Mond Hightower's words immediately made Daenerys's face darken, and even Queen Aemma beside her looked displeased. Prince Viserys was even more directly dissatisfied, saying,
"The Hightower Family truly has good manners! What a grand gesture!"
He then instructed his personal guards,
"Sir Mond is drunk. Quickly send him back to his quarters to avoid unnecessary disputes here!"
"Yes!"
The two attending personal guards immediately and roughly seized Mond Hightower and dragged him out of the banquet hall without a word.
This made all the youths from many other great families show expressions of schadenfreude, especially the twin brothers from the Lannister Family in the Westerlands, whose expressions were the most obvious.
This small interlude immediately greatly diminished Viserys's good mood. At this moment, when he looked at the noble youths surrounding his eldest daughter, Rhaenyra, he couldn't help but carry a hint of scrutiny.
And the more he looked, the more displeased he became!
At this time, the Manderly Brothers, Mederick and Samwell, who were dutifully discussing White Sheep Town affairs in the corner, once again entered Viserys's sight, making him increasingly appreciate these two Manderly Brothers from White Harbor.
Daenerys, in a bad mood, quickly found an excuse to leave the banquet and returned to her own house. After a simple wash, Daenerys sat by the window in her pajamas, looking at the night outside and carefully planning how to give the Hightower Family a big blow.
The next day after breakfast, Daenerys invited her father and sister to ride their Dragons to the Fire Burial Tower together.
After a night of urgent construction, the Fire Burial Platform designed by Daenerys was basically completed. The huge Fire Burial Platform has 20 independent grooves that can simultaneously hold 20 people's Fire Burial ceremonies.
Now, these grooves are already covered with ordinary steel. And next to the Fire Burial Platform, all the slave priests and Dragon Guard apprentices respectfully lined up around.
Samwell and Mederick also arrived at the Fire Burial Tower early, ready to see what Princess Daenerys would do.
The Peeling Knights had also moved all the barbecue grills from the White Sheep Town orchard nearby. At this time, dozens of fat sheep were already being roasted over the fire.
Not long after Daenerys and the others arrived on their Dragons, five Dragons flew out from the depths of Holy Flame Island. They were Amoros and Xiao Bellerion.
Because Amoros and Antros were much larger than Xiao Bellerion, the three Dragons kept a wary distance from them. Even when landing, they clearly separated into two groups.
Xiao Bellerion and the others had long adapted to the presence of Dreamfire and Vhagar, so after landing, they quietly surveyed the surroundings, finally focusing their gaze on the distant roasted lamb racks.
However, Amoros and the others, having been kept in the Dragon's Den all this time, had no perception of the outside world. So, upon seeing Vhagar, the enormous old Dragon, they immediately stopped warily in the distance, whimpering uneasily.
They constantly cast their gaze towards Daenerys, as if seeking a sense of security from her.
Seeing that everyone who should be there had arrived, Daenerys spoke loudly,
"Today, I have gathered everyone here because there is an important matter that we must accomplish together."
"As everyone knows, Fire Burial is not only a tradition of the Targaryen Family but also of Ancient Valyria. In our faith, those who undergo Fire Burial can have their souls ascend to the divine palace in the sky."
"And those who undergo Fire Burial by Dragonflame will receive the blessings of the gods. Today, I will teach a prayer that the gods bestowed upon me in a dream to our temple priests and Dragon Guards."
"Before that, I will let everyone witness the miraculous power of this prayer."
So Daenerys climbed down from Dreamfire's Dragon back and came before the great Dragon Vhagar, placing her hand on her Dragon Wings and began to chant softly,
"Spirit of stone, flame of the earth's core, power of the gods, strength of the bloodline! Condense the immortal creations!"
"Blood Fire Source, exchanging fire for blood, exchanging blood for fire..."
As Daenerys chanted, Vhagar felt a strange energy within Daenerys's body resonating with her own bloodline and fire magic.
When Vhagar felt that her energy and Daenerys's energy were completely synchronized, her consciousness and Daenerys's consciousness also began to connect, although this connection was only temporary due to the presence of her Dragon Knight, Viserys.
But she still followed Daenerys's command and spewed scorching Dragonflame at the Fire Burial Platform. And just like Dreamfire and Miraxis, Vhagar's bronze Dragonflame also began to mix with blue-green light, which increased the temperature of old Dragon Vhagar's Dragonflame by twenty or thirty percent.
So, under her Dragonflame, the steel in the grooves of the Fire Burial Platform quickly melted into a liquid state.
As Vhagar's Dragon Knight, Viserys naturally knew the color of Vhagar's Dragonflame. So, the Targaryen Prince, who had initially been joking, immediately began to carefully recall Daenerys's Ancient Valyrian prayer.
Whether it was Viserys, the temple priests, or the newly selected Dragon Guard apprentices, they were all quite familiar with valyrian. Therefore, many people could already recite Daenerys's prayer completely.
And when Daenerys chanted the prayer just now, Dreamfire, Miraxis, Xiao Bellerion, and Amoros all felt the stirring of their bloodline and magic.
Since it would take several hours for the liquefied steel to cool, Daenerys instructed the priests and Dragon Guard apprentices to first familiarize themselves with and recite the prayer they had just heard.
She herself, along with her father and sister, took the Dragons to the roasted sheep and began to feed them.
Because Vhagar and Syrax, like Xiao Bellerion, had become accustomed to eating roasted fat sheep during this time, the Peeling Knights alone could feed them.
However, Amoros and Antros had just arrived on Holy Flame Island, and apart from Daenerys, they were very wary of others and did not show affection towards people. Daenerys had no choice but to personally control their feeding.
Once all the Dragons were full, the steel solution on the Fire Burial Platform had cooled somewhat. Although its temperature was still very high, it was enough for Daenerys to proceed with the next step.
So Daenerys instructed the Fire Burial Tower staff to bring up 20 people who were also to be cremated, placing them directly into the 20 steel grooves.
The scorching steel quickly ignited their shrouds, and then their hair and bodies slowly began to burn.
Daenerys then directed everyone to chant the prayer she had taught them together. As everyone chanted together, Daenerys quickly felt that the energy field near the Fire Burial Platform had become very different.
And the Dragons also became hot-blooded by everyone's chanting. When everyone collectively chanted for the third time, under Daenerys's command, all the Dragons together spewed scorching Dragonflame at the Fire Burial Platform.
This instantly reduced the 20 corpses to ashes, and the already semi-solidified steel plates beneath them were stained with a layer of sooty gray.
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