Bab 37: Astapor
The Singing Stones surprised the girls, even the men of the ship were delighted by the unifying sound with a sweet melody. The sound produced by the Singing Stones united to the sound of flutes. They stayed on the islands for a few hours having fun and going through cavities hearing the melodies played by the stones and meeting locals.
Aslan also had a little fun with the girls, he especially helped Rhaella who was still a little exhausted by her delivery. Rhaella who was helped by Aslan found himself embarrassed and moved away from him approaching Ashara. Rhaella was always locked in the palace and brutalized by her brother-husband, she never knew the warmth of a man or the feeling of love.
The group returned to Koj Island late at night to find the still buzzing island, but cargo transportation was halted due to the lack of visibility despite the mild moonlight.
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Time passed quickly and three days after arriving at the summer islands, the fleet resumed its course. The girls spent their last day with Aslan visiting Bird Island, which was populated by countless birds such as parrots, toucans, and pelicans. There were countless colorful birds of different sizes. It was like a place where all the birds of the world were gathered in the same place.
The cacophony of birds together produced bizarre but beautiful music. At that moment Aslan thought.
"Nature is perfect, nothing was created at random, everything is complete."
The next day they left the island of Koj in the direction of Tolos. The fleet passed between the islands of Omburu and Walano. The fleet passed between the two islands and the crews could see people perched on the cliffs of the two islands in the distance.
Seeing the locals watching them, Aslan remembered the Caribbean in the 18th century. The summer islands were like the Caribbean, a natural population with a turquoise sea.
Quickly the fleet passed the two islands and made its way to Slaver's Bay at full speed.
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On the Summer Sea, a gigantic fleet encountered no problem except a few thoughtless pirates who dared to challenge Aslan's fleet. They were destroyed with the ballistae at 75 meters without approaching the ships.
All these pirates come from the Basilisk Isles. Peninsulas populated by pirates, slavers, smugglers and other criminals. They do business with the free cities of Astapor, Yunkai, and Mereen in particular.
The fleet continued its voyage without worries towards Tolos but as they approach their destination, Aslan began to contact its commanders and in particular the 3 royal guards.
Aslan wanted to attack Tolos to make it his hideout at Essos before gaining importance, but the problem is the master slavers who fear competitors at Slaver's Bay as shown when Daenerys arrived and there is also the Dothraki, who are like hungry beasts when they see opportunities.
Aslan wanted to take a small group of ships to go to Astapor when he was going to entrust the attack to his commanders and the royal guards who have command capabilities. He will also leave the fleet in the hands of Victarion who will support them by the sea with weapons onboard ships by bombarding the walls facing the sea.
At first, his followers were against but Aslan decided what he wanted because he had a goal in mind and this could paralyze Astapor for the next 10 years and help him in his takeover of Slaver's Bay in the coming years.
As the fleet approached Slaver's Bay, the ships began to be seen, there were slave ships, commercial ships coming from Qarth or other free cities west of Essos.
These ships seeing a huge military fleet with strange ships moved away like a rat seeing a snake.
The journey from the summer islands to Slaver's Bay took three months and now they were only two days from Slaver's Bay. Aslan gave various orders to the fleet to delay the arrival of information to the free slave towns.
Aslan extended the formation of the fleet and they had all been ordered to sink the ships belonging to the slave towns mercilessly. Over the past few days, the fleet has sunk about thirty patrol vessels from the free cities of the old Ghis.
Currently, the fleet was near Isle of Cedars and Aslan was preparing to separate from the main fleet as it headed for Astapor.
On the deck of his personal galleon, Aslan was opposite his officers, Arthur, Oswell, Gerold, and Victarion.
"We have arrived. Now everything depends on the speed of our action. You must capture the port city of Tolos in one day otherwise we will become vagrants but I trust you, after all, you are all talented and competent people "
Aslan looked at the small crowd in front of him with confidence after all he spent years with them and he also knew the talent of the royal guards who carried out various operations to kill rebels or bandits.
"Remember my friends. We absolutely have to capture Tolos because if we are to survive in Essos we have to prosper."
Aslan and his officers still shared some speeches, but Aslan spoke mainly with the Royal Guards and Victarion because they are the ones who will have the most important or dangerous roles. Aslan ordered them to kill all of their opponents because a quote from a certain person came back to him.
"Misplaced kindness will not save anyone! It will only cause harm to loved ones!"
Aslan left 850 ships to sail in the direction of Tolos to claim it while on his way to Astapor with 15 galleons and 35 frigates.
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At Astapor people were in commotion. In front of the city harbor were 50 towering ships with thousands of people on top. The town's masters mobilized the army, which was made up of only the weak, while the elite and the Unsullied were entrenched around their mansions.
Aslan, who descended from his galleon on the port of Astapor, found the port empty without a single person. Looking around, he saw soldiers in leather armor and simple swords surrounding the harbor.
Aslan sneered, according to his view there should be at least 8000 soldiers around him. His soldiers who took off their armor to cover up could kill them in less than two hours.
Astapor is defended by a militia, the sons of the harpy, made up of well-born young men. But they are poor warriors, who would have a hard time holding up the old rickety walls against the assaults of the Dothraki. The defense of the city rests first on the Unsullied.
While standing in the harbor, 8 men exuding wealth and arrogance. All were dressed in colorful dresses and slaves behind them, including Unsullied and women.
Aslan hid his contempt and disgust for them. For Aslan men are born equal, it is only the man who defines the status of another man.
"Hello stranger, I am Vorys nok Loave, I am one of the eight richest families in Astapor and next to me are other members of the eight big families in Astapor. Tell us stranger what are you doing here and with all these boats? "
Seeing one of the eight introduce himself and the others, Aslan did the same.
"I am Aslan, I come from Westeros. I was exiled but I was able to take ships with me and flee here, to Essos. I came here because I heard that you are selling the best soldiers in the world! And I'm interested because I'm afraid of being killed if I don't have good soldiers. "
Aslan flattered them, swelling their ego. Vorys smiles arrogantly as one of Westeros' proud strangers calls the Unsullied the best soldiers in the world.
"Good! Good! I see! I am happy then! I did not know that our reputation had extended so far!"
"Of course, everyone knows the feat of Unsullied against the barbarian Dothraki! Today I came to buy Unsullied with all my money!"
The eyes of the eight masters began to shine, showing gold in their eyes.
The eight began to laugh, thinking of the huge profits in sight.
"Please follow me then, me Vorys nok Loave promises you 6400 Unsullied!"
Vorys slapped his chest promoting the slaves for sale.
"No! I have 7800 Unsullied!"
"Shut up, the Byors family owns 9000!"
Aslan watched the 8 masters fight, proclaiming the number of Unsullies each family has.
"Calm down my friends! I am ready to buy all your unsullied at the right price. I am ready to buy the young Unsullied who have not yet finished their training at double price. I will also buy the unsullied who have already been bought by other people at three times the price. "
At that time, in the eyes of the masters, there was only gold and everyone wondered how much gold was in the young man's hand in front of them. Unconsciously they looked at Aslan greedily.
Aslan noticed it and he looked at them with narrowed eyes and thought.
"You should show them that I am not a child at heart."
Aslan raised his hand and the archers and ballistae of the ships pointed to the masters and soldiers in the harbor. A lion jumped from the galleon and stood next to Aslan staring wildly at the 8 masters.
(Author: Léo is back friends!)
"GRRRRR !!!"
The 8 masters backed away in fear, but seeing Aslan caressing Leo's fur they gradually relaxed. Aslan looked at them and spoke with a smile.
"My friends, I did not leave my country alone, I brought with me ... faithful friends."
Seeing the smile on Aslan's face, the arrogant masters hid their thoughts and with a smile they said.
"No problem, we will send messengers to bring the Unsullied here so you can see them. We will also ask to buy the old Unsullied for you and bring the young Unsullied."
The 8 masters sent messengers to the base of their family and to other rich people who bought Unsullied to buy them back.
During this time, to wait, the 8 masters brought drinks and slaves to amuse them while waiting for the arrival of all the Unsullied. Aslan looked at the abused slaves calmly with a pity hidden deep in his eyes. Aslan could not do like Daenerys and directly kill the masters, in this world, there are hidden magic forces and Aslan wants to remain hidden for at least a year to build a stable foundation in Essos before undertaking a military expansion.
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