The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Chapter 918: Slave Square

Kleaon sat on the throne, a completely naked woman on his lap.

The woman was beautiful, every move exuding charm.

Kleaon's hand was on the woman's chest, but his eyes were fixed on a communications officer kneeling twenty steps below.

"Your Majesty, a foreigner wearing a toka robe has arrived in the city. He is a very burly giant, carrying a two-handed greatsword on his back, the length of which is like a spear."

"Oh, a foreigner?"

"Yes. Beside him is a very beautiful young woman, possibly his pregnant wife."

"Oh? How beautiful is this woman?" Kleaon's eyes lit up instantly.

"As beautiful as fire, Your Majesty."

"Capture the man and send him to the gladiator training ground, and bring the woman to the pyramid. I want to see!"

"Yes, Your Majesty. However, that man may not be someone ordinary soldiers can deal with. I request that Your Majesty send the Morgan Warriors. He stands taller than the door frame of our pyramid."

Kleaon laughed: "Morgan brothers, go and see where that man comes from. It's best not to hurt him. The arena needs fresh faces so the city's people will enjoy betting even more."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two burly men standing on the steps bowed together.

Morgan was a name, but it was two people—a pair of small giant-like twin brothers. The two men only wore strips of cloth between their legs to cover their private parts, revealing muscles of black iron. They had iron chains wrapped around their arms and short knives, daggers, and axes hanging from their waists. Several leather straps were strapped to their upper bodies, just to hang weapons.

The Morgan brothers were two gladiators whom Butcher King Kleaon bought from the arena of the eastern giant city of Quells at great expense. Kleaon gave the two gladiators freedom and received the Morgan brothers' sworn allegiance.

Having experienced countless life-and-death battles, the Morgan brothers were King Kleaon's strongest warriors, assassins, and guards.

The Morgan brothers asked for the location of the foreign giant and turned to leave the pyramid.

They did not bring the Unsullied Guard.

The Unsullied Guard consisted of five hundred men, all sworn to die, all Unsullied. The Unsullied wore bronze armor, bronze spiked helmets, and carried spears, shields, and short swords. They protected the king's pyramid.

The communications officer rode his horse in the lead, and the Morgan brothers walked. They hurried along, following the communications officer's horse, heading towards the west gate.

The Morgan brothers were both over two meters tall and were absolute giants. Their calf muscles were like steel, and every step they took revealed iron-like muscle blocks. The two brothers were almost completely naked.

They never rode horses in battle, but moved as fast as running horses, always fighting on foot, and were invincible.

Mountain and Arianne had noticed many Unsullied following them all the way, but no one had taken action yet.

Arianne also sensed something was wrong.

"Mountain, there are three of us," Arianne said in the Westerosi language, not the Common Tongue, knowing that the people here would not understand her words.

The so-called three people, besides Mountain and Arianne, also included the child in Arianne's belly.

"Don't worry, there are only fifty people here. I will quickly resolve the battle."

"Summon the dragon."

"No, Daenerys needs to figure out the specific situation in Astapor first. She needs to find her three council members: the doctor, the priest, and the scholar. Killing the Butcher King is easy, but if we want to rule here, we need to judge the Butcher King. We need to give Daenerys time to find people and evidence. Daenerys has been gone for four years, and this place is full of the Butcher King's people."

"Didn't you say that the doctor, priest, and scholar had already been killed by the Butcher?"

"Yes, I said that, but the doctor, priest, and scholar will have family and friends, as well as government official friends. Daenerys needs those people to stand up and testify against the Butcher King."

The two walked along while talking and came to the Slave Square.

The Slave Square used to be a slave market. After Daenerys came, she changed the name to Freedom Square. Shortly after she left, the Butcher King changed it back to Slave Square.

There were many people selling slaves in the Slave Square, and those slaves included young girls, young women, men, old people, and also boys and children.

In the center of the square, a burly man was tied to a stone pillar and whipped by a soldier. He was completely naked, and every whip left a bloody mark on his body, accompanied by his loud screams.

On the other side, a buyer was pinching a young girl's chin. The girl opened her mouth, and the buyer reached into her mouth with his other hand, grabbed the girl's tongue, and checked her teeth.

When buying and selling female slaves, many people were superstitious and wanted to see if the female slave's tongue was long enough and her teeth were healthy enough. If the teeth were missing, the price would be very low.

If female slaves had missing teeth, it was of course knocked out by the master during taming. In order to sell for a good price, many female slaves had scarred bodies but a full set of good teeth.

About fifty female slaves were being checked one by one by the buyers like selecting rabbits. Many buyers reached into the female slaves' clothes and twisted their bodies hard. No matter how painful it was, the female slaves could not make a sound. If they made a sound, it meant that the female slave's endurance was not good, and the price would not be good.

Female slaves who dared to make a sound would be brutally beaten by their masters, some would be beaten to death directly, to warn other female slaves to ensure silence.

Arianne felt disgusted by the lewd smiles on the buyers' faces.

"I can't bear it anymore, Mountain. Summon the dragon. I want to burn this place down."

"This is Daenerys' city, Arianne."

"Then we will buy all these female slaves."

"Good!"

Mountain and Arianne walked over.

"Who is the boss here?" Mountain asked.

He spoke in the Common Tongue. The Common Tongue of Slaver's Bay.

Daenerys' handmaiden Missandei knew many languages ​​from different countries and regions. She taught Mountain and Arianne to speak the daily Common Tongue of Slaver's Bay.

Several slave owners looked at Mountain. It was somewhat rare for a foreigner to speak the Common Tongue of their place.

"I want all these female slaves," Mountain said.

"One gold coin per female slave," said one slave owner.

The other slave owners were stunned and then closed their mouths.

One gold coin could buy five ordinary female slaves. Only female slaves who were skilled in speaking multiple languages ​​were worth one gold coin.

"I will give you two gold coins per female slave," Mountain said, "But you have to send the female slaves to the ship first. My gold is also on the ship."

"No problem," the slave owner said with great joy, "However, it will cost an extra two gold coins for the tip to send them from here to the port."

"I will give you ten gold coins for the tip. But you have to wait here for a while. We still need to buy some male slaves."

"Respected guest from afar, I have more than three hundred male and female slaves in my home. You can go to my home to choose. The price is absolutely fair," a slave owner said obsequiously. His eyes were narrowed into slits with laughter.

"I want a hundred strong male slaves," Mountain said.

"Yes, I guarantee you will be satisfied."

"How much per person?"

"You name a price, respected guest. I will definitely not bargain. You are the just and upright wise master I have never seen before."

"One gold coin for a female slave, and two gold coins for a male slave, how about it, boss?"

"My respected guest, the price you gave is very fair. I am very satisfied. Please come with me."

"My lord!" Another slave owner blocked the way, "I just happen to have a hundred strong young male slaves in my yard. I guess you are buying slaves in Astapor for the first time. I hope we can do slave business for a long time. Give me fifty gold coins, and I will send a hundred strong male slaves to your ship at the port for you."

A slave owner suddenly came out to seize this slave business and took the initiative to reduce the price by half, only requiring fifty gold coins.

Mountain smiled: "This boss, your price is too high. How about this, I will give you one hundred and fifty gold coins. One hundred gold coins is to buy your one hundred male slaves, and the other fifty gold coins is my tip to you. We will have three large ships arriving at the port tomorrow and still need to buy five hundred strong male slaves. I hope to get your help."

This slave owner was speechless, almost too surprised to speak.

"My lord, I have fifty slaves, strong and useful. You can name a price, and I will send the people to the ship for you."

"My lord, I have two hundred slaves, obedient and easy to use, trained in military formations. Come with me and take a look at my pyramid. They can also fight."

For a time, the slave owners in the entire market came over, surrounding Mountain and Arianne in the center, vying to say sweet words, hoping to sell their slaves.

The sound of horses' hooves rang, and the communications officer galloped over, followed by two strong men not far behind the horse. The two strong men were covered in sweat, and it flowed down their bodies along their muscles.

Dozens of Unsullied who had been following Mountain formed a formation and pressed towards Mountain.

"Get out of the way, all of you get out of the way," the communications officer shouted, "The King has ordered to capture this foreign military spy. Irrelevant people, all get out of the way."

"This is a respected guest from afar," a slave owner shouted.

"Yes, their large ships are docked at the port. They came here specifically to buy slaves," another slave owner shouted, "Don't arrest him, Robert. If you want gladiators, there are plenty of them. Don't touch our distinguished guests." This slave owner had not seen Mountain's port ship, but he spoke vividly as if he had seen it himself.

The slave owners were dissatisfied with Robert's arrest and started to riot.

Robert shouted: "Who dares to disobey the King's order? Don't you want to live?"

During this dispute, the Morgan brothers arrived. They were as fierce as evil spirits. Their eyes widened, and the slave owners were all fearful and retreated, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.

Mountain shouted: "Robert, are you here to arrest me on the King's order?"

"We received news that you are a spy sent by the enemy country of Gonas. You had better take off your sword and throw it on the ground first, and then go with us to see the King to seek forgiveness. Otherwise, we will have to use force to kill you."

"Do you want to capture me and make me a gladiator in the arena?" Mountain already understood what was going on from the crowd's resentful words. This communications officer named Robert had done such things before.

Capturing foreign mercenaries and forcing them to become gladiators, and then throwing them into the arena to make money for them.

The arena was the only spiritual carnival home for the people of Astapor. This home was a huge money tree. In order to maintain freshness and stimulation, the arena needed to constantly replenish new people and inject new blood. A giant like Mountain would become an object of cheers as soon as he entered the arena.

If Mountain was still good at killing, he would become a new cash cow. In the arena, victorious generals would be regarded as true heroes.

Robert gestured, ordering the fifty Unsullied to form a fan shape to surround Mountain and Arianne first, cutting off their escape route.

Clang!

Mountain's Ice Greatsword was unsheathed.

A cold air drifted out, and a streak of silver light flashed across the blade.

Whoosh!

A sound of wind came, and an iron chain rattled and wrapped around Mountain's left leg.

The iron chains wrapped around the Morgan brothers' arms were weapons used for fighting.

Before Mountain could react, his right leg tightened with a clang, and an iron chain wrapped around his right leg.

"Here!" The Morgan brothers shouted and pulled hard.

Mountain stood on the spot, squatted down, shifted his weight, and remained motionless.

The Morgan brothers' faces changed suddenly.

The fifty Unsullied were expressionless, with shields and spears, facing Mountain's back in a fan shape.

Robert was riding on his horse. He raised his hand, about to order the fifty Unsullied to attack, when with a swoosh, a bright light flashed, and Arianne shot out a small knife, hitting Robert's throat.

Robert's body shook, then trembled violently, and with a bang, fell from his horse.

Mountain's Ice Greatsword slashed down, and the two iron chains were cut off. The Morgan brothers fell backward, their backs hitting the ground heavily.

Mountain took a step forward and arrived in front of the Morgan brothers. The greatsword slashed out, and with two loud bangs, terrible scratches appeared on the axes that the Morgan brothers raised to block.

The Ice Sword was made of Valyrian steel, extremely sharp, and cutting open an unprotected arm was like cutting open tofu.

The Morgan brothers had already dodged, but Mountain's greatsword was too long. The greatsword that cut off the arm continued to sweep across, completely cutting open the back of the other Morgan brother.

This Morgan brother had just gotten up from the ground and turned to run away when the greatsword swept across, almost cutting him in half. The Morgan gladiators' experience and speed were indeed too fast. Mountain went all out, but was still a little short of cutting him open.