After hearing the old knight's words, Viserys' face was slightly serious, but he did not look shocked.
Because the Iron Throne has been collecting intelligence on Andalos, and Andalus also has a lot of "internal agents" in Westeros.
Viserys has established a firm foothold on the continent of Essos, and now more than two digits of nobles have contacted him and expressed their wish for "the king's good health and the early return of his master."
These nobles are all families whose interests were unfairly distributed and even suffered losses after Baratheon seized the Iron Throne.
After all, Robert sat on the Iron Throne, and he had to reward most of the benefits to the families who followed him in the rebellion, and these benefits were the original benefits of the families that surrendered later.
In this way, those with vested interests will cheer, while others will naturally breed resentment.
This is the unavoidable pain in the change of power. It takes a certain amount of time to get used to the distribution of benefits in the post-Targaryen era.
However, it is a pity that the embers of Targaryen were not completely extinguished. First, they completed the Jedi counterattack on Dragonstone, giving Baratheon a painful blow, and then they regained their footing on the Essos continent.
The heel has the momentum of making a comeback.
Because of the existence of Viserys, the time that Robert, or his adoptive father, Prime Minister Jon Arryn, wanted to use to smooth out the uneven distribution of benefits in the country was greatly prolonged.
Now they need more time to make all domestic forces completely forget about Targaryen and adapt to the distribution of interests in the new era.
This may be one of the reasons why the Prime Minister finally nodded and agreed to the new fleet plan, and Robert was determined to kill the remaining Targaryens.
Not long ago, a few months before Viserys was about to leave for Pentos, he had received news that Baratheon's new royal fleet had been built.
However, he did not expect that it would be delayed for several more months. It seemed that Stannis was fully prepared this time and was very cautious.
They even released a lot of false news to confuse the enemies across the narrow sea, but Targaryen was not fooled this time.
After all, the previous raids had many factors such as the right time, location, people, and so on, and finally achieved such brilliant results, which are almost impossible to replicate again.
If you try to raid the royal fleet led by Stannis again, you will most likely fall into the enemy's trap and lose your troops instead.
The old sergeant has commanded the Dragonstone Fleet for so many years and has naturally been fully immersed in the art of naval warfare, and has become more calm in his use of troops.
And this time he hurried over from Dragonstone Island just to discuss this matter with Viserys.
"Fight or retreat?"
The silver-haired boy wearing an ordinary coarse cloth jacket and breeches sat in the center of the main hall of Andalus Castle. He supported his cheek with one hand and looked at a pen on the table, seemingly absent-minded.
In fact, there was already an arrangement for Dragonstone in Viserys's early planning.
That is to retreat to the plains of Andas first, and then build a castle here to establish a foothold. If Baratheon attacks Dragonstone again one day, he will actively avoid the battle and hand over Dragonstone to them.
In this way, you can recover the front line to the greatest extent, shrink your own strength, and condense it into the hardest fist. When the enemy catches up to the Essos continent again, you can punch back hard.
However, plans were plans, and when it came time to give up on Dragonstone, Viserys was still a little reluctant to give up.
Although so many years have passed, he has already wiped out three feet of Dragonstone and moved everything that can be moved over.
It even included some dragon bones, dragon crystals or what is called obsidian, and some stones that were suspected to be dragon eggs. However, after carefully taking them out, they found that they were really just a stone.
"Do you really want to give up Dragonstone?"
Viserys was slightly reluctant and also hesitant.
Prince Oberyn, who was sitting in the first seat on the right side of Viserys, was crossing his legs and clasping his fingers. When he heard Viserys's words, he raised his head and looked at the little king with a pair of dark eyes.
"If you are unwilling to give up a small benefit, it may disrupt the overall situation."
Prince Oberyn's words make sense, although this man's skin is a little dark, his hair is messy, and he has a beard, which makes him look a little unkempt.
However, Oberyn should not be underestimated. He is even the most knowledgeable person among everyone present, a truly rare genius.
Oberyn studied in the city when he was young, and created a total of six bachelor's chains, symbolizing that he had reached the rank of bachelor in six fields.
And the one present, Maester Gunther, who was wearing a gray academic robe, even called Oberyn "Senior" because he only had three maester's links in the whole country.
"The usurper's naval soldiers are not as elite as ours, but their ships are stronger and larger than ours."
At this moment, Bachelor Gunther, who was sitting next to the old knight, also spoke.
As a bachelor of Dragonstone, he followed the old knight to take care of the affairs of Dragonstone. At the same time, he also went to Andalos to help Viserys.
Even Maester Gunther is a little busier than them, often running back and forth between the two places, but fortunately he has trained an apprentice who can help both sides send and receive ravens normally.
"I see."
Viserys heard that the three people in the entire imperial meeting believed that they should not disrupt the original plan and should continue to recuperate and wait for the opportunity to return to Westeros together with Dorne. Then he nodded slightly.
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"In this case, wait until Stannis's fleet arrives, and then take the initiative to abandon Dragonstone and retreat."
Viserys made the final decision on this matter, withdrawing all his strength and continuing to recharge his batteries in a low-key manner.
"Um."
The old knight also nodded slightly, and this matter was considered to have come to an end.
However, the gray-robed bachelor sitting next to him sorted out the information in his hands and then raised his head again.
"Your Majesty, there is one more little thing."
Viserys's eyes immediately fell on the Maester.
"What?"
Later, Maester Gunther held a piece of information in his hand and handed it to Viserys.
"This happened not too long ago in the Iron Islands..."
"A temple that worshiped the Seven Gods accidentally caught fire and was burned down. However, many people think that it might not be an accident."