Chapter 0249 - Clever Tongue (3 more, please subscribe)
The big fat man looked at his blood in a small glass bottle, and his heart was uneasy. The uneasiness comes from not knowing what the Magic Mountain is going to do with his blood, which is mostly related to witchcraft.
Nine free trade city-states on the other side of the Narrow Sea, Rees City is a gathering place for dark wizards, and many terrible legends are related to wizards' experiments, and the male roots of Varys, an ally of the big fat man, were removed and became eunuchs, which was caused by a wizard doing witchcraft research.
A normal person would not ask for a little of his blood.
The big fat man came across the narrow sea to plot with Varys, and he lived in a brothel in Shataya, hidden from the public. The Sataya brothel specializes in receiving rich people, royal nobles, and governors from all over the world, and keeps the identities of the guests secret, and there is only one person who can know that the big fat man crossed the sea: the eight-clawed spider Varys!
How did the vicious Demon Mountain in front of him know about him? The Demon Mountain took him captive here, and tricked Varys into coming here, so what happened? The big fat man didn't know anything about it.
For decades, the big fat man and Varys have always been in control of the situation, either in person, or hiding behind the scenes, and it is the first time that the situation is out of control like today.
The key is what the magic mountain wants, and the big fat man doesn't know it at all.
This is especially unsettling for the big fat man. He feared that if the Mountain knew about his plot with Varys, the Lannisters would also know, and he would not be able to return to Pantos City. This time the road of conspiracy became his guillotine.
The Magic Mountain saw the uneasiness of the big fat man, and this uneasiness became stronger and stronger, after all, for an Illyrio Mopatis who never failed when he was a killer and was a governor, this defeat was fatal.
"Governor Illyrio Morpatis, fear not, I know you have been sheltering two people on the other side of the Narrow Sea: Daenerys Targaryen and her brother Viserystan Targaryen. ”
Illyrio glanced at Varys, the Magic Mountain already knew his name?!, then he must have known all about his status as a governor.
Varys smiled, a smile that looked a little better than crying. Illyrio could see that Varys's heart was also turning upside down, and he couldn't do anything about it. When did Varys come across with the Magic Mountain and let the Mountain know of his existence? When did the Magic Mountain tell the names of the three people to Varys, what did that mean? Illyrio had too many questions in his mind.
Illyrio smiled at the Magic Mountain. It's just that oil began to bubble up on the fat face, and sweat began to break out on the fat neck.
Fat people are always prone to heat up and then sweat profusely and uncontrollably.
He had heard of the name of the Magic Mountain a long time ago, but this was the first time they had met. He knew a lot of information about the Magic Mountain, but there was only one thing that didn't match: Varys had always called the other party Lord Earl, and he knew that the Magic Mountain was a baron.
"Varys, this Lord is ......," Illyrio said hypocritically.
"The vassal of the Duke of Tywin Lannister in the West: Count Gregor Cregan, known as the Magic Mountain. ”
"Lord Count Gregor, Illyrio is polite. Illyrio humbly saluted the Magic Mountain as Governor.
Moshan sat still and looked at him coldly.
Illyrio glanced at Varys, and could not see any hint in the other party's eyes, indicating that Varys was similar to him, and really didn't know the purpose of the Demon Mountain to hold them here.
But Illyrio and Varys have never failed in decades, and he will not be caught like this, and he will definitely save himself. Now the tricky question is, how many secrets does the Magic Mountain have in their possession?
Secrets, Blood, Blood Wizards, Prophecies, Illyrio's life experience and experience quickly strung the dots together.
If the Magic Mountain knew some of their secrets, it must have something to do with the blood wizard's prophecy, but that needed to be confirmed.
"Lord Varys, Lord Count only needs my blood, but why doesn't he want yours?"
"My blood was delivered to the Earl a few days ago. ”
"Sure enough!" said Illyrio. Thinking through this key, he settled down a bit. Blood wizards can indeed see some fragments of information about the blood owner through the blood, but not all of them, and there are very few blood wizards with real skills, and most blood wizards' predictions are often bluffing.
But Illyrio knew that the blood wizard behind the Demon Mountain was real, and their looting by the Demon Mountain had already shown the strength of that blood wizard.
Then let's test what the magic mountain knows, and whether his purpose is to kill people or something else?
The Magic Mountain and the Daenerys family have national feuds and family hatreds. He had to try to clean up the relationship with Daenerys first, although it wasn't easy.
"Lord Earl, I did not serve Daenerys and Viserys on the other side of the Narrow Sea, and I married Daenerys to Drogo Kao in order to seek the safety of the city of Pantos...... The cities of Pantos and Braavos signed a peace agreement decades ago, and we were limited to not having more than twenty warships, not to hire professional mercenary groups to defend the city, not to have more than a thousand garrisons in the city, and not to sign any contracts with the mercenary groups in private. For safety, we had to raise the walls, but these could not stop the Dothrakis, and in order for the Dothraki to operate only on the east bank of the Lorne, we had to hand over gold and silver to the mighty Kao every year. ”
The Magic Mountain stared at Illyrio without saying a word.
This made it impossible for Illyrio to see how much of his and Varys' secrets the Mountain knew through the Blood Wizard. Varys' blood has been seen by blood wizards, and the only information is from Varys. And his blood is still in the hands of a small guard in the hands of the Demon Mountain, and the guard Demon Mountain calls him Officer Bernie.
Illyrio had to bite the bullet and say that he didn't think the mountain would be so powerful that he knew all his secrets, and no blood wizard could do that. Information is closed and asymmetrical, and taking advantage of this asymmetry is his chance to live.
The murderous nature of the Magic Mountain is the first in the Seven Kingdoms, and the other side of the Narrow Sea is also notorious, because many people from the Westeros continent go to the other side of the Narrow Sea to do business, trade, settle, travel, exile, flee, become mercenaries, etc., and they bring the notoriety of the Magic Mountain to the other side of the Narrow Sea.
I have to tell the magic mountain some real information, and mix it with some false information.
"Lord Count, in the beginning, when I came into contact with Daenerys and Viserys, I was shocked by Daenerys's beauty, I wanted to kill Viserys and take Daenerys for myself, men are good, aren't they?" Illyrio laughed. He thought he had said something humorous, but Moshan was expressionless, looking at him as if he were looking at an idiot. This stiffened the wicked smile on his fat face.
Taking Daenerys for himself was Illyrio's original true idea. Men who are not moved by Daenerys' beauty are basically not.
But Daenerys was very timid, and often cried inexplicably, and the sudden meow of a cat could make her tremble with fright, and it was ominous to marry such a woman, so I dismissed the idea. It just so happened that Drogokao led more than 40,000 Slavic cavalry to the great plain outside the city of Pantos, and the city of Pantos did not have the strength to fight against Drogokao, so how to make a barbarian like Drogocao retreat? For a barbarian, one is money, and the other is beauty. The money is out of Pantos, and Daenerys's beauty is unmatched. 2k reading network