The sea breeze blows thousands of waves, and the sun shines all over the eyes.

Under the clear sky that has not been seen for a long time, the ocean surface of Blackwater Bay is sparkling, and as far as the eye can see, the boundless sea water is like a piece of dark blue satin embellished with glitter, pure, silky and soft.

The sails were puffed up in perfect arcs, the bow cut white waves in the silk, and the sailors sang a prodigal song about women in unison as they leisurely moved from post to post to steer the ship...... If you just listen to the sound, the scene is a bit like a group of simple fishermen who take advantage of the good weather to go out to sea to fish.

But the slender size, the huge black sails, and the golden sea monster motifs painted on them, as well as the hundreds of ships of all sizes that follow its side or rear, all highlight the identity of the Tranquility warship and its status as the flagship of the fleet.

This is the Iron Fleet, which in recent years has plundered the four seas, plundered the Seven Kingdoms, and its notoriety has spread throughout the fleets of the known world.

Facing the bright sunshine and the early spring wind that seemed to have a little warmth, Euron Greyjoy's expression was gloomy and cold.

He was unhappy, very unhappy, extremely unhappy.

The villain also has his own troubles.

Egger West, out of nowhere, the bastard Night's Watch continues to spoil his own good deeds, and the unlucky king in King's Landing is still arrogant when he dies...... It's just that these two things don't go well. A despicable foreigner, a stubborn old hat, these two guys are their enemies after all, and if the enemy doesn't block himself, then he won't be called an enemy.

However, the fleet has been forced to do so in recent days, and it has not been very peaceful, but it is really infuriating.

There are three main sources of trouble for Euron.

One is the disagreement with the way he dealt with the betrayal of the "scholar" Rodric.

Using the return of Asha Greyjoy to get rid of the biggest opposition and thorn in the archipelago is a matter of brains and effort for Euryn, and it can be said to be one of his quite self-satisfied schemes. But it is clear that the crew members on the "Sea Song" have all been wiped out, and the sailors on the "Tranquility" are all mute...... There was no danger of leaking the news of the plan being seamless, and Rodric's charges of disobeying his will to save Asha and armed resistance when he was pursued were so skeptical that there were still voices of doubt within the Iron People.

Skeptics are not attacking the crime itself, but arguing that a great leader and a well-known captain like Rodric Harlow, even if he commits a capital crime, should be captured alive and brought back to Iron Island to be sentenced to justice, and his car, the Sea Song, should be captured and brought back to the rest of the meritorious as a reward, rather than being sunk directly to the bottom of the sea!

It's really standing and talking without back pain!

If the first annoyance is only the complaint of a few Iron Folk of the Harlow faction, then the second phenomenon is widespread in the Iron Fleet and the entire archipelago.

Ever since he announced the revival of the Ancient Way and openly stated his ambition to conquer Westeros, Euron has led the Iron Folk to rob all the shores of the Seven Kingdoms, and has succeeded in consolidating his prestige and position. But after a short period of good days, it was about the time when you fell into the back and forth of the contest with the North...... More precisely, from the moment the Night's Watch inexplicably began to get involved in this matter, the Iron Fleet's fortunes seemed to start to go wrong.

There is no trophy, but they continue to fight tough battles, constantly losing troops and consuming ships, although the scale is not large, but the blunt knife cutting the flesh is more painful. There began to be a lot of discussion and complaints within the fleet, and they began to demand that Euron stop the battle of will and return to the right path of practicing the ancient path.

A battle of wills?

The right path?

Yu Lun secretly sneered, these short-sighted maggots can't support the mud on the wall!

I kept an eye on the north, not because of any bullshit, but because if I didn't drag the people of the north to live in my hometown, they would raise troops to the south to coerce the people of the river valley to support Stannis, and it would be difficult to take advantage of a mere river bay!

As for the fact that they no longer loot frequently, it is not because they don't want to, but because it is winter, and the people of the Green Land are hiding in strongholds and fortresses to keep warm, and there are still no valuable and easy targets for the Seven Kingdoms!

In this case, if you don't actively participate in the battle for Westeros and maintain a certain intensity of war to maintain the cohesion of the team, the Iron Fleet will gradually fall apart because of idleness, and vice versa...... The stronger side in the continental war will snowball to accumulate the advantage, and finally defeat the main opponent to reunite the Seven Kingdoms, and then roll up their sleeves to clean up the tiny Iron Islands!

But the pirates with nothing but women and treasures in their heads could never understand this.

These idiots...... As long as you don't drink wine for half a meal, you seem to have opened your mouth in vain, a woman who hasn't been raped for a day feels like a waste of the essence of her lower body, and she doesn't ransack a village for half a month, and she shouts "Everyone is wasting their lives......

Isn't it just to be able to support a comfortable environment where you can continue to wander the four seas and see who robs whom? Isn't it just to find an opportunity to win the continent in the midst of war and war, to fight for a way out for the iron people who have shrunk in a corner, and to restore the glory of the Blackheart King while realizing their personal ambitions?

But he couldn't explain it to the ironmen—what the long-term plan was, what the road was, and the stinky pirates didn't have that in their heads. Once you open your mouth to persuade and explain, it will not seem to be in line with your style, but it will appear weak and incompetent, and it will make the team disperse faster.

Fortunately, the reputation is probably outstanding, the iron people are complaining, and no one really dares to openly disobey him.

The above can only be regarded as a trouble, but the third question is the source of his real deep uneasiness.

He hadn't dreamed for a long time.

Since many years ago, Euron would sleep with absurd and chaotic dreams. At first glance, these dreams may seem illogical, but they are often accompanied by strange murmurs, which convey vague information...... Ask him to do something strange sometime and somewhere.

Because of these inner whispers, he was notorious and feared in the Iron Isles, because he did some bad things that were not in place according to the instructions of the dream, and he eventually got into trouble and was expelled from the Iron Islands, but it was precisely because of the guidance of the dream that he was able to catch the fattest and best raiders during his time away from Westeros, and he was always able to avoid the fleets of the city-states that came to encircle him.

His power quickly evolved from an ordinary warship to one of the most elusive and fearsome pirate fleets in the Seven Seas, and he not only ventured deep into the ruins of the apocalypse, returned with a bunch of magical items, but also sailed to the ends of the known world, where he exchanged the proceeds of his adventures for ways to increase his strength and learn strange magical methods......

All this experience made him gradually feel that the whispers in the depths of his heart, the murmurs in his dreams, would eventually lead him to become the king of the whole world, and even become a god!

But just as he successfully achieved the status of King of the Iron Isles, successfully raised a team that was enough to influence the overall situation of Westeros, and threw himself into this war for supremacy without hesitation...... One day a few months ago, about a week after he attacked Icefjord Harbor and successfully burned the Northern Fleet on the docks, his sleep began to become dreamless, and the whispers in his ears no longer appeared.

Inexplicably, he was beaten back to his original form from a chosen one, and became an ordinary pirate leader.

As if waking up from a dream that lasted for more than ten years, this quiet change did not make him lose his power or weaken his power, but brought about a change that outsiders could not see, but the actual impact was great: from that moment on, all his actions and decisions had to be made independently by himself, relying on thinking and judgment!

Was this a turning point for him to be abandoned and doomed, or was it ...... The time is ripe, a sign that he is about to reach the pinnacle of life?

He didn't know, and the more he guessed, the more agitated he became. This kind of anxiety can only be slightly quelled by achieving a great victory and slaughtering a dozen abominable enemies for blood sacrifice!

"Dangdang!"

Euron's thoughts were interrupted by a rapid metal knock overhead, the alarm bell of the observation post on top of the mast, and the sentinels spotted the enemy fleet!

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