Game of Thrones: The Legend of Jon Arctic - ASOIAF/GOT [Book - 1]

Chapter 146 - Artican Trade in Essos 01 (Braavos 01).

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Thrid Person POV

Essos, 296 AC.

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It was a month at sea when they finally began to see the 45-meter Titan in the distance.

"So small... I prefer the statue of our king at the entrance of Artica..." Tormund exclaimed on the ship as they approached the continent closer and closer.

"I agree with you..." Arya murmured beside him while looking for Jon talking with the ship's captain.

"Give the order for everyone to stop now, we've come too close and the city must be on alert thinking we're going to attack them..." Jon said as he saw the ships at sea looking quite scared with 500 ships stopping in front of Braavos with Artican flags.

The order was mimicked as the ships began to slow down, even though the Titan of Braavos was at the end of the horizon in front of them. The main ship began to break away along with another 19 ships, following the lead.

"Let's see what we will find in this city..." Jon commented as Ygritte approached him.

"I'll finally have a journey without problems..." She murmured as Arya walked ahead of them demanding her new sword with an arrogant look while Jon raised an eyebrow.

While the 20 ships headed for the city, another 30 ships broke away from the fleet to the south, following Jon's mission to speak with the Martells.

As the group of ships was approaching, many ships in the waters saw them and all, without exception, fled to the city's port as quickly as possible. With news that the Articans were arriving in the city even at the statue that housed some men prepared to defend the city, they quickly went into panic with the sea being filled by all those hundreds of ships while they had stopped in the middle of the water, as some continued towards them.

Quickly, a raven was sent directly to the sea lord of Braavos, who was in his mansion delighting in his food and talking with some bankers about city matters and gossips, the main topic being ironically the movement of the Articans, after all, after the war they disappeared from the sea going beyond the wall, and was discussing ways to try to curb this threat in case they came to attack him or become enemies.

"Can we fight with so many ships, if we fight them?" The banker asked with a cautious tone.

"I don't know... you saw their weapons... can we fight against that...?" The sea lord murmured.

"Maybe we can create an alliance and pay for their weapons... we can offer something big..." One of the bankers spoke.

"Well... that might be..." Before the sea lord could finish his sentence, a man dressed in exotic clothes and bald, reminding Varys from Westeros, entered the place with an urgent face and despite the sea lord being displeased with this, there must have been some explanation with the look of the man.

"Sealord! It's urgent, the Artican fleet is in our waters!!" He spoke with the warning paper from the guards.

"What did you say?!" The Sealord quickly stood up along with the bankers with urgent expressions on their faces.

"Should we close the city... are they going to attack us?" A banker said with a worried tone.

"Let's first see what they want, what are their moves, I hope they are not bringing 200 ships into our port right, we have some advantage at the foot of the statue, only some number can pass." He spoke as they thought they would have some time if they were their enemies.