Chapter 635: Ealing-Pine (2500 Monthly Pass Plus Update)
You can go on if you want, but I need to warn you that Cersei, the Magic Mountain, and Ilin Pine will all need to be dealt with by yourself, and I will at most help you stop the others, but I will not deal with them myself. Shen Long reminded that he was here to assist this time, not to steal people's heads.
"Even if you don't say it, I'll remind you that they're all mine." Arya also doesn't want to hand over the characters on her list to someone else to solve, and she has her own persistence and pride.
"Good." Shen Long nodded and praised, among the children of the Stark family, his favorite is Arya, the three fools were too nymphomaniac in the early days, and too black-bellied in the later stage; Bran would only roll his eyes; Jon doesn't understand anything and is still a scumbag; Walnut the Great Rickon appears too little; Robb hung too early; Only Arya's personality, which is closer to a modern woman, makes him admire.
"By the way, the Magic Mountain is no longer the Magic Mountain it used to be, earlier he competed with Dorne's Red Viper, and the poison in his body was on the verge of death, and Cersei's bachelor Coben was alive and became a half-dead existence." Speaking of this, Shen Long remembered that Cobain had also been in Harrenhal at the beginning, maybe they had met in person.
"So you have to be very careful when you assassinate him, don't think that the key point of stabbing him will be solved, if you want to kill him, you may have to use wildfire." At the end of the TV series, the Magic Mountain and the Hound fall off the Red Keep together and fall into the fire, which shows that the fire may be able to kill the Magic Mountain.
It is not known how Cobain used to create the biochemical version of the Magic Mountain, but according to the ghouls and the last episode of the TV series, it can be judged that the fire is effective against the Magic Mountain, and the wildfire, a green flammable liquid that can continue to burn violently for a long time, may be based on the Greek fire extracted from oil in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Now that the wildfire is in the hands of the firemancers in King's Landing, and Cobain may have some in his hands, Shen Long feels that he can start from this aspect, first take Coben, ask him about the weaknesses of the Demon Mountain, as well as the whereabouts and use of the wildfire, and then find a way to kill the Demon Mountain according to these.
"Wildfire?" The Starks didn't like this, as Arya's grandfather, Rickard Stark, and her uncle, Brandon Stark, were killed by the Mad King Aerys II in wildfire.
Aerys II hangs the fully armed Duke Rickard on the fire, declaring that the fire is the fighter of the Targaryen dynasty, and the Duke of Rickard proves his innocence by not being burned, and strangles Brandon-Stark's neck with a rope, Brandon is strangled alive to save his father, and Duke Rickard is also burned to death by wildfire.
"If you don't like wildfire, I can help you make an incendiary with a similar effect." Shen Long said that with Lao Bai's chemical skills, there is no problem at all in preparing a viscous chemical agent with strong combustion ability, and the effect is guaranteed to exceed that of ordinary white phosphorus incendiary bombs, and it is not a problem to solve the magic mountain.
"No, letting the Magic Mountain be painfully burned to death by wildfire is the best consolation for the innocent who died at his hands." Arya declined Shen Long's kindness.
"So, let's do it, tomorrow when we enter the city, we will go to Sir Ilyin Pine first, and then go to Corbain after we get rid of him, and get useful information out of Cobain's mouth, and then solve Cersei and the Magic Mountain together, Cersei and the Magic Mountain will be together almost at any time." The Magic Mountain is now Cersei's most trusted subordinate, always by Cersei's side to protect her.
"We're going to hurry, Jaime could be back at any time." Euren had now dealt with the Sand Serpents of House Dorne and captured Yara, but Cersei didn't like him, and even if he returned to King's Landing, he wouldn't let him appear in front of him often, but Jaime was different.
"No problem, I might be able to pretend to be Cobain and get close to Cersei, Cersei must trust him, right?" Arya had already figured out a way to infiltrate the Red Keep.
"By the way, I'm curious about the Faceless's ability to make masks, do you have to have the face of a real person? Are all the people you have removed their masks from? Shen Long asked, wouldn't that be a bit too exciting? And Shen Long didn't want Cobain to die so early, he was the most awesome bachelor in the Seven Kingdoms, and it was of great use to keep it.
In the book, there is a detailed description of how they make and use masks, the masks of the Faceless come from those who have given their lives to the god of a thousand faces, after drinking a special mixture, the Faceless will cut their faces, the blood will cause the masks to fuse with their faces, and when the Faceless will wear them, they will inherit the memories of the deceased.
This is very beneficial for them to play certain characters, so that they can quickly learn to play the tone of voice of the subject, but it is a little eerie.
"Yes, all require the use of a real person's mask; But taking off the mask doesn't mean death, I can help them put on a new mask and they can still live. Arya explained.
That's good, otherwise you have to find other ways to sneak into the Red Castle, Shen Long just wants Master Cobain to live, as for what kind of face he wears to live, it doesn't matter.
After the practice, the two of them went back to the tent to rest, and the next morning, Arya disguised herself as an ordinary person, and also helped Shen Long make a change, the faceless ones are not just a change of face, they are also proficient in how to change hairstyles, clothing, etc., under a dress, Shen Long soon became no different from ordinary people in King's Landing.
Continuing south along the King's Road, entering King's Landing through the Gate of the Gods, Arya easily found out the address of Illin Pine, who, unlike Arya's imagination, did not have his own official residence, but lived in a filthy hut.
They followed the path pointed out by the golden robe, and found Illin Pine's hut without much effort, and sure enough, it was as dirty and messy as the legend said, and the people around him were very careful when they passed by, and it seemed that in their minds, Illin Pine was a terrible character.
Sneaking closer to the hut, he heard the rustling of knives coming from inside, legend has it that Ser Elin Pyne often sharpened his greatsword in the hut, and after Ned's death, his Valyrian greatsword Ice was in the hands of Ealyn Pine for a while, after which Tywin gave him another sword, returning Ice into the Sword of the Oath Keeper and the Widow's Howl.
When Arya reached the door, the sound of sharpening the greatsword stopped, and he seemed to have heard Arya's footsteps, Shen Long and Arya exchanged glances, and Arya pushed the door into Ealing-Pyne's hut.