Chapter 12
[T/N: Two more people and you guys are getting a bonus chapter.]
Jon sighed as he walked through the ruins of what was once the most advanced civilization in the world.
The boy followed Ghost, who had his nose up, sniffing around. The boat had been moored nearby, but had been damaged on the way.
The boy asked Ghost to find an entrance or tunnel, since the wolf was, if the stories were true, magical.
Jon thought Ghost had a chance, if there was a secret tunnel to central Valyria. In Jon's theory, there had to be one, something connecting the treasure vaults, central Valyria, and the surrounding areas.
An escape route.
A way to protect your wealth.
The volcanoes that hit the peninsula, earthquakes, and tsunamis could have destroyed the tunnels.
But Jon didn't think so, they were a race that was in a place surrounded by volcanoes, their first defense should be to avoid the magma, it was possible, difficult yes, but still possible.
All of Jon's hopes were pinned on that possibility.
Valyria was his only chance.
The Lannisters have many allies in the free cities.
Viserys will search for him throughout the desert, possibly with the Dothraki Daenerys was promised to.
Valyria was his only chance.
The wolf growled and Jon looked up, seeing what appeared to be some kind of men with mutated skin.
"Rock men, don't let them touch you!" Sam said with some fear behind him.
Jon nodded, they were sick with the most terrible and epidemic disease known in Westeros, Greystone.
"Fire aura" the boy muttered.
The rock men were hit by Jon and incinerated, Jon watched curiously, his fire aura magic seemed to be more effective than before, the fire affected the rock men more, or perhaps his magic was increasing in power.
A scream was heard and one of the mercenaries helping him touched his hand to see a scar.
"Damn...Sansa" he said.
The girl stepped forward and quickly began to heal the man.
"Cure posion" she murmured.
A white light came out of her hands and touched the man's wound.
It was the strategy they had chosen.
They knew that there were monsters in Valyria and stone men, who transmitted Greystone, Sansa could not cure diseases, but if the Greystone was recent, whatever transmitted it would act as a poison, in that case, her anti-poison magic would serve to save those who were infected.
Of course, it was all theory, but Sansa believed it would work, and she is the healer. They had already eliminated a dozen stone men, Jon wondered if they were the result of experiments from ancient Valyria.
The wolf let out a howl.
Jon turned just like the others.
"Ghost found the entrance!" Sam said excitedly.
Jon smiled and turned to the sound, the wolf was digging in the dirt.
"Very good, boy," Jon told him when they heard a scream.
The boy turned and saw a creature approaching, it had a body as big as an elephant, it was green, and had a reptile head.
"Dragon?" Danny asked.
"No," said Sam.
It was true, unless the stories lie, the Dragon was bigger than an elephant, and the latter had no wings.
"It must be some kind of monster, a mix of a dragon and something else" Sam muttered.
"Keep the girls safe" Jon ordered.
"I'll help you," Grenn suggested.
"Not this time, if I don't succeed, get out of here," said Jon.
The boy cursed but shook his head and Sansa and Danny were led back.
Jon pulled out his weapon and prepared himself.
"Distraction first" he muttered.
"Bear," he said, hitting the ground.
A bear appeared in front of him, Ghost at his side.
"Wolf, Wolf, Wolf" he continued murmuring, summoning three wolves.
The beast let out a rumble and ran.
The bear lunged at him.
Ghost and the wolves followed him.
"Ice aura," Jon muttered before attacking as well.
The bear hit the creature, which was confused at the blow from the animal, and did not notice the direwolf jumping on its back.
The wolf sank its fangs into the creature's neck, earning a whimper from the creature, who began to move to get the wolf off of it. Jon took the opportunity to strike its snout with his sword, the frozen sword struck the creature, who growled.
The wolves sank their fangs into the animal's paws, which let out a howl of pain when it felt their teeth.
Ghost jumped off his back, unable to hold on any longer, Jon watched as he moved away from the animal, the bear attacked again but this time the creature was prepared, it stepped on one of the wolves which died instantly, and launched a bite at the bear's head, which fell immediately.
The other three wolves continued to attack, Jon saw that they barely managed, the creature was more on guard now.
"I need to see a weakness," he murmured.
The boy continued his attack, keeping his distance, but the creature suddenly moved quickly and the boy was hit by it, and thrown back about three meters.
"JON!" He heard and quickly turned back before standing up.
"STAY THERE!" he shouted.
The direwolf stood at his side.
"What do we do, friend?" he asked.
The wolf let out a growl.
And Jon smiled.
" I thought the same thing" he muttered.
And they both came out at the same time, the creature tried to charge at them but they both evaded it, the direwolf jumped on its back again and bit its neck, Jon rolled over on the ground to avoid being crushed by the creature's body, and tried to cut off its tail.
The cut was quick, it didn't seem to have the armor that the rest of its body had, the creature grunted in pain but it didn't seem to affect it much.
The wolves pounced on him, helping Ghost, its movements slowing down.
" Weakness, where are you? " thought the boy.
And then he remembered something, the first attack, one of his creatures was successful at first.
" Maybe... If it's possible, he was affected by that" Jon muttered and walked away.
Ghost saw it and did it too, while the wolves continued to fight.
"Boy, I think I have him, but I need to distract him" he muttered.
The direwolf growled.
"Boar," he muttered.
The animal appeared.
Ghost let out a howl and the wolves released the creature, which charged towards him.
"Ice aura" Jon muttered.
The direwolf howled and charged at the creature, the wolves and the boar followed.
The boar gained speed and attacked him, the creature felt pain all over its body, and with hatred it launched a bite at the boar, and swallowed half the animal, the wolves and Ghost jumped on its back again, Jon looked at everything waiting for his opportunity and a few seconds later he saw it.
"Quick attack" he muttered and ran away.
Ghost saw him run at full speed towards there and jumped to a safe distance, the wolves followed him, the creature looked confused when it saw the pain stop and saw Jon approach quickly, the creature launched itself at him.
But Jon's quick attack was faster in sword techniques, and he threw himself to the ground, turned around, and counterattacked on one of the creature's legs.
"Strong attack" he muttered as he hit his paw.
Doubling his attack force, the force was so much that the right leg of this one was cut off, and Jon quickly moved away, kneeling, exhausted.
Ghost quickly followed him and watched as the creature bled to death, purring. Jon sighed and thought about finishing it off, he glanced at his wolf and it moved forward, the creature saw him and snarled while still lying down, it didn't see Jon attack as well and hit it straight in the stomach, it sighed and closed its eyes, never to open them again.
" Good job, friend, you too," he said looking at the two wolves that survived.
Jon knelt and tried to catch his breath.
"Jon!?" he heard and saw Sansa arriving.
The girl began to heal him immediately. The healing took a while, because Jon's wounds were quite serious, the creature's attack had broken several bones.
"That was amazing, I'd seen some of your magic... But eliminating that mini Dragon, that was great" Grenn said.
Jon smiled at him.
"How do you feel?" Danny asked worriedly.
"I've been better, if I'm honest," the boy said.
Danny smiled.
While Sansa used her healing magic for the third time, the bones healed but there was still a little healing left, the girl felt that way, when she saw something bright that made her close her eyes, when she opened them she was in the white room.
"I couldn't wait until I was done healing him," the girl muttered and hurried to the monitor.
Congratulations, you have leveled up.
You have three skill points to spend.
" Three, oh I can raise my magic" she muttered going to the character menu.
Name: Sansa Stark
Level: 3
Skill Points 3
Exp: 0/130
You can spend three skill points.
Skills:
White magic Level: 2
Heal: Heals minor wounds.
Remove Pain: Remove pain.
Stasis: Puts a person into a deep sleep.
Flower Coat: Creates a layer of flowers that regenerate health quickly. Lasts twenty minutes.
Cure Poison: Cures poisons.
cost: 20 mana per spell
The girl pressed white magic again.
You have selected White Magic.
Do you want to improve white magic to level 3?
The girl pressed yes, and felt a suffocating heat run through her.
White magic level: 3 acquired
White magic consumes a percentage of mana per spell, some spells are for attacking some are for defense, and others just have a time limit.
White magic level: 3
cost: 60 per spell
Cure Mind: Cures the mind of side effects of mental magic, or mental illness.
Relax mind: Relax the mind by making it calm.
Summon Potion: Summon a potion that restores a small portion of your health.
The girl smiled at this, they were all excellent spells, she quickly pressed exit.
She opened her eyes and saw Jon who frowned as if realizing what had happened, and the girl quickly summoned a potion and gave it to him.
" Take it now" she murmured.
Jon did so and made a disgusted face before standing up.
"And now what?" Sam asked looking at the place where Ghost was digging.
Jon summoned two more wolves and they helped him dig. The five wolves dug for twenty minutes when they suddenly heard the sound of metal.
The boys approached and saw a small metal door, it looked more like a sewer manhole cover. The boys tried to lift it, but their strength was not enough.
"Maybe it's not strength that's needed, but magic," Sansa murmured.
The boys let her in and she knocked on the door.
"Heal" she murmured and her hands shone, metallic noises were heard at the door, and as if it were nothing it opened.
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"Are you ready?" Rikkon asked.
Bran nodded and Hodor took him in his arms.
"In silence," murmured Osha.
"Hodor," he said.
They walked in silence through the castle.
Theon and the ironborn were entertaining themselves, drinking, and Bran and the others went into the catacombs.
"We must stay away from the door until we have an escape plan," Bran said.
Osha nodded.
"Hodor" the giant muttered.
The wolves, Summer and Hairy, followed behind.
The catacombs were gigantic, they walked about forty meters before deciding to stay in a dark place.
"Now just think" Bran muttered
[T/N: I'll be honest, I have no idea what happened in this scene.]
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Theon awoke the next morning to find that neither Bran, nor Rikkon, nor his wolves, the wildling, and the giant were there.
"Look for them in the surroundings, we can't lose them" the boy muttered frantically.
The ironborn are gone.
" My lord, if the villagers find out that the children escaped, they will rebel. I would like to suggest an alternative" said one of the northerners who joined his cause, a certain Reek.
Theon listened to him and looked at him in disgust.
"Do you think I could avoid a rebellion?" he asked.
Reek nodded.
" Do it" he murmured.
[T/N: Reek is Theon, I googled it.]
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"Mother," Robb said, watching her arrive.
" Oh Robb" she whispered and hugged him.
"It was terrible, Stannis," she murmured.
"Tell me everything," he said.
He told her what happened, he arrived with Renly, who he found charming, and his wife Margaery Tyrell, who he found to be a very well-educated girl.
Then he continued with the thing about Stannis, the Blackfish heard everything.
"Blood magic" he muttered.
"We definitely can't support Stannis," Robb muttered.
"Theon?" she asked when she didn't see him.
Robb sighed.
"Sit down" he murmured.
The woman did so and Robb told her the news.
"Damn son of a bitch...After how we treated him, like a son, oh my god, Bran...Rikkon" the woman said crying.
" Theon will pay for his betrayal, you were right when you said he is a man of iron," Robb said.
" The ironborn have attacked several forts in the north... Balon Greyjoy has crowned himself the iron king," said the Blackfish.
" We will recover Winterfell, but we will do it carefully, Theon knows the place and its secrets," the king of the north said.
"And then?" the woman asked.
" Theon will be judged" he promised.
Catelyn nodded.
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Talisa looked at the king of the north, he seemed disturbed, and approached him.
"Everything okay?" she asked.
Robb smiled at her.
"No, not at all," he said.
Talisa looked at him sadly.
"That's war, your majesty," she said.
Robb nodded.
"Lady Talisa, dine with me," he said.
The woman blinked.
"Dinner?" she asked.
" Yes, dinner, I want you to tell me about Volantis, I've never been there, and depending on how this war ends, it seems I never will be there," he said.
"Curiosity?" she asked.
Robb smiled.
" At least I will distract myself, Jon had the opportunity to go, but as you see, whether I am the king of the north or the heir of the warden of the north, my duty is to always stay in the north, and never leave it," he said.
Talisa nodded.
" Sure, why not? " she said smiling.
Robb felt happier seeing the smile.
The Volantina had a strange power that made the king of the north completely forget his worries.
Dacey watched them from a few meters behind, she smiled when she saw them.
'I hope Talisa makes her move, or I will,' thought the Bear watching the young and attractive king of the north escort the healer inside the king's tent.
[T/N: DAM! Robb's got some that 'rizz', this book is slowly getting better, I'm getting used to the authors writing style and learning what are the common mistakes they make. If you like this chapter then leave a comment, write a review, and drop some stones. If you want to read a few advanced chapters then check out the P@treon or my Ko-fi.]
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