Chapter 146

Chapter 146 Skull

  In the darkness, torch illuminated only a small spot.

  The voices of the conversation between the two became inaudible.

  Only then did Arya dare to follow secretly.

  "...need...more birds..."

  "...I can arrange..."

  "...young...clever..."

  "...to be safe...risky..."

  Arya dared not make sound, and she almost lost track of the other party several times but kept moving forward, she almost fell and hit the wall, but fortunately, there was no danger.

  She didn't know how far she had gone, how many miles?

  Finally, she lost track.

  She lost her way in the dark, so she could only grope for the wall and move on.

  After an unknown amount of time, she finally saw the light.

  Arya smelled the salty sea breeze, excitedly rushed out, and then saw the endless black water bay.

  In the setting sun, a few seagulls flitted across the sea, and countless white sails crowded the port like flags.

  Only then did Arya realize that she had actually left the Red Keep.

  Fortunately, as long as she is still in King's Landing, she can see the Red keep towering above the Aegon Hills as soon as she looks up, so Arya won't get lost.

  She quickened her pace, afraid that she would miss dinner if she went back late, and would be scolded by her father again.

  However, when she rushed outside the castle gate, the gate guard looked at her with disgust and said, "

  "Get lost, kid, this is not the place for you."

  "But I live inside."

  The guard laughed loudly: "Then I'm the king."

  Arya knew that she must be in a mess right now. Her clothes were covered in dust, her hair was messed up, and her shoes were all missing. She really didn't look like she lived in a castle.

  "I am Arya of House Stark, my father is the Hand of the King, and I really live in the Red Keep." She tried to explain.

  It's a pity that the guard still didn't believe her: "Boy, the story is well written, but you got the gender wrong. Lady Arya is a girl. Get out, or I throw you myself !"

"I'm not a boy! "

She finally got angry, "If you don't let me in again, I'll let the Hand of the King punish you all!"

  "Get lost!" The guard yelled angrily, and tried slapping her.

  It's a pity that she avoided it deftly.

  "Stop."

  Arya heard a familiar voice behind her, she turned her head, and immediately showed a surprised smile:

  "Lord Caesar!"

  "Arya, why did you run outside the Red Keep?" Samwell Looking at the little girl who was dirtier than before, couldn't help laughing and shaking his head.

  Sure enough, it was Arya the "troublemaker".

  "I was catching cats, and then I entered a dark place..." Arya hesitated, but did not say what she overheard, "...then I ran out of the Red keep without knowing the way ."

  Samwell's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, the little girl wouldn't have slipped into the secret passage of the Red keep.

  That's a great place!

  Samwell was worried that he couldn't find it.

  "Come on, I'll take you in." Samwell took Arya's hand and walked towards the gate.

  Of course, the guards knew the young baron who had just won the jousting tourney, he quickly bowed to salute, and at the same time, he was secretly amazed—

  That dirty kid was really the daughter of the King's Hand?

  "Lord Caesar, were you out on business?" Arya asked with her head raised.

  "Yes." After hearing the news that Petyr was attacked by the "Red Viper" on the street, Samwell ran to watch the show.

  Unfortunately, he was step too late, and both were taken away by the Hand of the King.

  Hearing that Petyr's tried cutting his one arm, Samwell laughed for a long time.

  But this is obviously not the end for Petyr.

  Next, he will be on trial for the murder of Jon Arryn.

  Let's see what he does this time.

  Passing through the bronze gate, the two entered the Red Keep.

Samwell suddenly asked,

  "Arya, can you show me the place where you chased the cat?"

  "Yes." Arya nodded "Do you want to go now?"

  "Yes." Samwell couldn't wait.

  Because he knew that there were some good things in that secret path.

  So, led by Arya, the two came to the hidden cellar entrance again.

  However, the entrance was very small, and the passage inside was also very narrow, so Samwell could only crawl in.

  Fortunately, he has already lost weight, otherwise he would really be stuck here.

  After climbing through this passage, Samwell came to a spacious cave.

  "Lord Caesar, come quickly, those monster bones are here." Arya waved in front.

  Samwell waited for his eyes to adapt to the darkness here before moving on.

  After pushing open a wooden door, he saw dark figures.

  Resisting the excitement in his heart, Samwell stretched out his hand to hold the giant sword [Dawn] behind him, and slowly pulled it out.

  With the red-gold lines appearing on the milky-white sword body, the fire-like light dispelled the surrounding darkness.

  "Wow! Lord Caesar, your sword is on fire! Just like that red-priest!" Arya exclaimed.

  Samwell didn't try to argue that his sword was not the same as the red priest flaming sword. He just wanted to see what he had been waiting for for a long time—the skull of the dragon's!

  He thought that the remains of the dragon's must be daunting, but when he saw the things in front of him clearly with the light of [Dawn], he found that they were beautiful things!

  The dark bones were like agate, smooth and bright, shining with crystal luster under the firelight.

  The remains of such a terrifying giant beast were breathtakingly beautiful.

  It's unbelievable.

  "It's so beautiful!" Arya also exclaimed. She was frightened by these things in the dark before , but after seeing them clearly, she realized that they were not scary at all. Instead, she couldn't help reaching out and touching them, " Are these crystal sculptures?"

  "No. They are the remains of the dragon's ."

  "Dragon's ?" Arya said, startled , and moved her hand away.

  "Yes, the dragon''s. The most terrifying war machines of the Targaryen family are all here." Samwell brought [Dawn] closer to the skulls, and then found that the fire seemed to be brighter.

  The bones seemed to welcome the sword, or, perhaps, the firelight.

  There were only nineteen skulls left of the giant dragon's in front of him, some big and some small.

  Pointing to the two smallest skulls, Arya asked, "Are these also the remains of dragons? Why are they so small?"

  "Those were the last two dragons hatched by the Targaryen family. Short-lived." Samwell looked at the two skulls, which were about the size of ordinary hounds, with flickering eyes.

  "Oh." Arya looked at the largest dragon skull again, "That must be 'Black Death' Balerion, right?"

  "Yes." Samwell walked over and stood in the bloody maw of Balerion, feeling the horror of this terrifying monster up close, "It is said that the 'Black Death' can swallow a whole bison in one bite, now It seems that it was really not an exaggeration."

  Arya also stood in cautiously, and found that even if there were two people standing, there was still extra space in the big mouth.

  "It's so big!" The little girl exclaimed, "How big was the whole dragon!"

  Samwell couldn't help but imagine the appearance of this giant beast before him, imagining the scene where it spreads its wings, soars into the sky, and breathes out flames.

  When "Conqueror" Aegon Targaryen landed in King's Landing, he had an army of less than 2,000 men. With these troops alone, no one thought he could gain a foothold on this continent, let alone conquer the Seven Kingdoms.

  But he also had three dragons -

  Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes.

  These three dragons, named after the ancient gods of Valyria, displayed unearthly power in the ensuing war.

  In the most famous battle of "Raging Fire", the coalition forces of the King of Casterly Rock and the King of the Reach were directly burned to death by the flames of three giant dragons, including the King of the Reach and all his descendants.

  After this battle, the people of Westeros finally admitted the invincibility of the dragon, and the seven kingdoms finally surrendered one by one under the command of the Iron Throne.

  But unfortunately, just over a hundred years later, the dragon's became extinct.

  The Targaryen family, which lost the dragon, werr also driven from the Iron Throne in Robert's rebellion .

  These skull's, which were supposed to be placed in the throne room, were also left in this corner by the new king Robert.

  Samwell withdrew his thoughts, looked at the skull in front of him, and the desire in his heart resurfaced again.

  As a person who aspires to become a "master of gourmet food in another world", how can he not taste the dragon bone ?

  So he came to one of the teeth of Balerion's skull, the greatsword raised high in his hand.

  "Lord Caesar, what are you doing?" Arya asked.

  "Take a souvenir." Samwell laughed, and swung the long sword in his hand!

  clang!

Sparks flew.

  However, there was only a small gap on the dragon's teeth, and the huge shock force made Samwell grit his teeth.

  The bones of the dragon are so hard!

  He could no longer swing the second sword.

  It seemed that Bellerion's bones could not be taken for the time being, so Samwell had no choice but to go to the smallest skull, which was about the size of an ordinary hound, and took it all away.

  Although this dragon was deformed and short-lived, it was still a dragon after all, so it should have the same effect.

  Go back and boil some bone soup to drink.

  "Let's go, Arya, do you remember the road ahead?"

  Arya shook her head hesitantly: "There is still a long way ahead... I might get lost if I haven't followed two people before..."

  "Two people?" Samwell's heart moved.

  "Yes, a fat man, and a man from the other side of the narrow sea, they were talking about Littlefinger, the Red Viper, the King's Bastard, oh, and your and my father's names were mentioned, and they were talking about magicians, jugglers, and so on. Strange words."

  Samwell was speechless for a while.

  The little girl didn't understand what she heard, so she narrated it in a mess, but he already guessed who those two were.

  Moreover, it also reminded him of a plot in the original work and a question that he had ignored...

  "Then do you remember where the final exit of the secret passage leads to? "

  Nodding, "To Black Water Bay, there was a cliff on exit, and you can see King's Landing Port."

  "Okay." Samwell looked at the darkness ahead, his eyes flickering, "Let's go, let's go back the same way, next time when I have a chance, I will take you to explore again."

  "Okay!"

  [END]