Sam, who was obese, rolled and crawled to hide behind a rock half a man's height in the white mist with biting wind and snow.
Thump, thump!
One after another, figures with stiff movements and slow walking appeared behind the rock. Some of them were wearing black robes, some were dressed as savages, and some were completely naked.
As these figures gradually approached, Sam saw something even more horrifying. These figures were not living people at all. Many of the figures had horrific and fatal injuries on their bodies, and they were just walking corpses.
Woo, woo!
When Sam saw this horrific scene, he estimated that he would die here today and would never see Gilly who was in his heart again, so he couldn't help but let out a small whimper.
Ta-ta-ta!
A corpse horse with nearly half of its body decomposed walked to the rock.
On the back of this corpse horse was a tall White Walker with withered and pale skin, white hair, and eyes as blue and deep as ice. He suddenly turned his head and looked at Sam behind the rock.
Seeing this White Walker, who was obviously not a human being, Sam's expression was full of despair and he suddenly lost control. He simply resigned to his fate and gave up resistance, burying his head and sobbing softly.
Scream!
After this alien with wisdom in his eyes judged that this human was weak and posed no threat, he raised the ice spear in his right hand high towards the Fist of the First Men not far away and let out a low roar.
The ice spear in the hand of this White Walker is somewhat different from the one made by Robb through magic.
The front half of the White Walker's ice spear is made of transparent ice, with many tough straw ropes fixing it to the back half of the spear shaft. It does not have the integrated artistic feel of the magic ice spear at all.
As the roar of the White Walkers sounded, the thousands of corpses behind him immediately accelerated their pace and rushed towards the Fist of the First Men.
These ghouls with light blue eyes and armed with various weapons passed by Sam one after another without causing any harm to him.
Sam, who was already completely desperate, looked at the White Walkers and the wights who were gradually moving away from the Fist of the First Men. His round face with tears still in his eyes was dull. He had no idea why the White Walkers would let him go.
A way out.
In fact, this is an attempt by the White Walkers to spread fear to the humans in the south!
At the beginning of Robb's soul fusion, it was the scene where his father Eddard personally executed Will, the defector of the Night's Watch.
According to Night Watchman Will, he, Sir Waymar Royce and another ranger were ordered to explore the wildling tribe outside the Great Wall, and they encountered the terrifying White Walkers.
Judging from the original play, it is not actually Will who is strong enough to escape from the White Walkers, but it may be that he was spared by the White Walkers because he was timid and weak.
Therefore, for the same reason, this White Walker did not kill Sam, but led the army of zombies to attack the Fist of the First Men, where a large number of brave Night's Watchmen gathered.
Not long after, Sam, who was hiding behind the rocks and not daring to move at all, vaguely saw the firelight on the Fist of the Ancients, and heard a sound that was either the howling of the cold wind or the roar of battle.
Thump, thump!
After a while, Sam came to his senses and realized that he could no longer stay here, but he didn't want to go to the Fist of the First Men either.
So, he braved the biting cold wind, walked around the Fist of the Ancients, and walked slowly towards the Great Wall of Despair.
…
Off Crab Bay in the Narrow Sea, more than twenty rowing warships flying the flag of the flaming stag were following the flagship 'Wrath', sailing towards Dragonstone in the wind and waves.
"Melisandre, just now I suddenly felt like I was drowning and couldn't breathe at all. Did you save me?"
Stannis, who always kept his emotions secret, stood on the deck of the Fury in shock and asked Melisandre.
"Yes, Your Majesty! Just now the enemy's Yunkong Mage in black robes used air magic on you. I borrowed the power of the Lord of Light to destroy it!"
Melisandre nodded and answered for Stannis.
Hearing Melisandre's words, Stannis nodded silently and did not speak.
Recalling the sudden feeling of suffocation just now, he finally understood how helpless Renly was when he was attacked by these extraordinary powers.
"Your Majesty, maybe our faith is not pious enough, so I can't rely on much power from the King of Light.
As long as you sincerely believe in our Lord and offer enough sacrifices to Him, I believe you will be able to successfully ascend the Iron Throne!"
Melisandre, who was still in the backlash stage of her magic power, touched the ruby necklace around her neck, smiled and comforted Stannis, who had been defeated one after another.
Melisandre firmly believes that Stannis is the prophesied prince!
In the earlier battle of Seagull Town, the enemy's Cloud Master cast magic. Melisandre, who was completely unable to use magic to cast shadow magic and communicate with the ruby necklace, could only watch helplessly.
But just when Stannis was about to suffocate to death, the air magic was automatically lifted. This forced Melisandre to attribute all this to the Lord of Light's protection of him.
"Well, the Lord of Light has performed many miracles through you. I will believe in Him more devoutly in the future!"
After hearing Melisandre's words, Stannis, who had never admitted his belief in the Lord of Light in public, nodded directly this time for the first time.
"Your Majesty, this battle with Anda Royce caused us to give up the Seagull Town that we finally captured. Moreover, all our cavalry have been killed in the battle, and the remaining soldiers are less than 2,000.
We are now short of money and soldiers, what should we do next?"
Seeing Stannis placing his hope in the gods, Davos immediately interrupted the conversation between the two men, hoping that Stannis could focus his attention again on the increasingly embarrassing reality.
"We have just left the Vale, and the West and the North are still fighting with all their strength. The Reach and Dorne are completely unable to intervene.
There is only one way to go now, and that is to go to Braavos to seek help from the Iron Bank!"
Stannis made some calculations and found that there was no place in Westeros where he could get support. So, he set his sights on the east of the Narrow Sea.
In Seagull Town, Anda and Ella were watching their own soldiers cleaning up more than a dozen galleys in the port area. These galleys were originally brought by Stannis, but now they have become the trophies of others.
"Anda, I was fully capable of killing the enemy leader just now, why did you stop me?"
Now that the two were alone, Ella asked Anda directly. Although she had a mask on her face and couldn't see her expression, Anda could hear her doubts.
"Ara, you are from Essos, so you don't know Stannis Baratheon. Our purpose is only to eliminate potential threats.
Now, they have all left the valley, and we have achieved our goal.
Although Stannis is currently our enemy, he is also the enemy of our enemies. If we kill him, it will be equivalent to solving a problem for the enemy. I am not that stupid!"
Anda, who has a sense of the overall situation, smiled and told Ella the reason why he prevented her from using magic to kill Stannis.
"Well, it's really troublesome for you people in Westeros to go around in circles. In our place, we can just kill the enemy directly and that's it!"
Aila shook her head after hearing this, still not quite understanding Anda's move to let the enemy go.
"Hey, I..."
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report about the Eagle's Nest City!"
Just as Anda was about to speak, a soldier holding a letter hurriedly ran to him to report.
After hearing this, Anda took the letter and began to read it. His expression became very solemn. Aila saw his expression and immediately asked: "Anda, what's wrong?"
"Lysa Arryn was murdered by Tyrion Lannister. Littlefinger recalled the troops from the Vale of Arryn to hunt down the imp in the name of revenge."
"This is good news! If the enemy has internal strife, it will be more beneficial to us!"
Having been fighting with Anda for such a long time, Aila, who was quite familiar with the name of the enemy leader, heard this and said something strange.
"When the little devil escaped from the Eagle's Nest City early, he also took my father away. I hope he is safe!"
Anda's original intention was to save his father, but his tone was full of worries about his father, 'Bronze Yohn'.
"Don't worry, since the little devil took uncle with him when he escaped, he will definitely not be harmed!"
"Well, I may be too concerned and didn't expect this at all. However, Ella, you are right. This internal strife between the enemies is an excellent opportunity for us to attack the Erin Valley!"
…
In the port area of Lannisport, thousands of ironborn are clearing the offshore obstacles that were previously blocked by Davon under the command of Ramsay.
This is to facilitate the Iron Fleet and Northern Fleet stationed outside Lannisport to sail into Lannisport smoothly.
Aelin, who had been following Ramsay, walked quickly to Ramsay's side and lowered his voice and reported: "Lord Ramsay, there was a fight just now between the Ironborn on Great Wyk Island and Old Wyk Island.
Yara Greyjoy has punished everyone involved."
"Well, continue to implement the plan I made and stir up more trouble for her to deal with."
After listening to Aelin's report, Ramsay put on his signature smile and gave him instructions.
"Lord Ramsay, Yara led her ironmen to capture Crake Hall, Corn City, and Silver Mountain City. The prestige established has been quite high.
And she was very fair in dealing with the troubles we provoked, and could not find any fault at all. If she continues, it will only make her prestige even higher!"
After hearing Ramsay's words, Aelin hesitated and gave Ramsay advice.
"Hehe, this is my purpose! Yara did lead the ironmen to fight very bravely and gained a lot of military exploits. However, the ironmen under her command also suffered a lot.
Now she deliberately remains impartial in order to maintain her reputation, and she has won applause from some Ironborn, but what does this make the Ironborn under her command think?"
Seeing that everything was developing as he expected, after hearing the advice from his right-hand man, Ramsay patiently explained to him in a rare moment,
"Moreover, the higher her prestige among the Ironborn, the more suspicion and suppression she will receive.
When Yara established as much prestige among the Ironborn as the noonday sun, it was time for the two siblings to fall out.
After being together for so long, I have become very familiar with King Xion's character. He is not a broad-minded person, even if that person is his sister!"
"Well, I thought too little. It seems that everything is in Lord Ramsay's plan."
Seeing that Ramsay was strategizing, Aylin praised him very cooperatively, and then seemed to remember something and continued,
"By the way, except for this matter. His Majesty Robb summoned all senior generals to Casterly Rock for a military meeting."
Ramsay, who had a signature smile just now, immediately turned gloomy after hearing Robb's name.
A few days ago, after he followed Theon from Crake Hall to Lannisport, in order to avoid seeing this man, Ramsay made a special trip to ask for the chore of clearing obstacles in the inner sea of Lannisport.
Unexpectedly, after so many days of avoiding it, I still couldn’t avoid it.
If other enemies think Ramsay is a nightmare, then Ramsay's nightmare is Robb who seems to have seen through him and is suppressing him everywhere.
Ramsay asked Aelin to stay here to guard the inland waterway that was gradually being dredged, and he rode the horse brought by his attendants towards Casterly Rock, not far from Lannisport.
When Ramsay arrived at the inner castle of Casterly Rock, he immediately saw the Wolf Guards responsible for the security of the inner castle.
Well, there used to be only one giant wolf, Robb Stark. Now there are so many of them.
If he can really gather a hundred-man army composed of giant wolves, no army in Westeros will be able to withstand it!
Ramsay stood up and dismounted, looking at the Wolf Guards where humans and wolves were living in harmony, an idea came to his mind.
After following the guidance of his servants to the meeting hall of Casterly Rock, Ramsay happened to see a young man wearing white badger emblem armor holding a wooden box and crying profusely.
And Robb Stark was standing beside him, seeming to be saying some words of comfort.
Seeing Ramsay entering the meeting hall, Robb turned to look at him and motioned for him to take a seat.
Upon seeing this, Ramsay muttered to himself about the change in Robb's ice crystal eyes, and walked towards the empty seat next to Theon and Yara.
"Okay, now all our nobles are here. So, let me talk about the first thing.
The former Earl of Caves, Lins Lydon, had defected to our northern border before this war and provided us with a lot of valuable intelligence. However, it is a pity that he was unfortunately killed by Tywin Lannister.
Now, I will fulfill my promise. His eldest son, Kevin Layton, will inherit his father's position as Duke and become the new Guardian of the West!"
Wow!
As soon as Robb finished speaking, all the nobles in the meeting hall began to discuss.
After all, the Leiden family is just an ordinary noble family in the Western Region. Now that they have become the guardian family of the Western Region, it can be regarded as a qualitative improvement.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
Looking at the excited discussions among the nobles, Robb, who was very satisfied with the atmosphere, nodded secretly and continued,
“I, Robb Stark, will definitely do what I promise, whether it’s promising House Lydon the position of guardian of the West, or promising Tywin Lannister to return his noble captives of the West.
You don’t have to be so envious, you all have a chance. After all, the title of guardian is not just for the Western Region!
The next thing is the second thing. I learned through intelligence that the Tyrell family and the Lannister family in the River Bend have formed an alliance.
The Redwin fleet of the Arbor will attack Lannisport from the sea, the Tyrell family will attack Crake Hall from the Strand, and the Lannister family will pass through the Golden Road through the Caves!
This is the opportunity I'm talking about!
As long as we can win the next war, the Seven Kingdoms will be ours!"