"His Majesty the Emperor will encounter some troubles in the future."
"The eyes in the darkness have set their sights on him, the servants of the night seek to overthrow him, and the will of destruction is about to come."
Benero was wearing a red robe and looked at Asha Greyjoy with piercing eyes. There seemed to be a flame deep in his eyes.
However, his gaze also made Asha feel a little uncomfortable. She felt like she was a ball of air, without any clothes on, as if she had been seen through.
"What darkness?"
"What destruction?"
"What on earth are you talking about? Why don't you make it clearer?"
And Asha couldn't understand what the supreme priest, who had great power in the city of Volantis, was saying in the fog?
But Asha didn't dare to get angry at the other party, because Benero has great influence among the followers of the Red God. Even the governors of Volantis are very afraid of Benero. This city is definitely
The invisible overlord.
Because Volantis is the headquarters of the Red God Church, and the suffering slaves at the bottom of the city generally believe in the Red God Church, there are four slaves out of every five people in Volantis.
Volantis is divided into two cities by the Rhoyne River. The east city is where nobles of ancient bloodline live, and the west is where mercenaries, foreigners, slaves and civilians live. Mia once lived under Volantis.
The urban area is an inferior citizen.
The upper and lower cities are connected by a long bridge. The most feared thing by the wealthy people living east of the long bridge is the slave uprising, but thousands of people will listen to Benero's speech every night.
Even the Archon was unable to stop them, because there were many followers of the Lord of Light in the tiger-robed army, and the Archon could not even order them to attack the red-robed monk.
Therefore, this supreme priest has a transcendent status in the city of Volantis, and no one dares to offend him. He can almost be called the fourth consul.
Asha had met the three consuls of Volantis a few days ago, but only Benello gave her a creepy feeling.
Not only because he spoke so eloquently, but also because the other person's eyes seemed to be able to see through the truth of everything, which gave Asha the illusion of being half-clothed, and she even wanted to turn around and run away.
But due to the other party's strong influence in this city, she still had to be patient and listen carefully to what the other party was saying.
"I saw the truth in the flames."
However, Benero did not answer Asha's question directly, and the two of them talked while walking in this magnificent temple of R'hllor.
This temple of R'hllor was built extremely grandly. Its pillars, stairs, buttresses, stone arches, domes, and towers were all huge and integrated, as if they were hewn from the same rock.
From a distance, it actually looks a bit like Aegon's High Hill standing there. Red, yellow, gold, and orange, these colors are intertwined and blended on the walls of the temple, infiltrating each other, like clouds at dusk.
"Fire does not deceive."
"This is not the same as worshiping false gods in a temple of lies."
The two of them were talking while walking in the long corridor. On both sides were the Hands of Holy Fire wearing gorgeous armor and orange cloaks holding flaming spears. They were the guardians of the entire temple.
Benero seems to mean what he said, because in Westeros the followers of the Red God often use this to attack the Seven Gods, thinking that they are worshiping a non-existent god and worshiping in a temple of lies.
False gods.
Fortunately, Asha does not believe in the Seven Gods, and her belief in the Drowned God is not necessarily very firm. She only pays temporary worship when necessary.
"Darkness and destruction."
Then Benero's steps paused slightly, and Asha also stopped for no apparent reason.
Then he saw the tall, thin man in front of him, with pale skin and flame tattoos on his chin and bald head. He raised his hand and pointed into the distance.
There was the end of the road from the Temple of R'hllor. A solitary and towering red wall was vaguely engraved with two Valyrian runes that Asha couldn't understand. It looked like an unknown number of years had passed, and
There is also a shabby futon under this lonely red wall.
When Asha saw these two complicated runes, her mind went blank for a moment, as if she had fallen into some kind of psychedelic state. Fortunately, Asha's will was still firm, and she finally shook her head suddenly and stopped from this kind of ecstasy.
He broke free from the trance, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he was breathing heavily.
"What's this"
Asha raised her head and looked at Benero in shock, and asked doubtfully.
Although she knew it was an ancient rune from Valyria, she didn't recognize it. At the same time, she didn't know what had just happened to her. Suddenly her mind went blank, as if she had taken Ecstasy.
Could it be the reason for these two Valyrian runes?
"Their meaning is darkness and destruction."
Benero turned his head slightly and glanced at Asha in surprise, because ordinary people would not break free so quickly when seeing it for the first time, and then he opened his mouth to explain.
"This temple was built together with the city of Volantis. At first it was a square, and then this temple appeared so suddenly."
"And these two runes appeared together with the temple, and no one knows who left them."
What Benero said was not a joke, because Volantis is the oldest free trade city-state and the first colony of Valyria Free Fortress. It was just a military outpost at first. However, according to records at that time,
There was no red temple at all, it was just a square.
No one mentioned it in all the documents describing Volantis in the past. We don’t know when it was built or who built it. Moreover, such a magnificent building is three times larger than the Great Cathedral of St. Baelor.
It could not be built in one or two years, but there is no record of it in the long history.
Because the person who lived there had already died, there was no way to find anyone to verify it. In later generations, it stood quietly on the east side of the long bridge.
"Darkness and destruction."
"The truth is hidden in two different places."
The man with his bald head covered in flame runes sighed.
"When things here are over, I will send my messenger Macro to King's Landing to meet with His Majesty and tell him these truths, not the woman from Asshai."
"As for you"
Then Benero paused slightly in the middle of speaking. There seemed to be fire burning in the depths of his eyes. Then he turned around and looked at Asha Greyjoy up and down. She was once again horrified and felt uneasy.
Fewer goosebumps.
"You have the residual aura of the evil god on your body, and you are being targeted."