The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Watching Cersei's legs kicking helplessly and listening to the cheers of the crowd, as if they were celebrating a harvest festival, the Mountain found that his heart held no joy of victory or pleasure of wielding authority.

'Am I numb?' the Mountain asked himself. After transmigrating, he was no longer the original Mountain, nor was he the science and engineering man from Earth who used to browse WeChat, Weibo, QQ, and watch live streams.

He noticed his mood was strangely calm.

He knew that at this moment, across the Blackwater Rush in the Kingswood, there was a survivor who might still be feeling apprehensive.

This person was Lord Redwyne of the Arbor.

*

Seven days ago, the Mountain and Arya had a private conversation.

"Arya, Sansa and Reynard will hold their wedding at Casterly Rock in the Westerlands, and I hope to ride a dragon and take you there together."

"That's great, Mountain! When will the wedding be held?"

"Reynard and Sansa will decide on the specific date after I return to the Westerlands. And we can only set off for Casterly Rock after Daenerys withdraws her troops."

"When will Daenerys withdraw her troops from Dragonstone?"

"After Cersei and Mace's faction are executed by hanging."

"When will Cersei and Mace's group be executed by hanging?"

"That requires the King's formal coronation."

"When is Gendry's coronation scheduled?"

"The King's coronation will be celebrated for three consecutive days in King's Landing, that's the tradition."

"How many days does it take to prepare for the coronation ceremony?"

"Three days."

"Can't it be prepared in one day?"

"It takes at least two days at the fastest."

"Calculating the time, it seems we can only set off for the Westerlands in five days at the earliest."

"At least ten days at the earliest."

"If your dragon takes me, what about Lady Jeyne?"

"I'm afraid she won't be able to return to the Westerlands to participate in the wedding."

"Her health doesn't allow it?"

"Yes. She will give birth soon."

"It's a pity she can't attend Sansa's wedding!"

"It is indeed a pity, but before we set off for the Westerlands, Arya, I need you to do me a small favor."

"What favor?"

"I want to rescue someone from the black cells under the Red Keep."

Arya stared at the Mountain: "…………"

"Lord Redwyne of the Arbor."

"For his Arbor Gold wine?"

"That's one very important reason; the second reason is that I know Redwyne was against Mace surrendering, but Mace didn't listen to his advice. The third reason is that I have a bit of a personal relationship with Lord Redwyne."

"If you want to save Lord Redwyne, just announce his pardon."

"That would be a challenge to the laws of the kingdom. If Lord Redwyne can be pardoned, why not Margaery Tyrell, Garlan Tyrell, and other earls and barons?"

"Mountain, you want me to secretly rescue Redwyne."

"There are many death row inmates in the dungeon who are willing to take Lord Redwyne's place on the gallows, and they are all willing to die for Lord Redwyne, and I only need to pay a very small price. For example, promising to take care of his family or finding that guy a courtesan."

"Mountain, I don't understand why you want to do it this way. You are the Hand of the King, and Gendry will listen to your advice."

"Doing this, first, is to maintain the fairness and dignity of the law; second, it can make the Redwyne family grateful; third, Lord Redwyne will not help the Tyrell family rebel again after escaping death and returning to the Arbor, and we will attack the Reach and end the Tyrell's rule. Lord Redwyne will not be able to appear in public after returning to the Arbor, because he has been publicly hanged. His eldest son will inherit his title and lands, and continue to do wine business with the Cleganes."

"Attack the Reach? There's no need to attack, the Reach's army is all in King's Landing. You can send troops and dragons to wipe out the army."

"If we don't attack the Reach, Willas Tyrell will inherit Mace's title and lands, and we won't be able to get the granary of the Seven Kingdoms."

"You want to become the Lord of the Reach?"

"Not me, Reynard Westerling, your brother-in-law. Sansa Stark will become the Duchess of the Reach. I promised Lord Eddard Stark that I would marry Sansa to a great noble, to match Sansa Stark's status."

Arya Stark stared at the Mountain: "…………"

"I need your help, Arya, to disguise a death row inmate as Lord Redwyne using the Faceless Men's secret techniques."

Arya Stark: "…………"

"Help me with this favor, Arya, and I promise to use a dragon to bring Lord Eddard Stark to the Westerlands to attend Sansa's wedding."

"And my mother."

"Okay, I promise you."

"You also have to return Ice to the Stark family."

"I'll replace it with another Valyrian steel sword. This Ice, its weight and length are just right for my strength and height, other swords are either too light or not long enough."

"What is the name of the Valyrian steel sword you are going to return to the Stark family, and which family's sword did you steal?"

"House Tarly's 'Heartsbane', also a two-handed greatsword. I will give Heartsbane to him after Lord Eddard Stark arrives in the Westerlands."

Arya Stark was silent. Her sword belt hung with a Valyrian steel sword, Needle, the only surviving Valyrian steel narrow sword, a gift from the Mountain.

Heartsbane plus Needle, two Valyrian steel swords in exchange for the Stark family's Ice, wouldn't be too bad.

It's just that Ice is a Stark family heirloom.

The Mountain's actions are barely acceptable.

"Okay, Mountain, I'll help you with this favor."

"I also need you to safely escort Lord Redwyne across the Blackwater Rush and into the Kingswood. Also, this matter must not be known to anyone else, not even Bronn Clegane."

"As you command, Lord Mountain," Arya said in a teasing tone.

The Mountain smiled slightly.

*

Cersei's legs stopped kicking.

Her eyes were wide open, staring blankly at the azure sky.

In the sky, two dragons were circling, one large and one small, like mother and child. But they were not actually mother and child, but an 'old wife and young husband'.

These two dragons were national treasures.

Following the order of the Master of Laws, Hand of the King Mace Tyrell, fake Queen Margaery Tyrell, Kingsguard Gavan Tyrell, Lord Redwyne, Earl of Cider Hall, Earl Caswell, and Baron Fossoway were all escorted to the gallows one by one.

The Mountain lowered his head and said to Gendry, "Your Majesty, I need to leave for a while."

"Yes, Father," Gendry spoke with the same expression and tone as when he was still a blacksmith in the Clegane family. Under the Mountain's authority, it was difficult for the King and the High Septon to show their aura. The Mountain's physique was too strong, his appearance too fierce, and his aura too powerful.

The Mountain came to the generals of the Reach, these generals all had dismal expressions with unease, and some vassals had resentment in their eyes, but they dared not speak out.

The Mountain signaled 'Ser Horas Redwyne the Horrible' to step out of the line, his twin brother 'Ser Hobber Redwyne the Slobberer' averted his gaze, not daring to meet the Mountain's eyes.

These two twin knights were cowards, with no backbone, and their swordsmanship and horsemanship were also average. Their only advantage was that they had a lot of money, and they had good relationships with other nobles as courtiers in the royal palace. The occasion for the two brothers to establish friendly relations with the nobles was not in the throne hall of the royal palace, but in the high-end brothels of King's Landing. The two brothers were regulars in the brothels, and were the financial backers of the brothel owners.

"Lord Hand," Ser Horas Redwyne the Horrible's nickname was given by Lady Olenna Redwyne, to satirize Horas's mediocrity and incompetence. Horas had a mediocre appearance, orange hair, and a square face covered with freckles.

Amidst the thunderous cheers of the crowd, the Mountain took 'Ser Horas the Horrible' aside.

"Horas, your father is my business ally, he is waiting for you in the Kingswood. Leave here, quickly take the Redwyne army to the Kingswood to secretly meet your father, and then rush back to the Arbor to inherit the title of Earl and the territory of the Arbor, your brother Horas must stay in King's Landing to continue to be a courtier."

Ser Horas stared at the Mountain in astonishment.

"If you reveal the secret that your father Lord Redwyne is not dead, the Arbor will be burned to ashes by dragon fire."

The Mountain looked up at the dragon and the white dragon, and Ser Horas also looked up at the dragon and the white dragon.

"Lord Hand," Horas stammered, incredulous, "The Lord Redwyne on the gallows is not my father?"

"That is a death row inmate I secretly bought."

"...But his face...is that dark magic..."

"If you say one more word, I will crush your head, now get out of here."

"Yes, Lord Hand, the Redwyne family's loyalty to the Lord Hand will never change. Since the alliance, our family's loyalty to the Lord has never faded. Mace betrayed the country, my father was firmly opposed to it."

Ser Horas said many more words.

But he rolled away very quickly.

The Redwyne family's knights escorted him away from Rainbow Square at a rapid pace.

Since then, the power of the two most powerful families in the Reach, House Tarly of Horn Hill, was completely wiped out by the Mountain; House Redwyne was completely subdued by the Mountain. Ser Horas's ambitions and battlefield were basically on the women in the brothels, he would not risk beheading to raise troops to oppose the forces conquering the Reach. What's more, the Mountain also had two dragons.

The Mountain paved the way for Reynard Westerling and Sansa Stark to lead troops to attack the Reach.

There is still one member of the Tyrell family's bloodline who must die: the cripple Willas Tyrell!

The Mountain must completely eradicate the Tyrell family and arrange for his own people to be the Lord of the Reach in order to gain control of the granary.

The transmigrated Mountain was no longer a good person. He became a powerful figure.

*

Three days later.

Thirty thousand Clegane and Vale troops arrived in King's Landing and were stationed in the military camps at the seven city gates.

The tens of thousands of troops from the Reach were disbanded by the Mountain's military order the day after Mace Tyrell and others were hanged, and the 70,000 troops spent a day crossing the Blackwater Rush, with the generals and knights of each family leading the soldiers back to their respective territories.

King's Landing did not experience a military riot because of the hanging of Cersei and Mace. The Mountain did not have many troops in King's Landing, adding the Clegane navy and the surrendered 7,000 Golden Company soldiers, there were only 12,000 troops, but he had two dragons, a dragon and a white dragon.

Hundreds of thousands of people in King's Landing sang and danced to celebrate the Lord Hand's elimination of the incestuous and treasonous people.

On the same day, in the morning, the Blackwater Rush port was filled with black warships and more than a hundred large merchant ships that were requisitioned.

The flagship of the Clegane naval army was manned by many generals of the Clegane army, among these generals was a bald man in white robes: Lord Varys the Spider.

The commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy army was Wagner Gallar, who personally commanded thousands of warships and merchant ships on the flagship War Hammer.

The leader of the Redwyne navy was 'Ser Hobber Redwyne the Slobberer'.

The commander of the Iron Islands navy was Governor-General Gulber of the Iron Islands.

The four fleets, interspersed with hundreds of large merchant ships, marched in a mighty formation towards the sea exit.

The Water Gate on both sides of the sea exit could only accommodate one ship at a time, so after these thousands of ships passed through the Water Gate, the sun turned into a sunset.

In the sky, two dragons accompanied the naval fleet, circling and flying.

The Mountain was on the back of the dragon Sheepstealer, and Arianne Martell was on the back of the white dragon Viserys.

The navy left the Water Gate and lined up, advancing mightily towards Dragonstone.

The vanguard fleet was the Clegane army of more than 300 ships, the left army was the Redwyne navy of more than 300 ships, the right army was the Iron Islands navy of more than 200 ships, and the middle was the Royal Navy fleet of more than 100 ships.

Dragonstone was not too far from the mouth of the Blackwater Rush.

The vanguard fleet, the left, middle, and right armies, were all equipped with dragon-slaying crossbows just in case.

The target of the indestructible dragon-slaying crossbow was no longer hunting dragons, but hunting people and ships.

*

The next morning, above Dragonstone, two dragon roars suddenly came.

Two dragons immediately flew up from the gargoyle walls of Dragonstone: the black dragon Drogon and the bronze dragon Rhaegal.

Drogon and Rhaegal made joyful dragon roars.

In the sky, echoing dragon roars kept coming from a distance, those were the dragon roars of Sheepstealer and Viserys.

Sheepstealer's huge body appeared in the sky, she was the leader of the four dragons.

Soon, on the port, the walls of Dragonstone, and the military camp under the walls, the warriors lined up, and the sound of footsteps roared.

The horns also blew wuwuwu, there were horns from the warships in the port, horns from the walls of Dragonstone, and horns from the military camp.

Daenerys's naval fleet lined up and left the port.

In the military camp under the city walls, the Dothraki cavalry lined up, scimitars drawn and erected at their sides.

Eight thousand Unsullied lined up in eight phalanxes in front of the cavalry, the formation almost reaching the sea.

The Dragonstone city gate was wide open, and Daenerys rode a silver-gray mare through the formation. Behind her followed her Hand of the King Tyrion Lannister, Jon Targaryen with black hair and black eyes, the captain of the Kingsguard Barristan Selmy the Bold, the commander of the guards Jorah Mormont the Great Bear, blood riders Aggo, Rakharo, the leader of the Unsullied Grey Worm, and the hero...