There was a rush of footsteps outside Daenerys' room in the New Castle. Arya, who was hiding in the corner and panting, heard the sound and tightened her grip on the dagger in her hand.
In the room with the shattered walls, in addition to the corpses of Daenerys and the Bloodrider who had been stabbed between their legs, there were also several Dothraki corpses lying strewn about.
After killing the bloodriders, Arya returned to the room and was thinking about how to escape with Jon, when Dothraki soldiers kept rushing into the room one after another.
Even though Arya was very skilled and killed them all, she was still an underdeveloped child after all, and the physical exertion was too great and her body was a little overwhelmed.
Ta-ta!
Whoosh!
As the footsteps got closer and closer, a figure stepped into the room.
After squeezing out her remaining strength, Arya suddenly jumped out of the corner and stabbed the figure's left kidney with the dagger in her right hand.
Snap!
The figure's reaction was extremely fast. His left hand accurately grasped Arya's right hand holding the dagger. A powerful force controlled Arya, causing her rapid offensive to come to an abrupt halt.
"I haven't seen my brother for such a long time. Do you want to remember me when we meet? Arya!"
The figure turned around, let go of Arya's right hand and spoke to her with a smile on his face.
"Robb!
!
It’s so great to see you!”
Seeing the familiar and friendly face of the figure, Arya's face suddenly showed a look of surprise. She put away the dagger in her right hand and rushed towards the figure.
Robb opened his arms to hug Arya, who was jumping forward, and replied softly: "I'm glad to see you too!
I originally planned to pick you up in Braavos after finishing things here."
"I heard that Winterfell was burned by a dragon. Are mother, Sansa, Brandon, Rickon, etc... all okay?"
Arya, who only knew the news that Winterfell was burned down, asked hesitantly.
It can be seen that she really wants to know the news about her family, but she is afraid of hearing bad news.
"Don't worry, they have been picked up by me a long time ago. They are now living well in King's Landing with my queen.
By the way, you will become an aunt soon!"
Robb, who heard Arya's tone, touched her hair with his hand and answered.
“They’re okay, great! I’m going to be an aunt?
Wow, does it mean you already have a child? Well, I seem to have missed a lot of things...
No, Robb, how could you recognize me as Arya?"
Upon hearing the news that the Stark family members were safe, Arya immediately left Robb's arms and pondered what he had just said.
But as she spoke, her eyes caught sight of Missandei's Essos costume, she stretched out her hand to lift off her human skin mask, and asked in surprise.
Robb was stunned by Arya's question.
Of course, he couldn't say that he knew that Arya would learn the skills of the Faceless Men, and that he also knew that Missandei would never assassinate Daenerys.
So he could only answer half truthfully: "Well, I just met Sandor at the Wolf's Lair. He told me that you sneaked into New Castle alone to assassinate Daenerys.
Then, Bloodwind smelled your scent outside. You were the only one in this room, so I guessed that you assassinated Daenerys in disguise."
"By the way, Arya, how is Jon?
All I know is that he went to negotiate with Daenerys, and he looked very hurt!"
Before Arya could continue to answer, Robb turned to look at Jon on the bed and changed the subject.
"Jon has an arrow wound on his chest and is still a little feverish, but his overall condition is relatively stable.
I gave him water just now, and now he has fallen asleep again!"
After hearing Robb's words, Arya's attention was indeed diverted to Jon, and she answered.
"Well, maybe it's because Daenerys was killed by you, and the dragon was injured by me and Bloodwind out of impatience. Unfortunately, Euron Greyjoy rescued it in the end.
However, victory in this war already belongs to us.
Arya, a large part of the credit for this belongs to you. What reward do you want me to give you?"
"Reward? Well, there is a boy who should be considered your enemy. I want you to spare his life."
Upon hearing this, Arya rolled her eyes and spoke with a slight hesitation.
"The boy? My enemy? Is it the missing Tommen Waters?"
Combining the information from Arya's mouth, Robb will instantly guess who the boy she is talking about is.
"Tommen Waters? Well, he is now in the House of Black and White in Braavos. He has a very good character, and he doesn't want to be a king."
"This is not your reward. I already promised Tywin Lannister to let them live.
But only if they’re not stupid enough to anger me again, like Tyrion Lannister this time!”
Robb first waved his hand and replied to Arya, then seemed to remember Tyrion just mentioned, and he continued to say to Arya,
"The enemies in New Castle have been almost wiped out by the bloody wind. Arya, you take care of Jon here.
Once I finish the finishing work here, I will take you back to King's Landing."
"Um!"
Subsequently, the northern soldiers who poured into New Castle from the Wolf's Lair found Tyrion, Varys and all the hiding non-combatants.
When he saw Tyrion again, he was no longer the cynical yet extremely confident person he was before. He looked weathered, and his eyes were filled with hatred for Robb.
Robb said nothing more to him and Varys. When they sided with Daenerys, the two sides already had irreconcilable conflicts.
After loudly announcing Tyrion and Varys' death, Robb personally beheaded both of them outside New Castle.
As for Gray Worm, the leader of the Unsullied, according to the prisoners outside the Wolf's Lair, he was accidentally trampled to pieces by Bloodwind when he charged towards Bloodwind.
After waiting in White Harbor for a few days, they received a message from Robb and learned that White Harbor had been taken back. Earl Wyman and others hurried back to White Harbor.
However, when Earl Wyman saw the ruined White Harbor, tears were streaming down his face.
But after Robb said that he would provide funds to help Lord Wyman rebuild White Harbor, the tears on his face immediately disappeared, and a bright smile appeared again.
White Harbor, the gateway port to the North, must be rebuilt, but it certainly won't be now.
Thanks to the centralized management of the captive camps by Daenerys's army, except for the Mormont family of Bear Island, the Karstark family of Cahor City, and the Glover family of Deepwood Castle, who pretended to surrender under the persuasion of Count Wyman,
Other noble families and commoners in the north were imprisoned in three places: White Harbor, Carlin Bay, and Carlin Town.
Robb took this opportunity to issue a heavy order for everyone in the North to evacuate south.
Yes, Robb is giving up the entire North!
Facing the Night King's army, which is silently waiting for the arrival of winter, no castle in the entire North, except for the burned-out Winterfell, is equipped to resist them.
With its swampy terrain, Carlin Bay can barely be regarded as a fortress that can resist, but with only three ruined towers, Carlin Bay also limits the number of defenders.
The Night King's army may not be able to take down the Bay of Cailin in a short time, but with their huge numbers, it is possible to fill up the swamps of the Bay of Cailin alive and finally push the three remaining towers across.
Therefore, after careful thinking during this period of time, Robb finally chose the Twins as the place to resist the Night King's army.
After tens of thousands of people evacuated from the northern border arrived at Twin River City, they could use this abundant labor force to strengthen the defense fortifications of Twin River City.
Under the propaganda of the northern nobles who have seen the terror of the Night King's army, no one will be foolish enough to oppose Robb's decision.
After Sam completes the excavation of the tombs of Winterfell and brings thousands of civilians to White Harbor, the movement of northern civilians to the south will be officially launched.
After arranging everything, Robb took Arya and Jon back to King's Landing in advance on Bloodwind, which had completely recovered from its right wing injury by killing Dothraki prisoners.
When Robb returned to King's Landing, the citizens of the entire city worshiped the giant wolf in the sky, completely worshiping him and Bloodwind as gods.
When Bloodwind landed in the Red Keep, when her mother Catelyn, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Arya, she was filled with tears of surprise and joy and hugged her tightly.
Robb did not disturb the Stark family members who surrounded Arya, but stepped forward to be intimate with Margaery, who was starting to have some marks on her belly.
As for Jon, he was naturally carried to Qyburn's maester's room by the golden robes arranged by Robb. I believe that with his ability, it would be no problem to treat Jon's injuries.
After having lunch with his family, Robb immediately got down to business and summoned all the nobles and dignitaries who were waiting in advance in the throne room.
King's Landing has Clay, who has become more and more adept at handling political affairs, in charge, so Robb has nothing to worry about.
In the throne room, after he praised Clay, he mentioned his tactical plan to focus on the Twins to resist the Night King's army.
These nobles in the south have always been able to rest easy. Except for corpses and ghosts, the White Walkers have only existed in legends. Most of them are protected by the Great Wall of Despair, which they feel seems to have existed forever.
Now that the Wall has been destroyed by Daenerys, and Robb is serious about giving up his plans for the entire North, they suddenly start to face it from the bottom of their hearts.
As a result, the throne room became extremely noisy, and the nobles in the south expressed their opinions and put forward many suggestions that were both reliable and completely unreliable.
However, for Robb, no one here knows more about the White Walkers than he does. He already has a battle plan in his mind on how to effectively deal with the White Walkers.
The reason why Robb summoned these nobles and dignitaries was actually just for one thing. That was to make them pay and pay for food!
In the throne room, other nobles and dignitaries were heard expressing various opinions. The Duke of Metz opened and closed his mouth but did not know what opinions to put forward.
But when Robb euphemistically stated that nearly 100,000 people in the north would build fortifications to defend against the zombie army in Twins City, the lack of materials and equipment might slow down the construction of the fortifications.
The Duke of Metz immediately understood the meaning and was the first to stand up to express that the Tyrell family was willing to donate gold dragons and food.
Seeing his extremely cooperative and cheap father-in-law, Robb suddenly showed a bright smile on his face and praised the Duke of Metz in front of all the nobles and dignitaries.
After hearing Robb's praise, the Duke of Mace suddenly felt a little elated, and he set the tone of donating golden dragons and food a little higher.
The extremely excited Duke of Metz did not see the resentful looks of other dark-faced nobles and dignitaries looking at him.
After obtaining sufficient money and food, Robb began to issue his orders in an orderly manner.
As he had expected, the armies of the Seven Kingdoms returning from Dorne would arrive at King's Landing in the next few days.
When the time comes, they will take the captives of Daenerys's army and the money, food and materials prepared by them to the Twins City, begin to set up defenses and help build fortifications.
On Dragonstone Island, obsidian is excavated and the scale of the assembly line for manufacturing obsidian weapons will be expanded again.
According to Robb, starting from today, it will operate around the clock in several shifts.
After all, before the Night King's army goes south, as long as one more piece of obsidian is dug out and one more obsidian weapon is made, it will increase the hope of victory.
At the same time, the pyromancers in the Alchemy Guild of King's Landing were also working hard to produce wildfire. However, according to Robb's order, the place where the pyromancers made wildfire was moved a few kilometers away from King's Landing.
Robb didn't want King's Landing to be accidentally destroyed by the massive wildfire before the Night King's army moved south.
The entire City of King's Landing, no, the entire Seven Kingdoms are operating in full swing under Robb's order. They are beginning to make final preparations against the Night King's army!
More than two months passed before I knew it.
In the North, outside the ruins of Winterfell, there is a small camp stationed by five Northern soldiers.
Crackling!
A large bonfire was burning, and the red-hot wood inside was baking the slightly moist wood on the outside, making bursts of noise.
"Phew! The weather is getting colder and colder. It's been more than two months. How long do we need to stay here?"
A tightly wrapped northern soldier was warming his frozen hands by the campfire and turned to his companions beside him.
"We are stationed here to monitor the army of the dead!
You probably haven't seen them before, but I hope they can stay here like this.
At least... it means those ghosts didn’t go south!”
One of the northern soldiers who had faced the army of zombies heard this and spoke in a serious tone.
"Hey, don't scare me on purpose!
I heard from the surviving night watchmen that the dead were not that scary.
As long as we hit them with the dragon crystal weapons in our hands, they can turn into real corpses!"
A northern soldier nearby heard this and immediately replied jokingly.
Da da da!
Just as the northern soldier was trying to explain the horror of the army of the dead, a sound of horse hooves came from the north. Five northern soldiers heard the sound and turned their heads to look.
Suddenly, I saw three Northern soldiers galloping along the King's Road towards Winterfell. After seeing the five Northern soldiers stationed in Winterfell, they kept waving and shouting something.
Um?
The northern soldier who was first warming his hands felt a chill on the back of his hand. He immediately looked down and saw a snowflake the size of a fingernail had fallen on the back of his hand and was melting rapidly.
He looked up at the sky and saw that there were no dark clouds in the sky, but a large number of snowflakes were falling continuously.
Click, click!
A series of subtle noises resounded in the ruins of Winterfell. The northern soldier who had faced the army of zombies heard the sound and saw that the charred corpses in the ruins were actually moving.
"Run away!
!”
As the three northern soldiers got closer, their shouts finally reached the ears of the five northern soldiers.
The ruins of Winterfell, heavy snowflakes falling continuously, and the charred corpses moving strangely, everything declares one thing.