Chapter 216 Sea Monster Rumors

The night enveloped the camp, and the moonlight was like a layer of silver yarn, sprinkling on the ground. The insects in the grass chirped one after another, as if playing a symphony of the night. The campfire swayed in the wind, casting mottled light and shadows, intertwined with the darkness around.

In the quiet night, several black shadows wearing Unsullied armor and holding sharp blades shuttled through the shadows like ghosts, bypassing the watchtower and quickly entering the camp.

Their footsteps were light and made almost no sound, but his nervous expression still betrayed his inner uneasiness.

After simply identifying the direction, they quickly walked towards the center of the camp, successfully avoiding three patrolling teams of Unsullied along the way. After observing the number of patrols, they quickly adjusted and disguised themselves as Unsullied patrols.

The Unsullied on guard looked around vigilantly, their eyes were cold, like falcons in the dark.

When they saw a patrol approaching, the Unsullied immediately noticed something was wrong. This route had just been patrolled, and no one should come.

"Password!" The low voice of the Unsullied broke the silence of the night.

The disguised assassin was startled. He did not expect to encounter the password. He opened his mouth, but could not answer.

In an instant, the Unsullied reacted quickly. They raised their weapons and rushed towards the assassin. The assassin was not to be outdone. He also drew his weapon and started a fierce fight with the Unsullied.

As the noise became louder and louder, countless patrols were attracted. The assassins soon fell into trouble. Although they fought hard, they were quickly captured by the Unsullied.

Jalal and Grey Worm rushed to the scene of the incident as soon as they received the news.

Jalal frowned and looked at the subdued assassin with a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

"Grey Worm, take good care of the people. I will report to His Majesty." Jalal said.

Grey Worm nodded, and the Unsullied immediately took the assassin away.

Jalal turned and ran towards Gavin's tent.

In Gavin's tent, the candlelight flickered. Gavin was sitting at the table, looking at the map intently.

Jalal hurried into the tent, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, an assassin just tried to sneak into the camp, but was discovered and captured by the Unsullied on duty."

Gavin raised his head slightly, his eyes calm, as if he was not surprised by the news.

"Do you want to interrogate this assassin, Your Majesty?" Jalal asked.

Gavin shook his head and said, "No need, just execute him directly. If you encounter this situation again in the future, there is no need to interrogate, just kill him directly."

Jalal accepted the order and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Jalal turned and left the tent.

He couldn't help but look back at Gavin's tent, looking at the Blood Dragon Guards surrounding the tent.

Then he looked at the Chiying sleeping on the open space beside him, its huge body looked even more majestic in the moonlight.

Jalal's mouth corners slightly raised, he looked in the direction of Meereen, couldn't help but sneered, thinking to himself: His Majesty has been on guard against you idiots.

In the next few days, assassinations continued one after another, without interruption.

They racked their brains and came up with various tricks.

Some mixed in, some sneaked in, some attacked by force, and some tried to create chaos by setting fires. What's more, some even tried to poison Chiying and successfully fed themselves to the dragon.

Although the methods used by these assassins were different, the final results were exactly the same.

None of the assassins who tried to enter the camp could leave alive.

At the same time, Kyle led the Second Legion and successfully set up a solid camp in the north of Meereen.

Los led the cavalry to sweep all the towns and villages outside Meereen.

Because Meereen had concentrated its forces back to the city in advance, Kyros's cavalry encountered almost no resistance during the march, and towns and villages surrendered wherever they went.

Even at sea, after Gavin rode on Blazing Shadow and burned more than ten ships, no more ships dared to leave the port, and Meereen completely lost contact with the outside world.

At this time, Gavin finally waited for the warships he had been thinking about, but only twenty warships successfully arrived at Slaver Bay.

Gavin sat in the main seat of the tent, listening to the reports of several captains and Jalal with a serious look. The atmosphere in the tent was depressing and dull, with only a few people's voices echoing in the air.

"The fleet was circling the Valyrian ruins at the time, and the pilot ship was the first to blow the warning horn." A captain recalled the scene at the time, his voice still with a trace of fear, "When I went on deck, the warship had completely disappeared, and only fragments of the hull could be seen floating on the sea. I subconsciously thought that it was attacked by other enemy ships, and immediately ordered to prepare for battle."

Another captain continued: "I saw the second warship being shredded with my own eyes. The scene was too terrible. The warship was like a fragile toy, and it had no power to fight back in front of the tentacles of the sea monster. It was not until the attack approached and I fell into the water that I realized that it was the sea monster that attacked us." His eyes revealed deep fear, as if he saw the horrible scene again.

"I can't describe what it looks like." The captain frowned and tried to organize his words. "Most of the sea monster's body is underwater, but judging from the tentacles that extend out of the sea, the size of the sea monster is much larger than a sailing warship. Its tentacles are as thick as two adults, and they are covered with suction cups and mucus. When the sea monster attacks, the tentacles will extend from underwater and then tightly wrap around the warship, just like a python wrapping around its prey, crushing the entire warship."

"Before departure, Commander Hassan considered that Your Majesty might use wildfire, so he collected all the wildfires and brought them together." The captain who spoke first added, "The sea monster happened to attack the warship carrying wildfire. When the tentacles wrapped around the warship, the people on the ship chose to ignite the wildfire and die together."

"I saw that the sea monster burned five or six tentacles, and the other tentacles were retracted underwater." The captain continued, "I guess the sea monster is not dead, but just injured. After rescuing all the soldiers who fell into the sea, we quickly left that sea area and were not attacked afterwards."

"Your Majesty, I checked and the route around the ruins of Valyria seems to have been cut off. Many ships expected to arrive have disappeared." Jalal's voice was filled with a hint of worry.

Listening to their reports, Gavin rubbed his forehead and felt troubled.

According to the descriptions of several captains, his 21st century thinking has already made a rough guess about the appearance of the sea monster.

He seemed to see a huge octopus with countless thick tentacles, hiding in the deep sea, ready to launch a fatal attack on passing ships at any time.

This not only caused losses to his fleet, but also brought great obstacles to his next plan.

The sea area where the accident happened was just outside the Valyria ruins. From all indications, the sea monster was most likely from that mysterious and dangerous ruins.

Gavin frowned slightly and began to recall his memories of the Game of Thrones world in his previous life.

In the Game of Thrones world that he was familiar with, there were no plots related to sea monsters, or perhaps there were sea monsters, but the relevant news had not spread to the Westeros continent.

However, Daenerys was going to lead her army from Meereen to Westeros. The route around the Valyria ruins was a must, and passing through that sea area was inevitable.

He thought to himself that since there was no plot related to sea monsters in the original plot, the appearance of sea monsters at this moment must be because of himself.

Think about it carefully.

Only he went on the Valyrian expedition and came back alive;

Only he provoked the Thousand-Faced God;

Only he defeated Euron Greyjoy in the Sea of ​​Smoke, breaking the original plot development.

Only he caused ripples in this world and became a variable in this world.

Euron Greyjoy, this name kept appearing in Gavin's mind.

He remembered the fierce battle in the Sea of ​​Smoke, and finally Euron Greyjoy disappeared in the sea of ​​fire.

Is he not dead? Did he have some special encounter in the ruins of Valyria, so that he gained the ability to control sea monsters?

Or maybe he is indeed dead, but his experience in the ruins before his death accidentally released the sea monster.

Gavin took a deep breath and tried to calm his thoughts.

He rubbed his forehead again, trying to ease the irritability that was gradually emerging, and then cast his eyes on the captains in front of him.

The captains' eyes revealed fatigue and worry, and they were waiting for Gavin's instructions.

Gavin sat on the main seat of the tent, his eyes slowly swept over the captains in front of him, and said calmly: "You don't need to participate in the operation of blocking Meereen for the time being. All the soldiers of the fleet, including you, will have three days off." Upon hearing this, the captains were stunned for a moment, and then an irrepressible smile flashed in their eyes.

Gavin continued to speak slowly: "All soldiers will be rewarded with ten gold dragons each, and the reward will be doubled for those who unfortunately fell into the water. The captain will be rewarded with five hundred gold dragons, and from the first mate and below, the reward will be reduced by one hundred according to the position. You have traveled a long way and worked hard. There will be a banquet in the evening, come and participate."

When the captains heard such a generous reward, their faces suddenly bloomed with bright smiles.

They all straightened up, saluted Gavin in the most respectful manner, and said in unison: "Thank you for your generosity, Your Majesty! It is our honor to serve Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Gavin just waved his hand slightly.

Seeing this, all the captains immediately understood and retreated in an orderly manner.

The tent soon returned to calm, leaving only Gavin, Jalal, and the maid Missandei.

Jalal did not leave the tent immediately, but stood there respectfully and continued to report to Gavin: "Your Majesty, there is also a woman coming with the ship. Maester Qyburn wrote a letter to explain that this was arranged according to your previous request, so he asked this woman to come with the fleet."

Gavin couldn't help but feel confused when he heard this. Woman? His own request? He frowned slightly and quickly searched for relevant memories in his mind, but couldn't remember the reason for a while. So he asked: "What kind of woman?"

Jalal immediately replied respectfully: "She said her name is Osha, and she is a freeman from the land beyond the wall."

Gavin heard this name and suddenly realized that this was indeed the order he had issued before. At the beginning, he made some arrangements among the wildlings outside the wall, with the purpose of obtaining some wildlings to make up for the population gap in the Stepstone Islands, and to intervene in the North to prevent the White Walkers from becoming too powerful.

Later, it was this Osha who asked to see him, so he ordered the ship heading outside the Great Wall to bring her back.

Gavin nodded slightly and said, "It is indeed my order. You can bring her back later."

Jalal nodded respectfully upon hearing this. Then, he took out a few more sheets of paper from his bosom, handed them to Gavin, and said, "Your Majesty, this is a report on the situation in Westeros and a letter from Her Majesty the Queen, which was also brought with the ship."

Gavin took the letter, focused his eyes, and began to read it carefully word by word.

The tent became very quiet for a while, with only the slight sound of Gavin flipping the paper.

The letter explained that since Hassan led the fleet eastward to Volantis, Daenerys decided to return to the Stepstones to take charge.

After all, Viserion now has a certain combat power, and the presence of a dragon can form a deterrent, thus preventing many people from having evil thoughts, and Dragonstone will be controlled by Davos leading the Narrow Sea Fleet.

In addition to Daenerys's brief explanation of her return to the Stepstones, the letter is mostly about Daenerys's thoughts for Gavin.

Gavin knew in his heart that since the two met, they had never been apart for so long.

In addition, Gavin has always protected Daenerys very well, and he has undoubtedly become the only support for her. This long separation is undoubtedly a torment for Daenerys.

After a long time, Gavin slowly put down the letter in his hand. He wanted to write a reply to Daenerys immediately to comfort her and inform her of his situation.

However, the route has been cut off, and it is almost impossible to deliver a complete letter.

Relying solely on pigeons, only some brief information can be conveyed.

He sighed slightly, and then he picked up the intelligence aside and read it.

Tywin Lannister is indeed a shrewd and calculating person. As Gavin expected, he is not so easy to be defeated.

His series of actions fully demonstrate his political skills and military strategies.

He first sent Littlefinger to the Valley to form a secret alliance, and brought Myrcella Baratheon with him.

With Littlefinger's clever mediation, Myrcella Baratheon and Robert Arryn concluded a marriage contract, which successfully brought the Vale to his camp.

Littlefinger also achieved his goal as expected. He married Lysa Tully and became the guardian of the Vale.

Then, the Vale army came out of the Bloody Gate and unexpectedly attacked the Northern army from behind.

The Northern lords were unprepared. They thought it was reinforcements, but they didn't expect to be a fatal blow.

Under this sudden attack, the Northern army was quickly defeated.

The remaining troops of the North were forced to retreat to Harrenhal in panic, and were soon besieged in this huge castle by the Vale army that arrived later.