"That man ran off long ago, Clegane. Stop!" Tyrion shouted.
"I want him caught! That man on the roof!" Joffrey kept babbling.
But Joffrey's voice was no more than a drop of water, while the mob's cries became an ocean. Thunder made of anger, fear, and hatred rolled in from every direction and swallowed them.
"Bastard!" someone screamed at Joffrey. "Bastard! Beast!"
Others shouted "Whore!" and "Incest!" at Queen Mother Cersei.
"Freak!" and "Halfman!" Tyrion naturally came under attack as well.
"Long live King Gendry!" "Long live Duke Stannis!" "Give us justice, Seven!" These cheers rang out as well.
Now the people on both sides of the street began pressing inward, trying to shove the Gold Cloaks aside. Stones, dung, and all manner of filth flew overhead.
"Bread!" a woman shouted.
"Give us food!" a man shouted.
"We want bread!"
"Lannister bastards, give us bread!" Countless arms waved, countless voices rose and fell.
The people's cries coalesced. Bread drowned out everything. There was only one king, King Bread. They no longer cared about Joffrey, Stannis, or Gendry.
Stones struck The Hound's face one after another. "Monster!" "Monster!" some of the starving people roared.
"Fuck you all!" The Hound suddenly shouted, then drew his longsword, only stoking the people's fury further.
The longsword was drawn, and in an instant, blood flowed in rivers.
Chapter 275: Riot in King's Landing and calamity in Lys
The crowds surged over Aegon's Hill, curses and shouts rising like waves again and again. Those hungry, angry faces reached out their arms and shoved the Gold Cloaks.
This was King's Landing.
"Bread! We want bread!"
"Long live bread! Down with the Lannisters!"
"Long live King Robert!"
"We want bread! Fuck off, Kingslayer's whore! Little Monkey!"
Stones, rubbish, eggs, dung... the poor hurled everything in their hands into