Game of Thrones: I Created the Magic Web

Chapter 171 Carnival Banquet
In the long hall, toasts were mixed.

In a trance, it seemed that I had really returned to yesterday's lively banquet.

The gate has been reopened.

The slaves of Pike served kippers and roasts and filled every wine glass.

Nearly two hundred captains and leaders sat back at the long table. The number of people was still quite large, but it was not as crowded as yesterday.

The performance of the finger dance was also canceled, but the beautiful music filled the long hall.

The music was not played by the musicians of Pike City, but from a gemstone, which, of course, was of that magical power.

Fortunately, the sound of music was used to cover up, so that the restraint of the guests was not so conspicuous.

But the music also pulls people's minds.

When the melody of "Blood Goblet" came out of the gem, the ironborn were all surprised and suspicious.It is a ballad in praise of the ironborn raiders of old.

What does King Joffrey mean?
The captains looked into the depths, and the king sat on the seastone, accompanied by Guardian Victarion and Duke Asha.

The king smiled.

However, after "Blood Cup" is the melodious and gloomy "Rains in Castamere".

The captains couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

The Lannister Lion of Casterly Rock is feuding with the squid of the Iron Islands.

The longship plundered Lannisport more than once, and the lion also played "The Rains of Castamere" several times, severely damaging the Iron Islands.

The king is also half a golden lion.Once again the captains realized.

Then came "Misty Morning".

Some captains know the background of the song, which is about a mother coming to the battlefield after a bloody battle in the early morning, looking for her son, her only son.

The mournful voice of a mature woman sings:

"Oh, did you see my son, good ser?

His hair was an autumn brown.

He promised me that one day he would come back,

Our home is on Windsor Street.

......"

The captains looked around.

The corpses and blood in the long hall have disappeared, as if they had never appeared before.

Whose sons are those familiar dead men?

The living knew them, even their mothers.

But they died.

Died by sword and steam, by the tentacles of sea monsters, by the hands of ironmen.

The Drowned God will be angry.

But when?How is it better than the power in the hands of the king?
Then came The Maiden, the Madonna and the Crone, a song in praise of the Seven of the Green Land.

A similar "Song of the Seven" follows:
"The Father's countenance is firm and strong, He judges error and justice,

……

Seven gods created us and always listen to our prayers,

Close your eyes, no more troubles, the gods take care of you, little child.

......"

What a limp lyrics, how awe-inspiring?
but.

Did the Seven give the king that power?
The captains looked at Baelor Blacktys, the lord of Kuroshio Island.

Since the failure of King Balon's coronation nine years ago, the Temple of the Seven Gods in the Iron Islands has disappeared, and the lord who believes in the Seven Gods is the only one.

Perhaps because of this, the Blacktyres were all spared.

Really enviable good luck.

The captains couldn't help but wonder, should they convert to the seven gods of the green land, so as to gain the trust of King Joffrey and revitalize the family?

After that, it's "Dance of the Dragon".

A suite of epic poems describing the Targaryen civil war, from which countless glorious campaigns were born.

The captains seem to have revisited the bloody years of ancient times.

The Iron Islands at that time were headed by King Dalton Greyjoy, the "Red Sea Monster".He led the longship to sack the whole of Lannisport, took a large number of women, burned it to the ground, and conquered Fairy Isle.

For two full years the Ironborn were able to plunder the shores of the West at will.

If the "Red Sea Monster" hadn't been cut by a whore, perhaps the lion would never have landed on the Iron Islands and caused such tragic revenge on the iron people.

if not...

But what if?The fact is that the Iron Islands were retaliated, thousands were killed and starved, and longships were burned in port.

It's even worse now.

King Balon summoned almost all the captains of the Iron Islands, a total of four to five hundred people, that is, four to five hundred longships.

But in just half a day, more than half of the longships lost their owners.

Simultaneously.

The captains were horrified or excited to discover:

The captains of Pike, Harlow, and Kuroshio islands were left virtually unscathed.Most of the captains of Old Wake Island, Great Wake Island, Oak Island, and Salt Cliff Island were killed or injured!

The terrified captain realized he was being reduced to a struggling sea fish on the shore.

The excited captain smelled delicious.

But whether fish can be eaten depends on King Joffrey's will.

After all, they have not stepped out of the long hall yet, and those monsters wearing six-pointed stars are guarding the gate and the king.

Besides, the king is not his real body yet, and the number of those monsters is tens of thousands.

Can I eat fish?
The captains chewed the fish and drank the wine, but it was like swallowing white wax and air, without any interest.

Undercurrents are surging, and people's hearts are strange.

After a long time, the long "Dance of the Blood Dragon" finally came to an end, followed by "A Thousand and One Eyes".The song with unknown meaning made the captains calm down a little, thinking about the meaning.

Why play this song?

"How many eyes does the Duke of Bloodraven have? The riddle goes around—a thousand, plus one."

"Blood Raven" Brynden Rivers.

Someone remembered the news brought by the Raven. The beast that killed King Robert seemed to be a puppet controlled by the Blood Raven.Is this song the king's vengeance signal?
Someone focused on the word "one thousand and one eyes" itself.

Bloodravens are known for spying on hidden witchcraft.

And King Joffrey's power is definitely far beyond the witchcraft of the Blood Raven, perhaps many times more than the "eyes" of the Blood Raven.

So, the song is a warning to obey obedience, the king is watching?
Recalling the timing and words of King Joffrey's appearance, the caring person immediately believed in this guess, and then lowered his head in shock and fear, unwilling to show any attitude.

In the end, it was an unfamiliar piece of music.

Melodious, brisk, suddenly thick, intense, and turbulent, just like the sea turning from calm to furious.

At the end of the song, the storm subsides.

King Joffrey raised his glass.With one breath, the long hall became quiet from near to far.

"Gentlemen." Joffrey smiled faintly.

King Harbor already has results.

Euron Crow's Eye didn't show the kraken at King's Harbor, but took the Serenity and a few other longships who were willing to accompany them.

Joffrey was a little surprised, but it was better this way.

Spare longships can be used both to reassure people and to split the bonds between the Houses of the Iron Islands.

"Euron took the Serenity and left, but his sea monsters were too weak to destroy, and the longship in King's Harbor was safe."

The word "long boat" firmly caught the hearts of all the captains.

"All the longships are under the command of the Sunset Sea Fleet and Guardian. But to start a ship, there must be a captain. Therefore,"

Joffrey paused, and the captains went into cardiac arrest.

"An ownerless long ship is an ownerless thing. All the captains present can go to appease the crew and choose the captain. Only today and tomorrow."

"To the newborn of the Iron Islands, cheers."

Joffrey raised his glass and sipped.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, or blushed, and instantly recognized the blond and generous king.

"Long live Your Majesty!!"

Everyone drank the last drop of wine at the bottom of the cup, and started a real carnival banquet...

(End of this chapter)