The king on the Great Wall

Iger had countless reasons to value Bran's return, and he also acted quickly: put down everything in his hands, set off immediately with his trusted guards, and rushed to the Long Night Fort against the howling cold wind.

This ancient fortress looked much more complete and dignified than when Iger came last time. Thanks to Iger's promises of "continuing to retain the right of residence after the war" and "never drive away the night watchman unless you voluntarily leave", several mountain clans were on the Great Wall. After gaining a firm foothold along the route, they gradually adapted to life in the stone house, and began to regard this place as their home. They have already taken advantage of their spare time to start repairing and expanding... Among them, the achievements of the Flint clan are: the tents in the Nightfort are scattered all over the place. There are a lot less bricks and stones that have collapsed everywhere, and they are replaced by brand-new wooden and stone mixed houses that have risen one after another.

"Lord Commander-in-Chief." Togenhen Flint rushed to the door after hearing the news, and reported the situation to Iger in a rough voice: "This time I have closed all the gates and small doors, and arranged outside Mr. Bran's door." A good young man is guarded day and night, and he is not allowed to leave even if the Great Wall collapses, and I promise not to let him run away again!"

It seems that letting Feng Jun's son disappear under his nose last time left a huge psychological shadow on old Flint - he didn't even realize that there was something wrong with taking Brandon Stark as a prisoner at the moment OK.

"Good job." Iger threw the reins of the horse to his subordinates, and followed the owner of the place to the hall quickly: "When and how did he appear?"

"You said to send someone to watch over the well. We have always strictly enforced it. This morning, the first sentinel who entered the kitchen heard a noise from below when they passed the well. After sending people to investigate, they found out that a young woman appeared out of nowhere at the bottom of the well. A crippled boy. Because we removed the hanging basket and the rope at night, the woman couldn't pull the boy up the well by herself, so she made a noise." Old Flint spread his hands: "Of course, we now know that the woman is May Miss La Reed, the boy is Brandon Stark, and as for the big stable boy and Jojen Reed..."

The big stable boy and Jojen Reed must be dead, and Bran's wolf, Summer, was probably dead as well—a brute obviously meant nothing to Chief Flint, who probably didn't notice the direwolf's absence.

Iger frowned: It seems that the storm caused by his own butterfly seems to have limited impact beyond the Great Wall.Not only did Bran fail to stop the story of Bran leaving the ice wall and becoming the Green Prophet, but now even the lost personnel have not changed at all.I don't know if this is the inevitable ending outlined by the old Green Prophet, or...

"I will ask clearly." Iger nodded: "You go to work, take care of the horse, arrange for someone to prepare the car, and I will take Bran back to Houguan Town when I leave."

"it is good."

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The commander of the Nightfort appointed by Iger also came forward to briefly introduce the current situation of the fortress to the commander, but he didn't mean it. After a few words, he interrupted the topic and asked the other party to take him to Bran's temporary room.

When several night watchmen brought the commander-in-chief to Bran's residence, they happened to catch up with Meera Reed, who had returned to the Great Wall with Bran, to push the door out.Iger has long been familiar with the girl's name, but this is the first time he has seen a real person: she has a pair of green eyes and long brown hair, short and slender, even though her body is completely wrapped in thick fur, she can reveal a With a sense of strength and vitality that does not match his gender and size, it is no wonder that he escaped from Winterfell with a crippled boy, and returned safely after a trip outside the Wall.

But it was such a capable and strong huntress, her eyes were red and swollen at this moment, and she looked like she had just cried.

She turned around and saw Iger. Although she didn't recognize him, but seeing the commander of the Nightfort behind him looked like a "little brother", she also guessed that the man in front of him was probably the new commander-in-chief of the Night Watch, the legendary White Walker Killer.

"I'm sorry, my lord." She wiped her tears and said with a sob: "During this time... I have caused you too much trouble, I'm really sorry."

This is really not a polite word. Meera and his brother took Bran away from home without saying a word. In order to search and arrest them, how much manpower and thought did the northerners, the defenders of the Great Wall and the mountain clans spend?Even the accident that Lord Commander Mormont was attacked happened while dealing with the case of Meera being harassed by the New Grants.

But as a noble lady, she has brought trouble to the night watchman, so who can do anything to him?Now that she has worked so hard to bring Bran back to the Long Nightfort alive, and she looks helpless after being bullied just now, can she still scold her?

"You children are really capable of tossing around." Iger sighed, "What's going on?"

"I...I don't know..." Meera's eyes were wet again, she shook her head vigorously: "I don't know what stupid thing I did with my brother, Bran... Bran also seems to be a different person It seems that the whole body is weird..."

"Okay, I understand." This sentence is not consolation, Iger really understands, after a few words of comfort, he patted Meera on the shoulder, "Stop talking, go and have a good rest. Wait for me and Bu After talking with Lan, come back to Houguan Town with us, and I will arrange someone to take you home later."

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After persuading the tearful Miss Reed to leave, Iger dismissed the irrelevant people and asked the guards to wait in the nearest shelter, opened the door and entered Bran's temporary room.

The thickened wooden door opened slowly with a creaking sound, and the coming damp heat made the eyes a little sour for a while. Iger took a breath, stood still for a second before closing the door, and began to look at the scene inside the house.

There was a human smell in the room, obviously not empty before it was made available for Bran.Staring at the second son of Stark like a prisoner, the Flint clan did not faint enough to forget that this was the younger brother of their own lord - the firewood in the fireplace was blazing, making the house as warm as spring.Tables, chairs, beds, pillows and sheets... everything necessary for life is available, and Iger can tell at a glance that all of these are the most high-end things that can be obtained along the Great Wall and even the entire land.

In a large chair in front of the bed sat a young and handsome boy, it was Brandon Stark.

It was only a day after returning to the Nightfort, and it was clear that no one had time to get the wheelchair Bran needed. At this moment, he was nestled in a large chair facing the door, with a blanket on his knees, as if waiting for Iger to show up.

"Master Commander." The boy spoke first, "Hello."

"Hello, Bran." It wasn't the first time the two had met, and there were even some complex entanglements that were too complicated to explain, and Iger didn't see anything.He grabbed a chair by hand, sat calmly across from the boy, and looked at him carefully.

Compared with the little lady who performed acrobatics on the top of the wall when they first met, Bran's appearance sitting quietly in a chair is really a pity.However, the faint sadness and worry permeating between the eyebrows and eyes, combined with the good looks inherited from his mother, unexpectedly created the overall effect of a melancholy and beautiful boy.

"I'm glad to see that you are still alive, but as the commander-in-chief of the Night Watch, I can't chat with you much. I hope you can answer some questions for me." Iger asked directly without politeness: "How many of you?" Why did you go beyond the Great Wall? How did you end up in the well? What happened on the other side of the ice wall? My mind is completely confused about what happened to you. If you can, can you give me a brief explanation. "

These are all questions that Iger probably already knows the answers to. The reason why I ask these questions first is because he has already determined the overall policy: never reveal his identity as a time traveler and the secrets of the familiar plot.

Since you can't reveal it, you have to ask questions that match your identity.

"This is a very...very long story." Branna's pale face was expressionless due to lack of exercise and nutrition: "If you want to tell it, we can all stay awake tonight. But you are the night watchman now Commander-in-Chief of the Legion, shouldn't there be other issues that are more worthy of concern than my affairs?"

Bran didn't want to tell the story, and Iger was at ease. If this kid really told the story from beginning to end, would he listen or not if he already knew the general idea?

"I want to know when the White Walkers will attack the Great Wall, how the Night Watchmen will defend, and how to kill these ghosts. The question is, can you answer these questions?"

"Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, Lord Commander." Bran suddenly said something out of his head, "Thank you for taking care of my family... especially Arya after I fell downstairs. And coincidentally The thing is, I can really answer your question now, for reasons beyond your comprehension, I can see everything, everything that is going on, everything that has ever happened. The night is coming and warriors who stand against the darkness need eyes that can see clearly , and I can help you."

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Chapter 348 Zhuang Zhou's Dream Butterfly and the All-Seeing Eye

Iger swallowed.

Bran accurately said what Roose Bolton whispered to himself in Deepwood Moor that night, and to be honest...even if he was prepared for it, it was still a little creepy-this is not entirely a bad thing, at least he is now You don't need to use acting skills to make a real shocked expression.

Of course, it was just a surprise. I didn't really conspire with Lao Bopi to overthrow the Stark family. I can't say I have a guilty conscience... Whether it's this inexplicable sentence "opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared", or The later thanks to myself for "taking care of the Stark family" are actually doing the same thing-proving to Iger that he can see everything.

Iger doesn't need proof, he knows his stuff better than anyone else in the world except the Greenseer himself.

"Very good, then..." The commander-in-chief of the night watchman pretended to swallow nervously, and put on a serious expression of conviction: "Please tell me, Mr. Bran, where are the White Walkers now, and what conspiracy are they planning?"

"We'll get to that later, but before that, we have to sort out a little bit of personal stuff."

The boy sat up straight from the chair, and his expressionless face began to look a little serious—seeing this situation, Iger also straightened up and left the back of the chair, tensed his muscles vigilantly, and touched his waist ...

Reason told him that the Green Prophet would never fight him face-to-face in such a stupid way, but the soldier's instinct was uncontrollable.

"I don't know where you came from, who you were instructed by, and what purpose you have. Although I am very interested in studying the method and principle of your sudden appearance, but now is not the time... I really want to believe that you are sent by heaven to save mankind Hero, unfortunately in some people's stories, I am God - no one knows better than me that there is no God in the world. There is only one thing I can be sure about you, because probably you can't explain the reason to me, you It seems to know a lot of things you shouldn't know, and has profound knowledge far beyond this world." Bran said in an obviously immature voice, but said old-fashioned words, "Such a mysterious, wise and knowledgeable Commander-in-Chief, you might as well think about it. The question: driving Brandon Stark's mutilated body, remembering everything about being Brandon Stark, having all of Brandon Stark's memories and emotional tendencies, and becoming Brandon Stark, who loved my parents, siblings, and close friends as much as Brandon Stark before the Green Prophet, is I considered Brandon Stark?"

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Suddenly, from the exchange of battlefield information, to philosophical thinking! ?Iger is really wondering if the person in front of him is still Bran, but the Green Prophet doesn't seem to have the ability to read minds, right?

He instantly thought of a classic question: did Zhuang Zhou turn into a butterfly in his dream, or did the butterfly turn into Zhuang Zhou in his dream?

Wait...it's ridiculous, thinking about how to deal with the army of the dead is already exhausting enough brains, let this kind of mental gymnastics be done by idlers!Iger quickly decided not to be led by the nose by the other party, but a flash of light flashed in his mind at the next moment, and he suddenly understood the subtext in the other party's words: Green Prophet didn't want to think about this problem by himself at all, but reminded or Demonstration - I can't find any way to prove that he is not Bran...even, in a way, he is Bran.

Between the old Green Prophet and Brandon Stark, who can tell whether the former occupied the latter's body, or the latter obtained the memory of the former, or both?The important thing now is not to analyze the essence of the Green Prophet's inheritance, but to use its abilities first, and win this battle of ice and fire!

Looking at the surprised expression of the night watchman in front of him in deep thought, the boy pulled the corner of his mouth and made a not-so-bright smile: Talking to smart people is easy.

"I don't want your answer, I just want you to understand: I am also on the side of the living—that is, the Night Watchman, and I can be trusted."

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The progress of this conversation was completely beyond Iger's expectations. He tried his best to conceal his inner activities: he originally planned to pretend to be stupid to hide his identity as a time traveler, but the other party was not polite, and directly revealed his identity and thoughts. Open the skylight and speak plainly.

Bran's actions exceeded all of Iger's predictions. He couldn't figure out how to respond for a while, so he could only hum, nodded, and continued to stare at the other party, waiting for the next one-although the previous horn was broken, but now Bran Whether you can trust it or not depends on your performance.He, Iger West, was able to get into his current position from a young traveler, not because of his blood and innocence.

"Think about it slowly after you go back. Now, let's continue the topic just now." The boy's energy seemed to be exhausted by saying this call and forcing a smile. Look and sick tone: "The shapechangers of the wild people are under your control now, you should know something about them?"

Hey, the channel jumps really fast. Fortunately, Iger's brain is not slow, and he quickly caught up with the rhythm: "I know a little bit, what I know is that the skinchangers have some kind of talent, and they can control some animals through magic to complete Operations such as reconnaissance, removal, assault."

"That's almost all." Bran glanced at him lightly: "You asked me where the White Walkers are now, and I have always been concerned about this. It was easy to satisfy this curiosity: they are scattered in the Haunted Forest and Every place in the Land of Eternal Winter searches for corpses that can still be used in the area they are responsible for, and attacks and kills living creatures to strengthen the strength of the ghoul army—this is the reason why they have not attacked the Great Wall after waking up One. But no matter how big Beyond the Great Wall is, it has an end, and when they get together, things become troublesome."

The boy sighed like an old man, and then maintained a hesitant expression for a while as if recovering his strength, before speaking again: "This starts with the way I detect the world. I can see everything But that's not the same thing as 'knowing everything directly'. I want to know the truth about something, either by knowing exactly when and where it happened, and then, through magic, spiritually trace back to the time and place See; either it's like a skinchanger--holding a creature and keeping an eye on who or what he's after. But when the White Walkers finished their preparations and assembled and started moving south, I noticed that one of them played The special existence of the role of "commander" or "king"—that is, the night king in the legend—has the ability to counter my surveillance. Whether I am possessed by a living thing or peeking out of nowhere through magic, I will be caught He quickly found out and interrupted. Not only that, but the Night King can also reverse my detection in an unbelievable way and cause irreparable damage to my body and spirit... After several losses, now I can only say strange things The general direction of the ghosts, and I dare not try to pinpoint them lightly."

***

Regarding the principle of Green Prophet's "omniscient" ability, Iger has actually speculated and conjectured for a long time:

The space-time system formed by the weirwood, a magical plant, is like a monitoring network that spreads all over its growth area, recording and archiving everything that happened in the past and present within the "vision range".And the ability of the Green Prophet is to go deep into this network spiritually, like "retrieving surveillance records", to realize the knowledge of the past and what is happening.

However, no matter how incomprehensible this miraculous talent is, the brains of the Green Seers—the physical limit of human beings are there: they are like lonely workers who stay alone in the monitoring center, facing the entire wall and the whole page overwhelming There are astronomical levels of information, but only a small part of it can be selected and browsed.What the Green Prophet wants to know and investigate, he can find out thoroughly, but if he has no contact or heard of people or food at all, he can't start.

The ability to see all-seeing is indeed extremely strong, but it is also very limited: the Green Seer must first know or have a strong enough connection with one thing before he can follow the clues, understand and explore more—for example If Egger hadn't tried to stop Little Bran from falling under the main castle of Winterfell three years ago, and hadn't returned to the land-grant after three years and controlled the real power of the Night Watch Legion through a lot of operations and carried out drastic reforms, Thus becoming the supreme commander of the living against death... The Green Prophet probably wouldn't have thought of it until the end of the world... Going through the origin and life of an ordinary night watchman, he found that he appeared out of thin air and his identity was a mystery.

Weirwood is a medium that spans time and space, but it does not have the ability to discriminate and process information like the supercomputer in the movie. To the Green Prophet, the world is like a large-scale strategy game without a small map. The whole scene is recorded, but at the same time, the player can only see a small piece framed on the screen.If the Green Prophet wants to deal with the White Walkers and the dead, he must focus on the Great Wall and its north side, and never turn his head to peek at others from time to time, especially if he is an ally... look at Iger, the traverser, or others Are people trying to deal with themselves?

Of course, Iger is guarding against Bran who may not be Bran anymore, but why doesn't the Green Prophet be more afraid of him, a mysterious foreigner?But now is not a good time to be suspicious and guard against each other. The final battle is just around the corner. If an important event is ruined by an insignificant detail, who should be blamed?

Just like Sir Dennis Mallister—the overall situation is the most important thing. Bran, or the new Green Prophet will be in this room today, and Iger will openly discuss issues related to the mysterious side in order to win mutual trust. reason!

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Iger nodded casually, but his mind was spinning fast: Even a casual sentence of this extraordinary existence can reveal a huge amount of information.Bran's explanation at least confirms the speculation he had already made - the ability of the Green Prophet is not directly omniscient and omnipotent, but conditional "all-seeing".

Since the guess and explanation did not contradict, he intuitively believed what Bran said.Although what the other party said may be [-]% true and [-]% false, and I don't always act according to my intuition, but for a Stark who has an ability that I can't understand, but also has a special identity, and I don't want to be distracted. Even if he still has doubts, it is impossible to show it in person: "Okay, Your Excellency the Green Prophet, at least you can roughly judge that it is better than us-I don't know if it's convenient for you, but now estimate where the White Walkers are at the moment, doing what?"

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Chapter 349

"The last time I checked the whereabouts of the dead, they had already finished gathering more than a dozen miles north of Castle Black, but they did not march towards the Great Wall, but dispersed into two groups, heading east and west respectively. Among them, the one going to Seal Bay The batch numbered five or six thousand, led by three different ghosts, and they are now lurking in the ghost forest outside the three fortresses of Beacon Tower, Fort Greenguard, and East China Sea Watch. But the group going to the Grand Canyon is full of people. , It’s hard to calculate, because the night king led the team and I couldn’t get close to the investigation, the specific situation is unknown.”

Five or six thousand can be reported, but it is difficult to calculate how much it is?Iger's back turned cold when he heard it. This is still the case when he took in more than 3 savages. If he didn't do this, it would mean that the enemy had [-] more and his own side had [-] less...

His heart sank slightly, and he didn't speak, just quietly waiting for the next sentence.

"Even if they don't need to use their brains, they can make a judgment. They are looking for a way to cross the Great Wall, and at the same time they are waiting for the forces supporting their existence to reach their peak... in order to launch a decisive battle at the most favorable time." Bran's words began to have Intermittent and pause, it seems that the previous few words have exhausted the strength, "I don't want to flatter or flatter, but the biggest reason why the dead have not attacked the Seven Kingdoms until now is that the commander-in-chief made a series of Arrangements—whether it's airtight defenses along the Great Wall, massive de-icing of Seal Bay, or patrols along the Grand Canyon...the Night's Watch has blocked every road for the enemy, and I sometimes suffer. I can't help but think, maybe you are really the prince who was sent to deal with the White Walkers in the prophecy."

"Thank you. I'm not some kind of prince. I just put prudence first, think differently... and then plug all the loopholes I can find." There is no denying that the results of seriousness and hard work are recognized by everyone. It's useful, but Iger won't be so flustered that he forgets his business, "Bran, I won't force you to take the risk to track the exact location of the Night King, but I hope you can answer me a few questions about the enemy. Can fight a hundred battles: First, are the White Walkers and the dead afraid of water, will they swim from the sea or walk on the bottom of the sea?"

"It is indeed a question worthy of attention." Bran nodded, "I can give you a clear answer, but it must be explained separately. First of all, the White Walkers are afraid of water-although they are transformed from living people, they are transformed by ice magic. During the years of soaking, the body fades away little by little and is replaced by purer and purer magic power to maintain the body, and becomes stronger little by little as the process progresses. The mature White Walker's body is just a shape, and it is completely supported by magic power. And Human beings must consume food to generate stable heat. If the body temperature is too low or too high, they will die. The ghosts also have an optimal temperature range for maintaining their existence, and this temperature is extremely low for humans. When they touch water, if it is A small amount will be sealed in an ice lump and affect the ability to move; and if it is a large amount—such as being thrown into the sea, it will be the same as human beings being frozen to death, because they lose their 'normal temperature' and will be heated to death."

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If this is the case, doesn't that mean that water can be used to catch strange ghosts alive?Iger thought about this possibility carefully, but finally realized that it was not realistic: With the supernatural power of the White Walker that can slay dragons, even if a bucket or two of water is poured on it, he can break free immediately even if he freezes, and he can only be submerged with tons of water in an instant. It can freeze the ghosts in it, which is difficult to do at the current level of technology.

After thinking about it a few times, he still asked a more likely situation: "Why didn't they cast a spell on the shore to freeze Seal Bay and come over?"

"They are aliens, not gods." Bran rolled his eyes—for the first time since Iger entered this room, he finally looked like a child: "You have a quite powerful priest of the Red God by your side. , when she wanted to take a hot bath, did she jump into the cold water and use magic power to boil the water? In this energy-thin world, magic power is precious. Compared with ordinary human beings, the White Walkers are indeed powerful , but in front of nature, they are just ants!"

"That is to say, the ghosts don't have this ability?"

"I'm not one of them, so I can't answer for them." Bran shook his head, "But what I can confirm is that it takes most of the strength for the White Walkers to maintain their bodies and body temperature. To create a passage that is strong enough to ignore the condescending destruction of the defenders of the Great Wall, it may be necessary to sacrifice a dozen different ghosts to fill it in with self-sacrifice."

I hope this is true, and Aigle breathed a sigh of relief: "So, what about the ghouls, they don't have hypothermia, what if the ghosts control them to wade over?"

"It is theoretically possible, but in practice it is unlikely to be put into practice. First of all, ghouls cannot be too far away from the ghosts who control them, especially if it is difficult to separate the Great Wall-the reason I will tell you later; secondly, the vigil People should have encountered different ghosts many times, have they ever studied: Why are they afraid of fire?"

"Of course, the body of the ghoul is filled with a special flammable corpse oil."

"That's right, then have you ever wondered why the enemy leaves such a big weakness for himself?"

Yes, why?

Being asked by Bran, conspiracy theories immediately floated in Iger's mind...Could it be that this is a trap, when the night watchmen think that ghouls are afraid of fire, they will suddenly become invulnerable in the final battle and be wiped out Human main force?

If this is the case, wouldn't the large number of wildfires prepared in the early stage be turned into useless efforts?Iger was startled at first, but quickly suppressed the messy thoughts—this is illogical. If ghouls are not afraid of fire, the enemy's terror level will instantly increase by an order of magnitude. Pushing it over, the United Seven Nations is not an opponent, and there is no need for any conspiracy at all.

"I guess, that kind of corpse oil is like blood to human beings, it is an indispensable part to ghouls, so even if it becomes a weakness, it cannot be discarded?"

"You guessed it... Corpse oil has at least three functions: one is to store the ice magic cast by the White Walker and "awaken" the ghoul, which is the key to its difference from the corpse; The air absorbs magic power and maintains the power of its own existence; the third is to act as lubricating oil for muscles and bones...and at the same time delay the natural decay and drying of the ghoul's body." Bran panted and spoke intermittently, and it can be seen that after a swim outside the wall, his body Weakened to a certain extent, "it is irreplaceable, a ghoul without corpse oil will be stiff and fragile, although it is no longer afraid of fire...but it can be killed by swords and sticks, even a few steps away from the ghosts. May fall."

It turns out that corpse oil is so important to ghouls. Iger had nervously thought about what to do if he encountered a ghoul who was not afraid of fire, but now it seems that he was completely overwhelmed.

"But this only explains why ghouls are afraid of fire. What I am most concerned about now is whether ghouls are afraid of water... Could it be that this corpse oil dissolves in water?"

"No, ghouls are not afraid of water in theory, what they are afraid of is ice." Bran shook his head, explaining with a half-smile, "I know this is counter-intuitive—how can ghouls controlled by ice magic be afraid of ice? Even I observed it for a while before figuring out why. The reason lies in a small misunderstanding in naming: the long night when the White Walkers first appeared gave people the impression of being icy cold, so the recorder conveniently referred to the White Walkers as The power used is named 'ice magic', but in fact, cold is the favorable condition and incidental effect of ice magic, not the purpose, and ice is water frozen at a low temperature-the alien attack is always accompanied by Cooling and freezing, so people mistakenly think that they are causally related to each other, which is not the case."

The boy took another breath before continuing: "A more accurate word to describe ice magic should be 'cold magic' or 'necromancer magic'. The ice formed by water looks very good for ice magic, but it is actually very bad. In this regard...you should have experience: whether it is the bodies of the White Walkers or the weapons in their hands that look like ice, they are actually not the same substance as ice. The ghosts pass through the water Finally, although water has no effect on them, the ice frozen in a low-temperature environment not only affects the actions of the ghouls themselves, but also hinders the operation of necromantic magic, making it extremely difficult for the white ghosts to control the ghouls. To make matters worse, ice magic can't be used to remove ice...and that's why the White Walkers would never send wights wading around the Wall!"

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Iger sat quietly in the chair, trying his best to digest the secrets of the White Walkers that the Green Prophet revealed to him.

The first thing he grasped was the part that Bran said he "should have experience"-the Green Prophet obviously discovered his experience of desperately fighting with the White Walkers in the Haunted Forest after he became interested in himself.He carefully recalled the specific process before and after killing the White Walker three years ago, and remembered the details that Bran asked himself to pay attention to: that day, whether it was the White Walker's knife that looked like it was made of ice, it shattered when it hit him. The disappearance process of his magic sword, or its milky white body after being killed, does not conform to the physical properties of ice at all: instead of melting into a pool of water, it melts and boils simultaneously. After the process is over, except for a chill Not a drop, not a trace.

It's not so much water, it's more like a gas with a higher freezing point... It looks like it's sublimating rapidly when heated!

A theory that is logically consistent and consistent with practical observations is either correct, or it is a carefully fabricated lie or fallacy, and the Green Prophet has no reason to lie to the Night Watch about the enemy's situation, so this is probably the truth.

Bran looked at Iger's thinking, and reminded him: "I don't know what the commander-in-chief is thinking, but don't underestimate the enemy and reduce the number of troops stationed at East Watch because of this, one natural force can counter another natural force. —The White Walkers can't freeze the Bay of Seals, but Winter can."

Iger nodded, even if Bran didn't remind him, he wouldn't take such a needless risk, and the night watchman is not short of manpower now.

"Understood, the deployment at Seal Bay remains as it is." He put his knees on his knees and pondered for a while, and then raised the second question of concern, "The builders have built the [-]-foot-high Great Wall, why did they arrive?" Does the Grand Canyon stop abruptly, instead of continuing westward to the Frozen Bay, leaving a gap?"

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Chapter 350

"There are many reasons, and the most direct one is that it is not easy to build." Bran replied without thinking, "Almost all the snowmelt from the Frostfangs flows into the sea through the Milky River, and the summer water flow at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is huge. The Great Wall was built in The lower part will be washed away by the water, and it will not take long to collapse if it is built on the mountainside, but if it is built on the top of the mountain... I don’t know if the commander-in-chief has counted: the height of the mountains on both sides of the Grand Canyon is far more than [-] feet, higher than that of any place along the Great Wall. The tops of the walls are all high, which is an excellent natural danger in itself. If the construction of the Great Wall is really started, the construction difficulty will be equivalent to building countless Eagle's Nest cities, and the labor and resources required will probably be comparable to building another Great Wall of Impossibility."

Iger was dissatisfied with this explanation: "Then at least we can open up patrol routes on both sides of the Grand Canyon to facilitate the operations of the night watchmen. The situation reported by the soldiers of the Shadow Tower to me is: there is no way to go, and all have to be re-opened. Why?"

"There used to be a road, but thousands of years have passed, and it has already been taken away by the current due to landslides and rolled into the bottom of the valley." Bran sighed: "Speaking of the loopholes in the Great Wall defense line, I want to tell you again. A long-forgotten piece of information—remember how I said it was difficult for the White Walkers to control wights across the Wall."

I remember, of course, that Bran had said it at the time - the reason will be told to himself later, obviously now it was what he said "wait".

"Appreciate further details."

"The Great Wall is not only a high wall that physically blocks the passage of savages and ghosts, but also a magical barrier. The White Walkers don't like to get close to the Great Wall, which gives people the impression that the Great Wall can 'resist the White Walkers' ——This is not an illusion, but what I want to add is that the anti-Wandering is just one of the side effects of the function of the Great Wall. The main purpose of the magic weaved inside it is to shield the power of the cold god from the land of eternal winter— —that is, the force that floats in the air and sustains the existence of the White Walkers and ghouls."

"It's understandable, but wouldn't it be better to seal the Grand Canyon? It wouldn't be said that the power of the cold god is heavier than air, and it would sink to the bottom of the canyon so it wouldn't be able to penetrate."