Game of Thrones: I Created the Magic Web

Chapter 28: The Lizard-Lions of the Neck

It was now high summer.

But even before entering the gateway to the North, Moat Cailin, the King and his party were already experiencing the cold of the North.

Although the vegetation and water surfaces were not frozen, a single breath of the chilly night air was guaranteed to instantly awaken one to the depths of their mind and soul.

The King cursed loudly again.

"Seven hells!"

"Damn it all. Those goddamn Pentoshi merchants deserve to die! Why haven't the gods taken those two dragonspawn yet?!"

Lord Varys had delivered news of the Targaryen exiles with "utmost speed."

The Governor of Pentos, Illyrio Mopatis, had the audacity to harbor the dragon remnants, hiding the Dragon siblings behind walls and assigning a bunch of pointy-hatted eunuchs to guard them.

Across the vast Narrow Sea, King Robert's fury obviously couldn't directly kill two living people.

This was precisely why the King was even more enraged.

Joffrey had little interest in this outdated news.

He only wanted to know how his squire, Elynn, was doing.

If all went well, Elynn should be starting to plan how to end his journey to Pentos around this time.

But now, he could only wait patiently.

Awoo ~

Rain made an impatient sound.

Joffrey patted its head soothingly, fully understanding its current frustration.

After all, they were trudging through the muddy and gloomy Neck with difficulty.

Although they were on carriages on the Kingsroad, they didn't have to come into intimate contact with the foul-smelling pools of mud, nor were they near the poisonous snakes and lizard-lions in the quicksand.

But the damp, sticky smell in the air was inescapable, and the fungal plants clinging to the trees lining the road hung densely over people's heads, and the surrounding scenery was monotonous, dull, and dark.

Gazing at the seemingly endless winding causeway ahead, Joffrey chose to transfer his negative emotions to the group of fellows beside him.

"Continue!"

"Idiots, practice now! Practice until I am satisfied!"

The musicians and bards dared not be negligent.

Even if they felt wronged and exhausted, they could only "Obey His Highness's command."

From the Riverlands to the Neck, Joffrey had forcibly and enticingly brought along all the "musical workers" along the way, nearly a hundred people in total.

These people had only one task: to play a new piece of music according to the Crown Prince's instructions.

Joffrey had a complete and clear "King's Landing" in his mind, but unfortunately, he wasn't musically trained; he could only listen, not play.

Then things were simple.

He brought these musicians to constantly try and fail, using his hearing to first determine the most correct timbre of the instrument, and then correct the rhythm, melody, and other details of the musicians.

After more than ten days, "King's Landing" sounded very good, and everyone was convinced that it was a piece of music worthy of being passed down through the ages.

But Joffrey decided that he must strive for perfection until the most perfect state was achieved.

As an incentive, each person would be rewarded with an extra gold dragon upon completion.

The musicians were in pain and happy.

Dozens of cellos sounded at the same time, and the first part of the melody of "King's Landing" echoed in the sky above the Neck…

In the passionate music, Joffrey's mood gradually stabilized.

He began to sort out the gains on these days of runes.

Adding the blood rune from Harrenhal and the 6 new runes obtained from the glass candle, he now had 13 runes.

Recovery Rune:

Restores material structure, heals injuries.

Mirror Rune:

Creates a mirror image of other runes, and the main body has control over each mirror image.

Fire Rune:

Generates heat, shields against fire damage.

Solid Rune:

Maintains material structure, enhances physical defense.

Growth Rune:

Breaks through the limits of normal biological growth and lifespan.

Contract Rune:

Creates contracts between creatures.

Blood Rune:

Absorbs blood to release misfortune/curses (questionable).

Mental Rune:

Guides and protects the user's mental power from overflowing. Use this to obtain various information outside the field of vision, influence, attack, or invade the mental thinking of other creatures.

Positioning Rune:

Obtains the location information of a certain place, object, or person through a medium.

Information Rune:

Transmits specific information to a known place, object, or person according to the user's wishes (in the form of meditation, thoughts, dreams, etc.).

Note: The rune owner can directly transmit and receive various information without a medium.

Reconnaissance Rune:

Enter location information to learn various information about the nearby area.

Light Rune:

Creates specific light and shadow according to the input information.

Sound Rune:

Creates specific sounds according to the input information.

The number of rune energy required for the birth of these runes is different. The general rule is that the simpler and more basic the rune, the more rune energy is needed, while the more functional ones consume less rune energy.

Joffrey finally understood the working principle of the glass candle.

The reason why the Valyrian wizards were able to communicate with glass candles was because they could use the positioning rune to obtain each other's location information after exchanging mediums, and then use the information rune to transmit or receive information, and finally rely on the light rune and sound rune to display this information.

The reason why they can enter other people's dreams to show illusions is because the mental rune disintegrates other people's mental defenses, and the information rune successfully transmits information.

The reason why you can see distant scenes is similar to the principle of communication between wizards: find a medium to locate, then use the reconnaissance rune to obtain information, and finally use light and sound runes to display it.

This is undoubtedly a mature rune cooperation system.

What's more, the Valyrians only used the runes on the tools to possess this magical ability.

His runes are completely his own.

Without the need for light and sound runes, he himself can more easily and accurately receive those mysterious and distant information.

Referring to this method, and relying on the power of the mirror rune, he can establish a larger communication network and create a more united and powerful system.

As for now.

He saw another kind of cooperation from the existing 13 runes.

The contract rune, mental rune, positioning rune, reconnaissance rune, and information rune are used for control and communication, while the solid rune, fire rune, growth rune, and recovery rune are used to enhance strength.

A powerful and obedient magical beast was born.

The King will die because of it.

Joffrey looked around, the Neck was gray and black, and lifeless, but his spirit "saw" a lizard-lion.

In his opinion, the lizard-lion half-floating in the water was like a crocodile, its body fused with the rotten black swamp, like a piece of black wood with eyes and teeth.

Songs spread that the ancient Swamp King's mount was the lizard-lion.

They are famous beasts in Westeros.

But not big enough to swallow a person in one bite; not insidious enough, they should be lurking underwater to hunt; not mysterious enough, there are too many of them and there are no shocking deeds.

Joffrey will make them more famous and more legendary.

He decided to create another magical beast.

Lizard-lion, will the glory of killing the King belong to you, or to it?

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