Global Abyss: My Skills Can Enhance Infinitely - Chapter 1213: 857 Supreme King_2
Chapter 1213: Chapter 857 Supreme King_2
And it was conferred upon King Robert Baratheon’s elder brother Stannis, along with the position of one of the Imperial Council members as the Minister of Sea Affairs…
Because the castle on Dragonstone Island employed Valyrian technology, as lost as Valyrian Steel, the entire fortress can be considered unique.
Originally, having received such an honor, Stannis should have been riding high.
But in truth, King Robert did not like this elder brother, so he threw his fiefdom in a place with more symbolic meaning, but not quite wealthy.
And originally as one of the King’s Landing Imperial Council members, the Minister of Sea Affairs Stannis found himself appearing somewhat fretful on his own fiefdom, with a sullen and sad look.
The Hand of the King, the highly respected old Prime Minister Jon Alyn, was dead.
Stannis also knew he was poisoned!
Upon learning this news, having been investigating the king’s illegitimate children with Jon Alyn, Stannis immediately realized that things were exposed and, feeling his safety threatened, promptly fled back to his fiefdom.
“How dare they! Those filthy lovers!”
Reflecting on Jon’s death, Stannis was also somewhat mournful.
Jon was the foster father of Robert and Ed, widely respected across the kingdom, tirelessly patching up the war-torn kingdom after becoming Hand of the King.
But to think that just because of his joined investigation invitation, he met such an end.
In a way, he might have been the cause of his death…
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Stannis returned to Dragonstone Island, gathering his advisors.
Among his advisors, there was a remarkably noticeable woman in a red robe, full of mysterious beauty.
From the attitudes of those around her, one could see she was ostracized, yet was still invited by Stannis.
And this time, he especially inquired of this Red Robed Witch Melisandre.
“You said you foresaw the great change of the world, a storm sweeping across the globe? Tell me more.”
This witch claimed to have the ability to see the future in the flames, although Stannis had not believed this much.
But having just experienced the poisoning of Jon, he couldn’t help linking it subconsciously.
“I’m not sure, I only know it’s a change of the entire world, unknown whether good or bad, and the future begins to blur in chaos, as if all changes will depend on the choice of a great figure…”
Melisandre appeared a bit tired, with faint dark circles under her eyes indicating she hadn’t been resting well.
In the past, Melisandre had always appeared composed and confident, elaborating on her prophecies with utter conviction as if she had everything in hand, always maintaining a mysterious demeanor.
This should be the suitable image of a witch.
However, ever since unexpected premonitions and sudden dreams appeared recently, she began to grow anxious, fearful, and uneasy…
She felt that her belief in the King of Light was facing problems!
What was becoming clearer as a deity seemed to be suppressed by some mighty force, becoming vague and blurred instead.
Yet her anxiety and fear made Stannis see her in a new light, feeling the ‘realness’ within, also connecting it to his investigation into Robert’s illegitimate children and Jon’s death.
“It seems you do indeed possess some ability, indeed something significant is about to happen, and indeed it will hinge on the decision of an important figure…”
Stannis thought of his elder brother, the current owner of the Iron Throne, Robert, the matter of whose three legitimate children were not his, indeed could set the realm on fire!
Through Stannis and the late Jon’s joint investigation, the offspring of the Baratheon family’s intermarriages were invariably black-haired, and they had confirmed this by tracking many of Robert’s bastards!
Yet now Robert’s three children were all the Queen’s blond, which seemed strange.
In their further investigations, they had discovered these were the illegitimate offspring of Queen Cersei and her twin brother Jamie.
Very incredible, very absurd, but this was the truth he uncovered!
“As the king’s three legitimate sons are not of his blood, the first in line for succession should be me, except that the Lannister family holds the kingdom’s finances, with many soldiers and generals in their fief, they will certainly not let it rest, indeed chaos is about to arrive, your foresight is correct…”
Stannis stood up, exuding an aura of unyielding dominance.
He personally engaged in the investigation, discovered the truth, and was to become the great contributor to bringing down the Lannister family!
Save the kingdom from chaos and ruin!
In the past, when the Mad King was overthrown, the primary partition of interests emerged among the three families.
Ed Stark’s represented Stark family, symbolized by the Wolf, hence also known as the Wolf family, then there was Robert Baratheon’s represented Baratheon family, referred to as the Lu family.
Finally, it was the Queen’s twin brother, Jamie Lannister, who cuckolded Robert and with his assassinating the Mad King as a Royal Forest Iron Guard, his assassination and his later declared allegiance to Robert also won the Lannister family corresponding benefits.
Queen Cersei hails from the Lannister family, Jamie continues to serve as a protector of the Imperial Family as a Royal Forest Iron Guard as a testament.
Simultaneously as the Minister of Sea Affairs in the Imperial Council, Stannis also knew the Lannister family was now the kingdom’s biggest financial backer.
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
