The king on the Great Wall

"I... never wanted to be Commander-in-Chief."

"Really." Iger relaxed his tone: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a commander is not a good soldier. From a personal point of view, you are the guardian of the North and the son of Duke Stark, so you shouldn't be indifferent; Looking at it from above, only by standing in a high position and mastering enough resources can we change the world and make it a better place. This is not an excess of desire for power, but power. Only in the hands of those who make the world a better place can they play a positive role!"

Jon remained silent for a long time, and the last sentence sounded deafening in his ears, while Tyrion Lannister seemed to think of something, smiled to himself, and also did not speak.

"If you are determined to leave before taking the oath even if you are ridiculed as an illegitimate child and a coward at the same time, then we can go together in two days; or if you are willing to be a soldier of the Night Watch for the rest of your life, then I have never said anything. Otherwise, just think about my words while you lie in bed."

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"You are very good at drawing cakes for people," Tyrion said with a smile when they came out of the arsenal side by side, "I can see that the child's eyes are shining, and he is obviously very excited——Biasor Aaron An even greater hero! Thanks to you for thinking of it."

"I hope he can succeed. Think about it. I was diligently collecting supplies for the Legion in King's Landing or somewhere else, thinking that such boring and hard days would last until the end of my life, but suddenly one day, poof— —" Iger made a bubble-bursting gesture: "The Night Watch Corps suddenly completed its mission and disbanded, and I was free...how wonderful and amazing! Although it is whimsical, dreams still have to be had."

"Hahaha." Compared to making people laugh, Tyrion prefers to be made fun of, and especially likes to be able to make fun of each other back and forth. Friends should be able to make each other laugh, right?It's a pity that most people are either afraid of his status and power or despise him and hate him. Few people can satisfy his desire. He really likes Iger: "Hey, sometimes I can't help but doubt, I propose, and even Advising and working hard to help you leave the Great Wall, is it also induced by your superb cake painting skills?"

"If I say yes, will you kill me?"

"Of course not. I will bring you to my father and let you tell him that there are so many benefits in choosing a dwarf as his heir. Let's see if you can trick him into passing Casterly Rock to me."

"This is a bit difficult, but according to my understanding of Westeros customs and laws, you should indeed be the legal heir of Casterly Rock City."

"Forget it, if he passed Casterly Rock City to my elder sister, he wouldn't pass it to me."

"It's supposed to be yours but it's not given to you. Why don't you find a way to get it yourself?"

"This is not the throne. If you get it, you are the winner." The topic suddenly became serious, and Tyrion made a grimace: "You can talk about such outrageous words, but don't let anyone listen to them."

"Okay, let's not talk about this rebellious topic, tell me about the process of talking with the commander-in-chief, apart from Bunyan, a 'poor' noble in the north, who made things difficult for you, did you encounter any other troubles? ?”

"Trouble? I'm the queen's younger brother, and only the stunned young man of the Stark family, your boss, dares to show me shame." Tyrion wrapped his clothes tightly and shrank back: "As soon as I said I would provide assistance At that time, your commander immediately smiled brighter than the most hospitable whore in King's Landing, but when he heard that I had other conditions, he quickly pulled his face down. He didn't dare to refuse me directly, so he sent Stark and your bachelor Pull it out...hehe."

"What do these two people say?"

"Maester Aemon, he is a reasonable man, it took me a lot of brains to convince him, but it's not too difficult." Speaking of the blind maester, Tyrion's tone brought a touch of respect: "But Benyan... he He doesn't like me, to be precise, maybe all the Lannisters...but he has no grievances with you from the other side of the sunset sea, let alone a supply of supplies that can greatly strengthen the defense of the Great Wall." Tyrion Nunuzui: "After a friendly 'discussion' about the amount of supplies, it worked out—I've always believed that everyone in the world can be regarded as goods. Thankfully, Iger , your price is not too expensive."

Iger showed a sad expression: "Should I be happy that I'm worthless?"

"It's a sweet obsession." Tyrion laughed again. "You know my brother's most famous nickname."

"Everyone knows, 'Kingslayer'."

"You answered quickly, but I have to admit that at least he killed the Mad King and it wasn't someone who wronged him." Tyrion put away his smile and took a deep breath: "After the War of the Looters, Ed Stark insisted that James be dressed in black. At that time, Baratheon, Stark, Tully and Ayrin formed an alliance, and Targaryen had been eliminated. The Martell family was also defeated, because my father's Mountain killed Princess Elia, so the Martell family, which is still strong, wished that all the Lannisters would die. Think about it, if our good king nodded and agreed to send My brother is going to be a night watchman, what about the Lannister family?"

"It's impossible for your family to deal with the other four families that have just won a big victory. Even the proud Duke Tywin may have to bow his head and send his son to the Great Wall."

"Yeah, fortunately our good king didn't agree. If someone wants to fish the ranger Jaime Lannister away today, I'm afraid they can't pay the ransom if they sell Casterly Rock. People are too valuable, sometimes It's not a good thing, so I suggest you be happy about your worthlessness first." Tyrion showed a strange smile, "Why do you say first, because... After you hear the following news, you won't Must be happy."

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Chapter 37 Full-time Night Watchman

Iger raised his eyebrows: "Can't you be happy? I really can't think of any bad news I can hear now."

"It's not bad news." The dwarf said with a smile: "I did convince the high-level night watchmen to send you and me back to King's Landing as a 'supplier collection officer', but in the process——I'm a little bragging for you Maester Aemon decided to give you a chance to show off your abilities... So, apart from what you just said, you have some other tasks."

No matter how many tasks there are, it is better than going out to patrol the wall-especially to find the ghosts. Iger has no waves in his heart, and he is more curious: "For example?"

"Yoren will also go south together in a few days. He will be in charge of going to King's Landing and recruiting some people to come and see the Great Wall. I have decided to go with him." Tyrion quickened his pace. The weather is so cold that people will freeze to death when they stop: "What Admiral Mormont meant was that the first batch of recruits was brought back to the Wall by Yoren, and when he arrived at the Wall, he would immediately go back to you and bring another batch of recruits... and so on, that is to say, this In the interval between coming and going, you also have to recruit new soldiers for the legion."

……

The "Raven Crows" are nominally recruiters of the Night's Watch Legion, but a rough man like Yoren... how can he recruit volunteers?In fact, their job is basically to go to various places, find the lords, and let them allow them to enter the prison to pick people. Some of them are a little more diligent, and at most they go around the slums to see if there is anyone who can't eat enough. Willing to go to the Great Wall to discuss life.

Iger was just an engineer before crossing. He relied on his skills and qualifications to eat. He didn’t accept red envelopes and didn’t need to please others. He rarely organized events or had drinks with clients and business owners. How could he be good at conscription?Looking back, I guess it was the ability and quality shown in the self-defense of the desertion incident that left a deep impression on a few high-level officials who were used to farmers and scum, so they unconsciously thought that he could do everything.

Conscription is just a conscription, even if you don't do well, can you still be worse than Yoren and the others?Iger sighed: "Is there any more?"

"Yes, Dragonstone Island has already replied, agreeing that the Night Watchman Corps will mine obsidian on its island, but they can only provide convenience, manpower and other specific work, and the Night Watchman will be responsible for it." The dwarf continued: "Now, don't Ermon means to make you responsible."

"King's Landing and Dragonstone Island are only separated by a black water bay." Iger took a breath, no wonder, "So, I still have to be in charge of mining obsidian? Responsible for mining for them, do I have superpowers? How much manpower and funds will he give me?"

"Sorry, the Night Watch Corps is also in difficulty right now, so there is no funding or anything, as for the manpower..." The dwarf showed a gloating expression: "Commander Mormont said that the workers will ask for support from various families in the northern border , but the start of the mining work is arranged by you, and the expenses for tools and items are first paid by you, and the legion will try to reimburse you later, um——the night watchman fleet is also at your disposal.”

Fleet of the Night's Watch?Iger didn't know what to make a good expression on. Dong Hai Wang really had a fleet, but its size was only slightly larger than the legendary Mongolian navy: two slender rowing warships——Storm Crow and Claw Responsible for cleaning up the smugglers who sold weapons to wildlings in Seal Bay; a slightly larger transport ship, the Black Bird, that can cross the narrow sea, is responsible for trading with the free trade city-states in the south or across the narrow sea; Up to two hundred... The so-called "for my own use" is actually to allow myself to ship the dug obsidian back to the Great Wall.

The arrangement of the mining work is easy to talk about, at most, it is enough to find a coal mine or a gold mine owner for advice, but advance funds-I am a real "proletarian", where can I get the funds to advance?If he wants to wait for the northern border to gather mining workers for him, he might as well go down to the mine first. If he doesn't want to dig the "coal" himself, he can only recruit... All in all, it is clear that Tyrion will bleed a little more. .

……

Iger was a little moved by the fact that the high-level officials of the legion were willing to let him go, but at this moment, he was thrown into disgrace by a lot of things thrown over him... The price of freedom is really not low.

"Since I am also responsible for this matter, I will help you find a way."

"Tyrion..." Iger said with some embarrassment, "I'm really sorry for costing you another sum."

"What's the cost? Do you think I will pay you that money in advance? With the rogue temper of your immediate boss, if I dare to advance the payment, they will dare to delay paying it back. As a Lannister, I can still pursue this Do you want 'little money'?" Tyrion raised his eyebrows, "I will contact you with several blacksmith shops, rich people who made a fortune in the mining industry, etc., and use credit to provide tools and items for your 'coal digging' project. Guidance of the industry, when the time comes, let them ask for debts from Mormont, and see if your commander dares to discredit the Night's Watch for this little money."

"That's right." Iger suddenly understood, isn't this just a trick of risk transfer, and Tyrion still has some brains when it comes to money: "Then I will trouble you."

"Don't rush to be happy, there is one last task - to improve the image of the Night Watchman in the eyes of the nobles and people of Westeros south of the Neck." Tyrion said cruelly in the widening eyes of the traverser. The expression said: "Now, you are a busy person who is a material collection officer, a recruiter for King's Landing and King's Land, a person in charge of dragon crystal mining, and an ambassador for the Night Watchman. Instead of saying thank you, you might as well go back and think about it." Think about how to do this task well."

***

Under Tyrion's curious gaze, Igger raised his hand to pinch himself in order to prevent himself from passing out due to suffocation, took a few deep breaths of cold air, and then suppressed the urge to stay in Castle Black and continue to be a ranger.

It was obvious that the higher-ups of the night watchman didn't intend to let him leave comfortably at all, he still thought too simply.If a rich man could leave the Great Wall by paying a ransom, and live a normal life with a night watchman label, the world would have been messed up long ago.

And these tasks, these blatant and undisguised difficulties, are the ultimate means of the upper echelons of the Night Watch.As long as one of them is not completed beautifully enough, it will provide an excuse for the chief who stayed on the Great Wall. At that time, it is just a matter of saying whether to recall him or let him go for Tyrion's sake.

A year ago, I tried my best but failed to attract the attention of the high-level executives. I finally attracted attention, and because of this coincidence, I got the opportunity to leave. Instead, I encountered trouble because of the rise in "worth"... This is really ironic .

Is it possible to complete this bunch of tasks by yourself?

Impossible, this has far exceeded one's ability. Knowing the plot and understanding the characters' personalities is indeed a huge advantage, but it is far from outrageous enough to become a superpower. Tyrion was the only one who relied on external force, and only such a character with a distinctive personality could make himself close with a little trick, but such a kind and enthusiastic dwarf, because he was willing to help, he kept letting He bleeds to maintain his so-called "freedom"?

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Chapter 38 The White Walkers Search Party

Tyrion is right. Iger is really not happy now. Most of the excitement when he learned that he can leave the Great Wall a moment ago has been extinguished. He is thinking about how to complete this task, and he is no longer laughing, cursing and wantonly making fun. With great interest, he and Tyrion returned to the room while talking about the schedule of leaving the Great Wall and other matters, and even their steps became a little heavy.

A tall and ugly night watchman carrying a big bag came oncoming, which caught Iger's attention.

"Oser, what have you got?"

"Food, Lord Bunyan decided to set off north tomorrow morning to search for Weimar Royce, wildlings, and other ghost things—if they really exist." The older ranger stopped and looked up and down Iger with the things on his shoulders. , as if seeing him for the first time: "Hmph, White Walker Killer, now he's become a food collector again. Go to King's Landing right away to enjoy the blessings, are you happy?"

"You won't guess how many missions I took with me." Iger shook his head with a strong smile, not to mention outsiders like Tyrion, in fact, even among the brothers in black, there are still many who don't believe in the existence of ghosts , thinking that the Chief Ranger and the Commander-in-Chief are crazy to believe the nonsense of the three deserters.But now that Bunyan has made it clear to him, there is no need to hide anything: "Of course, compared to the dangerous work you do to find the other ghosts, it is indeed a good job...It is useful to deal with the other ghosts." How is your special weapon prepared?"

"Valyrian steel weapons, the Lord Commander has one in the entire Castle Black, Benyan refused the Commander's offer to borrow it from him, but obtained some obsidian, and made three dragonglass spearheads, a dozen dragonglass arrows, If you're not lying about the number of White Walkers, it should be enough."

"I can only guarantee that I saw five, but there is absolutely no way there are only five White Walkers in the world. They must be like princes and lords, they usually disperse and move in groups of three or two outside the Great Wall, harvesting small groups of wildlings everywhere. the lives of the wildlings, and the babes of the wildlings to replenish their army of the dead. When there are no wildlings alive in the Haunted Woods, and they are strong enough to attack the Wall, they will gather."

Iger temporarily put aside his thoughts about the pile of tasks and became serious.In his position, as a ranger... maybe now a multi-purpose officer, anyway, as a night watchman, he certainly wants his comrades to move safely and smoothly.Even if it’s just for personal considerations without talking about righteousness, the loss and fiasco of the Night Watchman Legion means that the possibility of being forced to recall or be forced to recruit more materials and manpower will increase.

In a word, the interests of the Night Watchman are now his interests.

"There are still some things I must tell you. The White Walkers are not monsters. They are intelligent magical beings. My act of killing one of them must have aroused the vigilance of the remaining White Walkers. careful."

Oser yawned: "You can just talk to Bunyan about these things. I'm just a soldier. I will do whatever the commander says, no matter how much it is."

"I have already told him, but the more people know about this kind of thing, the better." Iger is still a little worried: "Also, please remember that if someone dies or encounters a corpse on the road, it must be burned ...Also, fire can kill wights, but it can't kill White Walkers."

"Understood, I'm out of my mind, no matter how much you say, I can't remember, let's go." The tall ranger was a little annoyed by his nagging, waved his hand, carried the bag and walked past him without looking back. up.

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"I'm used to your straightforward and concise speech, and I never thought I'd see such a long-winded side of you." Tyrion watched the brawny ranger leave, and couldn't help laughing: "You act so real, I almost believe it." White Walkers do exist."

Iger also smiled helplessly, not intending to persuade Tyrion to believe in the existence of the White Ghost.

No matter how many reasons and excuses there are, even though he is an outsider, he is a member of the night watchman of this world at this moment.Taking advantage of the amount of information that others cannot have and adding lies, he is about to stay out of danger.

On this trip, Bunyan will take seven elite rangers, including Will, to go north to search for evidence of the reappearance of human natural enemies... seven of them, all of them are one-in-a-million heroes, but without Valyrian steel weapons... , Facing an enemy who has absolute physical fitness, weapons, and means advantages, and is already on guard, even if he is equipped with obsidian weapons, he is still close to death.

He was supposed to be a member of the line, but he pulled out at the last moment, throwing his share of responsibility onto others—if Bunyan had originally planned to let himself and Will lead the way, then his own departure would be It is to increase the danger faced by the remaining eight people by one-ninth; if Bunyan temporarily chooses Will as a replacement because of his absence, then he is making this fellow who lives in the same tower as him day and night The soldiers of the army became scapegoats.

There is no deep friendship between him and Will, and Will would have died without himself... But every time I think of someone else risking his life for him, Iger still can't help but tighten his heart and sigh softly In one breath, he suppressed the urge to stay and participate in this mission.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, I'm probably an honest man." Iger tried to make his tone more relaxed. There is a high probability that the team of rangers who will set off tomorrow will never return, but saying this will only seem to be cursing himself Comrade-in-arms, having experienced the lesson of Bran's fall from the building, he already understands that there are some things he cannot change until he has enough status and the right to speak. "I can finally leave, but I feel a little bit reluctant..."

Tyrion looked at him with some surprise: "If I remember correctly, you have been arrested."

"Yes, but it wasn't the night watchmen who caught me." Iger shook his head, "After I joined the legion, I enjoyed the same treatment as everyone else, including food and lodging, and some pocket allowances...Although the conditions are not good, after all It's equal. I was exiled here by a poor nobleman whose name I don't even know, but the Night's Watch did me no wrong, you know what I mean."

"Understood, you want to say that you don't hate the Night's Watch."

Iger nodded and stopped talking.Seeing his former comrades-in-arms preparing for tomorrow's patrol, the distress and headaches of being assigned a lot of tasks were swept away. He realized: Although there are difficulties and a lot of missions that cannot be completed, but with the team How lucky I am compared to the rangers who are about to go north to the Great Wall to find the White Walkers!Not only that, it took at least three months to go back and forth from the Great Wall to King's Landing. From the time point of view, he not only avoided Bunyan's patrol, but if Mormont was still stubbornly preparing for the Ranger Expedition to find the missing Bunyan, he would even The next big crisis will also be avoided - what is the pressure of a few complicated tasks compared to the safety of life?

He had fooled Jon Snow with a piece of chicken soup that was about to fall on him, but now, he felt that he needed chicken soup, too.

Which sentence is more appropriate?

With it - people will never know how good they are unless they force themselves.

Before time travel, a powerful country and a pair of hard-working parents created for him the conditions are too superior, so that he can live well without hard work, but after time travel, the identity and equal treatment of the night watchman let him no matter what he does. It's impossible to live well with anything...so much so that he never knows what it's like to try his best to do one thing.

Now, the days of ease are over, and his future will depend entirely on his own decisions.Isn't it just that he is a material recruiter, a recruiter for King's Landing and the King's Landing, the person in charge of dragon crystal mining, and the image ambassador of the Night Watchman. Iger decided to challenge himself.Nothing is unachievable!

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Volume [-] Full-Time Night's Watch

Chapter 39 Butterfly flaps its wings

"Iger, why didn't you go?" Will grabbed him with wide eyes in fear: "Is it true that the people who go out to patrol this time will die? Isn't it!"

The genius is dim, most of the night watchmen are still sleeping soundly, only Iger got up early, just want to see this team that will leave the wall in the early morning to find traces of the ghosts, and he should be in the team, and see them off .

Faced with Will's questioning of the truth, Iger was completely speechless, and could only hold his companion's hand tightly: "Don't think about it, I was just assigned other tasks."

"It must be like this! It must be like this!" Ever since Iger saved his life with a word, Will has developed a kind of superstitious blind worship towards him.Suddenly learned that he would not participate in this patrol, and saw that his expression and movements were different at this moment, an ominous premonition swept through his heart, and the poacher was so nervous that he shouted: "Master Bunyan! Those who participated in this patrol will go No return, the White Walker is waiting for us in the Ghost Shadow Forest, and we must never leave the Great Wall!"

"What nonsense!" A few steps away, Benyan Stark, who had already saddled the horse, turned his head and glared at his men, and put the dry rations on the horse: "You know that in order to prove that the three of you are not deserters, Lord Commander, carry What kind of pressure did you endure, and how much effort did you spend! Immediately get ready and get on the horse, let's go now!"

Iger knew that he had missed the trap just now, so he put on a determined expression like a magic stick, stuffed his obsidian dagger into Will's hand, and told a white lie: "Keep this safe, be careful, you can come back .”

***

Iger woke up again.

Ever since confronting the White Walkers, being hunted by them...and killing one in a thrilling hand-to-hand fight, his understanding of this natural enemy of mankind has become more real, and his nightmares about them have passed away with the wind, never to bother him again he.

Now, instead, it is Benyan Stark, Will, and several other elite rangers getting on their horses and stepping into the dark tunnel of the Great Wall, without hesitation to carry out that reconnaissance that is difficult to return to. .He still clearly remembers the nervous and bewildered expression on Will's face before leaving after being reprimanded by the chief ranger.

Benjen Stark and the other Rangers had gone north to confirm the existence of the White Walkers, but Will was forced to face the horrors of the creatures he had already seen.Compared with Bunyan and the other elite rangers, he will probably be tortured by fear for a longer time.

Not sure where the patrol is at this moment, have they found the White Walkers, are they... still alive.

The hot spring water from the ground flows inside the wall, and the geothermal heat brought up makes the room as warm as spring. Iger is sitting in the soft and comfortable quilt, but his heart is so heavy that he doesn't want to move.

This is a guest room in Winterfell - a few days after Benjen Stark and his patrol went north, Iggar also left the Great Wall with Yoren Tyrion and his party.As they were attacked by savages on the way back to the Great Wall, Commander Mormont "generously" allocated ten rangers to escort the group southward in order to protect the queen's younger brother and the provider of the next batch of material aid for the legion.They arrived at Winterfell yesterday evening and were settled down.

After all, this is not my home. After being in a state of confusion on the bed for a while, Iger got dressed, tidied up, opened the door and left the room.

The cold air rushed in from outside the door, the sky was as early as in a dream, the school grounds were empty, only a few Winterfell guards were practicing.When the king and his party left, they took Duke Stark and his two daughters, as well as more than a quarter of Winterfell's guards and servants. At this moment, the castle is in an unprecedented state of emptiness since the last war.Also for this reason, when Egger, Tyrion, Yoren, ten ranger guards and two Lannister servants arrived, the butler who received them could easily arrange a room for each of them... Egger's It is more spacious and comfortable than when I first came.

It's a pity that this good day can only be enjoyed for one day, and they will continue their journey tomorrow.And in the south, "night watchman" is not a good word.

Before that, he had some very important... crucial things to be precise that had to be confirmed.

"Ma'am, there's something I want to ask you—"

"I'm not a lady, my lord. If you have anything to say, just tell me." The maid who was called stopped and replied respectfully.At this moment, there is no king and a lot of nobles in Winterfell, and the night watchman is the most honored guest. Although she is at the bottom of the social class, she dare not neglect.

"I'm not an adult either." Iger smiled, "It's nothing serious, I'll just ask casually, last time your second son fell, I was the first to find out, how is he doing now?"

"I've woken up, but I'm not in a good state, and my brain seems to be affected a little bit, and I can't remember many things."

"Well——" Iger frowned, this is still the same as the original plot: "Did anything happen while I was away?"

"What happened? There are many things, which one do you want to ask... the most worth mentioning, it seems that the library tower caught fire, alas, there are so many books, it's a pity."

The library tower was still on fire, and Iger thumped in his heart, and immediately asked: "Where is Mrs. Stark, is she okay?"

The maid gave him a strange look, how is the Mistress of Winterfell, and what does it have to do with you, a night watchman?If she didn't know her wife well, she might think that the man in black in front of her had some ulterior relationship with Mrs. Stark: "It's okay, she doesn't read books, so what can happen. Madam was crying all day long Wash your face and stay with Mr. Bran every step of the way, now that the child is awake, he is obviously much better."

"Is she still in Winterfell now?"