Chapter 75 Euron the Crow's Eye
Seeing the red-shelled black-sailed clipper chasing like a sea snake, Grolai's face turned pale and he said to Dany with absolute certainty: The speed of the Serenity must exceed 20 knots!
For a merchant ship with a speed of only seven or eight knots, it is almost doomed to be unable to escape.
"I finally understand," Grolai said, rubbing the cold sweat on his forehead, gritting his teeth, "The 'red devil' that has been circulating in the eastern waters of the Summer Sea recently is it, the Serenity. No wonder the people of New Ghis said that as long as they encounter it, no ship can escape, it is really too fast."
Whitebeard did not want to fight with the other side, so he asked the sailors to hang Dany's flag on the top of the mast, a black three-headed dragon with a red background.
Any Westeros person knows what it represents.
"Maybe he will be loyal to Her Majesty the Queen." The old man said with some disgust.
Whitebeard looked down on Jorah Mormont, a knight who had lost his honor, and he despised pirates who killed and robbed. However, the other party seemed to be fearless, and the old man still hoped to avoid heavy casualties.
Unfortunately, the ship behind not only did not respond to them, but chased them more happily.
Dany could even see the sneer on Euron's mouth through the black dragon's perspective.
Well, Euron's bandit name was "Crow's Eye", a one-eyed dragon, and his identity was easy to identify. He stood on the top of the bridge and also observed his "prey" with binoculars.
Looking carefully, Dany found that the guy looked pretty good, in his early thirties, with black hair and black beard. Like Jorah, he wore a smoky black full body armor, but he didn't wear a helmet. The exposed skin was a little pale, but his appearance was exceptionally handsome. His left eye was covered by an eye patch, and his right eye was bright blue, shining with divine light, with a strange charm that it was smiling gently at you.
Next to the evil and crazy handsome uncle, Dany also saw a two-meter-tall black man, with bulging muscles and oiled skin, shining in the sun.
The black man had a blank expression on his face, holding a huge horn that looked like a saxophone in his arms.
Well, the arc was smoother than the saxophone, and it
looked a bit like a ram's horn magnified ten times. The twisted horn was estimated to be more than 1.8 meters long from head to toe. The main body was black, covered with red and gold stripes. It can be seen that its surface was extremely smooth, and it was shiny black.
Grolai had already commanded the three ships to form a horn with each other, and all the sails were retracted to avoid fires during the battle.
After the two rowing boats began to throw "incendiary bombs" at the Serenity, Euron also retracted the sails, and the warship was driven by the rowers.
Five hundred meters away from the Cedurion, the Serenity began to change its course. It did not rush straight up, but circled around like a hunting lion, looking for flaws in its prey.
"Is that Lord Euron of Greyjoy?" Whitebeard shouted at the blood-red pirate ship.
He used the common language.
His voice was loud and clear, crossing the sea and reaching the Serenity.
Dany grinned, "I didn't expect that you, Arstan, could still have such a loud voice at your age."
"Your Highness, the knight I serve told me that on the battlefield, a loud voice is as important as superb command skills." Whitebeard was also thinking of something, his face full of pride.
Dany thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.
A loud voice can not only effectively convey orders in battle, but also increase morale for one's side.
Well, at least in a melee, it can let the soldiers on his side know that the boss is still alive.
"Whose knight squire are you in Westeros?" Jorah's eyes flickered, and he smiled.
"A knight far greater than you." Whitebeard snorted.
"I am Euron Greyjoy, and is the one on the other side His Majesty Viserys?" Euron also has the potential to become a famous general.
Well, he also has a loud voice.
But his information was seriously delayed, and he didn't even know that Viserys had died. So he didn't know that Dany had hatched a dragon?
"Euron, this is the fleet of Her Majesty Queen Daenerys Targaryen. Do you want to ask us for iron money?" Whitebeard said loudly.
Twelve thousand years ago, the First Men invaded Westeros. In addition to establishing the First Men Kingdom on the mainland, they also partially occupied a bay in the middle of the west coast of Westeros, the Ironmen Bay.
There is a group of islands in the Ironmen Bay, where the First Men formed a unique culture and religious beliefs, calling themselves the Ironmen.
In the culture of the Ironmen, warriors plundered spoils from defeated enemies, which was called paying "iron money".
Even more cruel than the Dothraki, the horsemen would also exchange gifts to get what they needed, but the Ironmen would never use currency to buy items.
Look at the Greyjoy family motto: force is better than hard work.
The Ironmen make a living by plundering and robbery, robbing materials, slaves, and salt concubines (concubines), and are proud of it. They also call this lifestyle "ancient roads".
But with the progress of civilization, especially the rich Westerlands and Highgarden began to build fleets more powerful than the Ironmen, the ancient roads gradually could not be maintained.
When Targaryen unified the seven kingdoms, the ancient roads were completely abolished, and the Ironmen began to become sea people.
But the Ironmen, led by Greyjoy, have always hoped to restore the ancient roads, such as the rebellion of Balon Greyjoy ten years ago.
That rebellion not only caused Balon to lose his eldest son and second son, but also the third son Theon Greyjoy was controlled by Stark as an adopted son.
Well, actually a hostage.
Now, Robert is dead, the four kings are fighting, and Balon has rebelled again, intending to restore the ancient roads.
But this time King Balon has learned his lesson and no longer provokes the Lannisters and Tyrells in the south. He chooses the soft persimmon to squeeze, and the North, which is empty of troops, is in trouble.
"Is your Majesty Daenerys going to return to Westeros?"
Whitebeard deliberately used "iron money" to stimulate Euron, but Euron took a long time to digest the information revealed in his words.
"No, we will go to Slaver's Bay." The old man stopped there and did not tell Euron about Dany's plan to buy the Unsullied.
"Since Her Majesty is here, I naturally dare not offend Her Majesty's majesty." Euron turned around and shouted to the pirates on the deck of the Serenity: "Throw your weapons into the cabin immediately, raise your hands high, and stand on the side of the ship."
"I have put down my weapons. Can you stop attacking and let me get closer to talk to Your Majesty?" Euron also raised his empty scabbard and said loudly.
Well, as the Serenity approached, the ballista and catapults never stopped. When Euron talked to Barristan, the catapults stopped, but the centaurs and sailors all drew their bows and arrows and aimed at the sailors on the deck of the other ship.
"Let him row the boat over." Dany whispered.
Whitebeard hesitated and said: "He may refuse. After all, even if the exploration of Valyria fails, there are countless looted treasures on his ship."
"If he refuses, let him leave. I don't want to take in a pirate." Dany said directly.
Euron is not trustworthy at all. Balon Greyjoy was killed by him.
Although Dany is not morally clean, how can she trust a villain who even killed his own brother?
He is also ambitious and wants to conquer the Mother of Dragons and then conquer the Seven Kingdoms in the name of the king's husband.
Well, in the plot, Daenerys, the Queen of Meereen, is Euron's first target, and Cersei is just a spare tire (so awesome, using the queen as a spare tire). After the Mother of Dragons was taken by his niece, he really climbed onto Cersei's bed and gave Jaime a big green hat.
In addition to not wanting to be the target of the attack, the more important reason is that Dany thinks Euron seems to have no money to gain.
In the plot, he doesn't even have a Valyrian steel sword, which shows that the trip to the ruins of Valyria is probably a failure.
A Luther, but a toad wants to eat real dragon meat, get out!
However, the result was beyond Dany's expectation. Faced with such a difficult situation, Euron did not hesitate at all and immediately agreed.
10 minutes later, the Serenity stopped 300 meters away, and a small boat carrying Euron and a servant slowly approached the Cydurion.
Moreover, Euron took off his armor and sword, wearing a black silk robe embroidered with gold thread patterns, which was low-key and luxurious.
Dany met him on the upper deck.
Seeing Dany in the center of the crowd, Euron's blue right eye flashed a trace of surprise and surprise, "Your Majesty, the bright moon in the sky is not as beautiful as you, the winter snow roses in Winterfell will be eclipsed in front of you, and the nobles and civilians of the Seven Kingdoms will kneel down and surrender like me when they see you for the first time."
As he said, he knelt on one knee respectfully, holding up an exquisite jade box in both hands.
It is the size of a palm and is carved entirely from jade. It can be guessed that the things inside are extremely valuable.
Jorah took a step forward, took the box and opened it. His pupils shrank and his breath became heavier.
"Wow, is this really a diamond? It's so big!" Dany took the box from Jorah and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Who has ever seen a smoky purple diamond as big as a goose egg?
If it were in modern society, Dany would definitely think it was a fake, but in this era, it is much more difficult to fake it than to find a real diamond.
"Only you are worthy of this pearl of Valyria." Euron looked at Dany affectionately and said.
That expression, that tone, is very much like a boy in first love.
Dany's beautiful mood disappeared when she saw the big diamond.
This guy treated me as a strategy and conquest just like the plot.
"Crow's Eye, did you really go to the ruins of Valyria?" Jorah couldn't help but say.
"You are... so familiar!" Euron stood up and stared at Jorah for a long time, and said in surprise: "I never thought that I would meet Lord Mormont of Bear Island in the Sea of Sorrow."
"Yes, I went to Valyria." He continued: "Haha, my reputation spread from the Jade Sea to the Summer Sea, and now I am the first man to conquer the Sea of Smoke and Storm Wall."
Euron raised his head and laughed, extremely proud.
"Sea of Smoke?" Dany's heart moved, "You entered from the Sea of Smoke, and then went from north to south through the ancient island of Valyria?"
Euron's smile froze, and he touched his nose and said awkwardly: "In front of the real dragon, I dare not lie. At first, I didn't plan to go through the broken peninsula. It would be safer to return to the Sea of Smoke by the original route, but... it's very strange. It's hard to tell the direction in the storm, and I came to a thousand miles away in a daze."
Uh, this is all right? This freight is too good!
"What's on the Valyrian islands?" As soon as Dany asked this question, everyone, from Jorah to Grolai to the sailors beside her, looked at the Crow's Eye with curiosity.
"Curse!" As if thinking of something horrible, Euron's pale cheeks turned almost transparent.
"There were three ships when we went there, in addition to my Serenity, there were two other big pirates, but except for me, everyone who set foot on that land died." Euron said in a trembling voice.
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