Chapter 97 Burning

"Has it been built yet?"

Hearing the old Sir's words, Viserys' face was slightly serious, but he didn't appear shocked.

Because the Iron Throne has been collecting information on Andalos, and Andalus also has a lot of 'inner response' in Westeros.

Viserys has gained a firm foothold on the Essos Continent, and now more than two-digit nobles have contacted him, expressing the wish of 'wish the king's health and hope that the king will return soon'.

These nobles are families whose interests were unfairly distributed, and even suffered losses, after Baratheon took the Iron Throne.

After all, Robert sat on the Iron Throne, and he must reward most of the interests to the families who followed him to launch the rebellion, and these interests were the original interests of the families who surrendered later.

In this way, the vested interests will cheer, while the other part will naturally breed resentment.

And this is the unavoidable pain in the change of power. It takes a certain amount of time to get used to the distribution of benefits in the post-Targaryen era.

Unfortunately, the Targaryen embers were not completely extinguished. First, they completed the Jedi counterattack on Dragonstone Island, which gave Baratheon a painful blow, and then they regained a firm foothold on the mainland of Essos, with a great momentum of a comeback.

Because of the existence of Viserys, Robert or his adoptive father, the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn, wanted to use time to break in the uneven distribution of domestic interests, which was greatly prolonged.

Now they need more time to make all parties in the country completely forget Targaryen and adapt to the distribution of interests in the new era.

This may be one of the reasons why the former Prime Minister finally nodded and agreed to the plan of the new fleet, and Robert was bent on killing the Targaryen remnants.

Not long ago, a few months before Viserys was ready to set off for Pentos, he had received news that Baratheon's new royal fleet had been built.

However, I didn't expect to delay it for a few more months. It seems that Stannis is fully prepared this time, and is very careful.

Even released a lot of false news to confuse the enemy on the other side of the Narrow Sea, but Targaryen was not fooled this time.

After all, the previous raids had many factors such as the right time, place, people, etc., and finally achieved such a brilliant victory that it was almost impossible to replicate it again.

If you want to raid the Royal Fleet led by Stannis again, it is very likely that you will fall into the trap of the enemy, and instead lose your troops.

The old Sir has led the Dragonstone Island fleet for so many years and is naturally fully immersed in the way of naval warfare, and his troops are more calm.

And this time he rushed over from Dragonstone Island to discuss the countermeasures with Viserys.

"Fight or retreat?"

The silver-haired boy wearing an ordinary sackcloth shirt and breeches sat in the center of the Andalos castle hall, with one hand supporting his cheek, his eyes locked on a pen on the table and seemed to be a little absent-minded.

In fact, in the early planning of Viserys, there was already an arrangement for Dragonstone Island.

That is to retreat to the Andas Plain first, and then build a castle here to stand firm. If Baratheon attacks Dragonstone again one day, he will take the initiative to avoid the battle and give Dragonstone to them.

In this way, you can recover the front line to the greatest extent, shrink your own strength, and condense into one of the hardest fists. When the enemy catches up to the Essos continent again, he will fight back with a punch.

However, the plan was a plan, and when it was time to give up Dragonstone, Viserys still had some reluctance.

Although so many years have passed, he has already scratched the ground on Dragonstone Island by three feet, and all those who can be moved have been moved here.

It even includes some keels, dragon crystals or what is called obsidian, and some stones that are suspected to be dragon eggs. However, when they were carefully taken out, they found that it was really a stone.

"Do you really want to give up Dragonstone Island?"

Viserys was slightly reluctant and hesitant.

And Prince Oberyn, who was sitting in the first position to the right of Viserys, was crossing his legs and clasping his fingers. When he heard Viserys' words, he raised his head and looked at the little king with dark eyes.

"If you are unwilling to give up a little benefit, it is likely to disrupt the overall situation."

Prince Oberyn's words made sense, although the man's skin was a little dark, his hair was messy, and he had a beard that looked a little sloppy.

However, Oberon really can't be underestimated. He is even the most educated person among all the people present, a truly rare genius.

Oberyn once studied in the academy when he was young, and he created a total of six bachelor chains, symbolizing that he has reached the level of a bachelor in six fields.

The maester Gunther, who was in the gray maester robe, even called Oberyn "senior" because he only had three maester links in total.

"The Usurper's navy is not as good as ours, yet their ships are stronger and larger than ours."

At this moment, Maester Gunther, who was sitting beside the old Sir, also spoke.

As a bachelor of Dragonstone, he followed the old sergeant to manage affairs on Dragonstone, and at the same time he went to Andalus to help Viserys.

Even Maester Gunther was a little busier than them, often running back and forth between the two places, but fortunately he trained apprentices to help both sides send and receive ravens normally.

"I understand."

Viserys heard that the three people in the entire imperial meeting believed that the original plan should not be disrupted. They should continue to recharge their batteries and wait for the opportunity to return to Westeros with Dorne, then nodded slightly. .

"Since this is the case, then wait until Stannis's fleet arrives, and take the initiative to give up Dragonstone and retreat."

Viserys made a final decision on this matter, withdrew all his strength and continued to recharge his batteries in a low-key manner.

"Um."

And the old jazz nodded slightly, even if this matter came to an end.

However, the gray-robed bachelor sitting beside him sorted out the information in his hand at this time, and then raised his head again.

"Your Majesty, there is one more small matter."

Viserys' eyes fell on the maester.

"what?"

Afterwards, Maester Gunther held a piece of intelligence in his hand and handed it to Viserys.

"This is what happened not long ago in the Iron Islands"

"A church that worships the Seven Gods accidentally caught fire and burned down, but many people think it may not be an accident."