Chapter 766
The main castle of Hearth, the stair entrance of the negative second layer into the negative second layer.
Others' bites, Warrior's screams, weapons slamming, and the desperate cry of human death came from the main hall on the ground.
"Gods, we should listen to Night's Watch, leave North immediately, go to Winterfell, go to Vale, go to Braavos." Eddard Umber closed his eyes and said in despair.
He didn't even dare to look back, because the underground hall of the second layer was crowded with children with dumb-eyed eyes and women holding children's heads and crying in a low voice.
He was ashamed and dared not look at them.
He was Greatjon's second son, and 14-year-old Eddard became Hearth's official heir after his big brother Smalljon died in a Red Wedding and his father Greatjon was rescued from The Twins by King Aegon.
He should be Hearth's Guardian, protecting the castle's subjects and families.
He did climb the city wall to fight the enemy while the Others ravaged the out-of-town town.
His sword technique is not brilliant, but because of his strong physique and tall stature unique to the Umber family, he slaughtered among the dead, wielding big swords and flying his limbs.
But the severed limbs crawled towards him slowly but firmly.
Cut off his hands to grab his leather boots, open his head and bite his cloak, and even the dead man who was beheaded in the waist, even if he only had two long legs and a half abdominal cavity, he was still wearing a "pot" of rancidity. The large intestine splashed him in the face.
At that time, he was sliding on the ground, not dodging or evading, and he just used his face to pick up the large intestine from the pot of feces that poured out, the taste... He immediately fainted.
Then he was dragged back to the main castle by the guards...
When he woke up again, the 12-year-old sister Anna cried and told him: the town fell, the city wall Lost, the platform outside the main castle was lost, Wights has rushed into the castle hall, the negative floor is the next battlefield, and the last battlefield.
Because the negative second layer has no Warrior, it is all women, old people and children.
"The hall is lost, retreat to the next floor, hold the stairway—ah! Direwolf, no—"
"Fire, burn, torch, hurry— "
"Beast, I fought with you!"
Soon, the negative floor was also filled with choking black smoke, shaking red light and thick cold mist .
The dead do not shout, only the roars and shrieks of humans echo through the rooms on the first floor.
"My lord, we must make a decision sooner!" said Hearth's Chief Guard, finding Young Earl Eddard sadly.
"I would like to live and die with Hearth." Eddard clenched the hilt of his sword and said in a trembling voice, "But those women and children..."
The captain of the guard lost his helmet Now, the grayish-brown hair wet with blood, sweat and ice water stuck to the dark and rough scalp, the rigid square-faced had several torn teeth marks, and half of the cheek was almost bitten off.
Every time he spoke, air passed through the teeth marks, and a string of tiny air bubbles swelled in the bloody wound.
The iron armor on his chest had three deep scratches that almost cut through the steel plate.
These injuries are all the work of Direwolf Wights.
Changed to zombie, he had already joined the zombie army.
Fortunately, Wights is very Magic, not science fiction at all.
Uh, well, there are pros and cons, zombies can headshot, no weapon requirements; Wights is not afraid of headshots, ordinary weapons can not cause critical attacks.
"It's better to die in the fire than to become a monster." The captain of the guard said in a leaky voice, and also revealed the despair and determination that filled his chest.
The so-called last struggle is starting from the negative second layer, igniting the entire castle with kerosene, and getting together with Wights and Others perish who entered the castle.
"It's all my fault. I shouldn't hesitate. After receiving Raven from Castle Black, I should leave Hearth at the end of the river immediately." Eddard held his head and said in pain.
"Going to the Mojiang River of Others, the river surface is already frozen." The chief guard spat out blood and cursed.
"Frozen? I remember half a month ago, there was a longboat along the Mojiang that brought us a large amount of food." Eddard Umber wondered.
Well, after all, Umber is an old nobleman for thousands of years. He is used to the simple and simple life style of North people, and there is no "Lynesse"-style daughter-in-law. Finally, there is a batch of gold in the family, so he takes it all to Braavos. Grain bought - that's Jon's request, he understands Long Night is real.
"Probably the day the Wall collapsed, a thin layer of ice formed on the Mojiang River." The head guard turned pale, shook his head, and sighed: "North is over, the Mojiang River freezes, White Knife (Winterfell), Weeping Water (Dreadfort), Broken Branch (Hornwood) can be an exception? Stark, Bolton, they are all dead, and they have not escaped."
"wu wu wu..." Behind The women who heard their conversation were no longer depressed, and burst into tears. After a while, the entire castle was covered in cries.
"Ai, Ser Crussi, you go make arrangements!" Eddard Umber's eyes dimmed and he waved his hands sullenly.
"Boom---------"
There was a loud bang from overhead, the whole basement vibrated violently, and the soil slid down the gaps in the planks on the ceiling. .
The violent and hot air waves rushed from the entrance of the corridor on the negative floor to the first floor. The dead armies crowded into a ball on the stairs were like pieces of paper in the wind, and they were rolled into the hall.
The people on the basement floor had a momentary tinnitus.
"What's the situation?" Eddard patted his ears and looked up at the ceiling in surprise.
——It was quiet, and there was no second explosion.
The head guard avoided the Wights fire, took a few steps out of the stairway of the second floor, and looked at the entrance of the second floor.
When he saw the red flames drifting into the wind, he suddenly realized, and ecstatically yelled: "Someone came to rescue us, it's a kerosene bomb!"
"So fast? Our It's only been less than an hour since Raven sent off, Winterfell and Castle Black are impossible to arrive so quickly!" Eddard Umber wondered.
No matter how puzzled they were, they happily accepted the reality.
After the explosion, most of the Wights in the negative first floor also collapsed in unfathomable mystery.
Ten minutes later, they cleared all Wights on the negative floor, and Eddard Umber, escorted by three shieldsman, cautiously climbed down the stairway on the negative floor.
As soon as he came out head, Eddard stiffened and stood there.
"Did you see clearly? What happened above, why was the kerosene bomb thrown only once?" the captain of the guard behind said anxiously.
"See, fire, fire everywhere." Eddard Umber said blankly.
"There is no danger!" said the shield-wielding soldier, and walked out of the stairway first.
Then, a group of soldiers filed out with little Earl.
The captain of the guard understands what Eddard said earlier.
Yes, fire, there are fires everywhere, it is like a fire rain in the whole castle, high platforms, stairs, courtyards, city walls, roofs, there are burning fires everywhere, densely packed , giving off the scorched fleshy smell of burning corpses.
They saw clearly that every fire was a burning corpse.
How dense the Wights used to be, the more dense the fire is now.
The castle was silent except for the beeping of burning corpses, and the black smoke and red fire filled the sky.
In the winter when Long Night came, they felt the scorching heat that Summer had never felt before.
"That's the only person left?" Suddenly, a clear female voice came from the direction of the main castle hall.
"Who, who's there?" Eddard Umber stood on tiptoe, his eyes widened, and he looked hard, but was blocked by the blazing red flames and could see nothing.
Well, the main castle hall was crowded with Wights before, and even the roofs were layered on top of each other. At this time, they all turned into burning matches. Four or five meters high, the scorching smoke covered the sky.
"shuaa!" The flames that were blocking the front like reeds came to life. Like soldiers in an array, they actively moved to both sides, leaving a two-meter wide Great Way.
At the end of the road, there is a tall throne carved from red iron ore, Level 3 steps, and the back of the chair is two meters high.
But all eyes were drawn to the young woman in blue white armor sitting lazily on the steps under the throne, resting her forehead with her hands.
The long sword is placed on one side of the steps, and the face armor is pulled up, revealing a face like Qiuyue, but her delicate facial features cannot hide her valiant and formidable looking, overlord temperament of all things.
Uh, looking at everything, it's all an illusion.
Dragon Queen just felt a little bored and worried about North's situation at this time, and then sat on the steps while thinking, absorbing a large amount of Others' essence.
There is absolutely no thought to be shocked and release the arrogance of the bastard.
People in Hearth think she is domineering, just because in the fierce red flames in front of her, she is still crawling with a ferocious Black Dragon whose eyes are half-open and half-closed.
Put a dog on the dragon's back, and people will think it is the overlord among the dogs.
In an instant, everyone understood the identity of the female overlord.
"Dragon Queen!" They were shocked and delighted.
When the Dragon Queen arrived, they were finally saved; but within a quarter of an hour, the Dragon Queen emptied the endless Others that destroyed Hearth. How did it happen?
Even though the flames made a Great Way, Eddard Umber and the castle guard were unable to go over to thank the Dragon Queen.
Because the flames were burning around her and the dragon, the masonry floor was hot, and the iron swords and armor on the ground were even burned red.
Even standing in the side hall, across the distance, they were sweating profusely, their cheeks reddened, and they almost fainted.
...
Big Black stayed outside and the Dragon Queen was invited into the lobby on the ground floor.
In the light of the torch, Dany saw hundreds of sad, blank faces.
"These are the only people left." Eddard Umber said bitterly: "Originally, there were more than 15,000 townspeople in Hearth... The town outside the city fell for the first time, and neither did the city wall. Can stop Others.
Ordinary swords can't kill Others.
In less than half an hour, the entire castle, only those of us who hid in the castle survived."
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More than 50 guards, more than 400 old and weak women and children.
Too bad.
"There's a team of Wyverns coming up tomorrow and taking you to Winterfell, or somewhere else in the South." Dany sighed.
This is Long Night.
Not everyone can be as strong as her, ordinary person has no dragon, no Magic, facing the tidal wave of Wights, they fall into a tsunami like a person who can't swim - struggling A splash of water, and then swept into the waves.
"Queen Your Majesty, you seem to have killed the Others, is Hearth safe?"
Edard Umber was embarrassed when he heard Dragon Queen was going to send Wyvern to take them away .
"Kill them all?" Dany shook his head with a wry smile, "Guess how many Others attacked Hearth?"
"Boundless, at least 40,000 people." Chief Guard Ser Crussi affirmed.
"Wrong," Dany raised two fingers, "only two!"
"Two? Impossible, how could there be only two of those densely packed dead people?"
Dragon Queen's words caused an uproar in the hall, and everyone looked at her strangely: Could it be that such a domineering Dragon Queen can't do arithmetic?