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House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men: Chapter 376: Pointless Duel
🕑 Added 2025-07-05 21:51:16 +0000 UTC(Third Person POV)
Lord Stark scowled at his son, "Alaric, cease this!" He exclaimed, "What has gotten in your mind?!"
Alaric looked at his father, "I have heard enough of this, Father!" He said, "He insults our home, he insults our House! Our History!"
"Trust me." Baelon said, "I know what it feels like, he has done that plenty to our House, our Family, and the rest of the Realm. But heed my words, Lord Alaric, what you're doing is foolish! Stand down at once!"
Alaric drew his sword and pointed it at Drakken, "I won't stand here and allow such disrespect." He said with an angry scowl, "What say you, vile demon?"
Drakken could not help but smirk, a glint of bloodlust in his eyes, "Look at this one." He said, "Ignorant of the danger in front of him. You have no brains, Little Wolf. But sure, I'll accept your challenge."
"Drakken!" Jaehaerys exclaimed, "Stop this! This is not what we came here for!"
Drakken raised his hand and one of the Northerner's swords flew into his hand, taking everyone by surprise.
"I will be fair enough and use this pathetic steel." He said as he unsheathed it, dropping the scabbard onto the ground, "And I will implement some rules that will be in your favor, Stark."
"I don't need your pity." Alaric said, "I want you at your best!"
"Haha!" Drakken could not hold his laughter, "You won't survive a second! Get a load of this jokester, Jaehaerys! At my best, he says!"
"Lord Stark, as The King, I command you to hold your son back!" Jaehaerys stepped forward, "Drakken, at his worst, was able to overwhelm Ser Gyles and Ser Ryam! He is not someone your son would want to fight!!"
"Land a single blow on me, even a small scratch!" Drakken spoke up, a smirk on his face, "And I will gladly give you Viserra! Not only that, I will donate two hundred Duskguard Knights to the Night's Watch. I will distribute Ten Million Gold throughout the North and I will establish a direct route from Dorne to deliver Blue and Red Dust!"
Lord Stark narrowed his eyes, "W-What....?"
"A single blow." Drakken said, "That is all it would take to make this happen. I am a man of my word.....No....a God of My Word..."
"Drakken!" Baelon said, "Stop this!"
"House Stark is a House bound by Honor, right?" Drakken asked Lord Stark, "The only reason you serve House Targaryen is not only because they have dragons, but because your ancestor, The King Who Knelt, made a vow."
Lord Stark clenched his fists, "And.....what if he does not land the blow?" he asked, aware that there was a catch, "If Alaric loses."
"Viserra is not yours." Drakken said with a smirk, "And.....I fuck your daughter, Lord Stark."
Alaric glared at him, "Y-You....!!"
"Haha!" Drakken laughed, "A joke, a simple joke! I'm not serious, I won't need a deal to fuck your daughter.....I can do that without it.....if Alaric loses, well....Viserra is mine and mine alone."
"If you win this duel." Lord Stark said, "Viserra will need to be wed to you."
"What?" Jaehaerys said, "What has gotten into your mind?!"
"This is what it is about." Lord Stark said, "Alaric is challenging him for Viserra's hand in marriage. It is only right if he wins, he gets it. After all, it is not just Viserra we get if Alaric wins.....the reward for a simple blow is too much....."
"High risk, High reward." Drakken said, "That is all....."
"We accept your terms." Lord Stark said, "If you accept ours. The only way we'll be satisfied is if the Princess is wed to someone who beat my son in fair combat."
"Whatever you say." Drakken smirked, "So.....we got a deal?"
"Yes." Lord Stark said, "I sanction this duel."
"I don't!" Jaehaerys exclaimed, "I have told you-"
"Jaehaerys." Drakken cut him off, "This is a proper duel between two men. Do you truly want to interrupt this?"
Jaehaerys narrowed his eyes, "Drakken..."
Drakken glanced at him, giving him a smirk, "Your Daughter is the reward after all...." He said, "Hehehehe...quite the incentive....you must be proud, to have your daughter be the reason for a duel."
"I am not proud of anything!" Jaehaerys exclaimed
"Are we going to do this?!" Alaric exclaimed
"Man, you really are brainless." Drakken said boringly, "Go on, come at me."
Alaric lunged at Drakken, swinging his sword. Drakken made no initial attempt to block or dodge the blade, and it seemed like the blade was going to come into contact with him, but he hit nothing but air.
Alaric widened his eyes as Drakken had pivoted to his left, "W-What was that?"
Drakken kicked him in the small of his back, sending him stumbling forwards, "Too slow."
Alaric straightened up and swung his sword at him only for Drakken to casually block and parry the swings, a slight smirk on his face as he pivoted to the side, causing the young lord to stumble forwards yet again.
"Look at this fool." Drakken said with a mocking tone, "Are you really considered a warrior? You are too damn sluggish."
"Don't insult me!" Alaric shouted as he went for a thrust
Drakken parried the attack and in a swift motion, he cut Alaric's chest with a downwards slash, blood spraying everywhere.
"Agh!" The Young Lord shouted in pain as he collapsed to the ground
"Alaric!!!" Lord Stark exclaimed as he stepped forward
Drakken chuckled, "You're too green, brat." He said, "You're a thousand years too young to even dare to challenge me...."
He stepped on his bleeding chest, pressing hard against him, causing the young lord to gasp for air.
"Ah...." Alaric said as his face went pale
"Drakken!!" Baelon said as he placed his hand on Dark Sister's handle, "Enough of that! Let him be!!"
"The boy does not deserve to die!" Jaehaerys
Drakken smirked menacingly, "He challenged me to a duel!" He said, "This is what he gets, right House Stark?!"
Lord Stark looked at him, "The duel is over!" He said, "There is no need to continue! You've won!!"
Drakken narrowed his eyes, "Does that mean you'll keep your dirty little paws off my Dragon Maiden?" He asked, "I trust you'll do that in an amicable and honorable way, Stark...."
"That is fine...." Lord Stark said, "Just leave my son be. He can still be treated. He overstepped, challenging you without my leave! But as his Father and his Lord, I ask you to show him mercy! I am the one who bears the responsibility....."
Drakken raised his hand to the side, pointing it at an empty piece of the snowy field a few hundred meters away, "He'll live." He said, "But let me show you something."
The dark clouds above them began to glow bright crimson as the sound of crackling thunder was heard.
Jaehaerys widened his eyes, "Drakken, don't!"
Suddenly, a single compressed beam of red lightning fired from the sky and hit the ground, causing a massive explosion that shook the earth violently, ripping apart the ground with a powerful shockwave. The shockwave hit the city and caused some of its buildings to crack as the entire area shook.
Lord Stark's eyes were widened in pure shock, the reflection of the flames and crackling red lightning was seen in his dark eyes, "W-What...."
Drakken was smirking, "I am not a God you want to fuck with." He said, "Imagine if that hits your stupid castle."
"All of you are at my mercy!!!"
