Chapter 254: Power Vacuum

The man who arrived was Jon Connington.

Illyrio had been away from Pentos for a long time.

Given the rise of the Targaryens and the almost inevitable conflict with Braavos, a falling out was imminent.

As the leading Free City, Braavos naturally wanted to suppress the Targaryens, who were rising challengers.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Viserys sent Illyrio, who had connections and had previously traveled to the distant Slaver's Bay to purchase Unsullied.

Ever since Viserys saw the Unsullied at Illyrio's mansion and witnessed Jon Connington leading a dozen Unsullied disguised as Pentos guards during the Red Night, he had been fascinated by these elite soldiers. The Unsullied obey their master's commands absolutely and fear nothing, which is exactly what Viserys needs now.

In the future, whether facing pressure from Braavos or expanding into other territories, or even invading Westeros, the Unsullied will have ample room to perform.

Do the Unsullied have any drawbacks?

Yes.

The only drawback of the Unsullied is their high cost, but expensive things often only have the drawback of being expensive, and this may not be their drawback, but yours.

And Viserys is particularly generous in this regard.

Is he rich?

Viserys is very rich now.

After looting the governor's families of Pentos, the remaining money is enough to dazzle Viserys, who has seen the remaining wealth of the Targaryen family.

These governors, who have been sucking the marrow from the people of Pentos, have made unimaginable amounts of money.

Therefore, Viserys could be so generous, waving his hand to let Illyrio take the money and go, showing great trust, not worrying at all that Illyrio would take the money and run.

As for Astapor, as long as you bring money, you don't have to worry about them taking the money and not delivering.

The good masters of Slaver's Bay may have long lost their morals, but they are very trustworthy in business. They deeply understand the importance of credit in business.

Now.

Viserys has sent Illyrio to buy Unsullied to expand his military power.

And Jon Connington has become the only person he can trust in front of him.

So Jon, who was still idle before, started to get busy, running around, diligently handling all kinds of affairs.

In fact, Jon Connington's say in Pentos now is even greater than that of the Ragged Prince, who is now the Prince of Pentos.

The Ragged Prince once dreamed of returning to his hometown and taking power, but when he really sat in this position...

The Ragged Prince found that he seemed... to have been tricked.

Viserys seems to have no intention of leaving Pentos, and he doesn't have the courage to drive Viserys away.

So Viserys stays in the Palace of the Nine Towers without having to step out, and all the power of Pentos is in his control.

The Ragged Prince is like a balloon, floating in mid-air, seemingly powerful, but his real power has been hollowed out.

Even the brothers of the Windblown, who have now become the city guard, have begun to change their positions.

They used to follow a leader, but now they suddenly find that there is a bigger leader above the leader.

And at this time, you have a chance to follow the bigger leader, do you go or not?

"Go."

So many of the brothers of the Windblown gradually changed their positions under the covert threats and inducements of Ramsay Snow.

They began to perfunctorily carry out the Ragged Prince's orders, learning the official art of flattery.

Even the Ragged Prince's most trusted lieutenants, the 'War Poet' Denzo D'han and the Dothraki Caggo Corpsekiller, began to waver, and the way they looked at the Ragged Prince gradually became a bit off.

"We used to live well when we were all suffering together..."

"Why did I lead the brothers to change their fate, only to end up like this?"

The Ragged Prince was puzzled, perhaps he knew the reason, but he didn't want to face this reality.

"People's hearts change easily."

The Ragged Prince could only sigh like this.

Following a young and ambitious lord with more power and future is definitely more promising than following someone who is old and has been hollowed out.

Not long ago, Jon Connington wanted the Ragged Prince to order a search for Viserys.

At that time, the Ragged Prince was a bit hesitant, and Jon even drew his sword.

However, he didn't expect that before he could speak, a large group of former Windblown brothers followed Jon at his call.

He then hurriedly added orders to prevent anyone from seeing what was going on.

And now, Jon Connington hurriedly brought Viserys not good news.

"The Dothraki are coming to attack Pentos?"

Viserys sat at his desk, put down the intelligence in his hand, looked up at Jon, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Where did you get this news?"

The man with gray-red long hair sitting opposite Viserys explained, and Viserys frowned again after listening.

"You mean... the Dothraki are claiming to avenge the governor's friends of Pentos?"

"So they want to attack Pentos?"

Do the Dothraki even have friends?

Viserys shook his head when he heard this clumsy reason, and even couldn't help but want to laugh a little.

It would be more customary for everyone if the Dothraki simply stated that they wanted to take the opportunity to loot this rich pearl of the bay.

From the Century of Blood, the Dothraki, as barbarians, appeared on the world stage and by now this nomadic nation has destroyed countless cities and exterminated countless races.

Now, five khals of the Dothraki have united, close to eighty thousand horse warriors, a scale comparable to the 'Battle of Qohor' that destroyed the Kingdom of Sarnor.

"They really think highly of me."

"And they really... never rest."

Viserys sighed.

He originally planned to sit back and watch the fight, watching the war between the Seven Kingdoms and the Wildlings in Westeros, and the upcoming war between the Others and humans.

However, the gods didn't want him to rest for too long, so they sent him another enemy, so he didn't have a chance to slack off here.

Viserys shook his head slightly.

But strangely, he didn't feel too nervous inside, maybe he was used to the tense life.

From King's Landing to Dragonstone to Andalos and then to Pentos, every step of Viserys has significant changes.

And now he is going to wait in Pentos for the challenge of the Dothraki.