Chapter 243
2021-01-06
Chapter 243 The first battle of ice and fireThe ghouls knocked down large sections of wooden fences, and began to The direction rushed into the camp, and the living were retreating, and soon fell into a situation where they could only rely on the pile of debris in the fence, the bonfire, and the flesh and blood of teammates beside them as cover.
The situation is desperate, but the constant explosions and fires keep fighting spirits high. An oil barrel can kill more ghouls than a dozen Kingslayers, but more important than the formidable power of the explosion is the psychological hint that the support from the top of the Wall itself gives: the people above haven't given up on them!
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On top of the two-hundred-meter-high Wall, Night's Watch sentries threw oil barrels hard and shot cover with rockets. A wall of fire would be an ideal cover for the survivors on the ground, but the huge height difference makes it difficult to guarantee the accuracy of the attack - it is too difficult to keep the oil barrel from falling too far and not blowing up in the crowd, refrain from at shooting Under the rat for fear of breaking the vases, many oil drums fell outside the wooden fence, only forming a fire around the periphery of the ghouls, unable to form a barrier.
Just as the Night's Watches were nervously looking down at the battle situation on the top of the Wall, when their hearts were more than enough, a soft and slightly lazy female voice came from behind everyone.
"Night's Watch friends, I heard -- you're in trouble?"
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I don't know when, Melisandre also came in a lift cage to the top.
"Below, thousands of lives are about to be lost at the hands of ghouls." Seeing this temptress, Igor seemed to have regained some hope, and he said the idea of oneself: "We hope to use The oil drums formed a ring of fire around the wooden fence, but it couldn't be thrown that well, and...the fire wasn't big enough."
"so that's how it is." Red Woman didn't talk about how much. Like a thousand lives, she grinned, walked lightly and at a moderate pace to the edge of the Wall and looked down.
The wooden fence that was hastily erected has been nearly half collapsed under the impact of the ghouls, and the defense organized by the courageous organization did not let the living dead and the ghoul-like animals flinch in the slightest. The black clothed person and wildling who hid in it have been compressed into a semicircle against the wall by the enemy's offensive. The Warrior at the outermost edge is still being injured and falling. , zoom out.
The situation is clear, and Melisandre quickly lifts the head: "It looks like the people down here need help."
Mormont whispered displeasedly: "priestess, if What good tactics do you and your so-called Red God have, so hurry up and use them, don't talk nonsense here!"
"Thanks for the hospitality, since the commander asks for help, then I will help myself." Melisandre Nodding, raise the hands that have always been in front of you, and put them in the sight of everyone. "I will ask R'hllor for help, but there is no guarantee that he will help."
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The so-called "asking for R'hllor" , of course it's just a cover up. dignified True God, how can it be possible to respond to everything, even to take action in person?
Melisandre has been in the Wall for a while, looking for a chance to flex her power to gain influence, but the Night's Watch in the Wall isn't quite the same as the commoner nobles in the South - they're used to it Snarks and Grumkins, general tricks and tricks are hard to get their attention or fool them.
If I keep trying to try nothing and accomplish nothing day after day, oneself is like a visit to Wall. Perhaps it's time to expend some precious mana to make these black clothed persons feel a little bit of awe of the Lord of Light.
Even if Night's Watch doesn't obey oneself, at least it can make it easier to spread the Red God belief to the land-goverers... Anyway, for some reason, oneself is far superior in Wall mana recovery speed. south.
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Red Woman figured out the joints, lowered her head, looked down at the wildlings of Final Struggle and some black clothed soldiers under the Wall, and began to drum up the mana in her body.
There are ready-made fires and combustibles on the ground below, and Melisandre picks slightly from memory and selects a combustion-supporting spell. This is an easy-to-learn fire spell that anyone with the spell innate talent can learn with practice. But at a distance of 200 meters, the flames still need to burn to a sufficient intensity to stop the tide of ghouls... Add these two conditions together, and even simple spells will become unbelievably difficult.
However, as one of the finest Red God Priests in the world, Melisandre is confident he can pull it off.
She concentrated one's mind, whispering about incantation as an aid. Because he hadn't cast a spell of this magnitude for too long, magic power flowed through his body, causing a long-lost sting. Manipulating, figurative, colorless and odorless Fire Attribute energy gushes out from the body, extending like tentacles to the battle site beneath Wall...
The Night's Watch officers staring at her like a play are watching Bewildered, some even began to grow angry at Melisandre's inappropriate dressing up as God, playing the Devil, but the soldiers who were lining up on the edge of the Wall and kept firing rockets down exclaimed.
On the ground below, the flames burning around the wooden fence where the oil drums fell suddenly rose several meters. Not only did the brightness increase several times, but also ignited the fallen wooden walls and door panels. A swimming poisonous snake spread rapidly, igniting the entire wooden fence in an instant, forming a ring of fire more than two meters wide, and the surrounding hundreds of ghouls and the wooden fence were biting with human warriors, The melee strikers are isolated.
This is definitely not a normal burning, maybe Wildfire can spread so fast, but it is absolutely impossible to create such a strong fire in an instant...
Everyone looked towards Red Woman, this witch, really has some ways!
The raging flames instantly engulfed dozens of ghouls stepping on the wooden board, and divided the dead army into two groups at once, the inner circle was less than a hundred ghouls, and the living people pulled themselves together violently The counterattack quickly turned into piles of rotten flesh and bones or fireballs, and this last batch of wildlings seemed to be saved!
"Keep throwing the oil barrels." Melisandre struggled to maintain the spell with all her might, but managed to make a casual look of light weight that helped make onlookers in awe of her: "R'hllor couldn't have made this out of thin air. Fire, something must burn before it can continue."
Facts were in front of him, Mormont had to choose to believe her, Lord Commander turned his head and looked towards the surrounding soldiers, shouted sharply: "What are you looking at, continue Throw it!"
Igor felt the sudden burst of heat from Melisandre, and stuck his head out to see what was going on below: the flames continued to burn violently, quickly engulfing the entire wooden wall. The sound of the fence breaking and falling to the ground under the fire is clearly identifiable. According to the fire, even dozens of cans of Wildfire are difficult to form such formidable power.
The ghouls do not have wisdom, but the behind-the-scenes existences that control them are not stupid. Seeing that no puppet can pass through this raging flames alive, the ghouls on the outside stand in unison, and even take the initiative to retreat. In the last two steps, the formation was spread out to reduce the killing efficiency of the rockets against them.
"My lord, open the floodgates now, the people below can still be saved!"
"But so many people...more than our people in Castle Black and the mountain clans combined. There are too many, in case..."
"Pass my order, Castle Black is on the highest alert, and raise the gate to one person high." Mormont ordered with a sullen face, "Tell the brother who manages the hanging gate today, and later Once you hear the sound of the horn, immediately go down the gate again!"
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The suspension gate was raised again by more than one meter, and the excited screams from the bottom of the Wall even reached the top of the Wall. It can be heard that although the wildlings who have experienced a bloody battle suffered heavy casualties, they are no longer as flustered as they were when they just escaped from the Haunted Forest. I don’t know if they were under the command of the Night’s Watch such as James or completely spontaneously. The male Warrior and Spearwife consciously continued to maintain vigilance on the periphery, allowing the child and the wounded to pass first.
The crisis looked like it was going to be safely passed under Melisandre's intervention, but the witch who was maintaining the high wall of flames quickly changed her expression and looked up at the edge of Haunted Forest: "They are coming. ."
Mormont followed Red Woman's line of sight, but saw no one: "Who? What?"
A familiar chill suddenly appeared on the surface of the skin , Igor who had experienced this feeling was the first to understand what the witch said. He looked towards the edge of Haunted Forest, but did not catch the silhouette of Others, but saw cold glow flashed out of the corner of his eyes, and the familiar fear returned to his heart. In the danger of breaking the watch, he used his arms without the slightest hesitation to push Red Woman hard.
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[I owe the fourteenth update...try to recover the debt I owe in the daily update, and pay it back later]
(end of this chapter)