Littlefinger came prepared.

It has been carefully designed.

Be sure to hold Sandor Clegane, the hound.

Soon, the pirate ships fanned around the trading ships.

The Hound stood in the center of the bow, a battleship with a conical bow made of iron.

"My lord, we are friends of the Night's Watch. The captain said tremblingly. He looked up at the flag that the night watchman had given him in the East Sea Watch.

"Stop the boat. The pirate on the other side shouted viciously.

But in fact they were empty-handed, grinning, and unguarded.

They didn't pay attention to the mercenaries on this merchant ship, and these pirates were proud.

The hound on the bow of the ship was not wearing his famous dog helmet, half of his face burned by the flames was still there, and his eyes were gloomy like that of an attacking beast.

"Captain, where are your mercenaries?" cried the hound.

Polivier Clegane stepped out after Littlefinger and stood at the bow of the boat, Littlefinger smiling.

The hound did not recognize Polivier Clegane, and Polivier had a mask down his face, pretending to be Littlefinger's guard.

The Hound is familiar with Polliver, Dunson, and Sweet-Mouthed Raff.

They were once cavalry warriors in Tywin's personal guard battalion.

The hound suddenly saw Littlefinger, and he was stunned!

"Littlefinger!" cried the hound, his hand on the hilt of his sword. This is sensitive information, indicating that the hound is vigilant.

The Hound received a message from the inside, this is a trading ship that trades with the wildlings, and the ship employs brave mercenaries, deducting the wild words, claiming that they hope to meet pirates in Seal Bay, and they want to capture the pirate leader and go to the governor's palace in Braavos to receive a reward.

"Hound, you can take everything from my ship, but can you spare my life?" Littlefinger smiled in his trademark manner.

Littlefinger is familiar with hunting dogs, and hunting dogs are familiar with Littlefinger.

The two worked together under Robert I for many years, except that the Hound was responsible for protecting only one person: Her Majesty Queen Cersei Lannister.

"Littlefinger, when did you start doing business with the wildlings?" the hound was even more wary.

Littlefinger is a person who doesn't take risks easily, and has always been a real dog by the side of the Magic Mountain. Now that the Magic Mountain has unified the continent and sat on the Iron Throne, Littlefinger should have sat in the royal palace of King's Landing and enjoyed the glory and wealth, how could he suddenly appear on such a trading ship?

It's weird!

Littlefinger notices that the Hound calls the freedfolk beyond the Wall wild men.

Those who have contempt for the tribes outside the Great Wall of Desperation will call the tribes 'savages'. The tribesmen and those close to them called the tribesmen 'freedmen'.

In the mouths of the hounds, there are no freemen, only savages.

In the mouth of Little Finger, the same is true.

Littlefinger has never looked down on savage warriors. He thought that those people were crude and primitive, savage and bloodthirsty, and that they were no different from animals that drank blood. Even though Littlefinger and the Freedfolk warriors fought alongside each other during the Great War with the Wraiths, that didn't change his contempt for the tribesmen.

"Hound, I never do business with savages. ”

"Then why are you here?"

"I'm here for you!"

"For me!" the hound's face turned indifferent, and he said coldly, "Brothers, the lord who has looted the merchant ship, grabbed the bow of the ship, tied it up, and brought it back to the island of Casgus, and put him in a water prison. ”

"Ho!" the pirates replied, drawing their swords and lighting up hammers, rulers, hooks, axes, and spears.

These people have all kinds of weapons!

The unicorn behind the hound lowered its head slightly, staring at Littlefinger like an awl.

Littlefinger panicked slightly.

The hound's decision to do it without saying a word was a bit beyond his expectations.

It seems that the hounds are more violent than before.

"Hound, I'm here to save you and your islanders. Littlefinger was a little nervous, but he was calm on the surface.

"I don't believe a word of what you say. The hound pursed his lips and let out a clear howl.

I saw the unicorn let out a roar, like a sharp object scraping against an iron object, making an uncomfortable sound of metal cracking in the ears and heart.

Rumble!

The unicorn jumped from the bow of the ship into the sea, like a huge fish, and quickly swam to the bottom of the trading ship, and then the whole ship was shaken. Then, the sound of the ship's planks cracking came from underwater.

The unicorn dived underwater, and the unicorn pierced the bottom of the ship.

Unicorns are powerful, with sharp horns on their heads that can easily pierce plate armor.

The cabin below deck began to flood, and the captain threw himself on his knees and begged the hounds for mercy. The oarsmen below began to scream and flee upwards.

Several pirate ships approached the merchant ship, and the pirates jumped in quick succession.

Polivier Clegane said nothing, drew his sword, and charged at one of the pirates.

A long axe slammed down on Polivier's head.

Polivier turned slightly sideways, the axe grazed his shoulder, sending a spark on the armor, and in the next second, Polivior's sword pierced the pirate's throat, in the front and out in the back of the neck.

The second pirate's hammer slammed into Polivior, and Polivio spun in a staggered step, moving like a cloud, and the sword slashed into the pirate's body, deeply embedded in it. The third and fourth pirates rushed forward with a shout, and Polivier gave up drawing his sword, and a short knife appeared in his hand, and he blocked the sword stabbed by the pirate in front of him with his arm diagonally, and the short knife in his hand stabbed into the pirate's mouth. With a hard push, he knocked down the pirate who was stabbed and the pirate who wanted to grab it behind him, and then stepped on it, crushing the eggs of another pirate.

By the time Polivier stood still, his sword in his hand again, all the pirates who had jumped had been killed. New Lewen

And the merchant ships also began to deflect.

"Hound, I have come on orders from His Majesty the King, and I invite you to come to King's Landing, and His Majesty wants to see you. ”

"I will not go to King's Landing, you will kill my brothers, and you will all die. ”

Polivier Clegane pushed his mask on, revealing his true face: "Hound, I'm Polliver." In the name of the gods, you do not honor the king, I will challenge you, duel!"

"Polivier, it's you! Dunson is also there, and Sweetmouth Raff. The hound swished out his sword, and the flagship activated, crashing into the merchant ship.

Bang!

There was a loud bang.

The bow of the Hound Dog's ship is an iron pointed cone, which is specially designed for ramming. This collision instantly smashed the bow of the trading ship to pieces. The hull of the ship shook violently, and several soldiers on deck fell. A soldier fell into the sea and was chased by a unicorn, which pierced his body.

The unicorn in the sea is a murderous demon, and no one escapes its swift pursuit.

"Hound, you kill us, and all the people on the island of Casgus, young and old, all the pirates of this sea, will die. Littlefinger shouted, his forehead had been punctured and blood was pouring out, "You know what I said, if His Majesty were to destroy you and the Isle of Casgus, he would have done it a long time ago, and would not have asked me to invite you to King's Landing." ”

The Hound leaped from the battleship to the bow, and more pirate ships surrounded it, dozens or hundreds of pirates jumped one after another. The hound rushed straight ahead, the long sword slashed, Polivier and the hound were of similar height, the long sword was blocked, when there was a loud noise, sparks splashed, Polivier took a few steps back, but the hound had already strode to Littlefinger's side, and the long sword in his hand pointed to Littlefinger's throat: "I didn't mess with him Magic Mountain, why did he let you mess with me?"

"You plundered Braavos' trading ships, threatened the trade routes of Braavos and Rollas, and you said that you didn't mess with him? Braavos and Rollas are already part of the King's domain. Littlefinger said coldly.

The hounds are choked!

Vinson, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in Braavos, slowly removed his mask and revealed his true face: "Hound Dog, I am Vincent, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy in Braavos. ”

"General Sandor Clegane, I am Ian, His Majesty's descendant legion, the guardian general of the Iron Vault. Ian, who had killed the most people just now, took off his mask and said majestically. He is a famous gladiator in the Eastern world, with nearly 200 life-and-death fights, and most of them are better than hounds in hand-to-hand combat.

Every time he made a move, like chopping melons and vegetables, he killed the first nine brave pirates to jump over the ship. When he killed nine, Polivier killed four.

"Sandor, I am Steven Clegane, once a pirate in the Stone Steps Islands, and now the guardian general of His Majesty's Iron Vault, His Majesty has given him the surname Clegane. ”

Steven Clegane, Ian, and Commander-in-Chief Vinson, after these men signed up, the Hound and his hundreds of followers were amazed and their hearts were shaken.

On the pirate ship surrounding the merchant ship, the archers appeared, their longbows and arrows, pointing at Littlefinger and his party who were surrounded on the deck.

"Hound, how will the island of Skagus resist the enemy when His Majesty the dragon arrives?" Littlefinger wiped the blood from his face, and a smile came back to his lips.

He could see the hound's hesitation.

There is no doubt that the hounds are not afraid of death, but the hounds are clearly reluctant to bother the people of the islands of Skagus.

He was going to kill Commander-in-Chief Vincent, General Polivier, General Steven, General Ian, and Littlefinger, and his followers, as well as a few thousand men and women on the island, who were to be buried with him.

The Magic Mountain will slaughter the island, and the Hound is convinced of it!

The Hound alone could not kill Polivier, Ian, Commander Vincent, and General Steven, but he only had to jump back into the ship or the sea, and they would soon be taken down to sea by the shipwreck, and they would only be easily killed by the unicorn in the water, or drowned in the sea.

"Put away your swords and come aboard with me. The hound shouted.

On the other side, countless ropes swung over, and the hound took the lead in grabbing the rope and jumping over. Polliver and the others grabbed the rope and jumped onto the Hound flagship.

In the sea, the unicorn rises and falls with the water, and its black eyes are like the eyes of hell, full of death.

Eventually, Ian grabbed Pinky and jumped on the hound's boat as well.

Hundreds of pirates, captains, sailors, mercenaries, and oarsmen worked together to carry the valuable cargo on board to the pirate ship. At the last moment when the big ship is sinking, you can take as much as you can.

"Littlefinger, go back and tell the Magic Mountain that I won't be going to King's Landing. "I'll give you a ship," said the hound, "and go back." ”

"Do you want to feed the people of Skagus, but not by being a pirate. ”

"By surrendering to the Magic Mountain, you can make the people on the island have enough food and clothing?" the hound sneered.

"Is there anything on the island of Skagus that can be exchanged for trade?" said Littlefinger.

"We have fish, and animal meat, and wolf skins. ”

"Would you like to eat salt like this?" said Littlefinger, who came prepared, and pulled out a bag of snow salt.

The pirates opened the bag and saw a fine salt as white as snow that they had never seen before.

"And such good swords. Littlefinger drew the dagger he had with him, drew it, and handed it to a pirate. This sword is a keel handle, the blade is light and thin, and the blade is shining, and it is a good sword at first glance.

Most of the weapons used by the pirates were blunt weapons. Even if it is a sword, it is not sharp.

They don't have good steel, and they don't have good blacksmiths.

"Hound dogs, even if there is no special product to trade on the island of Skaphos, the people of the island can move to Braavos, or go to Braavos to work, trade, mercenaries, in short, never be pirates again. This is not to surrender to the Magic Mountain, this is to allow the people on the island to have food, clothes to eat, and a bachelor to see a doctor when they are sick. ”

The last sentence touched the hounds.

On the islands, seeing a doctor is a big problem. When people were sick, they often carried the sick into the priest's dark room, where they were healed by the priest's prayers. Many people die from disease. On the island, there is no real doctor at all.

When you are sick, you pray to the gods, but it doesn't work. Hounds also do not believe that gods can take care of the diseases of ordinary people.

"Hound, if you promise, I will now give you a boatload of grain, and hundreds of barrels of wheat wine, hundreds of good swords, hundreds of pieces of cloth, and ten pounds of salt. If we had bad intentions, if His Majesty had bad intentions, I would not have come here at all. and not to bring you food, cloth, and wine. The dragons that the kingdom now has are not a sheep thief of His Majesty's majesty, the kingdom now has a total of seven dragons, the sheep thief, Drogo, Rego, Viserys, the lady, the knight, and Tien. ”

When the pirates heard the end, they all changed color.

The king of Westeros actually has seven dragons?

If they continue to be pirates, what will happen to them?

The islands of Skagus are nominally part of the Northern Territory, but are de facto independent. The Starks have never landed on the island, nor have they ruled over the people of the island. It was only Robert I who had the historians of the court write the island into the northern territory, and the cartographers also marked the island of Skagus on the northern territory.

But words and maps are no substitute for reality.

The reality is that the island of Skagus has never been really ruled by any king because it is difficult to land, surrounded by reefs, and usually windy and rough.

The headhunter said in an astringent voice: "Little Finger, you said that the Magic Mountain has seven dragons?"

"Don't you believe it? Hound dog, it's time to let go of personal grievances. The people on the island have saved you, so give them a better way to live in return. If you are a pirate, you must be eradicated, this is a dead end. Pirates will no longer be allowed in the waters of the Westeros Empire. Come back to King's Landing with me, Hound Dog!"