WILOW-Ch.437: Escape from the Tower
Red Keep, King's Landing
POV of Domeric Bolton
Before the Maester could take another step to check, Domeric sprang out from under the bed and put his hands around the Maester's neck.
Before the Maester could even let out a squeak, he changed the position and put the old man in a choke hold.
A few seconds later, the Maester was out like a light.
He looked at Margaery, who was looking at him in shock.
Ah… she was shocked by his inhuman speed and reflexes.
Then Margaery slumped, "That was a close one." She said before she looked toward the balcony with some apprehension, "Is one of your wyverns waiting outside for us, your majesty?"
He nodded, "Yes. Let's take Ser Loras out of here first."
Margery bit her teeth and looked at Loras with a lot of her worry. He considered her worries justified as the knight already looked half dead.
He knew that without any proper aid, the knight would die anyway. Proper aid that this medieval world was not known for providing.
Hell, they didn't even know about the 'Germ theory' and were probably treating him with dirty hands.
He shook his head from such thoughts and picked Loras up in princess style.
The man smelled heavily of medicines and sweat.
He didn't let it bother him and took him to the balcony where Thistle, the rider of the smaller wyvern, was waiting for him.
Meanwhile, he secretly cast a healing spell on Loras. While this spell wouldn't cure him, it would at least keep his condition stable.
"Your majesty," Thistle said and bowed to him as soon as she saw him, while completely ignoring Margaery and Loras.
"Thistle." He nodded, "Your task is to take this man safely to our camp. Have him healed by our doctors as soon as you do."
Thistle nodded, and then the wyvern, looking at them with human intelligence, tilted to their side so that they would be able to carry Loras up to it more easily.
It took some time, but Loras was finally secured to the wyvern in a safe manner.
Thistle climbed behind Loras and nodded to him. "The other wy…" Her words were cut short as the door flew open one more time, and a slightly drunk knight entered the room.
"What's taking so…" the knight said before he took note of the situation, and his eyes widened.
He, for his part, noticed that the sound barrier had broken once again and sighed.
"Go. Quickly." He said, and the wyvern jumped from the balcony.
"E… Enemy!!!" the knight shouted before he quickly fumbled with his sheath, trying to take out the sword, but failing miserably due to being half drunk.
"Stay here." He told Margaery before he quickly strode toward the drunk knight, who finally managed to take out his sword.
A sword that didn't help him at all, as Excalibur cut through both the sword and the man in a single swing.
A moment later, all the knights who had heard the shout came barreling into the room.
Or at least they tried.
They all fell to his blade before they could enter a few feet into the room.
But by now, they had made enough noise that he was sure that the whole Red Keep would be after him in a few minutes.
He looked at the balcony and noticed that the second wyvern had not come yet.
He frowned as he heard the sound of footsteps coming from down the stairs.
A Homenum Revelio, the human-presence-revealing spell, told him that dozens upon dozens of men were coming to his position.
He quickly closed the door and pulled the bed behind it.
"Are you alright, your majesty?" Margaery asked, and he gave her a confused glance.
"Why wouldn't I be?" he asked.
Margaery looked at the half dozen dismembered knights around him, and he understood.
But before he could say anything, there was a loud 'Thump,' and the latch of the door broke open. The door was only being held back thanks to the bed.
"Get back, Lady Margaery." He said, "Go to the balcony and wait for me."
Margaery first hesitantly looked at him and then followed his instructions.
There was another loud 'Thump,' and the number of men outside the room grew.
The bed was pushed back a few centimeters, and with another push, he bent down and pushed the bed toward the door.
It didn't help all that much.
Sure, he had enhanced strength, but there were more than half a dozen men on the other side of the door.
And even if he weren't pushed back, the door would break sooner or later.
Still, he pushed back and wondered how long it would take for the second wyvern to arrive.
He was perfectly capable of slaughtering the men outside the room, but they might try to take Margaery as a hostage, and he couldn't have that.
Another 'thump' and the door was pushed back once again.
A hand entered the gap between the door, and a sword was thrust at him. He moved his head at the last moment, and the sword didn't so much as scratch him.
He frowned and flipped the bed before using all his might to push it back without much success.
Then at last, he heard the sound of the flapping of wings as the second wyvern finally landed on the ground.
He looked toward the balcony and the men pushing at the doors and quickly dropped the bed and stepped back.
The men piled in the room and dropped on top of one another.
He quickly pulled a capsule-like object from his belt and threw it towards the doorway. The capsule exploded upon hitting the wall next to the door, instantly filling the area around it with white smoke.
This was a smoke bomb Domeric had recently crafted.
Then he pulled out two mudballs and threw them at the men lying on the ground in front of the door.
As the mudballs shattered, Domeric could see green flames within the white smoke, followed by screams.
He knew this wouldn't completely stop the men coming from behind, but his aim wasn't to stop them, but to buy himself some time.
Then he ignored the knights and men and ran quickly toward the balcony, where Margaery was looking at the green flames in the white smoke with wide eyes.
Domeric quickly reached the balcony, but there was no time to climb the wyvern.
He held Margaery by her waist and pulled her close to him.
"Hold onto me no matter what." He told her before he took hold of one of the safety belts of Wyvern's saddle with another hand.
"Fly." He shouted, and just as the newly arrived men chasing after him were about to reach them, the wyvern turned and dropped down from the tower.
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