Chapter 282 The persistence of the red-robed woman

"Red-robed female Melisandre! I have long admired your name!" Just after Moroya left with her two-headed disciples, Jon led Melisandre, who had been waiting in Redemption Town for many days, to the castle. Meet Linde.

"Your Majesty, do you know me?" Melisandre looked at Lind and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you seem to be very familiar with me?"

"Yes, I am indeed very familiar with you." Linde nodded and said, "This is not the first time we have met."

Melisandre was stunned and asked in a deep voice: "My lord, when you were showing off your power in Qohor, could you also see me?"

"Were you also in Qohor back then?" Linde also looked surprised.

Melisandre realized that she had misunderstood, so she asked again: "I am very curious, where did we meet? Your Majesty, can you answer it for me?"

"I may have misunderstood you. I know you and have met you, but you don't know me." Linde smiled and said, "I know your prophecy, the prophecy of Azor Ahai. , I also know what you are." As he spoke, Lind pointed to the ruby ​​necklace around Melisandre's neck, "To be honest, you should convert to the God of Magic and stay here with me, maybe you will. Better."

"If you really know me, sir, you know that it is impossible for me to convert." Although Melisandre felt that Lind seemed to have seen through her, she still stabilized her emotions and said calmly

"Yes, you will indeed not convert, because you rely on the power of R'hllor to live. Once you convert, you will lose your life." Lind looked at Melisandre and asked: "What should I call you? , the red-robed woman, or the one favored by the King of Light?”

"I have only one identity now, and that is the messenger of the reincarnation of Azor Ahai." Melisandre said solemnly.

"The reincarnation of Azor Ahai?" Lind chuckled and said, "Do you really believe that the reincarnation of Azor Ahai is Stannis Baratheon? Do you really understand what he is saying? Prophecy seen in flames?"

Melisandre frowned and said, "I firmly believe in my Lord's revelation."

Lind said nothing more and returned to the topic, saying, "What did Stannis send you to do?"

"I came at my own request." Melisandre corrected: "I'm here to order a batch of weapons and a batch of armor from you."

"We don't sell armor." Linde shook his head and said, "You should have connections in the Red Temple of Qohor, so you can go directly to Qohor to buy it."

Melisandre hesitated and said: "Isn't Qohor your territory too?"

"No, Qohor is a city-state of Lorne, not Summer Hall." Linde did not continue to discuss the ownership of Qohor with her, and asked directly: "How many weapons do you need? What types?"

Melisandre named some types of weapons and their corresponding quantities.

Lind was stunned, because this number was much larger than he expected, which made him question: "There is no war in the Seven Kingdoms, but Lord Stannis actually wants to order so many weapons?"

Melisandre looked at Lind and smiled: "When did Summer Hall need to ask buyers why they bought weapons when selling weapons?"

"No, no need. It's just that I'm personally curious. You don't need to answer." Lind shook his head and said, "As far as I know, Lord Stannis does not have much money on hand. Such a large amount of money for weapons and equipment , How is he going to pay?”

"Pay with dragonglass," Melisandre said.

"Okay." Lind nodded. Melisandre's arrival just filled his needs. As the White Walkers move south, the need for dragon crystal will increase.

He also decided to wait until the war started. When Stannis went north, he occupied Dragonstone Island and obtained a dragon crystal mining site.

"Now that the business is done, it's time to talk about my own personal matters." After discussing the tasks assigned by Stannis, Melisandre also relaxed and said: "I hope to get your permission, in Miracle Port Build a red temple."

"No." Linde rejected Melisandre's request very directly.

Melisandre hesitated for a moment and asked: "Is it because you are the chosen one of the Seven Gods? But the temples of the Storm God, the God of Disasters, and the God of Magic are all in your territory..."

Linde answered very clearly: "They are all me, but the Lord of Light is not me."

"We are actually natural allies. We all have a common enemy." Melisandre persuaded.

"You have misunderstood a concept. Even if there is a common enemy, it does not mean that they are allies." Lind said firmly: "There is no word ally in R'hllor's teachings."

"It seems that I am really going to be disappointed." Although Melisandre said she was disappointed, there was no look of disappointment on her face. It was obvious that she had already thought about what would happen before coming to Linde. result.

Perhaps feeling that there was no need to stay any longer, Melisandre stood up and walked out. But when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, turned to Lind and asked: "What if one day Robert The king is dead, you..."

"As long as it does not harm my interests, I will not participate in the battle of the Seven Kingdoms." Linde said solemnly.

"A very happy answer." Melisandre smiled and said: "In this case, let me give you some news that may be useful to you! Doomsday belief originated from the ancient gods in the north, south of the Great Wall The actual controller is Euron Greyjoy, who also stole the Horn of Winter, but he seemed to have other plans and did not send the Horn to the north. By the way, the ancient people were resurrected. The ancient power god also found his commander."

When Linde heard this, he was stunned and couldn't help but fall into deep thought, because the thought that instantly appeared in his mind was the ancient survivor in the crystal coffin of the Neptune Palace.

No matter what Melisandre said, it was not good news, and Linde did not think that the news was the result of Melisandre's investigation outside the Great Wall. The only possibility was that the Lord of Light gave her a revelation, and she The real purpose of coming here is not to buy weapons for Stannis or to build the Red Temple in Miracle Port. Her purpose is probably to tell herself what she said when she left just now.

Linde pondered for a moment and wrote several letters seriously. The recipients were the archbishops of the Starry Cathedral, the High Seat Cathedral and other major churches. At the same time, he also asked people to bring back Balin and Rosso, who had just left not long ago, and explain. They have some tasks.

Whether it is a letter or a mission, the content is the same to capture doomsday believers and combat the spread of doomsday beliefs. The doomsday believers south of the Great Wall must be completely cleared out before the White Walkers officially move south.

In the next half month, Linde spent most of his time in the castle handling various affairs in the territory and meeting with powerful representatives from all walks of life.

Although the entire Shengxia Hall has cabinets of various sizes handling various government affairs, and they also contact themselves in Na Sa Xing from time to time to make some major policy decisions, the execution of all government affairs has never been as good as when Linde was there.

For example, the trade market built in Ridge City was not fully completed in half a year. Linde was so angry that he dismissed all the supervisor-level officials responsible for construction and replaced them with new ones. The market was completed in just ten days. .

In addition, Lind also rode the lava dragon Nesario to a volcanic island near the Summer Islands.

The lava dragon does not need to eat living animals such as cattle and sheep, but its lava core needs to be replenished frequently, so lava is its best food.

However, recently he discovered that there is no need to go to the volcano. He can just melt the rocks or metal directly and feed them to the lava dragon. Therefore, the forge in Linde Castle no longer makes weapons and equipment, but is specially used to prepare them for the lava dragon. food.

Also because the lava dragon occupied the dragon's nest, the long-winged dragon had to move to the Temple of Salvation. The original dragon's nest was also demolished and turned into a large platform that the lava dragon could lie on completely, making it easier to land and fly.

Linde would ride the lava dragon and fly in various city-states in the territory almost every three days during the day, not only to show off the dragon to the people in the territory and increase the cohesion of the territory, but also to test the flying speed of the lava dragon.

Through the test, Lind discovered that with the flying speed of the lava dragon, he can go to Na Sa at any time. It only takes a day at most to fly from the Summer Hall in Westeros to Na Sa in Essos. Star, this is undoubtedly much more convenient for Linde.

There has been no progress in the research on parasites and the core of parasites, but the Valyrian runes on the Dragon's Horn have been figured out by Marwen.

"Aren't these Valyrian runes?" Lind looked at Marwen who came to report the research results.

Perhaps because of the maid taking care of him, Marwin is now a lot cleaner. His hair, beard and nose hair have all been trimmed, and he looks much better than when Lind first saw him.

However, no matter how different his appearance was, Marwin's character still did not change much. He placed several tomes in his arms on Linde's desk, not caring about the documents placed on it.

Then, he turned the tomes to the positions he had marked, pointed to the contents above and the Valyrian runes he had drawn, and said with great excitement: "Look at it, is it the same?" ?”

Lind lowered his head and carefully looked at the runes and Valyrian runes drawn in the book. Although the runes in the book were incomplete, even so, the incomplete parts could still fit in with a piece of Valyrian runes. Come to think of it, When this incomplete rune is complete, it is this Valyrian rune.

The same is true for the other runes recorded in the books. They are all incomplete, but the incomplete parts can all fit into a Valyrian rune.

Linde asked: "Where did the incomplete runes in these books come from?"

Marwin pointed at the book and introduced it one by one: "The content in this book comes from the black stone wall of the fifth base in the Far East. The incomplete runes in this book come from a black stone tablet in Asshai. This book comes from Sothothros." Yilin, it is said that it was found in a black stone temple. This book was left by the most beginners in the academy. The contents above are some runes that originally existed on the towering black stone fortress. Now those runes have been rubbed away. ”

"Is it all related to the Black Stone?" Linde frowned.

Marwin guessed: "I guess these so-called Valyrian runes were all created by an ancient race in the past, but later the Valyrians learned part of them and integrated them into their own culture, and even advanced The Valyrian language is most likely derived from that ancient race."

"Apart from this, are there any other useful gains?" Linde asked again.

"No more." Marwen shook his head, and then said: "Since these Valyrian runes are related to black stones, didn't you bring back some black stones from the ruins of Valyria? I want to apply for some, conduct experiment."

After hearing this, Linde nodded, wrote a material allocation list, and asked him to go to the Black Cave to find Moroya.

After Marwin left, Linde took out an intelligence document submitted by Bahrain and looked at it.

The main content of the file is that news of Lind's exploration of the ruins of Valyria has recently spread in Westeros, and it also states that he has found the dragon that was tamed by the Dragon King of Valyria from the ruins of Valyria. Using the Dragon's Horn, he was able to tame a giant dragon living in the ruins of Valyria.

This rumor did not come from Summer Hall. All the subjects who knew that they had explored the ruins of Valyria spontaneously chose to keep it secret and did not spread the news.

Lind guessed that the news should have come from the people of Troos, because they were the only ones who knew that he was exploring the ruins of Valyria, and when he went to pick up the sisters Ayla and Yara, they should also have seen the people who were placed there. The dragon horn on the dragon's back, after all, the shape of the horn is so eye-catching that it's hard not to see it.

However, the rumor that is now circulating must have been processed later. Although it is not obvious, in the content of this rumor, it is repeatedly emphasized that the reason why Linde was able to tame the dragon was entirely because of the Dragon Horn, and it was completely ignored that Linde was able to tame the dragon. Tamed a Sea Dragon Devourer before finding the Dragon Horn.

Linde felt that the person who deliberately revised the rumors was probably trying to cause trouble for him and make people think about the dragon horn placed in the castle, and then make some irrational actions to disrupt the stability of Summer Hall.

Unfortunately, the people who revised the rumors far underestimated how high Lind's prestige was in Westeros and Essos. Even if someone was tempted, no one would dare to come to Summer Hall to look for trouble.

Even if someone dares to come, the blood-armored people will come to the door before the other party makes any move, and the final owner will be the mines of Linde.

After Lind finished handling the backlog of government affairs, he rode the lava dragon Neltharion and decided to go to the Great Wall. Firstly, he wanted to see the situation of Willas and see if he could learn about the situation in the north from him. At the same time, he also To see how affected the lava dragon was in the freezing cold zone north of the Great Wall.

However, before he could leave, an invitation letter from King's Landing signed by the king and the prime minister was placed on the table. This time, it was no longer an invitation for Linde to be the sea minister, but an invitation for Linde to attend. Of course, he was not invited to participate in the Prime Minister's martial arts competition as a contestant, but as a guest.

Linde originally wanted to refuse the invitation, but after second thoughts, he decided to go.