Chapter 423: Excuse

"Roar——"

Balerion had been hit by an arrow, but the wound was not deep. The dragon let out a roar, its massive wings trembling.

Whoosh~

Then, a surge of dragon fire spewed onto the spot where the crossbow bolt had hit, melting it directly into ashes on its body.

Then, it slightly shook its heavy scales, and a black fog rose from the wound, beginning to heal its body, just like the last time it was injured in a battle with the corrupted dragon.

But compared to the last time it fought with a dragon even larger than itself, this minor injury was like a needle prick.

Someone in the allied forces might have thought that the giant crossbow could assassinate the dragon and Viserys, but the result was the opposite.

Not only did it not kill Balerion, but it also enraged the Black Death God, and Viserys shattered the crossbow bolt in mid-air with a single sword strike.

The reason Viserys dared to ride alone to the city was that he knew that even if the other side had any tricks, they couldn't hurt him.

In fact, he had some intention of deliberately luring the other side to attack him, and he was actually on high alert.

Because he now needed an excuse to turn against them, and this excuse was just delivered to him, in front of countless allied soldiers, attempting to hurt people with a hidden arrow, it was reasonable and legal for Viserys to retaliate.

"Roar——"

Balerion's roar made Riverrun tremble.

Then, the huge figure that blocked the sun and the sky swooped down, and a torrent of dragon fire poured down.

Boom——

The dragon fire crazily hit the city wall of Riverrun, and countless allied soldiers let out a terrible scream and were directly burned to ashes.

"Ah ah ah——"

Some soldiers were burning with fire, then jumped from the city wall and fell to their deaths below the city, or jumped into the water, but drowned in the Green Fork.

The soldiers of the alliance had survived the nightmare of the White Walkers' invasion, but they didn't expect to be buried in dragon fire because of the fickleness of human hearts.

And the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms on the city wall, including Tywin Lannister, who is currently acting as the commander of the allied forces, naturally fled from the city wall under the escort of the guards.

"Protect the lord!"

"Quick!"

"Retreat quickly!"

In fact, when the crossbow bolt hit Balerion, but failed to kill the dragon, they knew that things were bad.

If they were a little later, they might have been burned to ashes by the dragon fire.

"Who gave the order?!"

"Why attack the dragon?"

And the man with the Ice Wolf emblem on his chest and brown hair was also enraged.

He hurriedly walked down from the city wall under the escort of the Northern soldiers, and ran into Tywin Lannister, the acting commander of the allied forces.

Then, Eddard Stark, the Duke of Winterfell, strode forward and grabbed Tywin's collar, demanding angrily.

Clang——

Clang——

And the Lannister soldiers behind Tywin saw their lord being grabbed by the collar and threatened, and immediately drew their swords and shouted.

"Stop!"

"Let go of Lord Tywin!"

The soldiers of the Westerlands drew their swords one after another, and the Northern soldiers following Eddard Stark were naturally not afraid.

"What are you doing!"

Although their armor was not as luxurious as the Western soldiers, they were more fiery and brave, so they also drew their long swords.

The scene was instantly filled with the glint and flash of swords, and the atmosphere became tense.

And Tywin, whose collar was grabbed by Eddard Stark, also looked a bit bad. Such an action was a very rude behavior, and it might even cause a duel.

Eddard was usually proud and cold, but rarely had such rude moments. It seemed that he was extremely angry now.

And Tywin didn't know the details of Eddard, but thinking of the latter's record of killing 'Sword of the Morning' Arthur Dayne, he immediately backed down.

He was old and didn't want to fight with young people.

Therefore, Tywin was humiliated, but he could only swallow his anger at the moment and try to talk to Eddard Stark, who was in a rage, as calmly as possible.

"Lord Eddard, could you let me go first?"

Tywin looked at the Duke of Winterfell with his eyes, then said.

And the man with brown hair also looked at him, took a deep breath, and finally reason overcame impulse.

He didn't want to start a civil strife under the current circumstances.

Then Eddard suddenly let go of Tywin's collar, giving the Duke of Casterly Rock a chance to breathe.

"My lord."

"My lord."

The guards quickly supported the somewhat embarrassed Duke Tywin.

And Tywin Lannister slightly waved his hand, took a few deep breaths, adjusted the collar that had just been grabbed, and then spoke with a hoarse voice.

"Lord Eddard."

"Do you think if we don't attack Viserys, he will let us go?"

Tywin's words made Eddard, who was still in a rage, suddenly much calmer.

"You, Jon Arryn, Hoster Tully, and His Majesty, the North, the Vale, the Riverlands, and the Stormlands formed an alliance to overthrow his father's dynasty, driving the Targaryen family from the Iron Throne..."

"I also have the blood of the Targaryen family on my hands."

Tywin's eyes were sharp, and he once again took the initiative to walk in front of Eddard Stark.

This made the Northern soldiers standing behind Eddard Stark tense, and then Tywin continued to question.

"And now he's back."

The slightly balding blonde man pointed outside.

"Do you think he will let us go?"

And Eddard was completely silent. He had just come over in a rage.

His heart even had some expectations that he could try not to conflict with Viserys as much as possible and solve the problem through negotiations.

He was even willing to wear black as a criminal for this, in exchange for Viserys not attacking Westeros.

But now it seems that this road has been blocked from the beginning, and it is even a bit naive.

"So what?"

"Lord Tywin, you tried to hurt people with a hidden arrow in a way that violates honor. What did you get in the end?"

After Eddard calmed down, he asked back. Although he didn't approve of the act of hurting people with a hidden arrow, it was done, but the hidden arrow didn't kill the other party, which was a bit embarrassing.

Boom——

The fire above their heads rushed into the sky, and dragon fire spewed onto the city wall of Riverrun. A large number of allied soldiers screamed, and the two men below also changed their faces at the same time.

"This is my negligence, Lord Eddard."

"I thought the giant crossbow could assassinate the dragon, because the Dornish once killed Meraxes at Hellholt, this is the only way to deal with dragons."

And looking at

the surging dragon fire above his head, Tywin Lannister's face changed slightly, and then he said.

He knew very well that Viserys would never let him go, so he had to take the initiative to surround the allied forces tightly around him, secretly instructing soldiers to launch a giant crossbow in an attempt to assassinate Viserys and his dragon for this reason.

But unfortunately, the giant crossbow didn't do much damage to Balerion. As long as it wasn't like Meraxes being hit directly in the eye, it was like tickling, but it angered the dragon.

And what Tywin didn't expect was that Viserys could actually shatter the crossbow bolt with a single sword.

Is this still a human?

"Now is the best opportunity to defeat Viserys."

"Otherwise, when his three dragons and sixty thousand troops have all crossed the Narrow Sea, we won't have a chance."