Lazy Eel is a cheap tavern located in the alley to the left of Fish King Square in White Harbor. The owner of this tavern is very courageous, and I don't know if the name he chose is a reference to 'Lord Eel' Count Wyman.
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The Lazy Eel Tavern is very busy every day because it provides the oldest and cheapest craftsmen and the worst and cheapest ale in White Harbor. By the way, it also has the most cost-effective super large meat pies filled with lard and cartilage.
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"A large glass of ale, half a piece of meat pie. And then put in an extra piece of meat pie. I'll take it away in a minute."
A very tall man with a hood that covered most of his face walked into the tavern. After pushing aside a middle-aged skilled woman with heavy makeup and leaning against her, he spoke to the tavern maid.
"Okay, a total of one hundred and ninety copper coins!"
"Keep the rest for yourself!"
"Thanks!"
He casually popped up a silver deer and ignored the maid who was happy to get the consumption. The strong man found a corner and sat down directly.
However, some other drunken customers around him were secretly looking at the strong man. After all, most of the people who come here are short of money and rarely leave tips.
Seeing that the little habit he had developed in King's Landing attracted attention, Sandor gently lowered the brim of his hat with his hand.
He and Brienne had gone north together with their three children before, and the previous journey was relatively smooth. However, when they passed through the Gulf of Cailin, they could not pass without a pass at all.
So they had no choice but to return, but they happened to encounter the northern army encircling and suppressing the remnants of the rebel army fleeing north. They spent a lot of time avoiding and detouring.
Finally, they arrived at the rebuilt town of Nuive Spring and took a passenger ship, which took a very tortuous route to White Harbor in the north.
And now Sandor, who still has a lot of money on him, came to this tavern to inquire about news from the North.
"I heard that Lal, who lives near the fish market, went to visit the land-granting savages... well, a gathering place for free people. He bought a large amount of furs and herbs outside the Great Wall at low prices, and he made a fortune when he came back and resold them!
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"Dare to go to the gathering place of free people? Lal is so brave!
Their laws and regulations are different from ours. I heard that some people were inexplicably forced to duel because they looked at the freedmen a few more times, and finally died there legally."
"Hey, you only care about these little things. Don't you know that the Stark family has all moved to King's Landing?
You don’t want to protect our northern territory anymore!”
"Don't talk nonsense, the Stark family and the entire North are one, and they will never forget us!"
After hearing the news he wanted amidst the noise in the tavern, Sandor's brows immediately furrowed into a Sichuan shape. He did not expect that after arriving in the North with great difficulty, Sansa and the others would actually go to King's Landing.
Clang clang clang!
Just as Sandor was thinking about whether they would take a boat from White Harbor to King's Landing and pass Sansa and the others again, a rapid alarm bell rang throughout White Harbor.
Hearing the alarm bell, the noisy Lazy Eel Tavern suddenly fell silent. A few seconds later, all the drinkers stumbled out like ants exploding their nest.
Sandor relied on his strong body to squeeze in the front, and then knocked out two drunkards who were blocking the door with two punches, and then ran out of the door towards Brienne and the three children.
The Mermaid Hall is the government hall of New Castle. The walls, floor, and ceiling are all cleverly spliced with thick wooden boards. Various marine creatures are depicted on these wooden boards, making people feel like they are in the underwater world.
Earl Wyman handled general trivial matters in the study, while important government affairs were handled here. Therefore, when the alarm bell rang, he was handling government affairs in the Mermaid Hall.
Earl Wyman reacted very quickly. After hearing the bell that represented the highest alert coming from the port, and combined with the recent summons issued by His Majesty Robb, he roughly guessed the enemy who attacked White Harbor.
So he shouted decisively outside the Mermaid Hall: "Come quickly, tell Bachelor Zeke to release all the ravens. The news of the attack on White Harbor must be spread!"
The Mermaid Hall is relatively close to the Bachelor's Tower. After hearing Count Wyman's urgent order, the servants immediately ran towards the Bachelor's Tower.
Listening to the footsteps of the servants who were quickly retreating, Earl Weiman murmured: "If the news about the enemy dragon is just an exaggeration...
No, we can’t have this idea, we have to let the women and children evacuate first!”
The chaos caused by the sudden alarm bell in White Harbor is continuing to ferment, while the fighting outside White Harbor has begun.
Boom, boom!
Hugh, Hugh!
A large number of crossbows and arrows were shot out from Seal Rock like raindrops, towards the rapidly approaching iron fleet.
Seal Rock is a fifty-foot-high gray-green rock rising out of the sea. It just blocks the entrance to the channel of White Harbor's outer harbor.
The top of Seal Rock is a circle of weathered stones, which are the remains of a ring fort built by ancestors hundreds of years ago.
During the War of Kings, the ruins were re-armed. Large crossbows and ballistae were erected on it. Hundreds of crossbowmen and archers were also responsible for guarding it.
The commander of the White Harbor garrison, Sir Marlon Manderly, was loudly instructing the garrison soldiers to focus on shooting at the enemy flagship with black sails and red hull, which was flying at the forefront with the mermaid flag.
Pass, pass, pass!
The flagship with black sails and red hull at the front suddenly disappeared when it was attacked. The arrows and crossbows of the White Harbor garrison's first round of attack were lost, and all the projectiles fell into the sea water.
After the black-sailed and red-hulled flagship disappeared, an ordinary Ironborn longship behind it magically transformed into the missing flagship.
"Such a large-scale illusion really depends on you. You've done a great job, and you will be fine. You can use the Night Shadow Water over there for yourself!"
Euron stood leisurely on the deck of Serenity holding a glass of blue drink. He nodded with satisfaction and said to the three wizards with pale skin and blue lips beside him,
Then he turned to the crew of the Serenity and shouted loudly, "Young men! While the other party is reloading the giant crossbow, rush in!"
The crew member of the Serenity, whose tongue had been cut off, was naturally unable to answer him, but the Serenity's sailing speed immediately increased faster than before, and it quickly rushed towards the entrance and exit of the White Harbor channel.
In the past, Euron would never have been able to lead the Serenity and charge into battle at the front.
But because he had promised in front of Daenerys that he would take back the entire Iron Fleet and become a man who could match her identity. But in the end, he was slapped in the face.
If Euron does not perform more dazzlingly in this war to attack Westeros, then his goal of conquering the Dragon Queen and becoming the new king can only be realized in a dream.
snort!
Seeing that the opponent used strange sorcery to deceive his first round of attacks, Sir Malone let out a cold snort with a calm expression.
Even though hundreds of enemy ships occupied the waters of the outer port at this moment, he still believed that he could defend it. This was because the structure of the White Harbor port was very special and very conducive to defense.
Duh, duh, duh!
A large number of arrows and crossbows were shot into the Serenity from the Seal Rock above. Most of them were nailed to the deck and the shields of the mute crew members, and a very few directly hit some unlucky crew members.
Taking advantage of the time when the Seal Rock defenders were reloading their crossbows, the Serenity quickly passed through the channel entrance of the outer harbor despite the not-so-threatening arrow rain.
Boom, boom, boom!
However, as soon as Serenity entered the inner harbor area of White Harbor, a series of crossbow bows sounded, and a large wave of ballista projectiles was fired towards Serenity.
Bangcha, bangcha!
These powerful ballista projectiles caused great damage to the Serenity, with large holes being shot out of the sides and deck of the Serenity.
Occasionally, a ballista projectile would pierce through the mute crew members of the Serenity with their shields.
Euron was immediately stunned by this head-on blow. He did not expect that the defense of the inner harbor was stronger than that of the outer harbor. This was completely inconsistent with what Tyrion said in the previous strategic meeting.
The port of White Harbor is divided into an inner harbor and an outer harbor, separated by a breakwater in the middle. One side relies on the city wall, and the other side is supported by the abandoned wolf den.
After the War of the Kings, a new stone wall was built on the breakwater, which was thirty feet high and nearly five hundred meters long. At this moment, the stone wall was filled with ballistas and other fortifications as well as White Harbor garrison soldiers.
After Robb ascended the Iron Throne, in order to protect Winterfell, where the Stark family was located, he focused on strengthening the defenses of the three major gateways to the north, Cailin Bay, Cailin Town, and White Harbor.
As Sam's intelligence organization spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms, Varys's original little bird was basically cleaned up. Therefore, their understanding of White Harbor's intelligence was still in its previous state.
But it was said that the Serenity was beaten to a standstill by the defenders on the breakwater, and the other Ironborn longships behind it were also suppressed and unable to lift their heads.
In addition, the siege of the reloaded defenders on Seal Rock was completed again, and the Euron fleet on the sea from the inner harbor to the outer harbor channel was directly put into an embarrassing situation where they could only be beaten and unable to fight back.
Seeing that the enemy fleet was like a rat in a trap, Sir Malone nodded with satisfaction, and then loudly shouted to his soldiers to speed up the attack rhythm and take the opportunity to gain military exploits.
hold head high!
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At this moment, a majestic dragon roar that made human beings tremble involuntarily cut through the nine heavens and resounded throughout the sky of White Harbor.
Hooray, hooray!
Dressed in black scales like a god of death, and comparable in size to a Boeing 747 in his previous life, Drogon's wings stirred up the clouds and descended over the Iron Fleet behind him.
Riding on its neck, Daenerys looked like a miniature doll, wearing a slim-fitting black dress that was easy for combat.
This outfit makes the Dragon Queen look a bit cold. The strong shoulder lines and the four-headed dragon silver chain hanging diagonally in front of her face add to her aura.
"Dragon Flame!"
In the blink of an eye with Drogon's speed, she arrived above the Seal Rock. Daenerys glanced at the defenders below who were looking up in shock, and uttered a Valyrian word expressionlessly.
Oops!
Bright yellow dragon flames, far more powerful than those on the Iron Islands before, fell from the sky, and the entire Seal Rock suddenly turned into a sea of fire.
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Plop, plop!
Dozens of soldiers from the garrison were directly burned to charcoal by the extremely high temperature dragon flames and died on the spot, while more soldiers whose bodies were stained by the raging dragon flames were wailing heartbreakingly while jumping towards the sea in panic.
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In the sea under Seal Rock, Sir Malone emerged from the sea with a look of horror on his face. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and jumped into the sea to escape when he saw the dragon coming towards them.
Looking at the corpse burning with dragon flames floating on the sea, Malone turned pale and swam towards the coast away from White Harbor.
Daenerys rode Drogon past the seal rock and then flew towards the inner harbor breakwater. The straight line breakwater seemed to be built to facilitate the dragon's attack.
Boom, boom!
Some brave soldiers of the garrison adjusted their ballistae to fire projectiles at the dragon, but due to the shooting angle of the ballistae, they could not threaten Drogon at all.
"Dragon Flame!"
As Daenerys's cold voice sounded, a bright yellow flaming dragon's breath connected directly from Drogon's ferocious dragon's mouth to the breakwater.
Different from Seal Rock's instantaneous attack just now, the power of Drogon's flaming dragon breath is not that strong this time, but it is a continuous output.
Peng, Peng, Peng!
Ah, ah!
The cannons and crossbows were instantly blown to pieces by the impact of the flaming dragon's breath. At the same time, countless human-shaped torches were running around on the breakwater. The originally impregnable defenses on the breakwater suddenly melted as Drogon's dragon flames swept across from right to left.
For coke.
Euron looked greedily at the black dragon passing in front of him. He waved his hand to let the Serenity, which was no longer blocked in front, sail to the port for landing.
After Daenerys ordered the huge Drogon to change direction in the air, he flew to the sky above White Harbor at normal speed and hovered, looking down at the countless civilians hurriedly fleeing in White Harbor like a god.
Ding, ding, ding!
A shower of arrows shot from Drogon's left side, hitting its hard dragon scales with a crisp sound.
Daenerys turned her head to avoid an arrow that shot past her side. Then she looked at the group of desperate enemy soldiers below, her delicate nose suddenly wrinkled upwards.
"Frant! Frant!"
Covered in mud and with an anxious expression, Sandor held the little girl Susie in his arms. While trying to push aside the civilians who were hurriedly fleeing for their lives, Sandor moved forward while shouting to find Susie's eldest brother Frant.
Brienne, on the other hand, took Susie's second brother Josh and walked backwards through another street to search.
Since the fierce battle was obviously in the direction of the White Harbor port area, Sandor returned to the inn to pick up Brienne and the four of them before escaping in the direction of Winterfell.
Other civilians obviously had the same idea as Sandor and the others, so the road from the Fish King Square to Winterfell was particularly crowded.
When the thundering dragon roar resounded throughout White Harbor, the movements of all those fleeing for their lives suddenly froze, and then they screamed and began to run frantically for their lives.
At this time, the team of soldiers sent by Count Wyman from New Castle to the port area to support them happened to pass through this area.
Facing the crazy onslaught of civilians, they either used fists or used forsythia long swords to hit civilians who dared to stand in front of them.
Sandor, who was holding Susie in his arms and holding Frant in his arms, was unable to move and was pushed to the front of the supporting troops by the fleeing civilians. He was knocked down mercilessly by these soldiers.
As Sandor tried hard to protect Susie in his arms, Frant, who was holding his hand, was immediately rushed away by the crowd. When he used his physical strength to forcefully get up, Frant had disappeared.
"Uncle, Uncle Sandor!"
When Sandor walked backwards to the wide Fish King Square, he heard Frant's voice calling him.
Sandor slowly turned around and saw Frant standing next to the group of supporting troops, jumping and shouting, waving and running towards him.
It turned out that when Frant was being swept to the ground and about to be trampled by the crowd, a Newcastle soldier pulled him up.
He was then protected by the supporting troops until he came to the spacious Fish King Square and they were about to start the battle before letting him leave alone.
Hooray, hooray!
Seeing that Frant ignored him, Sandor's ugly face showed a heartfelt smile. But at this moment, a sound of flapping wings came from the sky.
"Frant, run!"
"elder brother!"
Sandor and Susie in his arms saw the black god of death flying from behind Frant, and shouted loudly at him at the same time.
Rest, rest, rest!
Ding, ding, ding!
The supporting troops in the Fish King's Square were really brave and fearless. Daenerys drove Drogon to the face of the dragon, but they still kept shooting with their bows.
Daenerys, who was already a little angry, opened her red lips and shouted in a low voice: "Dragon Flame!"
Oops!
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The scorching bright yellow flaming dragon's breath instantly drowned the brave and fearless support troops in the Fish King Square, and the dragon's flames that spread rapidly around like a tide also directly swallowed the running Flande.
The scene of Frant being swallowed by the dragon flames came into Sandor's eyes. Faced with the dragon flames coming towards him, Sandor, who had no time to think, hugged Susie tightly and ran directly into an unmanned shop next to him.
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Ouch!
The aftermath of the dragon flames swept across the street quickly and disappeared instantly after igniting some flammable materials.
Sandor, who fell to the shop floor with Susie in his arms, could only think of the scene in which Frant was swallowed up by dragon flames. This strong man shed tears silently.
His ears seemed to still be echoing with the words Fland said to him on the way to Winterfell:
"Uncle Sandor, I want to be as powerful as you in the future!
I want to protect my younger brothers and sisters, and those who need my protection!"