Chapter 320
2021-01-06
Chapter 320Igor has a lot of things he wants to do, but blocking the arrival of the Others is undoubtedly the top priority It is the premise of all work and planning.
Melisandre confirms: She does feel the Magic in the Wall - Igor speculates that it's mostly from an unknown number of giant Weirwoods growing under the ice wall, and it's their presence that prevents the Others and the dead army from being self-willed directly launch a general attack.
But the Magic in Wall, though grand and majestic, is scattered over an area of at least a hundred leagues long and unknown in height and width, its potency is greatly diluted by the spatial scale, and its intensity seems to remain constant, Night's The Watches also don't know how to manipulate or enhance this power.
And the power of "R'hllor's nemesis" in Red Woman's mouth, that is, the Ice Magic breath that permeates between Heaven and Earth, is increasing as the temperature drops, and the change does not even slow down. This undoubtedly means that the Others are getting stronger, and the effect can also extend to the ghouls - one day, Wall's repelling effect will not suppress the Others' determination to go south.
And the most disturbing thing is that no one knows when this moment will come.
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The patrolling of the Rangers has long ceased, but fortunately Night's Watch now holds the Skinchanger which can control the birds. Immediately after Igor took office as Lord Commander, the imperial decree Skinchanger came to the Wall to conduct aerial reconnaissance outside the wall.
Soon after returning to Queenscrown, the reconnaissance results gradually returned to him from the various fortresses.
It was no accident that Yohn Royce's adventurous out-of-the-wall delivery half a month ago could be completed safely - Skinchanger tried his best to control the animals to scout far away, but when he could reach the wall, it was nearly ten miles away. Inside, not the slightest trace of the dead army or Others was found.
Either they're lurking under the snow, or they're not really near the Wall.
What are the Others waiting for?
Or maybe it's another possibility - they're not waiting for something, but plotting other, bigger operations somewhere that Night's Watch can't see?
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The part where the Lands of Always Winter and the Seven Kingdoms are connected is mostly separated by the Wall, but there is a Gorge at the westernmost end, and the Milkwater estuary that divides the Frostfangs mountain range!
This obvious "loophole" was of course impossible to ignore, and Igor asked Shadow Tower to conduct a high-density patrol of the south side of Gorge, which undoubtedly required a lot of manpower. So, while Queenscrown racked his brains to build, he had to keep thinking about adding troops to support the west end of the Wall.
And the reality is that he can't devote himself to his work - Queenscrown seems to be a concentration camp for land-grant non-ordinary persons, crowded with troublemakers, and full of bad things.
The first is Melisandre.
This priestess of the Lord of Light has moved here with her followers -- under the name of the auxiliary Lord Commander. Although having such a stunner witch by her side can secretly communicate with each other from time to time to "deeply communicate and understand" is something that many men covet, but Igor is very clear - Red Woman has never been "his woman", she Just use the body to stabilize the relationship with the "ally", and by the way, oneself can also get some fun from it.
It is reassuring to have such a transcendent in the same camp, but if this person is always muttering something Long Night in his ear... prophecy... a hero born in the boiling ocean... Demon Dragon hatched in a rock or something like that, that's really annoying. And she took advantage of the crowded convenience of Queenscrown to take the opportunity to preach, and it did bring little, but indeed some, interference to the normal work of the logistics department. But she still managed to grasp the bottom line of tolerance of the new Lord Commander after several attempts, and she played more and more slippery balls, so that Igor, who "taken others' hands short and inserted them to be soft", couldn't attack at all.
And two illegitimate sons of James and Cersei.
Because of the nobility rules of the game, Robert's two "sons" must be clothed in black cloth to save their lives. Among them, Tommen is still honest and obedient, while Joffrey is completely disobedient. After being reduced from Prince to a recruit of Night's Watch, he is venting endless grievances to all around people and things all day long. Without James, Igor could naturally take tough measures against him, but his new Lord Commander still needs the allegiance and obedience of Kingslayer and his Westerlands loyalists, and even more to Tywin, who is still alive and well in the Westerlands. It took a lot of brains to come up with a reluctantly appropriate way to deal with it.
Finally, North's guardian, Theon Greyjoy.
This Iron Islands teenager who hasn't had time to do stupid things, of course, doesn't know what oneself will do on another timeline. Worse than a pig, he feels that oneself is loyal to House Stark but ends up being assigned to Wall. At the end of the game, he was aggrieved and complaining. Igor took some time to talk to him, wrote him some attractive empty checks, and arranged a job of "Queenscrown arrow technique" to divert his attention. Let him settle down.
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After Igor arranges the above roles, at least he can do what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over . And the biggest trouble - a girl who refuses to go home after death, is really big.
The "land-grant capital", which is rapidly developing under favorable policies, has become the paradise of House Stark Second Young Lady. She stayed in Queenscrown because her way home was flooded by snow and it was difficult to walk. , running around all day. One time I went to the industrial area to see the workers burning charcoal and smelting copper, and they were covered in ashes; one time I went to the school, relying on the excellent innate talent foundation and had been taught by famous teachers to torture those wildlings with wooden swords on the training ground. child; I went to the warehouse to get the obsidian and said that oneself should also contribute to this human-ghost war... In the end, it was natural to mess around for a long time and then leave the mess for others to clean up.
Igor finds with a headache: probably too long since she scolded or actually taught her something from the role of teacher, the majesty that oneself built up in King's Landing was unconsciously lost. For Arya, "master" began to slowly change from an elder role to an intimate name for a good friend... She gradually began to play with this word, and Igor even quickly summed up the experience.
For example - "master master master!" Several consecutive, urgent and crisp, often excited voices, it must be that she has something new or good idea to share with Igor .
And if "teacherrot" is so sloppy and weak, with a long tail and a weird voice, it probably means that she is bored, and Igor should quickly think of some way to find some fun for her to relieve her boredom. .
These are not outrageous, and sometimes the following bizarre dialogue occurs between the two:
"Master, master."
"What's the matter?! "
"It's nothing, I'll call you, hehe."
I can't catch up, and I can't kill her... This kind of life lasts for just a few days, let me When Igor heard the word master, his scalp went numb.
Fortunately, the unexpected savior appeared just in time.
A few weeks after winning the Lord Commander election, Queenscrown has another team arriving from the industrial park in King's Landing in the south to deliver a new batch of supplies and helpers for the Night's Watch, and the leader let Igor Really surprised.
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Upon hearing the news, I rushed to the unloading plaza at the gate of Queenscrown, and Igor saw the silhouette in the crowd, one size smaller than the others. I haven't seen him for a year, and the young Maiden seems to have completely adapted to the identity of Chief-In-Charge in the south of the Night's Watch industry. He is wearing a black trench coat that keeps warm but still shows his slender figure, and a piece of powder. Lipstick's pretty face... Just arrived, the "black robe woman" who just took off her hood is standing in the venue calmly directing the loading and unloading of supplies, and she doesn't look like a "first-time Queenscrown" at all.
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(end of this chapter)