Patirius's efficiency was quite good; in less than a month, he had resold all the ancestral properties and Iron Bank shares to the Auseris and other families.
Of course, the price was heavily suppressed, only selling for a total of just over 65 million Gold Dragons.
After giving 30 million Gold Dragons to Yutanris, he finally successfully obtained three Dragon Eggs.
He used 15 million Gold Dragons to purchase eighty three-masted ships, and combined with his family's current fleet, formed a grand fleet of over 120 ships that majestically departed Braavos, sailing towards the Sunset Sea.
During this time, Princess Daenerys also received news that Oldtown had been attacked by the Iron Islands fleet and a sea monster.
She immediately handed over the affairs of Braavos to Cameron and Vada, and then, riding Dreamfyre, she quickly rushed to Oldtown.
After flying continuously for one day and one night, Princess Daenerys finally arrived in Oldtown at noon on the second day.
By this time, more than ten days had passed since Oldtown was attacked, and the sunken ships in the bay had already been salvaged. Sixty-eight mostly intact longships were displayed at the Old Town Wharf for renovation and repair.
The buildings destroyed in that disaster had not yet been rebuilt. However, the wharf had been cleared and had resumed normal trade.
"Angar~"
Feeling Princess Daenerys's aura, Amoros and Antros immediately soared from the ruins of the lookout tower, excitedly circling Dreamfyre.
What almost made Princess Daenerys drop her jaw was that she saw six Dragons, similar in size to Hognara, following behind Amoros! And two more were perched on Amoros's back!!!
Amoros led her to the ruins of the lookout tower where Simoros had fallen. Perhaps due to absorbing the golden energy, after more than ten days, her body had not yet decayed, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.
However, Princess Daenerys could clearly feel that the flame of life within her had completely extinguished.
Princess Daenerys quickly slid down from Dreamfyre's back, stumbled to Simoros's side, and caressed her already cold body. Tears, after all, flowed uncontrollably.
"I'm sorry, Simoros. I still couldn't change your fate of dying young! I'm sorry..."
As if sensing Princess Daenerys's sorrow, Dreamfyre and Meraxes cried out in grief, their high-pitched and sorrowful Dragon roars causing the busy people at the Old Town Wharf to involuntarily stop their work.
"Princess Daenerys is back! The Princess is back~"
"The Princess is back~"
"Princess, why did you only just come back~"
Many Oldtown residents, who had barely shed tears in the face of the great catastrophe, burst into tears and wailed on the ground when they learned of Princess Daenerys's return.
It was as if bullied children, upon seeing their parents, released all their grievances at once.
Noticing the commotion at the wharf, Princess Daenerys quickly composed herself, then had Antros take her to the Old Town Wharf.
Because at this time, Dreamfyre and the others had developed a great interest in the seven newborn Dragons and five red Dragon Eggs. Their magic was simply too dense, and it was very high-level and enticing.
This caused Amoros to immediately shield the Dragons and Dragon Eggs beneath him, roaring loudly as a warning.
"Princess~"
Seeing that it was truly Princess Daenerys who had returned, the people of Oldtown immediately bowed respectfully and greeted her.
Looking at the tear stains still on their faces, Princess Daenerys bowed apologetically and said,
"I'm sorry, everyone! It was my fault for not protecting you well, causing you all to suffer such hardships."
"How can you blame yourself?! If it weren't for the Dragons you left behind to guard us, I'm afraid all of us in Oldtown would have been eaten by those monsters!"
"That's right, if it weren't for your Dragons and the Garrison led by Lord Rogge, Oldtown would have been completely destroyed."
"Yes, yes..."
"You don't know how terrifying that monster was!"
...
Princess Daenerys felt for the first time how comfortable such close contact with the common people was. It made her feel that her efforts and deployments had finally been affirmed and had yielded results.
Soon, Rogge and Mongo, who were directing the post-disaster reconstruction in the city, arrived. Perhaps due to days of hard work and exposure to wind and sun, both looked thinner and darker.
After a long absence, everyone naturally exchanged pleasantries for a while, and finally, Princess Daenerys followed them to the place in the center of Oldtown where the monster had crawled out.
Rogge's temporary command tent was set up there, surrounded by hundreds of fully armed Oldtown Garrison members guarding the area.
"Princess, this is where that monster crawled out. This giant hole is forty to fifty meters deep. Inside, it's full of the bones of various creatures, and..."
At this point, even Rogge and Mongo, who were accustomed to a life of danger, looked grim.
"And all these bones are like dried corpses with their blood sucked out, yet there's no sign of decay. The temperature at the bottom of the pit is even terrifyingly low, almost comparable to The Wall."
Hearing them say this, Princess Daenerys immediately became interested and quickly summoned Antros to fly straight down. The diameter of this cave entrance was several hundred meters, so even if Vhagar came, she could enter and exit freely.
"It's truly so. I didn't expect such a secret to exist beneath Oldtown. The concentration of magic here truly rivals that of The Wall."
Unlike the ordinary underground labyrinth spaces beneath Oldtown, this giant cave space was larger and deeper. Moreover, there were no fewer than forty to fifty huge caves within it, each exceeding several hundred square meters.
And these caves were clearly all artificially excavated, as the cave walls were carved with various strange runes. Perhaps it was these runes that made the magic here so dense.
These caves were filled with mummified corpses and bones, some of which were comparable in size to adult Dragons and sea Dragons. These bones all contained extremely rich magic, making them excellent materials for forging Valyrian steel.
Besides rubble, there were also many broken bronze chains at the bottom of the cave.
"These should be the chains that bound that monster. The runes on them are truly unique, even more profound and ancient than the runes on the bronze armor in Runestone City."
Looking at the magical cave before her, Princess Daenerys immediately had an idea,
"Turning this into a Dragon Lair and an armory would be very suitable. The space is large enough, and the materials are abundant. It's just that the magic here is too cold and Yin and cold, it needs to be transformed by a Weirwood first, otherwise, it would be detrimental to the Dragons."
So Princess Daenerys immediately flew up and had Dreamfyre and a few other Dragons dig up a Weirwood tree, three to four meters tall, from nearby, then planted it directly at the bottom of the cave.
To ensure its survival, Princess Daenerys even cut open the Dragon Wings of Antros and Dreamfyre, dripping a lot of Dragon blood onto the Weirwood. Then, she devoutly chanted the Children of the Forest's Song of the Earth and Song of the Wind. This was also a skill Princess Daenerys had learned from the Weirwood.
As Princess Daenerys chanted, blood-colored runes immediately began to emerge on the bright, jade-like Weirwood trunk, and then the magic within the cave began to surge madly towards the Weirwood. It quickly began to take root, soon becoming vibrant and full of life, and new magic began to emanate from it.
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