Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 192: The Expedition of Ringol (XIV) The Dragon Comes

"Dragon? What dragon?"

Regen drowsily climbed up from the bed next to him, and tried to open his sleepy eyes to look in the direction where Ringol was looking. As expected, he saw a vague shadow like a pale yellow stone slowly approaching Harrenhal.

Regen suddenly woke up, his face changed, and he looked at Ringol with some worry. He knew that the current dragon knights all knew Ringol, and they could see through Ringol in disguise at a glance.

"It's Viserys." Ringol recognized the pale yellow shadow as the dragon and its rider.

Igaras.

The stout dragon that lost the dragon.

Compared to when they left Dragon's Nest, even from a distance, this dragon was much bigger. The wings, which were already much larger than those of ordinary dragons, were now even wider, and Igaras's majestic body seemed not as strong as when he was young.

But it is still visibly visible to the naked eye that it is much fatter than other dragons of the same age.

However, Ringol also noticed many things when he was in King's Landing. For example, Stormcloud and Igarath, two young dragons who had lived in Dragon's Nest for many years, did not grow as fast as they did in Dragon's Nest after returning to King's Landing. Instead, they slowed down. Of course, it seems that because Igarath is more than a circle larger than dragons of the same age, this trend is not too obvious. But Stormcloud is obviously not as lively and strong as when he was in Dragon's Nest.

After Longzel left King's Landing with his wife and children, the Black Palace of Vareses became Samantha's private palace. However, Samantha could not live in such a large palace by herself, so after being vacant for a few days, the palace became the palace where Aegon, who was tired of the dull atmosphere in King's Landing, took his wife to avoid the politics of King's Landing.

Correspondingly, Baoyun often flies to the Dragon Pit in the Black Palace for vacation.

It prefers the atmosphere of the dragon pit to that dragon's lair.

Therefore, people in King's Landing often see Storm Cloud taking off from the Dragon's Lair in the city and flying to the Black Palace of Vareses outside the city. Along with him, the ugly and strange gray dragon will also take off to greet Storm Cloud. Only until Aegon's vacation is over will Storm Cloud follow the king and queen back to King's Landing and return to the Dragon's Lair.

Of course, this was not a particularly obvious thing, so Aegon and Viserys did not pay much attention to it. They, especially Viserys, were more concerned about why the dragons in the dragon caves in Dragon's Nest grew so fast.

Igarath was very excited. Yes, as a dragon, he was very excited. He couldn't help flapping his wings a few more times when flying. His cry was dull and could not be heard clearly from a distance. But Viserys could clearly feel his happiness.

"Igaras, calm down." Viserys clung helplessly to Igaras's dragon saddle, fearing that his living ancestor would throw him off in excitement.

Igaras is very happy now. He can finally get rid of the young dragon Amber Shadow that always sticks to him. Igaras never thought that the reason why Amber Shadow did not build a nest immediately was that he wanted to wait for the location of his nest. After he chose a nest, Amber Shadow immediately chose the hole closest to him.

Then Igarath's miserable life began. He couldn't disobey Korakshuu, nor did he dare to take the little dragon that always pestered him to find Dreamfire. He could only endure the courtship-like entanglement of Amber Shadow.

After all, it had been wrong before. Although it had entangled with Sarafathers before, it was definitely not like Perkin, where it almost tried to merge into one with itself.

It would be fine if Amber Shadow could lay eggs, but Amber Shadow didn't seem to have any signs of laying eggs. However, Sarafathers could lay eggs. It was said that the number of dragon eggs Sarafathers produced had surpassed Silver Wing and was almost the same as Huohuo. The quality of the dragon eggs produced was also very high, and it was said that every one of them was steaming.

The moment Viserys brought it out of the dragon's lair, Igaras had no idea how happy he was. After all, after seeing Igaras was about to leave, Pershing tried to continue to pester it, but was yelled at by Korakhuu a few times and realized that Igaras was going to take its companion to other places.

Only then did he reluctantly let Igaras go.

Igaras, who finally no longer had to carry a fellow of his kind on his back all year round, felt particularly relaxed at this time. He flew happily over the crown territory and the riverlands, and flew over the five big fingers of Harrenhal.

Under the heart tree.

Benjiko, who was performing his routine evening prayer, heard Igaras's dull roar. The soldiers of various families stationed in various towers also discovered the arrival of the dragon and hurriedly ran back to their positions.

Igaras flew around the Burning King Tower and roared with joy. The sound was dull, but you could indeed hear its happiness.

The soldiers standing guard on the tower and the knights who were of noble status and could live in the castle stared at the giant dragon falling from the sky with wide eyes.

"Is this a dragon?" A young river knight said in a trembling voice, "Yes." His limited vocabulary was not enough to support him in describing the appearance of the gorgeous beast in front of him.

Although in the eyes of people who are familiar with Igaras, this giant dragon is stout, has no neck, or its neck is too thick, and has a heavy throat sac. Its small head looks more like a bird than a dragon. Only the thick, crystal-like horn is particularly gorgeous under the moonlight. Although its wings are broad, the corresponding wing bones are extremely thick, making them appear even thicker.

But in the eyes of these young buds, it was not like that. In their eyes, Igarath was like those ancient monsters in ancient legends. In their eyes, Igarath's crystal horn was like a bright crescent moon, and its sturdy body just showed its majesty. The two long tail wings drooped down, just like the "evil" in ancient legends. Of course, these knights did not dare to charge at the dragon like the "Mirror Shield" that killed the dragon. As for Slycos who was killed by the mob, it was a pity that because of the efforts of Joffrey and Benilla, the Targaryen royal family dealt with these mobs in time, and the mobs who killed the young dragons were forever sleeping in the stomachs of the dragons that returned to the dragon cave.

People only knew that a dragon died, but they didn't know that it was mortals who killed the young dragon.

For a long time to come, it was believed that Srikos died of weakness rather than being killed.

On the other hand, the old guys and people who had experienced the war were not that shocked when they saw Igaras.

Does the revival of House Targaryen depend on these newborn dragons?
Lord Forrest Frey said in his heart.

Although this dragon is majestic, it is just a young bud that has never tasted blood, and is also a young dragon.

Lord Frey commented on Igarath without hesitation. He had seen with his own eyes how Vormithor and Vhagar danced wildly over the Red Fork River, and how the two huge "mountains" fought and bled above their heads. He had seen with his own eyes how majestic Vormithor was, a true behemoth. Even though they were thousands of feet in the air, Vormithor and Vhagar were still so large that it was suffocating. The heat waves and strong winds caused by the fight between the two dragons were enough to make anyone on the ground fly into the sky, and also enough to make anyone on the ground lose their courage and look at the magnificent scene that seemed like a divine punishment in fear.

The two "mountains" danced a dance of destruction above their heads. The desperate roar of Vhagar before his death, the earth-shaking roar of Wormithor, and the sound of sharp claws tearing scales composed a manic song in the sky of the Red Fork River.

It will be forever engraved in the hearts of all those who participated in the war.

In front of those two real "mountains", Igaras was as immature as a baby in front of adults.

Igaras slowly landed above the open space of Harrenhal. Seeing the people gathering around him, Igaras couldn't help but let out a dull growl.

"Your Highness, why are you here in person?" Duke Kermit came to greet him with some surprise. Unlike the knights of the Riverlands, the knights of the Royal Territory were not that surprised. After all, they had more opportunities to see dragons, not just in songs and legends.

"After all, this is the tournament I organized, so naturally I have to pay close attention to it." Viserys said with a smile. He patted Igaras, who was still breathing out white air excitedly, and jumped off the dragon saddle.

"Lord Kermit, Lord Benjico, Lord Forrester, Lord Petyr." Viserys could not ignore these four true heroes of the war, so he could only greet these four "Silver Dragons" one by one. "Thank you for your support for the tournament we organized."

"Your Highness, this is what we should do." Duke Kermit said respectfully. After all, supporting the needs of the feudal lord is also the duty of the vassal.

"His Majesty will remember your contributions." Viserys smiled and patted Lord Kermit on the shoulder. "I will preside over the opening of the tournament tomorrow."

I am looking forward to the price that the real dragon will offer.

Benji Cole said in his heart. He was more interested in how Viserys planned to use Harrenhal to change the situation in the riverlands.

As the center of the riverlands, Harrenhal has a very prominent geographical location and military role. King's Landing can completely make some moves on the issue of the east and west riverlands by relying on Harrenhal's advantageous geographical location.

When the dragon landed at Harrenhal, Reagan looked at Ringol anxiously: "Your Highness, are we still going to participate in the tourney? Prince Viserys knows Alarion and me, although Alarion is not very eye-catching."

But I am eye-catching. I can't change my eyes or hair color overnight.
"And he is very familiar with me." Ringol said, "But it doesn't matter. We are wearing armor and he won't notice."

"As long as we don't get too greedy and try to win the championship, Viserys won't notice us."

Regen was still a little worried, but he took into account that their helmets could cover their faces and they were only comparing symbolically.

so.
"Your Highness, if we meet Coach Lucas..."

"Let him win."

Ringol sighed and said, he knew very well that Lucas Rothstein's purpose of participating in this tournament was Harrenhal, or rather, Viserys supported him to participate in the competition for the purpose of Harrenhal.

Lucas will definitely become the champion of this tournament.

Then they can only let go.

"I'll tell Alarion."

Lei Geng nodded and went to tell his companion who had just gotten up because of their voices.

On the other side, old Jaime stared blankly at Igarath circling and landing in Harrenhal in the distance, and couldn't help but hug himself.

"Dragon."

The old knight muttered.

"No, no, don't kill me, don't burn me"

He curled up in his bed, shivering all the time. The war that year also left a deep impression on him.

But what was engraved in his mind was not the wild dance of the two "mountains" or the frenzied song played by the dragons fighting.

It was the endless flames and the darkness that seemed like the sky falling when Vhagar was knocked down from the clouds with screams.

He felt as if he were surrounded by flames.

"No, no." Old James climbed out of his bed in a daze. "I have to run, I have to run, I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

He hurriedly picked up his sword, hesitated for a moment, touched the sleeping Albin, and then carefully got out of the camp of the three of them.

But he didn't notice that Kane "Hyena" Mulder was watching him silently in the dark.

Just kept looking at him silently.

Harrenhal at this time.

Viserys was given a relatively clean room, but he did not rush back to his room to have a good sleep. Instead, he returned to the courtyard to take care of Igarath.

"Your Highness." Lucas Rostan pretended to go to the bathroom and quietly came to Viserys.

"Are you ready, Master?"

"Your Highness." Lucas rubbed his hands: "I am ready, but."

"Don't worry." Viserys gently stroked Igarath's dragon scales. "You will win. You organized the knights of the crown, and the knights of the riverlands."

"Lord Kermit and his men are still vassals of the Targaryens."

Viserys said.

Hopefully they'll always remember who they are so I don't have to make a big fuss about it.
unfortunately
The answer was revealed at the opening ceremony of the competition the next day.

".The winner.will receive a reward of three thousand gold dragons. Earl Harrenhal. And."

Viserys paused deliberately.

But the knights in the audience had gone crazy.

Not to mention the three thousand golden dragons, after all, every martial arts competition has a high prize money.

Lord Harrenhal.

That is what all knights dream of.

Castle, land.

Although after the great trial that year, many of Harrenhal's territories were divided out, and these knights were all vassals of other princes.

But the remaining land is still considerable.

For these knights.

But the term Viserys said at the end made Ringol and the riverlords present change their faces.

"In addition to being Lord of Harrenhal, I will also anoint him Lord of Harrenhal on behalf of His Majesty Aegon."

Viserys glanced around at the frenzied crowd.

"Commander of the Divine Eye Lake."

Sorry everyone, I was too busy today, so this chapter only has 4,000 words. I will update it again on Sunday, which will be around 8,000 to 9,000 words.

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