Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 233 Blood Shadow

"Dream?"

Daenerys quickly reacted and realized that she was dreaming. Since she had magic, Daenerys knew that uncontrolled lucid dreams must represent something.

In addition, after practicing Yasha's meditation method, her mind became more acute and she soon woke up from the dream that was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

She found herself in her dream lying on a blood-stained delivery bed.

Flies as big as bees surrounded her, their purple compound eyes emitting a sickening light, and the buzzing sound of their wings echoing in her ears, making Daenerys feel annoyed and uneasy at the same time.

Although Daenerys had just become pregnant in real life and the fetus in her womb had not even moved yet, she was giving birth in her dream.

Daenerys looked at her dream self from a bystander's perspective. It seemed as if something was falling inside her body. The voice of her in the dream was stuck in her throat. Her eyes were looking somewhere in panic, and her mouth was opening to let out a silent cry.

Daenerys could not hear the voice of herself in her dream, but the silence made her feel her own pain.

Daenerys knew that this fragile dreamer was just an illusion, but she felt cold all over.

Daenerys saw that the baby she gave birth to on the bloody delivery bed in her dream was a dead baby. Its body was deformed and twisted, covered with scales like a lizard, its eyes were blind, it had a short tail on its buttocks, and a pair of bat-like wings.

Like a dead baby dragon.

"No!" Seeing this, Daenerys subconsciously protected her lower abdomen, and a red coat on her body suddenly burst into flames, and the illusion disappeared.

Daenerys keenly noticed a dark black-purple light being burned by the flames she had released, but she did not feel relieved. Instead, she took a breath. She traced the black-purple aura to its source and found that it came from her lower abdomen, from the fetus in her belly.

Daenerys woke up with horror.

The night was dark and the autumn night was as cold as water. Daenerys reached out to touch her growing belly in the dark, feeling uneasy. Her heart was beating fast and her face was covered with cold sweat.

She wondered in horror: Was that a prophecy? Or someone's vicious curse?
Somehow, Daenerys seemed to hear the sound of flapping wings. At first, she thought it was an illusion.

But soon, she heard the whistle of the tower guard, and then the whistle stopped abruptly.

Then she heard the sound of flapping wings getting closer.

"Nightfire?" Daenerys called out subconsciously. Although she didn't see it, she could tell that it was the sound of Nightfire's flapping wings.

Finally, the growing Nightfire landed in the gap of the tower room. After not seeing it for days, it had grown too big to fit in, and no one knew what Viserys had fed it.

What surprised Daenerys even more was that a figure jumped down from the saddle on Nightfire's back: "Dany, is everything okay here? Did we wake you up?"

Daenerys couldn't help but feel surprised, and a surge of warmth rose up for no reason: "Why are you back?"

Viserys walked in through the window. "Nightfire has been very restless these past few days. I thought it was my fault, but it won't calm down. It's like something is affecting it. I'm worried that something might be wrong with you."

"So that's how it is." Daenerys looked at Nightfire and found that it had a fierce energy. She couldn't help but ask, "Brother, was your attempt successful?"

"It can't be considered a success." Viserys walked to the bed, lit the candle on the spot, sat down on the edge of the bed, and saw that her face seemed a little wrong, so he quickly held Daenerys' hand. "I tried to use glass candles and the hypnosis of the Citadel to influence Nightfire and Shininggold in their dreams, let them worship me and pray to me, and then try to project magic power to them through faith. But as expected, only the power of the 'storm' can exert a slight influence. Nightfire and Shininggold can use the power of the 'wind' to accelerate their flight temporarily with the power I projected, but they can't bear the power of the 'thunder' at all. And I probably understand why the gods rarely give power to believers, because the power given through the 'song' will irreversibly consume my 'song'. Part of the 'song' I gave has been absorbed by Nightfire and Shininggold. Although that amount is small, they may now be called my 'priests'. I studied it and found that if I forcibly take back the power of that part of the 'song', it will cause damage to their souls."

"How's that 'volunteer' doing?" The 'volunteer' Daenerys was referring to was one of the doctors in the Citadel who was now under the control of Viserys.

"Right now, it's not very optimistic." Viserys was also trying to project the power of the song onto the volunteer through faith. "Although he is very sensitive to weather and can predict the weather at a certain time, using that power to predict will consume his mental strength and vitality. He does not have a strong enough mental strength and he is very old. I can see that every time he uses it, it will accelerate his death. He is dying soon."

In a sense, that 'volunteer' was Viserys' first 'divine person', although that person could only bear a very small part of the power, but Viserys had already learned through experiments that humans have a strong affinity for 'songs', or to be more precise, for the song of 'storms', although the souls of ordinary people can only bear very little 'divine favor', which is not enough to turn humans into superpowers under normal circumstances, and using that power will also consume the already fragile mental strength and vitality of ordinary people, accelerating human aging and death.

But Viserys thought that perhaps what he had tried was the way the Red God and the Drowned God brought down divine power on their believers. Because after doing that, Viserys found that it became very easy for him to invade the mind of the volunteer through the glass candle, and he could even easily influence some of the decisions of that person in secret. Despite this, Viserys was still clearly aware that power could not be divided for nothing, because it was very obvious that the only way to take back the divided power seemed to be to kill the other party or forcibly strip it and cause the other party to become mentally abnormal. And Viserys also had a guess that if the other party's mental power was strong enough, it would be more difficult to take back the power. After Viserys tried to divide a part of the power and give it to the "believers" Nightfire and Shining Gold through faith, he clearly felt that this powerful magical creature seemed to be more in line with a certain part of the power. For example, dragons, they obviously fit more with the stroke part of the power of "song". Viserys guessed that there was a difference between the soul of a dragon and the soul of a human.

Upon hearing this, Daenerys couldn't help but say, "It seems that kind of power is not friendly to ordinary people."

Viserys replied, "On the other hand, Dany, ordinary people may be able to control the most essential power of this world through training. Isn't this amazing? In fact, after getting enough information, the doctors all guessed that humans have a kind of power, the power of 'Song of Man'. It is precisely because this power is scattered among all living beings that gods belonging to humans have not been born. The reason why some very devout believers in the Faith of the Seven Gods can resist the mental control of other forces to a certain extent is because the Faith of the Seven Gods implicitly conforms to the 'Song of Man' in humans. The fact that humans can resist the mental magic control of aliens is itself a kind of 'unnatural'. It is some strong souls that pry the power of 'Song of Man'. Perhaps this is also the reason why human blood sacrifice is effective. The humans in this world are also a kind of magical creatures, but compared with other magical creatures, humans seem too ordinary."

Daenerys asked: "According to the Citadel, the blood of dragons and us Targaryens is created by blood magic?"

"This speculation is very reasonable. The blood of the Targaryens, or the blood of the Valyrians, is different from that of normal humans in this world. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Valyrians can be called descendants of dragon blood to some extent." Viserys replied, "The relationship between the Valyrians and dragons is very close."

"Brother." Daenerys' face turned pale and she told him about her dream. "I just had a dream." She told him that she dreamed of giving birth to a dead baby in the shape of a dragon.

"Hmm," Viserys said, looking unhappy. "Dany, I have a guess. There is something wrong with the source of your bloodline. You once had this purple magic in your body, but we drove it out as we grew up. And the newborns of our bloodline seem to still be affected by this bloodline. This should be an influence from the mystical level. Perhaps the child in your belly has begun to develop consciousness these days, and its consciousness is like the dragon soul magic in a dragon egg. It is born with some kind of influence from the bloodline."

Viserys thought of the mysterious existence that had hidden behind Daenerys. Even if it wasn't him, there must be some kind of power that was silently influencing the bloodline of the descendants of Valyria. Even the dragon eggs were influenced by that magic. Viserys thought that perhaps this innate magic was the reason why the descendants of the Targaryen family were either geniuses or crazy, and why the Valyrian dragons seemed to have a certain personality since their birth. Perhaps everything was because from the birth of consciousness, the abnormal magic in the bloodline was subtly influencing the descendants of the bloodline.

Daenerys looked expectantly at Viserys, who always seemed to have a solution: "What should we do?"

Viserys groaned for a moment and said, "Let's try to use the dragon bones to enter the dream. I will see if I can remove the dragon soul magic from the child so that the child will not be harmed by it."

Daenerys always has a dragon bone with her. Viserys and Daenerys are very familiar with it and they tried it out soon.

As expected, Viserys captured a magical power in Daenerys that was different from dragon bones and dragon souls. That power was only attached to Daenerys, not from Daenerys herself.

There is no doubt that the source is the child in Daenerys's belly.

Perhaps because the child's consciousness was not fully formed, Viserys realized that he could not eliminate it all at once.

Seeing that the problem seemed to be solved, Viserys was in the mood to joke: "Dany, it seems the child doesn't want us to be separated for too long, and wants you two to stay with me. As there is no threat to Oldtown right now, how about this, after tonight, you two will go to Oldtown together. You haven't been here these days, and I haven't seen you, and I've been worried."

Daenerys nodded, but still asked, "Is everything all right here in the Stormlands?"

Viserys said, "Don't worry. Now that the abnormal weather here has passed, let them carry out post-disaster reconstruction and implement agricultural policies step by step." As he spoke, Viserys couldn't help but say solemnly, "Dany, those damn doctors in the Citadel used their method to calculate it. I gave them enough variables. They calculated that after two to three constellation return cycles, that is, about two or three years, let's say two and a half years, the earth's axis will undergo a drastic change. I suspect that is the sign of the arrival of the Long Night. If mysticism, astronomy, alchemy and numerology are credible, then there are two possibilities: perhaps it was not Euron who inherited the Bloodstone Emperor who caused the Long Night, but Euron, the Bloodstone Emperor, just needed the Long Night to carry out his plan; or perhaps, the influence of the gods is more dangerous than imagined, and the Long Night will come earlier than the results calculated by the doctors. In short, there is only two and a half years to prepare for the terrible disaster that threatens the world. So, we must seize this time to prepare for it."

Daenerys asked, "I heard that you asked Prime Minister Oberyn to lead the troops to attack the Westerly?"

"Yes," Viserys nodded. "It is time for us, the Martells, and the Lannisters to settle their feud. I intend to eliminate Tywin before the great war that sweeps the world comes."

Daenerys couldn't help but say, "Isn't it too hasty? The Westerly Territory will definitely be a big problem. The Westerly Territory is mountainous, and the entire territory is completely subdued by Tywin Lannister's tough hand. It is basically difficult to find a qualified second-tier noble to replace Lannister. If we leave a garrison after the war, the garrison may suffer the same situation as when Aegon first conquered Dorne. If we support a Lannister, let alone the Martell family, I myself will feel as uncomfortable as if I had eaten a fly, not to mention that they may surrender. I dare say that even if they surrender, it will only be a stopgap measure. Even if we have dragons, and even if you, brother, are already a demigod, it has always been troublesome to win people's hearts. I read the records of the conquerors. When Aegon conquered the six kingdoms, he was no different from a demigod in the hearts of the soldiers and civilians throughout the territory. But it was not until King Jaehaerys that the whole of Westeros began to identify with the Targaryen family.

Not to mention that there will be a war sweeping the world. Brother, I have read a lot of history books recently and summed up a truth. In any war, no matter how great, wise, and righteous the leader is, it is still the nobles and civilians in the rear who have to feed the unproductive soldiers in the front. Even the wisest king, as the war lasts longer, seems to be unable to avoid bloodshed on the front and riots in the rear. You said that we are not heroes, not Azor Ahai, but I am still afraid that our efforts will eventually be in vain for others. "

Under the influence of Viserys, Daenerys is no longer the compassionate Madonna in the original world line. Under the influence of Viserys, she deeply agrees with the principle of "if you are rich, you should help the world; if you are poor, you should take care of yourself."

Viserys glanced at Daenerys and said with relief, "I'm glad you have this thought, Dany. Don't worry, this will never happen to us. To be honest, I plan to withdraw my troops after dealing with the Westerly and will not continue the war. And I will take some time to go to Valyria."

"Valeria is in danger"

"I know, but I have to go. R'hllor has something in mind there. Even without me, He will certainly take action with the Drowned God. Moreover, our bloodline descendants cannot always be affected by inexplicable influences. I suspect that the influence in the bloodline may be related to the mysterious existence hiding in Valyria now." More importantly, R'hllor promised Viserys a complete "Storm Song". With the "assistance" of many doctors in the Citadel, Viserys has realized that to become a "god", faith alone is not enough. Even if the gods built up by mortal faith can gain some power, it is the "Song of Man" that is at work. The limit is the "Seven Gods" similar to the "Seven Gods" faith, but even if they replace the "Seven Gods", the "Song" in the power is not enough to become a "true god". Viserys does not lack power, but personality. Obtaining a sufficiently complete "Storm Song" means that Viserys can no longer be controlled by others and can become a chess player at the table instead of a chess piece in the war involving the gods.

Viserys had to go to Valyria. If he didn't fight for his rights while the gods seemed to still have some reservations, he might not be able to maneuver in the chess game when the true gods acted without scruples.

(End of this chapter)