Stannis's face darkened at Patchface's actions, which embarrassed him, but when his gaze fell on his daughter Shireen, a rare tenderness appeared.
To help Nymeria subdue Chayon of Heart's Home, a research base for greyscale was specially established on the edge of Heart's Home by Black Hollow. With the help of the sacrifice stone tablet, Dragon Rune, and other rune magic, the base quickly produced some medicines that could curb greyscale. These medicines could treat greyscale in the early stages of infection, and also curb the growth of greyscale, alleviating the patient's pain, especially having a miraculous effect on restoring the patient's normal sanity.
After these medicines were developed, Nymeria successfully subdued Chayon. And after the effects of the medicine spread, Stannis also actively sent people to Summerhall to find Lynd, sparing no expense to purchase a batch of medicines for Shireen's use.
During the period of using the medicine, the medicine was updated and iterated three times, gradually changing from inhibiting greyscale to treating greyscale. Just like now, the greyscale on Shireen's body has changed from a thick layer of keratinized skin to a thin hard shell, and in some places, normal skin has even grown out. Although it looks uglier than when the greyscale was severe, for the patient, it is now more comfortable.
When Shireen walked out of the castle, her gaze was already drawn to the Lava Dragon Nessario lying on the square, her eyes filled with curiosity and excitement. If no one had been holding her back, she might have already rushed to the giant dragon's side.
"Shireen, come here, I want to introduce someone to you?" Stannis waved at Shireen, speaking in a rarely heard gentle tone.
Shireen wanted to walk over, but her clothes were held tightly by the timid Patchface. She turned around and patted Patchface's head, signaling him to let go, and then walked over, bowing to Stannis, the Dragonstone lords, and Lynd in turn, saying, "Father, My Lords, Prince Linde."
"It seems I don't need to introduce you," Stannis said, lovingly stroking Shireen's head, pointing at Lynd, and adding, "He will be your foster father in the future. Go meet your foster father."
Shireen was startled, looking at Stannis and then at Lynd with confusion.
Lynd walked over, squatted down, removed his helmet, and held it in his arms, smiling at Shireen, "For a long time to come, you will live in Summerhall as my foster daughter. Of course, if you don't get used to living in Summerhall, you can also go to Ny Sar in Lorath; that place is very suitable for living. Of course, if you wish, when I inspect my territories around the world, I can also take you with me, which is at least much more interesting than staying on Dragonstone."
"Go all over the world?" Shireen's mind conjured images of the legendary places she had read about in books, and she immediately showed an excited expression, asking, "Can I go to Qarth? I read in books that it is the easternmost city."
Lynd smiled and said, "Qarth is not the easternmost city. The easternmost city in the known world is Asshai, a city carved from an entire giant black stone. The city's area is five or six times that of King's Landing. That city has already been taken by me. The Dark Warlock known as the King of Asia has already submitted to me. However, now is not a good time to go to Asshai, because the demons, vampires, and other monsters in the Shadow Lands are rioting and attacking Asshai. Although those monsters have been repelled, Asshai is still not very safe."
Upon hearing about Asshai, Shireen's eyes widened. Not only Shireen, but even Stannis and the others were surprised. Although they knew that Lynd had a large number of territories on the continent of Essos, they never expected that Lynd's sphere of influence had already expanded to the legendary Asshai.
Unlike Stannis, who only knew Asshai as a legendary eastern city, Melisandre had actually lived in Asshai for a long time. Her Shadowbinder magic was also learned there, and she knew even more clearly who the King of Asia Lynd spoke of was. Therefore, her shock was much greater than that of Stannis and the others, and she couldn't help but ask Lynd, "Has Jhaben, the Dark Warlock of Asshai, already submitted to you?"
"This shouldn't be too difficult to understand, should it?" Lynd turned to Nymeria and said.
Melisandre shook her head repeatedly, saying, "This is simply impossible. Jhaben, the Dark Warlock, is absolutely not the kind of spellcaster who would submit to anyone. Even if your power is stronger than his and you could easily kill him, he would never submit."
Lynd smiled and said, "That's right, being stronger than him is not enough to make a proud person like him submit. But if the power is so strong that it exceeds his imagination, then the pride in his heart will be wiped away by the power."
"What did you do to change his pride?" Melisandre couldn't help but ask curiously.
Lynd calmly said, "Perhaps it's because he saw me completely destroy Styria."
Melisandre was completely stunned. She never expected that what Lynd had done was to destroy the city of corpses that even she dared not approach. She had thought Lynd was lying, but then she felt that Lynd couldn't possibly lie about such a thing, after all, it was very difficult for others to inquire about Asshai, but it was very easy for her.
While Lynd and Melisandre were talking, Stannis and the others were completely confused, not understanding what they were talking about, only knowing that Lynd had destroyed something called Styria.
"What is Styria?" Stannis couldn't help but ask Melisandre out of curiosity.
"A city, the most dangerous city in the world, located upstream of the Ash River, deep in the heart of shadows, at the bottom of the dark abyss. It is said that there is an entrance to the Seven Hells there, and countless demons, ghouls, and unimaginable monsters lurk there. Even the most powerful Shadowbinder would not easily approach it." Melisandre introduced Styria in a peculiar tone, and everyone who heard it couldn't help but shiver.
After introducing Styria, Melisandre suddenly realized something and said, "You just said that the monsters in the Shadow Lands rioted and attacked Asshai. Is this related to your destruction of Styria?"
"Possibly," Lynd replied vaguely.
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