Looking at the enormous and heavy Valyrian Great Axe before her, Daenerys's eyes immediately brightened.
"What a lucky day today!"
One must know that Valyrian steel is very light, tough, and never rusts, chips, or breaks.
This Valyrian Great Axe alone weighed at least two or three times as much as House Targaryen's ancestral sword, Blackfyre.
Because the Great Axe was too heavy, Daenerys had Dax carry it, while she herself held a torch and observed it carefully.
Daenerys's fingertips lightly brushed over the Great Axe, and she could clearly feel the surging magic contained within it. This was much more powerful than the magic contained in Sethly's "sweet widow."
This Great Axe, along with its Dragonbone long handle, was nearly two meters long. The upper half of the Great Axe's handle was made of pitch-black Dragonbone, wrapped in animal hide.
The axe head was an asymmetrical double-edged Great Axe, engraved with patterns designed using Valyrian script.
"Zulfigar!"
Daenerys softly read out the words on it.
"Bone-splitter! What a majestic name."
However, with such a sharp Great Axe, it would not only sever a person's spine, but even warhorses and giant bears would be cut in half with one swing!
Dax, who was holding the Great Axe, was also ecstatic. If Daenerys hadn't been admiring it, he would have almost been unable to resist swinging it to his heart's content.
Just then, Samwell had already arrived at the seaside with a dozen carriages. He had received the news and specifically rushed over to transport the treasures captured from the three three-masted ships.
With Samwell and Cameron there, Daenerys was too lazy to watch them count the treasures, so she had Herbalist and Watcher follow her, taking the long-handled Great Axe "Bone-splitter," the Valyrian sword "sweet widow," and the Dragonbone Valyrian dagger "Firefall," and returned to Dragonstone riding Dreamfire.
Because Herbalist and Watcher were both female Children of the Forest, Daenerys arranged for them to live in her Holy Flame Tower.
Herbalist's medical skills were excellent. She was not only good at preparing various herbal pastes and medicines but also knew how to care for pregnant women and deliver babies.
So Daenerys often took her to check on her mother, Emma. Under Herbalist's care, Emma's body was indeed much more comfortable than before.
During her menstrual period, Daenerys also discussed some traditional medical theories from the Flower Nation with her, which greatly benefited Herbalist, giving her many new ideas and thoughts in developing herbal pastes and medicines.
After returning to the Holy Flame Tower, Daenerys simply washed up and then returned to her room to once again admire the three precious Valyrian weapons.
It was very late before Daenerys, hugging the "sweet widow," slowly fell into a dream.
In her dragon dream, Daenerys arrived at a place that seemed like a forging workshop. Due to the high temperature, the air here felt very thin.
Hundreds of brawny blacksmiths chanted Ancient Valyrian spells while intently hammering the smoky black alloy in their hands.
Although they all had very short hair, their light golden or silver-white hair color and their distinct purple or blue pupils indicated that these people were Valyrian.
And beside them, several Dragons lay prostrate, ready to breathe Dragonflame when needed to soften or melt the alloys.
Immediately, the scene shifted. Beside several furnaces burning with raging Holy Flame, several Valyrian craftsmen were driving dozens of numb-faced slaves indifferently towards the burning furnaces.
And Daenerys also found that there was actually a Dragon carcass in the furnace that looked like it had just died not long ago.
The next scene made Daenerys feel extremely terrified. She, who had always been bold and fearless, was now trembling uncontrollably.
Was it fear? Was it anger? Was it sympathy?
Perhaps a little of all.
Those slaves were cruelly and mercilessly pushed into the furnace by the craftsmen. Under the scorching Holy Flame, the slaves seemed to awaken as if from a deep dream.
But at this moment, they only had time to let out a piercing scream before being completely engulfed by the Holy Flame.
On the other side of the furnace, several Valyrian Dragon Knights chanted spells while commanding their Dragons to breathe scorching Dragonflame into the furnace.
Under the intense heat of the Dragonflame, all the slaves and the Dragon carcass slowly merged with the molten alloy in the furnace.
When the Holy Flame slowly dissipated, a large, heavy piece of Valyrian steel gradually formed.
All the Valyrian people showed satisfied smiles! It seemed that the dozens of slaves they had sacrificed were as insignificant as chickens and dogs.
Daenerys had never before wanted to actively break free from a dragon dream as much as this time.
But she felt as if she was trapped there, repeatedly watching how the Valyrian forged Valyrian steel.
Daenerys naturally yearned for the forging method of Ancient Valyrian steel. But thinking that it required human blood sacrifice to forge it, she immediately felt that it was better for this method to be lost.
Even if Daenerys didn't want to learn, in this constant repetition, she unconsciously learned the forging and blood sacrifice spells.
When Daenerys woke up from her dream the next morning, her body was completely soaked with sweat.
At this moment, Daenerys looked at the three Valyrian weapons she cherished as treasures, and her mood immediately became incredibly complex.
"Laila!"
Daenerys called her personal maid. After getting dressed and washing up, she only ate a little. Then she summoned Dreamfire, picked up the "sweet widow," and rode her directly towards King's Landing.
Daenerys instinctively felt that the successive patriarchs of the Targaryen Family must have known some secrets about Ancient Valyria. But Daenerys had almost read through all the books in the family that recorded Valyrian secrets over the years.
However, there was almost no useful record of those important Ancient Valyrian legacies.
No matter how bad the Targaryen Family was, they were still one of the forty Dragonlord Family. Even if they couldn't participate in the major events of Ancient Valyria, they couldn't have known nothing about the forging method of Valyrian steel.
Including the forging of Dragonstone, it wasn't something difficult to master. As long as one was a Dragon Knight and mastered that spell, it could be easily forged.
Furthermore, Dragonstone was built by the Targaryen Family at that time, and they didn't suffer the Doom. How could the forging method of Dragonstone have been lost?
The only reason Daenerys could consider now was that the Tankrian Family did not dare to let the outside world know that they still possessed some Ancient Valyrian knowledge. And later, it was very likely that they deliberately let this knowledge be lost along with the destruction of Ancient Valyria.
But Daenerys felt that at least the successive patriarchs of the House Targaryen would pass it down orally!
Now, the only one who could answer Daenerys's questions was her Great-grandfather, King Jaehaerys.
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