The king on the Great Wall

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The commotion lasted for ten, twenty seconds... Iger began to wave his hands to signal silence, so that he could officially give the order to set off.But the scene couldn’t be quiet for some reason. After 20 minute, there were still people talking about it, but the volume was getting louder and louder, which made Iger feel awkward and a little confused: it’s understandable that the morale is high after the big victory, but this time After all, Xing took the initiative to attack, after all, it was extremely dangerous. Why are these rough guys still happy, making it seem that their mobilization speech is neither fish nor fowl?

A few seconds later, Iger figured out the reason after being reminded by the guards next to him: in the southern sky with his back facing, three black spots appeared against the background of gray clouds. It was close enough to be able to see the shape clearly—the soldiers suddenly became enthusiastic, not for their "wonderful" speech that they didn't even write a draft of, but for appearing in time at this most critical moment. It can be regarded as the queen who gives charcoal in the snow...or the three dragons.

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Book IX Game of Thrones

Chapter 438 The Queen and the Commander

The inner fort and outer city of Houguan Town combined are only one-fortieth the size of King's Landing. Looking down from the sky, you can have a panoramic view of the entire town.After a long distance, Daenerys, who was riding upstairs, noticed that the land-grant capital standing in the middle of the snow field was emitting light smoke... Not only was the color much darker, but the area seemed to be larger than before.

Taking a closer look, she quickly understood where these small changes came from.

The neat residential area that was originally row upon row and was gray and white macroscopically due to the snow on the roof is now charred and black. Although the fire has long been extinguished, there are still wisps of white smoke coming out of the ruins. The scene of three dragons being burnt again... and the scene outside the wall is even more impressive: the original white and flawless snow has been damaged by footprints and haulage marks in all directions, and it is scattered and scattered. Ten large coal piles were emitting fire and smoke, and a large number of workers were coming and going to add firewood to them-after lowering the height, Dany was surprised to find that what was burning in these piles was not coal, but various kinds of coal. People who went in and out of the town to "add fire" did not throw firewood into it, but corpses!

There are human beings and animals, complete ones and incomplete ones, and even giants that can only be transported by carts with the concerted efforts of everyone... They are anxious to chase the escaped ghosts, but also worried that these new corpses will be destroyed. It will not be resurrected as a ghoul inexplicably, and it has to be busy rescuing the wounded, supplies and rebuilding. Houguan Town can't hold a grand cremation for the dead as calmly as in the original plot after the big victory. After sorting, cremate them in piles, and find a place outside the wall to bury the ashes of the comrades in arms... A martyr's cemetery will be established in the future.

There are at least tens of thousands of corpses in the dozens of piles that are being burned, and corpses and wreckage are still being transported out of several gates.What kind of battle did this place go through to produce more corpses than all the wars she had seen since she was born in less than two days after she left?

Daenerys didn't know that among the tens of thousands of corpses, only a few thousand fragments were killed by the defenders, and the rest were all due to the Longsteel bombs. Seeing the horrible appearance of Houguan Town, where she stayed the day before yesterday, looking like she had survived the catastrophe, She was tangled and nervous in her heart: she was shocked by the fighting power of the Night Watchman Legion, and also delighted that the living people seemed to have won this battle...but more of it was the strong uneasiness that could not be restrained—— herself, Will he come late and make a trip in vain, miss the agreement with Iger, and thus lose a chance to subdue the "strongest follower" in this prophecy?

After circling and observing the battlefield, the Queen noticed the troops gathering outside the east gate of Houguan Town. After guessing that the person she wanted to find was probably there, she controlled Drogon to fly over, and found him in the strong wind blowing from the black dragon. It landed on the open space next to Iger, and landed slowly and steadily.

The soldiers and civilians in Houguan Town, who saw the dragon for the second time, were not frightened this time, but stared at the dragon and the queen with eagerness and curiosity.Iger put his sword back into its sheath, ran towards the dragon with his guards, and rushed to her side as soon as the queen came down from the dragon.

"Your Majesty, on behalf of all the soldiers of the Night Watch Corps and all the residents of the land-grant, I would like to express my gratitude to you for coming here at the first time despite such a long journey!"

"You're welcome... Lord Commander, I have to apologize for my untimely departure the day before yesterday. This was an avoidable absence from the battle." Daenerys nodded slightly reservedly, but felt a little bit in her heart because the other party couldn't hide her excited tone. Feeling at ease, "I hope I didn't come too late?"

"No, you came at the right time." Don't say that the enemy has already guessed that the timing of Long's departure was the opportunity to attack. Even if she really left at the wrong time, Iger would not be able to say it directly, "The Great Wall and Houguan Town Together, the soldiers and civilians repelled the previous attacks of the White Walkers and the dead. Now, the hopeless remnants of the Night's Watch bypass the embattled Grant and head straight for the unsuspecting North - I am planning Personally lead the troops to pursue them. This Southern Expedition was originally extremely dangerous, but with you and the three dragons participating in the battle, it will be sure, and the victory will be without suspense!"

"Great... Well, I mean, I'm glad I didn't come too late." Daenerys breathed a sigh of relief, concealed her expression, and was about to say what are we waiting for, let's go, but her heart moved, and she left Xinyan, "So, Commander-in-Chief, does our previous agreement still count?"

"It counts." Iger replied without hesitation. He used to be really proud that the land-grant defense he carefully built was impenetrable, and he could defeat the White Walkers without the three dragons participating in the battle. He wanted to jump out of the land-grant entirely. Deliberately ask Daenerys for help.But now, the ferocious onslaught of the enemy has finally slapped him in the face, and now Iger has to admit that he really needs Daenerys' dragon to ensure victory. "Your Majesty controls the dragon to join the battle for the Night's Watch, and we will fight for you in the future. I swear to return Your Majesty the Iron Throne!"

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Subjectively, Daenerys is willing to believe in the man in black in front of her, and believes that after she helps Iger win this battle, he will serve as promised.But a life full of ups and downs and betrayals made her hesitate—after thinking about it, she suddenly realized that all the conversations and agreements between herself and Iger were made in the privacy of only two people, without any paper. Under the condition that the agreement or neutral witnesses can be restrained, if I fly thousands of miles to help when I am hungry, Iger throws himself and the three dragons as tools and throws them aside. Apart from spraying him with dragon flames, is there any way to force him to fulfill his promise?

If the man in front of him can't be used for himself, then he will be the biggest threat!

Let Aiger write evidence at the scene?It was stupid and embarrassing, and the restraint was hard to reassure her... After thinking for a moment, Daenerys made a bold temporary decision: "Well, I trust you, Lord Commander. But since you confirmed that the agreement is still valid , now that I have arrived as promised, if I ask you to fulfill a part of the promise in advance: kneel down and swear allegiance to me in public right here and now—shouldn’t it be too much?”

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As soon as his body froze, an instinctive strong resentment flooded Iger's heart.

The queen made such a request at this juncture, which has a strong sense of taking advantage of the fire...it also aroused the resistance of the "real him" in his bones.

Iger before crossing, like all other normal modern people, took it for granted that any kneeling other than sacrifices and marriage proposals is shameful, superstitious, humiliating, and a manifestation of servility and inequality... Even if you add four During his years as a traveler, Iger has never voluntarily knelt down to any living person!How could he kneel down to a woman from another world who neither gave birth to him nor raised him, and was even ten years younger than him?

But reason pulled him back from the conditioned reflex in an instant.

In this world where the feudal lord system has not yet collapsed and the gods do seem to exist, Daenerys asked herself to submit to the knees, neither humiliating nor contemptuous, nor did she raise the price of the original agreement at all.Under the condition of prior agreement, it is completely reasonable and even wise self-protection: once he swears allegiance according to her request in front of these thousands of people, no matter what he actually intends in his heart, if he wants to break the oath again-the first thing to do is face to face. Moral pressure from internal and external aspects such as the collapse of human settings.

The queen wanted to increase the cost of breaking the contract to ensure that she was tied to her chariot!

Clever, but sadly out of character.There were thousands of people from outside the Great Wall who despised the "kneeling people", as well as Beric Dondarrion who was legally loyal to Stannis, soldiers from the north, and some Dragonstone Islands and royal lands who followed Melisandre. The little nobles and the guards... Gritting their teeth and taking an oath, the current difficulty has been overcome, and other problems will soon spring up like mushrooms after rain.

Having said that, after turning his mind rapidly thousands of times, Iger realized helplessly: Not only could he not explain all these troubles to Daenerys, but even hesitating for a few seconds might be judged as having a ghost in his heart—problem ?Those are your problems, not the Queen's, and it is your duty and responsibility as a new loyalist to solve them!As for the crowd?Daenerys emphasized "at this moment" and "in public", didn't she just hope that this scene could be seen and witnessed by as many people as possible in the Seven Kingdoms and spread it, leaving him nowhere to retreat?

Two seconds after the queen made the request, Iger, who seemed to be stunned by others, regained his firm expression.

Daenerys' sudden attack really caught him off guard, but in the world, it is impossible for everything to develop according to the plan-hesitate about the situation that cannot be changed, so stop thinking meaninglessly!

He nodded and signaled the guards to quiet down the soldiers who were still chattering about the queen and the dragon. Then he drew out the sword that had just been scabbard, knelt down on one knee slowly but without hesitation, and placed the sword flat on the on the thigh.

"In the name of all the gods of the world, old and new, I, Iger West, swear allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen." He lowered his head and said slowly but without stopping, trying to overcome his unwilling tone, "I swear to you Swear to fight for your safety and honor, swear to fight for your legal rights, swear to fight until your death for your noble ideals."

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Daenerys has taken countless oaths of allegiance, but none has filled her with such relief and joy as this one.She knew that doing so might arouse Iger's resentment, but her intuition told Daenerys: the man in front of her, and the Night Watchman Legion and the land-grant forces he represents... are worth her doing.

As for the rift in the relationship between the two that may be caused by forcing him to express his position in advance?Let's make up for it in other ways later!

Satisfied, she walked up to Iger, put her hand on his shoulder to show her closeness and attention, and acted on the spot, returning the same style of oath.

"I swear in the name of Queen Daenerys I Targaryen that you will always have a place at my court, at my table, and in my council. I will always listen to your advice, take your advice seriously, and never Live up to your talents and loyal service."

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Chapter 439

If the Great Wall does not fall, this is a southern expedition that seems to be unexpected, but actually has little hope.

In the shadow of a few hundred meters away, the new chief priest of the cold god looked at the easily captured castle and the army of ghouls pouring into it, which was still spectacular at first glance. Hearing the desperate begging and screams of the living people, his mood changed Very heavy.

He inherited nearly half of the magic power and the crucial position from the Night King—as the "magic connection center" of all priests, but he did not inherit the contact method with the cold god.

This statement is not accurate. In fact, he does not know whether the former Night King has the ability to "actively communicate with the cold god" - after completing the identity change, he briefly sensed the existence of a higher-level power , and also received the only and last instruction from Him: to abandon the original strategic goals of the land grant and the Great Wall, and head south.

He was puzzled by this instruction, but unfortunately he failed to get any response to the inquiry, and he could no longer even sense the existence of the cold god.

Is it simply because they are too far away from the Magic Gap of the Grand Canyon, resulting in poor signal and communication interruption... or is it that the Han God has actually given up on them, so he simply gave the order to go south and left them to fend for themselves, just asking them to make a final southward attack , making trouble in the human world one last time, burning the last value of existence?

The chief priest didn't know, and couldn't ask.

Going south directly, bypassing the invincible night watchman forces, seems wonderful, but there is a fatal problem: every move of the priests of the cold god consumes energy.

Maintain a low body temperature suitable for action, condense the "Xuanbing" weapon and shell, cast magic to assist in killing the enemy, and transform the corpse into a ghoul after winning... All these behaviors and operations must be carried out actively.Priests aren't perpetual motion machines, ghouls aren't acting out Resident Evil or World War Z, and no resource will just snowball into itself!

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After retreating from Houguan Town for a day and a night, the remaining priests of the cold god led the dead people trekking south along the king's road to the nearest northern castle and winter settlement - the core of the Umber family's territory, the last Hearth City.

What finally made them relax was that the castle had made incredible little preparations for their arrival: Not only were the residents of the town outside the city walls not evacuated for the winter, but the defense methods of the defenders were so simple and monotonous that the priests couldn't bear it. Suspicion is a trap: except for some grease and asphalt whose combustion performance cannot be compared with wildfire, there are only a small number of frozen rockets that can pose a threat. Most of the living soldiers with giant patterns still used ordinary steel and iron weapons to resist.

In the end, this battle became the first victory of "killing the enemy more than dying" after the army of ghouls crossed the canyon and entered the Seine. There were more than 4000 civilians, members of the Amber family and soldiers who gathered in the Last Hearth City for the winter. Once survived, the ghoul lost less than a thousand.

In addition, the corpses in the Last Hearth City finally no longer have that weird fire-attribute magical power that came from nowhere!

One good news after another, but does it really count as a victory?The chief priest was very suspicious, because he was now facing an unprecedented embarrassing situation - there was not enough magic power to turn the killed enemies into ghouls.

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It has been more than five years since the priests of the cold god came from the land of eternal winter until they crossed the canyon and invaded the south... During such a long period of time, of course they did not "walk for seven seasons" as the joke said, but Prepare quietly for this big battle.

When they were on the north side of the ice wall, the main difficulty they faced was "not enough qualified corpses": there are countless creatures that have survived and died outside the Great Wall for thousands of years, but only a very small part of them can be transformed into ghouls. The reason is that ——The use of undead magic to resurrect the dead is not as unconditional as humans imagine.

To sum up, priests have to consider at least two aspects when casting spells to "resurrect" and create ghouls.

One is worthy of resurrection, and the other is that it can be resurrected.

Although the smaller the creature, the less magic power it needs to transform into a ghoul, but it is a unit after all, and the transformer needs to work hard to contact and control it before it can act... and the number of such controls depends on the priest's own mental strength , has an upper limit ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands—this means that the corpse must have the value of being transformed: for example, a sufficient body size, a structure suitable for combat, and the ability to use weapons and tools, etc... to be selected.Under such conditions, animals that are too small and birds that cannot fly after being transformed into ghosts are first excluded, and most herbivores with inflexible body structures and no sharp teeth and claws also have to stand aside, so that they can finally enter On the candidate list, there are only giants, humans, and medium and large predators.

Even if the candidate range is clear, it still doesn't mean that as long as it is on the list, you can become a ghoul: Although the cold magic that enters the corpse can replace the nervous system to control the behavior of the ghoul, the main thing that the ghoul's activities rely on is the body's original muscles.This means: Only those who meet the conditions can be transformed into ghouls - those who are cremated and turned into ashes are naturally not acceptable. Only dead and well-buried corpses that have not completely decomposed can be transformed into ghouls.

These two restrictions are the reason why the Night King and more than a dozen priests have been running around and fighting for many years, but they only gathered more than [-] ghouls in total.

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When outside the Great Wall, it was almost impossible for the priests to convert the number of ghouls that reached the upper limit, so the requirements for corpses were often extremely low. As long as they barely met the two conditions, even if they were incomplete and damaged, they would inject magic power and turn them into magic. Connect with a member of the network, occupy a place in the controllable puppet... When encountering a better target, you will even go after it yourself without fear of falling prices.But today, facing the castle full of fully armed, perfectly alive corpses that even have body temperature, they are caught in the predicament of "not having enough magic power to transform", what an irony!

The farther south you go from the Great Wall, the weaker the effect of its suppressing force field will be, but the same - the farther the priests are from Saibei, where the cold magic power is abundant.If the mana recovery speed is 100 when outside the Great Wall, and 1 when on the south side of the gap in the Grand Canyon, then it is 0.5 when in Houguan Town—and this is thousands of miles away from the Land of Eternal Winter and separated by the complete Great Wall Only a pitiful 0.1 is left in the northern castle... And even if this has been reduced to an unbelievably pitiful figure, it can still continue to decrease with the passage of time after going south and missing the peak period of Hanshen's power.

The new chief can roughly judge that if they go south for another two to three days, the concentration of cold magic power seeping through the gap in the Grand Canyon will be reduced by half again—this will completely drop below the life-and-death line of their magic power consumption to maintain body temperature.Once the speed of absorbing energy from the outside world can't even keep up with the consumption of maintaining body temperature, the priests of the cold god will become the ultimate challengers of breath-hold diving... When the magic power stored in the body is exhausted, they will enter The state of "consuming the life of the body".At that time, not to mention the invulnerable ice armor, the indestructible ice sword and ice spear, and the magic that can prevent wildfire from burning, the priests may be so weak that they can be "burned to death" with a torch or a bucket of warm water!

After crossing that red line, no one needs to do anything, and they will slowly die by themselves.

Waiting for the recovery of magic power in the safe zone, wouldn't this predicament be solved?This is true in theory, but things are not that simple. The huge overall strength and home field advantage of the human world make every moment of staying and waiting a thirst quenching, not to mention that there are a group of night watchmen chasing after them!

That's right, with the bankruptcy of the plan to raid and capture the Great Wall and the sudden introduction of a big killer that cannot be solved and can only be avoided by the human side, everything has become ridiculous: more than ten thousand ghouls were killed by only a fraction of their own number. The living were chased and fled in a hurry.

Now, the new chief priest is faced with a more difficult choice than the Night King's "attack on the Long Night Fort or Houcrown Town": whether to continue to be chased by the Night Watchmen and flee south, cross that dangerous line to wait for death where the cold magic power is exhausted, or turn back Fighting to the death with the pursuers, how many points will the Hanshen's side win in the desperate situation?

In short: wait to die or die?

Any intelligent life would choose the latter option, but unfortunately, as the three dragons returned to join the night watchman, the latter option also became a dead end.

Whether to starve to death slowly or die in battle quickly became an impossible choice.

If the Night King was still alive, what would he choose?

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While thinking about it, another priest approached it and asked in an old saying how to dispose of the nearly five thousand fresh corpses.

It's not without reason to ask this question - the new chief priest who inherited most of the Night King's legacy is the only existence among all the priests who has enough magic power. In fact, he still has enough magic power to transform tens of thousands of ordinary ghouls.

However, he still has the ability to cast transformation spells, which means that he is also the only existence that can still threaten the dragon.

The multiple-choice question of "escape" and "desperate" has not been finished yet, and another proposition is placed in front of the chief priest: should he allocate some of his remaining precious magic power to transform ghouls, or keep it all for dealing with dragons? and the night watchman?

Imitating the thinking mode of the already dead Night King, after a few minutes of long consideration, he thought of the only possibility to turn defeat into victory: the combination of dragon + night watchman's pursuers is invincible, but if he can use any method to lure Separate the two, and break them one by one to solve the urgent needs at the moment, and then slowly recover north of the safety red line—when the magic power is fully recharged, whether it is going south to massacre the unprepared northern hinterland residents, or going back to the Great Wall to try your luck , at least the hope of life is a little higher!

"We rest here to recover our magic power, and we will start our journey after the people in black catch up." The chief cold god priest said in a glacier-cracking voice, "Let each priest choose the corpses that can be transformed, and transform the strongest and best equipped corpses among them." Take it away for the puppet, and throw it away with ordinary quality. As for me, I have to save all my strength for the next battle."

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Chapter 440 Suppressing Ghosts

Worship of the strong and double standards prevail in every aspect of the human world.

When the opponent is similar to yourself, being overwhelmed and giving in will often make people feel indignant and unable to eat... But if they are completely crushed, the conquered will be convinced, surrendered, and even proud of it , can't give birth to the slightest resistance.

Back then, when the night watchmen made a big move to force the people outside the Great Wall to surrender, the group of "free people" were unconvinced, thinking that the "crows" could only gain the upper hand by relying on the location of the Great Wall, and they were not really better than them, so they even surrendered. During the negotiations, he couldn't hide his arrogance, and he kept emphasizing that he would never kneel down... In order to take care of the emotions of these stubborn people and maintain the stability of the gift land so that they can work honestly and work hard, Commander Mormont must not Not at the suggestion of Iger——in the case of "kneeling" which is not common in Westeros, he added additional regulations: completely cancel kneeling worship in the land grant.

But now, it is the original proposer of this decree who is the first to publicly break this agreement.

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When Iger was half-forced to bow his knees to Daenerys, he was ready to bear and deal with the resentment and ridicule of some of the newly gifted land dwellers who despise the "kneeling people", but the situation was better than he imagined—— Everyone seems to agree: there's no shame in submitting to a queen riding a dragon.The newly granted land citizens rejoiced that with the help of the dragon, they could reduce the danger; the radicals within the night watchman secretly shook their fists in order to finally get rid of their neutral status and join one of the camps; When I came to the Great Wall, I was willing to contribute to the Great War because of my belief in R'hllor. I basically understood more than resisted the overall situation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch.

No one jumped out to accuse Iger of becoming a "kneeling man", and no one publicly questioned him for breaking the night watchman's neutrality norms. On the contrary, it was the Queen's excessive enthusiasm that became the problem in the first place: probably due to the fact that he was asked to take the oath of allegiance. She was pleased and applauded for showing unhesitating sincerity, eager to reciprocate and show favor to her new followers—after taking the oath to each other, Daenerys immediately asked the whereabouts of the remaining ghouls, and it seemed that she planned to bring three dragons Chase directly, and use Dragon Flame to relieve the night watchman's worries in one fell swoop, so as to pull Aiger to help her conquer the world as soon as possible.

Iger felt the Queen's eagerness and kindness, but he could only comprehend it and couldn't accept it.

It took a far higher price than originally expected to weaken the enemy to the point where it could be wiped out in a frontal battle. If the queen sent a dragon at this last juncture in agitation, then the war would have to start all over again.After a while, Iger reluctantly persuaded Daenerys that "the enemy has the ability to attack and transform her children into corpse dragons", so that she gave up the urge to fight alone and agreed to maintain coordinated operations with the large force.

In this expedition, in order to prevent the enemy from returning to the carbine attack, Iger brought most of the skinchangers in Houguan Town who could control animals, and even put Bran Stark, who was handicapped, in a carriage.

For this Green Prophet who doesn't know whether he should be called a "little guy" or an "old guy", although Iger has believed that he is not a group of Hanshen, he has always doubted whether he is doing his best in the war.In addition to using his ability to control the crows to carry out investigations and information transmission, he was brought on this Southern Expedition. In fact, he was also tied up for his personal safety in an invisible way—in case the Southern Expedition Army fell into a bitter battle or even In the crisis of failure, the Green Prophet should not be spared. If he has any skills, he has to use them all!

The trifecta of skinchangers, greenseers, and patrolling rangers reduces the chances of ambushes and surprise attacks to almost zero.And the addition of the dragon has made the comparison of hard power between the two sides completely tilted towards the human side. The infallible situation that Iger dreamed of has finally taken shape. This army, which is one of the most restrained ghosts in human history, has assembled and formed. It is steady but not slow. heading south.

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Feeding the three dragons put a lot of logistical pressure on Nanzheng, but it was nothing compared to the advantages and odds they brought to this battle.In order to save the physical strength of people and dragons, Daenerys stayed in the army carriage like Bran most of the time instead of riding on the dragon. There were three large flying flamethrowers hovering above her head all day long, and the team seemed to be marching together. The speed is much faster.

The fortresses along the Great Wall complied with Iger's request and immediately dispatched elite troops to set off lightly after receiving the letter, and within dozens of hours after the start of the southward pursuit, they caught up with the large troops.The coalition forces saw the trees at the northernmost end of the wolf forest on the day after they set out to pursue the pursuit, and the fourth day after the White Walkers crossed the Grand Canyon. They approached Mojiang in the afternoon, and stood at the fork leading to Last Hearth City and Winterfell...then Overtook the enemy.

Well, this is how most people feel—but Iger feels more like the enemy is waiting for him to come.

"The skinchangers reported that they found the army of ghouls less than ten miles to the south. Looking at the tracks of the footprints, they judged that they left Last Hearth not long ago."

Finally, although Hearth City is not located on the King's Road, it is not far from the main road.Now that the army of ghouls passed through the castle and started heading south again, the Amber family is obviously in danger, and it is not worth the army to spend a few hours to recapture an empty city that has no living people.After confirming from Bran that the "one strong and eight weak" a total of nine aliens are still in the corpse tide and have not been separated, Iger did not waste time mourning for the northerners, but ordered the army to slow down but continue to chase the enemy's main force. Lan and the skinchangers kept an eye on the corpse horde and the White Walkers, and at the same time sent a small patrol to Last Hearth to investigate the situation.

The sky had already darkened, and the content reported by the rangers later also confirmed Iger's judgment, but... the strange situation of a large number of fresh corpses left inside and outside the Hearth City in the end was beyond his expectations, and he noticed it all at once The sense of danger kicked up a notch.

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"Are you sure those are corpses, not motionless ghouls in disguise? How many are there?"

Stopping next to the marching army, Iger seriously asked the scouts about the specific situation of Last Hearth City.

A few years ago, after I followed Tyrion south to King's Landing, I went out with Banyan to find the members of Waymar Royce's Rangers. In this timeline, I still pretended to be a dead man and returned to Castle Black to assassinate Mormont in this timeline. , Iger didn't forget the trick that the enemy will pretend to be dead.

"Except for those ghouls who were obviously killed during the siege, there are about one or two thousand, but they are all women and children, and there are almost no adult men and soldiers. We stabbed some of them tentatively with dragonglass weapons, and they looked real. The corpses are exactly the same, and nothing unusual was found." The scout team leader carefully considered his words, "But to be on the safe side, in order to prevent the enemy from using ghouls to double-bread our army, I suggest that 100 people be dispatched to follow me back to the last fireplace City, dispose of the corpse by cremation.”

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome." Daenerys, who got off the carriage and stood aside, shook her head, "I'll call the dragon and fly to the front to stop the tide of corpses. Let's get those... er , the White Walkers are wiped out, and then slowly clean up the Last Hearth City, no matter what conspiracy the enemy has, it is too late to display it."

"No, although the distance of ten miles has been caught up on the map, the enemy is not a stationary target after all. In actual combat, even if the army sprints over, it will take half an hour... so much time is not long, but Once the other party uses some means to injure and shoot down your dragon, we will never have time to rush to rescue it. I insist on following the original agreement—Your Majesty, your dragon can only be put into battle after the ground troops take over!"

He looks like a loyal minister who thinks about the queen, but in fact—Iger doesn't care about the dragon's life or death at all.

No, it's not that he doesn't care, he actually wished that all three dragons would die together with the White Walkers in the great battle, as long as Daenerys was alive: he swore allegiance to her, not because he wanted the queen to have dragons, but because he wanted to take Her signboard of "The Last Targaryen" is just a ladder and a stepping stone on the stage.Without the dragon, Daenerys Targaryen is still the queen and the monarch she has sworn allegiance to, but she has lost a big reliance. Only by relying on her own gunpowder can she conquer the Seven Kingdoms—and once she is against the Night Watchman Legion As the commander-in-chief, his status and power in the new True Dragon Dynasty will also rise after victory, and even "holding the queen to order the princes" is not a dream.

However, although it would be best for the dragon and the White Walkers to perish together, it is impossible for Iger to do the stupid thing of deliberately killing them before the victory is decided.The real reason why he insists on not separating Daenerys' dragon from his own army is that only by acting in tandem can they ensure that even if the White Walkers shoot down the dragon, the Night's Watch will have time to shoot the corpse with dragonsteel arrows and prevent it from reviving. dragon!

Of course, Iger would never say this.