"Alright, Ser Barristan, I have matters to attend to!" After Mufasa finished speaking, he headed toward Jaime's room on the second floor.
"Where are you going? What business do you have?" the old knight asked.
"I'm going to claim the legacy of the Mad King Aerys!" Mufasa laughed.
Hearing his words, Barristan frowned. He followed Mufasa into Jaime's room.
"Found it, it was here all along!"
Mufasa pulled a book titled Knights of the Seven Kingdoms out of the desk.
Ser Barristan had not expected Jaime to read such a book.
"Ser Jaime, he—"
"The legacy left by the Mad King Aerys is truly abundant. This much wildfire is enough to blow the entire King's Landing sky-high!" Mufasa said.
"What? The map you're holding is—?"
Barristan immediately snatched the map from Mufasa's hand, and Mufasa was pushed aside, momentarily caught off guard.
"Such great strength!" Mufasa said, looking at Barristan. He recalled how he had previously spent a hundred popularity points trying to view Barristan's stats, but failed because the distance was too great.
"Let's check his stats again this time!"
"Name: Barristan Selmy"
"Identity: Lord Commander of the Kingsguard"
"Profession: Knight"
"Strength: 22"
"Speed: 22"
"Intelligence: 20"
"Spirit: 24"
"Magic Power: 10"
"Talent: Covered in Glory. Once covered in glory, I fear nothing! Even when facing the most terrifying enemy, I will never retreat a single step."
"That's truly terrifying! He's so old, yet his stats are still this high!" Mufasa clicked his tongue in amazement.
"wildfire. Aerys really intended to destroy King's Landing!" Barristan looked as if he had taken ten thousand points of damage.
He had risked his life to rescue Aerys from Duskendale back then, only to find that the king ultimately wanted to drag everyone down with him.
"Are you going to destroy this wildfire? How will you destroy it?" Barristan looked at Mufasa.
"Just putting things to good use! Please return the map to me!" Mufasa said.
"No!" Barristan tucked the map into his chest.
"What? What are you trying to do, Ser!" Mufasa asked.
"I want to go with you to destroy this wildfire. Its existence is like gunpowder that could explode King's Landing at any moment."
"Fine! Let's go to the Great Sept of Baelor first. There are thousands of jars of wildfire stored underground there!" Mufasa said.
The Great Sept of Baelor was a magnificent marble-domed structure, with seven crystal towers soaring high above it.
When Mufasa and Ser Barristan arrived, many monks and septas were singing hymns under the guidance of the High Septon.
Mufasa and the other man waited quietly on the side. Half an hour later, they finished singing praises to the Seven Gods.
The High Septon, trailing his long robes, approached Mufasa and the other man.
"I apologize for the wait, two sers! I wonder why you have come here today. If you wish for the Seven Gods to bless you with victory in the upcoming Tourney, you should light a candle for The Warrior."
"No, Your Excellency High Septon, we are here to recover the legacy of the Mad King Aerys," Mufasa said, his tone very calm.
"What? What did you say?"
However, upon hearing this, the High Septon's expression suddenly changed.
"The Mad King Aerys's legacy? Are you referring to wildfire, here with us? Where? Where is it?"
The High Septon, usually so dignified, was now frantic, like an ant on a hot pan.
"High Septon, please conduct a thorough search for any secret chambers; large quantities of wildfire might be stored within," Mufasa said.
A comprehensive search of the Great Sept of Baelor began, and a long tunnel was discovered beneath the Statue of the Stranger, leading to a vast underground space.
Mufasa went down first, followed closely by Barristan.
"The space down here is truly massive!" Mufasa said.
"Indeed, and the air is humid, almost damp! This is likely to preserve the wildfire!" Barristan said.
The two men did not carry torches, but lanterns instead.
Illuminated by the lamplight, Mufasa saw the jars of wildfire lined up.
"It seems we came to the right place! Notify the monks to come and move them carefully!" Mufasa said.
Barristan did not respond; he was staring at the wildfire, lost in thought.
"If—and I mean if—I hadn't saved Aerys at Duskendale back then, would so many people have died?" he asked.
"Ser, what is done is done! Whether you saved Aerys, or Jaime killed Aerys!"
"But Jaime killing Aerys likely saved more people than you did. Don't you agree?" Mufasa asked.
"Jaime, he..." Barristan found it difficult to speak.
"What about him?" Mufasa asked.
"If I hadn't broken the precedent and become a Kingsguard as the heir to an earldom, he wouldn't have followed my path, becoming a Kingsguard as the heir to a dukedom. Either way, it's a great pity."
Barristan stated.
"There's a saying: 'What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again.' Perhaps you will have to save another king's life in the future!" Mufasa said.
After the two men emerged from the secret chamber, they began directing the monks to move all the wildfire out.
However, when Mufasa brought all the wildfire into The Red Keep, Barristan was stunned.
"Mufasa, you aren't more insane than the Mad King Aerys, are you? Why are you bringing so much wildfire into The Red Keep?" Barristan asked.
"Oh, right, you didn't know I practiced Alchemy, did you? This is one of the raw materials!" Mufasa said.
"Don't worry, with me here, they won't explode!" Mufasa said.
He had Treading Snow Black Steed use its freezing ability to freeze all the wildfire, planning to retrieve it jar by jar when needed.
Treading Snow Black Steed's freezing ability was enhanced after Mufasa obtained an Ice Crystal Stone in a lottery draw and fed it to the steed. Now, Little Snow can cross rivers slowly.
Every step she takes on the river surface causes ice to form beneath her hoof, followed by another step, and more ice.
She can cross the river this way. This could be called the Little Horse Crossing the River technique.
In the following days, Mufasa collected the blood of many people at North Sea Kindergarten and South Mountain Nursing Home. He had previously tried the blood of monkeys and gorillas but found it ineffective; their purity was too low. It seemed only human blood would work.
More and more nobles from various regions began gathering in King's Landing, not only for the Tourney but also because King Robert had issued a summons to all the lords.
Tywin Lannister arrived leading the Lords of the Westerlands, and Mace Tyrell likewise arrived leading the Lords of the Reach.
The Lords of the Stormlands also hurried over, as did the Lords of the Riverlands. Fewer of the Lords of the North and the Lords of the Vale came. The North was due to the great distance, and the Vale was because Jon Arryn had died, and they currently lacked a suitable Warden of the East.
As for the more distant Dorne, only a few Free Riders came, and they did not swear fealty to any Dornish Lords.
There was no movement on Dragonstone.
However, a few people came from the two families on Claw Isle and Driftmark.
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