Chapter 69 Sea Monsters and Grilled Squid
"Red Devil Ship?"
Dany was amused by the words of the New Ghis people and asked, "Do you believe that the devil will come to the human world to be a pirate?"
"If it is not a devil, it would be even more terrifying!" The customs officer warned seriously, "It is said that no ship targeted by the red devil ship can escape the pursuit, the red devil ship is too fast; and no one survives, the devil on the devil ship is too vicious."
"Thank you for your warning." Dany restrained her smile and thanked her solemnly.
It is natural for the devil to do evil things, and it is even more terrifying for a human to do evil things.
The customs officer looked around and saw the white dragon and the green dragon on the observation deck above his head. He couldn't move his feet immediately. He glanced at the two dragons and made small talk: "Of course, the New Ghis Iron Legion is not afraid of pirates, but we also understand the principle of taking precautions.
Therefore, in the past six months, customs officers will check every ship entering the New Ghis Bay, not to check the cargo, but to check if there are any hidden armed personnel."
Seeing that Dany and the others didn't say anything, the guy's expression did not change, and continued: "By the way, in addition to pirates, you have to be careful of sea monsters.
Several rowing boats from the Summer Islands encountered a huge and terrifying sea monster in the north of the Basilisk Islands.
A 30-meter-long speedboat was directly dragged to the bottom of the sea, and only 13 of the 200 sailors were rescued by nearby ships.
At that time, blood dyed the sea red, and the red waves rolled violently, which was terrible."
Dany became interested and asked: "Is it true? I thought sea monsters were just legends."
"Haha, those black-skinned people scared seven or eight people crazy, how could it be fake?" The brown-red Zhanak smiled with two rows of white teeth, "And compared with your dragon, what is a sea monster?"
Dany couldn't refute this. Sea monsters are legendary, and dragons are even more legendary than sea monsters.
Maybe he had seen enough dragons, or maybe he had a lot of work to do, Zhanak exchanged a few more polite words and left with two soldiers.
Watching the New Ghis boat sailing towards the ship behind, Dany turned around and asked Blackbeard Grolai: "Do you think that the sea monster attacking the ship is true?"
"Maybe." The old sailor said worriedly: "Not only is there a legend of sea monsters in the depths of the Summer Sea circulating among sailors, but even in the Narrow Sea.
When the fleet set out for Qarth, someone saw a sea monster on the Five Finger Peninsula. It attacked an Iban whaling ship with its crimson tentacles. The 25-meter-long ship was eventually dragged into the deep sea.
The man said to me with fear on his face that one of the tentacles was as thick as a bucket, as if it was stained red with blood, almost like a demon's tentacle."
Red octopus?
I don't know how it tastes.
Whitebeard Astan said: "In the legend of the Seven Kingdoms, some dragons can capture giant monsters in the sea, just as easy as an osprey catching fish from a river."
"That sea monster is just a giant octopus. Don't we usually eat grilled octopus?" Dany said disapprovingly.
"No, it's not what you think." Jorah interrupted, "Legends of sea monsters have existed since ancient times, but I have rarely heard of sea monsters attacking ships before."
The old sailor Blackbeard agreed, "Knight Mormont is right. I have lived on the sea for thirty or forty years, and I have only heard accurate news about sea monsters in the past six months."
Could the appearance of sea monsters also be related to magical tides?
If so, then sea monsters may be magical beasts, not ordinary giant octopuses.
But dragons disappeared for more than a century, and immortals were washed away by the river of time, leaving only decayed souls. How did those sea monsters survive the "End of the Age"?
"How long can sea monsters live?" she asked.
"This" several people looked at each other, and they never thought she would ask this question.
"No one has ever studied it." Whitebeard hesitated and said, "Although the Greyjoy family uses a golden sea monster as their emblem, they don't seem to be able to summon sea monsters to fight like the legendary king of the Ironborn.
Instead, Lord Adrian Celtigar of the Celtigar family on Crab Island once boasted to others that his family has an ancestral horn that can awaken underwater monsters."
Celtigar?
In his memory, Viserys mentioned this family to Daenerys. 12 years before the Great Cataclysm of Valyria, the virgin girl Daenys of the Targaryen family predicted the destruction of Valyria. At that time, the families that moved away from Valyria were not only the Targaryens, but also the Celtigar and Velaryen families.
The Targaryen fiefdom was Dragonstone Island, Celtigar was on Crab Island, and Velaryen was on Tidehead Island. The three islands were very close to each other, and the farthest was only one or two hours away by sea.
The Targaryens were only small nobles in Valyria, and Celtigar and Velaryen were not even dragon kings, and they had no dragons.
Of course, they are Valyrian nobles after all, and have the ability to communicate with and control dragons.
During the "Dance of the Dragons" more than a hundred years ago, many Velaryons became dragon riders.
If the Targaryen family had a slight chance of winning, Celtigar and Velaryon would be the most loyal allies, but it would be impossible for them to sacrifice their entire family.
Viserys often hoped that the two families would help him restore his country, while scolding them for being ungrateful and forgetting the friendship between the monarch and his subjects for thousands of years.
Dany did not start the topic with Celtigar, and continued to ask: "How long can a dragon live?"
"It is said that it is determined by wisdom. In some legends, wise old dragons live for a thousand years." Jorah thought for a while, frowned and said: "But during the Targaryen dynasty, the oldest Balerion was not lacking in wisdom, and the royal family would not lack its food, but he only lived for more than two hundred years."
"Dragons not only need food, but also desire freedom and the sky." Whitebeard said lightly.
"Freedom?" Dany turned to look at the old man, wondering, "Did the former Targaryen lock Balerion up?"
The old man sighed, his eyes blurred, and said, "King's Landing is mainly composed of three hills."
"I know this," Dany said, "named after the three Aegon brothers and sisters. The Red Keep where the king lives is on Aegon's High Hill, the Cathedral of Saint Baelor is on Visenya Hill, and a huge dragon cave was built under Rhaenys Hill."
Her heart moved, and she was surprised, "Is it that the dragon cave is too small, restricting the activities of the dragon?"
Whitebeard shook his head slowly and said, "The dragon cave is very large, and it can accommodate thirty knights riding side by side. There is a huge round dome on top, which is 100 meters high. But dragons are dragons. Your ancestors forgot one thing. There is no dragon cave in Valyria."
No, Valyria has a dragon cave. They live with the Valyrian dragon king on the top of Blackstone Tower, which also has a dome and a wall.
Dany thought so in her heart, but did not interrupt the old man's narration.
"From then on, the dragons in the dragon cave became smaller and smaller, and finally," the old man sighed, "the last dragon was only as big as a puppy."
"Damn it, if walls could limit volume, then the peasants living in thatched huts would all grow into dwarfs, while the kings in tall castles would be as strong as giants." Ser Jorah sneered, "It's just the opposite. Tall men are often born in thatched huts, while short men live in castles."
"People are people, dragons are dragons, dragons should live in the sky, and people can only live on the earth. I didn't say that. The scholars came to this conclusion after carefully studying the bones of giant dragons of all generations." White Beard said seriously.
"Hmph!" Ser Jorah had never liked this white-bearded old man. At this moment, he snorted contemptuously and said mockingly, "You little squire, you really take yourself so seriously. Since you know so much, how about you introduce us to the knowledge of dragons?"
Whitebeard said calmly, "I was only lucky enough to see the dragon skulls hanging on the wall of the throne room during the reign of King Aerys. Those bones confirmed some of the maester's inferences, but I don't know other more profound knowledge."
At this point, the old man turned his head to look at Dany and said gently, "Princess, if you want to know more about dragons, when you arrive in Pentos, you can borrow "Dragons, Dragonworms, and Winged Dragons: A History of the Unnatural Evolution of the Dragon Race" from Governor Illyrio. It is a very valuable book that records the knowledge about dragons in detail."
Dany became interested and asked curiously, "The title of the book sounds like it implies that dragons evolved from other animals, not naturally..."
"Ah!" She suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Could it be that humans made dragon-like creatures evolve into giant dragons? Oh my God, blood magic, Valyria's blood wizards! That book is from the ancient Valyria Freehold?"
Whitebeard's eyes widened, very shocked that she could guess so much from a name.
Looking at Dany seriously, he nodded and said, "Son Bath believes that dragons are magical creatures created by Valyria's blood wizards using long-winged dragons." "
Son?"
"Son Bath was the Hand of the King two hundred years ago. He reigned for 40 years and brought peace and prosperity to the Seven Kingdoms." Whitebeard explained.
"Uh, as a prime minister, how can he study dragons and magic?" Dany was speechless.
The key is that the main business has not been delayed, and the country is managed in an orderly manner.
"I know Septon Bath. I heard that he was born in poverty and is the son of a blacksmith. Because his family could not support him, his father gave him to the church." Jorah was suddenly enlightened, and then questioned, "Why haven't I heard of him writing the "Unnatural Evolution of Dragons"? "
"Septon Bath has been extremely smart since he was a child. He was sent to work in the Royal Library by the church. There he not only learned endless knowledge, but also met the book-loving 'Centenarian King', Jaehaerys I."
He looked at Dany and added, "The Centenarian King is the grandson of His Majesty Aegon."
After that, he said to Jorah, "The book has not been passed down. After Saint Baelor ascended the throne, he ordered all the works of Septon Bath to be burned. Only a small number of manuscripts were circulated overseas or collected by some nobles."
Dany knew Saint Baelor. There were many his legends in the "Fairy Tales of Westeros" that Jorah gave her. Later, she asked the knight about Saint Baelor's deeds in detail.
Even though there are many eccentrics in the Targaryen family, this one is the most eccentric among all the eccentrics.
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