Chapter 166 The So-called Son of God

Although far away from the battlefield, the islands were still not peaceful during the war, or it could be said that there was an undercurrent under the apparent peace.

Balon Greyjoy, the king of the Iron Islands, called on the young generation of the entire island to go to the battlefield to participate in the war, but many of the old people left behind seemed more nervous than the participants. The Ironmen were fierce and cruel, but they valued their offspring very much. Now that most of their offspring were not around, they naturally could not relax.

In this tense atmosphere, only the power of faith could make them a little calmer. In fact, the Drowned People of the entire archipelago have been walking around the islands to comfort and preach recently, and they seem to be busy.

The belief in the Drowned God has been deeply rooted in the Iron Islands for thousands of years, but not all islanders believe in it devoutly. Some are pious on the surface, some are not pious on the surface, and some are pious in their hearts but not in their behavior...

In addition to these, after countless years of infiltration, the Church of the Seven Gods in Westeros has also bred some believers on the island. The former Iron King, Quren Greyjoy, was quite indulgent towards those people, and the Drowned People could not do anything about it. But at the beginning of the new king's reign, they need to take this opportunity to try to drive those people away and let those misled compatriots convert to the right path. Those who do not convert will be beaten with sticks until they convert.

In short, everything needs to be corrected and taught by the Drowned People themselves.

It's just that recently, a special news has distracted the busy Drowned People. That is, in Great Wyck Island, a group of people led by the Drowned People priest, Salt Tongue Sauron, found the so-called Son of the Drowned God.

Salttongue Sauron is a famous Drowned Man priest in the Iron Islands. He once claimed that the Ironborn originated from the Drowned God's Palace of Water and was created by the Drowned God in his own image. He also claimed that the Ironborn came from the depths of the ocean and were born with the right to rule all waters.

This statement was questioned by many people, but also sought after by many people. However, for the Drowned Man class, Salttongue Sauron is most famous not for his words, but for being the first person to choose to stand on their side after those guys who claimed to be followers of the Son of the Drowned God suddenly arrived.

Yes, on their side.

No one has ever seen the followers of the Son of the Drowned God, but they suddenly appeared, and they suddenly emerged from the water in a large-scale fishing operation. As a result, they were enthusiastically sought after by the people as soon as they appeared, and the so-called statement that they were sent by the Drowned God was also believed by many people.

It's just that the people are seeking their mystery, but the original Drowned People in the Islands are quite repulsive to this, and many even think they are a group of liars.

In this situation, the local Drowned people originally planned to unite and expel those people from the Iron Islands, but they didn't expect that a traitor appeared among them in the middle of the process and disrupted this plan, and that traitor was Sauron the Salt Tongue.

Later, the situation was out of control. Relying on the magical origin, relying on the help of the traitor, and relying on the words that were too radical but popular compared to the contemporary Drowned people, the followers quickly gained a foothold in the islands, their influence became more and more obvious, and they seriously squeezed the "living space" of the local Drowned people.

And unlike the local Drowned people who were scattered like a pile of loose sand, those followers were extremely united one by one, often acting in groups. When their companions were "bullied", they all swarmed in, making it difficult for the local Drowned people to resist.

If it goes on like this normally, the two sides of the Drowned people will one day break out into a bigger conflict, but it was precisely in this situation that the war broke out.

The sudden war shifted the existing contradictions. Regardless of whether they were new or old, the entire Drowned class began to preach and appease the people, and there were signs of easing relations in the process. However, this easing was completely wiped out after the news of the so-called Son of the Drowned God spread.

The local Drowned people generally believed that the new Drowned people's claim that they came from more than 200 years ago was completely deceiving people, and the so-called Son of the Drowned God in their mouths was just a cover for their propaganda and preaching.

However, at the moment, those people actually want to make this cover real?

Obviously, the local Drowned people cannot support those people to do so, because the Drowned priests have always claimed that they are servants of God, and if there is really such a thing as the Son of God, wouldn't they have an extra "Son of God King" who rules the Drowned people?

Or like the false god sect in the Green Land, do those people want to create a bishop?

This is absolutely intolerable!

Countless local Drowned people were indignant about this, and many Drowned people were ready to call on all Drowned people to go to Old Wyke Island to hold a prophet's meeting, and then eliminate the conspiracy of the "enemy", and by the way, drive this group of people away completely.

God's servants should be pious, equal, and wholeheartedly believe in the Drowned God, and should not become the tools of ambition of some conspirators!

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Cod, black cod, sardines, skate, ice fish, crabs, and even lobsters...

As far as the eye can see, the food on the long table in front of him is all fish, and the cooking methods are also very monotonous - fish stew, fish soup, fish stew...

The only special thing is the black bread placed on a plate carved from driftwood. It has clear edges and corners and pure colors. It looks very solid without touching it.

With one hand on his face and the other hand tapping the long table in front of him boredly, Renly felt a little toothache when he looked at all this.

How could he, a duke of Dragonstone and a member of the Baratheon royal family, become a so-called "faith leader" in the enemy camp?

He raised his eyes and glanced at the three Drowned Priests in the sealskin tent here. Two looked very young and one looked very old. Their different looks gave them different temperaments. The same thing was that they were all standing at the long table. In front of him, his demeanor was either respectful or hypocritical.

"If Shen Zi feels that these foods are not to your taste, then I will send someone to notify the nearby Merlin family later and ask them to bring some other foods you like."

Look, Renly hasn't moved for a long time. The old drowned man with long gray hair and wearing red, green and blue coarse cloth said so.

"Under normal circumstances, the son of God shouldn't need to eat, right?" The childish voice was full of doubts, and it also seemed to be full of "self-denial." However, neither the old drowned man nor the two young people The drowned people didn't care.

"When King Rhodes was alive, he also needed to eat, drink, and have diarrhea." A young drowned man from behind said, "And that does not affect his holiness."

But to hell with it, Renly rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

He wanted to know if these people would feel sacred when they saw the excrement inside when they poured themselves chamber pots.

But obviously these are a group of guys with funny minds. Maybe coming to this strange world has made them convinced of the existence of gods, or maybe they are mentally stimulated and something is not normal. It is more likely that they want to regain their past ambitions ( Except for the old Drowned Man named Sauron, Renly has determined that the other Drowned Men are those who came more than two hundred years ago).

In short, when he was first surrounded by them, Renly had already confessed that he was not the son of the Drowned God, but they just didn't believe it. Instead, they respectfully but rigorously brought him to this beach camp, and Delicious food and drinks were served——

Of course, they had actually used many methods to test the "authenticity" of Renly's identity before this.

And then he was confirmed.

There is nothing wrong with this, but there is an acquaintance of Renly in the Drowned team, and the other party knows his origin and name, so Renly had no intention of pretending to be this magic stick from the beginning.

At the same time, although he has many special abilities, he still needs to eat, drink, and poop. So the question is, would normal people think that a person who still needs to eat, drink, and even pee and sleep would be some kind of son of God?

Unlike those previous names, this identity cannot be faked.

Therefore, when he found himself "besieged", Renly confessed that he had no idea what they were talking about, and he had no idea what the Sons of the Drowned God were.

But I didn't expect that these people didn't care about it. Even the old acquaintance Yi Lun seemed to be out of his mind now, as if he was coming and going all day long...

This seems to be beneficial to him, but Renly doesn't think that there is no possibility that his true identity will be exposed——

No matter how ignorant the Iron Islands are, if it attracts the attention of a large number of people, his Baratheon family background will probably surface sooner or later.

And he obviously has not forgotten that the people of the Iron Islands are currently at war with Baratheon.

When that time comes, it may not be clear whether the divine status of the Son of God is more useful, or the head of the Son of God.

Not surprisingly, Renly wanted to slip away, but so far he had little chance.

As soon as this group of drowned people caused a stir, the local captains basically knew about the existence of such a famous person, and many people even came to watch at the beginning.

Secondly, these people understand his abilities, or in other words, understand his abilities in the ocean, so although they are respectful, they take him very seriously in many aspects.

The Drowned people claim that the Son of God currently does not correctly understand his true identity, and he has obviously not inherited the memory of the previous Son of the Drowned God. Therefore, self-denial is normal, and he should be able to adapt to it after some time.

Renly could only chuckle at this.

The devout, the fanatics, the conspirators, the drifters, the dubious...

This is everything he observed in the past two days.

Although there were many Drowned Men who maintained true respect for his existence, Renly did not lose his mind due to the flattery of these people. He kept observing and found that not all of his followers from ancient times were respectful to him. His existence is absolutely certain, or perhaps only a few are pious.

And why they act like this is actually very simple——

Ambition.

The so-called Son of the Drowned God seems to be very sacred to ordinary people, and some of the methods he possesses are also shocking. However, in the hands of ambitious rulers, he is nothing more than a magical tool. The situation of the Drowned King in history is certainly possible. Because it has some special abilities and secrets, but in the final analysis it is just a tool, a tool that fools the people and was elected by the drowned people in troubled times.

And what can be sacred about the identity of a tool?

It's a pity that you are destined to be disappointed, Renly thought to himself.

He couldn't figure out how these people found him. Logically speaking, his behavior should be very covert. He didn't "hear" anything from the ax symbol.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, he can't stay here and be the son of the Drowned God. Regardless of his true identity, he has had enough of staying in this indifferent Iron Islands, and he doesn't want to stay for a long time.

But, how to escape?

Renly pondered as he knocked on the table.

It was actually very simple to escape alone. Even if this group of people watched closely, they could not completely stop Renly from approaching the sea. After all, the faith of the Drowned Man came from the sea.

But if he escaped like that, he would face the old problem again, that is, he could not swim back to the mainland by himself.

And after his "identity was exposed", it seemed not easy to fool people into taking a boat like before...

Renly was a little absent-minded for a while, secretly feeling that he really made a mistake at every step.

But then someone came to visit, which temporarily interrupted his thoughts-

Aeren Greyjoy, the youngest brother of Balon Greyjoy, the current king of the Iron Islands, was the old acquaintance who first recognized him.

The guy that Renly thought was a fool.

There will be another chapter later