章 337: Chapter 337: The Capital of Valyria
In the distant, desolate Wall, the second great battle between humans and the White Walkers had finally come to an end.
Perhaps due to the initial victory, where he personally slew a White Walker, King Robert Baratheon had become somewhat inflated with pride.
He arrogantly sought to halt the Night King's advance at the Wall, aiming to completely crush the army of the dead.
However, what he received in return was a crushing defeat.
The allied forces retreated in disarray to Winterfell. The chilling wind of death swept over the Wall, enveloping the lands of the North.
Winter seemed to have become even colder.
...
Meanwhile, in the distant Valyria, the temperature was also dropping sharply after a heavy rain.
"Huff~"
"Huff~"
A red-haired girl was hiding in a pitch-black cellar, her full chest rising and falling gently as she panted heavily.
In the silent cellar, only the girl's breathing could be clearly heard.
"Damn it——"
She bit her teeth lightly, her body covered in blood, unsure if it was her own or splattered from others.
Ever since she entered the ruins of the Valyrian capital, a series of terrifying events had almost caused her to mentally collapse.
Many things had happened in the past few days, leading to a rapid deterioration of the situation. The exploration team had completely disintegrated.
The commander of the exploration team, Vilder Megaya, the nephew of the ruling Valyrian Tiger Party, was killed by a shadow that descended from the sky after entering the capital.
The enemy was extremely fast, even faster than the werewolves they had encountered before, directly leaping down from the ruins of the city wall and taking him away.
By the time Vilder's followers chased after him, only half of Commander Vilder's body was left on the ground.
The commander was dead.
The exploration team, which was already few in number, was on the verge of collapse.
Because this was far from the beginning of the nightmare.
The ignorant and fearless people, in their quest for profit, sought to explore the secrets of the gods, and in the end, they encountered a terrible punishment.
It was only now that people understood why so few of those who had explored the ruins of Valyria had been able to come out alive.
Plague, curses, monster attacks...
Dangers came like raindrops, and only a few could dodge them all.
Back when they were crossing the Smoking Sea, all those who were affected were still unaware of what they had done.
But a few days after arriving at the ruins of Valyria, these people began to develop diseases one after another.
At first, the commander thought it was a plague, caused by the drizzling rain, or perhaps the island's water source or fruits were problematic.
However, after he had killed all the people suspected of having the plague and burned their bodies clean, the nightmare continued.
People kept falling during the march, and then they never got up again. Their bodies showed marble-like patterns, and blood flowed from their seven orifices.
At first, Viserys, Mia, and 'Iron Fist' Gus and a group of survivors did not notice what the reason was.
But as more and more people died, they woke up and realized that those who had absorbed the grey fog were starting to get sick.
However, faced with such a serious situation, the commander of the exploration team, Vilder, still refused to give up.
He recklessly ordered the team to continue forward.
His uncle had entrusted him with such an important task, and he had paid such a high price to get to Valyria. No matter what, Vilder was unwilling to give up at
this time.
Subsequently, the team, which was now reduced to a few hundred people, arrived at the turbulent red river outside the Valyrian capital.
Viserys didn't know what color the river originally was, but now it was as bright as blood and emitted an unbearable stench.
There should have been a magnificent bridge here, but now only two bridge piers remained after the apocalyptic disaster.
The exploration team, of course, didn't have the ability to repair the bridge. Instead, they began to cut down trees to build small boats, using the ropes they carried to ferry people across one by one.
However, on the river, the exploration team once again encountered attacks from some monsters in the water. After paying a very heavy price, they finally crossed the river.
In fact, after so many hardships, many people in the team had already given up.
But under the current circumstances, even if they were scared, they dared not leave the team and run away. Otherwise, in Valyria, which was full of monsters, they would probably end up in the belly of a monster as soon as they left the team.
Then, the exploration team, which was now reduced to a handful of people, finally entered the ruins of the Valyrian capital.
This once magnificent capital was now only left with ruins, covered with wildly growing weeds. The city gate had long disappeared, leaving only half of the city wall that had not collapsed.
And it was at this time.
Just as the team cautiously entered the ruins, a shadow jumped down from the half of the city wall and unexpectedly snatched away the commander who was walking at the end, gnawing off half of his body.
After the commander's death, the team officially broke out in internal strife. Some people wanted to leave, while others thought that since they had come to the depths of the Valyrian ruins after so much hardship, how could they return empty-handed?
Then, a conflict broke out between the two sides.
And Viserys naturally stood on the latter side.
He hadn't figured out the secret of the black fog yet, how could he leave so easily?
Mia also had reasons to continue exploring. Gus, who had once shared a boat with them, and a few mercenaries hesitated for a moment and then firmly stood on Viserys's side.
Because they seemed to have noticed that following this silver-haired young man seemed to avoid many dangers.
However, before these people could argue out a result, monsters launched another attack on the exploration team. This time, without a unified command, people began to scatter and flee.
At first, Viserys and a few others stuck together, but eventually, after one attack, those few mercenaries died, and Mia lost contact with Viserys.
She killed a monster alone, suffered serious injuries, and then hid in a cellar under the city's outer waste.
"I'm afraid... I can't escape."
In the darkness.
Mia was leaning against the wall of the cellar alone, thinking silently to herself, while also using the cloth torn from her body to bandage her wounds.
"Hiss——"
"Damn!"
When her finger touched the wound and the pain came, the red-haired girl bit her teeth slightly and cursed.
However, she didn't notice that in the darkness, there were also a pair of eyes staring at her intently.
Its breathing gradually became heavy, and saliva dripped down.
But the red-haired girl was completely unaware of this, still biting her teeth and trying hard to bandage her wounds.
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