Chapter 103 All for Faith
He could only go back and warn them about it when he was training them. He nodded to the old man to show that he knew, and then continued eating.
He had only taken two bites when a question suddenly occurred to him: the old man had said that Jinlong was one of his own kind, and they were catching sheep without paying and even hurting people. Wasn't this indirectly damaging his reputation?
A bad reputation would inevitably affect his collection of faith power. Thinking of this, Zhuo Geng snorted, called to Aka and the old man who were about to leave, bit off the backpack hanging on his back, poured out a gold coin and flicked it in front of the old man.
Aka immediately understood Drogon's meaning and said to the old man, "The Dragon God paid for the sheep you bought on behalf of his kin."
"A few sheep won't cost a single gold coin. Consider it a small gift to Lord Golden Dragon." The old man was startled when he saw the gold coin. One gold coin was enough to buy all his sheep, so how could he dare to accept it?
Aka looked at Drogon and, seeing that he indeed had no intention of taking it back, said to the old man again, "The Dragon God is always generous, so please keep it!"
The old man glanced at Zhuo Geng's enormous and ferocious dragon body, and dared not refuse again, picking up the gold coins from the ground.
Seeing that the old man had put away the gold coins, Zhuo Geng poured out a small pile of gold coins from his backpack and pushed them in front of Aka.
Aka saw the pile of gold coins on the ground and didn't understand what Drogon meant. Drogon always paid after he finished eating, and even if he paid in advance, he didn't need that many gold coins for what he ate.
Seeing that Aka did not understand his meaning, Zhuogeng looked at the old man and then at the gold coins on the ground.
"You...you want me to give the money to those Karasas whose sheep were taken away by Lord Golden Dragon?" Aka was very quick-witted and immediately understood what Drogon meant.
Zhuo Geng nodded and continued eating the remaining half of the roasted lamb. For the sake of his faith, he had no choice but to pay for the meals for his little brother and sister, Long Xiaodi and Long Xiaomei.
As for how the Karasan people, whose sheep they had captured, found Akka, and how Akka gave them money, that was something Akka needed to consider.
Aka hesitated for a moment before picking up the gold coin from the ground. He was now not only a devout follower of Drogon, but also the spokesperson for the dragon god of the grasslands, so he naturally had a way to complete the task that Drogon had given him.
After finishing his meal at the Karasa where Aka was, he was still not full. He went to two more medium-sized Karasa before he was full, which made him wonder if his Devouring Talent had mutated again. Otherwise, even if he intensified his training, he could not possibly eat almost twice as much as usual.
After a satisfying meal, we'll digest our food on the way back before continuing our training.
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Outside the Eagle's Nest in the Valley, a girl and a swordsman with a scarred face and tangled hair are walking from a distance.
They were Sandor and Arya, the hounds who escaped from the Red Wedding in the Twins.
Sandor did not give Arya to Catelyn, nor did he receive the ransom; instead, he followed Arya all the way.
Arya thought she had found a place to belong after joining the Brotherhood Without Banners, led by Earl Berry, who was once her father's subordinate.
Unexpectedly, Beric and his red monk betrayed their friend Gendry, the blacksmith who joined the Brotherhood Without Banners, because of a bag of gold dragons. Gendry was also King Robert's bastard son.
Gendry was sold to Melisandre, a red woman who was also a priestess of the Lord of Light.
Arya learns from the Brotherhood Without Banners that her mother and brother Robb are not dead, but have escaped back to Riverrun.
She had planned to use the Brotherhood Without Banners to rally the old forces in the North and relieve the siege of Riverrun, but she didn't expect to gather many of them and instead betray her good friend Gendry.
Enraged, Arya left the Brotherhood Without Banners with Sandor the Hound, intending to seek refuge with her aunt Lysa in the Eyrie in the Vale, hoping to borrow troops from her to relieve the siege of Riverrun.
"I don't think your blood relatives would lend their troops to save your mother. Saving them would mean going against the Lannisters. Although the Eyrie is easy to defend and difficult to attack, she may not want to make the Lannisters such a powerful enemy," Sandor said as he walked.
When the two left the Brotherhood Without Banners, Arya decided to go to the Eyrie, but Sandor opposed her decision and was very impatient with her along the way.
"You'll get the ransom as soon as you see my aunt, you don't need to worry about anything else!"
Arya had been listening to Sandor's advice all the way, and she was already fed up with it. But she didn't expect that Sandor would still be nagging her as they approached the Eyrie.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to see her!" Sandor still didn't stop talking.
Arya ignored him and quickened her pace, heading towards the Blood Gate, the famous gateway to the Eagle's Nest in the distance.
The Blood Gate, built between two mountain walls, consists of two watchtowers connected by an archway. It is the only way to reach the Eagle's Nest, and can be described as an impregnable fortress.
Moreover, the Blood Gate is not a single gate, but rather a defensive fortification consisting of several identical archways.
At this moment, a dozen soldiers stood in two rows on the first blood gate, and two guards and a leader were also stationed in front of the iron railing of the archway.
"Who wants to pass through the Blood Gate?" As Arya and the Hound approached the Blood Gate, the burly leader of the Blood Gate asked.
Arya guessed that he might be the Bloodgate Knight who guarded the Bloodgate, and said politely, "Brave Bloodgate Knight! I am Arya Stark, and I have come here to see my Aunt Lysa."
"Lady Lysa passed away a day ago, and I cannot allow you to enter the Blood Gate," Blood Gate Knight Donald said solemnly.
"Aunt Lysa is dead?" Arya never expected to hear this news after going through so much trouble to reach the Eyrie.
Sandor's狰狞 face was also taken aback; he never expected that the young Duchess Erin would suddenly die.
"How did my aunt die? Can I go in and see her?" Arya had only met her aunt Lysa once when she was a child, and she didn't have a deep affection for her. Compared to mourning her death, Arya's longing for the Vale soldiers was much stronger.
"I cannot tell you that, please return!" Donald showed ample respect to the Duchess's niece.
"Please let me in! My Aunt Lysa and I were very close when we were little. I really didn't expect her to pass away. Please let me in to see her one last time."
After saying that, Arya forced out two tears, letting them well up in her eyes.
Sandor couldn't stand Arya's performance and turned his head away. He really couldn't understand how the Lord of the North, Eddard, could raise such a quirky daughter.
Her personality was completely different from her sister Sansa's. Sansa seemed more like a young lady from the Warden of the North, while Arya was more like a wild girl who wandered around.
Donald was so bothered by Arya that he didn't know what to say, so he could only tell her the truth: "There is an interrogation taking place in the Eyrie right now, and it is not appropriate for you to go in."