Also, because Lava Dragon Nessario occupied the Dragon Nest, the Longwing Dragon had to move to Redemption Sanctuary. The original Dragon Nest was also demolished and transformed into a large platform where Lava Dragon Nessario could lie down completely, making it convenient for landing and takeoff.
Lynd would ride Lava Dragon Nessario through the various city-states of his territory almost every three days during the day, both to display the dragon to his subjects and increase the cohesion of his territory, and to test the flight speed of Lava Dragon Nessario.
Through testing, Lynd found that with Lava Dragon Nessario's flight speed, he could travel to Na Sa Star at any time, taking at most one day to fly from Summerhall on the continent of Westeros to Na Sa Star on the continent of Essos, which was undoubtedly much more convenient for Lynd.
There had been no progress in the research of parasitic organisms and their nuclei, but Marwyn had managed to decipher some things from the Valyrian runes on the dragon horn.
"These aren't Valyrian runes?" Lynd looked at Marwyn, who had come to report his research findings.
Perhaps due to being cared for by maids, Marwyn was now much tidier. His hair, beard, and nose hair had all been trimmed, making him look much better than when Lynd first met him.
However, no matter how much his appearance changed, Marwyn's personality remained largely the same. He placed several large tomes he was carrying onto Lynd's desk, completely disregarding the documents already there.
Then, he flipped those large tomes to the marked pages, pointing to the content and the Valyrian runes he had drawn, and said excitedly, "Look, aren't they the same?"
Lynd lowered his head and carefully examined the runes drawn in the books and the Valyrian runes. Although the runes in the books were incomplete, even so, the incomplete parts could still match a section of Valyrian runes. It was clear that when this incomplete section was complete, it would have been that section of Valyrian runes.
The other sections of runes recorded in the books were also like this; all were incomplete, but the incomplete parts all matched a section of Valyrian runes.
Lynd asked, "Where do these incomplete runes in the books come from?"
Marwyn pointed to the books and introduced them one by one: "The content in this book comes from the black walls of the Five Forts in the Far East. The incomplete runes in this book come from a black stone stele in Asshai. This book is from Yee Lin in Sothoryos, said to have been found in a black stone temple. This book was left by the earliest scholars of the Citadel, and its content consists of some runes that originally existed on the black stone fortress of Hightower, but those runes have now been worn away."
"All related to black stone?" Lynd frowned.
Marwyn speculated, "I suspect that all these so-called Valyrian runes were created by some ancient race in the past, but later the Valyrian Dragonlords learned a part of them and integrated them into their own culture. It's even highly possible that High Valyrian itself originated from that ancient race."
"Besides that, are there any other useful findings?" Lynd asked again.
"No," Marwyn shook his head, then said, "Since these Valyrian runes are all related to black stone, didn't you bring back some black stones from Valyria? I would like to request some for experiments."
Lynd nodded after hearing this, wrote a material allocation order, and told him to go to Black Hollow to find Moroa.
After Marwyn left, Lynd pulled out an intelligence document submitted by Baelon and read it.
The content of the document mainly stated that the news of Lynd exploring Valyria had recently spread throughout Westeros, and it also claimed that he had found the dragon horn used by the Valyrian Dragonlords to tame dragons back then from Valyria, which enabled him to tame a dragon that lived in Valyria.
This rumor did not originate from Summerhall. All his vassals who knew he had explored Valyria had spontaneously chosen to keep it a secret and had not spread the news.
Lynd guessed that it must have been spread by people from Tolos, because only they knew he had gone to explore Valyria, and when he went to pick up the sisters Aella and Yara, they must have also seen the dragon horn placed on the dragon's back. After all, the shape of that horn was too eye-catching; it would be hard not to notice it.
However, this circulating rumor must have been post-processed by someone. Although not obvious, the content of this rumor repeatedly emphasized that Lynd was able to tame dragons entirely because of the dragon horn, completely ignoring that Lynd had already tamed a Sea Dragon Devourer before finding the dragon horn.
Lynd felt that the person who deliberately altered the rumor was very likely trying to cause him trouble, making people covet the dragon horn placed in the castle, and then take some irrational actions to disrupt the stability of Summerhall.
Unfortunately, the person who altered the rumor greatly underestimated Lynd's prestige in Westeros and Essos. Even if someone was tempted, no one dared to come to Summerhall to cause trouble.
Even if someone dared to come, they would have been visited by the Blood Armor before they could make any move, and their ultimate destination would be Lynd's mines.
After Lynd finished dealing with the accumulated government affairs, he rode Lava Dragon Nessario and decided to go to the Wall. One reason was to check on Velas's situation and see if he could learn about the situation in the North from him. At the same time, it was also to see how much Lava Dragon Nessario was affected by the severe cold north of the Wall.
However, before he could set off, an invitation letter from King's Landing, jointly signed by the King and the Hand, was placed on his desk. This time, it was no longer an invitation for Lynd to become the Master of Ships, but rather an invitation for Lynd to attend the Hand's martial arts tournament, not as a contestant, but as a guest.
Lynd originally intended to decline this invitation, but after a second thought, he decided to go.
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