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#138 - Chapter 24: Bolton's Tragedy (I)

Liu Yuan: "Then you need to help me create ten thousand of them. I'll provide the materials, and you do the crafting. Although I don't know how many Children of the Forest are left on this island, I can send the materials beyond the Great Wall. Don't deny it; since you can observe what's happening on the continent, you must know about my actions beyond the Great Wall, which is why you've appeared!"

The Three-Eyed Raven stared intently at him: "You are more intelligent than I imagined. I agree, but the Children of the Forest need enough time to craft them."

Liu Yuan: "Hahaha~ It seems we've reached a preliminary consensus. In fact, we can cooperate in more areas. Let's go, let's talk over there..."

The Three-Eyed Raven reluctantly followed, and the two walked and talked.

When they returned, the sky was already faintly bright. No one knew what they had said, but after the Three-Eyed Raven detached from his host, the Child of the Forest named Leaf had collapsed and fallen unconscious.

Liu Yuan was quite satisfied with the results of this encounter. He learned many ancient secrets from the Three-Eyed Raven. It turned out that the Three-Eyed Raven was also human, but he had received the inheritance of the Green Seers. Although he was unwilling to directly engage with Liu Yuan's forces, the two sides had just reached a preliminary agreement: Liu Yuan would provide the materials needed by the Children of the Forest, and the Three-Eyed Raven would provide Liu Yuan with some assistance, including training skinchangers.

Liu Yuan tossed a large bag of new gold dragons to Roor: "The Green Seer has said that future cooperation between him and me will be mediated by you. I don't like my secrets being known by others. You understand what to do, right?"

Roor said respectfully: "Please rest assured, me and my brothers will keep our mouths shut. If anyone dares to gossip, I will personally take care of him."

Liu Yuan said with satisfaction: "Very good. You won't be treated unfairly for working for me. Take this money and spend it. As for how to contact me? The Green Seer will notify you."

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While Liu Yuan was haggling with the Three-Eyed Raven, in the Shivering Sea to the north, two oared galleys were approaching. Tabetha Bolton stood at the bow, watching Skagos Island get closer and closer. The last time he came was half a year ago. His brother, Roose Bolton, was plotting to take over the entire Skagos Island. However, because the Bolton family couldn't invest much power, they could only win over the Magnar clan and constantly encroach on the territories of other clans, acquiring wealth and population.

Tabetha was reminiscing about the gossip he had heard in the Dreadfort. His brother had a bastard son, born from the rape of a miller's wife. She was quite a beautiful woman, and he had been with her that day too. Not long ago, the woman actually came to Roose asking for child support. And his serious brother actually assigned a servant covered in stench to the bastard.

An one-eyed veteran ran up to Tabetha and said: "Ser Tabetha, something is wrong! We are about to land, but Master Bailey and the family soldiers have not appeared. Also, our two warships are not at the dock."

Tabetha looked at the bay below King's House, which looked much tidier than when he had last visited. After a few months of tidying up, the burned houses had been repaired, and the port's docks had been rebuilt. He said dismissively to the old soldier: "Perhaps Bailey has taken the soldiers out hunting. Did those two ships return to transport goods? Maybe we missed them on the way. What could happen with these wildlings on the island?"

Because they were secretly managing Skagos Island, only the family's loyalists could be sent. This time, Tabetha also brought several young people from the next generation of the family, who were all excellent lads despite being from the family's side branches. The ships docked, but no one came to greet them. The local residents also left the dock one after another, as if avoiding a plague.

Tabetha cursed: "Damn bastards! If Bailey isn't here, doesn't that idiot Torren know to show his face? Lads, get off the ship!" He called out to the people on board, and the Bolton family's soldiers disembarked in a chaotic manner. Several battle-hardened veterans looked at the strange dock and felt a sense of unease.

A group of people ran over from a distance, wearing wide leather robes that made them look very bloated. Tabetha curled his lips in disdain: "A bunch of barbarians, wearing leather robes in this hot weather."

The person greeted: "So you are the adults from the Bolton family, welcome to your arrival. Please follow me to rest in the village behind!"

Tabetha asked: "Where is your chieftain Torren? Where are Bailey and our family soldiers? And what about those two ships?" He asked three questions in a row. The person seemed unfamiliar with the Common Tongue.

He stammered for a while before finally saying clearly: "We have already fought with the Stane of the north. The chieftain led people to support them, and Master Bailey took the Bolton soldiers to help. As for those two ships, they were driven away by your people. Where did they go? I don't know."

Tabetha pushed him away with dissatisfaction: "A bunch of useless guys, it's been almost a year, and they still can't clean up those crippled fellows. Lead the way ahead, we've been floating at sea for so many days and need to rest."

"Yes, yes, sir. Please follow me." But no one saw the cold expression on that person's face as he turned around.

Tabetha brought two hundred family guards this time to replace the people who were stationed on the island before. A group of people walked chaotically towards the residential area on the island. The people they met on the road quickly flashed into nearby alleys. The eyes they looked at them with were very unfriendly, but the Bolton family completely ignored the indifferent gazes of the surrounding residents.

Tabetha said impolitely: "Boy, my men haven't eaten yet. Later, you send some people to send some food to the people on the ships."

The leader quickly agreed: "Okay, Lord Bolton, I'll arrange it right away." He ran to the side of the road and said something to several women. Those women raised their eyes to look over here and nodded to show they understood.

Just as they walked not far away, several women walked out of the alley again. They were dressed in cool clothes, revealing large areas of snow-white skin, carrying several large rattan baskets, and approached the two ships on the dock from the other side of the street.

Five soldiers were left on each ship, and they were very unhappy walking around the dock at this time. After staying on the ship for a long time, they still had to experience the feeling of stepping on the ground with their feet, otherwise they would feel uncomfortable all over.

Seeing several women coming, their eyes lit up. They screamed excitedly: "Hey! Sweetheart, look here, come on, brother will love you. Hahaha ~" They made some lewd movements, and some people whistled.