It's not that Gary miscalculated the time, it's because the timeline of this world is closer to the original "Ice and Fire" than the TV series "Game of Thrones".
(The characters in the TV series "Game of Thrones" are generally two to three years older than those in the original "Ice and Fire", and some are even seven or eight years older.)
Gary, who has not read the original work "Ice and Fire", does not understand the year and naturally ignores this point.
He is now far away in the ruins of Valyria on another continent and knows nothing about what happened to Westeros.
Valyrian Ruins, Broken Tower.
Gary and Krysalis landed on the platform below the broken tower. In front of them was the main entrance of the palace ruins. The stairs at the back have been swallowed up by the sea water, and ordinary people can only get here by boat.
He jumped off Krysalis's back and looked around.
The surrounding buildings have long been dilapidated, have no original shape, and are covered with moss and vines.
The light inside the palace is dim, and there is a constant sound of dripping water. It is estimated that the situation inside is also very bad.
Gary's face looked a little ugly. Since the outside of the palace was flooded by sea water, it is very likely that the space below the palace was also flooded.
Could it be that he spent so much time to come here and return in vain?
He looked inside the palace and was about to walk in.
Suddenly, a group of Stone Men rushed out of the palace. They waved rusty weapons and rushed out roaring. There was a hint of excitement in their voices. They must have not seen other people for a long time.
Their condition is very serious, and they are all advanced patients with keratin covering their entire bodies.
Gary didn't dare to touch them, so he gathered the seawater on the ground into his hands and propped up an ice shield.
At this time, Krysalis also reacted, and it directly sprayed out a mouthful of Dragonfire to rescue Gary.
The dozen or so Stone Mens who rushed at the front were instantly ignited. They screamed and struggled, dropped their weapons, and wanted to jump into the sea below.
Unfortunately, before they could reach the sea water, Krysalis immediately took a few more mouthfuls of Dragonfire and completely incinerated them.
The few Stone Men in the rear were frightened, and they all ran back and fled deep into the palace.
Gary came to the waterside, condensed an ice bow and a dozen ice arrows, and then chased into the palace together with Krysalis.
The gates of the Valyrian Palace are very tall. After all, it is a country that raises dragons. Many places have been changed accordingly to facilitate the entry and exit of dragons.
Those Stone Men were familiar with the terrain and quickly disappeared.
Gary had no choice but to be vigilant about the surroundings while walking towards the entrance of the corridor under the guidance of the Mother of Dragons.
Krysalis followed him, wondering as he watched Gary talking to himself. Is he crazy? Why are he talking to the air? Where is he going? Wait, why is he so familiar with the terrain here?
It cannot see the soul of the Mother of Dragons, so it cannot understand some of Gary's actions.
Gary came to a lobby filled with dragon reliefs. The floor here had collapsed, revealing a spiral stone staircase leading downwards.
The Mother of Dragons pointed to the big hole on the dark floor, "Yes, go down from here. You are so lucky. Valyrians was originally here, and many traps were set up to protect the downward passage. Now the entire floor has collapsed, you can go down directly."
Gary came to the edge of the pit and looked down. There was not enough light in the palace, and it was pitch black below, and nothing could be seen.
At this time, an arm covered with gray stones stretched out from the darkness and quickly grabbed Gary's ankle, trying to drag him down the pit.
Gary's reaction was very fast. He drew the bow and shot an arrow in one go, hitting Stone Men who was hiding in the dark with one arrow in the head.
After Stone Men died, the hand holding Gary's ankle also released. He weakly leaned back and fell to the bottom of the deep pit.
Gary took a few steps back, drew the bow again, and aimed at the hole.
The remaining Stone Men knew that they had been discovered, and they seemed to have no way to retreat, so they rushed out with the weapons in their hands, hoping to fight for Gary.
Gary didn't want them to get close to him, so he shot out several more arrows in an instant. Those Stone Men were also hit in the head by ice arrows and died on the way over.
Only one Stone Men was very calm. He pulled out the sword from his waist and cut off the ice arrows shot towards him with his sword.
Gary took a closer look and saw that the sword in Stone Men's hand was a bit strange.
Not only is there no rust on the sword, it is also dark silver in color with many black stripes on it.
"Valyrian steel sword? What a waste of it on your hands."
He drew his bow again...
Stone Men on the opposite side heard the familiar accent and immediately put down the sword in his hand. He shouted, "Are you talking about Westeros Common Tongue? Are you from Westeros? Please forgive my rudeness, I haven't seen Westeros people for a long time."
Gary is also very surprised. This person is not Stone Men from Essos. Judging from his conversation and behavior, he seems to be a noble from Westeros?
"Who are you?"
The middle-aged man put his sword back into its scabbard and responded politely, "My name is Gerion·Lannister, and I am the younger brother of Duke Warden of the West, Tywin·Lannister. What about you? Young man."
Gary looked at the middle-aged man in surprise, "Are you from House Lannister? Why are you here? My name is Luke·Stark, from the North."
"Did House Stark of the North also come to the Valyrian ruins to hunt for treasure? It seems that you are not as... pedantic as the rumors say."
The middle-aged man took off the sword from his waist and put it on the ground. "I came here to find this Bright-Roar. It was lost in these ruins by one of my ancestors more than three hundred years ago. Unfortunately, although I found the Bright-Roar, I can't go back. Can you do me a favor? Take it back to Westeros."
Gary paused and said, "I am friends with Tyrion·Lannister. Do you remember Tyrion?"
The middle-aged man smiled slightly when he heard this familiar name, "Little Tyrion, how is he doing? Sorry, I shouldn't ask. Tywin has never liked that child, he must not be doing well."
His face was covered with hard gray cuticles, and the handsome face of the past was long gone. Gary couldn't even see that he was smiling.
"Yes, he is a dwarf, and Tywin hates him."
Gary tapped Valyrian steel sword on the ground with his finger and said, "I will help you take this sword back, but it will be inherited by Tyrion. Do you have any objection?"
The middle-aged man continued to take a few steps back and spread his hands to show that it didn't matter. "Little Tyrion can't protect this sword. You might as well hand Bright-Roar directly to Tywin and make him promise to treat little Tyrion well."
Gary waved his hand, indicating that he would retreat some distance. "As long as I am here, he will be able to protect him."
The middle-aged man took a few steps back and said, "You have a living dragon. Of course Tywin would not dare to despise you. Little Tyrion is also lucky to have a friend like you."
Seeing that he had retreated to a safe position, Gary turned around and said to Krysalis, "Use Dragonfire to burn that Valyrian steel sword to help me kill the germs."
Krysalis doesn't understand what germs are, but it has long been accustomed to Gary saying new words from time to time. It spits out a bright flame at Bright-Roar on the ground.
The first thing to burn out was the scabbard, which was mainly made of leather and wood. Its interior had long been rotten to the point of disgrace, and the sawdust disappeared as soon as it hit the fire.
After that, the hilt of the lion's head sword made of gold turned from red to bright red, and the sword body made of Valyrian steel also began to glow faintly with red light.
"Okay."
Gary raised his hand and shouted.
Krysalis stopped spitting fire, and it stared at the middle-aged man not far away with vigilance. As long as the man dared to make any move, it would be ready to spit fire and burn him to death.
Gary walked up to Bright-Roar, held the red-hot hilt of the sword with his left hand that was not afraid of high temperatures, and shook off the ashes from the scabbard on the sword.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man said, "If you are here to look for treasures, then I advise you to go back. There is nothing here, and no one knows where the treasures are. Besides, there are Stone Men everywhere here, so you'd better leave as soon as possible."
He has lived here for so many years and has visited almost the entire site. What he said at this time is very convincing.
Gary had no scabbard, so he could only continue to hold Bright-Roar in his hand. He carried the sword with his hand, walked to the edge of the pit, and looked down again.
"Have you been to the surrounding ruins? What about down here? Is there nothing there?"
The middle-aged man shouted sternly, "You must not go down! There is a man-eating monster down there. It has eaten a lot of Stone Men. We usually don't dare to get close here. Today we dare to come to the edge of the pothole just to avoid you. But we have never dared to go down, so you found us."
Gary thought, "You have never been there..."
That proves that the nearly one thousand Valyrian steel sword stored below are most likely still there.
When the Stone Men corpse just fell, Gary paid special attention to the echo. It was the sound of the corpse falling on the hard ground, not of falling into the water.
It can be seen that the bottom below is not submerged by sea water.
Gary Cut a relatively straight branch from a nearby tree, then wrapped it with some pieces of clothing to make a simple torch.
"Krysalis, you are looking at him, I will go down and take a look."
The area of the pothole was relatively small compared to Krysalis's size, so Gary chose to leave it on top and go down alone.
He asked Krysalis to help light the torch, then held the torch in his left hand and Bright-Roar in his right hand, and walked down the stone steps step by step.
The middle-aged man had seen Ice Magic from Gary, and knew that he could not persuade Gary, "Young man, you have to be careful. I am still counting on you to help me send Bright-Roar back, and you don't want to die down there!"
Gary moves forward slowly step by step. When encountering a broken step, he will first tap the lower stone step with the Bright-Roar in his hand to check whether it is stable.
He would only jump over when he was sure the stone steps were strong enough.
Gary soon reached the bottom of the pit. He looked up again and found that the depth of the entire passage was only five or six meters. It was not high, so this was definitely not the end point.
At the same time, he also saw the body of Stone Men on the ground.
Gary held the torch and looked around, and sure enough he found a new passage.
There is a rotten smell everywhere down here, and the stench is unpleasant.
He covered his nose with his sleeves and slowly walked into the passage. Not far away, some thick substance suddenly appeared on the ground. It looked like mud, but it gave off a smell.
Gary stepped on the mud, held the torch high, and advanced vigilantly.
He continued to go deeper, and suddenly stumbled, as if he almost tripped over some hard objects in the mud.
Gary stabilized his body and looked down with a torch. Only then did he realize that the mud on the ground was full of broken bones of animals and humans.
He suddenly became alert. It seemed that Lannister had not lied to him. There really was some kind of large carnivore down there.
"Roar!"
A huge mud bubble suddenly arched out of the mud ahead, and then a dragon-like monster rushed out of the raised mud.
The monster was covered in foul-smelling sludge. It had no wings and short forelimbs.
The monster is huge, more than three times larger than Krysalis!
It opened its pair of straight pupils, stared at the torch in Gary's hand, then opened its big mouth full of sharp teeth and let out a deafening roar.