Chapter 268: Essos in the Shadow of the Gods
Beyond Braavos's long coastline, on the vast and calm deep blue sea, a huge fleet of three-masted galleons with Mill black sails scattered in all directions, and the mighty fleet broke through the layers of water from east to west, and marched rapidly forward, like giant black fish.
On one of the richly decorated warships, the governors of Mill, one of the nine free city-states, and the wealthy merchants and nobles of the locals, were now gathered to discuss.
It is worth mentioning. On the mainmast of this ship stood two crows, one of them black and black, and the other with a pair of white claws.
Since going out to sea, the two crows have been staring at the sky in the direction of Essos to the west, and they have been motionless like statues for a day.
At this moment, two crows of different colors reflected the same scene in their dark eyes.
It was an eerie sight unfolding in the sky of Braavosmere Harbor, and a large, swirling black vortex appeared in the sky, with a dull sound of vibration in the center of the vortex.
Under the whirlpool, the red light of the Dao Dao tore through the dark vortex, dyeing the heavens and the earth a brilliant red.
The bright red seemed to contain a terrifying warmth, and in the sun, a trace of white gas visible to the naked eye was steaming, and anyone who looked up at the sky seemed to be able to feel the temperature of the red light that fell on his cheeks.
On the Black Mill, a day before the harbor, Grand Governor Kaeya Mill, the head of the Council of Governors of Mill, sat at the head of the ship's conference room, his face full of thick beards, and the expression was not clear.
Now.
On his left-hand side, Governor Chopper, who was the former president of the Mill Chamber of Commerce, stood up, looked around, and looked at the people with different faces: "Ladies and gentlemen, we should have a day before we cross the Narrow Sea and enter the scope of the Eastern Continent, have you considered which port on the Westeros Continent to land in?"
I heard an offer being made.
Governor Andy, who used to have a monopoly on the lens business in Mill City, had a very unpleasant face, and his pale face was full of anxiety.
The east coast of Essos changed days in three days, and strange weather erupted everywhere.
For example, in some places there is no sunlight, even in the daytime, the whole city is still in endless darkness, and in some places it has snowed for thousands of years, and the hail the size of stones can smash the buildings of people's houses, and the strange blizzard seems to never stop, and the heavy snow gradually covers the city.
And above the city of Mill, where the people on this ship were, a black vortex appeared that could reflect red light, and the vortex absorbed the heat within a radius of hundreds of miles, making the earth extremely cold, and countless people were frozen to death.
The terrible weather, which is said to cover the entire continent of Essos from west to east, has been referred to as the Coming of the Gods.
Because there are many places where strange wizards with unpredictable abilities have appeared.
Andy used a limited number of twenty cargo ships to transfer all his finances, as well as an army of 1,000 slaves, and hurriedly prepared to cross the channel to the east in search of a chance to survive with the other great nobles of Mill.
Chaotic times are coming.
There are not enough troops, so at the moment at the Governor's Council, Andy can not make a lot of noise.
Despite this, Governor Andy frowned and sighed to offer his own thoughts.
"I heard that the combined fleet of Braavos and Rollas went to the northern borders of Westeros. Pantos and Telosi intend to seize the upper reaches of the east coast of the Westeros Continent by force, these are places with few navies, there are not many places we can choose to land, I heard that the Vale Navy is strong, just like they refuse us to enter the port, our warships may not be enough ......"
"Why don't you go further south on Westeros?I've heard that the barbarians of the Golden Fields, who have plundered the ships of Pantos' Arm of the Nine Free Cities, have set out from the shores of the Plains to try their luck in King's Landing. "Someone proposed.
Governor Andy frowned, "Why do we have to go to war, we are fleeing, as the governor of the free city-state, we have more or less established a trade friendship with the nobles of Westeros, we feel that we can spend money to buy territories from the nobles of Westeros and rebuild our homes." ”
Chopper sneered, "Friendship? Our fleet carries the great wealth that our family has inherited for hundreds of years, and in the face of this wealth, do you think the nobles of Westeros will talk to us about friendship? I know you know Jon, the Bronze Earl of Runestone, but he probably won't have time to take you in." ”
Andy was puzzled, "Why? Runestone City has a good navy, is there any Essos family who plans to go there to try the edge of the bronze battleship?"
"Hmph, isn't that in the map of your head. Are there only nine free city-states on the continent of Essos?"
"What are you trying to express?"
"Let me tell you, the gods of the interior came ten days earlier than our east coast, they discovered the vision ten days ago, and set off for the east, the slavers near the Trembling Sea in the north, the archipelago lords in Valyria in the south, and even the thousands of warships near the eastern part of the Summer Sea are heading towards the east, and sooner or later they will find that the entire continent of Essos has fallen under the shadow of the gods, and the nine free city-states are no exception, what do you think they will do when the time comes. ”
Governor Andy's face was shocked as he absorbed the message.
He swallowed deeply, if according to what Chopper said, then all the free people and slave owners who have ships in the Essos continent will eventually converge to the Narrow Sea in order to survive, and the entire Westeros continent will not only face the fugitive refugees of the Nine Freedom Castles, but also take over almost half of the people of the Essos continent.
With so many chaotic forces pouring into the same continent, what terrible things will happen at that time, Governor Andy dare not guess, but he can be sure that a war for land and living space will inevitably break out.
At this moment, not only Andy's expression was ugly, but all the Viceroy of Mill present were full of fear in their eyes, as the nobles of the free city-state, they knew very well how warlike the barbarians, slave owners, and free people in the interior of Essos were, and they fought with them for the land of Westeros, and they felt afraid to think about it.
Someone flinched and said, "Why don't we go to Yasha, Yasha heard that it is safe, after all, there is an old warlock council in the Shadow Land to maintain order." ”
Immediately, someone replied disdainfully: "It's late, Yasha is in the west of the mainland, and the inland people of Essos who have no ships will flock into it, and now I am afraid that they will not find shelter." ”
Grand Governor Kaeya Milan sat at the top, taking in the look of the Governor at the conference table.
There was a moment of silence in the air.
Grand Governor Kaeya Mill tapped the table with a small, delicately carved mountain hammer and stood up.
Kaeya Mill looked around and said in a deep voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have more information to offer you. ”
The atmosphere of silence was broken, and the eyes of all the governors were instantly on their archgovernor.
Grand Governor Kaeya Mill paused before continuing: "The dragon clan of the Targaryen family in Westeros has a female child who has fallen to Essos, inherited the blood of the dragon clan, first hatched three Asha dragon eggs, and later collected an adult dragon from nowhere, and now has more than 100,000 troops, including the famous second son group of Slave Bay.
Now, this vast fleet has crossed the Narrow Sea from the Summer Sea of Essos to her home of Westeros, the waters of Dragonstone. ”
A fat governor stood up, as a slave trader in Mill, his family owned thirty warships, full of slave troops, through simple armament, with good combat power, is already the strongest army in the Governor's Council.
"We've also heard about this, Dragonstone Island is very close to King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, so I don't think the barbarians of the Golden Fields will try their luck in King's Landing. ”
Grand Governor Kaeya Mill squinted at the fat Governor and said deeply, "Governor Quetta, you don't understand what I mean. Our Mill City is the city-state with the fewest armies of the nine free city-states, and it is difficult for us to gain a firm foothold in Westeros independently without other cities to unite with us, rather than this, let's go to that dragon descendant, and she will inherit the rule of Westeros in the future, and we, the Myr nobles, can still gain a foothold in Westeros. ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and the eyes of many weaker governors flashed with a hint of heartbeat.
"This ......"