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

Chapter 176 - Valyria 02.'

[Chapter Size: 3600 Words.]

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Thrid Person POV

Essos, 296 AC.

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"All set." Wind spoke with a sigh as only a small group would accompany Jon.

He nodded at the girl, taking a look at each of them since his group consisted of members of his family, Arya and Daenerys, along with royal guards.

"Thank you, Wind... you've helped us here..." he commented as he began to prepare. The child of the forest wasn't going with them, staying behind to rest. Her effect would last for at least 6 hours after using the protection spell on the group, which Jon believed was reasonable for them.

Once everything was ready... the group started entering the city through the old and quite broken port. The whole place was illuminated, but at the same time, with so many gases in the air, it was hard to see much ahead.

"Can I stay close to you, Jon?" Daenerys asked, approaching him, and he nodded.

"Yes... but I'll be at the front, so step back to the other guards as soon as you sense any danger and stay there," Jon said as his footsteps began to make sounds on the wood below him.

"My king... is this dangerous?" one of the royal guards asked, and Jon had to agree.

"Yes... avoid the center, this place could collapse, and you'd be cooked by the seawater beneath this pier," Jon warned as everyone followed his advice, avoiding the middle of the path to avoid falling, as they were still over the sea.

It was only after walking 100 meters along that enormous pier, full of branches, that they finally reached the thicker part of the port.

"This place was heavily affected..." Arya murmured as she walked behind Jon the whole time. There was smoke and debris, with some structures mostly destroyed, except for ancient stone walls. All the wood in the area had been destroyed, leaving trenches of lava that had long stopped flowing, while others still ran in all directions before reaching the sea... There were just piles and piles of debris, with some bone fragments visible in their sight, but never whole.

"Did no one survive the volcanic explosion?" Daenerys asked, curious.

"I believe some did... after all, there were many bunkers built by families of that time where people could seek shelter... but they wouldn't have survived long with the gases, causing them to die in a very painful way as well... suffocating..." Jon stated the obvious. Not even he could survive in such an environment, in his opinion, which is why he had made his mask that could filter the air and gave them the chance to venture into these ruins.

"I understand... but what are you looking for here, Jon?" she still asked, knowing he might be here more for simple exploration, and despite hearing something from him, she still didn't fully understand.

"I didn't see the entire vision. In the last days before the destruction, the energy of this place blocked the green sight, so I still don't know for sure. But in the family's castle here at the port... there is a certain wealth left behind that I'm searching for. As long as it wasn't destroyed in the explosions, it should all be in the vault," Jon said. He knew the Red God had passed along some information, saying his sword was in the hottest place in the world... Jon knew this place was Valyria... but he wasn't particularly here for the sword and had no idea what to find. So he followed his own plans.

They finally began to leave the port, accompanied only by the silence of the dead, long gone, by the lava still flowing through the city, by the gases, and the ruins.