Chapter 55
2021-01-06
Chapter 55: Gods' MeansLying is skillful, and Igor learned it from comprehension. It is very practical One trick is to deceive others first to deceive yourself. What is invulnerable? Just the fact that if you make up an identity for oneself in a story, then it's best that everything after that strictly follows that identity setting - do what fits your identity, and say something that fits your identity. Just like writing a novel, no matter how weird or bizarre the setting is, as long as it can be self-consistent within the book, then this is a reasonable novel - if the liar can be dedicated enough to hypnotize oneself into believing oneself, That deception is almost unbreakable.
Igor has replaced oneself with the identity of an adventurer from the other side of the Sunset Sea. In this identity, he has indeed told everything he knows - if he does not tell a lie, then How can the other party find out.
However, despite intending to hide the secret of crossing, he tried his best to induce the witch sitting opposite oneself, as long as she could keep thinking along oneself's "guessing" instead of heart. If you have doubts, then the oneself level will be able to pass through.
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Melisandre, fans of drama and books also like to call it Aunt Mel, but whether it is Sister Mei Aunt Mel or Grandma Mei, there is no need to demonically transform her - this The red-haired priestess is just a woman who has mastered Magic or the method of communicating with "Red God". Faced with an answer that was all true, even if she wasn't satisfied, she couldn't find an angle to ask... On the contrary, she was reminded by Igor's "unintentional" guess, she quickly thought of something, and narrowed her eyes to think.
"so that's how it is." Half a minute later, she linked Igor's answer to the clues in the flames, and it all made sense: "The boy has the physique, the Half God wants him."
"What is Half God?"
"Half God is Half God, a kind of weaker than my master Lord of Light, but far superior The existence of our servants can be understood as a powerful Mage."
"Where is the physique." Igor asked, "Also, if you want to take advantage of that child, why should you mutilate him? "
"The so-called physique is actually the affinity for God. Some people can easily see the message of Lord of Light from the fire, and some people need help—— Others will never be able to listen to the dive decree." Melisandre would not have been so responsive to a mortal, but oneself was at fault, and the other party's Night's Watch status was also useful to her, so she decided to satisfy Igor's curiosity first Heart: "It's interesting that some people with the best affinity physique have extraordinary Mage innate talents themselves—healthy bodies, strong souls, and steadfast willpower—that actually hinder their communication with God... ...It was God who communicated with them to be precise. So, you can see what happened next."
Igor felt a chill on his back, and instantly understood what Melisandre meant: There are only a thousand people. A person is a natural Skinchanger, and only one of a thousand Skinchangers will be a Greenseer. Bran has the best Skinchanger physique and is most suitable to become the next Greenseer... But because he is too powerful, the old Greenseer simply cannot Direct control or whisper in his ear to persuade him to go beyond the wall to accept inheritance, so the latter chooses to temporarily weaken him through cruel methods!
Even the inheritance itself has problems: did the previous Greenseer instill all knowledge and memory into Bran, or did the possession occupy Bran's body and then understand Bran's life through observation across time and space, and then calmly impersonate him?
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This conjecture is too malicious, Igor needs an insider's affirmation: "Can I understand this, maiming a healthy person , or make him sick, when he is comatose or uncomfortable and weak, the Half God you mentioned can take the opportunity to sneak into his consciousness and exert a more direct influence on him?"
"Theoretically , indeed." A dazzling smile appeared on Melisandre's face: "But direct damage to the body is the most urgent solution, in fact, when people's hearts are empty and doubts about themselves or the future, Half God can also take advantage of In general, this is the method used by the weak, and the Lord of Light does not need such a dirty method, as long as the flame exists, the grace of R'hllor can reach... The power of my lord is far away The one you fought against."
With the affirmative answer, Igor's last doubts faded: That's right, the day Bran Stark fell was exactly the day he planned to follow his father to King's The day before Landing, it was Greenseer who wanted to prevent oneself's ideal inheritance from leaving North and leaving his sphere of influence, which made this tragedy!
He recalled all the dreams Bran had about the three-eyed crow after he fell into a coma, and Jiu Jian, the guide who had Greensight and always looked sick when he went to beyond the wall. · Reed, and many more crazy people who can make accurate predictions... Everything can be explained, Greenseer wants Bran to crippled, on the one hand to prevent him from leaving oneself's sphere of influence North, on the other hand Taking advantage of the time when the boy was in a coma, he instilled in his dream the message that "oneself has an important mission and must go somewhere to meet someone once", and then let Jiu Jian, who has already been controlled by oneself in the palm of his hand, guide him. He, bring Bran to oneself!
What a ruthless means!
But there is still one point that doesn't make sense. Igor watched Bran fall with his own eyes. The cause and effect of the incident are very clear, and it doesn't look like he was disturbed by any external force. He wants to know how Greenseer caused the accident: "But... this is obviously an accident."
"You are facing a Half God, my Night's Watch friend." Melisandre showed unabashed disdain for Igor's question. : "What you saw was an accident, but was it really an accident? Half God, by spreading faith, asked people to help him voluntarily and radiate his influence everywhere, and within this range, he could have an impact on people. Influence - direct control over people no god can do, but with subtle hints deep in the subconscious and whispers in the ear, combined with proper arrangements, make what oneself wants to happen in the form of various coincidences Happened..."
"Heart Tree, Old Gods!" Before Melisandre could finish explaining, a flash of lightning cut through the fog of thinking, and Igor figured everything out in an instant, he was like falling in a ice hole, shocked Then blurted out.
Melisandre squinted at him, nodded imperceptibly, and shook his head again, signaling him to stop talking.
Red Woman's expression is almost equivalent to affirming Igor's guess, and everything makes sense: the Old Gods are just a belief made up by Greenseer, or in other words, the Old Gods are actually Greenseer, the latter Through the identity and related beliefs of this "God", the Children of the Forest and the First Men who invaded later cultivated Weirwood everywhere, so as to continuously radiate the influence of oneself outward - He not only looked through Weirwood And monitor the world, and use the latter to influence people!
And less than two hundred meters away from where Bran fell is Godswood in Winterfell! He just needs to do some tricks in the depths of his subconscious, let him suddenly have a thought to climb the ruined tower to feed the crow, and then follow the same method to arouse the long-standing desire of the Lannister sister and brother, induce them to search everywhere with unbearable passion. Local affairs... In the end, the oneself, who was in the way, was settled, and it was an accident.
But what Igor was afraid of was that in this accident, oneself tried to intervene again and again, and almost made this crisis disappear many times, which caused Greenseer...or should it be? Call him "Old Gods" for attention. Melisandre said before that oneself fought against a very powerful existence, so he left the other person's breath on his body. Thinking about it carefully, isn't oneself fighting Greenseer?
Fortunately oneself didn't succeed.
The cold sweat soaked the light black shirt, and then continued to think along this line of thought, Melisandre cursed and killed three "false kings" by burning three leeches, is it the same thing?
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Robb Stark was killed at Red Wedding by House Frey, who colluded with House Lannister, and doesn't seem to have anything to do with the three leeches. But King in the North's uncontrollable willfulness and oath, and the final choice of the two betrayed families, why is it impossible to be caused by a series of whispers and provocations deep in the subconscious? Could this be R'hllor?
Joffrey · Baratheon was poisoned by Littlefinger and Old Rose in cooperation, which also has nothing to do with leeches. But Petyr Baelish takes huge risks and on a whim just to create a mess that doesn't benefit oneself, and Queen of Thorns Olenna Redwyne has a killing intent to prevent her sweet granddaughter from marrying Mad King's "monster" Joffrey. , the two conspirators joined forces to kill the monarch. Will there also be Lord of Light's inducements and hints?
Balon Greyjoy is thought to have fallen to his death while crossing a bridge in a storm, but his long-exiled younger brother Euron Greyjoy, who returned to the Iron Islands immediately after his death, was the real killer. This guy has been away from Westeros for a few years, and he claims to have traveled all over the world by oneself. Why did he return to his hometown at the juncture of the Five Kings Rebellion and help Melisandre's curse be fulfilled?
Red Woman's curse can't kill people directly, but the Lord of Light behind her, ensures that the guys she curses can always be killed by those who want to kill them, "Subconscious interference and whispers in the ear" , it is the "gods" of this world who control this world and use them to attack each other!
Is it possible - this Game of Thrones, life and death, Song of Ice and Fire, is essentially a bunch of gods and Half Gods fighting each other for influence over the world?
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The last chapter was written in the last hour of last year, and I didn’t realize it was already 2018 when I posted it. Hey, it's been a really confusing day... Let's say a belated Happy New Year to everyone.