Renes, who was hiding in the corner on the other side of the corridor, couldn't help but tremble slightly when she saw this scene.
An emotion called fear spread throughout the body.
She thought again of the nightmare half a year ago, where two teams of men were fighting at close range right in front of her eyes, with blood and ferocious laughter. It was like a silent drama playing out repeatedly in her mind.
Then I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, sweating profusely.
But Rhaenys still resisted the urge to scream at this time. She was smart enough to know that she couldn't make a sound at this time, otherwise something terrible would happen.
The little girl with brown hair curled up her petite body and hid in the corner at the end of the corridor. She covered her mouth with one hand, even breathing carefully, and her face was slightly red because she was holding in her breath.
And not far away.
The person who jumped into the castle from the stone window was a man with dark hair and strange paint on his face.
He is very tall and strong, standing like a mountain. He is also wearing thick leather armor, carrying a huge battle ax on his back, and wearing a tattered helmet with a dent in it crookedly on his head.
Not a very pleasant smell.
He was the first member of the mercenary group to climb up from below. Although he was very tall, he was surprisingly flexible.
Although the castle on Dragonstone Island is by the sea, it is built on the top of a mountain and is built against the mountain. Not far away is a volcano that emits white smoke all day long.
From the direction of the stone window, you need to climb a very high and steep cliff. It is almost impossible for normal people to pass. Viserys was locked in the house and had no idea of escape because he did not want to fall to his death.
For these reasons, there are not many guards on duty here, and tonight is a special situation. The guards were also attracted by the battle on the sea.
So this group of crazy mercenaries seized this opportunity and sneaked in secretly.
And people who have been licking blood at the tip of a knife all year round are naturally extra cautious.
After the man jumped into the castle, his breathing was still a little heavy. It seemed that the climb just consumed a lot of his energy.
Phew~
Phew~
After taking a few deep breaths with his chest rising and falling, the man carrying the tomahawk turned his head left and right, observed carefully, and listened for a while.
They found that the surroundings were silent, nothing was abnormal, and they were not noticed by the guards.
Then he raised his hand to his lips and whistled lightly downwards.
The sound is very subtle, like the chirping of a bird.
The rope connected to the nail claws also moved again. The companions below who had been waiting for a long time heard the signal and climbed up one after another.
Then, in the horrified eyes of Rhaenys, who was hiding on the other side, she saw a total of seven people crawling in from the stone window.
Everyone's attire is different, but most of them are dressed very discreetly. Dark leather armor is wrapped in tattered black cloth to hide their figure in the night. The long sword on the waist is slung on the back of the war chest.
Axes and longbows.
This seven-member mercenary team has a very clear division of labor, and even has specialized archers and shield bearers.
"Um?"
And at this time.
One of the men who came up with his hair wrapped in a black turban and his face also painted with weird paint found the puppet that Rhaenys had just dropped on the ground.
Then he bent down and picked it up from the surface.
"Hey, Langdon."
The man was the leader of the mercenary group. At this moment, he was holding Rhaenys's puppet and weighing it slightly. Then he looked at the big man who came up at the beginning and asked.
"This looks like a toy belonging to a noble lady. Are you sure you didn't see anything when you came up?"
They received a huge commission this time, so naturally they had to go all out.
At the same time, they also understand how difficult this commission is. If you are not careful, you will have to answer everything here, and you will lose your life if you have money.
Of course, once completed, the rewards will be astonishing, and the balance will even be enough for them to buy a castle and become a noble lord, or they can buy a dozen ships and become a legal benefactor.
This time the commission was nominally from a businessman from the valley, and I don’t know how I contacted them through some channels.
However, they would not believe a word of the other party's rhetoric. How could an unknown merchant in the valley want to spend such a high price to take the lives of the remaining Targaryens?
You must know that when this astonishing number was first told, they almost couldn't believe their ears and thought the other party was a liar.
However, it wasn't until the 'businessman' from the valley readily took out a bag of golden dragons as a deposit, and told them that the remaining balance would have to wait until they completed the task and picked up the heads of Layla and Viserys.
Only then did the mercenary group really believe it.
Afterwards, the mercenary group conducted many tests and finally understood that the real owner behind the money was the Iron Throne from Westeros. The king, who had just sat on it and was still hot from sitting on it, wanted to completely eradicate the roots and leave no trace behind.
any consequences.
And there seems to be a hint of Lannister in it.
Perhaps in order to express his loyalty to the Iron Throne, Lord Tywin directly sponsored Robert I with a huge sum of money to kill the remaining Targaryens.
After hearing the leader's words, the big man named Langdon frowned slightly and looked at the dirty puppet in his hand.
He really didn't notice such a small thing falling on the ground just now. After all, he was too tall, and his attention was entirely on the guards who might appear, and he didn't look at the ground at all.
"No."
The big man with a battle ax on his back and his face painted with oil paint shook his head and denied decisively.
This was not a deliberate quibble on his part. When he first came up, he really didn't see anyone, not even a noble lady.
"What's more, this looks like the place where the servants live. How could the young lady appear here?"
"Maybe it fell here accidentally."
The guards would not protect servants who were inferior to them, so they had some considerations in choosing this as a breakthrough point to break through the castle.
After all, they are professionals doing professional things. Their specialty is to use people's money to help others eliminate disasters, kill people, kidnap, and do anything as long as they are paid. Their business abilities are extremely outstanding, otherwise they would not be selected by King Robert's envoy.
"Is it?"
After hearing his companion's words, the leader's brows relaxed slightly, and then he nodded, not taking this matter too seriously.
He just asked casually.
And at this time.
Click——
Suddenly there was a slight noise from the corner of the corridor not far away.