East Sea Watch.
At noon on the third day after the sun went out.
The north wind whistled, and the sky was dark. There was no light. The falling snowflakes were as heavy and annoying as the thin silk stockings of a beautiful woman.
Well, silk stockings were supposed to be light and thin, but they were snowflakes, which made them look big and heavy.
The silk stockings of a beautiful woman should make people's imagination run wild, just like the poet of the Falling Snow School. However, the snow in the north was like silk stockings on the big smelly feet of the strong husband of a beautiful woman. The night watchers couldn't like it no matter what.
In the underground passage called "Insect Path" by the night watchers, in the dining room of the night watchers.
A yellow-haired young man who was as thin as a monkey licked the mashed potatoes on the plate and stomped his feet, "It's so cold outside the Great Wall! I thought it was cold enough to fish barefoot in the Black Water River. I didn't expect it to be so cold at the Great Wall with thick sheepskin boots. "
The tall young man on the side cleaned the plate with a piece of bread and said in a deep voice, "Although it's cold, there's food and clothes here. It's much better than sleeping on the streets and eating brown soup at King's Landing.
At the Great Wall, we live like humans. "
The skinny young man nodded and smiled, "We're not just like humans. We're also the great heroes who guard the Seven Kingdoms!
Thanks to Uncle Stryker who sent us here, we can be great heroes, fill our stomachs, and earn two silver coins at the same time.
Two silver coins a month. If we save a little, it's enough for my two little sisters to eat for a few months! "
"Not only do we have to thank Uncle Stryker, but also Her Majesty Danny Rize. Without her, we would have starved to death on the streets a few years ago." The tall young man sighed.
The skinny young man's eyes were blurred as he murmured, "It's like a dream. When I was begging on the street, I actually met the Dragon Queen and Sir Barristan.
Thanks to my good eyesight, I felt that she was very unusual at that time, so I dragged you guys to follow her. "
The tall young man sneered, "Come on, your eyesight is indeed good. You can see that she's a fat sheep at a glance, but unfortunately —"
"Cough cough …" The skinny young man awkwardly interrupted his friend, "We were making a living under Scar Lu Bang at that time. If we didn't complete the mission, we wouldn't have any food!"
"Jimmy, Tom, it's your turn!" Hunchback Ulma walked over. His palm, which was covered in frostbite scars, slapped the greasy, thick ironwood dining table a few times.
"Did you forget the time? The brothers up there are all waiting to come down to eat, why are you still dawdling here? "
Tall Tom stuffed the bread with the mutton and carrot soup into his mouth and mumbled, "Instructor, we haven't even finished eating yet. What's the hurry?"
"Next time, it's your turn to wait with an empty stomach. Let's see if you're anxious or not."
The two rookie night watchers stopped arguing and hurriedly handed the plates to Hogan the Cook. Putting on the gloves and the cloak, they picked up their Dragon Teeth Daggers and followed Ulma to the rope lift along the tunnel.
As the creaking sound of the rope above their heads reverberated in the empty castle where the cold wind was howling, Jimmy and Tom's field of vision gradually widened.
"Before coming to the Great Wall, I always thought that the Red Castle of that whore Queen Mother was the tallest building in the world." Skinny Monkey looked at the dark sky in the distance and sighed, "If it's summer and you look down from the Great Wall, you'll see the blue sea in the east, the wild flowers in the south, and the rugged hills in the west … You'll see the sea, plains, and mountains. It's unimaginably beautiful!"
"You have the talent to be a bard, kid!"
Ulma glanced at him. It was unknown whether he was mocking him or praising him sincerely.
"Is that so?" Skinny Monkey took his words as praise and recognition. He smiled and said, "I'm going to work hard to learn how to read and write from Scholar Hamuen and strive to become a qualified bard. Then, I'll be able to be a raven and return to King's Landing often!"
"Raven …" Ulma smiled coldly. "The last Raven was also a singer. His face was as handsome as a noble young master. His voice was like thunder with honey, loud and sweet. Guess how he's doing now?"
"Is he a distinguished guest of the noble masters and loved by the nobles and ladies?" Skinny Monkey asked expectantly.
"As a singer, he's indeed very popular with women. Unfortunately, he's a Night Watchman and an officer who specializes in recruiting Night Watchmen. In the end, he didn't recruit a single person. Instead, he lost himself. "
"Lost himself?" Skinny Monkey was puzzled.
"He fell in love with a little bitch named Rosie and tried to take off his black clothes to elope with her. In the end, he was caught and beheaded by an old man in the old town. Boys, remember, any noble of the Seven Kingdoms has the right to behead any Night Watchman deserter."
"I don't intend to be a deserter," Skinny Monkey muttered.
"When you yearn for the outside world, you're not far from being a deserter," Ulma said calmly.
"I don't yearn for the outside world. It's pretty good here. There's food, clothes, and money."
"Then you said before that you wanted to go to King's Landing."
"I have two sisters who live in the flea nest in King's Landing. They're so young … With Uncle Stryker looking after them, I'm not worried, but it's better if I can go back and see them often." Skinny Monkey Jamie's low voice circled in the wind and drifted into the distance.
"Click —" The iron cage rose to the top of the shaft.
"What took you so long? I'm starving."
When the three of them walked out, three Night Watchmen immediately got into the iron cage while complaining.
"Creak creak …" The iron cage slowly descended.
To the east of the crane, on the city wall near the bay, a wooden hut was built for the people on guard duty.
A large pot of charcoal was lit in the hut. It should have been warm and comfortable, but this was an observation post. The wooden door facing the outside of the Great Wall was wide open, embracing the wind and snow from the extreme north without reservation.
"The steward should give every night watcher a crystal helmet." The tall young man, Tom, complained.
"The helmet should be stuffed with fluffy cotton," Jamie added.
"You two summer chickens from the south, you don't know the hardships beyond the Great Wall!" Ulma stuffed a piece of sour grass into his mouth and chewed while scornfully saying, "Guarding the Great Wall is already the easiest job!
If you can't even stand this little wind and snow, how can you survive in the Ghost Forest alone?
So, you should think of it as training, because if you go beyond the Great Wall, you'll only hate that you don't have two eyes in the back of your head, and you won't want to see the crystal helmet of the Deviant Ghost. "
"Going beyond the Great Wall is the job of the Rangers, and I don't want to be a Ranger. The mortality rate of the Rangers is too high, and I have to live to earn a salary to support my sister. "Skinny Monkey shook his head again and again.
"Sigh, no ambition." The thirty-year old Ranger shook his head. "Rangers are the most glorious profession of the Night Watchmen.
From the 'kind' Queen Alysanne of the past to the Dragon Queen of the present, after coming to the Great Wall, the object of high praise and admiration are all Rangers.
Do you think you get two silver coins a month because you stand guard in the wind and snow?
Hehe, that's for the Rangers. You brats got a great deal because you met a rich and generous queen. "
"Ah, the Dragon Queen also admires the Rangers …" Skinny Monkey could not help but be fascinated. He murmured, "When my sister grows up and marries into a good family, I'll definitely —"
"Ah —" Suddenly, Tall Tom shouted and pointed beyond the Great Wall. He said in a trembling voice, "Instructor, look down there, what's that?"
"What's the big fuss —" Ulma stuck his head out and looked outside. His pupils constricted, and his voice came to an abrupt stop.
The snow was like a thick layer of cotton that covered the Ghost Forest in the distance.
The last touch of green between heaven and earth was also covered under the pale white snow.
At a glance, the vast land seemed to be covered with a white blanket that was evenly scattered with soot. It was gray and dark.
Amidst the darkness, one, two … hundreds of pale blue stars suddenly twinkled.
It was as if hundreds of blue diamonds were embedded in the corners of the blanket.
It was not bright, as if a layer of gauze was covering one's eyes to look up at the bright starry sky.
It was blurry, but it was absolutely real.
"Bring binoculars and torches. The two of you, hurry up and throw two torches down there. "Ulma seemed to hear another person using his own voice to shout hysterically.
"Boom — Huff huff —" Two sticks of firewood that were covered with kerosene burst into flames and were thrown out forcefully.
Then, the two newbie Night Watchers heard their commanding officer let out a terrified howl. "Deviant Ghosts! Deviant Ghost Army! "
After receiving a large number of gold dragons from the Dragon Queen, binoculars had become a necessary item for the sentries.
Therefore, the two King's Landing youths could also clearly see that the torches fell to the ground and the flames were quickly extinguished. But in the last glimmer of light, they saw the most terrifying scene they had ever seen in their lives. The densely packed corpses were like grains of wheat on the threshing floor of the land, layer upon layer, boundless. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands of them.
Jamie swore that even if the entire King's Landing gathered together, there would not be so many corpses.
What was even more terrifying was that all the corpses were staring at him with their large eyes that were emitting a faint blue light.
Fortunately, the binoculars were passed through by a rope and hung around the sentries' necks. Otherwise, the binoculars would have dropped from the shock just now.
"Are these the deviant ghosts of the legends? Why are there so many of them! "Skinny Monkey Jimmy shouted with a sobbing tone.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up and blow the horn!" Ulma urged anxiously.
The two young Night Watchers hurriedly raised the horn. "Woo — Woo — Woo —"
One horn meant that they were allies, two horns meant that the barbarians were attacking, and three horns meant deviant ghosts.
The low and loud sound of the horn drowned out the howling North Wind and awakened the "massive" war machine behind the Great Wall — 1,500 fully armed men in black.
Uh, 1,500 people could not even cause a ripple on the battlefield of Meereen at Slave Bay, but in the Northern Territory, they were definitely a powerful force that could not be ignored.
Back when Elder Xiong was still alive, there were only 1,000 Night Watchers on the 500-kilometer Great Wall.
Due to the interference of the Dragon Queen, the Night Watchers had more than 15,000 regular soldiers. The 17 castles on the Great Wall were all guarded by guards. Almost all of the 500-kilometer Great Wall was under the surveillance of the Night Watchers.
Something like the barbarians secretly climbing over the Great Wall in the past would never happen again today.
"Oh Inami, the deviant ghosts have launched an all-out attack!" The captain of the East Sea Watch Garrison, Carter Pike, said in shock.
Yes, Carter Pike was from the Iron Islands and believed in the Inami.
At this moment, more than 200 Night Watchers had already climbed up the Great Wall, and a few hundred were waiting quietly for orders on the Worm Tunnel.
Kerosene bombs were thrown out from the trebuchets, drawing a fiery red trail in the air and lighting up a small part of the sky. Then, they landed on the heads of the corpses and lit up a bonfire.
The white frozen fog was thick and heavy, quickly extinguishing all the flames.
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