The horn sounded twice.
The barbarians had arrived.
A four-meter-tall giant riding a woolly mammoth arrived at the city wall. He held a seven-meter-tall banner with seven stripes in his hairy hands and let out a deafening roar.
The banner represented peace.
The barbarians accepted Danny's request for negotiation.
"Your Majesty, I'll represent you. The barbarians are cunning and barbaric. It's hard to guarantee that they won't attack," Barristan said worriedly in the main hall of the castle.
Danny shook her head and refused, "The two dragons are guarding the city wall. If anything happens, they'll slide down. We're fully armed knights. We can't hold on for more than a few breaths, right? "
Barristan thought for a moment and reluctantly agreed.
"What about you?" Danny looked at the leaders of the Night Watchers, "Who will represent the Night Watchers?"
"There's no commander-in-chief. We've decided to send a representative from Dark Castle, Shadow Tower, and Eastwatch." Red Pomegranate stood up and introduced, "Sir Mallister will represent Shadow Tower. Sir Glendon Hvert will represent Eastwatch as the head instructor. Lastly, Jon Snow will represent Dark Castle."
"Why Jon?" Barristan frowned, "The young man is a good man. He's brave and brave, and his swordsmanship is superb. But isn't he a bit too young?"
In fact, Barristan wanted to say that the fact that he was judged as a prisoner yesterday meant that his position here was not high. How could he represent Dark Castle?
Tanner explained, "In fact, Jon is the successor of Commander Mormont. Everyone knows why the old commander chose him as his personal secretary. And Jon did a good job. His knowledge, loyalty, and fighting skills are unmatched among the new generation of Night Watchers. "
Jon had three supporters at the Great Wall: Commander Jerome Mormont, Scholar Yimont, and Master Blacksmith Tanner.
At the same time, the three of them were also Jon's mentors.
Jon could not become the representative of Dark Castle without the support of Yimont and Tanner. Of course, Dani's suppression of Alisa and Slint last night had also helped him eliminate two great enemies and two competitors.
"Okay." Danny nodded. "I won't interfere with the internal affairs of the night watchers. Just make sure that he can represent Dark Castle."
The city gate was opened. Glen, Todd, and more than a dozen night watchers passed through the twisted and narrow tunnel and crawled out of the city gate. Under the gaze of the flag-holding giants, they each carried a high-back wooden chair to four hundred meters away from the city wall, which was almost halfway between the Great Wall and the wildlings' camp.
The chairs were arranged in a circle with a diameter of ten meters. Behind each of the four chairs was a flag with a black background and a red three-headed dragon, as well as three similar black flags.
Well, the night watchers were dressed in black, wore black robes, and held black flags, just to represent three different castles. The patterns outlined on the flags were different — simple drawings of three different castles were drawn in gray paint.
After the night watchers planted the flag and left, the giants holding the colorful flag rode the mammoth back to the camp of the savages.
About ten minutes later, the sun dispelled the last trace of the morning fog on the ground. Under the clear sky, everyone could even feel the warmth of spring.
Danny, who was wearing a black striped shadow lynx cloak, led by Barristan, Jon, the tall Glen, and the grey-haired Mallister followed behind her.
At the same time, the fence of the opposite camp opened, and a middle-aged man with black hair and a ragged cloak walked out first, followed by more than ten barbarians who were either wrapped in animal hides, wearing rusty mail armor, or weird bone armor made of beast bones.
On the wide snowy ground, the two groups of people slowly walked towards each other.
The sky was blue, the snow was white, the sun was warm, and the breeze was gentle. Glen, who was leaning against the battlements on the city wall, pulled his collar and found that his clothes were wet with sweat.
He panted nervously and complained to Eddie beside him, "The savages are too cunning. There are only five of us, and there are sixteen of them."
"Yeah, if we really fight, we'll be at a disadvantage." Eddie swallowed and stared at the group of savages with his eyes wide open, as if trying to distinguish the expressions of each of the savages.
However, until both sides sat down on the wooden chairs in the middle of the snow, no one pulled out their swords.
Danny took off her helmet. The warm wind blew, lifting the fine bangs on her forehead. "I'm Danny Liz Targaryen."
The leader of the group of savages pulled down his hood. It was an ordinary-looking, grey-haired, middle-aged man. It was obvious that he liked to smile, and there were very obvious smile lines at the corner of his mouth.
Seeing the beautiful queen who seemed to be shining in the sun, his eyes flashed with undisguised surprise, and his smile lines unconsciously formed. "You're so beautiful, Your Majesty!"
Sir Mallister frowned and said, "Mansred, you're too cowardly to bring so many people here. Why didn't you bring the giants too? "
Mansred looked around and shrugged. "These commanders each lead a large tribe, and their status is similar to mine. If Giant Marg hadn't been captured by you, I would have brought him here too. "
Danny sat down on her own chair. Barristan stood behind her, armed to the teeth, and Mansred sat opposite her.
There were not enough chairs, and a few of the savages began to quarrel. In the end, in order to snatch the wooden chairs, the two bearded men even hugged each other and wrestled. Danny and the others were stunned.
"Now I believe you, their status is similar to yours …" Danny's mouth twitched. She glanced at the gloomy King of Savages and said strangely, "I thought you were the King of Beyond the Great Wall, and your words carried weight!"
She really didn't plan to play the game of "two peaches against three men". The Night Watchers had prepared twelve chairs, and the Night Watchers had only taken four. The remaining eight chairs should have been enough for the savages. She didn't expect so many of them to come.
"Those without chairs, stand behind me," Mansred growled.
The savages also felt a little embarrassed. A few of the commanders who had snatched chairs reprimanded them loudly, and those without chairs glared at their companions with red faces.
They also felt embarrassed to say that the Night Watchers were unfair for bringing out too few chairs. After all, only five of them came, and took up four chairs.
While the remaining eight were hesitating, a red-haired, red-bearded savage threw his oak shield into the snow and sat on it. He shouted, "Mansred, I, Tormund, the Giant's Bane, am not your guard. I can't stand behind you."
"Fine, fine, fine. You can sit anywhere you want," Mansred helplessly.
So, the other seven followed suit. They either sat on the shield, squatted, or rolled out a snowball to use as a stool in the space between the eight chairs.
After seven or eight minutes, when everyone was seated, Mansred coughed softly and looked at Danny. "Has Targaryen regained the Iron Throne?"
"No." Danny shook her head.
Mansred frowned and asked again, "Then which dukes do you have the support of?"
"In the Westeros, none of the Seven Dukes explicitly support me. But once the threat of the savages is resolved, I will take Dragonstone Island, "Danny said.
"Then how will you negotiate with us on behalf of the Seven Dukes?" Mansred angrily.
"Squawk —" Blackie roared.
"Squawk —" Whitey followed Blackie's lead and roared.
Danny did not say anything. She only glanced at Mansred and the other savages who were looking at the Great Wall in fear.
"Alas," the King of Savages sighed and said helplessly, "I remember that the Megalosaurus went extinct hundreds of years ago. Where did your dragon come from?"
"Even if the dragon is gone, there are still dragon eggs!" Danny laughed.
"Dragons are not invincible," Tormund, the Giant's Bane, shouted.
Danny nodded in agreement and said, "Of course dragons are not invincible, especially when my dragon is still a young one. The Scorpion Crossbow developed by the City of Knowledge and the Giant's longbow can successfully kill a dragon if you can shoot their eyes or neck.
But you don't have Dragon Crossbows. The number of Giants is limited, and the area of your camp is too big.
The Giants are too eye-catching. My dragon can easily avoid them and use its dragon flames to devour your wives, children, cows, sheep, and other livestock. "
"There are no cowards among the savages, and they are not afraid of death." Mansred glanced at Jon and said in a threatening tone, "Chameleon, you know that we are looking for the Horn of Winter, right?
Let me tell you, I have already found Joman's grave and the horn buried with him under a glacier in Frostfang. If the dragon comes to burn our camp, I will blow the horn immediately and make the Great Wall collapse. "
"Are you kidding?" Danny looked at the King of Savages strangely. "You think you can scare me with this nonsense?"
"You haven't heard the story of the Horn of Winter?" The cold expression on Mansred's face cracked.
"No," Danny said honestly.
"That is a magical horn. Legend has it that Joman, the King beyond the Great Wall, blew the Horn of Winter to awaken the Giants underground and end the Night King's rule. The savages believe that the Horn of Winter can make the Great Wall collapse, "Sir Mallister explained softly.
Danny rolled her eyes and said, "Brag, brag all you want. Brag or blow the horn all you want. Do you think there is a turnip growing on my neck to scare people with a lie that even children can't deceive? "
Mansred's face twisted. He really wanted to go back and blow the horn immediately — if he had one.
Danny did not believe that a horn could blow the Great Wall down, unless Meng Jiangnu's soul was sealed in the horn.
However, the savages all believed it, and Mansred really did lead a few thousand of his subordinates to rob a few hundred tombs near Frostfang, hoping to find the legendary Horn of Winter.
Mansred did indeed find a huge bull horn, but it was found in the Giant's grave and not Joman's horn.
Seeing that the Horn of Winter did not scare Danny, he gritted his teeth and threatened again, "I will immediately disperse the team. There are places to climb the 500-kilometer Great Wall everywhere."
"Climbing the Great Wall is not foolproof. Many people will die," Jon said.
When he was undercover as a savage commando, he followed the savages to climb the 200-meter-high Great Wall with iron rods and ropes. But halfway through, ice fell off the wall, falling and smashing almost a quarter of the savages to death.
If he had not reacted quickly, he and Jergret would have died in that accident.
"I know," Mansred nodded and said with a heavy expression, "Thousands of old and weak have died all the way from the Windy Gorge to the Great Wall. If we let them climb the Great Wall, maybe half of them will die.
After crossing the Great Wall, being chased by the Night Watchers, the Megalosaurus, and the people of the Northern Region, more than half of those who survive will die, but there is always hope for us free people. There will always be many people who can survive.
But if we stay north of the Great Wall, when the real winter comes, we will all die. "
"Deviant Ghosts?" Danny asked.
A savage wearing a snow bear's fur cursed loudly, "Those bastards have been following us. Every morning when we wake up, we will find a batch of empty tents. The people inside have been captured by the deviant ghosts."
"Not only the White Ghosts, but also the cold and food. We have to cross the Great Wall. Even if you have a hundred dragons, you can't change this," Mansred with a firm expression.
"The savages have always wanted to go to the other side of the Great Wall, but do you know what's there?" Danny sighed.
The barefoot commander stared greedily at Danny and said loudly, "There are women, food, clothes, a big house for the winter, everything we need. “
Sir Mallister gripped the wooden chair's armrest tightly and leaned his upper body forward like a furious lion about to pounce and bite someone. He roared, "No, there are swords, spears, armored knights in the Northern Region, and even women with bows and arrows. The strangers are waiting for you there."
The Subterrane Dweller with blue paint on his face spat on the ground and mocked loudly, "You think we're afraid of you kneeling people? Hahaha, my grandmother is an old woman with a spear. She can easily kill three people who kneel! "
The savages beyond the Great Wall were actually the ancestors who crossed the sea from Urso ten thousand years ago. Other than the fact that their ancestors were purer and were not affected by the Andalans, they were essentially no different from the people of the Northern Region.
The savages called themselves' free people ', while the people south of the Great Wall were degraded as' kneelers'.
Yes, because the people of the Seven Kingdoms had to kneel to their lords and kings.
Danny glanced at the caveman casually and said to the King of Savages, "Mansles, you are different from the other savages. At least you know the influence of the political situation of the Seven Kingdoms on your invasion.
Unfortunately, the situation in the Westeros has changed in the past few years, and your information is a little outdated. "
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