Chapter 99 Blood Magic
Queen Alicent ultimately failed to gain the forgiveness of her stepdaughter. She still stubbornly insisted on maintaining the succession rights of Aegon the Great, and stubbornly believed that Aegon the Great was not dead. In the end, she was imprisoned in Maegor's Tower by the annoyed queen.
However, Dragonzir and Valar did not participate in the coronation ceremony held by Queen Rhaenyra for themselves. When Rhaenyra took Alicent away, they left the Red Keep with Daemon, Jacaerys, Baenilla and Rhaena. After kissing Jacaerys goodbye, Baenilla immediately prepared to fly to the Vale to protect the Eyrie as the queen's promise. Although her Moon Dancer was only the size of a horse, it could already carry people to the sky. Prince Joffrey's purple dragon Tyrex will protect King's Landing with his mother's Syrax.
Valar and Jacaerys flew back to Dragon's Nest with little Viserys. Jacaerys was appointed as the regent prince by his mother, responsible for assisting Dragonzir, the commander of the southern border, to eliminate the Hightower rebels.
And Longzier flew to Harrenhal with Daemon. As the core of the entire Three Rivers, Harrenhal's five "finger" towers can radiate the entire central area of Westeros. From here, the two dragons can hunt the fleeing Vhagar at any time.
The godswood forest of Harrenhal, Longzier brought Daemon here almost as soon as he landed. The people of the riverlands are generally believers of the Seven Gods, and the old gods only have a slight presence in Raventree. But the godswood forest is indeed a kind of architectural form generally loved by southern nobles. Many southern lords will prepare a small forest in the castle. There may not be fish beams, but there must be a few particularly tall trees.
The builder of Harrenhal, "Blackheart" Harren, was an iron man, but he was not enthusiastic about faith. He just blindly pursued the construction of this great castle that could be called a miracle, so he transplanted several ancient fish beams from the Thousand Faces Island to his own courtyard. Unfortunately, with the dragon flame of the Black Death, these fish beams were burned down, and only the largest one survived tenaciously.
A huge old man's face that seemed to be formed naturally appeared on the gnarled tree trunk, and the huge roots were like the old man's beard, deeply embedded in the soil. The bright red marks flowed from the old man's eyes, like tears.
Longzel walked quickly to the fish beam wood, turned back and said to Damon: "Cousin Damon, are the things ready?" Damon nodded: "You want these..." Damon suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Mother's blood, mother's blood, father's blood, king's blood." Longzel gently tapped the fish beam wood: "And a proper amount of magic creation. Cousin Damon, you know, I am a blood witch."
"Vigilance is our nature, Longzel." Damon smiled and shook his head: "Just like you doubted our sincerity before." But he still took out two small bottles. "Alison's blood was taken by Miss Elinda Marseille. The queen mother wanted to commit suicide, but was rescued by Miss Marseille. This is the blood she collected."
Longzel pulled out the silver blood, cut off a piece of bark from the fish beam wood, and signaled Damon to pour Alison's blood on the bark: "Mother's blood is connected to her son."
As Longzel spoke, Queen Mother Alison's blood just touched the bark of the fish beam wood and merged into it. The pale bark was instantly stained with a trace of blood that was difficult to erase.
The second small bottle was Galwen Hightower's blood. Damon got it from Ross. Unfortunately, Galwen was killed by Ross's sword. It took a long time for him to take the blood. Now the blood has basically coagulated.
"Mother's blood is enough, and the blood of the mother's family is just a supplement." Longzel shook his head. Damon sighed, stretched out his hand and wiped the silver blood, and his blood also dripped into the bark.
"The blood of the father's family guides the direction of the descendants." Longzier said the spell in high Valyrian. The bark of the fish beam wood was dyed blood red, and the bark seemed to be slowly melting.
"And the blood of the king." Longzier looked at Daemon. "The blood of the king is the best witchcraft material." Daemon hesitated, but finally took out the witchcraft material given to him by Rhaenyra.
"Don't worry that I will curse the royal family. Don't worry." Longzier smiled and made a round: "I also have Targaryen blood in my body. Cursing you is equivalent to cursing myself. Cousin Daemon, aren't you curious about what the blood of the king is?"
"Why am I curious about that thing?" Daemon smiled self-deprecatingly: "I am not a blood wizard, nor a magician. This thing is no different from a dragon to me."
"I'm not afraid of others knowing." Longzier blew a breath on the bark, and the bark suddenly burned with transparent flames, and the entire ancient fish beam wood suddenly made a rustling sound. Longzel looked back and saw a black-haired woman in the corridor of the castle looking at them expressionlessly. The moment she saw Longzel's gaze, the woman suddenly covered her head and disappeared in the shadow of the castle in the blink of an eye.
"It's not like I won't go to Thousand Faces Island." Longzel muttered, "But I didn't expect that the old gods would have some arrangements here. I didn't expect it."
"What didn't you expect?" Damon was about to listen to Longzel's introduction, but was suddenly interrupted and was a little confused.
"Nothing, let's go back to the topic of the king's blood, cousin Daemon." Long Zell laughed: "The king's blood does not actually represent the blood of the person who sits on the throne. In the family's magic books, This kind of witchcraft material is actually called 'ancient blood' or 'sacred blood'. Of course, the latter is more the self-proclaimed name of these magicians. Its real scientific name is 'magic blood', which is arranged according to the effect. The blood wizards of Leiria believe that the blood of the royal descendants of the Kingdom of Dawn is the most precious, followed by unspeakable mysterious creatures, such as dragons, demons, and night lions, the king of the dead who rides ice spiders in the myth of Westeros. , the son of the forest, and then the blood of the Valyrian Dragon King. In terms of effect, it is similar to the blood of those mythical creatures, and then the blood of the kings who ruled various places in ancient times, such as the pure-blooded descendants of the Green Hand King, Shi The pure-blood descendants of the Tucker family, the kings of the masters, and the monarchs of distant countries that have perished or still exist.”
"Because they are special, they become rulers?"
Long Zell nodded: "This is the origin of the concept of King's Blood." The colorless flame in his hand gradually extinguished. The original weirwood bark turned into two stone-like objects that were pale and bloodshot.
"Take this with you." Ronzel threw one of the stones to Daemon: "When Aemon is nearby, it will get hot. If you find Aemon, crush it. I will feel it." ”
"What about you?" Damon noticed that Long Zell had no intention of setting off with him.
"I want to go to Thousand Faces Island to take a look." Long Zell looked at the huge, dark tower of Harrenhal: "There is someone who has always wanted to see me. Don't worry, I will set off soon." Long Zell was already a little confused. Excited. “It’s exciting to think about facing Vhagar.”
"Okay, I will set off immediately." Damon knew that it might be difficult for his dragon to confront Vhagar head-on, but marking and tracking the old dragon would not be a problem at all.
He would never let Vhagar go again.
In the distance, a river valley.
A village had just been reduced to ashes, Vhagar was devouring burnt pigs and sheep, and Aemond was gnawing on burnt chicken with a tired look on his face.
"Gotta think about where to go next."
Aemond's brain was working rapidly.
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