Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 77 Dancing on the Edge of a Knife (Part )
In fact, Stannis moved faster than Viserys had expected.

The merchant ship set out from the port of Tyrosh and headed north. After sailing on the sea for several hours, Viserys ordered the ship to turn west and gave the merchant ship its next destination.

Rain House City.

Rainhouse is the home of the Wilder family in the Stormlands. It is located on a peninsula protruding from the north shore of Cape Wrath. It is a small town facing Shipbreaker Bay.

Viserys' original plan was to stop here briefly to "buy fresh water", and then venture into Shipbreaker Bay and head to Duskfall Hall on the island of Tarth, where he would stay for a few days pretending to be a merchant ship buying and selling goods to inquire about the situation.

Because Brienne of Tarth, the only daughter of Lord Duskfall and the legal heir to Duskfall, might be accused of murdering Renly.

When Renly was crowned king of Highgarden, Brienne of Tarth joined him in his expedition to King's Landing. As part of Renly's army, Brienne won a tourney of 116 knights near Bitterbridge. Using a meteor hammer, she defeated many who mocked her and eventually defeated the favorite to win, the Knight of Flowers. Renly asked Brienne what reward she wanted, and Brienne did not hesitate to ask Renly to allow her to join Renly's Rainbow Guard.

When Stannis's shadow broke into Renly's tent and killed him, Brienne was putting on armor for him. Renly's other guards believed that Brienne had killed him. Catelyn, who was present, persuaded Brienne, who was horrified, and the two escaped from Renly's tent together.

Viserys thought that if the news of Renly's assassination spread, something must be wrong on the island of Tarth.

Viserys wanted to understand the situation as quickly as possible, but he would not take the initiative to enter Storm's End. It would be extremely dangerous to get too close to the battlefield and the army too blatantly, even if it was a real merchant ship.

Although wandering around the outskirts of Shipwreck Bay can be quite dangerous.

The waters of Broken Ship Bay are full of reefs, storms are common, and have not been peaceful recently.

This time, the merchant ship encountered a storm of moderate severity on its way to Yuya City.

When the merchant ships were forced to stop at the small port of Rain House City by the fleet and driven to the deep waters outside the nearby fishing village to anchor, Viserys knew they had come to the right place.

Many merchant ships that were originally planning to sail to Storm's End, Griffin's Roost, Crow's Nest, and Tarth were stranded at the port and fishing village of Rainhouse.

Without even asking, a few small fleets consisting of several small, slow Myrish boats and Lysian warships with distinctive painted hulls would naturally stop the merchant ships and warn that Shipbreaker Bay was not open for navigation. In addition to their own colorful flags, the common feature of these ships was that each ship flew the flaming red heart flag of the Lord of Light at the stern - a light yellow background with orange flames surrounding a red heart, and the black crowned stag of the Baratheon family embroidered in the center of the heart.

The red, orange and yellow tricolor flag is very eye-catching.

The commander in charge of the blockade of this area was a hundred-oared ship called the Jennah, which only had a flaming red heart flag hanging high on it, indicating that it was directly under the king. Next to it was a huge three-hundred-oared warship called the Valyrian. Grolai knew this ship. Its owner was Salladhor Saan, a Lys pirate who had been rampant in the Stepstones for many years and called himself the Prince of the Narrow Sea.

Captain Grole told Viserys that except for the Jenna, all the other ships responsible for blockading the perimeter were probably converted pirates.

Fortunately, after the pirates recruited by Stannis were reorganized into the team, they did not rob the passing merchant ships, but only drove the merchant ships to find a place to anchor.

After forcing the merchant ships to stop, the fleet did not board the ships for inspection or force them to pay fees. Instead, it drove the merchant ships of the Free Cities to the deep waters of the nearby fishing villages and concentrated the merchant ships of the Seven Nations near the port.

The fleet that stopped the merchant ship where Viserys was warned them that no ship could leave without a firm order, but they could go ashore in the fishing village.

When Viserys' three ships arrived here, the fishing village they were near had already established a small market where merchant ships from all over the world traded goods on their ships. It was said that there were even tax collectors working there.

Out of caution, Viserys still strictly ordered the sailors not to disembark, but in order to get information, he still asked Grol to take the trustworthy men he had recruited in the past two days - after leaving Tyrosh, Viserys asked Grol to try to recruit trustworthy men - and two more clever Unsullied, bring some food, and drive the boat ashore to inquire about the situation.

It turned out that this area had been blocked for almost two weeks, and the market was slowly established about a week ago.

The fleet responsible for the blockade only allowed certain merchant ships to pass through, and other ships could not leave. However, this situation was already considered good, because merchant ships of the seven countries, whether owned by individuals or nobles, were requisitioned by the king at the port and converted into warships or cargo ships.

This king was very reasonable towards foreign merchant ships.

It was almost impossible to get any useful information from the foreigners in the fishing village market. They couldn't even explain where the war was happening that caused the blockade.

On the third day of being forcibly detained here, Grolai finally couldn't help but report to Viserys: "The crew is very uneasy, sir. They haven't landed for a long time. Some people are asking about the purpose of your voyage, and want to know whether the previously agreed agreement is still valid, and whether it is true that they will be allowed to go home after the voyage."

The commander of the First Fleet, Viserys, sat stiffly on a small stool at the door, reporting carefully. He had been under a lot of pressure these days, and he seemed to have not slept well, with several dark circles under his eyes.

Viserys had expected that the sailors on the ship were not regular soldiers, and they would be very nervous in the past. Moreover, there was a three-headed dragon hidden in the fleet, and there was also a "big shot" whose intentions were unknown. If anyone boarded the ship to check, it might bring disaster to the fleet.

"What about you? Are you worried too?"

The experiences of the past few days have calmed Grolai down a bit. Three large ships are already large for a merchant caravan, but for a fleet, their power at sea is still too weak.

Grolai had been watching the fleets of small pirate ships coming and going these days, and he often wondered if Viserys could ride on his three-headed dragon and destroy them all in one go, while leaving himself unscathed.

And this was just a pirate fleet composed of small ships, while the fleet of large regular ships could easily be hundreds of ships, with large warships and small warships, rowing warships, longboats and other combat vessels. But they only had three ships, two hundred regular troops, a few hundred panicked sailors, and a three-headed dragon.

Grolai still didn't know what this adult was planning, but he knew that they were now dancing on the edge of a knife.

"I have never doubted your power, my lord." Although Grolai did not dare to look over there, he still wondered in his heart whether the three-headed dragon lying in the room was a little small.
"How much of the three thousand mire gold coins I gave you before is left?"

Viserys had paid for his own round trip to Astapor, with any extra expenses refunded or supplemented along the way. Now that the journey was smooth, he should have a lot left after paying for basic expenses.

"Sir, the trip to Astapor was free of charge and no casualties, so the cost was not high, but the ship damage and ocean-going labor costs were included."

"Just tell me how many more there are."

"I'm afraid this still requires me and the financial managers of each ship to calculate. We haven't had time to do this on our way back. Uh, sir, these three ships are now under your command!"

"Do you think you can keep half of it?"

"That's absolutely true. I promise!"

"Then go with someone you trust and give each of the crew a gold coin, saying it's from me, and tell them that I'm a man of my word. I told them to go home, and I will let them go home. In addition, these three ships belong to you, and the wages of the crew who don't want to join me will be calculated as usual. You are my fleet commander, but that doesn't mean your private property is mine."

Grolai left in anger.

After sending the captain away, Viserys couldn't help but ask Daenerys, who had been calm and composed and had not questioned him at all: "Dany, aren't you worried?"

Daenerys is still the best: "If you don't worry, I won't worry."

(End of this chapter)