Chapter 0939 Kill one person and surrender two parties
The Hound had only heard from the people of the East City about the Red Temple.
The people of Dongcheng are basically believers in the Red God.
When he came to the Red Temple Square along the riverside avenue, he was completely shocked, just like the Magic Mountain and Alian.
The grandeur of the Red Temple is beyond the imagination of the hounds.
The square of the Red Temple was large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of troops.
The dragon and the white dragon stopped in the square, and they didn't look as huge as they were flying in the sky.
If the square is too big, the dragon will be smaller.
The Hound and his five hundred warriors from the island of Casgus came to the Red Temple Square.
The Magic Mountain and Arlene had followed Archpriest Bennero into the gates of the Red Temple.
The Red Temple is dedicated to one god: the Red God Rahlo.
The Magic Mountain is known as the Messenger of Light, the son of the Red God, and it is unreasonable for him not to come to pay homage to the Red God Rahlo.
The first place where the Magic Mountain and Arlene came to Valantis was the Red Temple, which shows his respect for Archpriest Bennello and the Red God's face.
When Melisandre came to Westeros from 20,000 miles away, she paid a special visit to Beneiro and discussed who the reincarnated hero of Asalor Ahai was.
The cold god and the red god are two opposite gods.
When the cold god wants to use the dark forces to rule the world, the red god becomes his staunchest opponent.
The priests of the Red God decoded all kinds of information from the flames, and finding the reincarnation of Asal Ahai became their ultimate task.
When the Demon Mountain killed the Night King and put an end to the Stranger's southward journey, his position as a god son was established most powerfully among the Red God Priests. The high priests and high priests of the Red God have confirmed that the Magic Mountain is the reincarnation of Assoel Ahai, so supporting the Magic Mountain has become the only choice for the Red God priests.
In Valantis, this rule is also the principle enforced by the priests of the Red God.
When Daenerys came to Valantis as the emissary of the Magic Mountain, he asked the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party to submit and become a vassal of the Magic Mountain, which was strongly supported by the High Priest Bennero. Archpriest Bennero's influence in Valantis is unmatched, and he stands up and publicly supports Daenerys and the Magic Mountain, and Valantis' Elephants and Tigers have to consider Bennero's statement, no matter how much they hate him.
Bennero's support made it easier for the Elephants and Tigers to surrender to the Magic Mountain, and signed the first draft of the surrender agreement with Daenerys.
*
The hound rode the unicorn into the square, and two teams of red-robed warriors of the Centurion approached him and motioned for him to dismount from his mount.
The Hound noticed that although the men were not wearing armor, they were all wearing scimitars. He had also heard of the arming of the Red Temple's 'Hand of Fire'. The Hound had not lived in the East City for long, but the people he came into contact with every day talked about the great miracles of the Archpriest Bennello in the Red Temple, and the glorious deeds of the Hand of Fire, and he knew it, so he dismounted, told the warriors of Skagos to stop, and formed a phalanx in the square.
Then, he followed the leader of the Hand of Flame and walked into the gate of the Red Temple.
The courtyard inside the Red Temple is huge, the road is tortuous, and there are countless pavilions and pavilions, as if it is a completely different world of flames. Inside, whether it is the walls, the roof, or the ground, there are all brilliant colors such as red, yellow, gold, and orange, which is dazzling, and colorful fire patterns are everywhere, as if you have stepped into an infinite number of bright color pictures.
In front of the gate of a grand building, the leader stopped and gestured for the hounds to enter.
When the hound entered, he saw a huge idol that had to be raised again to see the whole picture: the idol of Rahlo.
Rahlo was a calm and elegant man, a giant stone sculpture full of spirituality, and the eyes looked at the hound, which felt the next heartbeat and said something to him.
Looking down, the hound saw Archpriest Bennero. The strange appearance of the Archpriest of Bennero and the tattoos all over his body made the hounds secretly amazed. Then he saw the Magic Mountain and Alen, who were lighting candles for Rahlo in front of the idol. The candles here are also colorful and come in a variety of bright colors, mainly red, yellow, gold, purple and orange.
The hound folded his hands and saluted the acolyte at the door, and then, having received permission, he also stepped forward to salute the red god, and then cleaned his hands and began to light candles for the red god Rahlo. The hound saw that the magic mountain lit candles of different colors, so he also lit the candles of various colors one by one, and then knelt down and prayed silently in his heart.
The Hound has always despised the gods, but for some reason, when he saw the idol of the red god Rahlo, he thought of the battle with the strangers outside the Desperate Wall, the ghouls and strangers he had seen and fought with his own eyes, and he thought of Lady Melisandre who came to Westeros from all the way away, Melisandre did many things that seemed 'evil' at the time, but her ultimate goal was only one: to kill the Night King, end the strangers, and save the Terrans.
In the end, with the help of Melisandre, the Great Sage, hundreds of pyromancers from the Fire Warlock Guild, and of course, the accurate shot of Angay's obsidian arrows, the Ice Sword of the Demon Mountain killed the Night King and put an end to the attack of the Wraiths. And all this, according to legend, is the result of the will of the Red God.
The Hound is therefore full of reverence for the Red God. The god who saved the human race was reverently honored by the hounds.
Lady Melisandre is the Priestess of the Red God, and she is the symbol of the will of the strongest of the Red God. The cold god is to enslave the human race and rule the world, while the red god is to end the strange ghosts, end the darkness, and save the human race.
Only after experiencing a life-and-death battle with the stranger can you know how evil and terrible the stranger and ghoul really are.
*
Finally, Archpriest Bennero placed holy water on the foreheads of the Magic Mountain, Arlene, and Hound Dog, and the ceremony of worshipping the Red God officially ended.
Archpriest Bennello brought the Magic Mountain, Alen, and Hound into his ashram, which was the place where the Archpriest gave a petition to the people.
"General Sandor Clegane, I know that you are very dissatisfied with His Majesty the King for sending a dragon to the Tiger Jeff, you are the king's younger brother, your attitude, words and deeds will also affect the morale of the army, now that His Majesty is here, you can ask him face to face. Archpriest Bennero said.
The hound was stunned!
It was the first time he had come to the Red Temple, the first time he had met Archpriest Bennero, how could the priest know what was going on in his heart? This made the magic mountain feel a slight strangeness in his heart: it was a miracle that the hound did not show resistance and hostility.
"How does the archpriest know what is in my mind, and what do you see in the flames?" said the hound, in a respectful tone
"The flames told me that the Marquis's thoughts were not in his mind. Archpriest Bennero said lightly.
"I don't know why to give a dragon to someone who deserves to be hanged......? It's stupid!" The hound swallowed the word back.
"I don't want to kill more, I want more peace if possible. Magic Mountain said.
"Humph!" the hound sneered.
"It's not that I can't kill Jeff, and I'm not afraid of civil unrest in the city after killing him, if there's a good and peaceful way to conquer here, why shouldn't I?"
"Well, good idea. So in Slave Bay, how many dragons did you send out to the so-called good lords, the virtuous lords, and the holy lords?" the hound tilted his head back and pointed his chin at the Magic Mountain.
Alene couldn't stand it anymore, and she came out to protect her man: "General Sandor, do you know how Daenerys had a legion without soldiers, money, mercenaries, and noble forces, and then conquered Slave Bay and conquered the Dothraki?"
"She has dragons!"
"Yes, she has dragons, and His Majesty the King has dragons. Arlene laughed.
But she didn't send any dragons to slave owners who dared to disrespect her. She wants the dragon to fight, not to give it to the enemy. β
"She sent it. β
"Oh, I've never heard of it. β
"Because you have had too little contact with her, and I know all the stories about her. β
"Well, let's hear it, I can't wait. When and where did Daenerys give her dragon to her enemies and conquer them?"
"In Astapor. β
"Oh!" the hound felt the urge to get up and leave, but he glanced at the Magic Mountain and Archpriest Bennero, and out of respect for the archpriest, he held back.
"Back then, Daenerys only had Jorah Mormont by her side, the three Blood Alliance guards of Argo, Jogo, and LaCarlo, as well as dozens of Cass tribesmen. They sailed from the eastern megacity of Quells to Slaver's Bay and entered the first city, Astapore. In Astapor, there is the legion she needs: the Legion of the Unsullied. β
"The good lords of Astapor train the Unsullied warriors and sell them anywhere in the world, and whoever can afford to pay for them will be able to buy the legions of the Unsullied from the good lords. Daenerys, as an Alien Queen, offers the Good Lord to buy the Unsullied Legion, but she doesn't actually have the money. So, after negotiating a price for the Eight Thousand Unsullied, she offered to exchange one of her dragons for the army, and the Good Lord agreed. β
Daenerys successfully took command of the Eight Thousand Unsullied, and then she handed over the dragon to the Good Lord. However, the dragon is Daenerys' child, and the good lord has the dragon, but he can't summon the dragon at all. He had to ask Daenerys to help him train his dragon and tell him how to make it listen to him, and Daenerys spoke a high Valyrian language: Dragon, the dragon spewed out Dragon, burned the good master, and returned to Daenerys's side. Daenerys obtained 8,000 Unsullied Ones without a single soldier, gold and silver, and successfully captured Astapor. β
When Alene finished Daenerys' story, the hound was stunned.
It was the first time he had heard Daenerys' story like this.
He knew that he and the soldiers were reckless, they were too naΓ―ve, and really thought that His Majesty would give Jeff a dragon.
"Brother, after we have successfully incorporated the armies of the Elephant Party and the Tiger Party, and take some time to find out the situation of the nobles, we will make a major adjustment to the administrative officials here, and arrange for our legions and men to enter Valantis and enter the Consulate as affairs officers. When everything is in place and Valantis is in order, I will bring the dragon Time from Westeros to Valantis. Jeff certainly doesn't know how to train dragons, so he had to ask me for the secrets of dragon training, and all I had to do was say a word to Timei in a dragon language he didn't understand, and Timei would spew out a dragon and burn Jeff to death. Jeff was attacked by a dragon and died in How to Train Your Dragon, which only shows that the dragon refuses to admit his master, he has no relationship with the dragon, and his fate dooms him to become a true dragon knight. Jeff is burned to death by his dragon, and the other nobles have nothing to say. After Jeff's death, I naturally have the right to take back the dragon. β
The Hound glared at the Magic Mountain, and after a long while, said, "Your Majesty, you used to be bloody and brutal, but now you are insidious and cunning, which makes people feel chills. β
"It's all about a peaceful transition, and only Jeff is killed, and that's less killing. Swear in the name of the red god, this is not insidious and cunning, this is only taking the first evil, and the followers do not ask. Magic Mountain said lightly.
The hound shrugged his shoulders, got up, bowed to Archpriest Bennero, then glanced at the Magic Mountain and Arlene, respectively, and turned and walked out.
As the Magic Mountain and Aliane were about to get up and leave, Archpriest Bennero shook his hand and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Alen, I would like to invite you to have a meal at my place, and wait for another person to arrive." β
"Who?"
"Jeff!"
"He's coming too?"
His Majesty announced in front of the people of the East and West that he was going to give Jeff a dragon, and Jeff was convinced. β
"Even so, shouldn't he be waiting for me in the Hall of Lordship?"
"He came here to greet His Majesty and the Prince, so that he could show his submission and loyalty. In order to get the dragon, Jeff has given up the arrogance of the Tiger leader and his hostile resistance to His Majesty. Man dies for money, and birds die for food. The promise of a dragon has fully aroused Jeff's greed. β
Alen laughed, "I've heard that Jeff of the Tiger Party is brave and resourceful, so it seems that he is also a stupid person. β
"If Jeff wasn't stupid, he would be the Archon of Valantis. The military strength of the Tiger Party is far superior to that of the Elephant Party, but for two years in a row, it has been the Elephant Party whose people are the consuls, not the Tiger Party. β
"Oh, please Archpriest Benneiro teach me how to deal with the Elephants?"
"Having taken over the army and burned Jeff, the wise people in the elephant party will naturally understand who the real king is. As long as Jeff is dead, Archon Joshuel is not stupid, he will understand the joints, and if he wants to live a safe life without accidents, he will choose to be loyal to His Majesty very wisely, and dare not play any other tricks. β
A big smile appeared on Alian's face.
The magic mountain also smiled slightly.
Killing Jeff and surrendering the two parties is exactly the best outcome that Magic Mountain wants.