Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 7 Regretful Guest

Before he could finish his words, the spear had already slipped out of his hand.

The man no longer hesitated. His wrist armor shook and a dagger slipped into his palm.

What was faster than him swinging the dagger was the reaction speed of the two boys.

Hoffa rushed directly into the man's waist without saying a word, and the man lost his balance instantly.
No one knew where the man learned this skill. Hoffa's charge only made his body stagger a little, but the dagger in his hand did not slow down at all.

The spear thrown by the Silver Scorpion also arrived.

The man looked at Valar with resentment as he took advantage of Hoffa's collision to roll to the side and picked up the broken lance.

The spear pierced the assassin's body. The man did not hesitate. He spoke to Valar in a low voice in High Valyrian:
"I regret."

The dagger turned upside down and stabbed directly into the assassin's throat.

The dead can no longer die.

Silver Scorpion pulled out the spear from the corpse. "It's a pity, young master Valar, you may have to return to Volantis early."

"Who sent it?" The fear on Valar's face faded, and he looked at the body on the ground with some confusion. Hoffa cautiously stopped in front of Valar, staring at the assassin's body.

The silver scorpion stabbed at the assassin's limbs, chest, and head. Then it looked at the Silver Blood Army soldiers who came over after hearing the noise and several tall warriors "Weepers" wearing heavy armor and holding long-handled battle axes.

"Silver Scorpion!" The sound of steel colliding came, "What have you done?" Gunthor Jieyan ran into the courtyard angrily with Sebastian Jieyan.

Gunthor Jieyan is a tall and strong brown-haired man with a knotted beard. The front of his bright silver breastplate is inlaid with the Jieyan family crest, with black flames on a dark blue background. He is a hereditary retainer of the Vareses family, but unfortunately, his generation is sparsely populated. He had an unfortunate but unforgettable marriage. Gunthor's beloved wife died of dystocia. In grief, he impulsively drank the "oath wine" with Longzel's blood and vowed not to remarry.

Thus, the Jieyan family became tragically extinct.

Another retainer family had a similar situation to Gunthor, the former chief retainer family, the Valtaken family. Their only son, Rafa Valtaken, choked to death while drinking.

Thus, the Valtaken family became extinct.

Fortunately, Longzel had a large number of children of school age under his command at that time.

So Sebastian became Gunthor's adopted son and inherited the surname "Jie Yan", and Lin En inherited the surname "Valtaken" and the seat of a retainer of the Valtaken family.

"Lord Gunthor, now is not the time to argue." Silver Scorpion said to Gunthor seriously. "Some unfortunate guests have sneaked into the manor and attempted to assassinate Master Valar. We need to seal off the manor as soon as possible."

Gunthor calmed down. "Understood, Sebastian, follow me, Silver Scorpion, protect the young master." After saying that, he drew the long sword from his waist, and rushed out with a solemn Sebastian and several Silver Blood Army cavalrymen.

Their war horses were still outside.

The remaining Unsullied and Silver-Blooded Army hurried towards the entrance of the courtyard as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

"Young Master Valar, Hoffa, you have to go with Master Gunthor and the others." Silver Scorpion looked at the two of them seriously. "The Regret Guest is still good. If they hired the Faceless Man, the consequences would be disastrous."

Valar and Hoffa realized the seriousness of the problem and hurried to their respective rooms to pack their things.

The search lasted a whole day.

"Sebastian, any news?" Seeing Sebastian walking into the room breathlessly with a puzzled look on his face, Valar hurried to meet him. Although he was a little scared, the emotions that came up after the panic were anger and excitement.

He wanted to see who was so bold as to do something to him.

Sebastian picked up the glass jug on the table, poured himself a glass of amber wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"My father and I searched the entire manor and only found a few servants who helped the assassin enter the manor. They didn't know that the assassin was a regretful guest. The guy deceived them by claiming to be a new recruit of the Silver Blood Army."

"What happened to the servants?" Valar asked.

"It's okay." Sebastian poured another glass of fruit wine, and finally he calmed down. "Hoffa gave them 'Contract Wine' to drink, so they couldn't lie. After confirming that it had nothing to do with them, he let them go."

Valar nodded. His brother Longzel's words and deeds had left a deep impression on him.

"The messenger who brought the news to the Lord is probably about to arrive home. We will set out tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Valar nodded heavily.

Click.

Expensive glassware was shattered all over the floor.

"Who did it?" Longzel's deep purple eyes were full of bloodshot. The young man took a deep breath and looked at the retainers standing on both sides of the long table. "Sorry, I was a little too aggressive just now."

Chief retainer Vincent Kaon stroked his beard and was thinking.

The silver-haired young man, Aslan Longdel, said angrily, "My Lord, it must have been done by the Tiger Party."

"Aslan, you must have evidence when you speak." Dr. Vesalius reminded him. "The Lord is not a member of parliament. Whether it is assassinating the Lord or assassinating the young master Valar, it will do more harm than good to the Tiger Party. Instead, it will give them more leverage."

"Haha." A cold laugh interrupted Dr. Vesalius. The pale middle-aged man in black, Zersar Shadowweaver, squinted at Vesalius. "Scholar, please don't use reason to look at the fools in the black wall."

This hereditary intelligence chief of the Vareses family is not only proficient in poison from Lys, but also proficient in the art of building intelligence networks in Braavos. He is also the teacher of Tigaro Dagareon, who was brought back by Lynn Vartaken.

"There are many forces inside and outside the Black Wall that can contact the Regretful Guest." Zesar Shadowweaver analyzed. "But the only one that is in direct conflict with you is the Bentaro family. Although Mogul Bentaro is a useless person who has accomplished nothing, the wealth of the Bentaro family is enough for him to take this risk."

"Then why didn't he attack me?" Longzel asked. "Assassinating Valar would do him no good. Valar has nothing to do with anything."

The boy paused, gritting his teeth.

"Or does he think killing my brother would give me a boost?"

Then he wins.

The young man said so in his heart.

"Because it's too expensive." Zhesar Shadowweaver limped to Longzier's side on his snake-shaped cane, his left leg numb from a serious poison accident. "Even the great lords of the city-states or the archons of Volantis can't afford to kill you."

Longzel was speechless for a moment.

Yes, he has brave and skilled soldiers and the Unsullied around him.

More importantly, he also has blood magic.

The retainers and servants drank the "wine of oath" and "wine of contract." The cats, dogs, and even crows in the mansion were fed feed mixed with their own blood.

It can be said that this mansion is the place where strangers die.

Even for a Faceless Man, it is extremely difficult to sneak into the manor.

Of course, it would be even better if there was a dragon.

"Okay." Longzel looked at everyone. "Now let's talk about how to make the Bentaro family pay the price. My brother can't be scared for nothing."

"Perhaps I can use poison?" Tigaro raised his hand to speak. "With only three drops of gray mushroom juice and a little scorpion tail venom, I can kill everyone in the Bentaro mansion without anyone noticing. Their symptoms are just severe typhoid fever."

"The cost is not just human lives." Lynn Valtacon retorted. "Tigaro, you are too extreme sometimes."

"Lin En and Tigaro both have their reasons," Vincent Kaon said, smoothing the matter over. "My Lord, you..."

"We can't let the Bentarot family pay this price." Longzel looked at the map on the long table and narrowed his eyes.

The Bentaro family dared to take action. Regardless of whether it was the Bentaro family who did it, his family was the most suspicious, so it was his family who did it. Then the Tiger Party who supported them behind the scenes must also pay the price.

For its arch-rival, the Elephant Party, it would naturally be happy to see the Tiger Party pay a price that would not cause any serious damage.

Then there are a lot of things that can be done.

Perhaps he could use this opportunity to completely divert the attention of the Blackwall nobles so that they would no longer focus on his important plans.

The ship was almost ready, and they only had to wait for Marach to recover, so they could set out for the ruins of Valyria immediately.

Longzel could already feel that after completing the ritual of the fire prophecy, something in his body seemed to urge him to rush to the ruins of Valyria.

It was as if something there was calling me.

"Lord Kaon, prepare the elephant cart. Lord Zesar, Tigaro stays behind. Aslan, you and Linn come with me to the Senate."

"Let's go find some ground for Valar."

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