"Don't worry, you all step back," Lord Lynd pushed the man aside, then continued up the steps onto the platform, and directly ordered the Lava Dragon, "Lie down!"
The Lava Dragon sensed Lord Lynd's arrival, lowered its head, and looked at him, its eyes showing an extremely fierce expression, as if it was about to turn on its master.
"Lie ~ down!" Lord Lynd stared at the Lava Dragon, intensifying his tone slightly. The power of the Nameless King Rune on his body was also released, and a massive amount of magic formed a giant human phantom, floating in the air, looking down at the Lava Dragon as if it were a small cat or dog. The imposing aura created by the magic phantom fully descended upon the Lava Dragon.
The magic surging on the Lava Dragon's body quickly subsided under this pressure, and the Lava Dragon's eyes returned to normal. Its entire body lay down on the ground as Lord Lynd commanded.
After the Lava Dragon was tamed, Lord Lynd did not check on its condition but instead looked up at the sky. He saw a Red Comet with a long tail conspicuously tearing through the curtain of night, illuminating the entire sky with a vibrant reddish-purple hue, displaying its full appearance to the world below.
"Why did it appear at this time?" Lord Lynd's face showed confusion, as he remembered that the Red Comet appeared long after Daenerys married Drogo.
But then he thought again and realized that his arrival had already disrupted the course of many things, such as King Robert dying before Daenerys and Drogo were married. If he continued to judge the current situation based on what he knew from his previous life, there would likely be many errors and omissions.
Undoubtedly, the surge of magic in his Nameless King Rune and the Lava Dragon's abnormality were reactions caused by the appearance of the Red Comet. Thinking of this, he then sensed the conditions of Glory, Glutton, and Deltos, and found that they were also restless due to the magic surge, with Deltos's condition being the most intense.
Therefore, Lord Lynd immediately mounted Nessario and left the castle, heading to the forest where Glory resided, preparing to check on the condition of each of his pets one by one.
Just as the Red Comet affected magical creatures, any mage with magic within them also felt its appearance the moment it arrived, and the magic in their bodies underwent drastic changes.
These changes triggered a series of chain reactions. For those with low magic, they might only feel a slight warmth in their bodies, and then they would discover that their magic, which usually seemed more like tricks, could now be cast purely with magic. For example, when Pyromancers cast the Tongue of Fire spell, they no longer needed accelerants like alcohol or torches to ignite it; simply with their own magic, they could project a stream of fire several meters long. Aside from being a bit low in temperature, it looked entirely like Dragonflame.
As for those with powerful magic within them, drastic changes occurred. For example, Malora and the sisters Aella and Yara, the magic on their bodies underwent astonishing transformations stimulated by the Red Comet.
Countless magical runes appeared on Malora's body, covering her entirely, even her eyeballs were filled with magical runes, making her seem as if she were made of fused magical runes.
As for Aella and Yara, a mass of darkness emanated from them, enveloping them, and the moment they were fully immersed in the darkness, they were erased from everyone's memory in a conceptual form by some power. At that time, no one remembered that there were two people called Aella and Yara. When the Chosen of God walked past them, they would naturally walk past the sphere of darkness they created, as if the sphere of darkness had become independent of this world.
There were several other individuals who showed strong magical reactions like Malora, Aella, and Yara, such as the Head of the Tranquil Court, the President of the Mages Association, and the High Priest of the god of magic, all exhibiting varying degrees of intense reactions.
Not only these mages, but some clergy also experienced varying degrees of magic surges, and they were even able to perform certain miracles.
In a forest in the Riverlands near Acorn Hall, Thoros of Myr lowered the body of Lord Beric Dondarrion, the Lightning Lord, from a tree, tidied his appearance, and recited a prayer to the Lord of Light for him.
Beric Dondarrion and others, acting on Eddard Stark's orders, had now become a band of outlaws roaming the Riverlands, specifically attacking noble armies that plundered and massacred civilians. These included both armies from the Westerlands and the Riverlands' own forces.
Because of the defeat at Golden Tooth, the Riverlands were filled with routed Riverlands soldiers. The actions of these routed soldiers were even more brutal than those from the Westerlands; wherever they went, they burned, killed, plundered, and committed all sorts of evil. In contrast, the Westerlands, from being initial invaders, had become protectors, beginning to round up these routed soldiers.
The Brotherhood Without Banners, formed by Beric Dondarrion and the Red Priest Thoros, would also attack these routed soldiers when they encountered them assaulting civilians.
However, today their luck was somewhat poor. After defeating a company of routed soldiers, they happened to encounter Westerlands troops who had arrived upon hearing the news. To cover the escape of the others, Beric Dondarrion led a few sworn swords as a rearguard and was eventually captured. Beric did not reveal his identity, so he was treated as a common bandit and hanged at the village entrance.
When the Red Priest Thoros returned with the others to rescue him, Beric was already dead.
All the Red Priest could do was recite a prayer for his friend, then bury Beric and pursue those who had killed him to avenge Beric.
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