Despite being far from the battlefield, the archipelago was not calm during the war, or rather underneath the apparent calm, there was an undercurrent.

Baron, King of the Iron Islands. Greyjoy called on the younger generation of the island to go to the battlefield to participate in the war, but many of the old people left behind seemed more nervous than the fighters. The Iron People have a fierce and cruel temperament, but they are very fond of their offspring, and now most of their heirs are not around, so they naturally can't relax about this.

In this tense atmosphere, only the power of faith can calm them a little, and in fact the flooded people of the whole archipelago have been walking among the islands lately to pacify and preach, and it seems that they have been busy.

The belief in the drowning gods has been deeply rooted in the Iron Islands for thousands of years, but not all of the islanders are religious, some are outwardly religious, some are not religious, and some are outwardly religious, but their actions are not religious......

In addition to these, the Church of the Seven Gods on the continent of Westeros has also bred some believers on the island over the years. Greyjoy was so indulgent with those people that he couldn't figure out what was going on, but at the beginning of the reign of the new king, they had to take advantage of the opportunity to try to drive them away, so that those who had mistaken their beliefs would be converted, and those who did not convert would be beaten with sticks until they were converted.

All in all, everything needs to be corrected and taught by the hands of the drowning people.

It's just that recently, a special news has distracted the busy Drowning people, that is, in the Great Wick Island, a group of people led by the Drowned Priest, Salttongue Sauron, have found the so-called son of the Drowned God.

Salttongue Sauron was a well-known Drowned priest in the Iron Islands, who claimed that Iron originated from the Drowning God's Flowing Water Palace, and that it was created in his own image, and that Iron came from the depths of the ocean and was born to rule all waters.

This statement has been questioned by many and sought after by many, but for the drowned class, Salttongue Sauron is best known not for his words, but for those who claim to be followers of the Son of the Drowning God, who were the first to choose to side with them.

Yes, on their side.

No one had ever seen the followers of the Drowned Gods, but they appeared so suddenly, and they emerged from beneath the surface of the water in a large-scale fishing operation, so that they were enthusiastically sought after by the populace as soon as they appeared, and the so-called words sent by the Drowned God were believed by many people.

It's just that the people pursue their mysteries, but the original flooded people in the archipelago are quite repulsive to this, and many even think that they are a group of liars.

In this case, the original intention of the local flooded people was to unite and expel them from the Iron Islands, but they did not want to disrupt this plan by a traitor among them, and that traitor was Salttongue Sauron.

Later, the situation was out of control, relying on the magic of the origins, relying on the help of traitors, relying on the much more radical but popular language than the contemporary flooders, the followers quickly gained a foothold in the archipelago, and their influence became more and more obvious, and seriously squeezed the "living space" of the local flooded people.

And unlike the scattered local flooded people, those followers are unusually united, often acting in groups, and their companions are "bullied", and they are all swarming in a swarm, making it difficult for the local flooding people to parry.

If this continues, a greater conflict will one day break out between the two sides, but it is precisely in this situation that war breaks out.

The sudden outbreak of war shifted the existing contradictions, and the entire flooding class, both old and new, began to busily preach and appease the people, and in the process there were signs of détente, but this détente was completely wiped out after the news of the so-called son of the drowning god spread.

It is widely believed that the new flooders are preaching that they come from more than 200 years ago and that the so-called sons of the drowning gods are just a cover for their propaganda and sermons.

But now, those people want to turn this pretense into reality?

Obviously, it is impossible for the local flooding people to support those people in doing this, because the flooding priests have always proclaimed themselves to be God's servants, and if there is such a thing as a god son, wouldn't there be an additional "god son king" above their heads to rule over the flooding people?

Or like the False God Sect in the Green Lands, do those people want to create an archbishop?

This can't be tolerated!

Countless local drowning people were indignant about this, and many of them were even more impatient, calling on the entire drowning class to go to Old Wake Island to start a prophetic conference, and then destroy the conspiracy of the "enemy", and by the way, to drive this group of people away completely.

God's servants should be pious, egalitarian, and sincere believers in God, and should not be the tools of some conspirator's ambition!

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Cod, black cod, sardines, rays, icefish, crabs, and even lobsters......

As far as the eye can see, the food on the long table in front of him is all fish, and the recipe is very monotonous - fish stew, fish soup, fish stew......

The only special thing is the black bread on a plate carved from driftwood, which is angular and pure in color, and looks sturdy just by not touching it.

With one hand on his face and the other hand tapping on the long table in front of him boringly, his eyes scanning all this, Lan Li felt a little toothache.

How did he, a good Duke of Dragonstone and a member of the royal family of Baratheon, become a so-called "leader of faith" in the enemy camp?

Raising his eyelids, he glanced at the three flooded priests in the sealskin tent here, two looked young, one looked old, and their different looks gave them different temperaments, the same being that they were all standing at the long table at the moment, looking either respectful or hypocritical.

"If Miko feels that these foods are not to his taste, then I will send someone to inform the nearby Merlin family and ask them to bring some other food you like."

Look at Lan Li didn't start for a long time, the old flooded man with long gray hair and wearing a red, green and blue coarse cloth for a long run said.

"Under normal circumstances, the Son of God would not need to eat, would he?" The immature voice was full of doubt, and it also seemed to be full of "self-denial", but neither the old flooding nor the two young flooding people were unimpressed.

"When King Rhodes was alive, he also needed to eat and drink Lazar." A young drowned man in the back spoke, "And that doesn't affect his sacredness. ”

But go to your sacred, Lan Li rolled her eyes when she heard this.

He wondered if it would feel sacred to see the excrement inside when the group poured themselves night pots.

But apparently this is a group of brain-amused guys, maybe coming to this strange world made them convinced of the existence of the gods, or maybe they were stimulated and a little abnormal, or maybe they wanted to regain their old ambitions (except for this old drowned man named Sauron, Lan Li had already determined that the other drowned people were those who came more than 200 years ago).

In short, when he was surrounded by them at the beginning, Lan Li had already admitted that he was not the son of a drowned god, but they just didn't believe it, but respectfully but rigorously brought him to this seaside beach camp, and served him with delicious food and drink-

Of course, before this, they have used many means to test the "authenticity" of Lan Li's identity.

And then he was confirmed.

There is nothing wrong with saying this, but there is an acquaintance of Lan Li in this flooding team, and the other party knows his origin and name, so Lan Li didn't plan to pretend to be this magic stick from the beginning.

At the same time, although he has many special abilities, he also needs to eat, drink and Lazar, so the question is, will normal people think that a person who still needs to eat and drink, and even pee and sleep will be a god son?

Unlike those previous names, this identity can't be pretended.

Therefore, when he found out that he was "surrounded", Lan Li bluntly said that he didn't understand what they were talking about, and he didn't know what the son of the drowning god was.

But I don't want these people to be unimpressed by this, even that old acquaintance Yi Lun now seems to have his brain in water, and the god son comes and goes all day long......

This seems to be in his favor, but Lan Li doesn't think that his true identity is not likely to be revealed-

No matter how lonely the Iron Isles are, if they really attract the attention of a large number of people, his Baratheon's family background is expected to surface sooner or later.

And he apparently hadn't forgotten that the people of the Iron Islands were currently at war with Baratheon.

At that time, it may be decided whether the divine position of the Son of God is more useful, or the head of the Son of God is more useful.

Not surprisingly, Lan Li wanted to slip away, but for now, he didn't have much of a chance.

As soon as this group of flooded people made a fuss, the local captains basically knew about the existence of such a person as him, and even many people came to watch at the beginning.

Second, these people knew what he was capable of, or rather what he had revealed to be about the sea, so that in spite of their respectful attitude, they looked closely at him in many ways.

The people claim that Miko-sama does not have a correct understanding of his true identity at the moment, and at the same time, he obviously does not inherit the memories of the previous generation of the son of Drowning, so self-denial is normal, and he should be able to adapt to it after a while.

Lan Li can only do this.

The pious, the fanatics, the conspirators, the drifters, the half-believers......

This is everything he has observed in the past two days.

Although there were many people who maintained true respect for his existence, Lan Li was not flattered by these people and lost his mind, and as he continued to observe, he found that even among those followers from ancient times, not all of them were completely sure of his existence, or that only a few were pious.

And what they do this for is actually very simple-

Ambition.

The so-called son of the drowning god seems to be very sacred in the eyes of ordinary people, and some of the means he has are also shocking, but in the hands of the ruler careerist is just a magical tool, the situation of the drowning king in history may be because of some special abilities and secrets, but in the end it is just a tool, a tool to fool the people, and to be promoted by those drowning people in troubled times.

And what sacredness can be the identity of a tool?

It's a pity that you are doomed to disappointment, Lan Li thought to herself.

He couldn't figure out how these people had found him, and it stands to reason that his actions should have been very hidden, and he didn't "hear" anything from the axe sign.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, it's impossible for him to stay here as a son of a drowned god, his true identity doesn't matter for the time being, he has already stayed enough of this iron archipelago where birds don't, but he doesn't want to stay for a long time.

Only, how do you escape?

Lan Li pondered while knocking on the table.

Escaping alone is actually very simple, no matter how closely this group of people watch, they can't completely block Lan Li from getting close to the sea, after all, the belief of the drowning people comes from the sea at all.

But if he escapes like that, he will face another old problem, that is, he will not be able to swim back to the mainland on his own.

And after the "identity is exposed", it seems that it is not easy to fool people into boarding like before......

Lan Li was a little absent-minded for a while, and secretly felt that he was really making a mistake, a wrong step.

But then a visit from a person temporarily interrupted his thoughts—

Ylem. Greyjoy, the modern-day king of the Iron Islands, Baron. Greyjoy's youngest brother first recognized his old acquaintances.

The guy who Lan Li thought had his brain in the water.