Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 48 Return to Dragon Nest City

Oberyn Stenthal stood awkwardly beside Teclis Hoeth. Oberyn was a noble knight from Dorne, and once belonged to the Manwoody family of King's Grave. However, the Manwoody family had been robbed of many territories by the Weir family through various means. Oberyn's village was one of them, forcing this knight, who was not very rich to begin with, to sell his armor to maintain the livelihood of the village. Then he was tragically summoned by Ullen Weir to go north to fight, but was burned by Wormithor and Silverwing. Fortunately, Oberyn hid quickly enough. After hiding in the mountains for a few days, Oberyn took a few peasant soldiers brought from the village and joined Longzel's army as a wandering knight.

After all, Longzel paid the soldiers and provided them with sufficient supplies.

Although Oberyn was poor, he was indeed a good fighter. On the battlefield, he followed Earl Tully's cavalry to break through the Dornish cavalry line. He also killed several noble knights with his own hands and killed an illegitimate son of the Uller family with a javelin. More importantly, he seized the flag of the Uller family, which was the reason why he could stand in front of Longzel today.

The only flaw was that he ran into an acquaintance, the lord of a small village in the Borderlands, Teclis Hoth. It wasn't that the two families had a grudge, after all, the Borderers and Dornish had been entangled in love and hatred for thousands of years, and although they had blood feuds, they also had each other's blood flowing in their bodies.

Mainly because in the early years of peace, young Oberyn pursued Teclis's daughter and almost succeeded in kidnapping Teclis's daughter.

As a result, when it came time to discuss marriage, war broke out.

The result was that now Oberyn didn't dare to look Teclis in the eye, but Teclis was looking at Oberyn's back thoughtfully.

Lynn Vartaken turned the book in his hand to the page corresponding to Oberyn. "Ser Oberyn Stenthal, killed two knights of the Weir family in the battle, seized the enemy's armor, three knights of the Uller family, seized the enemy's armor and warhorse, three knights of the Tollan family, seized the enemy's warhorse, killed the commander of the Uller family, Sir Arthur Sand, and seized a flag of the Uller family, a warhorse, and a piece of armor. Oberyn, do you recognize your contribution?"

"No objection." Oberyn felt his calves shaking. In the seven layers of hell, he had never been so nervous even during the battle. He always felt that the dragon Zeal, who was watching him on the stage, would suddenly let his dragon breathe fire to death.

"Your Highness, I dare not lie to you. I was once the lord of the Star Coin Village in Dorne. I was only forced to join the war because of the chaos instigated by the Weir family."

"I understand your difficulties." Longzel naturally knew the thoughts of the remaining local nobles of Dorne represented by Oberyn. After Ullern's exhausting conscription, both civilians and nobles in the Stone Road Territory suffered greatly. Oberyn's Star Coin Village was located in the north and was not greatly affected by the war, but the population also dropped sharply at this time, and the surrounding villages where the lords died were almost empty.

"Sir Oberyn, your achievements are enough to prove your bravery. I acknowledge your ownership of Astral Coin Village. At the same time, the four villages and mills around Astral Coin Village that have lost their knights also belong to you. In addition, as your reward, I will also give you gold worth 1500 pure gold royals, which is enough to support you to build a small castle."

"May the Seven Gods bless you, Your Highness." Oberyn Stenthal breathed a sigh of relief and knelt on one knee. "The Stenthal family will serve you forever, until the last Stenthal returns to the Stranger."

Oberyn was instantly excited. If he used 1500 gold royals sparingly, he could still have a lot left, enough for him to propose to Teclis again.

This time when he turned around, he dared to look into Tigris Hoss's eyes. It was at this moment that he realized that Tigris had been looking at him with encouragement and approval.

Oberyn straightened his back.

Teclis Hoth was originally the lord of the land of Longzir. This time, he brought his 9-year-old son Ellarion Hoth to the battlefield.

Of course, the old man did not let the child rush to the front line. Instead, the old man himself followed Aslan Longdel's cavalry and killed several Dornish cavalry, including at least a well-known Dornish knight.

What he got was relatively simple, a sum of gold dragons that could be used to renovate the old tower castle of the Hoss family, and an imperial decree recognizing the territory.

The only reason Long Zeer stayed here was to deal with the land issues of the new and old territories. As territories directly under Long Zeer, Shengxiayuan, Tianping Valley and Gaohengang were fertile, rich in products, and located on important transportation routes, so they were all used by Long Zeer to build manors to support the Silver Blood Army and retainers. Every veteran's family was given land, which could support a full-time soldier. As for the Decision Frontier, Expansion Peak and Risky Frontier, except for the land for the construction of port towns along the coast, which was directly under Long Zeer's jurisdiction, the rest of the territories were granted by Long Zeer to local nobles and retainers. The Hoss family, the Hayden family, and the Isabour family were typical examples.

As the chief retainer of the Vareses family, Vincent Kaon was allowed to build a castle belonging to the Kaon family. The Valtarken family, the Jieyan family, the Longdel family and the Fezel family also obtained the right to build castles. They were allowed to build castles in the new territory of Dorne to maintain order. However, after these castles were built, they would be governed by officials sent by Longzel, and the patriarchs of these families would still stay in Dragon Nest City to assist Longzel.

Dorne's territory was re-divided. The territory east of the mountains and near the bay was directly governed by Longzel to build a large port town. The valley in the north was intricately divided. There were foreign families such as the Hermosa family and the family of the retainers, and there were local families such as the Stenthal family to maintain the status quo. More importantly, a large number of people from the east poured in here. This became the basis of Longzel's rule.

The situation in the new territory gradually stabilized, and the Dornishmen, who had received tax exemptions and military protection, unexpectedly accepted Longzel's rule. After all, people are pragmatic, and being able to eat and survive is the prerequisite for everything.

Dorne in the south was in more and more chaos. After it was clear that Longzel would not go south to pick peaches in a short time, Lewyn Yronwood immediately gathered a large army and tried to take Prince's Pass in one fell swoop. Prince Keoren, who suffered heavy losses, was also accumulating strength again, but what he didn't expect was that

The Uller family from the seven hells actually sent people to steal Martell's wheat.

The angry Prince Koolen immediately spent a large sum of money to recruit 2000 soldiers and finally drove the elusive Ule family bandits out of his remaining territory.

Only the Dayne family remained as quiet as death, and no one knew what the King of the Rapid River was going to do.

Dragon's Nest City.

After the urgent construction by the craftsmen brought by Longzel, Dragon Nest City has taken shape in just a few months, and the town below has gradually transformed from a tent city to a wooden and stone city. This town, called "Summer Hall", is large in scale, with a town hall that can accommodate thousands of people. It is still a wooden scaffolding and marble foundation. Six wide roads extend outward, connecting with the Bone Road in the south and connecting with the end of the King's Road in the north.

On the east side of the town, a church rose from the ground, and on the west side of the town, a forest was slowly taking shape. From the town hall outward, the houses were gradually replaced by beautiful houses made of wood and stone.

The Dragon's Nest City on the high ground is also very majestic. The narrow road extends up the mountain until it reaches a dragon head-shaped gate embedded in the mountain. In the first circle of city walls that are integrated with the mountains stand the Sword Tower, Laurel Leaf Tower, Flame Tower and Gods Tower. Fish beams transplanted from the far north also grow in this layer of the castle. Further up, the new black city walls are embedded in the mountain. The mountain melts into three towers, the slender and beautiful Dragon Crystal Tower, the majestic Dragon Cave Tower, and the pitch-black Raven Tower. The three towers surround the last layer of towering city walls. This layer of city walls has strange patterns flowing on it. You can't see anything from a distance, and only when you look closely can you barely see the flame patterns. The Silver Blood Tower stands proudly in the center of the nine towers, guarded by twin towers connected by corridors on the left and right.

The interior decoration of the nine towers has been completed, and other buildings in the city are currently under construction, such as the church, stables, etc.

Jakaris and Lusiris have already returned to Dragon's Nest City, waiting for the next opportunity to fight.

"Little snow rabbit, do you want to go to the dragon's lair together?" Prince Lusris knocked on Rey's door.

"Big Chipmunk, if you dare to call me by my nickname again, I will find my brother." Rey opened the door unhappily and grabbed a handful of Lusiris.

After returning to Dragon's Nest, Rey had his own room, located in the Twin Towers. The room was not very big, with a velvet high bed from Volantis in the center of the room. The expensive carpet came from Varese's carpet workshop, which had been gradually built up and resumed production. In addition to scattered toys, the corners of the room were filled with various books.

Rey actually likes reading very much, he just doesn't like Dr. Vesalius's preaching.

"Hey, you also called me by my nickname." Lusiris pulled Rey's hand familiarly. They were closer in age and became good friends in a few days. "Big Chipmunk? My brother told you that, didn't he?"

"Lululu." Lei stuck out his tongue at Lusiris. "Anyway, my brother doesn't care if I call him Snow Rabbit. By the way, where's Xiaojie? I haven't seen him for a whole day."

"Xiaojie." Lusiris pulled Rey down the ladder. "I guess he went to the Laurel Leaf Tower."

"You should learn from Xiaojie, the big chipmunk." Ray hugged Lusiris in his arms. "Read more books."

"You sound like you don't want to see Shadow Nightmare." Lusiris said with a little envy: "Shadow Nightmare is growing so fast. If it wasn't so skinny, it might look bigger than my Araxes."

"Nightmare doesn't look like the dragons in the records." Lei Yi also thought of his own dragon. "Normal dragons don't have so many thorns, and they're not so thin."

"But Shadow Nightmare's dragon flame is white." Lusiris asked curiously. "How is it done?"

"I don't know." Rey shook his head and nodded to the patrolling Silver Blood Army veteran.

"Your Highness, the dragon cave is ready." The old soldier knew where the two princes were going as soon as he saw the direction they were going. The Dragon Nest City is very large now. If you just walk from the Twin Towers to the Dragon Cave Tower and then take the long ladder from the Dragon Cave Tower to enter the Dragon Cave, it will take a long time.

However, Longzel also has a way. The Silver Blood Tower is directly connected to the hollowed-out mountain. He set up a mechanical expansion device in the Silver Blood Tower, which can be used to lead people into the dragon's lair.

Rey and Lusiris ran into the Silver Blood Tower through the corridor, climbed two flights of stairs, and came to a platform.

The huge gears turned slowly.

The platform descended and faded into darkness.

In the darkness, faint roars of dragons could be heard.

The platform landed steadily. As soon as the two princes stepped off the platform, they heard two long dragon roars coming from outside the mountain.

"They're back!"

Rey immediately recognized the voices of Vermithor and Silver Wing.

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