The Mountain of Ice and Fire

The dragon swept over the ghost grass, the wind from its wings blowing the three-meter-high grass to one side.

Large patches of the white, glass-like ghost grass fell, revealing several figures hiding within.

Teemi, Knight, and Lady flew low, passing over the crouching figures, their ferocious dragon heads emitting threatening hisses, and their sharp claws almost grazing the people's scalps.

The black dragon Drogon and the white dragon Viserion guarded the flanks, watching the figures below from low altitude.

The figures trembled, not daring to move.

Another sharp hiss shot over like a sharp arrow, and a small dragon landed in front of the figures, its head ferocious, its dragon mouth full of terrible fangs, and its tongue covered with metal-like barbs.

This was the little dragon Teemi.

A small fireball swirled and rose from the depths of Teemi's throat, appearing in his mouth, its red light dazzling... the figures, not daring to move at all, scrambled to their feet and ran wildly, stepping on the fallen ghost grass.

Teemi spat out the small fireball, which shot into the sky.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the fireball exploded, like a brilliant flower of fire blooming in mid-air, dazzling and beautiful.

The dragon Sheepstealer flew forward, its wings almost touching the ghost grass, its spread wings over two hundred meters long and tens of meters wide, like a huge golden-red cloud driving a gale forward.

Wherever it passed, the ghost grass fell in patches over hundreds of meters.

In the sea of ghost grass, more figures appeared, in front of a wide mine, the crowd screaming and scattering like ants.

Suddenly, the frantically fleeing miners discovered that dragons had appeared in front, on both sides, and in the low air.

Two large dragons and three small dragons were in the air, surrounding them in a fan shape.

People screamed, panicked, and turned around to flee wildly.

Soon, the people fleeing like a tide fled towards the city of Asshai - only the direction of the city of Asshai had no dragon interception.

That was the only gap in the fan-shaped encirclement formed by the dragons.

The crowd swarmed towards the gap like ants, each with a look of horror on their faces, fleeing for their lives with all their might, unable to care about anything else.

In the ghost grass sea, the gold mine was almost exposed on the surface. And deep underground, who knows how much gold is buried.

The judgment knights, moon singers, and male and female wizards responsible for managing and supervising the gold miners were also fleeing forward with the crowd.

There were no warhorses or carriages here. The water in the Ash River here is gray, and it is said that the water is poisonous, and only wizards dare to eat the fish in the water, and ordinary people and any livestock cannot drink the water.

This is just a gold mine in the ghost grass sea, with about three hundred miners working here.

Soon, more than three hundred people ran away completely. Even the slowest only left a small figure behind.

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In the sky, the giant dragon let out a earth-shattering dragon roar and flew to the second gold mine.

Drogon, Viserion, Teemi, Knight, and Lady followed closely behind Sheepstealer.

The second mine was even larger than the first.

Under the cover of the ghost grass sea, no one would know there was such a large gold mine inside if they didn't go deep inside.

The giant dragon swept over the mine, and the thousands of miners in the mine had already scattered.

They had been alerted when the dragons drove away the workers in the first mine. The wizard in charge of communication announced the news of 'the dragons are coming' in advance.

So, thousands of people began to flee and scatter for their own lives.

The ghost grass sea is generally more than three meters high, and when people drill into it, they can't see their figures at all.

But for dragons, even a small ant hiding under the ghost grass can be seen clearly.

Soon, a giant dragon, two large dragons, and three small dragons drove the scattered people to one place, and then drove them towards the city of Asshai.

Thousands of people fled for their lives, moving like rabbits and as fast as horses.

Whether they were miners, slaves, maids, wizards, judgment knights, or anyone else, they all scrambled to escape this ghost grass sea.

The people from several gold mines were driven away one by one.

Thousands of them fled to the walls of Asshai. Everyone was still in shock, panting, and stopped to rest. Everyone found that the dragons that had suddenly appeared did not chase them, nor did they spew flames to attack them.

The people who had escaped death stopped and looked back at the invincible dragons flying freely in the low air in the distance.

Everyone's heart was very shocked. Fear!

From a very young age, they had become accustomed to various pictures, murals, book illustrations, and dragon decorations on clothes related to dragons. In Asshai, various building walls are decorated with dragon patterns. There are also many stories about dragons in poetry and lyrics.

Except for the very few people who have been to Qarth or the farther Western world, most people living in Asshai who have never traveled far have not seen real dragons, but everyone is no stranger to dragons.

Pictures, sculptures, murals, and dragon patterns on various gold and silver jewelry related to dragons filled their lives from childhood to adulthood.

In Asshai, decorations made in the shape of dragons are everywhere. In the library, many books are about dragon stories and legends. Even so, the vast majority of people in Asshai are seeing real dragons for the first time.

A giant dragon, its wings spread almost blocking the sky above. Two large dragons, one black and one white, were divine, agile, and invincible. Three small dragons, flying high and low, hissing repeatedly, were the most terrible drivers passing over people's heads.

Three judgment knights wore judgment masks, which were decorated with dragon patterns.

The judgment knights are the armed forces that maintain order in Asshai. Many of this armed force are also wizards who study magical power. Only in Asshai are wizards enthusiastic about martial arts. Physical weakness is the greatest weakness of wizards. Ordinary people can also kill wizards with weapons, of course, you have to do it before the wizards use magical power to harm you.

"Where did these dragons come from?" The shortest judgment knight's voice was still full of shock.

Everyone's heart was shocked and full of fear.

"How is it possible for so many dragons to appear at once?" The second judgment knight was equally shocked and confused.

"These dragons suddenly appeared in the ghost grass sea and drove us out? Is there a dragon knight coming to seize our gold mine?" The third judgment knight said.

The short judgment knight said: "The magic dragons drove us away, but they didn't breathe fire to harm us. The magic dragons don't have real malice towards us."

"Yes." A male wizard said, "If these dragons wanted to kill us, everyone would die."

"I heard that magic dragons like gold and jade, which may be the reason why they were born in the ghost grass sea." The short judgment knight said.

"Magic dragons were created by the Red God R'hllor." A female wizard said solemnly, "The red-robed high priest living in Qarth will know why magic dragons suddenly appeared in Asshai."

"I may know where these dragons came from?" A moon singer said.

"Where did they come from?" The knight and the male and female wizards asked together.

Hundreds of miners and maids surrounded the knight and the wizards. They all looked at the moon singer.

The moon singers, wizards, and judgment knights are representatives of the many magicians in the city. They are responsible for managing these gold miners and arranging for people to transport the gold into the city and exchange it for food, drinking water, wine, clothing, and various meats and other daily necessities with the trading ships in the city's port.

In Asshai, even drinking water needs to be purchased from the outside world.

Fortunately, the south, west, and north of the Jade Sea of Asshai have abundant sources of drinking water that constantly provide the people of Asshai.

The people of Asshai are composed of natives and foreigners.

Quaithe, the red god priest beside the Mountain and also a shadowbinder, is a native of Asshai.

Melisandre, the Mountain's legion priest, also comes from the city of Asshai. She is also a native of Asshai.

Here in Asshai, the Red God faith is the largest religious organization. The statue of the Red God R'hllor is built in the tallest ancient tower in the city.

*

"The magic dragons come from Qarth. Qarth has been conquered by the dragon knight from Westeros. The dragon knight is named Gregor Clegane, and he has become the king of Qarth. The largest dragon in the sky is the mount of King Gregor Clegane, she is a female dragon named Sheepstealer," said the moon singer.

"Did the moon singer see the prophecy of the distant future?" The leading judgment knight said.

"Our elders went to the ancient tower to attend the city-wide elders' meeting held by the Red God High Priest Haisa Bheg. At the meeting, Haisa Bheg told the elders that the king of Qarth would come to Asshai and solve all the daily necessities of the people of Asshai, such as drinking water, food, wine, and clothing. The king will establish a free trade market in Asshai, and an Unsullied legion will be stationed in Asshai to be responsible for the security of Asshai and maintain fair trade in the market."

The three judgment knights looked at each other, they were the security officers responsible for the security of Asshai, but they did not receive information from the Supreme Judgment Elder.

The moon singer said: "My lords knights, masters, I only received the information sent by the moon singer elders before the dragons came to drive us away." The information transmission between the moon singers is a secret, and no one knows what they use to transmit the information. It is a secret magical power, like air, which no one can see, but it really exists.

"Is the king of Qarth coming to rule Asshai?" The second judgment knight said sullenly. The judgment knights do not have their own names, and because they all wear the same masks and wear the same armor, people cannot distinguish who they are from their facial features, but can only distinguish them from their height and voice.

"He is the knight of the magic dragon, and the magic dragon comes from the creation of the god R'hllor. The king and the red god priests of the ancient tower are all believers of the Red God," said the moon singer, "The king came to Asshai, without saying that he would rule us, but he wants to obtain all the trade power of Asshai, as well as the power to mine gold and dig jade, and the condition for the exchange is to solve our food, clothing, housing, and transportation."

The moon singer naturally believes that the dragon king of Qarth is a believer of the Red God, but in fact the Mountain is not. Most of the dragon knights who owned dragons in ancient times were not believers of the Red God.

While speaking, the booming sound came from the distance. From the depths of the ghost grass sea, clusters of flames rose into the sky. Giant dragons, large dragons, and small dragons spewed out fireballs, which fell from the sky into the ghost grass bushes, and soon a raging fire burned.

The six dragons formed a parallel formation, flying forward at a uniform speed, spewing out fireballs from their mouths. Dragon flames hit the ghost grass bushes, and the white glass-like ghost grass burned with crackling sounds.

The ghost grass sea is continuous and boundless, and you can't see the end at a glance, just like an endless ocean.

This ocean has never been conquered by people, but the fire of the dragon fell on this grassland, and soon a raging fire burned. The fire was raging, illuminating the gloomy sky.

The people in the city of Asshai were also alarmed by this earth-shattering fire. In a short period of time, the city walls were crowded with thousands of people, and more people of Asshai watched this sea of ​​fire from high-rise buildings and the tops of high towers.

The six arson dragons did not mean to stop at all. They flew all the way north, spraying fireballs on the vast ghost grass. The dragon's flight speed was extremely fast. Before long, the flames of the ghost grass sea burned red the sky.

The people of Asshai watched this towering fire in a daze, completely speechless.

They were shocked, stunned, afraid, confused, bewildered, and helpless!

Nothing can compare to the arson of six dragons on the prairie! It was as if heavenly fire was pouring down, igniting the entire earth. Thick smoke and flames engulfed the entire earth, and the sky was a huge and boundless pot bottom, which had been burned red by the fire below.

*

At the same time, thousands of warships were crossing the Jade Sea.

These thousand warships are the elite of the Qarth Mountain Navy.

The warships formed a huge wedge formation, just like a big knife held in God's hand. This knife split the sea, divided the waves, and flew forward.

The tip of the knife in front is the Mountain's flagship and the left and right escort ships.

The flagship has two cannons, and the escort ships, one is Earl Hoster Redwyne's warship, and the other is the Arbor, formerly Hoster's escort ship.

There are a total of four indestructible cannons on the three warships.

The Mountain also has the world's only arrowless short bow - a hand-cannon-style gunpowder short gun.

Asha Greyjoy and Euron Greyjoy followed on either side of the Mountain. Asha is a top commander in naval warfare and a close combat expert. Euron is a Drowned God priest with terrible eyes and more mysterious maritime magical power, which can ensure that many people will not be drowned in the sea.

Jaime Lannister, as the king's personal sword-wielding attendant, naturally stayed close to the Mountain. In addition, there are Daenerys Targaryen, the dragon knight of the black dragon, and Arianne Martell, the dragon knight of the white dragon.

Theon Greyjoy, the deputy commander, and his newlywed wife October were on the Mountain's left escort ship, and Earl Hoster Redwyne and Saintess Gina led the Ganrahani naval soldiers on the Mountain's right escort ship.

This invincible naval fleet entered the Asshai waters in a mighty manner!