Some were happy, others were worried.
"Sigh."
Inside a military tent, Entt Staunton was frowning and sighing with a worried expression.
As the younger brother of the Earl of Rook's Rest, he had been recommended by his brother to be the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet for this expedition.
Viserys and his older brother both believed he was a loyal and capable person.
He could both monitor Prince Aegon for Your Highness and control the situation well, dragging Aegon into the quagmire of war.
But it was all a lie!
He didn't have any real ability at all, but his brother believed the boasts he made while drunk and even recommended him to Your Highness!
Actually, until the banquet tonight, he felt that the problem wasn't big.
Although they had to fight in the Stepstones, they had four Dragons participating on their side.
He just needed to pretend to do something and follow along to get credit.
But he never expected that after a banquet, the captains and soldiers would stop listening to him.
If Viserys knew that he was sidelined the day after arriving in the Stepstones, Viserys would definitely chop off his head!
Entt scratched his scalp fiercely, feeling as if his head might not belong to him in the next second!
"What to do... what to do... what to do, damn brain, hurry up and start working!" Entt said in a frenzy.
"Ah!" Entt's eyes suddenly lit up, "Wouldn't it be better if I just defected to Prince Aegon?"
But the next second, Entt's eyes dimmed again.
"I'm really defeated, I'm just a second son, I have no real ability, and no right of inheritance. What if Prince Aegon doesn't want me?"
Just as Entt was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do, footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.
Immediately after, Alec walked in.
"Good evening, Ser Entt, Your Highness is calling for you, saying there is an important matter to discuss with you," Alec said expressionlessly.
"Your Highness is calling for me?"
Entt's heart immediately tightened. Now that he was sidelined, Aegon wouldn't want to throw him into the sea to feed the fish, would he?
This was not him scaring himself.
The Stepstones were very chaotic. If Aegon wanted to deal with him, who had already been sidelined, he could arrange a hundred "reasonable" ways to die for him!
"That's right, Your Highness has summoned you for a meeting, please come as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Although Entt was a little reluctant, since Alec personally came to call him, he couldn't refuse.
Entt followed behind Alec and quickly arrived at Aegon's military tent.
Entering the military tent, Entt saw Nicks sitting opposite Aegon, and his face immediately changed slightly.
This was truly bad!
Aegon had even found the person to replace him!
"Come and sit down quickly," Aegon beckoned.
Entt forced a smile and sat down next to Nicks.
Aegon, who was lowering his head to drink some water, suddenly looked up at Entt, then raised his eyebrows slightly.
"You seem very nervous?" Aegon tilted his head slightly and asked with a half-smile.
"Is... is there?"
Entt felt very uncomfortable being looked at by Aegon's half-smiling expression, and his speech was a little stuttered.
"What do you think?" Aegon was a little speechless.
To be honest, Aegon had a good impression of Entt.
He had no real ability and no strong opinions, making him a person who was easy to control.
"Alright, let's not talk about this. I plan to have Nicks lead ten warships to Grey Gallows Isle and promote him to Deputy Commander of the fleet.
You are the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet, so I called you here to ask for your opinion and discuss solutions if there are any difficulties."
Entt's mouth twitched, and he secretly muttered to himself that if he refused, he would be thrown into the sea to feed the fish the next day.
Why didn't Aegon just give the order for this kind of small matter? He had to drag him here to put on a show, not even bothering to find it troublesome!
However, although Entt was muttering in his heart, he didn't dare to show it.
"You can just give the order for such a small matter. Although I am the Commander-in-Chief of the fleet, you are the supreme commander of this fleet," Entt said respectfully.
"Then it's settled. Nicks will depart tomorrow with half a month's worth of supplies."
Aegon only gave Nicks half a month's worth of supplies. On the one hand, he wanted to control Nicks's logistics, and on the other hand, he wanted to keep some supplies in reserve.
If the slaves who escaped from Tyrosh were worth supporting, he wouldn't mind sending some supplies over.
But if those slaves were like scattered sand and had no value in supporting them, he didn't want to waste the supplies he had.
Assistance from the Hightower Family and the Lannister Family would take at least another half a month to arrive. Currently, the supplies he had were prioritized for the temporary port on Bloodstone Isle.
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A week's time flew by in an instant.
The news of Tyrosh being destroyed by Dragons swept across the western part of Essos like a hurricane, especially Pentos on the west coast, which received the news immediately.
Braavos, Myr, Lys, and Volantis also received the news successively.
And the most confused city-state was undoubtedly Myr.
After learning about the tragic state of Tyrosh, the news that Lys had also been attacked by Dragons followed closely behind, and for a while, Myr became even more confused.
Tyrosh and Lys were shouting anti-Dragon slogans loudly, while Myr was clearly lacking confidence.
Everyone saw that day, four Dragons descended, but they didn't breathe dragonfire!
Myr Governor's Palace.
Myr is collectively ruled by a Council of Governors, mainly composed of local wealthy merchants and nobles.
"What should we do?"
Ruven Polk repeatedly flipped through the letter in his hand, which was the one written by Nekania.
"I disagree with starting a war. The profits from the Stepstones were originally mostly taken by Tyrosh.
They didn't think of us when dividing the profits, but now that they have to fight four Dragons, they remember us!
Furthermore, don't you know the situation in Tyrosh? Do you have to turn Myr into that ghostly state of Tyrosh before you are satisfied?"
Vassily Cox's expression was agitated.
"Don't get excited, aren't we discussing this?" Ruven Polk said with a speechless expression.
"Am I excited?!"
"Alright, alright, you're not excited." Ruven looked at another person, "Governor Felix, what do you think?"
Felix Bowers, the most powerful of the three major governors of Myr.
His family, the Bowers Family, was already a great noble in Myr even before the Doom of Valyria!
"I think we should help. We don't have to send people directly, but we must provide material support. We cannot let Tyrosh completely fall.
As that old man Nekania said, if Tyrosh falls, we won't have it easy either."
Felix had a lot of say. After he spoke, Vassily's eyes became visibly clearer.
Moreover, Felix's words were not problematic. Even if they were unwilling, they absolutely could not just watch Tyrosh be occupied.
"But there is one thing I am very worried about, why didn't Aegon Targaryen attack us?" Felix frowned tightly.
At that time, four Dragons circled over Myr three times. The city had already fallen into chaos. Logically speaking, it should have been the best time to attack!
"Do you think there's a possibility that Aegon Targaryen wants to sow discord among us?" Ruven suddenly spoke.
"Hiss!" Felix took a deep breath, "If Myr remains unharmed, with the character of those Tyroshi people, they might really think we are secretly colluding with Aegon Targaryen!"
"What should we do then?" Vassily's face was ugly, "Do we really have to send people to participate directly in the war?"
"What if Aegon Targaryen is just targeting Tyrosh? Wouldn't participating directly in the war bring disaster upon ourselves for no reason?
The attack on Lys was not serious, only some merchant ships and buildings were burned, which was harmless. Only Tyrosh suffered heavy losses!"
Ruven and Vassily had similar thoughts and didn't want to directly participate in the war!
Felix, being old and experienced, naturally saw this and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, secretly marveling at Aegon Targaryen's clever tactics.
The other party had thoroughly seen through human nature and their Triarchy!
Even knowing that this was very likely Aegon Targaryen's attempt to sow discord, they couldn't help but want to gamble on that impossible possibility!
Not only were Ruven and Vassily like this, but even he himself was like this!
After all, no matter what, Myr had not suffered even a little bit of damage.
If Myr were to suffer heavy losses due to their three people's misjudgment, then their governorship would be over.
In the years they had served as governors, they had offended quite a few people.
Especially the Bowers Family, to which Felix belonged, which had been fiercely fighting with the Hosston Family in recent years!
If Myr were to suffer a Dragon attack due to his misjudgment, the exhausted Hosston Family would definitely risk everything to drag him down!
Seeing that they were about to defeat the Hosston Family, he would never allow any accidents to happen!
Even if Aegon Targaryen was truly trying to sow discord among them, they would have to wait until he had completely suppressed the Hosston Family before discussing direct military intervention!
How could the interests of Myr be more important than the interests of the Bowers Family?
Moreover, wasn't the reason he emerged victorious in the Myr governor election for the sake of the Bowers Family's interests?
Family interests are above all else!
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