Chapter 181 Thousand Faces and Magic

As the captain of the Hammer of Fury, Burrell did not know the identities of the father and son who were on board the ship. Due to King Balon's previous instructions, he did not dare to ask more.

However, the captain felt that the father and son were very strange. They stayed in the cabin all day and could not come out. The boy even shaved his head the day after boarding the ship. The boy's father also didn't look like someone who could give birth to such a beautiful child.

Judging from various signs, Burrell guessed that the father and son, or rather the boy, might be related to the most famous person in the recent islands. This guess made him feel a little nervous, but he thought he should pretend to know nothing. It's better to avoid getting into trouble.

But in fact, the mission of the Hammer of Fury is not just to transport the father and son to the Riverlands. The main mission of this ship is actually to go to the waters of Seaside City adjacent to the Riverlands.

There was the second battlefield between the Iron Islands and the Green Land. King Balon's brother Euron was in charge of it. However, when news of the fiasco at Fairy Isle came back, King Balon ordered the withdrawal of the troops. The man who was quite notorious in the islands Euron refused to return, claiming that Seaside City was about to be captured.

King Balon was quite angry about this, so he sent the Hammer of Fury to the Seaside City to urge him. Burrell didn't know whether he could complete this task. Even as a native of Pyke, he had no idea about the Greyjoy. Euron, the second son of the Yi family, is actually a little scared.

"Hope everything goes well."

Muttering in a low voice, Burrell noticed something was wrong with the sea breeze around the deck. He couldn't help but look up at the sky. The increasingly gloomy look made him frown.

"The weather at sea can change at any time, it's really unpredictable."

The first mate next to me sighed: "There is still enough sunshine this morning."

"The sea has never been like this." Burrell replied after hearing this: "Maybe the God of Storms is about to target us."

"It looks almost interesting." The first mate said nonchalantly: "Our iron fleet was hit by a storm a while ago. I don't believe our ship will be unlucky enough to encounter it again. And you see, there is a storm on our ship. What a great man, the God of Storms has no intention of doing anything to us."

"I don't know who the great person is." Captain Burrell glanced at his rough-tempered first mate after hearing this: "Tell me, who is the great person?"

His eyes seemed to be intimidating and full of warning, which made the first mate shut his mouth angrily, but then he muttered again: "Anyway, I don't believe we will encounter a storm."

…

The captain and others were talking about the weather over there, and here Renly was also looking at the gloomy weather conditions outside through the narrow window of the cabin and frowning.

"If a storm comes outside, don't forget to hold me tight." He warned those around him.

"Like it used to be?"

Renly couldn't help but feel a little awkward at what this "man" said, and then he noticed that this man's expression seemed to be filled with solemnity.

"What did you feel?"

"Magic? God?" Rhaenys, still maintaining her male disguise, looked down at him.

"Are you being targeted?"

"I don't know." Renly frowned and replied, "But I always encounter storms in the sea."

"In ancient times, the Durandon family was somewhat related to the Storm God, and Baratheon inherited the blood of the Durandon family." Rhaenys said, thinking of some things she had learned recently, she couldn't help but say, "Oh Lys Baratheon would probably jump out of his grave if he knew that his descendants would usurp our family's throne."

Oris Baratheon is the ancestor of the Baratheon family and the closest right-hand man to Aegon the Conqueror. There are even rumors that Oris is the illegitimate brother of Aegon the Conqueror. He has worked diligently for that person throughout his life. He served as a conqueror and could be described as a very loyal person.

"Time changes everything."

Renly replied, "Even the dragons are extinct, how much less loyal?"

"Really..." Rhaenys murmured, and then changed the subject: "I don't know exactly why the situation outside is, but maybe before this ship sinks, I should teach you some magic knowledge. "

"Theological knowledge too?" Renly asked tentatively.

"Yes."

Rhaenys nodded: "Except for the Valyrian magic that can no longer be used, all the magic currently circulating is related to the gods."

"The kind that requires devout faith?"

"Only by serving sincerely can we communicate with the gods, and then show the power that mortals cannot control."

Renly's interest dropped greatly when he heard this: "Let's forget it, I have no intention of believing in God."

The words made Rhaenys give him a strange look.

"You don't believe in the Seven Gods? How did you become the one in the first place -" She reacted before she could finish her sentence, and then rubbed the boy's newly shaved head in a funny way.

"They thought you were the son of the Drowned God..."

"Don't you think I am?"

As Renly spoke, he got rid of the other person's hand touching his forehead, frowned and asked with some displeasure: "Who can a normal person pull off such a big scene?"

"That kind of scene is indeed rare, but I don't think you are the son of the Drowned God." Rhaenys said: "It is impossible for gods to have sons if they are not human beings."

As she spoke, she glanced at Renly curiously, but had no intention of continuing to ask. Instead, she continued the previous topic: "I believe in the Thousand-Faced God. The Thousand-Faced God has a thousand kinds of magic, but in the end The fundamental thing is still this.”

She said, taking off the mask from her face and handing it to Renly.

"Is this a human skin mask?"

Renly asked, and after taking it, he felt that the mask felt like a human face, and he could even feel the temperature.

"It is indeed made of a human face, but it also uses magic. Only people from the House of Black and White can make it. I only brought out a few pairs before I left there."

Rhaenys explained: "It preserves the remaining will of the dead. When you put on the mask, you can clearly feel it, and you can also use this to communicate with the gods that the dead served when they were alive, and then exchange power for a price, so I said that the Thousand-Faced God has a thousand kinds of magic."

"Can this kind of exchange be forged?" Renly thought.

"You can say that, but--"

She was forced to interrupt before she finished her words, because a crow suddenly landed outside the cabin window and stood on the window sill. Its dark eyes looked at the two people in the window, and seemed to be shining.

"Skinchanger? Greenseer?" Seeing this, Rhaenys quietly reached for a glass bottle in her waist pocket, but the crow tilted its head to look at her, then flapped its wings and ran away.

Looking at the direction, it was obviously the Iron Islands.

"We left in time."

Watching the crow go away until it turned into a black dot, Rhaenys quietly loosened the pocket on her waist, and at the same time lowered her head and said solemnly to Renly: "But not fast enough."

"Do you think it's going to find me?"

Renly asked, touching his chin.

"I'm not sure."

The person next to him shook his head: "But except for you, I don't think there will be anything else in the Iron Islands that can attract it."

Renly didn't speak, but glanced down at his left wrist.

After the sacred fire was lit, he suspected that some evil spirits would come to the door, so he left in a hurry, and what he saw now was indeed the case.

However...

Thinking of the crow flapping its wings and leaving without much hesitation, Renly felt a lot more relaxed.

There was only a wooden wall between them, but the so-called green prophet didn't find anything, which already explained something.

This is just a low-magic world after all.

He thought.

And the mark on his wrist was obviously beyond the normal range of this world.

Another chapter has been added, so there are still 16 chapters to go~