Once the Weirwood had firmly rooted itself at the bottom of the cave, Daenerys's silhouette appeared on its trunk—the new Holy Flame database was successfully established.
Thanks to the rich magic at the bottom of the cave, this Weirwood grew incredibly fast, changing day by day. Within a few days, the closest caves were already filled with new magic.
Daenerys arranged for Amoros and her Dragons, as well as five Dragon Eggs, to be placed in the cave with the richest magic.
They quite liked their new cave because of its rich magic, and there were many frozen, unknown species' corpses in the cave, rich in magic, which were also great supplements for them.
Antros was arranged by Daenerys to be next to Amoros and her Dragons. The four best-related Dragons now only had the two of them left, so they became even more attached to each other. Antros would occasionally go hunting for sea beasts to feed Amoros's Dragons.
The bodies of Simoros and Aposos were also moved by Daenerys, using Dreamfyre, to the depths of the cave. The temperature and unique magical environment here could prevent their internal magic from dissipating, and it would even become richer, though this process would be quite long.
Over the next few days, Daenerys led the Dragons to continuously forge Dragonstone, prioritizing the construction of new watchtowers. After all, the chaos in the Seven Kingdoms had already begun, and there was no guarantee that no one with ill intentions, like the Ironborn, would attempt to raid Oldtown again.
The new watchtowers were larger, taller, and sturdier than before; at least with the current world's weapon standards, they would be very difficult to damage. At the same time, Daenerys also sent word to Holy Flame Island to quickly send a new batch of ballistas and Wildfire.
In the last battle with the Ironborn, the Oldtown Garrison had made great contributions with them; if it weren't for the appearance of that monster, even those ordinary sea monsters would not have been their match.
"This new watchtower is truly magnificent. If we had such a watchtower before, I feel I could have wrestled with that ugly monster."
The speaker was Jason Kettokira (Sea Monster Slayer), the new deputy commander of the Oldtown Garrison, recently promoted by Rogge.
"Our Sea Monster Slayer is indeed brave. Then, the men for these two watchtowers will be entrusted to you for training. Let anyone who dares to invade Oldtown, be it man or sea monster, taste your ballistae and Wildfire."
Daenerys was always generous with rewards and praise for excellent subordinates. Jason could be considered a knight destined to be recorded in the annals of the Seven Kingdoms, as no knight had been able to slay such a powerful magical creature as a sea monster since the Dawn Age.
Jason and several other Oldtown Garrison members who personally shot and killed sea monsters were all knighted by Daenerys in the name of King Jaehaerys. She also granted them several manors near Oldtown, which originally belonged to the Starry Sept, as their fiefs.
They all chose the scene of slaying a sea monster as their family banner, but Jason Kettokira's family banner was the most audacious, depicting an arrow piercing four sea monsters.
Rogge and Mongo were both officially appointed governors of Oldtown and Yangwu City by Daenerys. In the future, Daenerys's territories would not continue the enfeoffment system, as it was not conducive to centralized power.
Enfeoffing those knight manors was to provide a channel for advancement and motivation for the grassroots. In the future, unless great merits were made, titles would not be easily granted.
"Hahaha!"
"Your Highness praises me so much I'm embarrassed. Actually, it's all thanks to the good cooperation of our brothers. It's a pity..."
The watchtowers were the first Oldtown defenses to be breached by the sea monsters, so apart from Jason, few survived. However, Rogge had sent generous pensions to their families. After Daenerys arrived, she personally visited to express condolences and left a considerable amount of living supplies and gifts.
This made all members of the Oldtown Garrison even more loyal. After receiving Daenerys's approval, the garrison's size was expanded to five thousand men.
After all, with troubled times approaching, it was better to train the army early, and Daenerys currently lacked neither money nor resources.
After the watchtowers were built, Daenerys spent another week with the Dragons to construct the Old Town Wharf city wall and the Dragonstone Avenue from the Oldtown central giant hole to the wharf.
Because Rogge had already settled the refugees whose homes were destroyed in the underground space, those ruined areas, after being tidied up, were redeveloped by Daenerys into commercial and handicraft zones.
As for the Oldtown residents whose foundations were occupied, Daenerys paid out of her own pocket to build new residential areas in other districts to resettle them. This was a win-win situation, as they currently didn't have extra money to build new houses.
After the basic infrastructure and displaced residents were settled, Daenerys dedicated herself to the construction of the Oldtown Dragonpit.
Because in the last disaster, most of the monks and maesters who resisted Daenerys were eaten by monsters. So now, the monks of the Starry Sept have become free educators and grassroots workers for Oldtown.
However, they were originally from the grassroots, so they felt it was very meaningful to do practical things for the common people. Therefore, the Seven Gods Church in Oldtown has become completely different from churches in other places.
The Starry Sept, originally the stronghold of the Seven Gods Church, has been completely transformed after two major disasters. It has now become a "New Church" wholeheartedly serving the people. And at Daenerys's behest, the new bishops have already begun to revise the Seven Gods doctrines and scriptures.
As for the Citadel, under the operation of Daenerys's faction, the candidates to build Citadel branches on Holy Flame Island and in King's Landing have all been selected. Those loyal to Daenerys's faction remained in the Oldtown main camp; the neutral ones and those dedicated to scholarship, after transcribing the Citadel classics, would go to Holy Flame Island to establish a branch.
As for those with wavering stances and those who resisted Daenerys, they were all packed and sent to King's Landing, without even leaving them time to transcribe classics. At this point, Oldtown was finally a solid block.
With the help of the Dragons, the new Dragonpit and underground armory were built in just a few days.
Daenerys had a passage opened directly from the Oldtown underground maze space to a cave in the upper part of the giant cave. With the help of Dreamfyre, several large furnaces were quickly built there.
Most of the interconnected areas between the Oldtown underground space and the giant cave were blocked with Dragonstone. Only a few secret passages were left, not only strictly guarded by the Oldtown Garrison but also far from the currently developed areas. Without a map, even the garrison members would find it difficult to enter.
In just half a month, the underground armory officially began operation. Because there were a large number of skeletons in the cave that could be used for blood sacrifice, after a week, most of the skeletons were depleted, and enough pseudo-Valyrian steel had been smelted to forge tens of thousands of armors and weapons.
Although this batch of steel did not yet possess the indestructible property, as long as they were placed in the underground cave, their magic would automatically recover, which was no different from real Valyrian Steel equipment.
Daenerys bestowed the "Red Rain" sword, one of the three Valyrian Steel weapons Rogge had captured, upon him. "nightfall" was kept by Daenerys herself. "Falling Star" was sent by her people to Dax, who had gone far to Seaslinder to incorporate the Beyond the Wall.
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