Chapter 99 Tacit Understanding

The priestess then introduced Bono to someone he had not seen before. Behind Ogo Khal was a younger Dothraki: his Karakal Fogo.

He was surrounded by a group of Dosh Khalin crones, and Kasdanda was the leader of the crones.

Some distance away from everyone else, there sat a tall horse king, with handsome features, long braids that hung down to the seat, eyes that revealed wisdom, and a serious expression.

He was Sot Khal, from Ves Ini, located southeast of the Dothraki Sea, at the foot of the western side of the Bone Mountains. The ruins were originally called Inesar.

The residents here are distant relatives of the Shamilian people, and their cities are guarded by women, because the people there believe that only those who give birth to children are qualified to take lives.

Their women must learn to ride horses and use bows, arrows, spears and other weapons when they are children. Ninety-nine out of every hundred men will be castrated when they grow up. They can only live like eunuchs in the future, doing various jobs to serve the city. Only the smartest and strongest man can continue to grow and develop, give birth to offspring, and become a member of the ruling class in the future.

Behind Khal Sot were several female warriors with iron rings on their bodies and rubies on their cheeks.

Samiliana female warriors are not uncommon in Vaes Dothrak, but they are all commodities traded as slaves. Such scenes as serving as blood guards of khals and being taken to the dosh khaleen meeting have never appeared in the holy city.

Khal Sot's eccentricity undoubtedly made him an outlier among the horse kings. Even though he brought nearly 40,000 cavalrymen and was a powerful khal second only to Khal Ogo, he still could not get the recognition of the dosh khaleen and other horse kings, and was lonely and squeezed into a corner.

"This one," the priestess turned to Bono and said, "is Khal Mosor, a Dothraki elder. He came here a long time ago and wanted to seek asylum. I specially invited him here because we can protect his tribe from the bullying of Mongol."

No one present didn't know this old horse king. At this moment, his fists on his knees were clenched together.

Bono naturally understood the sarcasm in the priestess's words. He listened to the laughter in the hall and followed the priestess's meaning, looking at Khal Mosor, with a curious light in his eyes.

But the corner of his eyes was secretly observing the expressions of the horse kings: Ogo and his son laughed the happiest, and Khal Sot's face did not change at all. What surprised him most was that Khal Mosor actually started to laugh.

At this point, the prophet Castanda stood up to maintain order and reiterated the horror of the prophecy. Bono had heard many of the arguments in this speech, especially those about Mongol, many times. Dosh Khaleen persuaded Drogo in this way.

However, when the old woman spoke, he still listened very attentively. Finally, under the guidance of the priestess, as a witness of the Battle of the Rhoyne River, he came out and spoke impassionedly:

"Mongol! Mongol! Riding the horse of the world! The milkman in the stone tent offended the gods and awakened this unknown evil. Since the descendants of the greatest khal buried their bones in the grassland, the disaster of the end of the world has not come for a long time, but now, we are reminded of the terrible memory again, and many compatriots have to gather here, because even Drogo died in a foreign land."

At this point, seeing that no one responded to him, Bono's voice became low, and even had a sense of intention to incite, and continued:

"The decision of the khals to come here Very smart, what you heard today will let you understand Mongol's purpose. Regardless of whether there is hope or not, everyone must completely destroy his power, but the Dothraki are not alone. Everyone will know that the crisis encountered this time is not limited to us, but an unprecedented crisis in the entire Essos world.

"When we were at the Rhoyne River, Volantis sent an envoy to warn Drogo to let him know that Mongol was inciting slaves to gain freedom. At the same time, they also sought help from the Slave Bay, because the horse riding the world is getting closer and closer to our interests. If we don't respond, he may lead countless warriors to overthrow everyone's rule. This is a doomsday crisis that we must face up to."

Bono said these words half-truthfully, and everyone nearby shuddered. They knew what this matter meant: if the free trade city-state is the final trading place for the slave trade, the Dothraki are the largest slave hunters.

A horse king couldn't help but stand up and said:

"We are in agreement on destroying the horse riding the world, but we must carefully consider how to win this war. "

"Think about it carefully, but don't spend too much time on it." Fogo, the son of Khal Ogo, said sarcastically.

"It's up to us how long we should spend." The other horse kings came out to support him.

"Maybe now!" Fogo said, and then turned around and wanted to leave.

"Descendants of the horse gods, it is the prophecy of the prophet that makes everyone come here at this critical moment. We are actually gathered here by the destiny of the gods to deal with the crisis of the end of the world with our strength."

Bono's shouting stopped Fogo, and he continued to raise his voice and shouted:

"Therefore, we must unite and gather everyone's wisdom to discuss here, so that we can defeat the horse riding the world, so let me start, and please add to me, khals. "

Later, Bono described the process of the Rhoyne War in mixed truth and falsehood. He mentioned the glory and collapse of the Drogo tribe, saying that they drove the enemy away like chasing panicked prey. As for the reason for their defeat, he attributed it to The opponent's tricks, Drogo's improper command, and the obstruction of the storm.

After saying this, he paused for a moment, sighed and said:

"During that time when the troops were divided, not many people noticed Mengge's behavior. Only me and Koholo around Drogo could understand. What is very regrettable is that he could not listen to our persuasion at that time, otherwise he would win. The negative is yet to be determined.”

"I was the only survivor of that war. I watched helplessly as the storm raged around us. We used all our strength to escape from the center of the storm. Even though we suffered such a heavy blow, we still fought hard and barely held on to the enemy's offensive. In the end we were outnumbered, as Mongo had already absorbed many surrenders, but what really caused our defeat was not the difference in numbers, but the unprecedented weather."

"In this dark moment, I overcame many obstacles just to see you all. I ran single-handedly on the grassland for seventy-one days, looking for allies on the battlefield."

The crowd suddenly became noisy, and everyone looked at Bono, feeling a little ashamed of their previous fear.

Kasdanda, the prophet of Doshikarim, stood up and said in a weathered voice with a strange tone:

"Meng Ge's fighting power lies in his luck, not his strength. I am here to give you guidance from the stars in the sky, because before the sudden storm, I had the same dream. After that, I had the same dream again. Entering the dream, I found that the eastern sky was covered with sunlight, but there was a red light shining in the west. From the light, I saw a pale mare coming towards the Holy Land. "

When she said this, she was silent for a moment, cleared her throat, and continued:

"I also heard a distant but clear voice shouting. I could only understand part of it. The general meaning was: Where can the mourning and blood go? Everyone here will eventually meet, and together we can defeat the devil and the horses. Miracles will appear everywhere, so there is no need to worry about the end.”

"That's why I decided to hold this meeting in person today."

At this time, Khal Ogo seemed to be impatient with the reaction of the horse kings. He stood up suddenly, his eyes flashed, and shouted loudly:

"Drogo's death in battle was not meaningless. He gave us a better understanding of the enemy. In short, I am not here to beg anyone to obey me, but to seek peace in the Dothraki Sea."

He looked around, with a solemn look in his eyes, and then said:

"The descendants of the Horse God have lived in the Dothraki Sea for such a long time and have always been free. We people have begun to grow old, but the tribe can always be passed on to the next heir. When we end Before, we had to hunt the horses that rode the world. If all the khals present fell asleep and their souls turned into stars in the sky, how could the Dothraki Sea sit back and relax, and how could our descendants roam freely on the grasslands? "

I have seven days off, I am typing, and there is another update.