Chapter 98 Iron Seed

"The great Drowned God has given us courage, will and strength."

And on the far-flung Iron Islands, a long-planned orgy seems to be unfolding.

A man dressed in linen was bare-chested, holding a flaming torch, chanting words full of enthusiasm and piety.

Then burn the Seven Holy Church in front of you.

"These false gods and Ability Gods are all conspiracies of the God of Storms, let them get out of the Drowned God's territory!"

According to legend, the Storm God is the eternal enemy of the Drowned God. The God of Storms lives in the palaces of the clouds, and the Drowned God lives in the palaces of flowing waters on the bottom of the sea. When they fight, the sea will roll up with wind and waves.

However, like the Drowned God, no one but the Ironborn believed in the existence of the Storm God.

huh~

The fire was burning, and the thick smoke was rising, mixed with the tongues of flames, the monks and nuns in the church were crying and calling their mothers. death, screamed.

And some are stuck in the church, kneeling in front of the Father and praying loudly, it seems that the loud voice can strengthen their inner faith and suppress the fear that is about to stir in their hearts.

They hoped that the seven gods could descend with divine power to destroy these blasphemous sinners.

In fact, this kind of thing has already begun to have some omen since a month ago.

Although the number is relatively small, some of the ironmen still believe in the seven gods. However, a month ago, these ironmen who believed in the seven gods often encountered bad things.

Either the house was burnt on a trip, or the door was wide open and there was a theft.

Even in the later stage, some people specifically stared at these ironmen's houses and threw stones. Regardless of whether the other party was at home or not, a series of ironmen who believed in the Seven Gods were beaten or even killed in the street.

Spreading the teachings of the Seven Gods in the Iron Islands is an extremely difficult task in itself. However, despite these arduous challenges, the monks in the temple still did not give up and are still struggling to support them.

But they did not expect that it has evolved into this shape now.

A group of fanatical Drowned God believers first burned the Seven Holy Church on Great Wicker Island, and then the church on Old Wicker Island was also besieged, all the monks were killed, and the nuns were brutally treated.

The situation suddenly took a sharp turn and became uncontrollable at an unexpected speed.

On Pike Island, the most prosperous island in the Iron Islands, the monks who believed in the Seven Gods sought refuge from the Greyjoy family in the name of the archbishop who was far away in King's Landing, and asked the Greyjoy family to send troops to suppress the rebellion and protect the sanctuary from suffering. to the attack.

However, Pike City drove the monks out, telling them that this was not a rebellion, it was just the ironborn's own choice.

Then, before these monks escaped from King's Harbor, such a thing happened, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to escape.

Accompanied by the loud prayers of the monks, the burning flame gradually swallowed in, and then it became a shrill scream. The house of the Seven Holy Church finally collapsed in the flames and was completely destroyed.

"rush!"

Afterwards, a group of ironmen who had been waiting for a long time and were not afraid of death rushed up and started picking up the treasures in the sanctuary that were not melted by the flames.

"Brother."

Step on.

In Pike City, the home city of the Greyjoy family, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the main hall.

Then a tall, pale-skinned man walked in quickly from the outside.

He has black hair and beard, a bright blue eye often referred to as the 'smiling eye', and his other left eye is covered by a black blindfold, and he is rarely seen What color are the eyes under the blindfold, whether they are still smiling or full of bitterness and malice.

"Euron."

And sitting on the icy throne in the hall is a thin man with long black hair that is scattered, his face is angular, his black eyes are sharp, and he has a personality like all ironmen. He is stubborn, fearless Competitive.

He was Euron's brother, now Lord of the Iron Islands, Balon of House Greyjoy.

"You are already quite old, why are you still so unstable?"

At this moment, Balon's eyes were quiet, looking at his younger brother Euron, who hurried in from outside the hall.

"Brother is right."

When Euron heard his elder brother's criticism, he didn't make any excuses. He just sneered, showing his pale teeth.

"But what I want to say is, is this action a little too hasty?"

What happened in King's Harbor outside today was actually supported by the Greyjoy family secretly.

And since a month ago, the 'Drunk God Movement' that suddenly burst into flames on the entire Iron Islands has also been carried out secretly under their instigation.

The whole thing was planned by Balon and his brothers together, so Euron knew the inside story all too well.

But he felt that all this could be carried out slowly, and the ironmen's fanatical belief in the ancient way was gradually mobilized, and there was no need to be so hasty.

However, Euron did not expect the plan to be advanced. All of this was like pressing the accelerator button. The fanatical beliefs of the Iron Seeds began to ferment rapidly, and then reached an uncontrollable level.

Now that the sanctuary has been burned down and the monks have been killed, there is a turbulent posture, and they can't stop even if they don't want to launch a plan.

"We could have continued to let that dragon cub on Essos delay the Iron Throne's attention."

"Take it easy."

Euron sat carelessly on a chair beside his brother Balon, then picked up an apple from the fruit bowl beside him and took a bite.

This is their plan.

Use Viserys to delay time, accumulate enough power, and even secretly ally with Targaryen to incite war between the Iron Throne and Targaryen.

Then, while the two of them were fighting each other, they launched a rebellion, calling themselves the king of the Iron Islands, and stabbed them in the back.

However, Euron did not expect that the elder brother Balon would advance the plan without authorization, and now it has become a difficult situation to ride a tiger.

After this incident came out, King's Landing would definitely scold them and ask them to hand over the murderer.

However, if the Iron Islands really hand over the murderer, then the Greyjoy family's prestige among the ironmen will plummet, and the sentiment of 'following the ancient path' that was finally stirred up will also be poured down by a basin of water. cold.

"Humph--"

"What do you know?"

However, Baron just snorted coldly.

In fact, he didn't want to launch the plan so early, but many times the big plan was destroyed in the hands of the individual, and Baron didn't think that the iron seeds he secretly arranged had actually brainwashed himself.

Fanatical belief in ancient ways, even to the point of madness, and then all of a sudden too much force...