Chapter 0178 The Wise Man Who Lost His Position: Black Clay Jar
For the head / lonely δΈΏιζ / plus more 2
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Will smiled, "Jaquin, I'm going to trouble you to do the second thing for me soon." β
"What's the matter?" Jia Kun asked unhurriedly, chic and casual, and the urgency in his heart still flowed inadvertently from his eyes.
"Help me deal with the wise men of King's Landing. β
"As you wish. Jia Kun said lightly. The smile on his face was the kindest Sansa felt. His white and red hair is Arya's favorite thing to rub.
Arya likes to compare Jaquin and the little devil together, because the little devil's eyes are one green and one black, and Jaqun's hair is one white and one red, but Jaqun is gentle and elegant, with a slender body, and the little devil is extremely ugly and half-human dwarf.
The wise men of King's Landing are the alchemists of the Alchemists' Guild, and they don't like to be called alchemists, but rather the wise men.
The Alchemist's Guild Hall is the center of the Alchemists, located beneath the Street of the Silent Nuns at the foot of the Visennian hills. The guild hall resembles a labyrinth of black marble.
Wildfire, a magical substance, burns without being extinguished by water, and is even harder to extinguish when it gets on human skin.
This magical substance can only be refined by alchemists. Each alchemist has his own separate room, and once the wildfire fails and an explosion occurs, the roof will fall over and the yellow sand will fall, burying the wildfire and the alchemist together.
As the dragon disappears, the more time passes, the more magic on the alchemists' scrolls fails. Today, the alchemists are no longer able to summon fire creatures from the flames, and many of their previously effective spells have failed, which is the root cause of their later outmanship by the Oldtown's Bachelor Guild.
Until now, alchemists have been left with only one way to refine wildfire. Their title of wise man was also replaced by the title of alchemist, and the power of the old town scholars spread throughout the seven kingdoms, and the life of the alchemists was not as good as day by day.
Despite this, the Alchemist's guild hall is still imposing, maintaining its former heyday beneath the underground of Sister Silent Street, and the magical substance of creating wildfire is the only reason they can exist now.
Jaquin didn't understand why Will wanted him to visit the Alchemists' Guild, but he gladly agreed. Will wants him to do things, and naturally tells him the goal and everything that is involved.
In this way, the three things that you owe Will will go to the second.
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Inside the ruins, Arya has found the dragon. Her people, like her wolves, are not afraid of heaven and earth, and she just likes these places that no one else dares to come to explore.
If it weren't for her father's strictness, she would have searched all the corners of King's Landing as if she were in Winterfell. The beggars on the street, she can also get acquainted with them very quickly. Of course, these things she did were the ones Sansa hated the most. Sansa would never be friends with any beggar, and she would be disgusted for months if she touched her hand, and she would like to rub the skin off her hand.
Robb Stark shouted at Sansa, "Sansa, come and wait at the gate. β
"No!" shouted Sansa, shrill voice. She began to regret coming with them to see the Dragon's Lair, the air filled with the smell of death and blood, and the smoky scorch.
Also, Sansa is afraid of gorillas and fangs. Especially Fangs, who held a piece of the leg bone of an unknown beast, were chattering and gnawing at any time, and Robb said that Fangs were grinding his teeth. His teeth are growing all the time, and if he doesn't grind them, they will itch uncomfortably. Gorillas are also very vicious people, and Sansa's heart beats wildly at the sight of him, and she has a deep fear of him.
Only Jaqun Hegar, with whom Sansa likes to talk and listen to him tell interesting stories about the other side of the Narrow Sea.
"Sansa has wolves, don't worry about her. Will said.
So the group followed Arya's trails, bypassed the gate, entered a nearby ruin, cut through waist-deep weeds, and climbed through two low walls to a place that Arya shouted as a small door.
It wasn't a small door at all, but a wild dog hole.
Those wild dogs smelled the ice wolf from afar, and they had long since fled. The smell of the ice wolf is a natural enemy for wild dogs.
The dome has been built for more than 200 years, and except for the bronze gate, the rest of the place is decaying.
After a short while, Will and his party entered the dragon's lair.
Inside, there are black ruins, and you can't see the edges at a glance, and you can't estimate how big they are by eyesight. Traces of the original can still be seen in the remnants of the broken wall, but all the black objects are solidified in a fluid form.
The fire destroyed everything inside, even the boulders and steel were in the form of fluids. The ground is also a pit of countless burning, melted out.
"Dragon Flame!" Jacquin said, "Dragon Flame burns." β
"There's a big fight here. Will said, "A war between humans and dragons. The dragons of the captive House of Targaryen were all killed here. β
He crouched down, his fingers touching a boulder whose top half had melted into fluid. There are obvious deep sword marks on it, but it is old, and it has been blackened by the fire several times, so it is not easy to find.
Everyone was shocked by the dark and almost invisible ruins inside, the dragon **, like a castle. Countless fluid-like twisted buildings resemble demonic monsters. Robb called Arya and Bran to his side, and they walked slowly, gradually discovering more traces of axes and swords.
"I know this history: Dance of the Blood Dragons. Robb suddenly said, "The Targaryens are in a civil war, with Vaises I's daughter Rhaenyra and younger brother Prince Aegon vying for the throne, and the dragon knights are choosing sides. King's Landing was captured by Dragonstone's sister, Princess Rhaenyra, who became king. β
"Because of the war, King's Landing was filled with hungry people. Tens of thousands of frenzied and hungry civilians, instigated by the mad prophetic shepherd, stormed the dragon's lair and slew all the dragons within. Five dragons of House Targaryen: Srikos, Mogul, Tyrekhu, Dreamfire, and Rhaenyra's mount, Syracles, dragon-slaying civilians instigated by the Mad Prophet killed thousands of people here. In the end, Rhaenyra had to return to Dragonstone to continue hatching dragons, but was captured by her brother Prince Aegon and fed her own golden dragon, which was the story 168 years ago. β
"This bronze door has not been opened for more than a hundred years. Will said.
He walked slowly through the ruined castle, gradually moving away from the crowd, and he carefully examined the traces inside.
Jakun Hegar didn't know when he came to his side, and whispered, "Lord Will, although I don't know what you're looking for, but I have found a different place, under a ruin, there are rough clay pots coming out a little, pitch black. β
It was charred black and dusty, and the light was not bright enough, and there was no good eyesight to see the black clay jars buried beneath the ruins.
"I didn't ask you to help me. Will said, "You still owe me two things and three lives." β