer it whenever they wanted.
However, Astapor and Tolos were different. Tolos was an average city and conquering it was easy but Astapor is an ancient city with hidden forces so controlling it completely would be difficult.
On hearing that the Unsullied were slave soldiers many showed their dissatisfaction because for them being a soldier is respectable. Aslan saw their dissatisfied expressions and smiled.
He explained to them that they had given them back their freedom and he had given them the choice of freedom but everything stayed with him.
The others were relieved but at the same time, they were happy to have a relentless army of 89,300 men. At Westeros, they could control a third of the continent. They could have the Westerlands, the Reach and the Storm's Lands.
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After finishing the discussion, Aslan gave various commands.
He ordered to consolidate the city by employing the inhabitants of the city and to release the slaves by giving them their freedom. The wealthy slavers were taken to prison awaiting the arrival of the Mereen slave laborers.
Aslan supervised the reconstruction of the walls and with the help of the craftsmen, he brought with him from Westeros they installed their weapons on the walls. He also asked for the port to be enlarged because his fleet must be able to stock up easily, but he also wanted to transform the city of Tolos into a city comparable to Mereen or Astapor.
He also organized his 129,000 men into groups. Currently, in his army, the infantry dominated widely but Aslan also wanted a large group of cavalry. He wanted to triple the number of his current cavalry.
He had posters posted all over the city for recruitment, but this recruitment was selective. Recruits must know how to ride a horse and must be ready for hellish training. At the end of the training, there could only be 25,000 new riders at the end. Aslan did not want to recruit for the infantry because he already had 104,300 infantrymen.
The men of Tolos were not very excited by this news but some people yes.
During this time, Aslan also began pacifying the region. He proceeded in the same way as in Westeros. He divided his large army into several groups to drive out bandits, criminals and others from the region.
His men ventured to the black cliffs where the demon route began, the ancient Valyrian route that links Mereen to Volontis. In less than a few weeks the whole town learned that the new lord had killed a large part of the criminals in the region. The people of Tolos were happy because these criminals were cancer of the region. The locals were afraid to leave the city because these criminals captured the locals and then sold them to the slavers in Mereen.
Aslan had the population at his side.
The recruitments had, thanks to this act, experienced great popularity. Many men had applied for a place in the Red Army cavalry. All this was done in 3 months and finally, after these 3 months, Mereen had moved.
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A member of the Loraq family, Dygur von Loraq. A middle-aged man who was a former member of the Loraq family.
At the top of the ziggurat was Aslan seated on the throne with one hand on the throne and the other had a cup of wine. He wore a white and black outfit with a red haori and he had many impressive gold jewelry around his neck and his arms. (See cover) Next to him was a woman wearing a green dress and a veil covering her face.
Before him was Dygur von Loraq, who wore a long blue dress with precious rings around his fingers.
On the sides of the room were two lines of Red Army soldiers.
Dygur looked at this young man in front of him with complicated eyes.
"Hello foreigner, I am Dygur von Loraq, a former member of the Loraq family and I was sent by the family to find out why you attacked the city."
Aslan drank wine and smiled.
"Why did I attack the city? Ahahaha, it's funny! He asks why I attack the city! Ahahaha! Valia, this madman wants to make me laugh! Ah!"
Aslan laughed until he had tears in his eyes.
Dygur was shocked, he didn't understand why this man in front of him laughed like crazy.
"Wow, that was good, one of the best jokes I've ever heard in my life."
Aslan finished laughing before looking at Dygur.
"I will save this joke in my records, I will call it "the craziest assassination attempt in history"."
The soldiers' mouths in the room were shaking. Suddenly Aslan looked at Dygur and he sat down with dignity on the throne.
"You ask me why I attacked the city? Then I'll tell you."
Dygur swallowed. He didn't know why but he was starting to be afraid of the madman in front of him.
"I attacked the city for power. I have tens of thousands of powerful soldiers and a lot of gold, I attacked the city for power. Every man desires power and I DESIRE POWER!"
"A madman! This man is mad!" cried Dygur in his heart.
Never in history has a man attacked a city and offended various powers for power.
"So now tell me how Mereen will react." said Aslan, looking at Dygur trembling like a naked woman in the snow.
Dygur lowered his nervous head to meet Aslan's gaze and he thought.
"I absolutely cannot let the Loraq family face this madman. If we ever fight, he risks taking us with him to hell."
Dygur looked at Aslan and answered.
"Young lord, I am going to speak to my family but you attacked the city without reason and they would like damage. If you give them something as compensation then they could close their eyes."
Dygur spoke but he avoided meeting Aslan's gaze.
"It's okay, I'm going to send them gifts but for now I'm going to give you someone."
Aslan nodded and one of the soldiers left the room before coming back with a chubby man.
"My uncle!"
The chubby man exclaimed when he saw Dygur. His eyes seemed to light up when he saw his uncle.
The soldiers released Dreny who ran to his uncle, Dygur.
"Uncle you must avenge me! They killed everyone, they left no one!"
Dreny begged as he squeezed his uncle's leg but all he received was a slap.
"Shut up!"
Dreny was shocked but he was smart so he fell silent.
"Dygur then looked at Aslan and bowed.
"Please forgive my nephew, young lord."
"I forgive him."
Aslan had no interest in a guy who could never threaten him after all.
I also have an offer for you Dygur von Loraq. "
Dygur who was about to leave stopped and looked at Aslan with nervous eyes.
"I propose cooperation between our cities, Tolos and Mereen. Privileged exchanges between our two cities where taxes will be lowered."
Dygur thoughtful because as a merchant he understood that trading with this stranger could be profitable but working with a madman was like dancing on the blade of a knife. An error and is death assured.
Dygur currently only wanted to go home so he bowed.
"I'll talk to the head of the family when I get back, now if you want to excuse me."
Dygur bowed and with Dreny behind him, he left the press ziggurat. He wanted to return to Mereen and speak with his older brother, Tolos hides a madman.
After the departure of Dygur Aslan laughed madly. Throughout the discussion, Aslan pretended to be crazy. He did it to scare Mereen because the only real enemies of Aslan east of Essos were Mereen and the Dothraki.
After having finished laughing Aslan dismissed all the soldiers from the throne room before looking at Valia, the woman with the green dress and the veil in front of her face.
"Now tell me why you came to find me ... witch."
