Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 116: Fire Shines on the King
There were people everywhere. The streets of King's Landing had never been so lively. There were burning torches everywhere, and there were angry people everywhere.

At first, it was just a mother wailing as she brought her little son's cold body to the shepherd's feet, along with dozens of rotting bodies, watched by hundreds of people. Then the situation got out of control. In the past few weeks, countless people died in the cold every day, and some had pustules on their bodies that could burst at any time. Families, or even people in an alley, died in agony. More and more people gathered in the Shoemaker's Square, gathered at the shepherd's feet.

The heavy taxes had been stopped, but the taxes already paid would not be refunded. Although the queen distributed bread, the black bread was so coarse that it was hard to swallow and could not even feed a thousand people. Even so, people could still endure.

But people cannot bear the threat of death. Every day, someone around them cries out for cold without any warning, and then dies convulsing. No one knows if they will be the next.

The Queen did nothing. She arrested the shepherd's companions and ordered Sir Ross Raggedett to lead the gold cloaks to forcibly disperse the crowd. So people were completely angry. In every alley of Flea Bottom and Rivergate, people took to the streets with torches. They smashed the doors of shops and hacked the arrogant shop owners to death. They pried open the locks of the nobles and dragged their delicate daughters to the streets. Chaos spread in the city. Flea Bottom caught fire first, then the docks, all the streets and alleys, and then the city gates. The gold cloaks ran around in the flames, and their limited manpower became even more stretched.

"The end has come! The end has come!" The one-armed mad prophet looked at the dense crowd with tears in his eyes. Some of them even fell to the ground while walking. When people noticed these people, they were horrified to find that they were twitching all over and soon died with blue lips. "The monster queen who bleeds on the Iron Throne, the evil offspring of the devil's incest, the Seven Gods will punish her evil, because she brought strangers and death."

"Prophet, please save us!" Alec Kagel, who was wearing ragged clothes, tore open his clothes, revealing the seven-pointed star emblem, and shouted sadly. A nun also knelt on the ground crying: "Save us, save us, Seven Gods, save your lamb."

People shed tears one after another, staring blankly at the shepherd on the platform, waiting for the prophet to bring them instructions.

"Only the Virgin Mary in heaven can save you, me, and all of us, but we were wrong. Our greed and short-sightedness drove the Virgin Mary away. Now the stranger is coming. He is riding a dark horse with eyes like burning charcoal. He is holding a flaming whip and is here to teach unbelievers, heretics, and demons a lesson. Do you hear me?" The shepherd covered his ears with his remaining hands. "Listen, do you hear me? Do you hear the sound of red-hot iron hooves hitting the ground? He is coming! He is coming!"

"He's coming!" People shouted along with the shepherds, and the crowd began to move slowly. No one knew how many people had gathered here, three thousand? Five thousand? Or ten thousand? But none of this mattered, because as the crowd began to slowly creep towards the Rhaenys Hill, more and more people joined the shepherds' army.

"Horse hooves?" Amid the frenzied shouts of "He is coming," Alec Cargall keenly caught the sound of horse hooves hitting cobblestones and stone pavement. The former Kingsguard immediately realized something.

"Go home! Go home! Fools! You have been deceived!" Sir Ross Lagate rode on a white horse covered with iron armor, with neat armor and a golden cloak. Behind him were five hundred golden robes equipped with short swords and spears. Each of them wore black mail, steel helmets, golden cloaks, and held shields, and advanced into the crowd in an orderly manner.

Hundreds of people on the periphery immediately ran away, but the crowd was too large, and many people could not move at all. They could only follow the main force and squeeze through the golden robes' spear formation. Ross saw that this was not going to work. He could not handle a crowd of this size with just a few hundred people. He hurriedly ordered people to continue beating the war drums and maintaining the spear formation, while raising his sword to the crowd: "Go home quickly, no one will hurt you if you go home. Going forward is treason, go home quickly! We will only arrest the traitor Shepherd!"

People were still pushing forward, and finally, a fat man in a chef's apron groaned in pain. His stomach was pierced by a spear, and his intestines were all over the ground. More and more people came up, and a spearman watched helplessly as a little girl was squeezed onto his spear.

"The golden robes are killing people! They are the devil servants of the monster queen!" Someone shouted, and the crowd suddenly became agitated. Stones and bricks flew everywhere, and people kept pouring out of the surrounding houses. For a while, there were stones everywhere. There was even an archer who came from nowhere and lay across the square and shot arrows at the golden robes.

Ross immediately gave up the idea of ​​dispersing the crowd: "Catch the shepherd, and the crowd will naturally disperse!" He immediately swung his sword and chopped down two civilians who rushed to his side, and urged his warhorse to try to trample through the crowd. The spear formation also moved slowly following Ross's white horse. With every step, more than one rioter would die on the spot.

But there were too many rioters. When a soldier fell, his position was immediately taken by several rioters. The golden cloak formation was quickly torn to pieces by the rioters rushing in from all directions. Alec threw a stone hard and hit Sir Ross in the head. Ross had no time to react and was knocked off his horse.

The mob immediately pinned down the captain who had fallen to the ground. Almost in the blink of an eye, the captain who had just been showing off his might was torn into pieces by the mob. A leatherworker raised the captain's sword and climbed onto his warhorse: "Charge, charge!"

The leatherworker roared madly.

The Golden Robe was quickly overwhelmed by the mob, who took away his weapons. The crowd surged like a tide, leaving behind only corpses and flames wherever they passed.

Queen Alicent was awakened. Ever since the news of Prince Daeron and Prince Aemond's death was passed back to King's Landing, Queen Alicent had been in a trance for a long time.

She quietly looked at the city that seemed to be engulfed in a sea of ​​fire, and suddenly smiled.

The Queen Mother slowly stood at the window, tears streaming down her face unconsciously. She was not stupid, she knew what it meant to have her two sons killed, their foolish behavior had ultimately led to bad consequences, she could already imagine the fate of Great Aegon, and the destruction of the Hightower family.

So, whose fault is it?
Queen Mother Alison's mind flashed back to her father's face. Forget it. Things have come to this point. What's the point in finding out who is at fault? The Queen Mother slowly closed her eyes, not looking at the spikes in the dry moat under her feet.

She jumped.

Rhaenyra leaned on the window, nervously watching the burning King's Landing. "Your Majesty, we can no longer control the situation." Earl "Sea Snake" Corliss limped over. "Unfortunately, there is no news from Ser Ross, and there is no news from Ser Lorent Marbrand either. Given the size of the mob, I'm afraid they are in great danger." "Where's Xiaomei?" Queen Rhaenyra took a deep breath. "How could it be so fast?"

"Lady Messalia doesn't live in the Red Keep." Count Bartimos said in a horrified tone. If he hadn't been clearing out the gold in the treasury, he would have been in danger. "I'm afraid she has been killed. Our messenger can't get out, and there are mobs everywhere in King's Landing."

"Mom, let's ride the dragons." Joffrey opened the door with Baena. The boy, wearing the leather armor left by Lucerys and carrying Lucerys' sword, shouted, "This is rebellion."

"What is the mob's route?" Queen Rhaenyra gritted her teeth. Earl Bartimos glanced outside and said, "They dare not come to the Red Castle. As long as the Red Castle closes the gate, these mobs can't get through. I guess." The earl suddenly shuddered. "They are going to the Dragon Cave!"

"They will kill the dragon." Benila reacted instantly. "Srikos and Mogul are still in the dragon's lair!"

Those were the dragons of Queen Helena's twin children, Slykos from Jaehaerys and Morghur from Jaehaera. When Helena rode her dragons away with her children, she did not take the two baby dragons with her.

"Mother, we must put down the rebellion as soon as possible." Joffrey walked over to his mother. "They will kill the dragon!"

"Dragon flame can stop them." Queen Rhaenyra said through gritted teeth: "As long as my army returns, none of these mobs will escape justice."

"Your Majesty, a group of rats can also kill a lion." The big-headed jester Mushroom suddenly said. This jester once served Viserys I. After Viserys's death, Mushroom was imprisoned because he had supported Rhaenyra many times in the past, until Rhaenyra occupied King's Landing.

"Thricus and Mogul are both little dragons, mother. Make a decision quickly." Joffrey said anxiously. Benilla added at the right time: "Mother, if they really kill the dragon, then our dragons will no longer be safe. They will think that slaying dragons is not a myth, and our rule will also..." She said with some concern: "Moon Dance is not much bigger than those two little dragons."

The remaining white knights also gathered together. In fact, the only two people left in the Queen's iron guard were Sir Stephen Darklin and Sir Eric Kagael.

Lord Corliss looked at his granddaughter and grandson with admiration, then looked at Queen Rhaenyra, who was still hesitant: "My son, you are still too young."

However, the mob would not give Rhaenyra time to think.

The shepherd led the mob to gather at the foot of Rhaenys Hill. After crossing half of King's Landing, the team had expanded to be like ants. There were corpses and fire everywhere.

Hotels were burning, the mansions of the rich were burning, and even the churches were burning. The mad prophet commanded the mob to drag the priests out of the churches and force them to join the team. Those monks who refused were beaten to death.

The shepherd was lifted up by Alex, and his sharp howl reached everyone's ears.

"Brothers and sisters, do you hear the Stranger's horse hooves? He is coming! He is coming with divine punishment! He is here to punish us for our sins! Prayers are useless, repentance is useless, there is only blood, your blood, my blood, and the blood of these demons!"

The shepherd pointed to the huge dragon's lair on the top of the hill and said, "The Queen of Monsters threw our brothers and sisters there to let the demons devour their flesh and blood. Brothers and sisters, think about it, if a giant dragon flies over, what will happen to us? Our flesh and blood will bubble and burn, and our wives and children's eyes will melt in the flames, and their flesh and bones will be torn apart. The devils are here! They are on the mountain! If we don't want to incur the evil consequences of God's punishment and die in the mouth of the dragon, then kill them. Blood and fire, fire and blood, tears cannot extinguish the dragon's flames, but blood can! Brothers and sisters, kill them and bathe in the dragon's blood, then we can wash away our sins! Extinguish the wrath of hell!"

"Kill them! Kill them!" Tens of thousands of mouths were roaring, and tens of thousands of legs were running. The dragon guards guarding the dragon's lair were soon drowned in the sea of ​​people.

As a tall man smashed open a small door with a hammer, more and more people smashed open the side doors of the dragon's lair.

They could already hear the roar of the dragon awakening.

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