Chapter 334: Magical Cube
WILOW-Ch.334: Magical Cube
Dreadfort Castle, Bolton Lands
POV of Doric Bolton
Two weeks later.
"You’re changing your hair black again," Ygritte said with a frown. "I thought you’d use your Valyrian appearance to support your Empire Plan."
"I will." He said as he checked himself in the mirror once again, "But I need to reveal my Valyrian appearance to Lord Stark and the other lords at the right ti. Otherwise, I might earn their enmity rather than their support."
"Why?" Ygritte asked.
"Because the people of the North don’t really like the Targaryens after the Mad King burned down Lord Rickard Stark and strangled his heir, Brandon Stark, to death." He replied. "And I don’t want them to think I’m a Targaryen. Especially now, when the entire North needs to be united, and I need their support for my plans to build an Empire."
"But you’re not a Targaryen," she said.
"I know that. But they don’t know that, and when they see soone with a Valyrian appearance, the first thing that cos to their minds will be the Targaryens." He explained.
Ygritte understood and nodded, "The n are ready. They’re just waiting for you now."
"Hmm... Did they sign the magical contracts?" he asked.
"They did." She nodded, "Though, isn’t this contract a little too harsh?"
"Perhaps." He nodded, "But I’m paying them 10 gold dragons per month for their services, along with free food, equipnt, and lodgings for their family. If they still try to betray , then they deserve to die."
Ygritte nodded.
"Your eyes are still shining."
"Yeah. Unlike my hair, I don’t want to transfigure my eyes. Plus, I like the shining effect. So, I put so glamor on my eyes. It does change the color from bright violet to grey, but it doesn’t remove the shining effect." He said and placed his armor and helt back into his inventory.
Although they were embarking on a military campaign, Doric planned to cover most of the distance between himself and the Northern host using magical ans. Therefore, he and Ygritte wore only light leather armor.
"Shall we go then?" Ygritte asked, after placing her armor and helt inside her bottomless pouch.
He nodded and took her hand.
With a tug and a twist, they were standing in a large clearing outside Lundenhold.
He looked around and saw the 700 magically armored n standing beside their horses.
"My lord," Varko said and walked up to him with a stack of papers.
He used a charm to count the number of papers.
’Exactly 700. They’re all here. Good,’ thought Doric.
He had even renegotiated the contracts of the n he had previously signed. That’s why there were precisely 700 contracts. Every special unit carrying magical armor and weapons had signed this new contract.
He took the stack of papers and put them inside his system inventory. His safest place. Even more than his bottomless pouch.
Then he summoned a cube-shaped object from his inventory and, moving a short distance away from his n, placed it on an empty field.
After stepping back slightly, he gently waved his hand, removing the Shrinking Charm from the cube and restoring it to its original size.
The cube, which initially had sides asuring ten centiters, instantly grew to a length of ten ters.
As the cube grew larger, its details beca clearer, and at first glance, it appeared to be a gate about ten ters wide and ten ters high.
Well... when you count the ten-ter tunnel section behind the door, it would be more accurate to call it a passageway than a door.
This was one of the last magical items Doric had crafted. It was one of two magical items he had been focusing on for the past two weeks.
This cube was Doric’s second magical item with an expanded, habitable space inside.
After a long ti, Doric had finally managed to gather the materials to make a new magical suitcase.
But since he already had a magical suitcase, Doric decided this ti to create a habitable dinsion for military purposes.
After all, for those unfamiliar with it, entering a suitcase could be strange, even frightening, especially for animals like horses. And letting everyone in one by one took a long ti.
But thanks to this magical passage, he could quickly transport many of his soldiers, including giants, into this habitable dinsion and easily move them to another part of Westeros.
Moreover, Doric had designed the interior entirely based on military needs.
Tents, food, and water storage areas, a few dical tents and dical supplies, shelters and stables for war animals, training areas, and much more were already prepared inside.
And according to Doric’s current estimates, it could comfortably house 20,000 soldiers.
With another wave of his hand, Doric caused the two iron gates at the mouth of the passage to begin to open inward.
"Tell them to march inside." He said, "The Northern host has already crossed Moat Cailin. If we try to catch up by normal ans, then we’ll be too late. The Northern host is slow but not that slow."
"You sure you want to show the magical space to them, Doric?" Ygritte asked.
He nodded. "I do. That is why I had each and every one of them sign the magical contract. So even if they want to share the truth with others, they can’t."
Varko nodded, turned to the 700 n on the field, and began commanding them to enter the suitcase.
The n hesitated at first, but so of them had seen so of the magical things he could do and were fanatically loyal to him.
They followed Varko’s lead and entered the passage. The others followed their leads and entered the passage behind them.
Once everyone started entering, even those who did not want to enter the expanded space had no choice but to comply.
In the end, only he and Ygritte remained outside.
"Do you want to go inside, or will you join ?" he asked.
"I’ll join you." She replied.
"Great, then you can personally try out the other magical item I recently made," said Doric, grinning mischievously.
First, Doric went back to the cube and shrank it back to its mini size, then placed it in his inventory.
Usually, enlarging or shrinking magical objects with expanded dinsions was a risky undertaking.
But Doric managed to stabilize the cube’s size-changing feature to a certain extent using magical runes. Its current minimum width was 10 centiters, and its maximum width was 10 ters.
Then Doric approached Ygritte and summoned another magical object from his inventory.
And when this object appeared before him, Ygritte couldn’t help but be surprised. Then she asked.
"Doric, what is this?"
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