Chapter 82 The Missing Onion Knight

The Crowned Stag of the Heart of Fire looked like a burning flame in the fierce wind.

But this flame seemed to be only admiring itself. The soldiers on the castle felt a chill running down their spines, and this chill also blew into their hearts, and a dark cloud seemed to cover the sky above Storm's End.

Morale is really a mysterious thing.

High morale seemed to fill their bodies with boiling blood, and they only felt that the future was bright and open. But low morale made the castle look lifeless.

This decadent trend was from top to bottom.

Compared with Storm's End, Renly's army on the periphery was just the opposite. In one day, they had launched three waves of sieges, and even climbed up to Storm's End once.

It was Stannis who personally led his troops to put out fires everywhere to stabilize the war.

After a short rest, someone came to persuade them to surrender from the bottom of the city. Stannis directly asked people to shoot arrows.

When both sides were silent, he returned to rest.

Night had just fallen, and the sound of horns came from outside the city. This sound has lasted for two nights. The city was attacked during the day, and the people in the city were not allowed to rest at night.

Now he felt anxious and angry when he heard this sound.

Stannis propped himself up and shouted to the servant, "Davon."

There was no sound. He shouted a few times before he heard a thump outside the door, as if the armor hit the wall.

The servant staggered in, his hand holding the helmet. The child had been running with Stannis for a day and was exhausted. "Your Majesty, what do you want?"

"Where is your father?"

"I didn't see him." Dale shook his head, "But I think he should be resting in the room."

Stannis nodded. "Go and call him, and tell him that the king has a mission for him."

The servant ran out for a long time, but came back alone, "Your Majesty, I... I didn't find him."

The onion knight Davos Seaworth seemed to have evaporated from the earth and lost his trace in the castle.

Until dawn, he was nowhere to be seen.

The next day, Stannis sat in his study with a gloomy face. A voice in his mind told him whether Davos had already escaped or betrayed him.

Before he could figure it out, the siege horn sounded on the wall. Stannis asked his servants to quickly put on his armor. Dale's expression was a little empty, because it was not just Stannis who thought that Davos had escaped. Now the news had spread in the castle.

The Onion Knight had escaped, so was there any need to continue the battle?

After Stannis finished putting on his armor, he walked to the hall.

At this time, the maester Pylos was walking towards his room. He shouted to Stannis, "Your Majesty."

The king nodded slightly, then walked straight away without looking back.

This siege was very difficult, and several times people climbed the wall from the ladder. After about half an hour, the battle was over. Although the defenders suffered much less losses, for Stannis, who was already outnumbered, every time one person was lost, it was difficult for him to get a replacement.

When he returned to the room to take off his armor, he held back his curse and said, "I will never forgive any betrayer, never."

Dafen didn't know who he was scolding, but he felt uneasy and uneasy in his heart.

After a while, a man with a cane came to the outside of the king's tower. Beside him was a beautiful red-haired woman, who helped him walk. It was the Starks.

Recently, Eddard's injury has improved and he can get out of bed and walk. Although Catelyn is worried about her eldest son Robb, she can't leave her sick husband alone at Storm's End, so she first asked the captain of the guard, Sir Moran Harris, to sail north to pass the news to Robb, and he stayed to take care of Eddard.

Stannis met with Duke Eddard.

He asked his servant Dale to bring a chair and let Eddard sit down.

"This is the only good news I've heard recently, Lord Stark. I hope my maester has healed your leg."

Edard wanted to stand up and salute, but his body couldn't support it, so he could only express his gratitude, "Thank you very much, Lord Stannis. Maester Pylos is a great doctor, and my leg is fine now."

"I'm here to say goodbye to you, my lord." Eddard continued, "I hope you can send a small boat to take me and my lady to White Harbor. When I return to Winterfell to reorganize the troops, I will immediately go south."

But it's hard to say whether Storm's End can hold out until his support. Eddard couldn't help but think of the last siege of Storm's End. At that time, Robert was injured in the decisive battle with Rhaegar, and he had to lead the army. He originally intended to take King's Landing first, but Lannister had already taken it first. After taking over King's Landing without a single soldier, he quickly led his troops south to Storm's End.

The current situation of Storm's End is so similar to that of ten years ago.

"Lord Stark, you and I both know that I should sit on the Iron Throne."

"Yes. According to etiquette, you are Robert's heir."

"Although our relationship is not the same as that between my brother Robert and you, as long as you are willing to bring the army of the North to help, I promise that when I take back the throne, I will reserve a place for you in the Royal Council." Stannis said very solemnly.

"Thank you for your trust, sir. Winter is coming, I should be with the people of the North. This is the mission of the Stark family from generation to generation." He no longer wants to stay in the south for a moment. The wind here makes him uncomfortable. Although the North is bitterly cold, it is the world of Stark. They grew up there, generation after generation, for thousands of years.

"My daughter Shireen Baratheon seems to be about the same age as your daughter. I will send a ship to take you to Dragonstone, and then I hope she can stay to accompany Shireen." Stannis said.

Leave Arya behind? No, Eddard quickly rejected this idea, he knew how much Arya missed Winterfell.

"My lord, why don't you let me stay." At this time, Catelyn, who was silent on the side, suddenly spoke up. "I can accompany your lady."

Stannis thought about it, then nodded. "You have a smart lady, Lord Stark."

The Starks walked out of the tower, and the conversation with Stannis did not seem as pleasant as expected. The lord was very wary of them.

After they left, another guest came to Stannis's tower.

She needed Stannis to send someone to take him out of Storm's End.

Originally, Stannis wanted Davos to take her out by boat, but the Onion Knight seemed to have disappeared.

Melisandre has been searching in the flames these two days. Did she misinterpret it? She asked the question countless times.

"Davon." Stannis called to the servant, "Go and call Salladhor Saan to see me."

The servant left for a while, and then there was a knock on the door, "Your Majesty."

The voice of Maester Pylos sounded outside the door.