Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Experiment
The next morning dawned.
Several palace guards had their faces scratched in the process of catching a cat.
They were puzzled as to why King Viserys had suddenly taken a fancy to having them fetch Balerion.
At first, the guards thought the king wanted them to venture out of the city to find the black dragon, Balerion, which made them a bit apprehensive.
After all, a dragon heeding the command of the true king would not pay heed to the words of mere foot soldiers.
They had witnessed the horrific scene of Balerion burning the Dothraki when they were atop the city walls. They feared that they might be roasted by dragon fire if they failed to explain themselves properly.
Such a death would be in vain, and no one would avenge them.
However, when Viserys saw their misunderstanding, he explained that he was not asking them to fetch the black dragon, but to bring the black cat that had been strutting around the palace. Both the black cat and the black dragon shared the same name.
Upon hearing King Viserys's explanation, the guards breathed a sigh of relief.
"Understood, Your Grace."
They didn't have the courage to deal with a dragon, but catching a cat should not be a problem.
With confidence, the guards set off.
"Someone."
After pondering for a moment, Viserys had someone arrange for ten chickens to be caught from the kitchen.
Because today, he wanted to conduct an experiment.
The ten chickens were quickly brought over and confined in an unused hut.
However, the cat that Viserys had ordered to be caught had not yet arrived. Just as Viserys was beginning to wonder, the guards arrived late, carrying a tightly bound cat.
The guards looked somewhat miserable, with bloody scratches on their faces and arms.
"This..."
Viserys was slightly taken aback. Seeing their state, he could almost imagine the intense scene of the cat-catching battle.
"Were you... beaten by a cat?"
Viserys couldn't help but ask, looking at the pitiful state of the guards.
He remembered Balerion being very friendly towards people, round and plump, often lying in the sun.
The guards looked at each other when they heard King Viserys's words and lowered their heads in shame.
They hadn't expected the combat prowess of this fat cat to be so high.
The cat-catching operation was full of ups and downs. Even after catching the cat, they were scratched all over their faces by the cat's relentless claws.
In the end, they had no choice but to tie Balerion up with a rope and bring him to Viserys.
"Meow~"
The tightly bound black cat, looking like a dumpling, let out a protest.
It mumbled a few times, but couldn't move.
Viserys couldn't help but smile at the sight of the cat's miserable state, barely holding back his laughter.
"Alright, you've worked hard."
"You may leave now. Have the doctor prescribe some medicine for you."
Viserys then waved his hand to dismiss the useless guards. He then untied the big black cat. Balerion, just released, tried to escape.
"Trying to run?"
But it couldn't make any waves in Viserys's hands.
He skillfully grabbed the back of its neck and lifted it up.
"Do you see these chickens?"
Viserys, holding Balerion, pointed at the ten restless chickens in the room.
In just a moment, they had already left several droppings on the ground.
"Go."
"Kill them." Viserys directly ordered Balerion. He wanted to see if the black cat's combat power had changed.
However, it was unclear whether Balerion understood Viserys's words. There seemed to be some confusion on its small face.
But it seemed to roughly understand his meaning, and a whimper came from its mouth.
It just didn't understand why Viserys would order it to kill these chickens?
The big black cat was then put down. But before it could attack the chickens... the chickens came looking for trouble with Balerion.
Suddenly taken away from their living place and the appearance of an unknown creature in their group, the roosters immediately charged over, intending to peck at the big black cat.
Balerion originally didn't want to provoke these chickens, but it didn't expect these chickens to come looking for trouble.
It was immediately enraged.
"Meow~"
The big black cat let out a sharp and mournful whimper, then skillfully dodged the rooster's attack.
Like a tiger descending a mountain, it pounced fiercely, opening its sharp teeth and biting directly into a chicken's throat.
Blood instantly gushed out, staining the fur under Balerion's chin red.
"Hmm?"
Viserys, who had been smiling just now, had his smile fade slightly at the sight of Balerion's counterattack after being provoked by the roosters.
"Quite impressive..."
Normally, a cat would have a hard time defeating a mature rooster.
But Balerion's performance now was...
Viserys squinted his eyes and watched the chaos in the room, feathers flying everywhere. Balerion demonstrated an extraordinary combat power, far surpassing its previous strength.
No wonder the guards had such a hard time catching a cat earlier, and ended up with scratched faces.
It seemed he had wronged them.
Balerion's speed, reaction, and strength were all drastically different from before.
"Could this be the effect of the black mist?"
Viserys thought to himself.
At this moment, three of the ten roosters had already been killed by Balerion, and the rest had all been scared away.
"It must be."
If it wasn't for the black mist, Viserys couldn't explain the drastic change in the cat in such a short time.
"The black mist can enhance an individual's abilities, but I don't know if there's a limit to this enhancement."
Viserys couldn't see if Balerion had absorbed any black mist after killing those chickens, which was what he cared about.
However, logically, it shouldn't, because Viserys had conducted experiments before, he had killed many different kinds of animals, and none of them had black mist.
Only humans with intelligence have black mist, so Viserys guessed that the black mist should be the soul.
And Viserys himself is now the source of the black mist, and the black mist in Balerion is what he gave. The black cat itself does not have the ability to absorb the black mist.
This is equivalent to Viserys being the source of all black mist, and other people or animals who are given the black mist by him are just seeds, their strength is enhanced.
"Can they help me collect the black mist?"
A bold idea crossed Viserys's mind.
Viserys had personally executed many death row inmates, but he received a reasonable suggestion that a king should not become an executioner.
But now, if Viserys can 'give' the black mist and let others help him collect the black mist, wouldn't that be more convenient?
This idea crossed Viserys's mind.
But the only thing he has experimented with so far is the black cat. He can't let the black cat attack and kill a human. This matter still needs to be confirmed in the future.
"It seems I should find a trustworthy person to test this." Viserys took a deep breath, silently resolving in his heart.
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