Chapter 201 Then and Now
Chapter 199 Then and Now
All around were the monotonous red wasteland, with the few trees twisted and weird, and the water in the shallow pool was bitter and smelly, looking as lifeless as a magma hell.
The lifeless horizon was hung with low-hanging dark clouds, which were no less desolate than the ground.
This was a month after the conquest of Yunkai, when Mongol stepped into the red wilderness from the Sand Road, and could see the scene every day.
And, as if destined, Daenerys Targaryen also came.
Mongol went south this time, and as a Dothraki Khaleesi, she needed to ride on horseback and follow the khal, so that she could be supported by her tribe.
The Targaryen woman, who was always strong and courageous, would not miss such an opportunity.
However, in order to shorten the time to rush to the Kaiser Pass, the war was urgent before, and Mongol chose a radical marching method and left her on the road.
So, Daenerys took the bloodriders left by her husband, the Golden Group that swore to protect her, and the logistic baggage, and slowly moved south.
The timing was just right. Mongol, who had completed various appointments and military dispatches in Slaver's Bay and was leading the army to Qarth, met Daenerys in Lacha.
This can be said to be destiny!
If the story of the original world develops according to the development, Daenerys will marry the horse king Drogo, and they will also come to Lacha.
Two battles that will change the fate of the world will take place in this place.
Drogo, who heard the prophecy of Dosh Khaleen, firmly believed that his and Daenerys' son would be "the horse riding the world", and led the Khalasar to pursue Ogo Khal, who also heard the prophecy, and defeated him in Lacha.
Then he broke through Lacha, slaughtered, looted, insulted and captured the local residents.
But he was injured during the battle. Daenerys found a witch named Mirri Maz Duur from the Lajarin slaves she recruited and asked her to apply medicine to Drogo.
In fact, Drogo didn't care about his injury at the time. The ointment made his wound itchy and painful, and he tore off the ointment soon, causing the wound to fester.
Then, Drogo's wound continued to worsen until he fell off his mount, which was a fatal blow to the prestige of a Dothraki khal.
All Dothraki warriors firmly believed that a khal who couldn't ride a horse was not the strongest warrior, nor a real khal.
Motho, the leader of Lajaran, had led the tribe for decades when he served as a khal. He was already at the age of retirement, but he still had to ride a horse.
Even if Mongol was now unable to ride a horse suddenly, his unified Dothraki Sea would immediately fall into a crisis of division.
However, this kind of thing will not happen to Mongol. With his strength and body toughness, it is impossible unless he hurts himself.
The story of Daenerys Targaryen will not happen, because the key characters in the story are almost all dead.
Horse King Drogo was killed by Mongol near Volantis.
Ogo Khal and his son were killed by Mongol in the western part of the Holy Mother Mountain.
The old woman Dosh Khaleen was slaughtered by Bono in the Temple of the Prophet.
As for the witch Mirri, she can be said to be the first Lazarin to be loyal to the Dothraki.
When she learned that her Lazarin people were protected by the Dothraki and no longer had to worry about the surrounding peoples looting them, she was very motivated to work and made great contributions to the medical cause of the Dothraki.
This witch Mirri is not simple, and is definitely not the second-rate knife that Mongol once thought.
She was born in a family of priestesses of Lazha. She followed her mother to learn the spells of the Supreme Shepherd since she was a child. In her youth, she went to Asshai to learn medical skills. She also studied under Marwyn, a doctor of the Citadel, and learned the human anatomy of Westeros. She also learned the song of childbirth from the moon singer of Jogosnai and the knowledge of herbs from Dothraki women.
In general, this is a top medical scientist who has learned everything from the East and West continents.
The death of Drogo, including the miscarriage of the child in Daenerys's belly, is more like her way of revenge, the revenge of a doctor.
However, this doctor now has no hatred, only crazy work enthusiasm and the spirit of contributing to Dothraki.
At this moment, the Red Wasteland where Mungo is located is even more of a turning point in Daenerys's fate.
In the storyline of the original world, before Drogo was injured, he told Daenerys that when their child was born, he would lead the tribe to plunder the coast of the Jade Sea to the east.
Therefore, after they left Lazha, they headed east and arrived at the Red Wasteland.
However, Drogo's injuries became more and more serious, and he could no longer fight on horseback. Most of the tribes chose to follow their kor and leave to build a new Khalasar.
Daenerys had no intention of paying attention to the tribes that left. Drogo had become a living dead under the treatment of the witch Mirri.
At the same time, she also had a miscarriage, and the baby in her belly became a stillbirth.
She finally realized that this was a deception, betrayal, or revenge.
After losing her brother, husband and son, Daenerys, who had no relatives in this world, had no more worries and decided to give it a try.
She built a funeral pyre in the red wasteland, sacrificed her life, and hatched three dragons.
Daenerys, who had dragons, became a true Targaryen.
She didn't want to follow the Dothraki tradition and return to the holy city to join the Dosh Khaleen and live a life equivalent to imprisonment. Why couldn't she become the queen?
Drogo's bloodriders were all killed by the warriors who were willing to follow her, and no one could force her to return to Dosh Khaleen.
Finally, Daenerys led her three dragons and her khalasar to continue crossing the Red Waste.
Following the direction of the red comet, the legend of the Dragon Queen began.
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Just as Mungo saw the Red Waste and recalled the stories that belonged to Daenerys, suddenly, a deafening roar sounded.
Hearing the roar, all the horses became restless, and all the Dothraki followed the horses under their crotches and turned back and forth.
They looked at the black shadow flying in the sky in the distance, waving their whips, and shouting wildly with excitement:
"Gretan, Gretan!"
The knights of the Golden Group were still a little unbelievable, staring at the black shadow that pierced the dark clouds like a huge arrow, muttering to themselves:
"The dragon is coming, the dragon is coming, it's a real dragon!"
Soon after, they saw a blazing flame flying straight towards the earth.
The huge figure of Greytorn penetrated the clouds, and the black scales were engraved with red lines like magma.
It spewed out high-temperature flames from its mouth, and the flames illuminated the entire sky.
Under the strong wind of its wings, the flames flew, surpassing any artificial fireworks.
The red soil and weeds and dead trees turned into blood-red and golden light columns, becoming a real magma hell.
When Mungo left the holy city of Vaes Dothrak, Greytorn was larger than an adult stallion and could still be hidden and locked in a special carriage.
But now, only the clouds can hide its figure, and only the sky can carry its body.