Chapter 19[Volume 2]
Jon looked at his work as he saw the chaos created in Volantis, dozens of businesses burned, mercenaries fighting with slave soldiers.
The death of the tiger leader put the elephant leader on alert, which made him take in men for protection, which made taking control of the port simple. There were riots on the black wall, the temple of R'hllor was trying to calm the situation. Ramon's group took the merchant's house and started riots throughout the area.
The tiger men were busy on the long bridge and with the extra protections for the nobles.
The boy watched as everything continued from the balcony of his apartment, Arya must be reaching her goal.
The boy turned and looked at the elephant soldier.
"Are you completely sure? " he asked.
"Of course, I told you that I saw it in the red temple, why would I lie to you? " said Jon.
"It's not that I don't believe you, but everyone says he died in his mansion" the soldier clarified.
"Nonsense, how can that be true? Are you saying that the elephant lord had him killed? " said Jon.
The soldier shook his head.
"No, of course not," he said.
Jon nodded.
"It's all lies, the tigers want to eliminate the elephants because they know they will be re-elected, this is all a trap, and the dirty priests support them," said Jon.
The soldier looked at him and sighed.
"But if Shaker Tromper is with the priests, we can arrest him, or hand him over to the Lord Marshal," said the soldier.
Jon nodded.
"They will surely promote you, and when that happens, don't forget who helped you," Jon told him.
The soldier looked at him and nodded.
Jon watched as he addressed a group of soldiers.
"Call the others, the red priests betrayed the elephants" the boy heard and smiled.
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Arya walked calmly in her priestess costume in the temple of the lord of light. She had infiltrated a few hours ago, with a priestess costume that she stole from the washrooms, and examined the temple of the lord of fire, it was something she had never seen, very big.
It was a shame that it would have to cease to exist.
It would be sacrilege if she believed in him.
But she was raised with the seven and the old gods.
And she only venerated the ancients.
She had an explosive bought on the black market, brought from Yiti by Talisa's father, and the girl continued on her way.
She felt that a monk was following her and went into a room to wait for him.
"Who are you?" asked the priest.
"I'm nothing more than a priestess," she told him with her mind control.
"only a priestess" he muttered.
"Take it" She gave him the package.
The man read that it said, "From the Lord Marshal."
"What is this?" he said, frowning an eyebrow.
"It's a gift for the head priestess of the temple," she said.
"Lady Kinvara?" he asked.
"Yes... But the elephant lord couldn't give it to her directly, since that would be showing favoritism" she said and used her mind trick to make him believe her.
The priest nodded.
"You must put it in a place where only the priestess can see it" she ordered.
He nodded and walked away with the package.
Arya watched him go and smiled in satisfaction.
"I love this magic," she said.
She teleported to Talisa's father's house, and waited.
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The head priestess of the red priests invited all the priests, and began her speech about the lord of light and the prince who was promised.
"And he will brandish his flaming sword over the other, and the long winter will end," she said.
The priests nodded as they heard her.
The woman looked at the small drawer in the table in front of her, it was half open and a package with a note in it could be seen.
' From Lord Marshal ' She read.
' How did it get here? A gift from the elephant lord? ' she thought.
She took the package and suddenly felt in danger. The woman cast her magic to protect herself and the package exploded. The temple collapsed and all the priests felt the roof fall on them.
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Arya smiled as she watched the image of the temple fall from her balcony. And she arrived at the white room. She reached level 16 with 2 skill points.
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Jon heard the explosion.
"And so it begins" he whispered.
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Aegon, Rhaenys, Ashara, and Jon Connington heard the explosion from their home.
"What was that?" Aegon asked.
"The storm, don't you remember... Jon said it was coming" Rhaenys said.
"That sounded more like an explosion," Ashara said.
"Storms have explosions," Jon Connington explained and headed to the window.
"Civil War, I admit, is not doing too badly," he said with a thoughtful pose.
' They're after Volantis… Maybe they're not after us after all? ' he thought.
He turned to see Ashara, the woman was looking at him too, both of them thinking the same thing.
"After all, this may not be so bad" the woman muttered.
The man nodded.
The two siblings looked at them curiously.
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The few surviving red priests looked on in horror as an old, burnt woman emerged from the building.
"Lady Kinvara," one of them recognized her.
"They betrayed us! The elephants betrayed us! They have wraight the fury of the Lord of Light! " she exclaimed furiously.
"What's going on here?" She heard and saw a soldier with a platoon.
"Elephant? ELEPHANT! " she exclaimed furiously.
"What happened? Oh, trying to cover your tracks, huh? It won't work! " he exclaimed and pulled out his sword.
The other soldiers followed him and drew their weapons.
The red priests pounced on them.
Kinvara did not hesitate and a ball of fire appeared in her hand, then launched it at the first man who reached her, her fury said it all.
"They will pay for this sacrilege!" she exclaimed.
Some soldiers who saw the explosion arrived to see elephant soldiers being attacked by the priests.
And they noticed that they did not know which of the two to attack.
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Ned, furious, saw the ships approaching, a wave hit them and destroyed them with a movement of the man's hand.
[T/N: I WAS SO FUCKING RIGHT! THEY ARE BECOMING OLIMPAINS! or gods. Take note, MINOR -g- ]
He appeared in the white room. He quickly went to the computer and opened the character menu.
{Name: Ned Stark
Title: King of the North
Skill Points: 5
Level: 18 (0/5000)
Health: 1700/1700
Mana: 1580/1580
Attributes: Low
Skills: 2
Swordsmanship Level: 3
Atlantic Magic Level: 3
Do you want to spend four skill points and get the first upgrade to the Atlantic Magic skill at level 4?
Yes/No}
Ned pressed yes.
{Atlantic Magic Level: 4
This skill has another improvement.
Cost: 170 mana per spell.
Aquatic recovery: You recover your health and mana in the water.
Upgrade 1: Water also gives you health regeneration for ten minutes.}
The man left the room without caring.
"Don't leave any ship standing" he ordered.
They were in the seas of the iron islands, they divided the men between them, Ned currently took charge of one part, Roose Bolton of another, and Wendel Manderly of the third.
Ned saw the land nearby and with it, he could face his enemies with his sword, spill Greyjoy blood.
Get his northern justice.
"Winter has arrived" he muttered.
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Catelyn glared at her brother, it took her a long time to convince him to accept the engagement.
She had gotten a lot of points for sure after the long and tedious negotiation with her brother, but she still hadn't leveled up.
A couple of days had passed since her husband left to conquer the Iron Islands, he had surely arrived by now.
Catelyn, on the other hand, wasted no time, while Robb defended the rivers, she spent her time talking to prisoners of war, gaining experience points, although she still hadn't leveled up.
She turned to look at her son, she saw him looking at some maps, trying to choose the best place for a defense.
He was distracted, the defense of the rivers was essential but he could not be in several places at the same time.
The battle was getting closer and closer.
But she did get some good information, she knew about a couple of fallen western lords, some soldiers who could be useful as prisoners, among other things.
Her skill was indispensable for that, the prisoners after a little persuasion spoke calmly, told secrets, talked as if they were lifelong friends, they didn't even seem to notice.
The Stark woman tried to distract herself with that, otherwise, she could only go to her room and cry, the loss of her two youngest children made her break down, but she couldn't let the others fall for that, Bran and Rickon would be avenged, and she would protect the rest.
Catelyn gave them ideas for negotiations, and they almost always accepted them. On the other hand, her brother had been very annoying, having to persuade him to marry the Frey girl, he didn't know they were at war.
"Hard-headed, like dad," she told him.
The black fish looked at everything with amusement.
"This reminds me of the past" he muttered.
The man turned to the other side of the room.
Catelyn's young son stared at a map, trying to figure out how to continue with his father far away.
But he thought it was all just to distract himself.
His best friend betrayed him and now his brothers are dead.
' He feels responsible ' thought the black fish.
He couldn't blame him.
Nor could he forgive him, Robb Stark had to do that himself.
He looked to the door to see his wife enter, a lovely young woman, according to what the black fish appreciated about her.
Calm, professional, well educated, and above all, a healer.
The black fish had drunk a potion from her, regenerating all his wounds in seconds, how she would make such a concoction, the man did not know.
[T/N: Ah, he's talking about Talisa]
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The Northern Lord brandished Ice and cut through one after another, without hesitation or uncertainty, Ned moved at great speed while the Ironborn fell one after another. The fortress was in flames, then a man with an axe came out to face him.
"I am Manfryd Merlyn," he said, pointing his battle axe.
"I don't care," Ned whispered.
"You will die like your children, Stark," he told him.
Ned tightened his grip on his sword.
" Dismember" he whispered, clenching his teeth.
The battle axe came and Ned pushed it aside and hit the Ironborn's shoulder. The Ironborn let out a cry of pain, his shoulder coming off of his body as if it had been pierced by a spear.
Ned did not hesitate and attacked him on the ground, his head was split in half, then he hit him again, and again, the sword was breaking the body savagely. And he arrived again at the white room. He reached level 19 with 3 skill points. And he left.
He watched as everyone looked at him, even his men. The Ironborn's body was split into dozens of pieces on the ground, but Ned didn't even flinch. He was covered in blood, it dripped down his sword, covered his armor and his face. Some of the Ironborn threw down their weapons. And others simply fled in terror.
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Jon seemed uneasy, a few days had passed since the priests' rebellion began, dozens of humans sacrificed, mostly soldiers of the captured elephants, the tigers all in disarray, attacks everywhere.
Still, he felt uneasy as if something was happening, and he didn't know what.
His thoughts wandered to the north.
Then he shook his head.
He couldn't be distracted now.
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Ned watched the ships heading towards him and with his mind, he maneuvered his own, he threw waves and the man rammed each of the ships.
How many could there have been?
A hundred ships destroyed by the northerners?
Two hundred?
"How do you feel, Balon?" he murmured.
Some ships were approaching and the man ordered the use of harpoons.
These fired large spears that sank the ships easily, Ned saw them fall one after another, the shores of Old Wyk were already visible.
The man looked at the white room again, he was leveling up quickly in battles, perhaps because he got points for all the ships.
He went to the computer and pressed the character menu.
{Name: Ned Stark
Title: King of the North
Skill Points: 5
Level: 20 (0/7500)
Health: 1900/1900
Mana: 1780/1780
Attributes: Low
Skills: 2
Swordsmanship Level: 3
Atlantic Magic Level: 3
Do you want to spend four skill points and get the second upgrade to the Atlantic Magic skill at level 4?
Yes/No}
Ned pressed yes.
{Atlantic Magic Level: 4
Cost: 170 mana per spell
Aquatic recovery: You recover your health and mana in the water.
Upgrade 1: Water also gives you health regeneration for ten minutes.
Upgrade 2: Water also gives you mana regeneration for ten minutes.}
Ned left the room.
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Jon talked to Talisa's father, they both agreed that the leader of the elephants should live a little longer, they had to create a distraction, Arya proposed a robbery, of contracts or gold, and they agreed.
"If we find any dirt, I'll have a reason to get to him before I kill him. Bad reputation is a deadly weapon for a politician" Jon told Arya.
Out of nowhere, a dove came to him with a note.
Jon read it.
"My men are ready, a small army is coming from Valyria, we need to have information from the elephant lord before they arrive," he said.
"In that case, let's not wait any longer," said Arya
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Ralf Stonehouse was waiting for him, all his allies were dead on the ground, the northerners had no mercy.
Ned approached with Ice.
"Critical hit" he muttered.
Ralf attacked with his greatsword and Ned stopped it and retaliated.
The man barely stopped the blow but fell backwards.
"Nothing less can be expected from the one who killed the sword of dawn" Ralf whispered with a smile.
Ned didn't say anything.
"Quiet, huh. Never mind" said Ralf.
Ned waited for him, Ralf launched attacks with his two-handed sword, the Stark evaded them with.
Ralf tried to punch him by attacking with one hand, Ned saw the beginner's mistake and hit his hand with his sword.
The man let out a cry of pain.
Ned stepped forward with his sword raised and struck again. The Valyrian steel split the ordinary metal and passed through.
"The orders were to capture" he whispered.
"But they didn't, did they?" Ned whispered.
"No, I guess not," said Ralf and fell to the ground.
Ned found himself back in the white room. He reached level 21 with three skill points. And he left.
He watched his men arrive.
"My lord, Lord Bolton, and Lord Manderly have succeeded," said a soldier.
"Very well, let's go," he said, leaving.
"Wendel and Bolton did it, so only Pike remains" he whispered.
[T/N: I'll be honest, I started my second Job today, so now I work a few hours later, and I am so drained, it wasn't even hard work, it was just boring, long, and monotonous. I've been working since I was 13, I was not expecting the day to be so slow. I worked for years in the service industry so I'm used to constantly having something to do. If you like this chapter then write a comment, drop some stones, and leave a review. If you want access to some advanced chapters then check out the Patreon.]
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