In the latter two gatherings, only Dax and Kai among his personal guards had the rhetorical skills to match Iger's Incitement.
Fortunately, Daenerys personally stepped in to assist, and with the help of the Watcher's magical hallucinogenic drug, they successfully stirred up the emotions of the crowd and incited everyone to gather towards the Starry Sept.
Finally, the three streams of people converged, and under Iger's leadership, they surged menacingly towards the Starry Sept.
Daenerys then took the remaining personal guards and the Watcher and continued to rush to other gathering points.
However, this time they did not incite the crowd to attack the Starry Sept; instead, they had the Watcher use her hallucinogenic drug to help those self-righteous monks continue to incite the surrounding crowd.
Although the Old Monk on the stage was dressed in rags, his robust physique and excellent complexion clearly indicated he was not a practitioner of asceticism; he was likely a mouthpiece monk nurtured by the Hightower Family.
"Everyone must remember that the Hightower Family has been the guardians of Oldtown for thousands of years; they resisted the incursions of the Ironborn, and they helped us through every long winter. They are the glory of our Oldtown!"
It must be said that all the monks who spoke on stage today had excellent tongues.
"We must protect Oldtown and the Hightower Family! Even if Dragonflame engulfs us, we must not fear in the slightest. The Seven Gods will protect us!"
"Protect the Hightower family, kill those evil dragons!"
Daenerys suddenly shouted loudly from the crowd, her voice startling the monk speaking on stage, making his heart tremble a few times.
"That's not necessary…"
Daenerys wouldn't give him a chance to continue speaking.
"So what if they stole three Dragon Eggs from them? Does the Hightower Family's contribution to the Seven Kingdoms not outweigh three broken Dragon Eggs?"
"If Oldtown had the protection of Dragons, wouldn't we be safer? I think the Hightower Family stole the Dragon Eggs for this very reason!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
Daenerys's personal guards also echoed loudly from the side.
"As for hiring the Faceless Men to assassinate that Royal Princess, wasn't she not killed?"
"Why should the Targaryen Royal Family be so relentless about this matter?"
"Exactly, exactly!"
However, it was clear that the people of Oldtown had seen some of the world; although their heads felt dizzy at this moment, they vaguely felt that Daenerys's words didn't seem quite right.
At this point, the personal guards, who had already received personal guidance from Daenerys, began to play their role; while echoing Daenerys, they questioned the surrounding crowd with dissatisfaction,
"What? Don't you believe the monks of the Starry Sept, don't you believe the Hightower Family? Have you angered the Seven Gods and brought down divine punishment upon yourselves?"
Under their questioning, the surrounding people suddenly felt inexplicably guilty, and so they all joined in the chorus.
The rhythm was slowly led astray in this manner; no matter what these people were thinking in their hearts, they all joined in the commotion.
Coupled with the effect of the hallucinogenic smoke, even the Old Monk couldn't help but start shouting along with Daenerys.
"Since the Dawn Age, the Hightower has stood on this land!"
"We, the guardians of Oldtown, the Hightower Family, are uncrowned kings, and we absolutely cannot let these evil dragons disrupt the peace of our Oldtown!"
"Kill the evil dragons, kill the evil dragons!"
"Protect Oldtown, for our better lives!"
Under the influence of the hallucinogenic smoke, everyone's extreme emotions were infinitely amplified.
The crowd became increasingly agitated, eventually losing all reason and becoming puppets who simply followed the crowd.
Finally, under Daenerys's instigation, the Old Monk's determination to protect the Hightower Family and his aversion to Dragons also reached an uncontrollable point, so he led the crowd to converge towards the Hightower.
The massive crowd, having swept in many people along the way, had grown to tens of thousands by the time they approached the Hightower.
This had naturally alarmed Oldtown's garrison, but most of their manpower had been mobilized by Earl Hightower to transport gold coins.
After all, 7 million gold coins would require hundreds of two-man carrying boxes to hold them all.
Moreover, to guard these gold coins, people were needed along the way.
Oldtown had a total of just over a thousand garrison soldiers; excluding those transporting gold coins and those stationed at the Hightower, the entire Oldtown had fewer than three hundred patrol personnel today.
Along the way, anyone who dared to block the crowd was secretly dealt with by Daenerys's personal guards.
Meanwhile, under Iger's incitement and leadership, tens of thousands of agitated people had already stormed the Starry Sept.
The bishops and monks of the Starry Sept, accustomed to their lofty positions, became furious upon seeing these foolish commoners daring to assault this sacred place of the Seven Gods.
"You are truly audacious, daring to run wild in the Seven Gods Church!"
"Are you not afraid of the Seven Gods' punishment?"
Iger immediately protested loudly,
"The Seven Gods have already sent down punishment, but it is aimed at you hypocritical monks!"
"Yes, the Seven Gods are punishing you!"
With that, the crowd prepared to rush into the Starry Sept, but many of those monks were of noble birth and had received professional knight training.
Although current Seven Kingdoms law did not allow the Seven Gods Church to maintain armed forces.
However, every church had some monks with good combat strength to protect the bishops and the pilgrims who came to worship.
Therefore, facing the surging crowd, over a hundred people immediately firmly guarded the Starry Sept.
But now everyone was already riled up, and Iger and the Unicorn Warrior Group, hidden in the shadows, had secretly taken out the daggers from their waists.
Just as the situation was about to spiral out of control, Iger manipulated his giant eagle to directly snatch away the pure gold seven-star emblem from the top of the Starry Sept.
"Do you see? The Seven Gods have given a directive! The Starry Sept has lost the Seven Gods' blessing! Follow the will of the Seven Gods and eliminate these hypocritical bishops and monks!"
"Eliminate them!"
"Eliminate them!"
In their collective fury, some of the already emotional people directly transformed into Oldtown rioters, rushing into the Starry Sept without regard for anything.
Iger and the Unicorn Warrior Group, even more so, took the lead, using daggers to slit the throats of the monks blocking their way.
And the rioters, having seen blood, went completely insane.
They picked up sticks, stones, kitchen knives, blacksmith hammers, and every other weapon they could find around them, and frantically attacked the monks and bishops of the Starry Sept.
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