Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

The two punting boats continued northward, and as they got closer to the ruins of Chayon, the fog in the air became thicker.

The boat bumped for a while, and with the rich experience of the old captain, he successfully circumvented an obstacle. Ian Colu looked up and found that it was a stone hand sticking out from the muddy bottom, with only two fingers sticking out of the water. .

The boat bypassed the stone statue sunk at the bottom of the water. Through the clear river water, Ian saw the distorted shadow of the underwater part of the stone statue, as well as a huge pale face. The eyes carved in the stone were lifelike and seemed to be looking at Ian.

Ian immediately withdrew his gaze. He felt sweat beads on his forehead, but with the helmet on his face, he couldn't wipe it away.

"Don't look at the bottom of the water." The old captain noticed Ian's reaction just now. "There are ghosts down there who are lost in the thick fog."

"No, no," Ian shook his head. This was not what he was thinking about now. "Have you ever seen the sunken stone statue in that position when you passed here before?" He asked the old captain.

"Such stone statues are everywhere in the Sadness Territory." The old captain didn't pay attention to the things under the water just now, and just answered based on experience.

"That's good." Ian reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief, comforting himself that he was overthinking.

Ian has an impression of the scene just now. In the original book, Tyrion Lannister and the Griffins (Earl Gryphon and Bronn) took a boat south along the Rorne River and passed through the Heartbreak Territory. Almost the same scene.

The problem is, Tyrion was walking from north to south, and Ian was walking from south to north at this time.

Neither party has reached the Love Palace yet, and theoretically it is impossible for them to see the same thing.

Fortunately, it was just a stone statue. As the old captain said, the Sadness Territory was full of sunken stone statues.

After a while, a half-submerged temple appeared in the gray fog, dimly illuminated by the firelight of the bow lantern. A circle of white marble steps spiraled up from the mud of the temple until it broke in mid-air.

Behind the temple loomed some other buildings, broken spiers, headless statues, and a towering tree that had been uprooted but had not rotted for some reason.

It was exactly the same scene. Ian had just seen the scene he saw when he and Tyrion were walking from north to south. Even the order had not changed!

"Are these things common here?" Ian asked the old captain calmly.

"Of course, Chayon was once quite large, and it's normal to have several temple ruins." The old captain obviously still didn't really understand what Ian meant.

"I mean, do the exact same ruins like this exist in the south and north of Chayon?"

"Exactly the same? I don't understand." The old captain frowned.

"It's the broken spire, the headless statue, the giant tree with roots bigger than our ship, and the white spiral stone steps broken in the air."

"How is this possible?" The old captain was numb on the spot. He had never tried to identify these ruins in the thick fog. But according to normal people's ideas, exactly the same buildings can exist, but how can there be exactly the same ruins?

"Can you sense any magic? Are we trapped in some kind of magic now?" Ian understood that it was impossible for the old captain to solve his doubts, so he immediately turned around and asked the two red-robed monks.

In the original book, Tyrion Lannister once went on a very strange journey in the Heartbreak.

After entering the Heartbreak Territory from the north, the sights they saw along the way were: the stone statue with two fingers sticking out of the water - the ruins of the temple with the white spiral stone steps - the Kingfisher heading towards each other - the Palace of Love - Dream Bridge.

However, their journey did not end here, because they immediately experienced the following journey again: a stone statue with two fingers sticking out of the water - a temple ruins with white spiral stone steps - a ship that may be the Kingfisher (no greetings this time, so not sure), and then came to the Dream Bridge again, and were attacked by stone people at the Dream Bridge.

Originally, after writing this chapter, Mr. Martin also wrote a chapter in which Tyrion enters the Palace of Love to meet the Shroud King, but because it contained too many magical elements, it was deleted before official publication. This makes it impossible for Ian to know the truth about Tyrion's journey, nor to further learn the secrets hidden in the Heartbreak Territory.

Fortunately, Ian brought Melisandre and Magiro, two ceiling-level mages, so he could ask them for advice and avoid running around like headless flies.

"Since we entered this thick fog, we have been under the influence of a strong magic." Melisandre answered Ian's question. She reached out and grabbed a handful of fog in the air, "This magic It’s never faded.”

"What I mean is, have you ever felt any kind of magic that is different from the magic breath in the mist, or..." Ian thought for a moment and asked his doubts in more detail, "Compared to us When you first entered the range of the Heartbreak Territory, was the magic you perceived strengthened?"

"Yes," Melisandre nodded, "As we move forward, the intensity of the magic has been increasing. As for the breath outside the mist, I don't know how to describe it. You also know that I am the priest of R'hllor. , I know very little about other powers." After saying that, she started thinking as if falling into memories.

Ian knew that this was a modest statement. The "little knowledge" in Melisandre's mouth was not the same as the "little knowledge" in the eyes of ordinary people. It was probably similar to what Teacher Zhang San said, 'I am a student of criminal law, how can I understand civil law? 'A meaning.

Seeing that Melisandre was still thinking, Ian looked at Magiro, but Magiro also shook his head.

Ian was still waiting for Melisandre's answer, but suddenly found a ship appearing in the thick fog ahead.

"Alert!" the old captain shouted to ensure that the people on the following ship could hear him.

But correspondingly, his shout also alerted the incoming ship.

"In the past, river pirates would not sail into the Heartbreak Territory," the old captain explained as he cocked the crossbow in his hand, "but since the route from Volantis to Qohor was reopened, who are we here? You may encounter them all.”

As the two ships began to approach, Ian and his companions raised their crossbows and pointed them at the incoming ship.

Ian has always spared no expense when it comes to pursuing good equipment. This time he gave everyone, including the old captain's crew, a powerful crossbow made of golden heart wood. These things were all used by Dophas Pan. The Nemean Archon's collection is now used where it belongs.

"Let go!" Ian, who had a bad feeling in his heart, gave the order to shoot without waiting for the two parties to confirm their identities.

The crossbow arrow left the string, and the next moment there were screams mixed with the sound of piercing the air in the thick fog.

Just two seconds later than Ian's attack, several spears flew over, two fell into the water, two were nailed to the ship, and one hit a sailor's thigh, piercing his leg armor. .

It is conceivable that when Ian gave the shooting order, the opponent was already ready to throw. If the crossbow arrows had not successfully dealt a wave of effective damage to the opponent, Ian and the others would have been hit by a round of intensive spear throwing.

The boats of both sides were moving towards each other, and they collided in the blink of an eye. The other side's boat was slightly larger than Ian's, and it shook Ian's boat on the spot.

Only then did Ian see the flag on their ship, Bloody Hand!

The main force of this mercenary group had been annihilated by Ian as early as Yunkai, but it was obvious that the Volantis players did not disband the mercenary group, but used the rogues of the Rhoyne River to rebuild them.

While Ian and others were still standing due to the rocking of the boat, several river pirates jumped onto Ian's boat.

But when they saw the group of tin cans on Ian's boat, they were all stunned. A river pirate who reacted quickly took two steps and slashed at the Hand of Holy Fire standing in front of him. However, his scimitar struck the breastplate of the Hand of Holy Fire. Not only did it not break the defense, but it also curled the blade directly. . Under the river pirate's helpless gaze, the Hand of Holy Fire directly inserted the dagger into his neck.

"Drag them into the water and kill them!" It was obviously not the first time that the river bandit leader saw this situation. He gave the order immediately, and then pounced directly on Ian who was closest to him.

As long as they can drag the other party into the water, that's their home base as the river pirates. The armor all over their body can't save the other party, it will only make the other party die faster.

However, the river bandit leader ran up to Ian and was about to pounce on him when Ian took out a crossbow from behind, held it to his chest and shot an arrow. The river bandit leader's chest and his mail were instantly pierced. .

At the same time, the river pirates who jumped on Ian's boat had been killed by everyone else on the boat.

It's not unreasonable to use tactics when you're poor, but you get what you pay for when you're successful.

Soon, another of Ian's ships reached the side of the enemy ship, slammed its bow into its slightly tilted belly, and overturned it entirely.

The remaining river bandits fell into the river. Ian originally thought that they would swim to his boat for help, and he also thought of taking the opportunity to catch the tongue that he had just missed. As a result, all the river bandits immediately lost their movement after being transferred into the river. Not a single wave was made.

The next scene made Ian's hair stand on end. He glanced at the crystal clear river water, but there was nothing underneath.

Forced by the need to deal with hostile players, Ian could not turn around and escape. He could only bite the bullet and order the ship to move forward.

"I can feel that this mist is a very complex product of witchcraft." After a while, Melisandre, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke again, "This is something produced by the long-term confrontation between water magic and blood witchcraft. And it contains more than one kind of power that I can’t identify. I should have been exposed to one of these powers in Yashai, but now I can’t remember it.”

"Powers other than water magic and blood magic? More than one?" Ian's mouth twitched.

"Here is a way to get the answer immediately," Melisandre immediately added, "Send a sacrifice to the Lord of Light and seek His guidance. Any magic is just a child's trick in the face of the power of Allah."

"Offer a sacrifice so that the Lord of Light can understand the secret of this thick fog?"

Melisandre nodded.

"When we get to the Palace of Love, we will offer a sacrifice and let the King of Light help us find the enemy's location. Then we will use these dozen people to defeat the Bloody Hand Mercenary Group and the Lorne River Pirates Group?" Ian He pinched his eyebrows.

The sacrifice was reserved for Magiro to use fire magic of mass destruction, how could he use it like this? The price of Red God's magic is notoriously expensive!

Ian shook his head and rejected Melisandre's proposal. As long as he saw the next building, he would know whether they were really still sailing on the River Rhoyne or whether they were trapped in something strange.

First of all, one thing Ian can be sure of is that the River Lorne has no tributaries in the Heartbreak River section, and the direction of the river is unique.

Considering that Tyrion's second journey did not pass through the Palace of Love, and the second pole boat they encountered did not greet them to confirm their identity, Ian tentatively assumed that Tyrion's journey was not enchanted. There is no interference, but the river does have these things from north to south. Similar stone statues and temple ruins, as well as two Dream Bridges (or one of them is similar to other bridges).

Then Ian, who is walking from south to north, will never see the Love Palace at the next place, because Tyrion also passed the Dream Bridge - stone statues - temple ruins - Dream Bridge in the south of the Love Palace. If Ian wants to reach the Heartbreak Palace, he must first pass these four road signs in reverse.

On the contrary, if Ian's next destination is the Heart Palace, it means that he entered the Heartbreak Territory from the south and Tyrion entered the Heartbreak Territory from the north through the same waterway - this waterway is absolutely impossible in reality. If it is not an illusion, it is a dream.

Wait, dream? Ian inexplicably thought of the 'dream dungeon opening scroll' provided by the auxiliary system.

The system will hardly provide players with power outside this world. All the products in the system mall come from this world. Even the NPCs provided by the system to players are aborigines who have been brainwashed and trained since childhood. The only thing is the dream copy. Always looked out of place.

But is there a possibility that the so-called dream copy itself is also some kind of power in this world?

As Melisandre said, could the power mixed in this thick fog, other than water magic and blood magic, include "dreams"? There have been countless passing ships lost in the thick fog. Could it be that they fell into a dream by mistake?

The Chinese version of Dream Bridge, Dream Bridge, Ice and Fire will translate Bridge of Dream into Dream Bridge, but is it possible that this bridge has nothing to do with dreams at all? What it really means is the Bridge of Dreams or the Bridge of Dreams. Bridge, intended to reveal some ancient mysterious power around it or around it?

Ian quickly thought of a way to test it. He logged into the auxiliary system and clicked on the remaining dream dungeon opening scroll that he had not used because he had no time.