Chapter 319

Next day

"No southern army ever managed to break through Moat Cailin." He said as he walked at the front of his personal guards. "Moat Cailin is to the North what the Bloody Gate is to the Vale."

"And like the Golden tooth is to the Westerlands, right?" Ygritte asked.

He thought about it and nodded "True. But while Moat Cailin and the Bloody Gate have never been taken over, such is not the case with Bloody Gate. And it is not the only Chokepoint to the Westerlands either."

Ygritte frowned but nodded "Hasn't the Andals invaded North from the Sea side?"

"They have. But large scale sea invasions don't work very well in Westeros." He said "Mainly because 1. Ships are expensive and rare. 2. You can only take a limited number of soldiers from ships and 3. You won't have any backup or reinforcements if you invade a foreign soil from the sea. That, along with a good deal of Gorilla warfare and an aggressive leader is why the Andals never managed to invade our lands."

"You don't seem to like the Andals very much." Ygritte pointed out.

"It is not that I dislike them. I do not. But I am quite bitter about the fact that they burned down all the Heart Trees. That is also why I dislike the Citadel as an institution."

"What did the Maesters do?" Ygritte asked.

"They not only deny the presence of magic but use all their resources to clamp down on any possible magical event." He said "They also accelerated the slow deterioration of the Dragons under Targaryen leadership."

Ygritte nodded "Isn't it better that…"

The Communication mirror inside his pocket vibrated.

He gestured for Ygritte to hold on and picked up the call.

"Lyra." He said as the woman's face came in front of him.

"My lord." She said and gave him a bow "News from Slaver's Bay."

"Did Muron finally reach Astapor?" he asked.

"He will. In an hour or two." She said.

He nodded "Good job informing me Lyra. Keep it up."

Lyra nodded and he cut the connection.

"It took them a while." Ygritte said "Isn't ship travel supposed to be faster than travelling on foot."

"It is." He nodded "But Slavers Bay is very far away from Bolton Port. In fact, covering the same distance with an army would have easily taken us a whole year."

Ygritte nodded "What are you going to do now?" she asked.

He thought about it for a moment. "I'll go and deal with those fucking slavers myself."

"Haven't you given enough gold to Muron already?" she asked.

"I have. But buying Unsallied is not the only thing I'm going to do at Slavers Bay?" he said with a cruel smile.

Ygritte raised an eyebrow and nodded.

"Will you be able to return before the end of the week?" she asked "Because it would be awkward if your Personal guards reach the Northern host without you."

"I will." He said and moved forward to kiss her forehead "Still, I'm contact you everyday. Keep me informed. And tell Varko that he is the second in command during my absence."

Ygritte nodded "Be safe Domeric." Then she moved forward and kissed him on the lips.

He was little surprised when she entered the tongue but didn't complain.

They separated and he smiled "Don't forget to feed Acnologia either." He said "Or my horse."

Ygritte rolled her eyes "I won't."

He smiled and climbed down from the horse before he used Portkey to leave.