Pike, one of the Iron Islands, was once a narrow strip of land that jutted out to sea like a sword, but over time, erosion gradually split it into three islands.

On the largest of the three islands, members of all the major families gathered together.

The Iron Islands are home to a brutal seafaring people who call themselves the Ironborn. Some say the Iron Islands were named for the rich iron ore found on the islands, but the Ironborn say the islands were named for the tough and unyielding nature of their people.

Islanders often say that the captain of every ship is a king, so the Iron Islands are also known as the "Land of Kings".

The Blacktydes, the Portleys, the Drummage, the Gublers, the Greyirnes, the Harlowes, the Halls, the Merlins, the Stonehouses, the Sanders, the Tawneys and the Winches, except for those family members who had accompanied Euron to sea, were all present.

What they welcomed was the fleet of the Green Land, which they once despised the most, and a new Dragon King.

After Euron took away all the Ironborn battleships, the old and weak fleet left behind was no match for the Northern Combined Fleet, let alone the huge fire-breathing dragon.

Therefore, after assessing the situation, the Ironborn chose to welcome back the king, Asha.

However, what puzzled the Ironborn was that this dragon king who owned a giant dragon did not claim to be a king, and even his men called themselves defenders of the Night's Watch.

"Asha, I appoint you as the Shepherd of the Iron Islands. From now on, the fleet of the Iron Islands will be responsible for escorting the trade of the entire Westeros continent."

"I will, Lord Commander Lyon. The new fleet of the Iron Islands is being built. In the future, under your watchful eyes, we will defeat the fleet of Euron, the traitor of the Iron Islands."

Asha made a solemn promise to Lyon, her eyes full of anger towards Euron.

As Asha's younger brother, Theon and Cole became the right-hand men of the Queen of the Iron Islands.

The rest of the Northern Combined Fleet was not disbanded. They stayed in the Iron Islands, preparing to reorganize for a period of time and then reunite with the fleet of the Iron Islands and go out to sea together to search for Euron's fleet.

When Lyon defeated the sea monster with a thunderous force and successfully conquered the Iron Islands, Lyanna's eyes flashed with fanaticism. Seeing that Lyon intended to leave, she couldn't contain her excitement and walked up to him and asked:

"Commander-in-Chief Lyon, can I go with you?"

"Aren't you afraid of dragons?"

Following Lyon's voice, the dragon Balerion, whose head was larger than a battleship, looked at Lyanna.

It was completely enraged to learn that someone other than Leon dared to try to ride Balerion. Balerion was a man of strong character, and would not allow others to tease him easily. So, it exuded an incomparable pressure, and the oppressive feeling was almost suffocating.

Just as the people around Lyanna were trembling and fearful because of the dragon's might, Lyanna showed no intention of retreating. Instead, she puffed up her cheeks and looked bravely at the dragon with an angry face, and even boldly looked it in the eye.

Compared with the dragon, Lyanna's body seemed so small, the size difference was even greater than the difference between ants and humans.

Seeing Lyanna's action, Lyon felt mixed emotions. He found it a little funny, but also felt a different kind of emotion in his heart.

He then gave the order, for the proud Balerion to lower his head, exposing his neck, so that Lyanna could successfully climb onto the heavy platform of his neck.

Under the threat of Leon, the Dragon Lord, even though Balerion was reluctant, he had to lower his head and let Leon manipulate him.

"Thank you so much, Commander-in-Chief Lyon. To be honest, besides my dream of becoming the strongest warrior of Bear Island, my dream is to be able to ride a dragon!"

Seeing that Leon agreed, Lyanna changed her serious confrontation with the dragon and cheered like a little girl of her age.

"Be sure to hold on tight once you're on the dragon."

Leon smiled and helped Lyanna onto the dragon, then gave her a quick instruction.

When Lyon and Lyanna rode their dragons across the sky like a flaming meteor, leaving behind his mighty and majestic army and setting out on their journey back to Westeros alone, everyone present stared at the scene in amazement.

An Iron Nation leader standing nearby could not suppress his inner anger and jealousy, his face twisted into a hideous and terrifying look, staring at the dragon's receding figure, as if he wanted to tear the giant creature apart with his eyes.

After a long while, the tribe leader slowly turned his head and looked at Asha beside him with a look of resentment and unwillingness, and asked in a low voice:

"You should not have set foot on the Iron Islands with an army of outsiders, Asha!"

"Are we just going to watch him fly away? His conditions require us to promise to completely abandon the Ancient Road. From now on, we can only appear on every waterway in Westeros as merchant ship escorts. Isn't this a betrayal to our ancestors?"

His words revealed his dissatisfaction with Leon and his concerns about the future situation. However, facing the questioning of the patriarch, Asha just glanced back at the patriarch and said in a deep voice:

"If you have a way to defeat the dragon, or Euron. I would be happy to restore the ancient roads, but we don't have..."

"Remember one thing, sir, the world has changed."

After saying this, Asha, the new priest of the Iron Islands, ordered her men to send a signal.

Above the islands of the Iron Islands, in addition to the squid-shaped sea monster flag of House Greyjoy, a new flag with a gold edge and a black background slowly rose.

Immediately afterwards, all the fleets on the sea, in addition to the family flags, hoisted the same black flag.

In the center of the flag is embroidered a silent man in black holding a two-handed sword. He is wearing a hood and has deep eyes, as if he is looking at the whole world.

As the news of Lyon's victory over the sea monsters of the Iron Islands spread back to the North via ravens, every Northern city that the dragon passed through hung up the flag that symbolized the Night's Watch's defense of the entire territory.

When Balerion landed again in the dragon's nest outside Winterfell, the lords who had been waiting for a long time quickly surrounded him.

However, when they saw that the first person to come down from the dragon was Lyanna, many lords were shocked.

Sansa looked at Lyanna and felt a sense of crisis, as if her position as the guardian of the North would be in jeopardy in the future.

"Why are so many people gathered in Dragon's Nest? What's going on?"

When Leon's voice came from behind Lyanna, many lords came back to their senses.

Jon Snow quickly brought a reply letter brought by a raven to Lyon.

However, Leon did not take it, but just gave a calm order:

"read."

Hearing Lyon's order, Jon had no choice but to do as he was told. His face was solemn, and he recited the words in a sonorous and powerful voice:

"Since you, Leon Victor, have openly attacked Roose Bolton, the legitimate guardian of the North, and revealed your ambition to become king, I, Tommen Baratheon I, as the only legitimate king and protector of the Seven Kingdoms, hereby announce to the world: you and your Night's Watch have been regarded as traitors, and everyone in the Seven Kingdoms has the right to kill you. In order to prevent the North from falling into war again, I hereby order you to come to King's Landing within one month and apologize to me. If you fail to do so, the lords of the seven kingdoms will gather at the Neck to attack Winterfell until you are brought to justice."

When Lyon heard the king's letter of attack, his expression did not waver at all, but it was not only this letter that made Jon and many lords gather here urgently.

Then Jon took out a letter made of gold foil.

"I, Mother of Dragons, the Unburnt, Khaleesi of the Grasslands, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm, Liberator, Breaker of Chains, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, Princess of Dragonstone - Daenerys Targaryen, command you and your Night's Watch to surrender to me immediately! Otherwise, I and my three dragons, as well as my army of 8,000 Unsullied, 100,000 Dothraki cavalry, 30,000 Ironborn and the Iron Islands fleet, will arrive at Eastwatch-by-the-Sea soon..."

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