When it was time for lunch, the people on the boat had no desire to eat, and everyone looked outside at the sky, and the storm was approaching, and the sky began to darken, and the sea began to surge uneasily.

Seeing that the Ilya sisters beside him were a little scared, Chen Zhong asked, "Captain Jalaba, it is said that you have been running at sea for thirty years, and this storm will not affect our ship, right?" ”

The captain said with some hesitation: "I have encountered many storms at sea, but this time is a little different, for safety I think we should sail into the sea of smoke, where there is a bay formed by the ruins of the continent and Valyria, but I am afraid of encountering the legendary demons and sea monsters."

"The storm is real, it will soon approach us, no one has ever seen a sea monster in the sea of smoke, and it is not the work of a wise man to risk being overturned by the wind and waves because of rumors and legends, are you right?"

Jalaba thought for a moment, then stood up and shouted, "Helmsman turn, sail into the bay of the sea of smoke to escape the storm!" ”

Hearing the captain's order, the crew moved quickly and sailed the Stray towards the bay of the sea of smoke.

With the ruins of Valyria resisting the strong winds, the bay was not too affected, and the sea of smoke was somewhat similar to what everyone described, the hot water, the air was filled with white mist produced by the evaporation of seawater, and the steaming reef could be seen in the distance.

Afraid of hitting the reef, the captain ordered a small boat to be lowered to explore the way ahead, and the big boat carefully followed the small boat that had explored the sea route and drove slowly.

Everyone's spirits tensed, for fear of encountering something terrible, but luck was not bad, the Wanderer was moving smoothly, and just when everyone was a little relaxed, the exploration ship ahead let out an exclamation.

Captain Jalaba ordered the ship to stop, and at the same time ran to the bow of the ship to see what the probe ship had found, and Chen Zhong and the others also followed the captain to the penetrating sidelines.

The probe ship emerged from the white mist, and the crew on it shouted: "An unmanned ship has been found ahead, and there are many burn marks on board. ”

Jalaba said to the crew below, "How can there be a ship here?" Does that ship have a badge that represents their identity? ”

The crew of the detection ship waved the broken flag.

"Throw it up!"

One of the crew members wrapped a rag around the kettle he was carrying and threw it up with all his might, and Jalaba took out the wrapped kettle and set it aside, piercing and unfurling it.

Only a third of the banner was visible, and only a few thin strips of gold could be seen in the middle of the black rags, and it was difficult to discern which family power it belonged to by the only pattern.

Chen Chong was really powerless to identify the flag badge, fortunately, there were three girls around him who had studied the history of the major families since childhood, and when the Ilya sisters were still thinking about it, the little girl Arya who was very resentful said affirmatively: "This is the badge of the Greyjoy family of the Iron Islands, and the ship should be theirs." ”

Hearing Arya's words, Captain Jalabha and Sister Ilya looked at the broken flag and understood that the black flag was a golden sea monster with many tentacles, which was the badge of the Greyjoy family who shouted 'force is better than hard work' all day long.

Ilya said suspiciously: "Why did these pirates of the Greyjoy family run to the distant ruins of Valyria if they didn't rob in the north of Westeros?" ”

Captain Jalaba, who has lived on the sea for many years and has seen a lot of things, explained: "It is not surprising that many people covet the treasures in the ruins of Valyria, and it is said that the Lannisters once sent a fleet here to find the family's lost sword, and Valantis also wanted to recover this place and find a way to refine Valyrian steel, but they never returned after they came here, so this place is called 'Devil's Land', and this Greyjoy family ship should also want to come here to find treasure." ”

Chen Zhong looked at the ruins of Valyria in the white mist and said, "There is a wise man who said that people will die for money, and birds will be killed by traps for food. ”

Jalaba sighed: "That's the truth, but there are too few people who understand this, so let's not go near the ruins and sail quietly through the sea of smoke." ”

The probe carefully bypassed the area and drove forward with the Wanderer, everyone wanted to leave this place quietly, but the creatures in the sea of smoke still appeared in front of everyone.

The water began to get hotter, and a red tail about the thickness of a man whipped against the Wanderer's boat, the heat from the long red tail leaving a black scorch on the hard wood.

In the face of this unknown creature attack, the crew trained to draw their longbows and start shooting, and the Dorne guards also threw spears at the sea, but the enemy's defenses made their attacks meaningless, and instead angered the monsters in the water, and it began to pump at the ships frequently.

Seeing that things were not good, Chen Zhong hurriedly shouted: "Everyone stop, I'll try to communicate with him!" ”

Captain Jalaba and Sister Ilya heard Chen Chong's words and motioned for the crew and guards to stop attacking and quiet.

Chen Zhong cast his telepathic ability, quickly searched for nearby creatures, a fifty-meter-long red sea monster, it seems to be the murderer of the attacking ship, Chen Chong confirmed the target and established a connection with it,

"Hey, weak humans can use magic to contact me, what's the matter with you?"

"Powerful creature, I don't know what kind of creature you are, but we have no ill will towards you, we entered here because of the storm, and I promise you that this ship will leave as soon as possible."

"I'm protecting the fire earthworms here, and according to the rules, I should let you go, but I haven't eaten for many years, and hunger makes me very unhappy, and I don't want to let you go."

"Eh, fire earthworm, what kind of food do you want to eat, I'll see if I can find it on the ship, and then provide it to you, if you eat something, let us go, okay?"

The fire earthworm in the sea thought for a moment, "Well, if you can provide me with food, I can let you go." We fire earthworms have always lived in the fourteen volcanic chains of Valyria, and we like to eat the metals that contain the magic in the ores, do you have them on board? ”

Hearing the words of the fire earthworm, Chen Zhong was confused, who knows what kind of metal you eat, you can't just throw metal weapons and kitchen knives down to test.

However, on the sea, the other party obviously had the upper hand, and Chen Zhong could only say tentatively: "Can you provide a more detailed description, there are many kinds of metals, I really don't know which one you want to eat." ”

The fire earthworm apparently didn't use its head very often to think, and thought for a long time before saying, "That metal is a Valyrian specialty, and people call it Valyrian steel. ”

Valyrian steel? Chen Zhong touched the saber on his waist, the food of this fire earthworm is really rare and expensive, no wonder it has been hungry for many years, and there are only a few such precious weapons left in this world, but although he likes this weapon very much, it is more important to be able to return to Dothraki to see his wife Daenerys.

Chen Zhong pulled out the saber on his waist, looking at this beautiful sharp weapon, the black knife had many beautiful patterns on its body, it was supposed to accompany him on the battlefield, but now it can only be given to the sea monster as food.

"Fire earthworm, here's your food, come on." Chen Zhong threw the saber made of Valyrian steel into the sea, and the long red shadow swayed, and the saber disappeared.

Everyone on the boat didn't know why Chen Zhong threw his treasure knife into the sea, and everyone on the boat waited for the progress of the matter.

The sea water suddenly churned violently, and everyone on the boat became nervous, only Chen Zhong stood steadily at the bow of the boat and waited.

In the heart connection, the fire earthworm happily sent a message: "How many years, how many years have I not eaten such delicious Valyrian steel, although it is a little less, but I will keep my promise, you can sail forward, there will be no danger." ”

Chen Zhong finally put his mind at ease, "Thank you, Fire Earthworm, then we will leave here as soon as possible." ”

The fire earthworm tasted something it hadn't eaten in a long time, and its mind seemed to become a little more flexible, "Wait a minute, since you own this piece of Valyrian steel, do you know that there are other places where this food is found?" ”

"Well, as far as I know, there are still some weapons made of Valyrian steel in the world, but they are in the hands of very powerful people together, and they won't come near the sea of smoke."

"Someone who can communicate with me with magic, can you help me get those Valyrian steels? We fire earthworms can only survive on this kind of food, your piece is too small, it can only let me live for a few hundred more years, if you bring other food, I will exchange it for other things, in order to show my sincerity, I will give you a small toy first. ”

With a wave of the red tail, a black horn about half a meter long and black corner was on the bow of the ship, and Chen Zhong picked up this beautiful horn, it was made of black and gold metal, and the horn was carved with mysterious runes.

"This is the horn that the Valyrians use to control dragons, it used to be very common, but most of it was destroyed in the Valyrian Catastrophe, if you find the dragons you can use the horn to command them, I'm going to sleep, remember to find food and bring it to me, I'll exchange something else with you."

The fire earthworm broke the psychic connection and dived into the deep sea, it did not expect that Chen Chong did not have dragons, but his wife Daenerys had three dragons, Chen Chong stroked the horn of the dragon, and said to Captain Jalabha: "This is a gift from the sea monster to me, it said that there is no danger ahead, we can go." ”

Captain Jalabha, Arya and Sister Elijah, and all the crew and guards on board looked with admiration at Chen Chong, who was holding a black and gold horn on the bow of the ship, the man who helped everyone escape from the sea monsters of the Devil's Land, and there were no words to express the gratitude and excitement in everyone's hearts at this moment.

"Hooray!"

"Hooray, we survived!"

The crew and guards cheered, the Ilya sisters hugged Chen Chong, and the raindrop-like kiss was imprinted on Chen Chong's face and neck, Arya took advantage of the chaos to secretly kiss Chen Chong's lips a few times, and after the kiss, the shy little girl stood aside and looked at this amazing man.

The excited Jalaba shouted loudly: "Start the boat and go straight to Slave Bay!" ”