A Western fantasy journey that began with Game of Thrones - Chapter 305 Easy
Renly didn’t know that the special environmental change had covered all the Iron Islands before, and he was still thinking about how to reveal that he had grasped the pain of the ironborn, so as to achieve what he wanted.
As a result, when he came out, he found that there was no need for him to do anything else.
“Your Excellency, the great Son of the Drowned God, may I ask that – is that the Water Palace of the Drowned God?”
“Lord Son of God, will I enter the Flowing Water Palace after my death?”
“The Seven Gods, the King of Light…all the outer gods are just false gods. Only the Drowned God is real!”
“Long live the Son of the Drowned God!”
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The already devout Drowned Priests rushed up to him after he came out, but kept a certain distance from him, with excited and fanatical expressions on their faces.
At the same time, after hearing the news of his appearance, more visitors living in the castle swarmed in, so much so that the hall was completely filled up in a short time.
The dense crowd looked dark. During the conversation, Renly casually mentioned the purpose of coming to the Iron Islands. As a result, the group of people did not even ask for a reason, but simply claimed that the Iron Islands would definitely side with the Sons of the Drowned God.
Then, under Renly’s blank gaze, a large group of Drowned Priests dispersed and rushed towards the Iron Islands in all directions.
Obviously this was to help him run here, or to show off in front of him. After the remaining non-drowned beings looked at each other for a few times, they also ran out of the door.
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Renly didn’t know that the Drowned people not only wanted to serve devoutly, but also wanted to establish their prestige and right to speak. Now in the face of such a major event, Renly was taking advantage of Renly’s display of power to “put pressure” on the nobles.
In this way, if the nobles can agree to this matter, then they will definitely follow the instructions given by the drowned people.
The nobles considered the problem from their own standpoint. Whether it was sending troops or honestly obeying the orders of the Drowned people, it was not a good thing, because the former would harm immediate interests, and the latter would affect future power.
But at this moment, when those fanatical Drowned people came to visit and asked them to refuse, it was really hard to say.
There were even some nobles who were as fanatical as the Drowned people, but couldn’t wait to send troops to fight for the Son of the Drowned God.
This is surprising, but understandable.
Unlike Balon, who is more thoughtful, most of the nobles of the Iron Islands are illiterate. Even if they have the brains of the ruling class, they cannot be said to be very sensible. They are usually unwilling to obey, but they have doubts about Renly’s identity. That’s all.
Now, after the miracle that covered the archipelago occurred, and after understanding what the miracle represented (the Drowned people hyped it up), few people were hesitant anymore.
Everyone will die, and compared to the world before death, death seems to last forever… So fighting for the treatment you will receive after death is much more useful than fighting for power and profit in the secular world.
In addition, the belief in the Drowned God is deeply rooted in the Iron Islands. Although the nobles have many things to consider, they are also pious. Now that they have no doubts about Renly’s identity, they naturally have less resistance.
The propaganda of the Drowned Priests, the deep-rooted belief in the Drowned God, and most importantly, the miraculous scene, all made it very easy for Renly to accomplish this goal, even “exceeding the standard”.
The news spread, and after Drowned Priests swarmed in, nobles also came to visit one after another, including the Harlaw family from Harlaw Island, the Zhuogu family from Old Wyk Island, and the Gubler from Great Wyk Island. The family… Many of the men who were considered to be very powerful by the local people now knelt before Renly and humbled themselves like servants. Renly was so powerful that for a while, he offended the rest of the envoys. stunned.
And shortly afterwards, the appearance of a familiar figure brought this majesty to its peak——
Balon Greyjoy, who had been missing for a long time, appeared in King’s Harbor on Pyke Island and returned to Greyjoy’s castle on foot!
The sun was shining brightly that day, and a large number of ironmen gathered around the castle for a devout “pilgrimage”. Many people even saw Balon’s appearance, which caused a sensation again.
The common people didn’t know what the nobles were thinking, let alone their leader’s previous plans. Seeing King Balon “resurrection”, they all thought it was the great Son of the Drowned God who had taken their leader out of the Palace of Flowing Waters. He pulled it out and became even more enthusiastic.
“Long live the Son of the Drowned God!”
“We are saved!”
“Fight for the Drowned God’s Son!”
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“What a bunch of stupid people.”
Looking at the dense crowd of shouting people below, Varys on the city wall sighed with only deep awe in his heart.
They had received a cold reception before, but after Renly showed his power, the treatment of those in the envoy group suddenly became better, and they were able to move freely in the castle, so the former intelligence chief He clearly understood how detached the young man who brought him down was in this island.
He did not see the strange scene that happened that day, or in other words, he generally did not believe in the Drowned God and did not notice that such a situation happened, but this did not prevent him from understanding the truth.
Unlike the devout ironborn, Varys believed that this must be the magic arranged by that person, because in his previous contact with Renly, he did not find that Renly had any characteristics or position as a descendant of the gods.
Instead, he always sides with Baratheon.
How could this be related to the Iron Islands?
So he thought it was a large-scale “illusion” aimed at subduing the entire Iron Islands.
This sounds incredible, but in the past legends, the ancient children of the forest also brought floods and split the entire continent in two. So although he did not understand this power, he had some “cognition” of it.
However, this did not affect Varys’s awe of Renly, and he even had no resistance at all – no matter who he was, no matter what he could do, it was an indisputable fact that he had too many unknown and irresistible powers.
And this kind of irresistibility is not limited to a certain person or a certain group, but can already affect a large area!
“If one day I can see him control the entire Westeros, I won’t feel much surprise.”
Turning his head to look at the quaint castle behind him, which was shrouded in a slight sea mist, the former intelligence chief sighed secretly.
Before, he was unwilling to accept it, thinking that his defeat to that person was completely due to intelligence errors and the information asymmetry between the two. However, now all he has left is deep powerlessness.
Who can win against such a monster?
I was delayed yesterday by something, sorry. I have already submitted my resignation application, and I will not look for a new job for a while after it is approved. I will update it for a while.
