Chapter 102 Deja Vu

"What did you say? Lord Willas was injured?" Lind was in the fortress on the west bank of the Mander River. When he heard the latest news reported to him by Jon who hurried from Tengshi Town, he couldn't help but be stunned. Then he asked hurriedly: "Mr. Vilas participated in the martial arts tournament?"

"No, I didn't participate in the tourney." Jon shook his head and said, "The letter sent by Raven didn't explain the reason in detail."

"Where are Prince Oberyn and Princess Arianne? Have they returned to Dorne?" Lind asked again.

Jon didn't understand why Lind asked this question at all. He looked at Lind with confusion and said, "Of course not. Forget about Prince Oberon. How could Princess Arianne return to Dorne at this time? She is still here." Take care of the unconscious Lord Vilas."

Lind, who was a little impatient by this question and answer, stretched out his hand towards Jon and said, "Give me the letter and let me read it myself."

Jon quickly handed over the letter he was holding.

Linde took the letter and read it quickly. The solemn look on his face not only did not decrease, but actually increased.

The content on the letterhead was very simple. When Willas was traveling with Princess Arianne, the horse was suddenly frightened and galloped out of control. Willas was injured and fell into a coma.

Although the simple content is clear at a glance, it is also because the content is too simple and does not describe the injury process and the extent of the injury in detail, making Linde unable to make any judgment.

"Show me." Moroya, who has become an important advisor to Linde, came over and said.

After saying that, she took the letter from Linde, looked at it, and asked Jon with a puzzled look on her face, "Which raven was used to send this letter?"

Jon replied that it was the raven used to deliver public messages.

Moroya asked: "Shouldn't this kind of news be concealed? Why would the Tyrell family make this matter public?"

Lin De was stunned when he heard this, and also showed doubts.

Indeed, as Moroya said, according to common sense, let alone the heir of High Court, even if the heir of an ordinary nobleman is seriously injured, he should conceal the matter temporarily until the matter becomes clear, or After making some arrangements to stabilize the situation, the news will be announced.

But now the Tyrell family directly announced the news that Willas was injured and unconscious, as if they couldn't wait to let everyone know that something happened to the heir of Highgarden, and the situation in the Reach would be chaotic as a result, which was completely unreasonable.

"Could this be a bait?" Bert, who was calculating the accounts, suddenly said.

"Bait?" Jon asked in confusion: "Seducing whom?"

Lind hesitated for a moment, then immediately ordered Jon to bring over the recent information about the Western Region, King's Territory, Stormlands and other areas.

What confused him was that he didn't see anything unusual in the intelligence.

As in the past few months, the Iron Throne has still issued useless instructions, requiring the Lord of the Iron Islands, Balon Greyjoy, to go to King's Landing for questioning. The Iron Islands have turned a blind eye to these instructions.

The various northern lords still verbally condemned the Iron Islands, especially in the north.

Because with the prohibition orders from King's Landing and various lords taking effect, no food and daily necessities could be traded in the Iron Islands, so the ironmen of the Iron Islands continued to do their old business.

However, what surprised everyone was that the Iron Islands were not robbing the wealthy Western Territory, nor the Reach, which was very close to them, but the villages along the northern coast.

This move of the Iron Islands was completely beyond everyone's expectations, so it was not until they robbed all the villages and kidnapped the people in the villages that more than a month passed before Winterfell knew what had happened.

But it was too late by then, and Winterfell could not even organize manpower to provide assistance to the robbed villages, because an extremely cold natural disaster suddenly swept across the entire Westeros continent, and even the Citadel did not anticipate it in advance.

This extreme cold natural disaster came very suddenly. The day before, the sun was shining brightly, and the weather was so hot that people wanted to peel off their skin. The next day, the wind was biting and snowflakes began to fall from the sky. This extreme cold natural disaster came from the north. All the way south, it swept across the entire continent of Westeros. Even the old town, which had never snowed before, saw snowflakes falling.

Although the red mountains in Dorne blocked the cold wave, most of the cities were not greatly affected. However, the temperature in the cities located on the front line of the Dorne Sea, such as Thor City, Yronwood City, etc., still dropped to To an unprecedented extent, residents there had to wear thick robes required by northerners to ward off the cold.

This extreme cold natural disaster lasted for about three months before gradually ending. However, these three months had already caused great damage to various territories of other kingdoms. Only a few territories had sufficient supplies due to the accumulation of various materials. , did not encounter much trouble, such as Tengshi Town.

Because of this, in the few months after the end of the extreme cold natural disasters, almost all the intelligence from the Seven Kingdoms were various disaster reports, and some remnants of the Long family also began to resurrect. Creating some extreme cold natural disasters was a response to Robert, the usurper. rumors of punishment.

Although such rumors would not affect the thoughts of various lords and nobles, they were enough to affect ordinary people. Coupled with the appearance of a large number of disaster victims, many lords' rule over their territories was shaken.

Therefore, the main focus of the Iron Throne and various lords in recent times has been on dealing with rumors and eliminating disaster victims. As for the issues of the Iron Islands and the marriage of the Reach and Dorne, they have been put aside. .

The reason why the Tyrell family disclosed the injury and coma of the heir so quickly was not found in the intelligence, and Lind did not continue the investigation. He could only wait and see what happened.

Although it seems that this incident has no impact on him, in fact, this incident may directly lead to the possibility that the things Vilas told him half a year ago will become obsolete.

However, just like the news of Willas's injury, another news from Highgarden a few days later surprised Lind again. Willas regained consciousness, but canceled the marriage with Dorne. Prince Oberon and Princess Arianne left Highgarden that day, and the relationship between Dorne and the Reach deteriorated again.

This news is not official news from Highgarden, but a private message from Fotimo. The official news should take some time to be sent. In addition, Fotimo also mentioned Vilas' injury. He is not lame. , but paralyzed.

The bachelor's examination revealed that Villas had a small injury on his waist. He had not paid attention to it during the previous examination. By the time Villas regained consciousness, the injury had worsened, directly causing Villas to lose consciousness in his lower body.

When Lind felt the news, he immediately thought of Bran Stark. Willas's situation now is almost exactly the same as Bran Stark's situation more than ten years later.

"Does the Three-Eyed Crow want to make Vilas his successor?" At this time, a bold idea popped into Lind's mind.

This idea seems a bit absurd at first glance. After all, the Tyrells believe in the Seven Gods. Even though Highgarden still retains some traditions of the old gods, they still believe in the Seven Gods, unlike the Starks who believe in the old gods. , has no objections to the old god systems such as the Three-Eyed Crow and the Green Prophet, so it feels a bit unreliable for the Three-Eyed Crow to make Vilas his successor.

But thinking about it carefully, Linde felt that this guess might be true, because Vilas is not an ordinary person. He can be said to be the incarnation of Garth the Green Hand, and he has the ability to control animals and plants like the Green Seer. Ability, before Bran Stark was born, he was undoubtedly the best candidate for heir.

The reason why Willas was discovered by the Three-Eyed Crow was probably an accident. The appearance of Lind led to the marriage between the Reach and Dorne, a major event that could change the future direction, which naturally caused the Three-Eyed Crow to After paying attention, he also discovered the specialness of Vilas and came up with some ideas.

Now that Willas has been disabled by him, the marriage with Dorne has naturally fallen through, and the future direction has been corrected again. He also has an alternative heir. This is simply a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Lind decided to go to Highgarden. He wanted to confirm whether Vilas had really been affected by the Three-Eyed Crow. This was related to some of his arrangements and plans in the future. He also wanted to inquire about the relevant matters. After all, there has been no news at all about his appointment for more than half a year. No matter how good his mentality is, he is a little impatient. Even if things change, he still needs to know the reason for the change.

So, that day, he packed lightly and took only his glory, and took a boat south to Highgarden again.

A few nights later, the boat Linde was on docked at a fisherman's pier near the Rose Bridge on the outskirts of Gaoting. He did not choose to disembark at the pier in the outer city because he did not want to cause too much noise.

However, when he came to the main entrance of the outer wall of the High Court and was about to wait at the door before going in during the day, the door opened from the inside, and then he saw Fortimo walking out of it. After seeing Linde, he was slightly stunned. He was stunned for a moment, then he went up to him and said to Linde, who had not yet realized what was going on: "Lord Vilas, I am waiting for you in the godswood. Let's go!"

Linde was stunned, and immediately followed Fotimo into the city, and then directly entered the inner city. From the road under the inner city wall, he detoured to the outside of the sacred forest in front of the high church.

On the way, although Linde asked Fotimo what happened to Vilas, Fotimo did not tell him and just asked Linde to follow.

Fertimo stopped and said to Linde: "Go in alone! Lord Vilas is waiting for you inside."

Linde didn't think much, and entered the godswood forest with Glory. However, the moment he entered the godswood forest, Linde's footsteps stopped for a moment, and then quickly returned to normal, but the look on his face became a little solemn. stand up.

Although Linde did not come to this sacred forest in person the last time he came to Highgarden, he controlled Glory to come here, and through Glory, he experienced the extraordinary power contained here as if he had experienced it personally. At that time, Glory was still here. He wanted to devour the incarnation of Green-Hand Gals here, but was stopped by Linde.

However, now he discovered that the supernatural power contained in this sacred forest has become very weak, so weak that it is not even as good as the supernatural power he felt in the restricted area of ​​Dorne's Grace Mountains.

In just half a year, the supernatural power in the godswood has become so weak, which is obviously not normal.

Soon, Linde, who was full of doubts, came to the three heart trees planted by Green Hand Gals himself. At this moment, the three heart trees changed from the lush scene of red leaves full of branches half a year ago. All the leaves have fallen off, leaving only the bare branches, which looks inexplicably desolate.

Even if the Heart Tree is like this, there is naturally something wrong with the incarnation of Green-Hand Gals. Through Glory's eyes, Linde can clearly see that the incarnation of Green-Hand Gals has become so weak that only a thin layer of light is left. It felt like a gust of wind would blow it away.

At this moment, Vilas is sitting under the heart tree, wearing casual clothes and a blanket on his legs. It can be seen from the moonlight that he is in good condition, although his face is pale due to his recovery from a serious illness. He was still a little pale, but the expression between his brows was still calm, and he didn't seem to take the fact that he was paralyzed to mind.

Through Glory's visual sharing, Linde saw more secrets about Vilas. He saw that the blue light spots produced by the breath of the incarnation of Green-Hand Gals, which was formed by the fusion of three heart trees, no longer spread to the sky, floating in the air. To the area around Highgarden, it instead poured into Vilas' body, and with Vilas' breathing, it was spit out again, and merged into the incarnation of Green-Hand Gals of the Heart Tree, completing a cycle.

After seeing Linde, Vilas smiled and said to Linde: "Actually, I saw you before your ship docked. I originally wanted Lord Fotimo to pick you up at the dock, but Lord Fotimo didn't. He is a little too attractive at this time, so I asked him to wait at the gate of the outer city. When you arrive, I will bring you over directly to avoid you waiting too much time outside the gate. "

"Lord Vilas, can you see me?" Linde asked.

"No, it can see you." Vilas shook his head and pointed to an eagle that had just landed on the branch of the heart tree.

"Shapechanger." Lind couldn't help but say as an identity containing magical power emerged in his mind.

"No, not a shapechanger." Willas was not surprised that Lind thought he was a green seer, and explained: "It's just a little trick of borrowing animal eyes."

Linde did not ask about anything related to these extraordinary powers, but spoke directly and said: "I saw the letter sent by High Court. The content on it was very vague, that is, you were injured and then paralyzed. Then the marriage was cancelled. I didn't understand what happened to you for a while, so I came to inquire about the situation. "

Vilas smiled slightly and said: "You don't have to worry, I'm fine, I'm fine! You don't have to worry about any accidents that I mentioned to you before. In fact, that matter should be resolved in the next two days. With the result, maybe the appointment letter has been sent to Tengshi Town before you go back."

Linde asked: "Will you continue that matter? But the problem is that you are no longer married to Highgarden. Is it necessary to add more manpower to build a fortress on the south bank of the Blackwater River?"

Vilas turned his head and looked to the north, with a hint of worry in his tone, and said: "No, the fortress is not only for the northern kingdom, but also for the northern enemies."