Chapter 244
2021-01-06
Chapter 244 Under the Mawei“啾——”
It should have been very crisp With a melodious cracking sound that pierced everyone's ears because the volume was so loud, Melisandre groaned lost his balance and fell backwards on the dirty ice.
Igor broke out in a cold sweat. In fact, he didn't see the trajectory of the flying foreign object at all, but was activated by the flash of light in his field of vision, which activated the deep-buried distress memory, so he responded in a conditioned reflex in time - he knew very well: if the enemy To attack someone present, the oneself, who had the imprint of Cold God after killing Others before, and Melisandre, who was a Red God believer and possessed the Flame Magic, were undoubtedly the two easiest targets.
Just now he pushed, not only to save Melisandre, but his oneself also used the reaction force to retreat.
Then, sure enough, something flew past.
The shadow of the ash-gray flew like a little ghost from where Melisandre had stood, and after a distance of nearly a mile, it was still unfinished, with The reverberation quickly disappeared in the sky ash-gray south of the Wall.
If it wasn't for Igor's push, Red Woman would have been pierced through her chest and killed on the spot.
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The Wall is so high that few ranged weapons can get to the top of the people that the Night's Watches stand on it unnoticed. The other officers around only saw that Igor suddenly pushed the Red Woman down, and then there was a loud noise breaking through the air. After the remnant dissipated for a few seconds, everyone could react.
"What was that just now?" Mormont almost suspected that oneself was dim-sighted from old age, and he looked back in shock, but he couldn't see what flew past him a moment ago.
"Others throwing weapons, I've almost been killed by this move." Ice Sword, ice spear, or just a stone? Igor didn't see it clearly, he took two steps back and left In the dangerous area, he squatted down and helped the witch on the ground: "Ms. Melisandre, are you alright."
"Hmm...I'm fine." Red Woman stood up, looked pale, and covered her left arm with her hand. Since Igor had known her, this woman had never acted so like an ordinary person: "As expected of a servant of Cold God, I was just thinking about how to be careless with them..."
Before he finished speaking, there was another loud noise. Wall seemed to be hit by a cannonball. The ice surface under everyone's feet actually loosened and cracked. The edge of the ice crenel that prevented the sentry from slipping and falling, together with the base, collapsed by more than one meter. The wide, cracked ice crash-bang rolled down, scaring the surrounding soldiers away from the edge of the Wall.
Others' second long-range attack hits Wall! Judging from the position of the "shot", the enemy is likely to want to penetrate the ice to kill Melisandre, who has been pulled to the dead end, but the ice was far stronger than the opponent imagined, so he could not succeed.
It's not safe here!
"Lady, please get off the top of the Wall, Others can sense your location!"
The spell was forcibly interrupted leaving the witch in dizziness and pain, she didn't hold back, nodded. Let the attentive soldiers take the initiative to help her in the direction of the lift cage, open the door to enter, and go down to the ground.
The Others that Igor killed two years ago, the Ice Sword he threw could only penetrate half a meter into a tree, but what Melisandre encountered this time was able to break through a solid ice layer more than a meter thick... Are the attacking Others more powerful, or are these ghouls stronger than before over time?
The second unidentified projectile like a cannonball shattered part of the ice wall and scared all the soldiers on top of Wall. Fortunately, the third attack did not come. Presumably this kind of huge might attack method, Even for the Others, it was not easy, and soon Night's Watch exclaimed: "Lord Commander, the fire below... seems to be extinguished!"
Ignoring the threat of Others' long-range attack and Igor's dissuasion , Mormont looked down near the edge of the Wall: the Wildfire and asphalt lamp oil in the oil drum had already been consumed by the catalytic combustion of the combustion-supporting spell, and the towering flame wall a moment ago was actually the reflection of the wooden fence and door panel under the encouragement of the spell. Burning - Without the help of the Flame Magic, a small amount of wood can't actually create this burning effect. Melisandre's spellcasting is interrupted, and the wall of fire immediately withers into a pool of red light charcoal on the ground. The heat is still there, but it can no longer be Immediately destroy the ghouls that trample over.
The black ghouls squeezed again towards the entrance of Castle Black without the slightest hesitation, and the two tall ghouls had already strode staggeringly to the separation zone between Haunted Forest and Wall. Middle - either of these two big guys squeezes into the passage and jams it before the gates close, it's going to be a disaster. Simple living dead may be easy to deal with, just ignite a fire at the entrance of the tunnel, and prepare some Dragonglass weapons, even if there are 100,000 ghouls, they will not be able to pass through the Wall, but Castle Black is now crowded with wildlings who have just passed through. In such a chaotic situation, the ghouls got in, and even if Night's Watch had all kinds of means, they couldn't use it!
The ballistas that could have been revived have been removed to prevent wildling unrest, and the ultra-long-range "decapitation" attack by Others just now on Melisandre was an eye-opener for Mormont, who realized that oneself was facing a Helping opponents with wisdom and unknown means, facing these cunning and dangerous enemies, as the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, he does not dare to be careless.
Gritting his teeth, Old Bear made a difficult decision: "Horn! Get ready!"
"Has James entered the Wall?"
" I guess not, there are several black clothed brothers below!" Mormont took a breath, determined to ignore him: "It's too late, blow the horn, close the door!"
Igor stomped his feet, too late to argue with his boss, He turned his head and asked the other Night's Watches behind him: "Where's the small hanging basket, the one used when Mance came in to negotiate?"
"In that corner!"
"Put it down! ”
The iron gate rumbled down, and the last wildling who passed through was almost crushed, lying on the ground and barely rolling in. A woman holding a child saw oneself pass hopelessly and put the baby in her arms. Throwing it away, watching the child fly in from the gap before the iron gate was closed, he picked up the torch left on the ground with satisfaction, and turned around to face the influx of ghouls.
The sound of the iron gate falling to the ground sentenced everyone who had not yet entered the passage to death. Oil barrels and rockets could no longer stop the white ghouls from engulfing the last few hundred people. The top of the Wall can be clearly seen. , The black silhouettes of the Night's Watch on duty today are like black ink dripping into sewage, and they can no longer be found in an instant.
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The steel essence sword brought from Casterly Rock City has been rolled up, but it is still a slaughter weapon under James. Every ghoul that pounces on oneself. Watching the endless baring fangs and brandishing claws flock to the oneself of the living dead, Kingslayer was relieved.
Oneself seems to have a pretty good ending. The only regret is that he didn't even see the legendary "Others", so he was driven to a dead end by these things that are said to be just soldiers. .
A dark shadow swayed over his head. He looked up and saw that it was a small gondola that could only accommodate one person. Because it was not fixed on rails like a lift cage, it was spinning and swaying in the strong wind. Constantly swaying, he hesitated for a second, and finally chopped down a ghoul. When the gondola swayed in front of him again, he jumped up decisively and grabbed the thick rope holding the gondola.
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(end of this chapter)