The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

(The prologue of the rise of the king)

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"What news?" Blake feeds the raven in the cage.

"The king is here." Will stepped aside, facing the sea.

Blake saw that he was thinking about it.

Blake poured a bowl of **** minced meat into the raven cage, and the ravens thrashed for food and croaked. Blake dropped the bowl and ran after Will.

"What happened to King's Landing?"

Will walked along the seashore: "Stannis I was killed."

"Huh?!" Blake's voice was strange, and he received a strong shock.

"Stannis is dead." Will threw the flames and azurite on his shoulders, and the two griffins fluttered and flew high when they were about to fall into the water.

Blake followed Will's footsteps and followed Will's gaze to the far right.

In the distance, more than half a day away, is the famous Lannis Port. One of the five major ports on the mainland of Westeros, dozens of docks are busy, large and small cargo ships come in and out, and the noise will not stop day and night. Inside the harbor, the Lannister family naval warships are moored.

The Lannister family in Lannice Port is a branch of the Tywin Lannister family in Kaiyan City in the west, and the patriarch and city owner is Mullen Lannister.

Mullen Lannister has a powerful navy and is the most important maritime power in the West.

"Who will inherit the throne?" Blake stared at Will.

"Among the Seven Kingdoms, only in the Law of Donne, women and sons are treated equally and can inherit the throne. Both nobles and common people will accept it, and no one will resist."

"Stannis has no sons."

"Yes, he did not designate Shireen Baratheon as the heir. If there is a will designation, Shireen's succession to the throne is more legitimate."

"But courtiers loyal to Stannis I can also support Shireen Baratheon's succession."

"Yes, but even the Targaryen family had a civil war due to Princess Renilla’s succession problem and led to the final extinction of the dragon. Now the power of the king is empty, unless Ed Stark takes it forever In the name of the prime minister, he led his army back to King’s Landing and supported Shireen Baratheon as king, but even if Ed Stark did so, he still needed to solve a legal inheritance problem. Obey the ancient law Ed Stark will be very contradictory. And the power vacuum during this time on the Iron Throne will be a great opportunity for Tyrell, Kaivon Lannister, royal nobles and valley ambitions."

"Valley knights will rebel too?"

"Don’t forget that Cersei, who is under house arrest in the Valley, has a son named Toman Baratheon. If Valley careerists want to seek power, Toman Baratheon is the ancestor Robert Barathon. En's bones and blood are the best excuse."

Yes, for careerists, they only need to find excuses, which have nothing to do with the truth.

Blake was silent for a while, and said, "Then we still have to attack the Iron Islands? Stannis is no longer there. Does his order still need to be carried out? If we lead the army at this time and support Shireen Barra Theon is king, and the kingdom is in our hands. Anyone who disobeys is rebellious and can conquer him in a fair way."

Will was silent for a while, then slowly said: "Now the situation is uncertain. The first person to seize power will be the target of everyone's attacks. We are not Ed Stark. The name of the king of Quqin is not right. , And we’re on the string, let’s focus on the battle ahead."

Blake was silent.

The troops from the north have infiltrated Lannisport, only waiting for the news of the Iron Islands fleet approaching the north from the ravens in the north.

"There are no kings in the seven kingdoms, and Shireen is just a puppet. The dragons have no leader. Ed Stark is more than brave and lacks in strategy. The Alliance army will soon disintegrate. Whether Shireen Baratheon is in charge or not, the country They will inevitably face division and chaos. Who will unify the mainland and gather the power of the human race against the aliens?" Will asked Blake, as if to himself, "A chaotic and divided country has no power, only a unified country can have it. ."

"Aren't you always fighting against ghosts? Don't forget, what is your vow to convince me?" Blake said.

Will pondered.

"Why don't you just stand up and unite everyone under the banner? What are you worried about? Do you lack a slogan or a reason?"

"The reason has long existed. It's just that the banner of Stannis I fell. The nobles pay attention to lineage and inheritance. It is impossible to put me as a night watchman in their eyes."

"After you have a reason, only power is left to determine the result. Lord Will, with power, you can empower loyal people to become new nobles instead of old nobles. In the matter of fighting against ghosts, the North has been You conquer. Of course, only one northern border is not enough."

Will was silent.

He naturally understood what Blake said, but the situation was too complicated. Moreover, in this fantasy world, the roots and bloodlines of any great nobleman are better than him, a thief-born guy. There are no people like Stannis and Ed Stark as his banner, and his appeal is trivial to the nobles.

He thought of the huge sparrow who died with Stannis I.

The big sparrow has achieved this point of despising all nobles and royal power and possessing grassroots power. Although he relies on the power of God, who is not? In the world before Will crossed, in the feudal ancient dynasty, the king was no longer the king, but the emperor.

The son of heaven, the son of heaven, what can the son of heaven be if he is not the son of god?

All histories and legends, the core is the same after removing the surface branches.

Will understood what Blake was saying and looked deeper and farther.

If a person wants to do something and achieve success, two conditions are indispensable: the first is the time of day, which needs the current situation; the second is man-made. The condition for man-made success is: power!

As Will, who has a modern scientific worldview in another world, understands this very well.

He understands better than everyone in this world.

When a ghost strikes, no one can stay out of the matter, including himself. This is the time and the time.

When the cold swept the land, rivers and lakes would be frozen into smooth roads. The sea can stop people without boats, but it cannot stop the cold and winter snow. ——The continent of Essos on the opposite side will also face winter and long nights. When the cold gods and strange ghosts rule over the continent of Westeros, the continent of Essos is just as dangerous.

Will thought of Melisandre, the red priest from Asia, 20,000 miles away. He thought of the dragon of the Targaryen family. The dragon was extinct and resurrected again, and he would bring a legion from the opposite continent.

In the face of the real doomsday catastrophe, whether you are fleeing, fighting, hiding, or any other choice, as long as you want to live, you can only fight and do your best. Any ostrich behavior that buries its head in the sand and ignores the catastrophe of the world is self-deception.

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"When will you tell Robb Stark this news?" Blake asked.

Robb Stark sneaked into Lannis Harbor.

"Tell him today that this news will soon be known to the Seven Kingdoms." Will said, "We are on the line, we still have to hit the Iron Islands first, not for Stannis's order, but for ourselves. The Iron People will not be removed. Always a threat."

What Blake didn’t know was that he had to hurry up to take down the Iron Islands, because Theon Greyjoy’s uncle, the missing Serenity captain, Crow’s Eye Euron Greyjoy, would soon emerge from the ruins of Valyria. He returned in China and brought back a powerful fleet and countless treasures of gold and silver. He will use sword and gold to reunify the iron people and make waves. Moreover, that guy will find something truly threatening: the dragon's horn.

"You made a decision?" Blake doubted. He saw the hesitation in Will's eyes.

The observing power of the faceless is astonishing, just like their thousand-face ability.

"I can't do it if I don't make a decision. The ghosts come, and they will bring cold and night. When the cold and night rule the world, where can you and I go?"

"Go ahead, Will!" Blake said lightly.

"it is good!"

Blake looked into Will's eyes from the side. He saw that the hesitation and confusion in Will's eyes disappeared, and a clear sky filled Will's eyes.

"In fact, he already knew how to choose and how to do it. His hesitation and confusion, the confusion and confusion, maybe just because he was a little tired." Blake secretly said, "You guy , Don’t forget the vow you gave me that I couldn’t refuse."

Will looked at the sea and the endless blue sky in front of him. The sky and the sea were the same color, magnificent.

Wide sea diving, sky high the birds to fly!

"Go ahead, Will!" he said to himself in his heart.