Chapter 184 The city is broken

The church was silent late at night.

The body of Count Jon was wrapped in the flag of the Royce family and placed in front of the statue of the Virgin.

Samwell was keeping vigil, and with him was Ser Robert Royce, the second son of the earl.

"Father is cautious all his life."

I don’t know how long it took, but Sir Robert suddenly said softly.

"You can see that." Samwell changed his posture and moved his numb left leg.

"But it's a pity that I couldn't escape the curse of [time] after all." Sir Robert's profile was hidden in the darkness, and his expression at this time could not be seen clearly.

Samwell didn't know how to respond to these words. After a while, he borrowed a sentence from Lord John before he died:

"Time washes away everything."

Sir Robert fell silent. Just when Samwell thought he didn't want to talk anymore, he suddenly spoke again:

There are fewer and fewer comrades around him. From the initial 340 people, to now, there are only more than 40 people alive, and only a dozen of them are still standing.

Samwell was not surprised after hearing this. In the original novel, Lady Lysa basically had this escapist attitude and refused to send troops to join the war in the "War of the Five Kings".

"good."

"The attitude of the Eagle's Nest City is very strange." Sir Robert's tone was filled with confusion and a bit of anger. "In fact, after receiving the war order from the Iron Throne, my father has been waiting for the recruitment of the young Duke of the Eagle's Nest City.

Order.But never waited.

His name has long been forgotten, but it is said that he also has six brothers. The seven of them are the most outstanding rangers on the Great Wall, and they are also heroes who resist the evil invasion.

Having learned from the past, he didn't even dare to be happy too early, for fear that his happiness would be in vain.

Samwell shrugged: "When the battle is over, if the Royce family wants the armor back, I won't have a problem with it."

"How about surrendering?" Sir Robert limped to Samwell's side and whispered.

The heir to the Arryn family, if Samwell remembers correctly, is actually a knight from the Hatton family, and his inheritance rights come from the maternal line.

At that time, he did see seven figures in the godswood.

"But we have no horses," Sir Robert reminded.

But as one of the most powerful vassals in the valley, the Royce family may not necessarily watch a Hatton become the Duke of the Eagle's Nest and the guardian of the valley.

But before they could be happy for long, bad news came.

Seemingly sensing that Samwell's intention was still unfinished, Sir Robert added: "If you want to know more, you can ask my brother. He is the heir to Runestone City and knows more than me."

I don’t know when the Iron Throne army outside will be able to attack the city.

But... in this situation, how can we continue to fight if we don't surrender?

I'm afraid that if the Dornish people charge again, the temple will be lost.

At that time, the Night's Watch was not a garbage shelter like it is now. At that time, the most outstanding and devout warriors from the Seven Kingdoms gathered on the Great Wall. They were willing to sacrifice everything in order to resist the evil invasion outside the Great Wall.

.

The whole church smelled of death.

After an unknown amount of time, Samwell suddenly remembered something and asked:

"This time Earl Yohn leads the valley army to conquer Dorne. What is the attitude of the Eyrie City?"

Samwell nodded. He remembered that the eldest son of the Royce family should be named Anda. He had met him once before at the tourney in King's Landing, but the two had not fought.

In the end, the nobles from the valley gathered by my father himself formed an army and headed south."

"My lord, the Dornishmen are coming!"

Samwell suddenly thought that with Lord Jon Arryn dead and "Littlefinger" dead, the valley would actually become a power vacuum.

"It seems that the Red Viper has no intention of letting us go before leaving." Sir Robert smiled sadly, seeming to be ready to sacrifice.

"No, father has made a promise to you. So, as long as you kill the Red Viper, the [Time] Armor will be yours." In the darkness, Sir Robert's eyes stared at the armor on Samwell, "I just hope that you

You can make good use of this armor."

"Yes. A woman. It is said that she is extremely beautiful, but also extremely cold. She is as pale as the moon, but also as beautiful as the moon. She has a soul-stirring charm."

"How many have come?"

"Yes, but he was cursed by the gods because of parricide, and he died soon. And the woman also disappeared on the Great Wall, as if she had never appeared."

The city is broken!

"We are victorious! We are saved!"

"Lord Caesar, now that you are the commander, you should preside over the daily morning prayers."

At this time, Samwell was controlling the falcon to hover over the northern city gate, witnessing with his own eyes that the Iron Throne army finally ascended to the top of the city again!

It's a pity that the seven brothers of the Royce family turned against each other because of a woman, and dueled under the ancient heart tree. In the end, six of them died, and only one survived."

"I don't know. Everything about her is a mystery."

Both of them were immersed in their own thoughts, stopped talking, and waited until dawn.

"I'm afraid the Dornish people may not be able to hold on any longer!" Sir Robert said cheerily after brushing off the decline.

Samwell said nothing, returned to the hall with a heavy face, and summoned everyone.

The current situation is so bad that even Samwell has no confidence.

His father couldn't wait for the call-up order for a long time, so he had to go to the Eyrie in person, but was kicked out by Lady Lysa, and he didn't even see the young Duke.

"A lot! I'm afraid there are six to seven hundred people! The leader should be the Red Viper!"

They need the gods' blessing so much.

Unfortunately, the miracle never happened.

That stupid woman, Lady Lysa, is naturally incapable of commanding the valley, and neither is her young son, who is not expected to live long.

"Woman?" Samwell couldn't help but think of the ice beauty in the illusion who looked like a snow sculpture.

"These bronze armors..." Samwell asked tentatively, "Do they have any stories?"

This war is for the revenge of Lord Jon Arryn. It is really puzzling that the Eyrie is not active at all.

"They all have an extremely ancient history." Sir Robert's voice became distant and profound, "It is said that as early as 8,000 years ago, or even earlier, an ancestor of the Royce family became the Night Watch Legion.

Commander-in-Chief.

In short, it is estimated that there will inevitably be a fight between dragons and tigers in the valley in the future.

At this moment, Samwell felt that he had become extremely pious.

There was something wrong with the way Earl Yohn looked at the giant sword [Dawn] behind Samwell. He must have known something.

"What happened next? The only one who survived, Royce, he married that woman?"

Although it was an escape this time, fortunately, it did not prevent the valley nobles from leading their troops southward.

Time passed day by day, and Samwell had forgotten what day it was. It seemed like the eighteenth day? Or the twentieth day?

Samwell's expression changed, and he immediately thought of the fantasy that appeared in front of him when he had just put on the [Time] Armor.

However, the Hatton family is only a small family, but its lord, the Waywood family of Iron Oak City, is quite powerful. If the young Duke Robert Arryn dies unfortunately, the Waywood family is likely to use the Hatton family's

This heir came to take control of the valley.

"Damn it!" After receiving the information, Samwell quickly climbed up to the second floor again and looked out the window. Sure enough, he saw that the Dornish people outside had surrounded the temple and were making final preparations before the attack.

However, the strange thing is that this last wave of impact has not arrived yet.

After all, "Littlefinger" is dead, and Lady Lysa probably doesn't have the guts to stop the valley nobles who want to avenge Lord Jon Arryn.

He excitedly told the other soldiers the good news, and finally there was some laughter in the church, which had been shrouded in despair all day long.

Sir Robert was silent.

Samwell rubbed his chin, always feeling that this story felt inexplicably familiar, and that it should contain some unknown secrets.

"The Royce family has inherited seven sets of bronze armor."

When he saw the city gate slowly opening and a large number of troops rushing in, Samwell was finally convinced——

Samwell got up from the ground, moved his stiff body, and heard Sir Robert beside him saying:

Fortunately, things progressed without any surprises this time. The Dornishmen were retreating steadily, and the city walls and gates were lost one after another.

Has the attack really come in this time?

In fact, he had realized this a long time ago. The reason why this battle has lasted until now is because they knew that surrendering to the Dornish people would be a dead end, so they resisted desperately.

At this time, perhaps only a miracle can save them.

The two fell into silence again.

"The bronze armor of the Royce family has never been given to outsiders." Sir Robert spoke again.
To be continued...