"No!" said Daenerys, "Lord Cleon represents the will of the people, and the many will of the people are the will of God. ”

"Public opinion is not the will of God, otherwise there would be no priests, priests and monks who can communicate with God. Pastor Red God said.

Daenerys fell into deep thought, her brow furrowed.

Cleon shouted, "Monk, don't talk nonsense. ”

"The statues of the harpy suddenly collapsed, which was a sign and a sign from the gods. ”

"I think the monk is probably right. Jaime said, "It must be an unforgivable sin to break an oath." ”

"Not necessarily. "I don't necessarily mean public opinion and divine will. I am more inclined to Lord Cleon's opinion, and the reason why the will of the people is indisputable is because it must represent a certain divine will. ”

Yes, public opinion represents God's will to a certain extent, but when public opinion is wrong, God sends down signs to remind people that they are doing wrong. If people don't realize the signs after that, disaster will befall them. A priest affirmed.

"So, if that's the case, what did we do wrong?" Daenerys said.

"Broken my oath. Your Majesty, you liberated Astapo because you freed the slaves, and now that the Astapo slaves have come back, your liberation is to deceive the divine will. The monk said.

"Then let's see if God will send disaster in the future. "But I'm looking forward to seeing the last arena fight? ”

"It would be a shame to be naively forbidden by Her Majesty. "I'm actually interested in the arena and the market. There are two great joys in life, one is fighting and the other is love, and you can enjoy both in Astapor, which is the bliss of life. ”

Daenerys said, "Lord Jaime, please don't say that. The current arena and the ** market, as well as the slave trading market that appeared, are indeed against my original oath and law. But—" she looked at Lord Cleon, "if all the people don't want to close the arena and the market, I'm still rooting for them, I'm their queen, and I'm going to let them live the life they want." ”

"Her Majesty the Queen. Cleon said with a bow, respectfully.

"Your Majesty, if it is really God's will to express dissatisfaction, persisting will destroy Astapor. The monk said in a firm tone.

"I'll wait for the architects' briefing. Daenerys said, "If the building of the arena is not flawed and will never collapse, then it proves that my dream is not a harbinger of divine will." ”

"It can't be!" said Cleon, in no uncertain terms.

"I don't think it can be. God is too busy to pay attention to us little people. Jaime shrugged and smiled.

"Lord Cleon, please arrange for the government officials to transport the fallen Harpy statue from the pyramid out of the city first. Daenerys said.

"Shipped out of town?"

"Yes. ”

"Your Majesty, ask the carver to renovate it and put it back on stand. ”

"No, even if you want to use the Harpy, you need to re-carve it with new rock, and if it collapses, I won't allow it. It's ominous. ”

"Yes, Her Majesty. Cleon immediately went.

*

There were more and more people on the streets, and the whole city heard that the harpies on the two squares and the top of the Shwedagon Pagoda had fallen, and many witnesses began to spread what they saw. The faithful began to enter the temples, temples, and shaman's houses to inquire about the cause of the change from those who could communicate with God.

An hour later, the craftsmen arrived and began transporting the three fallen Harpy statues out of the city. The statue in the Punishment Square fell from a great height and slammed into the stone floor, shattering the ground and shattering the statue into several pieces. The head of the Harpy in Pride Square was broken, and her arms were broken in multiple places. These statues have stood in Astapor for hundreds or even thousands of years, and their collapse has struck the hearts of believers who believe in the Harpy God.

The next day, rumors spread throughout the city, some of which were God's warning to the people of Astapor, because slaves had reappeared in Astapor, the arena and market had been opened, and the slave trade had begun to resume trade. This is contrary to the oath of Her Majesty the Queen, who is 'smashing the shackles' and 'slave liberators'.

Rumor has it that Her Majesty swore to the gods of the sky, the earth, and the sea that she would free all the slaves of Astapor and make them freed. However, Her Majesty broke her oath.

The faithful flocked to the temple to ask for good fortune and evil, and the answer was that Her Majesty's nightmare was projected into the real world, which was a punishment signal against God's will.

At the same time, Her Majesty dreamed that the arena would collapse, just as the harpy on the pyramid would collapse.

When people heard this, they were all nervous.

A few days later, priests, priests, scholars, doctors, wizards, and monks were all telling the mysteries of Her Majesty's nightmares, and the news became more and more evil, and it was rumored that if slavery was not completely destroyed, and the arena and the ** market, the slave trade market were not closed, the people of Astapo would be severely punished.

But rumors aside, a few days passed, and none of the twelve arenas had collapsed.

After a few more days, although the rumors became more and more disturbing, the report of Lord Cleon's arena came out, and announcements were posted all over the major city gates and squares, and special government officials preached everywhere, saying that the arena had been inspected by the master builder, and there was nothing unusual in anything, everything was illusory, and the arena would not collapse.

And the answer to the fall of the Harpy has also been found: "The new king is in charge of Astapor, so the statue of the Harpy should also be replaced." Cleon soon sent stonemasons, carvers, and architects into the mountains outside the city to mine the finest rocks and bring them back to re-sculpt the three Harpies, taller and grander than before.

When the news broke, the hearts of the panicked people began to slowly recover.

In order to comfort the people, Her Majesty and Lord Cleon decided to hold the biggest tournament in the largest arena, and when the news broke, the people rejoiced, believing that all the bad omens were misinterpreted by the priests and monks, so on the day of the tournament, the whole city flocked to the arena and lined up all night to buy tickets to support the opening of the arena.

Damn the good masters, let them become slaves, let them try their hand at wrestling with night lions, black crocodiles, snake lizards, wolves, and vicious dogs. Many nobles and princes from the island nations of Slave Bay also came to Astapo to watch this bloody battle with unprecedented pomp and circumstance.

Daenerys and Lord Cleon became the owners of the house and opened the market. Astapor's musicians, dancers, burlesques, clowns and others were invited by the Queen and Lord Cleon to perform in the arena on the first day of the competition.

*

As soon as Daenerys and Archon Clarion walked out of the Great Pyramid, they were greeted by a red-robed priest, a bachelor, a monk, a priest, and a doctor, and they stopped Daenerys, led by the red-robed priest, and asked Daenerys and Lord Cleon, as well as the guests around Daenerys: Lord Will, Jaime Swordsman, and Miss Arya, not to go to the arena, because the red-robed priest saw in the flames last night, and once Her Majesty sat in the stands of the arena, the arena would collapse.

Daenerys listened incredulously.

Seeing Her Majesty's displeasure, Cleon stepped forward to reprimand the red-robed priest and ordered the Unsullied to drive the gang away. The Unsullied are indifferent, they listen to only one man's orders: Her Majesty.

Commander Grey Bug stood by with a blank expression, as if Archon Cleon didn't exist at all.

Arya said worriedly, "Your Majesty, I'm worried, in case what the priest said is true......"

"It can be true or it can be false. Jaime said.

Daenerys hesitated.

Cleon bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please let the Unsullied drive away the priests and scholars. , monks and priests. This group of people can't be trusted. ”

Will said: "Lord Cleon, the Grand Priest and others all think that going to see the arena will collapse today, and I still advise Her Majesty not to go." ”

Cleon was very angry in his heart, and he said, "Well, Your Majesty, for your safety, you don't go to the arena to watch the show today, I'll go." If there is nothing wrong with the arena on this day, please give Her Majesty the order for me to kill these guys. ”

Daenerys said, "Never, Lord Cleon. They came to dissuade me, and they did it all out of good intentions. Well, I will not go today, but you will go on my behalf today, and tell my people what I say, and I will be there tomorrow. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" said Cleon.

*

Her Majesty Queen Daenerys and her guests, with all the help of monks, priests, priests, scholars, and others, decided not to go to the game, but only for one day, and the next day she must go to the game. And, if nothing happens in the arena today, Daenerys will not receive the next talk from the priest and others.

Lyon was resentful and went to the arena alone. The city garrison was responsible for the security and patrol of the city, as well as the defense of the city gates, and since Her Majesty's return, the garrison was transferred, and Cleon ordered that none of the Unsullied should not be moved, and the garrison he could mobilize could no longer stay in the pyramid, which made it very inconvenient for him to order who to arrest.

Cleon walked to the Athletic Plaza and was confronted by a hundred-man squad of the guards who were maintaining order. The soldiers of the garrison are familiar with Cleon, and many of them show themselves by following him to kill the good lord and finally get the opportunity to join the garrison.

The centurion came up with his brothers.

"Lord Cleon, you're in a very low mood today!" the centurion laughed.

"I was disgusted by the priests in the city. "As soon as Cleon told him that these guys had prevented Her Majesty from coming to watch the game, there were immediately brothers who were willing to do something for Cleon. Cleon immediately decided, to-night, to arrest all the heads of these priests, priests, and monks, and to ask them to write a pledge that they would not say anything unpleasant in front of Her Majesty in the future. Whoever disobeys is to be killed and thrown into a pit in the mountains.

The priests and others who came to find Her Majesty were all high priests, high priests, and great monks in the city of Astapor, which was equivalent to the great leaders of these believers, as the saying goes, the chief.

Cleon wants such a guy to disappear quietly, once a few days, and do it without a trace. These guys are babbling and claiming to be able to see the future and see the fragments of how things are unfolding, so can they know that Cleon is going to send someone to clean up their business?

The Prophet had not yet appeared in Astapor.

*

Cleon stood on the highest stand on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, he raised his fists and two thumbs up, this is a victory gesture in the arena, and it is also a gesture that determines the life and death of a gladiator, as long as the thumb down, the gladiator in the arena is dead whether he wins or loses. Only the thumb of the chief's big hand was pointed upward, and the gladiator survived.

At the end, Her Majesty did not come, it was the consul Cleon who decided the life and death of men and beasts in the field!

When a man or beast is done fighting, whether to kill him or it based on his poor performance, or to let him or it be trained alive and come back next time, everything is on the thumb of the consul in the highest stands.

Cleon raised his fists and raised his thumbs to begin his passionate speech. He first greeted the audience on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, who were enthusiastic and shouted Long live the Queen.

Daenerys' prestige in Slave Bay is supreme and is loved and liked by the people.

Cleon then gave an impassioned speech.

He first praised Her Majesty, and then turned to the recent rumors in the city, and said that when Her Majesty went out today, she was hindered by the High Priest, the High Priest, the Great Monk, the Scholar, and the Great Doctor, who believed that the opening of the Arena had angered the gods, and that the gods of the sky, the earth, and the sea would punish her, and that the Arena would fall.

Her Majesty was merciful, and could not bear to disobey their persuasion, and decided not to come to-day, to comfort the gods, and Her Majesty will come tomorrow, because the lies of those gods will be verified: the arenas will not collapse today, and all the arenas will not collapse.

The crowd of 20,000 people shouted in victory, and Cleon, led by them, all stood up, raised their fists, thumbs up, made a gesture of victory, and sang the song of the gladiator of Astapor.

Click!

An egg-like cracking sound rang out, only to drown out the sound of the chorus led by Cleon.

Click!

A sound similar to the breaking of a wooden board sounded.

The sound of the planks breaking was much louder than the sound of extreme shattering, but no one heard it.

Click!

A louder voice sounded, and some people with a keen sense of hearing heard it, but no one cared, and everyone sang "Song of the Gladiators" in the audience!