The king on the Great Wall

Although he maintained the prestige of a master on his lips, Iger was muttering in his heart: Fortunately, Oberyn taught the girl a lesson this time, which shattered the girl's arrogance, but after a few more months, Iger What should Liya do when her swordsmanship has advanced to the point where she is no match for herself?

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Chapter 138

Winter has come.

The sky was dark and the climate was gloomy and cold. The chill in the air penetrated silently into the gaps in the clothes and armor, making people's teeth chatter with the cold.Although there is never a summer outside the Great Wall, the temperature is still significantly colder than it was a few months ago.

The snow didn't stop, and these white light and solid objects scattered all over the ground, covering the originally clear footprints on the ground, and the entire field of vision was white.

"Why don't we just stay warm in Castle Black in this terrible weather?" Chett angrily kicked the bitch who was crowded at his feet. Relying on the warmth radiated from human clothes, retaining a little bit of heat: "Fuck him, ghoul, grab that thing and go back to make soup!"

"My lord commander said that I want to send the ghoul to King Robert to see, so that I can ask for help!" Rucker said, "This is Iger's idea to the commander. Didn't you listen to it at the mobilization meeting? Or do you want to go to which bitch?"

"It's Egger again! Relying on a mouth and licking the ass of the Lannister dwarf, he managed to go to the south to enjoy his blessings, but he wrote back asking Mormont to send us out to die! Did I dig his family's grave?" Chett's mouth was twisted into a ball, and his face was flushed with anger: "Next time he returns to the Great Wall, I promise to pin him to the ground and stuff a frozen stick of shit into his asshole."

"Hold him to the ground? This guy is tall even among the Rangers. With your body that can't hold down a bitch... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Sad Eddie interjected: " Moreover, wearing the leather jacket and cotton trousers sent by someone else and thinking about how to hit others doesn’t seem very good, I suggest you take it off before you think about it, at least you seem to have some ambition.”

"Seven layers of hell! It's just a few clothes and a pair of pants. Do you want me to kneel down and pray to the gods to bless him?"

"How many times have you eaten his meat, and you forgot? You don't need to kneel down to pray, it's easy to wet your pants, and it will be colder." Eddie shrugged and said, "And, personally, you'd better Don't make trouble for them. When he and Will and Gary left that fellow Waymar Royce to feed the White Walkers and fled back to the Wall by themselves, who in Castle Black didn't think he was dead? But they still Not to mention living a good life, he also used means to send Weimaran's idiot nobleman, Jon Royce, to the Great Wall. This is a really ruthless character... the whole night watchman, I am now No one is convinced except him. If he returns to the Great Wall sometime, I will honestly call him 'Master Chief Logistics Officer', and I will do whatever he asks me to do. In case he is happy, buy me a new set of clothes , Let me eat meat every day, and even get me into the logistics department and take me to the south... that would be so cool."

"Bitch-bitch chief logistics officer, b-bitch Jon Snow, b-bitch Sam Tarly!" Chett snarled, kicking the bitch away next to him.

Then the horn sounded.

One, two, three, and finally... three long and one short, the fourth horn that the night watchman has never blown is sounded, and the action begins.

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The Night Watchman Legion has been sending rangers to try to catch ghouls alive since more than two months ago. During this period, they succeeded at least twice, but in the end they failed to bring the spoils back to the Great Wall because of the ghosts: the first time, succeeded After a fierce battle, the night watchmen successfully shot the chasing White Walker to death with an arrow equipped with obsidian arrows, but the ghouls they caught turned into corpses; the second time, the night watchmen were surprised It was discovered that the White Walkers were not only covered with a layer of ice armor that was impenetrable to dragon crystal arrows, but also began to carefully keep a distance from the night watchmen, using only ghoul cannon fodder to participate in the battle... The loss in the battle was not small, and before the army of the dead completed the encirclement, they were forced to abandon the captured ghouls and flee in haste on horseback.

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A hundred thousand savages have already set out from Frost and Snow Fang, dragging their families, marching along the Milk River in a mighty, slow and non-stop manner, passing through the ghost forest and going south continuously-in ten days or half a month, their vanguard troops It will be close to the Great Wall, and at that time, it will be difficult to start the capture of ghouls.

The first two operations failed, and the night watchmen's attempt to capture the ghoul was fortunately not noticed by the White Walkers, but it happened only three times... Blind attempts will not only cause more casualties, but if they are accidentally caught by these intelligent magical creatures They found out their intentions, and took precautions, and the plan to bring the wight to King's Landing to prove its existence would be completely ruined.

There is not much time left for the night watchmen, and the black shirts must take effective actions immediately.

Through the reconnaissance of the scouts and the confessions of the wildling captives, the Night Watch command learned an important piece of information: Winter is gradually awakening the evil magic north of the Great Wall, and the transformation of corpses into ghouls is becoming more and more common—whether human or human Livestock, no matter what the cause of death, no matter how deep it is buried... as long as it is located north of the Great Wall, and the corpses are not completely decomposed, whether it is fast or slow... will eventually transform into ghouls by themselves - and in the face of people everywhere. The endless army of dead people and the small number of ghosts have no time to appear anytime and anywhere and gather them under their command.

The time difference between the formation of the ghouls and the joining of the aliens gave the night watchmen a chance to attack.So Jeor Mormont finally issued a new order: to find the scattered ghouls in the Haunted Forest who are not with the White Walkers, and to attack these easy targets.

If the horn sounded three times, it meant that the scouts had found traces of the White Walkers, and to avoid casualties, everyone needed to quickly evacuate to the south... And one more sound meant that the wights were found and there were no White Walkers around!

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Everyone tensed up.Due to the large number of casualties of the rangers, some craftsmen and affairs officers... These people who have never been out of the wall were also drawn to participate in the task of catching ghouls, even though they had already heard from the rangers about the situation of these strange enemies north of the Great Wall , but most people still have never seen either White Walkers or wights... When the horn sounded, their backs were cold and they felt like pissing.

The hounds also seemed to understand the chill in the sound of the horn, and started to stir uneasily. Chett had just kicked one of the dogs away, but now he had to pull the reins of several dogs with all his strength. .

Sad Eddie grabbed the hilt of his sword and called to the tree, "Will, what do you see?"

"They're coming." The poacher's voice came from above his head: "What's going on, there seem to be too many!"

"See if there are any other ghosts among them, these cunning things may confuse the judgment of the scouts without riding a horse!" The melancholy Eddie urged: "Don't miss any of them, look carefully, you are the one who has the most contact with them among us of!"

"There are about [-] in the north, and a dozen in the northeast... No, why do you think there are more in the back? I haven't seen the White Walkers, I have to come down! It's too late if it's too late."

A horse carrying people rushed to the night watchmen waiting here through the snow. It was Sir Jeremy Lake, who succeeded the missing Benyan Stark as the chief ranger: "Attention, the ranger brothers have attracted a little attention. More, plan according to the second set of plans, everyone mounts!"

"Look there, in the woods!"

The ghouls emerge from among the shadowy trees in the Haunted Forest, rushing through the heavy snow and stepping on the slippery forest floor. Since they have no body temperature, most of their bodies have the camouflage of snow and ice slag, and the surrounding The environment is almost integrated, if it is not moving, it is difficult to distinguish, and it is vague, and there is not much at all.

"Get on the horse!"

"Wait, don't leave me behind!"

"Will, stay on the tree and don't come down, you've survived twice by this trick, this time is the best!" The chief ranger ordered loudly: "Don't hesitate, you're done if you're surrounded, save the dragon crystal arrows, Use it when it matters!"

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Chapter 139 Hunting Ghouls

Amidst the neighing of horses, the barking of hounds and more chaotic sounds, the rangers who were in charge of finding and luring ghouls rode past the crowd in twos and threes... The other night watchmen who had been waiting for a long time also got on their horses one after another, and put a lot of things in haste fell in place.But there was no time to pick it up. Under the urging of the chief ranger, everyone kicked the horse's belly, and under the leadership of the hounds, they walked away along the predetermined route through the snow.

woo woo woo woo!

The horn sounded again, three long, one short, and four, which meant that a sentinel reconfirmed that there were only ghouls in the field of vision and no other ghosts, and told the brothers that the plan could continue... But the warrior who blew the horn was too much. He should have gotten on his horse and evacuated to a safe place before sending out the second signal, but the dual effects of fear and responsibility in his mind interfered with his judgment—the loud and clear horn sound attracted the ghouls without any suspense They focused their attention, and the rock he was standing on was quickly targeted by these ghosts.

Will saw the whole process of the young man's sacrifice from the tree: the sentinel dropped the horn, jumped off the huge rock and ran towards the place where the horse was led, but found that there were also ghouls emerging from the forest ahead - so he pulled out the A short spear with a dragon crystal head tied around his waist pierced fiercely into the chest of the roadblocking ghoul... When he pulled it out, he found that the tip of the spear had been broken due to too much force, so he threw away the shaft and ran a few steps, and was caught A ghoul direwolf with a huge wound on its abdomen and its intestines protruding from its body rushed from the side and fell down.

There was a scream and then it stopped abruptly.

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The poacher hid in the canopy of the tree, shivering, clenched the obsidian dagger in his hand, and hugged the tree trunk tightly, not daring to make a sound.He admitted that he was a coward, that Waymar Royce fought the White Walkers to the death that day, and he hid in the tree like this until it was over.But that time, at least he was ordered by the chief to go up to the tree and stand by. He escaped by accident and brought back the news of Sir Waymar’s broken sword and the appearance of the White Walker for Castle Black. The deserter beheaded him...he himself was the first to refuse.

But what about leading the way for Benjen Stark's search party last time?The team encountered the human natural enemy leading hundreds of ghouls, holding a weapon specially prepared to deal with the aliens, but he was still so timid that he took his horse and fled.Along the way, I held the obsidian dagger that Iger gave me, but I didn't think about using it to kill the enemy, but I was praying that it would bless me to escape and ascend to heaven!

The first heroic weapon to kill aliens in thousands of years, in Iger's hands is the nemesis of human's natural enemies, but in his own hands it has become a talisman.If it was sentient, it would probably look up to the sky and then commit suicide angrily... Not only that, but he also lied when he fled back to Castle Black: he lied to Commander Mormont that he still survived by hiding in a tree and keeping watch In a difficult situation, he waited until his brothers were all dead and turned into ghouls and left before going back down the tree to find a horse... Being a deserter and cheating, this kind of bad behavior, even he himself couldn't defend himself in his heart.

After a long time of fear, Benjen Stark and his elite rangers returned, and it seemed that the entire army was wiped out.Therefore, no one in this world can know that he is a deserter.A poor wretch who was frightened by the White Walkers became the lucky one who "escaped from the White Walkers twice" in the eyes of his brothers. Although he was not promoted, no matter where he went outside the wall, other Night Watch soldiers Feeling at ease to be able to act with him, even tacitly accepting him as the leader when there is no officer around... It's ridiculous.

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There are ghouls everywhere in the woodland under their feet. Sir Jeremy Lake said "it's a bit too much".Hundreds of ghouls were in a daze, rushing past the poachers at different speeds, chasing in the direction where the ghoul capture team members retreated... In addition to ghouls and wolves, there were also corpse deer and bears, And the corpse giant!

The corpse giant's movement seems to be much slower than that of the ghoul - but it has long legs and seems to be slow, and it can be unambiguous in chasing people.One step, two steps, three steps and four steps, with the slight tremor of the ground, this big guy gradually approached the tree where Will was hiding - it was as tall as two people, if it had human-like athletic ability, theoretically speaking You can reach yourself by jumping up!

The poacher closed his eyes and began to murmur and ask the gods to bless him.

Although he also knew in his heart: If the gods really have eyes, they should bless heroes like Benyan Stark, why would they care about himself as a deserter?

"boom--"

The tree that Will was hiding was touched by the giant and shook violently. The snow from the canopy fell down and hit the poachers. For a moment, Will felt that his life was coming to an end, but he gritted his teeth, He hugged the tree trunk tightly, his face was scratched by the trembling bark, and he didn't let go.

Even if you will die, at least you have to wait for the tree to fall!

The trembling of the tree gradually stopped, and finally returned to calm. After a while, Will carefully opened his eyes and looked under his feet, only to find that the ghouls had gradually gone away, and the body of the corpse giant was still shaking. In a flash, it bumped into the tree trunk next to it from time to time—it turned out that this was a lame corpse giant, and it was a coincidence that it bumped into the tree it was hiding in just now!

The danger gradually receded, and the world returned to silence... But the poachers still did not dare to go down the tree. The warrior who played the trumpet was probably cold, lying on the ground covered in blood and flesh, and he did not know when he would get up Start the second "different life".Will wanted to wait—see if the other brothers could complete the task, and then bring the horse back to pick him up.

This place is still far from the Great Wall, and he really didn't want to experience the experience of walking all the way back with his legs all the way by relying on his ability to survive in the wild.

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The night watchmen divided into three groups and retreated in three directions, which made the chasing ghouls unconsciously divided into three groups. The ghouls without the command of the other ghosts are more brainless than the most stupid beasts, and they will fight with extraordinary endurance. and speed to chase and attack all moving things it encounters.

The only good news is that the running speed of most ghouls is still slower than that of horses after all - and this provides the night watchman's ghoul capture team with the possibility of scheduling and maneuvering.

The lightest scouts rode the best fast horses in the three-way night watchmen. Through reconnaissance and command, they helped the brothers get rid of most of the slow-moving ghouls. Ghost things lead close to the trap.

"What we want to catch are dead people, wolves, bears, etc., too dangerous, kill them all!" Sir Jeremy Lake yelled: "Keep your distance!"

"A giant!" cried one of the rangers, "what to do?"

"Shoot, unless you want to drag the guy to King's Landing for King Robert!"

"The dragon crystal arrow has little effect on it! It has been shot twice, but it is still moving!"

"Use fire! This big guy must be easy to burn!" The new chief ranger ordered: "Hurry up, the trap is ahead!"

How do you light a fire on a running horse?Fortunately, someone in the team was ordered to carry a lighted torch at all times, so they rode close to each other, one lit the special rocket in the other's hand, and then the archer turned around, and waited for the flame on the tip of the arrow to burn the iron arrow to red hot, then drew the bow to shoot It shoots at the wight.

The target is huge, and no matter how bad the shooter is, he can easily hit the target. The flame was extinguished in the rapid friction with the cold air, but the red hot arrow quickly ignited the tarpaulin wrapped in the arrow by the temperature, and under the watchful eyes of several night watchmen Suddenly, the shabby animal fur wrapped around the corpse giant suddenly burned.

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When the trap arrived, the rangers sped up their horses and quickly circled it, drawing the chasing ghouls into it.

The ground sank, and the fastest running ghouls had nothing under their feet, and fell into the deep pit dug earlier with a loud noise like a house collapsing. The other ghouls who followed did not escape the obstacles and traps at all. Meaning, one by one, they got in like dumplings, and they all became turtles in a jar.

The crowd cheered, and the horse stopped.

The trap is three meters deep, and the walls are nearly vertical. It is difficult for the ghouls to climb out after falling in. The plan has been successful. Now... the night watchmen can stand on the ground and compare the traps carefully, just like picking chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep in a vegetable market. Pick the most suitable prey and bring it back to the Great Wall.

The ideal was beautiful, but an accident still happened. The flames from the limping giant who was chasing them had spread all over his body, turning into a huge fire man—it stands to reason that once the ghoul was engulfed by the flames, it would soon die. It will fall down completely, but it may be because of its huge size that it contains more ice magic power in its body, which leads to stronger "life force". It staggered and rushed towards the trap.

"Stop it!" Jeremy yelled. "It'll burn our prey!"

The last few dragon crystal arrows were also shot at the corpse giant without money—maybe it is more appropriate to call it a fire giant, but its inertia is too great, and it eventually fell into the trap and flattened the densely packed other corpses. A few ghouls spread the flames on their bodies.

"Get the net!" The chief ranger was anxious.According to investigations, the vanguard of the savages is more than a dozen miles to the northwest, and the army of dead people led by the white ghosts is in the north... It is not easy to find another wave of ghouls without the leadership of the white ghosts in a short period of time. This time, the capture was still unsuccessful, and the night watchmen had no chance to try a few more times: "Get our prey out!"

The night watchmen around jumped off their horses. Just a moment ago they were shooting and killing ghouls, but now they wanted to rescue them.Some drew out their weapons to guard the surrounding area, while some quickly ran to the big net bag prepared by the side of the trap and threw it into the trap.

Soon, a ghoul was entangled in the net bag. Amid the chants in unison, several people pulled up the net bag, pulled out the carrots and brought out the mud, and a ghoul with flames on its body was also pulled up.Two rangers swooped forward and slammed the fire out with gloves—a third and fourth rushed to help, wrapping the writhing ghoul in a bag and pinning it to the ground.

The last trace of vitality of the fire giant who fell into the trap dissipated, and he did not move again... Maybe the water in the body of the ghoul evaporated and the fur and corpse oil remained on the outside, maybe the flame was born to kill the ghoul, and it and the rest were ignited. The dead ghouls soon turned the trap into a fiery pit that spewed raging flames, looking like the entrance to hell.

"Stay away from the pit! Pack up the prey and bring it back to Castle Black!" Jeremy Lake breathed a sigh of relief: "The first team and the second team will be responsible for escorting, and they will not stop on the way. The third team will follow me back to see if there are any other brothers." Rescue needed!"

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Chapter 140 Eventful Autumn

Winter is here, but in the warm south, things are still running smoothly, maybe not smoothly, but just barely.

As a "serious" Night Watchman who has sworn oaths, guarded the Great Wall and even killed the White Walkers, the Chief Logistics Officer does not know what a thrilling adventure his brothers are going on north of the Great Wall where savages gather and all kinds of monsters... …He's in the safety of the first office of the Night's Watch in King's Landing, fretting over a lot of things.

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First of all, there are a lot of affairs caused by a large family business-bond sales, loan processing, account calculation, negotiating with customers, and even "security team" training, etc. It is a mess, not to mention looking for new projects, developing markets and making money. Channels, so as to find a way for the sudden injection of four thousand golden dragon cash.

After staying in King's Landing for a few days, Iger quickly understood why Tyrion had a very high opinion of Nina: To be honest, this girl is no better at handling things than herself, but the key is—she can Get things done independently.Iger also assigns tasks to other subordinates, but when young guys like Casey need to make decisions and solve problems, they will come to ask themselves how to deal with them. The only thing they have to tell Nina is that they don’t need to worry about it anymore. One penny—just like the obsidian mine of the old mine that was introduced to Tyrion at the beginning, as long as the money is in place, it will run completely autonomously.

In the modern society that Iger was originally in, Nina was at best an office clerk, the boss’s secretary, etc., but in this world where there is no perfect education system and people who can add, subtract, multiply and divide are considered talents, Nina can share the worries of an entrepreneur like herself. , isn't it the most precious resource?

After trying to find and promote other such "precious resources" to no avail, Iger realized that Nina is indeed someone who is worth using any means and methods to stay by her side.

In terms of knowing and employing people, Iger, who had never been a leader before time travel, was really not as good as his partner.

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Then, a certain little she-wolf who clings to him in the office all day is not worrying.

"A very talented little girl, if you train her well, she will be a good swordsman...Of course, as Miss Stark, it is true that learning swords is useless except for fun."

This is Oberyn's own evaluation of Arya before leaving.

When the prince said this, his expression was quite serious, obviously not a joke.The Dornish people had no intention of squeezing into the power core of the Bucks Dynasty, so the prince naturally had no reason to flatter the prime minister's youngest daughter.Under such circumstances, the high evaluation of such a martial artist is self-evident...

Also, Oberyn, presumably unaware of himself, has inadvertently done Iger a favor: Arya, after being completely overwhelmed by his awe-inspiring moves, gets Arya from her new "bestie" Margo. Lina heard that Iger was able to fight dozens of tricks with the Red Viper without getting hurt—she, who had seen how powerful she was, suddenly became obedient and obedient to her "master".

To put it simply, it is to become obedient.

What made Egger heave a sigh of relief was that he would not be abused by his apprentice for the time being...but he always had to rely on his training at Castle Black, and he was exposed within a few months.Prompted by a sense of crisis, he decided: no matter how busy he is, he should spare time every day to practice sword with Arya a little bit.

It can not only exercise the body to maintain physical fitness, but also enhance the relationship between the teacher and the apprentice who is a little unfamiliar after two months, and consolidate the "authority", and maybe even improve one's own swordsmanship level by the way-not to mention, if In the future, the assassins who encounter Braavos will use the dance of water to deal with him, at least they won't be blinded.

This is a different kind of stealing a teacher. Fortunately, Jaqen, who always has a dead face, didn't poke through Iger-Arya, who can often fight back and forth with the night watchman, naively thought that the master let her .

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These two troubles cannot be avoided, but the third one who came to the door was really a headache: Margaery Tyrell actually came to the office to "take swordsmanship lessons".

This extremely shrewd little Rose doesn't come in the morning and come back in the evening like Arya—she always pinpoints it every day, and comes here when Iger and Arya are about to have lunch, pretending to study, and together After lunch, he quickly found various excuses to say goodbye and leave.Counting it, the time she spent having lunch with everyone far exceeded the time spent in the serious swordsmanship class.

If it happens twice, Iger can't see it: learning swordsmanship is fake, what this little goblin is eyeing is the opportunity to have lunch with Arya and get information from this little she-wolf!

First talk about swordsmanship, then talk about life, and finally talk about family; after talking about Bran and Sansa, after talking about Sansa and Jon; after chatting, the topic came to Arya's father, Ed Stark On... After asking about his physical condition, without any trace of deliberate intention, he began to talk about the daily work of the prime minister. Before finishing the meal, the topic turned to "rumors"-that is, the current queen.

Compared with Iger, this trained cliché technique is not known how high it is.This little rose still misses being a queen!Margaery must be eager for Ed to quickly find out the truth about Cersei and James' adultery, and then Robert will abolish the queen, so she can find a chance to take over!

Although Aiger could see that Margaret was making clichés, he couldn't stop her, because——he himself wanted to know the information about it. Since someone was helping to make clichés for free, he, who was eating at the same table, just listened to That's it!

In another way of thinking, the trouble of delivering it to your door becomes the cheapness of delivering it to your door.The bad news is that, judging from Arya's ambiguous narration, everyone's model prime minister seems to be really investigating the matter of Cersei and James, and the stability of the Seven Kingdoms is at a critical stage. Precarious state!

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After Ed finds out something, will he go to Cersei again to let her run away with the baby, and then let the queen take the opportunity to kill Robert, causing chaos in the world?

Iger is concerned about the peace and stability of Westeros, but not everyone in the world has such lofty aspirations, and some people only think about hanging.

On the fourth day after bringing a bully to Nina to ask her out for dinner, Iger stopped him, that is, the fourth day after the Chief Logistics Officer returned to King's Landing, and the night watchman was almost too busy to forget about Janos Slynt At that time, this guy finally came out to do something.

The King's Landing garrison raided the Night's Watch's paper mill in the city and took Neil away.