Chapter 233 Novos Bronze Bell

The Rhoynar originally built a large number of city-states on both sides of the Rhoyne River. These city-states were without exception famous for their prosperity and wealth at the time. Even now, except for a few abandoned city-state sites such as Ge Doho, other city-states are Without exception, the new towns built on the ruins of the old city-state were very important trading towns on the Rhoyne River.

When the Rhoynar took control of these city-states, a large amount of wealth was accumulated here. This wealth was received into the treasury by the governor of the Rhoynar city-states. When the Dragon King of Valyria launched an all-out attack, all the wealth All were buried among the ruins of the Rhoynar.

For unknown reasons, until the destruction of the Valyrian Free Fortress, the Dragon Kings of Valyria did not dig out the wealth buried in the ruins.

More than a hundred years ago, when Volantis, Qohor, and Norvos re-established trade, the old Rhoynar city-states on the Rhoyne River also began to regain their vitality. During some reconstruction processes, people gradually Some treasures were discovered in the ruins of the old city-state, and rumors of the treasures left behind by the Hulloynar began to spread in the continent of Essos, and eventually spread to the continent of Westeros.

Although rumors of Rhoynar treasures have been circulating for a long time, very few people have actually found the treasures. Most people have only found some scattered treasures in some ruins. No one has ever discovered the Rhoynar treasure house. .

There are also rumors that the Rhoynar treasure trove is actually in the ruins of large city-states such as Chayon or Na Sa. However, some people have tried to search there, but in the end they almost never returned.

Even places like Chayon and Na Sa Star have been ventured to explore. Places like Ge Duohe where there is not much danger have naturally been explored repeatedly. As a result, all the valuable things that can be found are Everything has been dug up, so normally there shouldn't be any possibility of treasure.

Marwin narrated eloquently: "I saw records about the various city-states of the Rhoynar in an ancient book. In that book, it was recorded that the Rhoynar built a very large underground cave in Gol Dohor. The vault is specially used to store gold smelted from the Velvet Hills gold mine. According to records, that vault stores all the gold produced by the entire Velvet Hills gold mine in five years.”

"Five years?" Linde was stunned after hearing this.

Although the Velvet Hills gold mine has been exhausted now, hundreds of years ago, it was the largest gold mine on the west coast of the Essos continent. The gold produced here accounted for more than 80% of the gold produced in the entire west coast region. When Valyria was free The reason why the fortress spared no effort to attack the Rhoynar and Andals was because it wanted to occupy the Velvet Hills gold mine.

At that time, the Rhoynar people mastered the highest smelting technology in the world. They were not only the first people to make and use iron tools, but they were also very good at refining gold. Until now, most of the techniques for refining gold are still there. Use Rhoynar technology.

Therefore, the amount of gold that the Rhoynar people refine in a year is definitely measured in tons.

"That's not right!" Lind thought for a while and said with doubt: "This is not right! There are two unjustifiable questions. One is why the Rhoynar people kept so much gold in Ge Duohe. Although Ge Duohe was an important transportation hub and trade center at that time, it was too close to the territory of the Andals. The relationship between the two was not good at the time. It was not safe here to put so much gold. It is unreasonable to be in such an unsafe place. The second problem is that Valyria should have known the whereabouts of this gold. Maybe the Valyrian people were not interested in the scattered treasures, but they had been accumulated for five years. Gold, and at that time, the Valyrians had just wiped out the Rhoynar and were at war with the Andals. The military budget should be very tight, so no matter what, they should not let go of such a large sum of gold. "

"Do you think there's something wrong with it?" Marwin said in a deep voice.

Linde smiled and said: "I just think that the more colorful the fruit is in the wild, the more careful you have to be, because the fruit may not necessarily bring delicious food, but may be deadly poison."

No matter whether there is gold hidden in Ge Duohe, did the Tashi family want to prepare for the excavation of gold by attacking Kevera, or is it a conflict for the bachelor monk to suddenly go to Ge Duohe to excavate the ruins at this time? He went there for the gold. None of this mattered to Linde. What Linde was interested in was the land of Ge Duohe.

He has planned to organize the Green Blood River orphans to migrate back to the Lorne River after returning to Summer Hall this time.

The Orphans of the Greenblood River are descendants of the Rhoynar who migrated to Westeros. They are unwilling to integrate into the various customs of Westeros and still maintain the various customs of the Rhoynar. They still believe in Mother Lorne River, the son of believer Lorne River, the old man in the river, fantasizes all the time that he can return to the land of his ancestors.

Because of Rossos, Miracle Port and Well City have a large number of Green Blood River orphans living there, and they have become the two most important settlements. There are also many Green Blood River orphans in the army recruited by Linde.

It shouldn't be a problem to recruit enough manpower. The only problem is who will lead the team. In Lind's memory, the only one capable of leading the team is Rossos, who is the husband of Countess Oberna of Well City. It just seems a little difficult to get Rossos to leave the gentle land.

Linde had already made arrangements for Ge Duohe and did not think any more about why the powerful people in Novos wanted to attack Ge Duohe. No matter what the reason was, it was inevitable for him to meet him in the end.

Because he had Maester Marwen as his guide, Lind did not get lost again and soon arrived on the Valyrian Road, heading in the direction of Norvos.

As the two entered the Norvos Hills, the weather began to get worse. The sky was often covered with dark clouds, and clear blue skies were rarely seen. The biting cold wind blew from the mountains to the north, making people feel chilly. , as if spring has entered cold winter.

Both sides of the road are primeval forests, most of which are composed of cold-resistant trees such as beech, oak and pine. The animals in the forest are very rich. Many brown bears and wild wolves will suddenly emerge from the forest and attack those who are close. The horses in the forest caused the horses to flee in fright, but in the end they all turned into pieces of fur and were carried on the back of the horse. What was unexpected was that the escaped horses came back later and brought them back. There were many wild horses, and the herd following Linde seemed to be growing in number in a disputed area. There were already thousands of horses.

After walking for five or six days, the two led the horses through a canyon and a small river, bypassing the edge of a forest. Before they saw the city of Norvos, they heard a series of crisp bells.

While listening to the clear and melodious bells, Marwin explained to Lind beside him: "That's Neil's voice. Night is coming. People who have worked hard for a day should go back to rest."

These days, although they were all on the road and even slept on the horse, Marwin still told a lot of things about Novos when he was resting on the way. For example, Long-Legged Lomas was extremely cruel to Novos. Preference not only gave the title of one of the seven natural wonders of the world to the Novos cave network, known as the entrance to the underworld, but also gave the title of one of the nine man-made wonders to the three bells of Novos.

Before coming to Norvos, Lind was very interested in the big clock in Norvos, because now he has seen four man-made miracles, the towering tower in the old town, the Great Wall in the north, and the Valyrian Avenue and the Titans of Braavos.

Among these four man-made wonders, there are obvious traces of magic on the Towering Tower and the Great Wall, and there are also some traces of magic on the Titans of Braavos. Only the Valyrian Avenue is a purely man-made building.

This also made Linde curious whether the big clock in Novos also contained some kind of magical power. Although he has not seen the big clock in Novos yet, he already has the answer in his heart, that is, Novos There's definitely something magical about the clock in Forth.

Because when the big bell of Norvos reached his ears, his mood not only became happy under the influence of the bell, but the rune of the Unknown King in his heart also produced a faint resonance, This directly caused the power of runes to outline a brand new rune pattern under the action of the bell.

Unfortunately, before the rune totem outlined by the resonance reaction was completely formed, the bell stopped suddenly and the rune pattern dispersed on its own, which made Lind feel quite uncomfortable.

As they continued to move forward through the woods, the scene in front of them suddenly became clear. On a plain surrounded by mountains, a river passed through. On the impact beach formed by a bend in the river, a city rose from the ground. The mountains along the river were built to the top of the mountain.

On the mountainside, a huge city wall with stone stairs on the surface wraps the entire mountain, dividing the entire city into upper and lower parts. On the top of the mountain in the upper city is a solitary magnificent temple with three huge bronze bells. The eye-catching trees are erected in the square in front of the main entrance of the temple, and they can still be clearly seen even from far away.

This was not the first time Marwin came to Norvos. He still had some connections here and directly found a local horse dealer and sold all the horses to the dealer.

The Norvos horse dealer was a little surprised to see that most of the horses were Dothraki war horses, but he also knew the rules and didn't say anything, and the transaction was quickly completed.

Linde did not go to the Tashi family immediately, but temporarily found a hotel to freshen up. He planned to go to the temple fortress on the top of the mountain tonight to see three bronze bells before settling the matter with the Tashi family.

Lind asked Marwin if he had any connections that would allow him to go directly to the top of the mountain, but Marwin could only shake his head and express regret, because he did not have a good relationship with the bearded monk in Novos, and he had been banned by the bearded monk. Among the sinners near the city walls.

As the sky gradually darkened, the lower town of Novos became lively, and pubs and brothels were open for business. The lights and voices enveloped the entire city, making the city full of vitality, and even the biting cold wind was driven away. .

Compared to the liveliness of the lower city, the upper city seemed extremely deserted. On the stone stairs outside the huge city wall, a large number of monks prayed silently. Every time they prayed, they would walk up the stairs one step, and their behavior was extremely pious.

On the middle platform of each step, there are sacred guards composed of more than a dozen slave soldiers guarding them. These sacred guards wear leather armor, have slave collars around their necks, and hold long-handled axes in their hands. They look very strong. .

Because of the implementation of slavery, although they are both members of the Free Trade City-state, Norvos and Braavos have no direct trade contacts, or even political contacts.

Braavos once thought about dealing with Norvos like it dealt with Pentos and letting him give up slavery, but in the end he did not implement this plan because Loras, Pentos and Qohor all secretly supported Norvos. Foss, once the war begins, Braavos will face the joint siege of four city-states. No matter how confident the Sea King of Braavos is, he knows very well that he cannot fight one against four, so he can only refuse to fight with Novos. Vos established diplomatic relations directly and did not engage in direct trade with Novos to express his dissatisfaction.

Linde had no intention of taking the stone steps, because only bearded monks and devout believers could take the stone steps to the temple fortress above. Others, even the dignitaries in the city, could not take a step closer to the stone steps. Linde, an outsider, If he takes this staircase, he may be stopped on the way, and he may even be charged with blasphemy.

Linde walked half a circle around the city at the bottom of the huge city wall and found a location with no stone steps and a smooth surface. He directly used the Storm Dragon rune to create a whirlwind to lift himself up and fly to the temple at the top.

In less than a minute, Lind landed firmly on the platform at the top of the temple.

At this moment, some kind of prayer ceremony was going on in the temple. Many bearded monks were reciting the same prayers in a melodious voice. This reading method seemed to imitate the sound of copper bells.

Linde did not go to the temple, but walked along the edge towards the square, because the bearded monks were all in the temple, and the slave guards were stationed on the stone steps. There was no one in the square, except for three huge bronze bells. Standing in the square.

Even if there is a strong cold wind on the top of the mountain, if ordinary people do not stand firm, they will even be blown off the platform by the wind. However, in such a strong wind, the bronze bell still does not sway at all, just as towering and motionless as the mountain at its feet.

When most people see this scene, they will only think that it is because of the weight of the bronze bell that it will not be blown by the wind. But in fact, in Linde's eyes, the reason why the bronze bell does not shake is entirely because of the surface of the bronze bell. The magic runes are at work. These magic runes hang down like water and are connected to the ground, making the three copper bells look more like three pillars.

The bronze bell was different from the magic runes of the Towering Tower and the Great Wall of Despair. Linde did not feel the strong sense of oppression. It seemed very gentle and harmless.

In addition, it is completely different from the Titan of Braavos. Its magic wave is more powerful, and the magic runes of the three bronze bells are all different, but they are connected to each other, as if they are one body.

Linde couldn't help but reached out and touched the bronze bell. The moment his fingers touched the bronze bell, three different magic runes appeared around the nameless king rune at the same time, and then combined to form a new rune. The text was integrated into Linde's heart, and a method of making a bronze bell also emerged in Linde's mind.