Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 351 The layout begins

Only the most professional spies know how terrifying the Varese family's spies are.

Decades ago, Silver Dragon relied on its wealth to establish strongholds and pass on messages.

Decades later, even the Red Castle was filled with silver dragon eyes.

Aegon had never concealed the fact that he knew this, and he was also aware that even if he took every precaution, the news would not be able to be leaked out in the end.

There's nothing I can do about it anyway, so I'll just ignore it.

"An interesting magical ritual. Even in an era when dragons and magic flourish, this ritual still works."

This is how Longzel evaluated the ritual magic of the Belleris family after listening to his grandson's report.

"A crude blood magic, but it does work. It creates an accident to provide Daemon with the opportunity to tame the dragon. It is crude, but effective. It is indeed Aegon's style."

"Grandpa, that magic is also effective on tamed dragons." Igor was a little worried: "We have thought about this possibility, but we didn't expect it to be true."

"You can think of this, which proves your prudence." Longzel slowly sipped the light wine mixed with spices and hot water. As he got older, this kind of drink was just right for him. "Blood magic has its own weirdness. Just like mortals get angry because of food they don't like, and get annoyed by unpleasant smells, dragons are the same. Even if they have a telepathic connection with their riders, they will still get angry at things they hate, such as Wormisol."

Longzel reached out his hand and stroked Womisoel's huge scales again: "It hates the smell of frankincense, so this kind of fragrance will never appear in the dragon cave. Even if it appears, it has been processed. The same is true for the magic ritual. It creates a smell that all dragons hate. The tamed dragons will also feel disgusted by this smell. But the dragons follow the orders of the riders first. If the rider is on the dragon saddle, the dragon will not lose control even if it faces something it hates."

"Is there any way to counteract the effects of this magic, Grandpa?"

"Yes." Longzel pointed to the surrounding rocks and said, "In the ancient Valyria period, the core dragon caves of the Fourteen Fire Peaks were protected by magic. The Dragon King family in charge of the Fire Peaks would try their best to prevent magic that would affect the ownerless dragons. The dragon caves of Dragon Nest City and the dragon pits of the Black Palace were shaped by dragon flames. Dragon flames are the strongest fire magic. That kind of simple magic can't affect the giant dragons protected by the dragon caves at all."

"It's really amazing."

Igor sighed.

After getting Longzel's answer, Igor finally let go of the worry that had been hanging in his heart. He stayed with his grandfather until the old man fell asleep peacefully, and then returned to his father's hall in the Silver Blood Tower.

"You kid."

Lingol's somewhat tired voice echoed in the hall.

"Father, mother, sister, and uncles have told you many times that I have grown up and I can do some things myself."

"I don't know you, little brat."

Lingol smiled and turned around to rub the head of Igor who was massaging his shoulders. "It's not time to completely break up yet. There are some things that only your grandfather and I can handle well. The lower the profile of Vareses is now, the more benefits we will gain when Targaryen really gets into trouble."

It's not that Lingol doesn't want to go further. Longzel's caution comes from the preparations for doomsday and the construction and consolidation of the family's basic foundation. His stability maintenance comes from his old-fashioned and stable character and the actual needs of the family. However, with the formation of a real repressive force, some things that were inconvenient to do before can now be done slowly.

"Tell me, according to the latest intelligence, what preparations have you made?" "Our dear King himself is actually aware of what a dangerous box he has opened." Igor calculated the intelligence that Damon sent back after taming Korakshu. Some of it was true, and some was false, but the intelligence network of the Varese family would not be blinded by true and false information.

Daemon's process of taming Korakshuu was not very smooth. The eyes who were collecting intelligence near the Rhaenys Hill mentioned that Korakshuu flew out of the dragon cave and intercepted three young dragons when the mad dragons were about to spray dragon flames at the residential area. This was not what King Aegon publicly advertised afterwards. The Vareses family also infiltrated the dragon cave, and a dragon guard reported to the Varese family's eyes the news that was different from the other eyes.

Korrakhu was also in a violent state, but he quickly calmed down after Daemon appeared. Daemon then spent a long time using dragon songs and dances to appease Korrakhu, and only after Korrakhu's emotions stabilized did he ride the dragon. If the bloodworm had not had riders before, it would naturally not reject dragonblood riders. During the Dragon's Lair, because Jacaerys I and Aegon II had both imitated the Dragon's Lair in Dragon's Nest, Korrakhu became the Dragon's Lair monarch, making the dragon further familiar with the approach of humans, I'm afraid the dragon taming process would not be so smooth.

"But he has lost his rationality. In fact, if we were faced with the same situation, even if we would not be so radical, we probably would not be much stronger. After all, if the heir is going to marry Varese's girl, if we want, the Iron Throne may be named Varese at the latest in two generations."

Ringol remained silent.

"You should start your layout."

Igor nodded: "Grandpa has agreed. After Grandpa returns to the kingdom of dragons, the kingdom will inevitably fall into chaos. Only then will our plan really take effect."

Ringol nodded silently.

"When you need your father, he's always there."

King's Landing.

Garin silently ate the bread in his hand. He could vaguely see the black patterns on the white bread. His eyes looked towards the dragon's lair. He had just been ordered to train Damon today.

That child is indeed very talented. Although he is still in the adjustment period with the dragon, he learns very quickly and is better than all of them.

Thinking of Galins who had just died in agony, Galin could not help but sigh and said nothing more.

In this bustling metropolis, there are countless people secretly interacting with each other.

Highgarden.

Leo "The Thorn" Tyrell looked up sadly from the candlelight.

The Tyrells had bad luck; their infant duke died.

In the end, it was still me who sat on the Oak Throne.

"Thank Prince Ringol for me." The new Duke Tyrell said to the messenger beside him. During this dark period, the Tyrell family received a lot of help from Varese. With Varese's assistance, several great nobles in the River Bay were also quite respectful, which eased the situation for the Tyrell family.

"If there is a need, the Tyrell family will do their best."

(End of this chapter)