Astapor.

The early morning light peeked through the eastern horizon, dispelling the deep darkness of the night and making the fire in the city no longer seem so dazzling.

Sir Katou Huya stood in front of the burning grain warehouse, his face gloomy.

"Did you find out who set the fire?" He asked.

"Nope." An Unsullied officer shook his head.

Kathu pursed his lips, but he wasn't too surprised.

Although the Unsullied are well-trained, fearless and fearless of death, they are the strongest light infantry, but their weakness is also very obvious, that is, they are very clumsy in other aspects except combat.

Leave things like manhunting, interrogation, and following clues to them, and it's better to leave them to a few dogs—they might be able to find the real culprit by their noses.

In fact, Catou can also guess that the real culprit is none other than the old nobles of Astapor.

These people began to be dishonest after Samwell and Daenerys left one after another.

At first, rumors were spread in the city that after the slave trade was banned, Astapo would not be able to buy food with gold, and that the cultivated fields cultivated by the worm stream would not be able to harvest for a while.

Food prices in the city rose in response.

Fortunately, when Samwell had killed the good lords of Astapor before, he had confiscated the grain stored in their house, and when Catou saw that the situation was not good, he immediately opened a warehouse and released it.

Food prices have fallen, and the signs of panic in the city have been suppressed.

But now, those old nobles actually sent someone to burn down the granary.

Catou could predict that rumors would spread in the city again, and panic would spread.

"Send more men to guard the granary in the east of the city." Kathu ordered, "We can't let the events in the west of the city repeat again." ”

The Unsullied Officer paused for a moment and said, "My lord, I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower in the city, do you want to let the retreat outside the city come......

"No way!" Kathu immediately refused, "Those who search for His Majesty Caesar cannot be withdrawn. ”

For him, even if Astapor was in a riot or even burned, it was more important than the search for Caesar.

"Send the Unsullied who defend the city back with two hundred-man teams back to guard the granary." Kathu ordered.

"Yes, sir."

As Kathu watched the extinguishing flames, his anger growing stronger, and he wanted to order the slaughter of all the old nobles at once, but he feared that doing so would cause even more unrest.

If only Master Caesar were here.

……

In an inconspicuous tavern next to the Great Pyramid, a group of Guise men dressed in toca robes gathered.

At the head was a blue-haired woman with still charm, leaning gracefully on a chaise longue, with a man with a big waist sitting beside her.

The man was also wearing a toca robe, but it was clear from his unnatural posture that he was not used to such bloated and pompous clothes.

This is not surprising, after all, Cleon was only a slave under the good lord of Grazdan a few days ago, in charge of slaughtering pigs, and it is said that he slaughtered piglets faster than anyone in Astapor.

Later, Lord Grazdan died in Dragon Fire, and Cleon was freed.

But instead of being grateful, he hated the pair of dogs and men who rode the dragon to death.

Because although Cleon was a slave before, it was not hard to kill pigs for the good lord, and he could always get a lot of leftover pork, and his life was delicious.

But now, he is free, but he wants to go to the Worm River to reclaim the wasteland, and plant beans under the scorching sun.

It's much harder than killing pigs, and you can't get enough to eat.

So, when the wife of the good lord of Grazdan approached him and asked him to set fire to the granaries of the outsiders, Cleon realized that his opportunity had come.

Sure enough, when he successfully completed the mission, he was immediately regarded as a hero by these old nobles.

Now Cleon not only put on the toca robes, but even climbed into the wife of the good lord—

Mrs. Urho's bed.

I'm going to be a good lord too! Once this thought germinated in Cleon's heart, it could never linger again.

"The people of Westeros have transferred the Unsullied to guard the granary east of the city, and it will not be easy for us to do it again." An old nobleman.

"We can go and set fires somewhere else!" Cleon exclaimed, he had become obsessed with this method since the last successful arson, "There are so many Unsullied that it is impossible to see all the places in the city!" ”

"What's the use of burning somewhere else?" Someone really looked down on this vulgar butcher, "This is our city, what good is it for us to burn to ashes?" ”

Cleon choked.

The woman beside him patted his arm as a comfort, and then said to the crowd:

"No more burning granaries. Our goal has been achieved, the seeds of panic have been planted in the hearts of the people of the city, and it only takes a suitable opportunity to detonate it. ”

"What chance?"

"I've sent someone to contact the Spear Regiment and the Cat Regiment." Mrs. Ulho smiled, "However, they are offering a higher price, and the Urho family cannot afford it alone. ”

The old nobles talked a lot, and then one said:

"Cost is not an issue. We also have a lot of gold coins in our possession. However, are you sure that the Cats and Spears alone will be able to defeat the Unsullied in the city? ”

"There are fewer Unsullied in the city than you think." "The dragon girl took half of the Unsullied with her when she left, and the Ser Catthu sent more than two thousand unsullied out of the city in search of the missing Caesar. Now there are at most 2,000 innocent people in the city. ”

"But it's still a little more than the Cats and Lances combined. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries is far inferior to that of the Unsullied. ”

"Don't forget that there are more than 100,000 hungry and panicked Astabors in the city." Lady Ulho smiled, "I'm afraid you don't know that after the dragon queen captured Yuankai, she immediately led her army north to attack Meereen. But as soon as she left, the Yuankai rebelled, overthrowing the bullshit council she had left behind, and restoring slavery. ”

Hearing this, Cleon immediately said, "Then why don't we seek the help of Lord Yuankai?" ”

"Lord Yuankai is gathering an army and preparing to unite with Meereen to strangle the Dragon Girl's army. On our side, the help of two mercenary groups and the people of Astapo is enough. As long as Caesar and his white dragon are not there, those stupid Unsullied are no match for us. ”

"By the way, where did Caesar go?" An old nobleman asked, "And what really happened that night at the Temple of Grace?" ”

Lady Urho smiled slightly, "This is exactly what I want to tell you, the gods of Giscali have sent an envoy to punish this arrogant outsider. Rest assured, Caesar will never return. ”

The old aristocrats were overjoyed:

"And when are we going to act?"

"It depends on when you have the gold ready."

"We'll be ready tomorrow."

Mrs. Urho laughed:

"Then justice will come to Astapor tomorrow!"

(End of chapter)