Game of Thrones Overlord Conquest - #208 - Chapter 210 A Game

Chapter 208 A Game

“Great Khal, yes, I have something more to say.

Pike did not dare to hesitate, and poured out all the doubts in his heart like beans from a bamboo tube:

“I am very sure that the order instructing me to do evil came from King’s Landing and the Iron Throne. However, the usurper is dead and the news has reached my ears, but the task is still being carried out, so I suspect that someone is manipulating everything behind the scenes.”

“I have never been able to understand the purpose of the person behind this before. Until now, I have personally witnessed your favor for the queen and the order you just announced. I think this is the result that the conspirator wanted.”

“If we extrapolate from this, his plan may be to promote the restoration of the Targaryen kingdom, but the order to assassinate the queen is real, which makes no sense at all.”

“No matter what, please be careful and guard against this person.”

Pike knew very little information, and he could find doubts based on the results and the process. Of course, it was impossible for Mengge not to understand. After hearing these words, he immediately understood everything that happened.

The mission to assassinate Daenerys came from Robert Baratheon, and the planner was Varys, the intelligence chief of the Seven Kingdoms. As for the execution, it was the spy chief’s close friend, Governor of Pentos Illyrio.

However, Meng Ge was still a little confused and felt that there was something fishy about this matter.

With Robert’s hatred for Targaryen and his not very good brain, there is no doubt that he would issue an assassination order.

But Varys and Illyrio shouldn’t do this, it’s extremely unwise, and Mongo is not Drogo.

Drogo is just one of the Khals of the Dothraki Sea, and Mongo is the only great Khal.

A huge, unified country with hundreds of thousands of mounted warriors. Can’t these two people see it?

To annoy Drogo, who does not have the absolute strength to sweep through the Seven Kingdoms, Varys and Illyrio can find opportunities in the chaos.

If Mongo is offended and he launches an all-out war on Westeros, no one can take millet from the fire.

Just when Mongo could not judge the behavior of these two people, far away in King’s Landing on the other side of the Narrow Sea, Varys and Illyrio were having a secret meeting.

The Red Keep, the royal palace of the king, is located on Aegon Hill in King’s Landing. It was built on the order of Aegon the Conqueror. The project was completed during the reign of Maegor I. He killed all the construction workers to prevent the secrets inside the castle from being revealed.

Because in addition to the usual walls, halls, barns, covered bridges and barracks, this royal castle also has a huge network of secret passages and tunnels.

King Maegor I built them to ensure a quick escape should his enemies surround him, and some of the secret passages were close enough to chambers within the Red Keep to allow easy eavesdropping on conversations.

So far, there are only a handful of people who are familiar with the structure of the secret passage in the Red Keep. Even the king does not know it. Varys is one of the people who knows it. He met Illyrio in the cellar through the secret passage.

“My arrangement for Ned Stark finally came to nothing. King Joffrey went against the wishes of the Council and did not let the King in the North wear black clothes and executed him at the last minute.”

“Joffrey is really an out-and-out bastard. He is not Robert II, neither in terms of appearance, character, or bloodline. He is more like a descendant of the Mad King, a Aerys III. No, his character is worse than Aerys.”

“Yes, his unforeseen and rash behavior not only goes against his family’s wishes, but may even plunge Westeros into a devastating war.”

The conversation stopped here for a moment. After a long time, Varys’s sweet tone was no longer replaced by a thin and sharp tone.

“The plan to assassinate Daenerys has been terminated, why do you still send out assassins?”

“The world is changing too fast. The longer the plan is delayed, the slimmer the hope. Taking advantage of Ma Wang’s unstable foundation, I cannot let this only opportunity slip through my fingers and regret it for the rest of my life.”

“Your greed will make all our careful arrangements over the years go to waste.”

“Varys, the wind that crosses the channel rarely blows back. That’s it.”

“Illyrio, in the dark, I can’t see your appearance clearly, nor can I understand your thoughts.”

“Me too, you always ask why in the power games of princes and nobles, it is always the innocent who suffer the most?”

Illyrio’s voice became louder and louder. Fortunately, he still maintained a trace of reason and knew where he was now. His deliberately lowered tone was almost hoarse:

“You always claim that all your actions are not for personal desire for power, honor or loyalty, but simply for the sake of the entire country and the innocent suffering people.”

“Then what do you do, balance? You help one side attack the other side, and manipulate and maintain the balance between the forces of the seven countries. The forces that cooperate with you feel that you cannot be trusted. Isn’t this something that belongs to you alone? Game of Thrones.”

“I can’t let little Aegon play your balancing game with Daenerys, because the game is no longer fair. Daenerys married the Horselord, the Horselord with hundreds of thousands of troops. This is absolutely The gap in strength cannot be made up by your tactics. “

“If I don’t take action, the outcome waiting for little Aegon will be no future, or even death.”

The words of Governor Pentos seemed to hurt the heart of the intelligence chiefs of the seven countries. Varys was silent for a long time and said in a low voice:

“Illyrio, you are too radical!”

“Storms come and go, huge waves wash over me, and big fish eat small fish, but I still paddle in the sea without incident, relying on caution.”

“And what do you rely on? The Golden Company? That Captain Harry Strickland is not trustworthy at all?”

Illyrio did not answer, probably because he was hesitating. If he could not still feel his rapid breathing, Varys would have thought that he had left quietly.

“Braavos, Sea King, Iron Bank.”

Illyrio’s voice suddenly sounded in the darkness, and before Varys could ask further questions, he continued:

“Iron Bank failed to gain the respect of the Horse King.”

In fact, Varys had already guessed this, and Illyrio’s answer confirmed his idea.

In this world, if there is one city-state or country that can concentrate its efforts to fight the Dothraki, it is Braavos.

This city-state is composed of a series of islands. They have an invincible fleet, are not afraid of the strongest Dothraki cavalry, and most importantly, they have an iron treasure trove.

While all Free Cities and nations have their own banks, the Iron Bank is wealthier and more powerful than all the others combined.

Varys received a piece of information from Vaes Dothrak. The Iron Bank sent an envoy to meet with the Horse King, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement.

The Iron Bank has a more formidable reputation for debt collection than for its wealth.

When princes or kings defaulted on their debts, or were foolish enough to disrespect the Iron Bank’s contracts, new princes and kings would spring up like mushrooms after rain with the financial assistance of the Iron Bank.

In Wallis’ view, King Ma made a total of two mistakes in his attitude towards Iron Bank.

First, they did not accept the goodwill of the Iron Bank and reached any cooperation with them. This is disrespectful to the Iron Bank.

Finally, is the most critical reason.

The new king who seizes the throne must recognize the debts owed by the previous kings and repay the money they borrowed from the Iron Bank to win the throne.

When King Ma met with the Iron Bank envoy, he rejected the proposal to assume the debts of the city-states in Slaver’s Bay, which undoubtedly violated the principles of the Iron Bank.

Well, the way Iron Bank does things, they will definitely be looking for someone willing to take on the debt to continue participating in their money game.