The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Daenerys took out the Dragon Horn.

She was sure she had heard another dragon's roar, and she was worried because her three dragons were still small, only four years old.

Whose dragon could that strange dragon be?

Besides the Mountain, who else could it be?

Although there was definite news that the Mountain's dragon had been severely damaged by the Night King's ice spear and could not be saved, now that she thought about it, no one had actually witnessed the death of that dragon.

No one witnessed the death of the Mountain's dragon. Now that she thought about it, this was a huge loophole.

But even the shrewd Littlefinger and the cunning Varys had believed it.

Daenerys also believed it, completely convinced.

If the dragon in the sky was the Sheepstealer from the Dance of the Dragons era, then the era when the Sheepstealer fought in the sky was more than one hundred and seventy years ago. Judging from the time, the Sheepstealer would be a true dragon.

And Daenerys's three dragons were only four years old, they were still children.

Daenerys's children.

Two years ago, in the eastern giant city of Qarth, the warlock Pyat Pree of the House of the Undying told Daenerys that she could no longer have children; in the Dothraki Sea, the witch who killed Drogo also told Daenerys when she was tied to the sacrificial altar that she could no longer have children in the future.

Daenerys believed the prophecy that she could not have children, so she gave her maternal love to her three dragons. Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion were like her three own children in her heart.

She was worried about the safety of her three children.

The Mountain's Sheepstealer was a giant dragon that could easily tear her three children to pieces.

Woo woo woo!

Woo woo woo woo!

Woo woo woo woo woo woo!

Daenerys blew the Dragon Horn.

The sky was peaceful, blue sky and white clouds, no wind, no shadows of the three dragons, and no more dragon roars.

The horn was blown, but the three dragons did not appear in the clouds.

Had they already left this sky?!

Daenerys stopped blowing the horn, she stopped blowing the horn, she wanted to give time to wait.

After a while, there were still no shadows of the three dragons in the sky, and no dragon roars in response from the three dragons.

Jorah Mormont also felt the strangeness. He looked up at the sky, looking around, but there was no shadow of a dragon at all.

Daenerys couldn't help it and blew the horn again, woo woo woo woo.

This time, the sound of the horn was full of urging, and it also carried Daenerys's anxiety.

*

The main tower of Dragonstone Castle has a huge map room.

This hall has a three-dimensional map of Westeros: a wooden map.

It marks all the mountains, rivers, lakes, and castle boundaries of the major nobles on the continent, including the Wall and the Mountains of the Thenn outside the Wall.

This huge table made of a map was built after Aegon the Conqueror flew his dragon across the continent. This is a perfect map indispensable for agriculture, military, and geography.

In the map room, Littlefinger was arranging the details of the attack on King's Landing and the tasks of each general.

The woo woo woo sound of Daenerys's Dragon Horn attracted the attention of the courtiers and generals in the map room.

Littlefinger came to the window of the map room, looked down, and saw Daenerys on the city wall looking at the sky and blowing the Dragon Horn.

The Dragon Horn has a strange magical power over dragons, able to summon them back from the sky.

Unless the three dragons were unwilling to return, or were not in this airspace.

Littlefinger saw the big fish, beef, and horse meat on the city wall, which were food prepared for the three dragons, the food was still there, but the three dragons were gone.

The three dragons actually left the food on the city wall.

Littlefinger clearly felt that something was wrong.

Dragons are very gluttonous magical creatures, and the three little dragons have no resistance to food. With food, they would not leave willfully... but the three little dragons actually left, and Daenerys blew the Dragon Horn to summon them back...

What happened?!

Littlefinger looked up at the sky. Limited by the windows, he could only see a small piece of blue sky.

Something unusual must have happened.

If the three little dragons had left to play, Daenerys would never have used the Dragon Horn to summon them. The sound of the Dragon Horn overflowed with Daenerys's unease and anxiety.

Littlefinger walked quickly to the map table, he was not as tall as this table yet. But he did not sit on the chair again.

Opposite the map table, there was a high platform with a chair on it. Sitting on it, he could overlook the entire map, which solved the problem caused by Littlefinger's short stature.

Littlefinger said to the courtiers and generals around the map table: "You continue to discuss the landing points. We will advance by land and sea, and after attacking King's Landing, we must make a quick decision and take King's Landing within one day. The navy will continue to feint an attack on the Water Gate. Ser Barristan is responsible for arranging the specific details... My lords, I must excuse myself for a while..."

After speaking, Littlefinger walked quickly out of the map room.

The courtiers and generals looked at each other, they also heard the sound of the horn blown by Daenerys. That was the metallic sound of the Dragon Horn, which was completely different from the sound of their marching horns.

Grey Worm, the leader of the Unsullied, Hero, Varys, the Minister of Intelligence, the three blood riders Aggo, Jhogo, and Rakharo, the fierce general Daario Naharis, the Tattered Prince, Barristan Selmy, the captain of the Kingsguard, Theon Greyjoy... More than twenty generals and courtiers looked at the departing back of the Prime Minister, their eyes with scrutiny and vigilance.

After breakfast today, Queen Daenerys left her courtiers and guards in the map room, and she went outside alone to feed the dragons.

As for the specific military plan to attack King's Landing, she had already formulated it with Littlefinger, Barristan, Varys, Missandei, and Jorah last night. Queen Daenerys handed over the remaining personnel arrangements to her Prime Minister and the captain of the Kingsguard.

Missandei, the Queen's personal maid, also heard the sound of the horn. She came out of the blacksmith shop and walked quickly towards Queen Daenerys.

What happened?

She had only gone to arrange some trivial matters for the officials and to check the weapon repairs and arrow polishing of the weapon masters. She had not left Queen Daenerys for a long time. Why was the Queen so anxious to blow the Dragon Horn?

There were no enemies on Dragonstone Island, and this group of islands and sea areas were completely under the control of Queen Daenerys.

There were no enemies around, why was the Queen so anxious to urge her dragons to return quickly.

The dragons being fed would never leave the Dragon Mother.

But the three dragons left so suddenly this time...

*

When Littlefinger arrived at the city wall, Missandei also appeared. The two of them arrived almost simultaneously next to Queen Daenerys.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Littlefinger was a very intelligent person, and he had already judged that something unusual had happened. But what exactly it was, he couldn't figure out. It was precisely because he couldn't figure it out that he was even more vigilant in his heart.

"There is another dragon in the sky, he hid in the clouds and roared, Drogon heard it, he chased after it, and then Rhaegal and Viserion followed."

Littlefinger and Missandei both showed surprise and disbelief.

After a while, Littlefinger said: "Your Majesty, did you see another dragon appear in our sky?"

"I didn't see it. But I know a dragon came, and because of that dragon, my three children flew into the sky, and then, I couldn't summon them back. They didn't respond to my horn with dragon roars, I know they have left this sky."

"A dragon? You didn't see it, you heard the dragon's roar?" Littlefinger asked cautiously.

"I didn't hear the dragon's roar either, but I know from Drogon's reaction that Drogon heard the dragon's roar." Daenerys's tone was very certain. Her words were based on speculation, and her speculation was very accurate.

"Didn't see the dragon, didn't hear the dragon's roar, but you know a dragon came?" Littlefinger asked. His eyes flickered, and his one eye rolled around.

"Yes, I'm very sure."

"Suddenly a dragon came, and then Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion flew into the sky?" Littlefinger asked in a questioning tone.

Missandei opened her mouth, but did not make a sound.

Dragon?

Suddenly another dragon came?

How is this possible?

Missandei looked at Jorah, Jorah also had a confused look on his face. Obviously Jorah did not see any other dragons, nor did he hear the sound of a dragon.

"Could it be that you heard wrong, Your Majesty," Littlefinger said.

"Absolutely not."

Littlefinger's face became uncertain: "If Your Majesty's judgment is correct, then the Mountain's dragon has come."

"Isn't the Mountain's dragon dead?" Jorah said.

"Who saw the death of the Mountain's dragon?" Littlefinger said, "Our intelligence is very reliable, but no intelligence officer said they personally saw the death of the Mountain's dragon."

"The Mountain's dragon is not dead?!" Jorah Mormont looked surprised, "Was that a deliberately designed trap?"

"I can't be sure, but we must now assume that the Mountain's dragon is still alive, and still living well," Littlefinger concluded.

For a time, Daenerys, Jorah, Missandei, and Littlefinger were silent.

First assume that the Mountain's dragon is still alive and well, then all their military plans must be changed.

This was extremely bad news, once it spread, it would severely hit the morale of the entire army. Moreover, all military plans would have to be overturned and new operational plans would need to be drawn up.

*

In the Cloud Mountain of the Brightmoon Mountains, the Mountain's sheep farm was still the same, the sheep were still grazing on the hillside, but the children who were grazing were gone. They were hiding underground.

The best way to deal with dragon fire attacks is to dig tunnels and hide inside.

This was an effective military strategy for the Dornish to defeat the Targaryen family and force the Targaryen family to intermarry. The Mountain used this military strategy in the Cloud Mountain Ranch.

The Mountain and Arianne were also hiding underground, together with the people of these Burning Men's shepherding tribe.

Chirp!

In the sky, a joyful dragon roar sounded.

That was the voice of the Sheepstealer.

The Sheepstealer was back, Cloud Mountain was his home.

Chirp chirp!

Behind the Sheepstealer, followed the other three little dragons, like three little rabbits following an elephant.

Flying in the front was the black dragon Drogon, his scales had spots of blood, his tail and neck had claw marks, and his scales also had terrible scratches. It was as if the blade of a sword had slashed through plate armor, leaving shocking scratches. Those were the marks left by dragon claws on his scales.

Drogon looked very embarrassed, obviously he had been taught a lesson by the Sheepstealer.

Flying behind Drogon was Rhaegal, one of Rhaegal's dragon horns was broken, and there were also blood stains on his scales, but there was only one blood stain, as if a long sword had cut open the protection of his scales, and blood seeped out from the scratch.

At the end was the white dragon Viserion, he was intact, not injured, but it was his eyes that were injured, his eyes flickered uncertainly, with dodging and probing.

The Mountain, hiding at the entrance of the cave, watched the Sheepstealer roar and slowly land in front of the three houses of the shepherding workers outside the ranch. He raised his head and looked at the sky. Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion did not fly down, but hovered at low altitude, and kept roaring.

The Sheepstealer did not roar in response, his dragon claws grabbed a roasted sheep—this was a delicious food carefully made by the Mountain leading fifty Burning Men shepherds. On the grass, there were eleven roasted whole sheep, which was the Sheepstealer's meal.

Not far away in the grass, Arianne whispered: "Will Daenerys's dragons like roasted whole sheep?"

"Yes!" The Mountain said very definitely.

"Why?"

"Daenerys's three little dragons' favorite food is meat or fish pickled with salt by Daenerys."

"Salt? Dragons also like salty food?"

"Dragons are people," the Mountain said in a whisper.

The two of them lay at the entrance of the cave, with a patch of grass above their heads, they were well hidden.

The Sheepstealer first swallowed a fat sheep himself, and then threw a lamb to Drogon. Drogon's dragon claws grabbed the roasted sheep, he glided elegantly to the grass, pressed the roasted sheep with his dragon claws, opened his dragon mouth, tore open the roasted sheep, a burst of meat aroma surged out, it was a scent that Drogon had never smelled before, tempting to the extreme...

In the blink of an eye, Drogon swallowed a lamb clean, turned his head, his dragon eyes emitted a crystal light, looking at another roasted sheep under the Sheepstealer's claws.

The mutton pickled with fine snow salt and the most expensive and superior spices was many times stronger than the beast meat and fish pickled with sea salt by Drogon's mother Daenerys. And the mutton carefully roasted by humans and the beast meat roasted by Drogon's own dragon fire, the deliciousness and purity were many times stronger.

The Sheepstealer moved his dragon claws lightly, and a roasted sheep accurately flew to Drogon's dragon claws...

Drogon was no longer polite, his dragon mouth opened wide, revealing sharp dragon teeth and a tongue full of barbs, he bit down fiercely...

The Sheepstealer roared to the sky, and Rhaegal and Viserion immediately flew down, and landed in front of the Sheepstealer, in front of a row of roasted sheep, that row of golden roasted sheep, was emitting a strong temptation of meat aroma, unstoppable...

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