The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Chapter 403: Red Smoke (Seeking subscriptions, seeking everything)

Jeremiah Warner, an old man in black robes, with a long beard, white hair, and brown eyes.

As soon as he entered, he saw that Korm Warner had already sat up, his face regaining its color, holding the family's treasure, the Warner King.

Jeremiah was surprised and delighted, unable to believe his eyes. He was stunned for a while, calmed himself, and regained his composure and rationality: Korm actually looked like he was cured, it was a miracle!

At the same time, he was very puzzled by the Warner King in Korm's hands.

He looked at the large group of outsiders here, perhaps some of these uninvited guests understood the language of the peninsula, and he felt it was inconvenient to ask in detail. However, Korm took the initiative to answer his doubts, using the common tongue: "Elder Jeremiah, it was Lady Jenny who cured my illness."

Jeremiah was shocked, although he tried his best to appear calm.

He looked at Jenny, looked at the Elder, and the Elder nodded slightly to him, confirming Korm's words.

Jeremiah couldn't believe it!

The Elder had already examined Korm's illness, but couldn't find a good solution. The whole family was helpless, and could only watch Korm's condition worsen day by day, but they didn't expect that a foreign noble lady would cure him, and in such a short time, Korm had gone from being unable to move to being able to sit up, from being unable to speak to being able to speak fluently and clearly...

Last night, these outsiders had a serious conflict with the people of Stone Village. Many villagers in the village were killed or injured. What exactly did these outsiders want to do here? They committed violence last night, but saved Korm...

Jeremiah suppressed the many doubts in his heart and first solved the most important question.

"Korm, are you the new patriarch appointed by the Elder with the Warner King's decree?!" Jeremiah Warner said, with deep doubt in his tone. He saw the family treasure, the Warner King, in Korm's hands, which was the symbol of the patriarch being granted by the Elder.

"Elder Jeremiah Warner, with the consent of Elder Sandick, you are now an Elder of the Warner family." Korm raised the Warner King, "Elder Sandick, in the name of the Warner King, has recognized me as the patriarch of the Warner family. I now announce that the custody of the Warner King will no longer be the responsibility of the Elder in the temple from now on, but will be kept by the patriarch himself."

"Why?" Jeremiah said in a deep voice. He looked at Elder Sandick's ashen face, and his hostile gaze swept over the Mountain's group. Was it related to these uninvited guests?!

"The family treasure, the Warner King, was given to the Elder by my father when he left Stone Village to be enshrined in the temple."

"From that day on, the Warner King has been under the control of the Elder, and this is used as a token to appoint a new patriarch. The rules have been established before the Blood God, and cannot be changed at will."

"The Elder is lacking in virtue, and the patriarch has the right to take it back."

"What did the Elder do wrong?"

"Ask Elder Sandick yourself."

Korm Warner was very young, eleven years old, but he had the demeanor of a patriarch, with a slender figure and distinct facial features, possessing a natural heroic spirit. He spoke appropriately and responded freely. Mountain, Jenny and others were secretly amazed. This reminded Mountain of a similarly sharp, intelligent and daring little girl: Lyanna Mormont, the youngest child of the Mormont family. She was only ten years old when she emerged in the original world trajectory.

Jeremiah looked at Sandick.

All the people in this Stone Village had only one surname: Warner.

"...Elder Jeremiah...the tribe's first warrior, Stanbeck Warner, wanted to become the patriarch...he used the Teng Snake venom on Korm...at that time, the bright moon in my heart was obscured by dark clouds, and the beach of my soul was submerged by the tide..."

Sandick stared at Mountain and others: "Elder, are you being forced to say this by the outsiders?"

"No...what I said is true...I swear in the name of the Warner King and the Blood God..."

"But you personally examined Korm's illness, and you said it had nothing to do with the Teng Snake venom."

"I...cooperated with Stanbeck...he is the tribe's first warrior, and he has always dreamed of being the patriarch...Regarding the matter of examining Korm's illness...I lied to the entire tribe. Stanbeck wanted to kill Korm, but I received a raven from King's Landing, saying that a large amount of supplies to appease the fallen of the Claw Peninsula would be sent in, and we wanted to get these supplies, so we decided to save Korm's life first, and then poison Korm to death after we got the supplies from King's Landing."

Sandick choked!

"You are a disgrace to the Warners, Elder Sandick," Jeremiah spat, "You will receive ancestral punishment in the temple."

Sandick trembled all over: "No, in the name of the Blood God, Patriarch Korm has already pardoned me from ancestral punishment."

"I did promise Elder Sandick that I would not allow the tribesmen to use ancestral punishment on him." Korm's complexion was getting better and better, and his speech was fluent: "But when I was poisoned, I had already sworn to the Blood God that I would inflict ancestral punishment on all the murderers and those who assisted the murderers, and take back the family treasure, the Warner King, which will be kept by the patriarch from now on, inherited from generation to generation, and will no longer be handed over to the temple elders."

Elder Sandick was dumbfounded: Korm Warner had sworn to the Blood God to inflict ancestral punishment on them, but why did Korm agree to his request at that time?

He was almost suffocated by the successive oaths played by the eleven-year-old Korm.

Mountain and others were secretly amazed. Korm's cleverness and resourcefulness exceeded his age! Who would want to be an enemy with such a kid in the future, wouldn't that be asking for a quick death? Mountain felt that this kid was scheming at the age of eleven, if he was righteous, that would be fine, but if he was evil, he would have the temperament of Qyburn and Littlefinger.

Jeremiah was silent, his face solemn. The Warners respected the family treasure. Whoever controlled the Warner King had the highest authority in the family, and could even order the patriarch and elders.

"Jeremiah, in the name of the Warner King, I order you to take down Elder Sandick. And notify the entire tribe to lift the acts of war against Duke Gregor's party, they are here on official business by order of the King, and Lady Jenny saved my life."

Jeremiah hesitated slightly, Korm sat up and raised the Warner King to him: "Kneel down, Jeremiah, and execute the order immediately."

Jeremiah knelt down on both knees with a thud: "As you command, Warner King."

Soon, the order was passed down, Elder Sandick was tied up by the angry villagers and押进了the black prison under the temple, waiting to be executed with ancestral punishment. The villagers who were injured last night were successively carried into the building to receive treatment from the new Elder Jeremiah and Jenny.

An hour later, Elder Jeremiah admired Jenny's medical skills and wished he could immediately become Jenny's apprentice and learn her medical skills. The secret technique he most wanted to obtain was Jenny's secret to treating Teng Snake venom.

This was a highly poisonous snake venom that the Warner family had never solved.

In the afternoon, the entire village gathered together to listen to Jeremiah's account of the crimes of Stanbeck, the first warrior of the Warner tribe. The entire village, regardless of men, women, old or young, was extremely angry. Everyone blamed Jeremiah and Sandick for the bloody conflict last night, and after a short meeting, everyone unanimously decided to go out and capture Stanbeck, bring him back, and execute him with Sandick with ancestral punishment: stoning.

After解除了the Teng Snake venom, Korm's body recovered quickly, and he was already able to walk. He made a decision at the conference, he said in the tribal language: "Elder Jeremiah, fellow tribesmen, my uncle Stanbeck is the tribe's first warrior, and the most elite cavalry in the tribe are warriors who follow him. Once the news of my recovery is leaked, our tribe will cause a civil war, and Stanbeck will unite with his allied tribes to fight back and奪取the Warner King."

Elder Jeremiah and the tribesmen looked at each other, their faces filled with fear.

Stanbeck, the tribe's first warrior; the cavalry under his command, the tribe's most elite warriors, they are allies with many tribes. Once he rebels, Stanbeck will bring disaster to the Warner tribe.

All the tribesmen were uneasy, and the only hundred or so spearmen were simply no match for Stanbeck.

Finally, everyone's eyes fell on the Mountain's Legion, who came by order of the King to distribute resettlement supplies. In name, all the tribes on the peninsula were vassals who submitted to King's Landing, which was sworn, although it was sworn to King Robert. In desperation, the Warner tribe had no choice but to ask the 'King's army' to 'pacify' the Warner rebellion. This would make other tribes uncomfortable, but in the name of vassals, it could barely be搪塞past.

Korm stood up, his expression was majestic, his tone was sonorous, and his eyes were sharp at a young age: "Tribesmen, in the conflict last night, the family members who jumped out of the围墙have not yet led back reinforcements, I think it must be related to the 赤烟兽that has recently appeared."

The tribesmen nodded frequently.

Mountain and others couldn't understand the Warner tribal language, but it didn't affect their appreciation of Korm's small demeanor in convening a meeting in the name of the patriarch.

Korm said: "It seems that all the tribes are going all out to hunt down the 赤烟兽, and no one will care about the internal scandals of our Warner tribe. The 赤烟兽has appeared again on the peninsula for hundreds of years, and Stanbeck led our tribe's cavalry to compete for it. If he obtains 赤烟, he is likely to be elected as the King of the Claw Peninsula by all the tribes on the island, which is unacceptable to us Warners. He has lost the honor of our Warner tribe, and also lost the Warner surname."

The child's majestic gaze swept across all the tribesmen: "I now in the name of the Warner King." He raised the Warner King high, "In the name of the Blood God, I implore Duke Gregor Clegane and his legion to help us, together with our Warner tribe warriors, capture the主者Stanbeck, and奪取the 赤烟兽."

The tribesmen looked at each other. It was already outrageous to invite outsiders to participate in the tribe's internal war, but in the name of vassals, it could be quibbled in front of other tribes. But inviting outsiders to奪取the 赤烟兽would百分百arouse the hostility of other tribes.

The tribesmen looked at Elder Jeremiah.

When there are things in the tribe that everyone feels cannot be decided, it is time for the elder to come out to explain and解惑.

Jeremiah stood next to Korm: "Tribesmen, what is one of our tribal oaths, that is, anyone will abide by the orders of the Warner King, from ancient times to the present, never changed."

"Elder!" an old man said, "赤烟兽is the peninsula至宝, we invite outsiders to help争夺, if 赤烟兽is抢到by us, it will be difficult to服众."

"Don't forget, we are all vassals of King's Landing. It is difficult to服众, but it is better than being抢去by other tribes!"

This sentence is a万能钥匙, which suddenly opened the closed hearts of the tribesmen.

Rather than being得去by other tribes, and then the Warners have to kneel, of course it is better to keep the 赤烟兽in their own tribe.

Although the people of the Claw Peninsula do not pay taxes and are factually independent, in name, indeed any tribe is a vassal of the King of King's Landing. The peninsula has also always belonged to one of the King's territories, for more than three hundred years to date. Anyone in the King's territory has the right to participate in hunting down the 赤烟兽.

The tribe that obtains the 赤烟兽may not be able to称王on the peninsula, but it is a major symbol of the tribe's revitalization.

In the history of the Claw Peninsula, all the heroes who unified the peninsula first obtained a wild 赤烟兽. This has formed a belief among the people of the peninsula: when the 赤烟兽appears, whoever gets it is destined to become the King of the Peninsula.

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Mountain and others could not understand the Warner tribal language, but they soon understood. When Korm and the elder reached an agreement with the tribesmen, Korm and the elder implored Mountain to lead his army to help the Warner tribe平定the internal rebellion, capture Stanbeck, and participate in hunting down the 赤烟兽.

"What is a 赤烟兽?" Brienne asked first, very curious.

"Did you see Korm's family treasure? That alien beast as red as blood is the 赤烟兽that the people of the peninsula regard as a divine beast." Jenny smiled sweetly, her skin glowing, "The Warner King of that year first obtained a 赤烟兽, and then rode the 赤烟兽with a heavy axe in his hand, conquering the entire peninsula and becoming the Warner King."

Korm, the elder, and the tribesmen all looked at Jenny with surprise. Hearing the glory of their tribe spoken from the mouth of a foreign noble lady made the entire tribe feel very proud and proud. Mountain and others were also eye-opening, and it was the first time they had heard that there was such an alien beast on the peninsula.

The alien beast is shaped like a horse, and is blood red all over, only with horns on its head!

In fact, the destiny divine beast in the eyes of the people of the peninsula is not magical in Jenny's eyes. The alien beast's scientific name is Unicorn. Its ancestral home is in the North, on the island of Skagos.

The island of Skagos is located outside the Bay of Seals in the North, with high winds and waves, reefs, and a very harsh climate. The tribes on the island have been at war for many years and have never submitted to any king. After Robert became king, he waved his hand and划给了Eddard Stark to manage, but in fact the tribes on the island were not aware of it. Eddard Stark did not actually conquer the island, but only marked on the map of the North that the island of Skagos belonged to the North.

Two thousand years ago, a tribe of Skagosi people migrated from the island of Skagos to the Claw Peninsula, and they also brought the rare divine beast from the island of Skagos: the Unicorn.

Unicorns, Griffins, and Dragons are the three most famous magical creatures in this world. The first to become extinct was the Griffin, which has been extinct for thousands of years; the second to become extinct was the Unicorn, which has been extinct for hundreds of years; the third to become extinct was the Dragon, which has been extinct for more than a hundred years.

Dragons are the overlords of the sky, and the Targaryen family is the Dragon Rider; Griffins are the king of beasts soaring in the sky, taking tigers, leopards, wolves and insects as snacks, and the current Lord of the Vale, the Arryn family, is the descendant of the Griffin Rider; Unicorns are the king of land travel, and are the king of alien beasts because of their fierceness, brute force, speed, and endurance.

Jenny is here for this king of unicorns that has appeared again after hundreds of years: Red Smoke!

Dragons and Unicorns, magical creatures that were originally extinct, have appeared one after another on two continents.

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