The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

The light of the candle cannot pierce the surrounding darkness.

The darkness is like the sea, and the candle is a little star in the sea.

It is not that the starlight pierces the darkness, but the dark envelope crushes the starlight.

Illyrio looked at the broad bean-like light in front of him. He couldn't see the road under his feet, and could only fumble forward.

Fortunately, the high priest walked slowly, allowing Illyrio to keep up.

The surrounding darkness was as substantial as it had drowned Illyrio himself in the darkness.

Illyrio experienced such an extreme darkness for the first time.

Finally, the light of the one-star candle in front stopped.

Illyrio also stopped.

"The Grand Priest?"

"The priest has gone," a strange voice said.

The voice was calm, as easy-going as his long-time friend.

"The Faceless?"

"Is there anything you need me to do, Lord Governor?" The other party did not admit his identity.

"I'll hire the faceless to protect me."

"The Faceless Man accepts no protection, only assassination."

"I give double the price."

"It's not a matter of price."

"three times!"

"..."

"Five times!"

"Okay, time."

"Starting now, one month."

"Deal."

"Can the torch light up then?"

"No!"

call out!

The light in the darkness went out.

The entire space was plunged into suffocating darkness.

"My lord Illyrio, please here."

The voice of the high priest said in the direction behind him.

Illyrio turned and the priest lit the candle, which was as bright as a bean.

Illyrio became more proficient this time, and soon followed the priest out of the darkness.

"Grand Pastor, the one I hired just now... The Faceless, where is he?"

"He is waiting for the adults at the front yard gate."

"Thank you! Do I pay the high priest?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to send money when I go back."

"No hurry!" The priest raised his hand to see off the guests.

Illyrio came to the compound and saw a very clear middle-aged man at the door, with a good temperament and a plain expression, with a very ordinary sword hanging from his waist.

Illyrio hurriedly stepped forward: "This swordsman, how do I call it?"

"My name is Wuming!"

"An unknown swordsman!"

"Yes!"

"Where is the nameless knight from?"

‘No land. "

Illyrio cautiously said: "Anonymous swordsman, I must have a name to call you, otherwise you will look weird among my guards."

"Will."

In this world, there are not ten thousand people named Will, but eight thousand, which is a very common name.

"Well, Wel Swordsman, you will be my personal guard from now on."

"I only protect adults for one month."

Illyrio felt a pain in his heart.

The money he paid was enough to hire a mercenary army of two thousand people.

"Good!" Illyrio answered very simply.

Now is not the time to love money, now is the time to love life.

Illyrio took Will out of the Red Temple Sanctuary, waiting outside for his carriage, his guards, and his four Unsullied Cavalry.

The Unsullied has a blank face, a bronze helmet, a spiked top, a spear shield, and a short sword at his waist. The other guards looked strangely at Will, who was dressed in normal clothes. Will's sword belt is a very ordinary sword, but he looks like Master Illyrio's new guard.

Illyrio got into the carriage, and Will followed into the carriage, and sat opposite Illyrio.

The carriage is very large and can be seated on its back, like a small bed.

"Will... Swordsman..." Illyrio laughed, "Can I see your swordsmanship?"

"No!"

"Oh, okay!"

"We will go to the government affairs hall, no matter what you hear or see, can you keep it secret?"

"The death servant's mouth can't tell any secrets. This is our faith. Illio-sama, you talk too much."

"Sorry, I won't be wordy anymore!"

The credibility of the Faceless Illioben doesn't have to doubt it, but he feels that Will doesn't look like the Faceless, so there are so many babblings.

Faceless people are ordinary people, but this Will is a person with a somewhat outstanding temperament, which is not the temperament that a top killer should have. The more top-notch assassin, the more ordinary it will not attract people's attention.

Although Will’s sword and clothes are very ordinary, he speaks lingua franca, with the accent of Westeros on the other side of the narrow sea, these are nothing, but his temperament is not a killer temperament, his temperament is just a glance Will notice him, like a shining knight.

But Illyrio believes in the recommendation of the death priest, and believes that in front of the statue of death, no one dares to pretend to be the faceless.

In that case, dispel your worries and let's go.

*

Pantos Hall of Government Affairs.

Will stood behind Illyrio with his sword.

"Your Excellency, Tylosi and Mill have surrendered, and a messenger is coming to report that King Aegon Targaryen VI may come to us Pantos." An administrative officer was worried.

"Taloxi and Mill were defeated so quickly?" Illyrio couldn't believe it, he stood up.

"My lord, Tyrosie and Mill were not defeated, they surrendered on their own initiative." Another governor said.

In the past, Pantos had forty governors, and more than half of the governors voted for anything. Sometimes a government task can be delayed for a year without a decision because it cannot exceed more than half of the votes.

Illyrio has solved the democratic system with too many people and tears, and turned it into a centralized system. He himself is the highest authoritarian, and the other governors are appointed by him: governor of water, governor of roads, governor of affairs, commander of garrison, commander of navy, governor of commerce, etc., he is the head of all administrative officials, regardless of who is below What opinions are ultimately left to him.

"Aegon has a dragon, Lord Governor. At present, our intelligence cannot tell whether he will declare war on Pantos," said the navy commander.

The commander of the garrison had a low voice with melancholy: "My lord, Aegon slaughtered the entire city of Rees. After the whole city was killed, he sent dragons and cavalry to slaughter and burn the people on the entire island of Rees, and officials hiding on the island The generals, soldiers, fishermen, people, handicraftsmen, prostitutes and wizards were all searched and killed. All buildings, fishermen’s villages, temples, stone towers and castles were all burned down."

"Dragon fire is irresistible to stones. The stone walls of many giant castles are said to have become fluid due to the fire. Although Aegon Targaryen VI was a boy, he was rarely cruel and cruel. His methods shocked Tai. The people of Losey and Mill, the people of the two city-states were reluctant to ask for war and only wanted peace. As soon as Aegon released news of the attack on Taloxi and Mill, the people collectively went to the consul’s residence to petition for peace. Don't ask for war."

"Seek peace is surrender." Illyrio said, "Governor, do you know what the conditions for Tyrosie and Mill to surrender?"

"Surrender unconditionally, my lord."

"Since Aegon Targaryen VI is so bloodthirsty, I am afraid that Tyrosi and Mill will be slaughtered after they surrender!" Illyrio expressed his worry.

"There was no massacre, sir. I received very certain information. After Tylosi and Mill surrendered, all the positions and status of the consuls were protected, and none of the citizens of the two cities were massacred." Said.

"Oh. Then if Aegon Targaryen VI takes Mill and Tylosi's fleet northward and wants us to surrender too, shall we fight or make peace?" Illyrio asked, looking at the audience.

"No one can resist the dragon, and the battleship against the dragon is impossible. Even if his dragon does not attack our city, it will set fire to all the villages and crops of our people outside the city, and kill all the people on our territory. We can only watch in the city, and his dragon is still growing." The navy commander said.