Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 114: The End of the King
"Mother, do you want to abandon your people?" Joffrey stood at the fence outside his bedroom and shouted to Rhaenyra below: "Benailla and I are your children, but mother, you are the queen now, and the people of King's Landing are also your children!"

Hearing the voice, Benilla also walked out of her bedroom: "Mother, if you give up the people of King's Landing for us, then what is the difference between you and a usurper." Benilla said.

"What do you know?" Rhaenyra was a little annoyed. "That's the tremor. My aunt died of the tremor. I have already lost a son. I can't lose any of my sons and daughters again!"

"Your Majesty, there is also dragon pox," Maester Gladys said solemnly. "Dragon pox develops more rapidly, but is also more contagious. It can be transmitted as long as one comes into contact with a sick person or an infected person who has not yet developed the disease. Moreover, there is no definite cure for these two diseases. However, there is no record of Valyrians suffering from dragon pox."

"This..." Although Rhaenyra was very angry just now, as soon as she regained her senses, she realized what her children were doing. If she left King's Landing because of the plague, she would be no different from Aegon the Great, and with her current heavy taxes, she would most likely completely anger the citizens of King's Landing.

"Xiaomei, no, we can't leave King's Landing." Rhaenyra realized this, and naturally realized that she couldn't leave King's Landing easily. "Joffrey, let Tyrex and Moon Dance guard the Red Keep. Dragons are not afraid of diseases. Maester Gladys, are there any measures to prevent the people in the Red Keep from getting sick?"

"The academy speculates that the Tremor Disease may be related to rats, and the Tremor Disease and Dragon Pox are both highly contagious diseases that can be prevented through isolation. Your Majesty, I suggest that the entry and exit of the Red Castle be strictly controlled, and patients be isolated immediately when found." Bachelor Gladys thought about it. He had excellent grades in medicine and had also studied the Tremor Disease.

"Understood, Mei. Arrange rat catchers to hunt down all rats in the Red Keep, and control the Red Keep according to Maester Gladys' instructions. In the city." Rhaenyra gritted her teeth. "Starting tomorrow, all tax policies of Count Celtigar will be temporarily suspended, and a portion of funds will be allocated from the treasury." Rhaenyra only then realized that there was not much money left in the treasury. All the gold dragons she had squeezed out of heavy taxes were used for the so-called king's majesty and salary, maintaining order in King's Landing, and reopening the sea trade routes in King's Landing. "Anyway, in my name, starting tomorrow, free bread will be provided to the people of King's Landing, and the upper area of ​​the dragon's lair will be opened. If there are sick people, they can go to the dragon's lair."

"I praise your kindness, Your Majesty." The white maggot praised sincerely, "Your Majesty, you should also be careful. Recently, there have been many voices in King's Landing that are unfavorable to you. Some fanatics who claim to be the chosen of the Seven Gods arrogantly accuse your family of being the product of demonic incest and your dragon is a demon from hell. They now have a great reputation among the common people in King's Landing. Especially after the plague began to appear in King's Landing two weeks ago, people's attitude towards you has become increasingly dangerous."

Rhaenyra frowned immediately: "I understand, thank you for your reminder, I will order Captain Ross and my Kingsguard to eliminate these kingdoms of termites tomorrow."

Joffrey just breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Rhaenyra give one order after another. But as he looked at the increasingly dark sky outside the window of his room, Joffrey suddenly felt a little uneasy.

The next day.

King's Landing, Flea Bottom, a man in rags sneaked into a shabby house that was still dripping with dirty water. A shepherd was kneeling beside a corpse whose lips had turned blue, praying silently.

"Master, may the Seven Gods bless your piety." The man showed the seven-pointed star on his chest. "The Demon Queen issued an order this morning to suspend the taxation of the Crab Minister. A limited amount of black bread has been distributed in the market. It is said that she has opened the upper level of the Dragon Cave and asked the sick people to go there for treatment."

"She is deceiving the Lambs of the Seven Gods!" The shepherd stood up excitedly. "She wants the people of the Seven Gods to send themselves into the dragon's mouth of the devil. Otherwise, why doesn't she open the holy temple under the glory of the Seven Gods, but instead raises the dragon's den of the devil? No, I must expose her evil deeds to the world."

"Master." The man grabbed the shepherd's one arm. "The Demon Queen has sent her minions to persecute the priests of the Seven Gods. You cannot risk your life alone under their swords."

"Alec, you are worthy of being the son of a warrior!" The shepherd looked into the man's eyes with relief: "Don't worry, the devil's minions can't harm the believers of the true God. I will definitely reveal the true face of the devil to the lambs."

"Master!" Alec once again stopped the shepherd who was about to leave: "My brothers are ready. Tonight, people will gather in the bitch's square to discuss whether to send the sick to the dragon's lair. At that time, you can reveal the atrocities of the demon queen to them. And there will be no danger."

"really?"

"The Seven Gods above, the Holy Father is my witness." Alec drew a seven-pointed star on his chest. The shepherd nodded with satisfaction and continued to kneel in front of the corpse and pray.

While Longzier was dealing with the division of the spoils in the Riverlands, Rhaenyra was troubled by the plague in King's Landing.

In the Riverlands, Benji Cole and Lord Rodrik Dustin discovered a big fish. They found Tyrone Lannister near the town of Lord Harroway. The Sea Lord, who secretly passed information to the Black Party after Aegon the Great abandoned King's Landing, took advantage of Criston Cole's unpreparedness, raided his remnants, and successfully escaped pursuit.

"Criston is nearby." Taelan led Benjiko and Rodrik's cavalry to Criston's camp. The "Kingholder", the captain of the Kingsguard, now only had about twenty people around him.

The moment he saw the cavalry from the Riverlands and the North appear in his sight, Christon Cole knew that his end had come.

"Tailan, you are the traitor!" Christon saw Tailan's tattered armor at first sight. "I only regret that I didn't kill you and Lin Man together."

"I'm sorry, Cole." Tyran lowered his head and said, "But there is one thing I need to remind you. I am not the only traitor. In fact, before me, Laris provided a lot of information to Prince Longzel, but what I don't understand is that he remained so loyal to Aegon." Tyran finally changed his words.

"Humph." The captain of the Iron Guard drew his sword and said, "If you have the guts, come fight me in a fair knight duel." He pointed his sword at the Black Party leaders, but when he saw Benjiko's face clearly, he was stunned. This is just a child.

"I'm sorry, Criston." Benjykko shrugged mischievously. "I don't think you're a real knight, so... Uncle Robb."

Red Robb drew his bow without hesitation and shot an arrow right into Christon's chest. The long arrow broke through the white knight's gray breastplate and pierced straight into his chest. "You..." Then Alysanne's arrow pierced his neck armor, and the longbowmen of the Blackwood family drew their bows and shot arrows, turning Christon and his remaining soldiers into hedgehogs in the blink of an eye.

"What do you mean by 'you'?" Rodrick Dustin pinched the belly of the long-haired horse, slowly walked to Christon, who was pierced with arrows and died with his eyes open, and chopped off his head with an axe.

"I am not a knight, but I also know the code of the southern knights and the honor of the white knights. Boy, you have tarnished your white robe."

The leader of the Winter Wolf Army commented like this.

Thus, the life of the king-loving man came to an end in such humiliation.

When a plague broke out in King's Landing.

Outside Summerhall.

Adams Lawyer, the brother of Hoffa Lawyer with black hair and golden eyes who loves socializing, joking and reading, stood anxiously outside a stone house. "Amos, come out quickly, my brother is worried and neither of us can escape."

In the stone house, Amos sat quietly beside the fireplace, staring at the flames. Blisters slowly grew on his body. These blisters immediately swelled when they came into contact with the air and burst in the blink of an eye. Red blood and yellow water spurted onto the stone wall and the flames almost at the same time. The young man endured the severe pain and suffocation. He was only thankful for one thing.

The almost rotten corpse did not come into contact with anyone other than itself.

"Adams, go back and tell your stinky iron brother." Amos Fezer shouted while holding back the pain. Adams, who was very sensitive, immediately heard the suppressed pain in Amos' voice: "Amos, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me." Adams was about to touch the door when he was driven back by Amos' suppressed shout. "Don't approach this house. Go back and tell my wife to ask all the customs to check the incoming goods. Tell the Lord, no, Your Highness, I can't repay him. I put the steel flame on, uh, my, uh, weapon rack. Please, uh, return it to Your Highness for me." Amos felt his mind becoming more and more blurred, and the pain in his body gradually subsided, replaced by a strange feeling.

He staggered and pulled open the fireplace guard, threw the firewood in the fireplace, and the flames immediately licked his body.

The firelight illuminated Adams's stunned face.

Dragon's Nest City.

Diana Tully sat on the dragonglass throne in Dragonzel, frowning at Dr. Visari and Xessar Shadowweaver. Rey had not returned from his dragon patrol yet, and now only she and Leila were in charge of the castle.

The day before, Longziel's blood-sworn brother Amos Fezel, the holder of the Valyrian steel sword Steelflame, suddenly did not return to the Dragoncrystal Tower in Dragon's Nest, but ran to a stone house outside the city and did not come out. As a result, the house soon caught fire and Amos died in the flames.

"Ma'am, it's tremors." Zesar said in a cold voice, "Fortunately, the customs inspection was very strict and the body was not brought ashore. I took my apprentices to deal with the ship in time, but unfortunately the body of a patient with dragon pox flowed into the dock. We have to thank Lord Amos for discovering the body in time, but unfortunately he was also infected with dragon pox."

“Is there any way to treat it?”

Dr. Visali shook his head and said, "The mortality rate of dragon pox is almost 100%. This is why, although it is contagious, it rarely causes large-scale epidemics. Lord Amos isolated himself immediately after he felt that he was sick." Visali didn't know what to say here.

Diana understood what Amos Fizer had done. The young man immediately decided that the epidemic could not be allowed to spread in the city. He set himself on fire and left a will in advance, returning the Steel Flame to the Varese family.

"Amos is my husband's blood-sworn brother, and he is a true warrior."

Second update clock in. My arms are almost broken from working so hard today. There will be three updates tomorrow. I will notify you of the time of the second and third updates when the first update is released. The illustrations show the territory of the Varese family after the division of the spoils in the previous chapter, including the land occupied by the military.

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