Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 218 Expedition!

Riverlands, Harrenhal.

It has been a long time since this place has been so solemn. Soon after Lucas Rostan took over this huge city, he began to renovate this huge castle. With the behind-the-scenes support of Prince Viserys, Lucas's renovation work went relatively smoothly.

Unfortunately, it was only moderately successful. Harrenhal was too big, and Viserys was unable to devote all his support to the Rostam family's repair work. In the end, the Rostam family only completed the preliminary repairs of this huge city.

Make it at least a little more comfortable to live in.

However, the lingering curse of Harrenhal still seemed to hang over this huge city. Old Lucas had only taken over the castle for a few years when he was seriously injured after falling while repairing Kingsburning Tower. Soon after, he went to meet the Stranger. Young Lucas, who took over his position, gave up completely repairing all the towers, and instead concentrated the gold on repairing Kingsburning Tower and the Tower of Terror.

good results.

Young Lucas hosted many visits from Prince Aegon in the luxuriously decorated Kingspyre Tower, and it was rumored that he provided Prince Aegon with at least two dozen mistresses.

Prince Aegon's style did not change much after he rode on Syrax. He was still lustful and still loved to seduce the girls he liked, even though he had married Rhaena and slept with Princess Rhaena under the coercion of his father.

But he had no interest in his beautiful and shy wife. He preferred to ride Syrax to Harrenhal and flirt with beautiful women with his good friend Lucas the Younger.

He never forced anyone to do anything, and the girls that Lucas Jr. introduced would leave with bulging purses and full of satisfaction. Although Prince Aegon was promiscuous, he would also have moments of infatuation.

For example, he has a special liking for Miss Melissa of the Blackwood family and Miss Barbara of the Bracken family, but the two ladies have very different attitudes towards him.

The Bracken family, which failed to recover enough blood in the Dance of the Dragons, suffered heavy losses. Although they recovered after decades of recuperation, their large number of offspring made them miserable.

This made Miss Barba quite proactive in her love for Prince Aegon.

The Blackwood family prospered especially under the rule of Lord Benjico, and the good relationship with the Vareses family made the Blackwood family benefit greatly. After discovering that Lady Melissa was seduced by Prince Aegon's handsomeness and became his mistress, Lord Benjico was furious. If he had not been rational, any other Blackwood would have led his troops to attack Harrenhal.

But Benji Ko is very rational.

Although he was "bloodthirsty", he was not easy to kill. He used the excuse that his wife was seriously ill to recall Melissa who was living abroad and imprisoned her.

But what Benji Ko did not expect was that Melissa escaped twice in a row, forcing him to seek help from Queen Samantha. In the end, Melissa returned to Crowtree City.

But he did not return alone.

Miss Melissa is pregnant.

Since Melissa had no intention of blaming Prince Aegon at all, Benji Cole could only swallow the bitter pill.

So when Daeron convened the Great Council in Harrenhal this time, the lords of the riverlands were more or less resentful. However, after so many years of baptism, the lords of the riverlands had long learned to compromise and calm down.

This made Jacaerys and Dan, who had just arrived on dragons, gasp.

"Seven layers of hell." Dan looked at the tents outside Harrenhal and comforted Cendrolos beside him. He was always worried that his dragon would burn people when he got excited. "What does Daeron want to do? Does he really want to fight in the Disputed Lands?"

"How did you tell that?" Jacaerys asked in confusion. He saw the flags of all the riverlords. This Grand Council could even be compared to the 101 Grand Councils of the past. Even the Umber family from the Last Hearth had gone south to Harrenhal.

Almost all the families from the Seven Kingdoms came.

"All the nobles from the Seven Kingdoms are here." Dan pointed to his own territory.

The vassals of the House of Vareses also responded to the call, and after obtaining Ringol's consent, the lords of the borderlands went north side by side with the lords of Dorne and arrived at Harrenhal together.

"If Darren wants to solve the current problem, he has only one way." Dan analyzed calmly: "War."

Jacaerys was very sensitive to war, and he immediately understood what his brother meant.

He couldn't help but get a little excited.

Burning King Tower, Hundred Furnaces Hall.

More than thirty years ago, Prince Daemon gathered the lords of the riverlands here and organized them to fight for Queen Rhaenyra. Today, King Daeron gathered all the lords of the seven kingdoms here.

Duke Cregan Stark of the North headed south again. This time, he did not bring the Winter Wolf Army that had roared south before, but a team composed entirely of Northern nobles.

Lord Shuf Arryn of the Vale left the Bloody Gate with the Vale nobles in bright armor. The old generation of lords had died out. Lord Joffrey closed his eyes during this long summer, and Shuf Arryn inherited his position.

Lord Joffrey Velaryon of Driftmark and the nobles of the crown gathered in a corner of the Hall of a Hundred Hearths. Joffrey, who was already in his twilight years, watched with satisfaction as his grandchildren regained the characteristics of Valyria with silver hair and purple eyes. He felt that it was time for him to leave.

Unfortunately, his body is still strong.

Even his son-in-law Adam couldn't survive this father-in-law who was several years younger than him.

Lord Royce of the Stormlands, Lord Lyonel of Highgarden, Lord Kermit of Riverrun, Lord Lórien of the Westerlands, and even Dalton Greyjoy arrived at the Hall of a Hundred Hearths with representatives from the Iron Islands.

"Roar"

Menghuo stretched his body lazily. This old dragon, who had lived from the end of the Conqueror's reign to the present, had not been to this familiar castle for a long time.

Coming here is like coming home.

Although the arrival of its own kind made it a little unhappy, Menghuo also knew that this was not the time for it to take action just because it was unhappy. Moreover, even if it took action, Kong Yi, Sendrolos and Telekshu outside would be enough to give it a hard time.

In addition to Dreamfyre who stayed in the Hundred Hearths, Syrax, Seasmoke and Vermax were also wandering around Harrenhal.

The princes had already gotten used to the sight of so many dragons in the sky and on the ground at the same time, but when they saw the Dream Fire entwined in the Hundred Furnaces Hall, the elders among them couldn't help but recall the scene that happened nearly forty years ago.

Also in Bailu Hall, Womisol is more elegant.

Daeron on the throne talked a lot, including the plight of the kingdom and the richness of the East.

But the core is at the end of his speech.

"My lords, our kingdom has now made Tyrosh and Lys succumb to our swords. The Stepstones are now the kingdom's unquestionable sacred territory. There is no longer any force in the east that can threaten us at sea.

Thousands of years ago, the ancestors, the Andals and the Rhoynar, came to Westeros from the East Continent one after another. Two hundred years ago, my ancestors also came here. But there is no doubt that the East Continent is rich. Even though it has been devastated by war, the Disputed Lands still have vast plains and fertile lands that are no less than those of the Reach and the Riverlands.

Ladies and gentlemen, the place is now in disarray. Just imagine how fragile a place with hundreds of warlords and mercenary groups will be. Our knights are enough to wipe out any ambitious person in a disputed area. Since they can take root there, why can't we?"

When it came to the exciting part, Darren couldn't help but stand up.

"Everyone, I know that your descendants need land, I know that the nobles of the kingdom need merit, and I know that the Seven Gods are also eager to spread their glory on the land of the East."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Count Lucas Rostand the Younger was the first to stand up.

"expedition!"

Darren nodded slightly with satisfaction, and said loudly to the crowd of nobles:
"I summoned you all because I hope you can support my plan - an expedition to the disputed land. I swear in the name of the Seven Gods that the harvest of this expedition will be shared by all participating families. As long as you can conquer the land and the castle, I will grant the land to whoever conquers it!"

"Your Majesty, this..." Some princes began to hesitate.
The king raised his hand, and Dreamfyre understood, gently resting its large dragon head against Daeron's hand.

"No need to worry, guys."

Darren tickled Dreamfire gently.

"We have dragons." The king's eyes suddenly brightened.

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