In the military camp at the foot of Tianji City Mountain.
That night.
Viserys kept vigil at night to guard the soul of his most loyal King's Hand. Soldiers from the army went to cut down several trees and used the best wood to build a temporary coffin for Jon Connington.
At this moment, the body of the Prime Minister was lying quietly in the coffin, with Viserys's sword Dusk beside him.
The climate in Dorne is hot. Although the temperature difference between day and night is huge, the climate during the day is so hot that the body will rot in less than half a day.
Viserys's sword Dusk is derived from the Starry Heart of the Red Comet. It will have a burning effect when it kills enemies, but other than Viserys, others will feel it when holding this magic weapon.
Bone-crushingly cold.
Melisandre, the priestess of the Red God Cult, explained that the star heart of the red comet was a gift from Allah R'hllor to Viserys. Therefore, when others touch it, they will feel the bone-chilling coldness and it is almost impossible to hold it.
Persistence, only Viserys can not feel this coldness, use it freely, and wave it.
She claimed that Viserys was the son of the sun and the reincarnation of the hero Azor Ahai. However, only Viserys knew that he was not the reincarnation of anyone, let alone the 'son of the sun'.
Now, Viserys took advantage of the properties of dusk and placed it next to Jon Connington. He used the coldness of the magic weapon to suppress the corruption of the body and was able to escort Jon's body back to his hometown.
Although it was only midnight, Jon Clinton's body remained unchanged, as if it was truly frozen from the inside out.
As for the battlefield during the day, Tianji City, known as the 'Celestial City', has now been completely reduced to ruins. Jon Connington was assassinated, which caused Viserys to be extremely furious.
He ordered all the troops to withdraw from Skyreach, and all the captured Dornish nobles and the murderer of Jon Connington, Gurion Kogor, were all tied up in the center of the castle.
Viserys then ordered his partner, the black dragon Balerion, to use dragon flames to destroy this ancient castle that had stood on the earth for thousands of years, completely razing it to the ground, leaving only some ruins.
Tianji City and the Fowler family, the Kogel family in Sandstone City, and the Uller family in Hellgate Castle have all disappeared in the long river of history.
The twins of the Fowler family were spared because they were girls, and all the remaining male heirs were burned alive.
The same was true for the Kogel family in Sandstone City. One of the male heirs was beheaded by Jon Connington, and the other was burned alive.
Lord Harman Uller of the House of Uller in Hellgate Castle was killed by a boulder falling from the ceiling, while his heir and brother Ser Ulric Uller was burned to death by dragon flames.
The Uller family only left one illegitimate daughter. She is currently in King's Landing and is Oberyn's mistress, named Ellaria Sand. She gave birth to four daughters for Oberyn.
In addition, the twins of the Fowler family, as well as Ellaria Sand, were all deprived of their inheritance rights and demoted to common people.
But now, the night is getting deep.
The silver-haired young man sat alone in the makeshift mourning hall, holding Jon Clinton's coffin in his hand.
There was silence all around.
The wind blew the white curtains of the mourning hall and made a rustling sound. There were no guards outside the door, and Viserys drove them all away.
At this moment, a hazy black mist appeared in his palm. This black mist looked extremely thin. It was constantly changing into various forms and seemed to have independent consciousness.
Viserys knew that this was Jon Connington's soul.
Since Viserys absorbed the power of the old gods and the Three-Eyed Raven Brynden Rivers, his mental power has reached the last half step near its peak.
Now he no longer needs to collect lives and souls with his own hands. He only needs to stay in the Red Castle of King's Landing. All the dead souls within dozens of miles will be attracted to him and then gather here. This is why he rarely
The reason for leaving King's Landing.
Jon Connington's soul leaving his body means that he is completely dead and there is no possibility of resurrection. If his body leaves the suppression of dusk, it may start to show signs of decay within a few hours.
However, what Viserys is now thinking about is whether there are other opportunities for Jon Connington's soul.
"Can I talk to the souls of the dead?"
"Maybe there will be other opportunities?"
Viserys looked at the thin black mist in his palm, and his face showed a look of thought for a moment.
However, he didn't know what to do now.
After all, everything on the road in front of him was unfamiliar to him, and there was no reference for him. He could only continue to cross the river by feeling the stones.
But Viserys did have someone he could consult.
In that case, Meraxes, the Valyrian sea god, knows a lot and may be able to provide some help to Viserys.
But it is a pity that she is not taken with him at the moment, and we have to wait until Viserys returns to King's Landing to ask her again.
The matter including the giant white crow skull should also be put on the agenda in time.
The nameless statue of the god with weak divinity contained the remnants of Meraxes, and he was somewhat looking forward to what was contained in the white skull.
But the most important thing right now is Jon Connington's soul.
Viserys carefully collected it to prevent it from being confused with other absorbed black mists, otherwise even Viserys would not be able to tell who each of them was without the means of communication.
This was an opportunity. Viserys had never thought of developing in this direction, but the unexpected death of Jon Connington made him focus on the life and death of human beings for the first time.
Can he communicate with the dead?
Viserys didn't know either, but it was the only thing he could do right now.
Early the next morning.
A hazy new sun rises slowly from the east. There are still sporadic flames that have not been extinguished on the ruins of Tianji City, and the black smoke has not yet dissipated.
Now everyone in the royal army felt a little heavy in their hearts, including the nobles of the Reach Kingdom. The entire army demolished their tents and escorted the coffin of the Prime Minister Jon Clinton back to the Reach.
However, they were somewhat preoccupied while riding on their war horses.
"Let's go."
They defeated their old rivals and old enemies, but the result was not what they wanted.
The castle was razed to the ground, and all the heirs were killed, except for the girl who was deprived of the castle.
Their next fate can also be imagined. No noble will dare to take the risk to marry them, even if they are of equally noble blood. In the end, they can only marry commoners or become prostitutes.