Chapter 653: The turning of the gears of fate!

Valyria ruins, dilapidated royal city,

After more than two months of searching, Zhang Cheng had turned the entire ruins upside down, but still had not found the Dragon Horn.

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng could not help but have a headache, because where exactly did that unlucky fellow Euron find it?

You must know, the Dragon Horn's use for Zhang Cheng was equivalent to a "whistle"; he could summon dragons from afar to slaughter them!

If it weren't for the Dance of the Dragons in the Targaryen family, where all the dragons sacrificed themselves, Zhang Cheng wouldn't have been so troubled.

However, the lack of dragon deterrence was a good thing for others!

After all, if the Targaryen family had dragons, whether Robert Baratheon would dare to rebel was another matter!

If he didn't rebel, how could the Westeros continent be chaotic?

If the continent wasn't chaotic, how could he continue to rebel?

If he didn't rebel, how could he become the King of Westeros!

Wearing half-plate armor forged from Valyrian steel, Zhang Cheng walked forward: "Assemble!"

"Clatter!"

Walking out from the distance, the Krieg soldiers appeared rapidly.

Looking at the royal city ruins before him, Zhang Cheng lost all interest in this place.

After all, the Valyrian steel that should have been found was now all in his hands.

Back then, the Valyrian steel that had slaughtered dragons was melted down by Zhang Cheng together with the Purple Star to forge a Dragonslayer!

Its style was very similar to the Ice sword of the Stark family, but it was sharper, which should be due to being stained with dragon blood, and the patterns presented a chaotic blade style.

Holding it in his hand, Zhang Cheng looked at the Dragonslayer in his hand and revealed a smile.

Because this was perhaps the biggest harvest he had gained from coming here; even the Valyrian steel armor on his body couldn't compare to this Dragonslayer!

One month later, the clipper ship returned to Widow's Watch.

When Zhang Cheng walked down from the ship, the knight who came to meet him dismounted quickly: "My Lord Earl, this is a letter from Eagle Castle!"

Opening the letter in his hand, Zhang Cheng frowned, because it was sent by the butler Andrew.

If Zhang Cheng hadn't returned today, he would probably have sent people to the Valyria ruins to find him!

"Tournament? Who would go to such a boring fight between children!"

Looking at the news above, Zhang Cheng felt disgusted.

But in the next second, Zhang Cheng saw that the champion of the tournament had ten thousand gold dragons, and immediately said: "Damn, as the most valiant man on the Westeros continent, how can I not participate!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng, who was changing his tone continuously, the knight opened his mouth: "My Lord Earl, we have to leave in three days; should we follow the Stark family, or go on our own!"

"Go on our own? Not only do we need to put on a show, but we also need to spend money; how wasteful. Of course, we should follow the Stark family for this kind of thing!"

Saying this, Zhang Cheng looked at the knight: "You have to be diligent and thrifty, you know? Otherwise, how can you marry a wife in the future!"

"But My Lord Earl, I already have two sons!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng embarrassedly, the knight laughed.

"Send one to the castle tomorrow to be an attendant; what's the point of being a cavalryman? You should let your son become a knight!"

Patting the knight's shoulder, Zhang Cheng smiled.

"Thank you, My Lord Earl!"

Kneeling on one knee, the knight immediately saluted, smashing his fist against his chest.

"Go, tell Uncle Andrew that I will depart from Widow's Watch!"

Speaking to the knight, Zhang Cheng smiled.

"Yes!"

Turning to mount his horse, the knight left in high spirits.

And watching the knight's back, Zhang Cheng could not help but smile lightly, because a father indeed hopes for his son to stand out!

Coming to the castle to be an attendant, for commoners in other territories, might be a very dangerous thing!

Because once they come into contact with any secrets, they will suffer a disaster, or even be silenced!

Just like the Red Keep in King's Landing, who knows how many guards and maids died there!

But in Eagle Castle of Caelingen, this simply didn't exist, because as long as they could carefully hone their skills, Zhang Cheng would let them become knights; this was also one of his means to expand his military power!

After all, for commoners to become knights was basically impossible; only here at Zhang Cheng's could they ignore the so-called "class"!

However, commoners wanting to become knights was basically impossible; only here at Zhang Cheng's could they ignore the so-called "class"!

Leading twenty Krieg as guards, Zhang Cheng went to Winterfell; as for the rest, they escorted the Valyrian steel back to Eagle Castle to be melted down again and forged into suitable military equipment!

Wearing half-plate armor engraved with a black dragon, Zhang Cheng rode on his horse, with a black cloak behind him covering his whole body; as for why he forged half-plate armor, it was because Zhang Cheng was used to holding a sword in his right hand and blocking with his left.

Without the restriction of armor, his right hand could make more movements!

However, the right arm was not completely unprotected; Zhang Cheng had a gauntlet covering half his arm to fix the Dragonslayer!

This way, even if he killed too many people, the sword wouldn't slip from his hand!

Zhang Cheng: All my considerations are to kill more people in the War of the Usurper!

Prince Rhaegar: It's over, this is coming for me!

Arriving at Winterfell, Zhang Cheng first met Eddard Stark and his sister Lyanna.

"Very happy to see you come, Luo Sai; you have been missing for these few months!"

Looking at Zhang Cheng with a full smile, although Eddard said so, he was still suspicious of where Zhang Cheng had gone.

Facing Eddard saying this, Zhang Cheng immediately said: "The news on Skagos Island is a bit blocked; after all, you also know that those goblins are like beasts, very difficult to discipline!"

Explaining to Eddard, Zhang Cheng turned his head: "Gods, Lyanna, you are truly becoming more and more beautiful!"

"Thank you for your compliment!"

Facing Zhang Cheng's words, Lyanna smiled.

However, just then, Lyanna asked curiously: "Where is Laifu? Didn't it come?"

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"This time we are going to King's Landing; I'm afraid it will scare people, so I let it stay at Eagle Castle!"

Saying this, Zhang Cheng looked at Benjen Stark not far away: "Hey, Benjen, aren't you going to say hello?"

"Hello, Luo Sai!"

Stepping forward, Benjen appeared very cold.

Gazing at Benjen, Zhang Cheng knew that he had decided to guard the Wall.

After all, every generation of the Stark family would send direct descendants or bastards to the Wall to uphold their mission!

If it weren't for what happened over ten years ago, Zhang Cheng would probably have watched his "brother" he had never met head to the Wall.

But now it was impossible, because the Caelingen family was left with only him!

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng looked at the direwolf banner of the Stark family, and the smile in his eyes became even deeper!

"Alright, let's go in and rest; standing here seems a bit too impolite!"

Inviting Zhang Cheng, Eddard Stark smiled.

But looking at the sword at Zhang Cheng's waist, Lyanna asked curiously: "What is this? Where is your Purple Star?"

"The Purple Star has been reforged by me; this sword is called 'Blood Fire'!"

Looking at Lyanna with a full smile, Zhang Cheng drew the "Dragonslayer"!

But looking at this "Blood Fire" before her, Lyanna exclaimed in astonishment: "Gods, it's truly beautiful!"

Gazing at the Purple Star gem from the past on the hilt, Lyanna exclaimed.

"Right, that's right, very beautiful..."

"It's even more beautiful when it slays dragons!"

Opening his mouth to Lyanna, Zhang Cheng didn't say the rest; after all, the family that symbolized dragons now was the Targaryen family!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 654 =====