Chapter 283: The Tragedy of Myr

Over forty thousand Dothraki screamers suddenly attacked and seized Myr. The three Khals then ordered their men to indulge in three days of unrestrained pillaging, burning, and killing. It seemed as if they were venting all the grievances they had suffered in Pentos on the city of Myr.

Myr, a bustling trade city-state known for its excellent craftsmanship, experienced its worst nightmare in these three days. It was a horror that was almost unimaginable, a terror that made one's soul shudder.

The sky over Myr was constantly shrouded in the thick smoke of burning flames. Day and night were both dark as pitch, and even the fiercest sea breeze could not disperse the smoke. The burning flames painted the entire sky a bloody red.

Beneath the flames and thick smoke, the Dothraki swung their butcher's knives at will. They broke into the homes of noble families and ordinary citizens of Myr, committed atrocities in the streets, and then beheaded their victims. The fires set by the Dothraki in Myr burned for a full half month without extinguishing.

The air in the city-state was filled with the nauseating smell of blood, apart from the pervasive gunpowder smoke. After their bloody massacre, countless heads of Myrish citizens were cast into monuments and placed in the streets and alleys of Myr, their faces twisted in terror.

Every household was looted and burned, leaving nothing behind. Only a few who had hidden well, and children not taller than a cart wheel, were spared. A large number of young men and women were captured and enslaved.

Even the Magister's Palace on the hill was occupied by the Dothraki. The guards held out for three days before they fell. All the soldiers were beheaded, and the Magisters who didn't manage to escape were hanged in the palace.

Their bodies were only found several days after the Dothraki left, by adventurers who dared to venture into the city. By then, their bodies had fallen to the ground and were already rotting.

Myr had experienced an unimaginable horror, almost completely destroyed in the Dothraki's wild feast.

After the Dothraki had pillaged, burned, and captured a large number of slaves in Myr, they finally left, satisfied, carrying a vast amount of treasure and slaves, heading back towards the Dothraki Sea.

They planned to sell these Myrish people in the Slaver's Bay, east of the Dothraki Sea.

The horrifying nightmare that Myr had experienced caused a huge uproar among the free trade city-states in the west. It was like a magnitude nine earthquake, causing an explosive sensation.

No one had expected such a thing to happen. The Dothraki, after being defeated in Pentos, had suddenly attacked Myr, killing all the people in the city.

This was almost unimaginable to the nobles of the free trade city-states, who were primarily engaged in exchanges of interest. Although they had committed acts of extermination, they had never committed such a heinous act of city slaughter.

It was only then that people seemed to remember that the Dothraki, in the long course of history, were just 'barbarians' who had just left their homeland.

The story of the Kingdom of Sarnor seemed to be playing out again.

"What? Viserys was also shocked when he received this news in Pentos. He had not expected such a thing to happen at all. Myr, a powerful trade city-state, had been sneak attacked and occupied by the Dothraki.

Pentos was close to Myr, so Viserys received the news faster than other forces, except for the former members of the 'Kingdom of the Three Daughters'.

Subsequently, Viserys personally rode his dragon to Myr. However, by the time Viserys landed in Myr, riding Balerion and passing through the thick smoke that shrouded the sky above the city, the Dothraki had already left. All that remained were the ruins of the city, ravaged by slaughter and destruction.

The surviving citizens of Myr and the children who had luckily escaped the massacre looked at Viserys, who descended from the sky, with hollow and numb eyes. Their gaze even made Viserys feel a chill.

"Hell on earth—" Viserys thought, looking at the scene before him.

"These damned murderers."

Afterward, Viserys felt somewhat heavy-hearted and did not stay. He had learned of the situation here, then rode his dragon back to Pentos.

What happened in Myr could not be blamed on Viserys. After all, they had only defeated the invading enemy. The enemy had been driven away and turned to attack Myr. If Pentos had fallen, the outcome would not have been much better than Myr's.

The once glorious Kingdom of Sarnor was a vivid example, now completely wiped off the map. The reason was the Dothraki invasion of their country, destroying city after city.

The capital of the Kingdom of Sarnor, Saath, once known as the 'City of a Thousand Towers', is now called 'Vaes Qevir' in the Dothraki language, meaning 'City of Worms'.

Kasath, the 'City of Caravans', is now called 'Vaes Graddakh', meaning 'City of Broken Gods'.

There are also Vaes Leqse, the 'City of Rats', Vaes Graddakh, the 'City of Filth', and so on. These cities, named in the Dothraki language, were all places destroyed by the Dothraki, even insulted as cities of rats, diseases, and parasites.

Now, Myr is the city newly destroyed by the Dothraki.

Now, after the massacre in Myr, almost two months have passed. Apart from a few major trade city-states each organizing a fleet to enter the ruins, Pentos did not send anyone in because Viserys had personally been there.

Viserys was considering the next direction of development. The situation in Myr is complicated now, with various forces getting involved. It can be said to be a mixed bag.

The armies of Tyrosh and Lys were the first to enter the ruins, controlling a part of the city. Due to the situation, some minor conflicts broke out between the two sides, resulting in bloodshed.

Then, not to be outdone, the Triarchs of Volantis also sent their Tiger Cloaks to station in Myr. The tense Tyroshi and Lysene forces, upon seeing the Volantenes, immediately united against the common enemy.

Then it was heard that the Braavosi also sent a fleet, bringing a large amount of relief supplies just entered Myr.

At the same time, there were rumors that a group of black-robed emissaries from Qohor, who worship the Black Goat, seemed to have caught wind of the situation. They wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to hold a bloody sacrifice in Myr, although they claimed their reason was to help the dead pass on. After all, the Black Goat is also one of the gods of death.

Of course, these believers were not trying to harvest the souls of the deceased to offer to their god.

The situation in Myr was too complicated, so Viserys did not intervene. He was still considering the previous question of whether to focus on Braavos or Westeros next.

However, just at this critical moment, a messenger from Braavos arrived.