Chapter six hundred and ninety seventh cloud of civil war
Lys's navy, citing the imminent war, stopped the Imperial fleet from continuing to move south to visit Lys near the Stepstone Islands.
Therefore, the fleet was forced to temporarily dock on the disputed land to seek supplies.
This land was once a prosperous place under the rule of the Valyrian Free Fortress, but frequent wars broke out here in the four centuries after the destruction of the Free Fortress, destroying this prosperity, but it still has great potential.
Asha Greyjoy's fleet temporarily docked at the disputed location, but a war broke out as scheduled where the two seas converged.
Lord Tyrosh hired many mercenary groups, large and small. He accused the Lysians of intending to poison the messenger of the Iron Throne and put the blame on Tyrosh. The most important thing is that Lord Tyrosh believed that Lys had plotted to seize Myr.
, this is the main reason why this war broke out.
The balance that once existed in the Three Sisters Kingdom has been broken long ago, and the price of the broken balance is the cloud of war, and all parties will inevitably fight to the death.
When the Lysians captured Myr, it was a matter of life and death for the Tyrosh, so they had to strike first.
The Tyrosh even did not hesitate to invite the wolf into the house, inviting Volantis and the Empire to participate in this war over the sovereignty of the disputed land in Myr.
However, the current ruling party in Volantis is the moderate Elephant Party, which has an ambiguous attitude and has not agreed to the request of Lord Tyrosh. It seems that it wants to continue to see the next situation.
On the other hand, the imperial navy's invitation to intervene was met with direct rejection. Asha Greyjoy would not let her fleet participate in this local war that was jointly detonated by several trading city-states.
The Tyrosh side was aggressive, but the Lys side naturally showed no weakness. Lys's governor's council denied all accusations against the Tyrosh side, including planning assassinations, framing, and plotting to seize Myr.
But then on the Myr side, the great pirate Salladhor Saan, who was still nominally the Governor of Myr but actually became the Prince of Myr, also spoke out in support of his hometown.
At the same time, he was also actively preparing for war and hired his old friend Bloodbeard and 3,000 warriors under his command to prepare for a decisive battle with the Tyrosh.
This is a life-and-death war between the two sides. If the Tyroshi people win, they can unify the former Three Daughters Kingdom area, including the vast disputed land, and become a real Tyroshi Kingdom.
The same is true for the victory of the Lysians. Lys invaded Tyrosh. Myr, which had just been rebuilt from destruction, was still not qualified to resist the Lysian attack. At best, they were just a pendant on the thighs of Tyrosh and the Lysians.
However, the clouds of war in the Third Daughter Kingdom area are shrouded. Both sides are actively preparing for war. The war is almost imminent, but the empire's fleet will not stay here forever, waiting for the war to end before leaving.
Otherwise, if the war lasts for a year and a half, will they have to wait here for so long?
The Imperial fleet sailed into the Summer Sea and docked in the disputed area to seek supplies. A few days later, the fleet continued to move southeast along the coast of the Essos continent, heading to their next destination, Volantis.
Volantis is located in the southeast corner of the Free Trade City, east of the Disputed Lands, and at the mouth of the Rhoyne River. It is the closest Free Trade City to Valyria and has a long and powerful history.
At the same time, Volantis is also the absolute overlord of the surrounding area. The three trading city-states of Lys, Tyrosh and Myr once had to join forces to confront Volantis.
However, now that the imperial fleet is heading this way, Volantis is a little trembling.
Because the imperial fleet's visit was like a disaster. Either an accident occurred or a war broke out wherever they went.
Asha Greyjoy's fleet visited the Kingdom of the Three Daughters, but only two of the three visited. The remaining one, Lys, had not had time to visit, and now the Three Daughters are about to kill each other and become a mess.
Volantis is also a little worried that the arrival of the empire's fleet will bring this 'bad luck' with it?
But based on Volantis' pride and confidence as the 'eldest daughter of Valyria', 'Queen of the Rhoyne' and 'Mistress of the Summer Sea', Volantis still did not refuse the entry of the imperial fleet like Lys did.
Instead, they prepared some diplomatic activities this time. However, due to historical reasons, the Volantis were generally hostile to the Targaryen family.
After all, two of the three current ruling giants in Volantis are from the Elephant Party, and the Elephant Party's governing philosophy is to conquer the world through trade, so communication and cooperation are naturally indispensable.
The two Elephant Party Archons are Dophas Panymeon and Nesisso Visama, and the only Tiger Party Archon has a relationship with Viserys.
Malachor Meguirre.
During the last Uprising of the Sea of Smoke, Malachor Megoia organized a fleet of twenty ships to explore the ruins of Valyria. His nephew, as the commander-in-chief, Viserys disguised himself and sneaked in.
Got into it.
Their expedition went as far as Valyria, the capital of the Free Fortress. In the end, a riot broke out in the ruins, and demonized monsters were rampant. In addition to Viserys, there were also the female mercenaries Mia and Dr. Marwen at the time.
No one escaped anymore.
Time flies by, the clouds of war in the Stepstone Islands area are shrouded, and the imperial fleet on the sea is about to arrive in Volantis.
On the other side, there is a remote and unknown area on the continent of Westeros. This is an area that humans have never set foot in, because cold and terrifying white enemies can be seen everywhere.
Benjen Stark rode a skeleton horse and followed the White Walkers in front of him. He had walked for an unknown distance and for how long, and the sky above them gradually darkened.
At the beginning, Bunyan didn't realize it, but as it went deeper and deeper, even the cold-resistant trees and all life had disappeared, and the surroundings were full of desolation, with only the howling of the biting cold wind.
Only then did Bunyan notice the obvious changes in day and night time. The days seemed to be getting shorter and shorter, and the nights seemed to be getting longer and longer.
Sometimes the day can pass in just a few hours, while the long night often takes several days to pass.
But the long night is not lonely, because the skeleton horse never knows tiredness, and the same is true for Bunyan himself.
Sometimes he would sit on horseback and look at the gorgeous psychedelic light in the northern sky at night and couldn't help but be intoxicated by it.
However, he didn't know how much time passed before the White Walker in front of him finally stopped in his tracks.