was politely invited into the hall of Dragonstone Castle, but he was confused and angered the dragon queen who met for the first time. What's worse is that it's not because Iger did anything wrong...... It was Daenerys herself who herself off.

Thanks to Missandei, who had led the way and had made a run to settle them properly, Egger arrived at Melisandre's room next door, with anger and eagerness, without delay.

"You insisted on convincing me to come to Dragonstone to see the Queen, why did you stay silent and stand behind me as the background?" Egger usually doesn't speak to a witch in such a rushing tone, but the current situation doesn't allow him to be calm, "Now that we are resting at best, we are actually detained, and how can we give an answer to the Dragon Queen until tomorrow morning?" Agreeing to her terms, the previous series of arrangements were all null and void in an instant, and when I went back, I immediately had to face the strangers in the name of rebellion while thinking about how to explain and deal with the anger of the Stark family to the mountain clans, and if I refused, it would be easy to be driven away by the order to be evicted, if the Targaryen girl went crazy and threw me into a prison cell or even beheaded me, and the Great Wall ushered in the final attack of the enemy without the command of the commander-in-chief, it would be ridiculous!"

In fact, of course, there is a third option: pretend to say yes first, wait until everything is done, and then break the promise after returning to the land grant safely. In this way, at least make sure that you don't get delayed on Dragonstone Island, thousands of miles away from the Great Wall, for some stupid reason, and make too many preparations useless because you can't make it in time for the final battle.

But to get out of this "despicable" form, it is convenient to get out, but Daenerys's destruction of her own perception is almost devastating. The Dragon Queen may not have told him a lie and mobilized the dragons to ride dragons to the Great Wall to burn him, but once this trick is used and she is cut off from the Queen's line, then this battle for the Iron Throne in King's Landing, no matter who wins or loses, will definitely become an obstacle and enemy for Egger to step out of the land grant in the future, which can be regarded as the worst option.

"Panic what. The Dragon Queen is receiving you as the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, so what right do I, a priest, have to interject?" Having said that, Melisandre also looked a little worried, "The Queen must have misunderstood your intentions, and I will go and talk to Machiro after nightfall to find out what is going on." ”

"Machiro, is that big black man standing in the shadows of the queen's throne and pretending to be a sculpture?" Egger immediately realized something when he saw that Melisandre could call out a person he didn't remember at all without thinking, "He asked you to bring me to the Dragon Queen......? I don't want to force you to explain these internal secrets to me, but remember, it doesn't matter if Daenerys comes to help or not, but if I don't get back to preside over the big picture as soon as possible, it's all over!"

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After some discussion, Melisandre persuaded Egger to stay quiet and wait for news from her, while she managed to get in touch with another red-robed priest who was also in the castle.

The daytime meeting was unpleasant, and naturally there was no pleasant dinner together. Without touching the food from the kitchen of Dragonstone, Melisandre waited until it was completely dark before pushing the door open, turning a few corners to the top of a tall tower unguarded by guards, where she met Macchiro waiting for her.

One was a distinguished guest who had come with the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, and the other was a trusted advisor to the Dragon Queen, so there was no need for them to make the meeting so sneaky. But all secrecy makes sense, because what will take place here is a conversation between the high-ranking Red God priests.

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There are thousands of followers of the Red God Cult, and there are also a lot of priests, but in order to become a "high-ranking priest", two strict conditions must be met: first, to achieve a certain level of attainment in magic and juggling, and second, to achieve two-way communication with Rahlo, prove this and be recognized by all colleagues.

Two-way communication means not only passively seeing things from the fire, but also through prayer and sacrifice...... Respond to Rahlo's miracles.

There are many priests who claim to be able to do this, but the real difficulty and key point is to prove to other high priests that it is a "miracle" and not a "trick" in order to gain approval.

Different from ordinary people's imagination of ordinary religions and gods, countless high-ranking red god priests throughout the ages have long reached a consensus through mutual communication: although there is no doubt that their gods really exist, for some reason, Rahlo does not convey oracles to the mortal world through a single person in a centralized and efficient manner, but will widely and irregularly show all believers fragmented and indistributious messages through flames, slowly and inefficiently guiding the behavior of believers.

Because of the scarcity of numbers and the variety of information seen from the fire, there is no hierarchy among the few core believers within the Red God Cult known as the "High Priests", and no one is the "spokesperson of the Lord of Light" above the others. Again, due to the extreme scarcity of numbers, "democracy" could easily be achieved within the High Priesthood. They determine the course of the whole religious activity through the exchange of views and the obedience of the minority to the majority: Bennero, the supreme priest of the Great Red Temple of Valantis, is called "the highest" not because he is the religious leader, but because he is the oldest and most skilled of all the high priests who can communicate with Rahlo, and is chosen to serve as a façade and preside over the secular affairs of the temple for the common people.

The High Priest is not the superior of the High Priests, but at best the "Big Brother". Bennero had the power to dispatch and distribute work to high priests such as Machiro and Melisandre, but the same ...... Once the latter have their own interpretation of Rahlo's message, they can also choose not to accept the command, leave the temple and go where it should be, and do what they deem necessary without causing trouble to the majority high priests, and the temple will not hinder or interfere.

Melisandre came to Westeros with the belief that she would meet the Children of Prophecy on Dragonstone, and Marchiro traveled to Slaver's Bay because he was on the same page as Bennero, claiming to be assigned by the High Reverend. It is precisely because more than half of the high-ranking priests agree that Daenerys is the child of prophecy that the secular and public opinion resources of the Red Temple will be tilted and supported by Daenerys Targaryen's cause under the instructions of the "Dragon Mother Faction", while Egger's side has been waiting for any actual assistance.

But even if there is a disagreement, there will never be quarrels or conflicts between the high priests, except for the conventions and unspoken rules, and more importantly, the different high priests will never conflict or contradict each other, although they see different things from the fire—there is only one truth, and they exchange information and discuss to decide whether they will succeed in convincing each other or being persuaded by the other...... or continue to reserve opinions.

It's different from the usual disguise of chattering in front of people...... This "communication" between the high priests will be very swift and efficient, unreserved, clean, and straightforward to the point that no tricks or tricks are used, ensuring that the message needs to be conveyed 100% without errors or omissions.

Because of this, every sentence of such a conversation may contain a large number of secrets that must not be leaked, and half of the sentence cannot be overheard. Not to mention: two priests, who were supposed to be omniscient and omnipotent, got together like ignorant children, exchanged their views, and discussed the truth of the prophecy...... and how to use various methods and means to guide the behavior of believers in their hands—this will greatly affect the image of their image, and must not be heard or seen by even their own people, even the children of prophecy.

Besides, there are still guys in this castle who are not their own people.

Macchiro sensed the witch's arrival and didn't need to look back, he knew it was Melisandre.

"How do you feel when you meet the Dragon Queen?"

"I have to admit it, it's amazing. Melisandre walked over to Machiro and looked at Dragonstone Naval Harbour in the distance below the castle. The fleet loyal to the queen does not stop patrolling even at night, and the docks and around the island are full of lights and figures, "I have seen other people with Targaryen or Black Fire blood, and the descendants of the Dragon King do have something unusual about them, but none of them can give me such a strong feeling, this is your method? How do you do it." ”

"It's not my means, it's the power of fate, she's the prince of prophecy, and her song is the song of ice and fire. ”

"Let the discussion of who is the true child of prophecy, and tell me, why does that Targaryen girl behave so unusually and speak so inversely in the meeting today? Legend has it that the gods tossed a coin to decide whether a Targaryen is crazy or great - she is the other side of the coin?"

"Not as far as I can see. Marchiro shook his head, "It's my reason why she's acting a little unusually today, and I tell the queen that the most powerful followers she can get will be coming to visit her soon." We interrupted the meeting today to meet your Commander-in-Chief immediately, and Daenerys even changed her clothes for it...... As a result, he did not come to swear allegiance, and the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, and to the embarrassment of the queen - why on earth did he refuse to agree to the queen's terms?"

"The most powerful follower? ”

"I saw him in the flames fighting alongside the Queen. ”

"I've also seen the Queen fight off the ghouls with dragon fire, but that's about it. "Yes, the scenes in the flames never clash with each other, and this time is no exception. But what exactly is the relationship between Iger and Daenerys...... Melisandre has seen countless of her colleagues make false predictions due to false judgments, wishful thinking, but mistakenly believe that their interpretation is the intention of the Lord of Light - Macchiro is superior to herself in magic, but she has always been slightly better at interpreting prophecies, and hopefully this time will be the same. Melisandre said in a reproachful tone, "There's no way Egger can agree to the conditions proposed by the Queen of Day, you should do your homework on the situation of the Seven Kingdoms before taking her back to Westeros, do you know what the situation is in the north and over there in the land grant?"

Marchiro was not angry, let alone asked why, and the communication between the high priests emphasized frankness, and when Melisandre used a word as definitive as "impossible", it meant that things were non-negotiable at this point.

And this sucks.

"I really don't know, things are changing so quickly in Westeros, and the information I have is still stuck in the time before and after King Robert's death. If the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch does not swear allegiance to the Queen, and the North is an enemy of the Queen, it will be difficult for me to convince her to go north for the final battle. ”

"That's your problem, if the queen doesn't end up going north to fight, then she is not the child of prophecy, and you should understand that. Melisandre said unceremoniously, "And the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch and I cannot afford to delay even a day on Dragonstone, and we must leave for King's Landing tomorrow morning." ”

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