Chapter 303 Treasure Hunt

"Did you really find treasure in the ruins of Valyria?" Red Viper's first question after seeing Lind was the announcement he just heard in Redemption Town.

After this announcement was issued, there was no response from other places, but the people in Redemption Town and other Summer Hall territories had already started a heated discussion. Everyone agreed that Lind had discovered something else in the ruins of Valyria. The huge treasure left behind by the Valyrian Free Fortress, and this treasure was so huge that even the gods would covet it, otherwise Lind would not have shown such a strong possessive desire.

You must know that Lind has not shown any intention to occupy the ruins of Valyria since he came back from the last time he went to the ruins of Valyria. Now that he has just returned from the ruins of Valyria, he can’t wait to issue such a letter. The announcement undoubtedly showed that there was something shocking to him in the ruins of Valyria.

"Yes." Linde admitted very straightforwardly without hiding anything.

Red Viper reminded: "You can't stop those greedy treasure hunters, they will find ways to enter the ruins of Valyria."

"I know." Lind quickly corrected a document and handed it to Jon who was waiting for him to execute immediately. "I never wanted to stop anyone from going in to hunt for treasure."

"Then why did you say in the announcement..." Red Viper looked at Linde with a puzzled face. He was puzzled by his contradictory behavior. He was about to ask, but suddenly realized something and stopped mid-question. He stopped, then looked at Lind in surprise and said, "You did it on purpose! You deliberately used this announcement to tell everyone that the ruins of Valyria contain amazing treasures that even the Chosen Ones would be excited about. Coupled with the fact that you found the Dragon's Horn in the ruins of Valyria before, everyone who knows the announcement will be extremely convinced that there is a treasure there and will run to explore it at all costs. This is your purpose."

"There are real treasures in the ruins of Valyria, I'm not lying," Lind said, taking out the Valyrian steel jewelry found in the ruins of Valyria directly from the desk drawer, and placing it on the table. : "But whether those people can successfully enter the ruins of Valyria and find the treasure is another matter."

Red Viper casually picked up these priceless Valyrian steel jewelry and looked at them, and couldn't help but said: "To be honest, after hearing the news, I was extremely excited and wanted to go to the Valyrian ruins immediately to explore Ichiban.”

"I advise you not to go." Linde reminded: "Only non-human beings can survive in such an environment."

Red Viper put down the jewelry and asked doubtfully: "What is your purpose of doing this? It feels like you are doing something that is harmful to others and not beneficial to yourself?"

"It's just your opinion." Lind handed the document of his decision to establish a military fortress and research base on the islands around the ruins of Valyria to the Red Viper. These things must be made public, so that the Red Viper can It doesn’t matter if outsiders see it in advance.

Red Viper took the document and flipped through it carefully, then said, "Do you want to use those greedy guys to help you conduct experiments?"

Lind nodded and said: "The ruins of Valyria hide too many secrets. Even I, without more than ten or twenty years of dedicated research, cannot find out all these secrets. I must focus on dealing with them now." Things in the north, but I don’t want to leave the ruins of Valyria there, so I came up with this method and use those treasure hunters as a pathfinder and research object.”

Seeing Linde unabashedly speaking about his use of people's greedy nature and treating people as research subjects, Red Viper couldn't help but feel an inexplicable chill in his heart.

Lind also felt the change in the Red Viper's eyes, but he didn't pay attention and continued: "However, using these treasure hunters is only part of the purpose. I hope to use the treasures in the ruins of Valyria to lure out Euron Greyjoy." "

"Euron Greyjoy?" The Red Viper showed a little surprise and said with a bit of disdain: "Is a lost dog worth your troubles?"

"It's worth it." Linde replied with certainty.

The Red Viper hesitated for a moment and asked, "Why? Is there anything special about Euron Greyjoy now?"

Lind nodded, and then told the Red Viper some of the things he discovered in the ruins of Valyria. After hearing that Euron Greyjoy might now be working with the White Walkers, he could transport the wights to the Great Wall. Nan, when he could even control the corpse, the Red Viper's expression became solemn.

The Red Viper said solemnly: "I will also ask my people to pay attention to Euron Greyjoy."

Although Linde did not think that the Red Viper could discover Euron's whereabouts, it would be good for him to have another force join in.

"You came to me just to chat with me, right?" Linde, who had finished processing the last document, looked at the Red Viper and asked.

Red Viper said tentatively: "I came to you today mainly to ask you what you think about the current civil war in the Seven Seven Countries."

"I have already said that I will not interfere in the civil war." Linde looked at the Red Viper thoughtfully and said: "You probably didn't come to ask me specifically for this issue that has been made public. You'd better be more direct! I There’s still a lot to do, and I don’t have time to guess riddles with you.”

Seeing what Lind said, the Red Viper stopped hiding it and directly revealed the Martell family's plan for revenge.

Linde said calmly: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, I have no objection, and you don't need to ask my opinion."

The Red Viper said solemnly: "But Myrcella..."

Lind interrupted the Red Viper and said: "Myrcella belongs to the Baratheon family, not the Lannister family. Don't involve innocent people."

"I understand." Red Viper nodded, and then asked: "Have you heard about Daenerys Targaryen?"

Lind looked at the Red Viper and said, "What you really want to ask is my attitude towards Daenerys seizing the Iron Throne, right?"

"Yes." Red Viper admitted.

"The Dothraki should stay in the Dothraki Sea." Lind said something that seemed to have nothing to do with it.

However, the Red Viper had already understood what Linde said and asked: "If the Dothraki land on the continent of Westeros..."

Lind interrupted: "No, they can't land in the Seven Kingdoms. They will eventually disappear at sea."

"Where's the Golden Group?" Red Viper asked again.

Linde sighed slightly and said seriously: "I don't care if Daenerys wants to seize the Iron Throne, or even who is sitting on the Iron Throne. I just care whether the fight against the White Walkers in the north will be affected. Influence, Lord Oberon, do you know now?"

"So what do you think about the Iron Throne?" Red Viper looked at Lind and asked.

Linde was stunned for a moment, looked into the eyes of the Red Viper, and said: "What's mine is mine."

As Linde's announcement spread to the kingdoms and city-states on both sides of the Narrow Sea, everyone reacted as Linde had expected. They subconsciously thought that Linde had discovered an amazing treasure in the ruins of Valyria, so That’s why he made such a domineering announcement.

Immediately afterwards, news came from Volantis that hundreds of warships of the Miracle Fleet were seen sailing towards the coast, and the Miracle Chamber of Commerce was in Volantis, Troos, and even Mataris. Hire a large number of laborers and transport them to islands near the coast to build fortress bases.

Perhaps they still felt that there were not enough people, so they also placed a large order with Slaver's Bay to purchase slaves to serve as laborers.

In addition, the Miracle Chamber of Commerce purchased a large amount of building materials from nearby city-states and transported them to the islands off the coast of Valyria Ruins.

Some ships sailing from the waters off the ruins of Valyria saw that several islands had already built foundations and were beginning to build other ports, houses and other facilities, and the patrol ships of the Miracle Fleet also began to sail outside the ruins of Valyria. Sailing.

In Troos's tavern, a treasure-hunting team of ten people was sitting in a corner of the tavern drinking. They had just returned from the ruins of Valyria.

Like other people who came from all over the world after hearing the news, they all returned in vain. However, they were different from other treasure hunters who were stopped by the Miracle Fleet patrol ship. They avoided the patrol ship and entered the Sea of ​​Smoke. , and even luckily crossed the coast and came to the land of Valyria ruins.

But when they saw the towering cliffs at the edge of the Valyrian land, they could only sigh and return empty-handed.

"Only dragon riders can enter that ghost place!" A mercenary said after drinking a glass of wine in one breath.

Others around him nodded in agreement.

The leader of the treasure hunting team who summoned these people shook his head and said: "It can't be all cliffs. There must be low coasts that can be climbed onto land. We just didn't find it."

"So what if there is? We can't circle around the coastline of the ruins of Valyria!" Someone said with lingering fear: "Don't forget the monster we saw when we left. If we hadn't been in time, Throw down the prepared sacrifices, and there is a gust of wind that can make our ship sail at full speed. Maybe we have been eaten by that monster now. "

When everyone around them heard this, they all fell silent. Everyone, including the leader, looked very pale. The process of escaping from the sea of ​​smoke still left them with lingering fears.

"Ahem!" A violent coughing sound awakened everyone from fear. A pale companion among them, who seemed to be seriously ill, endured the discomfort in his chest and said: "Monsters are easy to deal with. Just prepare more sacrifices." That’s it. The most important thing is to find a place to land on the island.”

"Gapa, are you okay! You should rest in the hotel, or go to the temple of the God of Scourge. You seem to be cursed by the ghost of Valyria now." The leader looked at his companion worriedly. , said.

The mercenary in front of me, who looked very sick, was the strongest among them a few days ago. Then after returning from a trip to the Sea of ​​Smoke, he fell ill and kept coughing, even after taking the medicine. All the herbs were of no use, and in just one day, he looked like he was about to die.

The mercenary gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, I'm okay! Don't even think about leaving me alone. Even if I die, I will die on Valyria's treasure."

No one said anything else.

At this time, a man dressed as a mercenary who was sitting not far away stood up, walked among them, and said, "Excuse me, everyone. I just heard what you said. You can cross the coast and approach the coastline near the ruins of Valyria." Bar?"

Everyone immediately became vigilant, looking at the mercenary with unkind expressions and placing their hands on their weapons.

"We don't know what you are talking about." The leader said coldly.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous!" The mercenary quickly raised his hands to make himself look non-aggressive, and then continued: "I just want to cooperate with you to hunt for treasure."

"Cooperate in treasure hunting?" The leader looked at the rudimentary equipment of the mercenaries with disdain and said, "What qualifications do you have to cooperate with us?"

The mercenary smiled and said: "What if I know where to get to the land in the ruins of Valyria?"

Everyone was stunned, and the leader squinted at the mercenary and said, "Are you telling the truth?"

The mercenary smiled, leaned down, and whispered some landform features about the coastline of the ruins of Valyria. These landform features cannot be known by listening to some rumors and stories. Only by seeing the appearance of the coastline cliffs with one's own eyes, getting close Only those who have crossed the land can know.

The people in the treasure hunting team couldn't help but glance at each other, and then all their eyes focused on the mercenary.

The leader quickly made a decision and said: "Okay, let's cooperate! Tomorrow you will lead the way, and we will work together..."

"No! I don't want this kind of cooperation." The mercenary shook his head and said: "I will tell you the exact location of the island. You can land on the island yourself and enter the ruins to hunt for treasure. No matter what kind of treasure you find, I will take it. Share one portion.”

The leader shook his head and said: "This seems to be a big disadvantage for us. We need to risk entering the ruins to hunt for treasure, and you can get a share without doing anything. This is..."

Before the leader could finish speaking, the mercenary shrugged and said, "In that case, just pretend I didn't say anything."

After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave.

But the leader immediately stood up, grabbed him, and said, "No, we can still talk."

As he spoke, he and others pushed the mercenary onto the chair, and then bargained with the mercenary like a businessman, and finally determined that the mercenary would only take half of the treasure found.

"Aren't you worried that we will regret it after we find the treasure in the end?" the treasure hunting team member asked.

The mercenary said straightforwardly: "We are worried, so we are going to the Temple of the God of Natural Disasters to see the Disaster Priest as a witness and make a contract. If you go back on your word, the God of Natural Disasters will naturally punish you."

When everyone heard this, their expressions were a little ugly, because everyone present had experienced the great plague and more or less believed in the God of Natural Disasters, but they did not object because they also felt that this was not a bad idea.

So, after the group left the tavern, they went straight to the temple of Troos, the god of natural disasters.

Meanwhile, in taverns, inns, and docks in Volantis, Meereen, Yunkai, Astapor, Essos, and cities in Westeros, there are people selling how to land. Information related to the ruins of Valyria, and the excitement for treasure hunting began to intensify under the instigation of caring people.