The king on the Great Wall

"Soros, what are you doing here?"

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Chapter 383 A "destined" encounter?

Melisandre's question was in Valyrian, and Iger couldn't understand the rest of the content except for the name "Soros"... At this time, the store staff who escaped from trouble and hid at the night watchman's side were also full. He said to him with a smile on his face: "Lord Commander-in-Chief, my lord, Tob Mott, the person you sent earlier has passed the message to... You are the right person. I dare not say the whole of Westeros, But I am definitely the only one in King's Landing who can reforge Valyrian steel!"

It turned out that this person was the right person he was looking for on this trip, but Iger had no intention of talking to him at the moment—his attention was on the man in the red robe opposite him.

I don't know whether it was purely for confronting Melisandre or considering whether other people present could understand, but Soros replied in a common language: "The Lord of Light conveyed an oracle to me in the flames, ma'am. He told Me, we must rush to the Great Wall as soon as possible to participate in the decisive battle between him and his old enemy... Such an epic battle must be equipped with the best equipment. So, we came here to buy goods."

Tob Mott didn't accept this explanation, relying on the backing of a group of night watchmen who seemed capable of fighting, he even made his voice much louder: "What an epic battle, it's nonsense, you just went to the sky to kill the gods, You can't rob me of the equipment left for the officers of the garrison!"

But no one paid attention to the shopkeeper, and both sides looked at the leader of the other side with a sense of surprise: Iger and Melisandre stared at the blond-haired young nobleman next to Soros, while on the other side they all observed carefully as if they were in the sky. The Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch who suddenly appeared in front of them as if falling.

After a while, the young nobleman walked towards Iger with a smile, put his hand on his chest and bowed to signal: "It's an honor to meet you here, Lord Commander. In Lower Beric Dondarrion, Earl of Black Harbor. These two are mine. Friends: Anguy the 'Martial Archer' who won the bow and arrow competition at the Tournament to celebrate Eddard Stark's appointment as Prime Minister; Luke the 'Reliable' who is proficient in swordsmanship and great strength; the horse watcher outside Child, it is my squire, Edric Dayne."

"Master Dondarrion, it's a pleasure to meet you." Iger returned the salute in the same way, and also briefly introduced Nina and Cobain, but there was already a stir in his heart—Berry Dondarrion?Is it the Beric who was killed n times by Tywin's army in the original plot but survived?There doesn't seem to be any similarities, but think about it, in this timeline, I'm afraid he hasn't been killed a single time, "Listen to this Thoros from Myr, you want to go north Support the Night's Watch?"

"That's right." Bailey was full of vigor, "Commander-in-Chief, you and I are comrades-in-arms by destiny. We were worried that we would not be able to leave King's Landing and go north, so we ran into you here by chance. It must be... You won't be short of our five positions on your ship!"

Of course, these five positions are not bad. A few thousand catties of nitrate in a small half warehouse looks like a lot, but it is far from enough to fill the Black Bird.However, when I went to Steel Street in King's Landing to invite Tob Mott, I was able to bump into several followers of the Red God and fighters who obeyed the will of the King of Light who had a role in the original plot!

Is this a coincidence?

Ghosts believe.

Could it be that mysterious R'hllor—after learning about his idea of ​​melting swords and casting arrows and the specific itinerary, he informed Soros and Bailey and his party through the flames that he came here today to wait for him, so as to give himself a gift? A master archer and three excellent fighters cooperate to exert the greatest power of the arrow version of "Bright Messenger"?

The above one is still a good guess, and there is a worse possibility. Iger didn’t even dare to think about it in depth: Is the idea of ​​melting swords that popped up in my mind not long ago, or was it my own free will? decision?

Is it possible that R'hllor guided himself to Tob Mott's blacksmith shop by influencing his subconscious mind to implant the idea of ​​melting swords, and then gave Thoros an oracle to make him also give birth to "it is best to come to King's Landing" The idea of ​​buying equipment in the blacksmith's shop", so that the two groups of people will meet logically, and help the last group of people missing in this war also board their own sailboat and return to the Great Wall?

This guess seems to completely explain everything!

He lied to Melisandre and said: R'hllor instructed him to split the sword into a long-range weapon.Could it be... This is not a lie, but an unintentional truth?

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Just like the classic brain-in-a-vat problem, how should I tell myself now—whether I have been influenced or even manipulated by R'hllor?

Iger's back was chilled by this thought, so that he was stunned for a few seconds, and he didn't even hear the next sentence of the Earl of Black Harbor.

"grown ups?"

He hurried back to reality: "Oh, of course no problem, the Night Watch Legion welcomes the help of anyone with lofty ideals in the Seven Kingdoms!"

"Lord Commander, let's make an agreement, we're just going to help you deal with the dead." The big boy-like archer Angai added, "I'm not going to join the Night Watchman, I haven't tasted enough of a woman yet. Well, if you want me to swear not to marry a wife, you might as well kill me."

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Next to it, Melisandre had already argued with Soros in the common language. The red-robed woman asked why the drunkard Soros did not complete the task assigned by the highest priest, and the latter countered bluntly that he had himself to serve Rakh Lo's way.Melisandre's haughty expression and aggressive tone showed that her status in the Red God Cult was higher than that of Soros, but the latter looked like a fool who was not afraid of boiling water, and didn't seem to buy much from the high priest in front of him. account.

"Hey..." The shopkeeper had hoped that Iger, who was asking for him, would be able to support him, but he didn't expect that the group of people who said a few words and two words would become an accomplice at once, and immediately looked at Iger with some concern, "Commander-in-Chief, you seem to be a reasonable person People, please persuade your friends, these are the equipment ordered by His Majesty the King, I can't explain it if I take it away casually."

The reliable Luke glared at the shopkeeper viciously: "We are going north to fight against the natural enemies of mankind, to end the long night and protect all the residents of the Seven Kingdoms. It is your honor to use the equipment in your shop! Push three and four, wait for the dead to go south Invading the human kingdom, do you think the guards can be used as night watchmen wearing your armor?"

At this time, Iger also recovered from the chilling conjecture. He struggled to restrain his thoughts that were about to fly away. He looked up at the equipment that his new companions were fancying: the luster was shining, the workmanship was excellent, and it was indeed quite good. But it was nothing more than a few sets of ordinary mid-to-high-end armor. The batch that Tywin donated to the Night Watch Corps was of no worse quality than this one. There were more than a dozen sets left for each of the cronies and officers.

"Forget it everyone, after all, Mr. Mott will continue to do business in King's Landing City, and he has his difficulties, so let's not bother him. When the land is granted, I will open the warehouse and let a few people choose suitable equipment first. .”

Relying on this promise, he calmed down the dispute.Suppressing doubts, Iger continued to do business as planned—he asked Tob Mott how he thought about it, and if he would go north with him to recast an "unknown" Valyrian steel sword for the Night Watchman.

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"Oh, of course I would, but why didn't you bring the sword?" Tob sighed, "It's not impossible for me to go north to work in person, but I have to explain in advance: as the most important person in Westeros An excellent casting and forging craftsman, my appearance fee is very high, we have to negotiate the price first here."

"Make a price." Iger never expects everyone to be so enlightened that he is willing to provide services for free because the Night Watchman claims to be fighting against the White Walkers, but he is just a commoner blacksmith. , where can it be so high?

"You have decided to melt a Valyrian steel sword into as many arrowheads as possible." Tob Mott hesitated and made an offer, "No matter how big the sword is, I want a tenth of it How about Valyrian steel?"

"One-tenth of Valyrian steel?" Beric next to him laughed out loud, "It's really a good price, Duke Tywin would probably buy any Valyrian steel sword with a hundred thousand gold dragons, but I haven't found a seller for half my life...you are a blacksmith, and the fee for an appearance is tens of thousands of gold dragons, which is more than the tax I, the Earl of Black Harbor, collect in a year?"

"An original and complete Valyrian steel sword is more than a hundred thousand gold dragons, because it is not only a weapon, but also an out-of-print collectible! But after melting, it is just a material with excellent performance Now, and how much one-tenth of the material is worth, I really dare not make a judgment before seeing the size of this sword-in short, it is definitely not worth ten thousand gold dragons." Tob did not directly respond to Bailey Instead, he analyzed it righteously, "But my lord, when you trusted me and chose me to recast Wagang weapons for you, did you ever think: I went to study Wagang on the other side of the narrow sea many years ago?" Steel casting technology, after such a long time, will it become rusty?"

How can there be such a self-questioning businessman who smashes his own brand?Iger was curious—he really didn’t doubt it, not because he couldn’t think of it, but because the other party successfully cast "Oathkeeper" and "Widow's Howl" in the original plot, which made him, a traveler, subconsciously trust him .

"It's still too late for me to ask, are you unfamiliar?"

"I can answer you with certainty, no!" the shopkeeper said firmly, "It's not because I have a good memory and high talent, but because I practice persistently! Valyrian steel swords are hard to find in the world, but various small objects such as Bachelor's chain links, pocket daggers, rings, etc. can be seen on the black market from time to time... When I paid the tuition fee to the master technician in Quhor to start learning the skill of recasting tile steel, the master technician reminded me: I I may never have the chance in my life to meet someone who comes to me to reforge a real Valyrian steel sword. But even so, I still spend hundreds of gold dragons every year to buy small and small tile steel objects, Repeatedly recasting and recasting until the final failure caused Valyrian steel to deteriorate and lose various characteristics, and then sum up the experience of failure and think about how to avoid it. Such a skilled worker raised at a huge price... …waiting ages and ages just to one day serve you and your sword, do you think a tenth of Valyrian steel is . . . expensive?”

It turned out that he was bragging around the corner, but the shopkeeper's words were reasonable. Not only did Iger not feel disgusted by his self-promotion, but he was even moved by his craftsman spirit - just like dragon slaying, which takes time, energy and money to learn Practice repeatedly, but it is very likely that you will not be able to wait for a "dragon" in your entire life. This kind of hopeless waiting has a subtle similarity to the spirit of the night watchman: from ancient times to the present, how many night watchmen are ghosts who will never come? Guarded the Great Wall for a lifetime?

If these words are true, then Tob's appearance fee is indeed worthy of the price he wants.

"Forging Valyrian steel arrows?" Archer Anguy became interested, "I have never used Valyrian steel weapons before, Lord Commander, if you are willing to give me the arrowhead after the recasting is successful." With ten such arrows, I will prove to you why I can win the prime minister's tournament!"

"As long as your archery is as good as Earl Bailey said, I will consider it." Iger replied with a smile, then looked at Tob, and answered his question in a deep voice, "Don't give it a tenth, I will give it to you." You get one-fifth! But there are two additional conditions: [-]. If there is a loss during the recasting process, it will be deducted from your one-fifth first—this means that if the loss exceeds one-fifth, You have to work for me in vain; [-]. Your reward, I will use it to deal with the White Walkers and the Night King first, pay after this war is over, and cash it within a year at the latest. One fifth will be compensated with gold coins."

Iger's conditions are quite harsh, but at the craftsman level of Tob Mott, making money is no longer his goal and ideal in life.The experience of forging a true, complete Valyrian steel sword is itself a rewarding experience.

The shop owner said without hesitation: "Okay! But please allow me to prepare... I am not familiar with the conditions of land grants. Casting Valyrian steel swords requires a complete and good casting facility and environment, as well as a lot of unusual items. props."

"Houguan Town has everything you need for casting facilities and environments, and I can borrow from Winterfell if I lack them. As for props, don't you practice often, are you unprepared? I remember asking the person sent to make it clear: either agree and then Follow me immediately, or... I will take the complete sword as a family heirloom."

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This is not a tactic or threat in negotiation techniques, Iger really decided so.Casting the Dark Sisters into arrowheads and changing their name was a whim for no reason. It was impossible for him to waste even one day at this most critical juncture for such an idle move.

If you want to take advantage of the influence of that well-known prophecy and directly change the name of the sword to "Lightbringer", the effect you will achieve will not be even half a cent worse.

Tob Mott pursed his lips, struggled hard for more than ten seconds under the eyes of everyone, and finally decided not to let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip away from his hands: "Forget it, please allow me to take a moment to explain the details of the store. Operations and follow-up work, and then set off immediately. Gendry! Go get that little box out of my bed, and get ready for two horses, and follow me to the Great Wall!"

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Chapter 384

Only one Sandor Clegane and one Brienne Tass are missing, and everyone is there-Iger couldn't help the thought in his mind.

Cobain (without assistants) was named, and he took Bailey and Soros and his party, and then picked up the blacksmith Tob and his illegitimate apprentice of the king who Iger almost forgot existed. He went out as planned before King's Landing closed King's Gate, boarded the ship from the pier of the industrial park and started the northward voyage.

Originally, they came here for nitrate, but after counting the sailors and the new entrants brought back, including the equipment, tools and luggage, the living people on board weighed more than the cargo.The Blackbird was originally a small sailing ship. In order to make room for the eight newly boarded passengers, Iger had to spend a lot of time arranging the duty schedule and allocating accommodation, and throwing away most of the ballast. Until the ship was not overloaded, everyone had a bed to sleep, and barely set sail before the sun set—in order not to neglect the Earl of Black Harbor and the invited casting master, he even shared the commander-in-chief's room with Beric and Tob.

Fortunately, on the way back, he didn't have to bother to write half of the Theory of the Demonic Reform of the Monarch. Although it was crowded and there was no environment for any work, he endured it and passed.

The fleets of Stannis and Daenerys, who were patrolling Blackwater Bay, quickly released the Blackbird, and he saw the sea before dark.The northbound return journey was not as easy as it came: due to weather reasons, the Blackbird stopped and anchored for two nights and did not sail during the night... However, compared with the average weather level of the narrow sea in winter, this is already as smooth as the blessing of the seven gods, No one has anything to complain about.In the end, after another week of sailing, Iger, who had been away from the Great Wall for half a month, finally completed this short-lived absence from the battle within the expected time limit, and returned to the pier of Donghaiwatch.

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The port was empty and there were no other ships. Fortunately, the workers and soldiers who came and went back and forth on the shore were still alive. This really made Iger, who had not received any news of the land grant for more than ten days, heaved a sigh of relief.As soon as they got off the boat, the eight guests brought back from King’s Landing were still raising their heads and marveling at the ice wall. Iger had already asked Carter Pike, the commander of the East Watch, who had appeared at the pier to greet him. latest situation.

"Situations keep appearing in the Shadow Tower and the Grand Canyon. In the past few days, we have been receiving ravens every day. It is generally a military situation like 'the dead have appeared within the sight of the patrolling soldiers on the south side of the canyon and urgently need support'. But later, because the news was too frequent and the ravens were not enough, I could no longer receive news from the west of the Great Wall. I could only rely on the information exchanged between the patrols on the top of the Great Wall to make sure that no fortress had fallen yet. .”

Iger nodded. The communication method is backward and the capacity is limited. He can't expect to know the whole situation of the land grant at Donghaiwang. Return to Houguan Town with guests and some special goods."

"Obey." When he lost the commander-in-chief and was forced to swear allegiance, Carter Pike almost concluded that the night watchman would be buried in Iger's hands, but now time has proved that the worries of the conservatives are unfounded... Although he is still dissatisfied, he I no longer have the idea of ​​meaninglessly provoking the authority of the Commander-in-Chief, "Also, Mr. Commander-in-Chief, there is also a situation that needs to be reported immediately at East Sea Watch—the weather in Seal Bay is so cold that it keeps freezing during the day, did you see : There is not a single ship in the port, because whether it is the Stormcrow and the Claw, or the newly commissioned Xiong Lao and Aemon's Bachelor donated by White Harbor, they are all performing icebreaking tasks around the clock. In the case of not thick ice Now, it is not difficult to destroy them, but what is difficult is to prevent the thin ice that shatters but does not melt from overlapping to form thick ice. Even if this problem is solved, we will have to divide the ice from other places. Go to intercept or try to get it away... I will send the Blackbird out as soon as the cargo is unloaded. But this is already saturated. If the temperature continues to drop, the freezing situation will be so bad that manpower cannot fight against it. , and once the Seal Bay freezes, it will be easier for the White Walkers to walk over the ice than to cross the Grand Canyon!"

After all, the subtext is just one sentence: Although the situation at the Grand Canyon is urgent, Eastwatch also needs support.

"Let the Blackbird join the de-icing first and then support it. If there are merchant ships from Essos or the south behind, forcefully requisition ships and personnel in my name to help break the ice." Iger nodded and did not reply directly. Need to give a little more time... When the batch of dragon crystal bombs is successfully put into production, he can't wait for the ghosts to come and die, "As for the deployment of troops, I will reply to you as soon as possible after I understand the whole situation of the Great Wall."

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Not enough boats, but enough people.The unloading of the saltpeter ship was completed quickly, and the whole tank was loaded onto the carriage, occupying two vehicles. If the remaining horses were to be spared by the rangers, they would not be enough for people to ride. Iger could only let the guests from afar Another "land-grant bus carriage" was squeezed, and the goal of returning to Houguan Town in one trip was achieved.

The "Land-Gifted Capital" is still standing on the side of the King's Road, and it is even more lively than before... After the construction of the urban area outside the core fortress was completed last month, Iger asked the permanent residents to move out of their tents and move in. Although simple, it is a hut that shelters from wind and rain.But right now, as the convoy returning with a full load approaches Houguan Town along the road that is almost covered with snow, everyone can see: densely packed tents have been set up outside the high walls of Houguan Town, and there are many tents wrapped in old furs. The new land granters haunted the tents, staring curiously at the convoy of three carriages approaching from afar.

"Houguan Town is even bigger than what I heard." Beric Dondarrion was surprised, but then asked even more strangely, "But I thought that there was no distinction between nobles and commoners in land grants. Will it not be able to accommodate all the residents, and force these people to pitch tents at the foot of the city wall?"

"I didn't have these tents when I left, but I decided to issue a medium-level warning in advance on the day I went to King's Landing." Iger certainly understood where the crowd in front of him came from, "According to the plan: all land-grant residents who are more than one day away from the nearest fortress, all Pack up your things and shrink back to the pre-arranged fortress. Most of the people who live outside the wall now came from the surrounding areas of Houguan Town after the warning was issued. Because they were slow and came too late, it was too late to arrange accommodation, so as not to disturb the order inside the wall ...you can only temporarily live outside the city."

The Earl of Black Harbor nodded, and then asked with great interest: "You said intermediate warning, so there must be high-level and low-level warnings? If it is not classified as confidential, can you briefly explain to me what are the three levels of early warning? What is the corresponding plan when the situation is triggered?"

"Needless to say the low level, since there are already abnormalities in the Ghost Shadow Forest outside the Great Wall, the land-grant has always been on low-level alert since I became the commander-in-chief: adult males undergo regular basic military training, snow on important roads is cleared at any time, and patrols on the ground and on the top of the Great Wall Without interruption, every village where people are stationed must have night soldiers and so on... As the guards of the northernmost border, even in peaceful times, this is the minimum state of alert. Infested in the area, the commander can announce the entry when he feels that the opponent has an offensive intention, and all activities are contracted to the surrounding fortresses that can be defended, and the patrol force is maximized." Iger carefully looked at the tenters at the foot of the wall, and casually introduced, "As for the seniors, it's the last moment--the time when the ghosts lead the dead to officially attack the defense line, and it's time to ignite beacon fires everywhere. By then, not only the temporary residents under the city wall, but the entire land-grant and along the Great Wall, a total of about Forty-five thousand soldiers and civilians will evacuate all the land along the Great Wall, Houguan Town, and Ice Bay..." Speaking of this, Iger also remembered that the existence of Ice Strait Port is still a military secret in the North, so stop quickly, " A total of nineteen plus one, in twenty fortresses. Open the arsenal and distribute all kinds of dragon crystals and incendiary weapons to everyone who can fight, stop all production activities, or wait for the frontline defenders to defend the enemy The good news outside the door is to lift the alert, or usher in the final battle."

"This is the real battle, I admire you." The Earl of Black Harbor admired him sincerely, realizing that the rumors that the night watchman's combat effectiveness has changed dramatically under the leadership of the new commander these days are not exaggerated at all.He has also led soldiers before, and he has a vague idea of ​​what a war is all about: this three-level state, coupled with the corresponding specific policies and measures, even if the level of equipment is not considered, this plan can be implemented in place. , Even if it is all armed with wooden sticks, it is an army with amazing combat effectiveness.

Fortunately, there are few people in the land grant, otherwise, under the leadership of such a commander-in-chief, there is no problem in rebellion to grab the Iron Throne.

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Amidst the creaking sound of the wheels turning, the convoy entered the gate of the outer city wall of Houguan Town and traversed the well-planned streets. Iger soon discovered that there seemed to be many more people in the town than expected, much more than The number of people who should have taken refuge here under the medium-level warning state... The situation seems to be a little different from what you imagined?

With their own thoughts, a group of people finally arrived in the inner castle.Before he walked out of the doorway, Iger first heard the clear and crisp sound of Arya's voice coming from the school yard not far away.

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Chapter 385 A false alarm

Walking out of the dim doorway of the inner castle, Iger easily found his cheap apprentice in sight: Arya was wearing a light and strong outfit and was doing swordsmanship exercises with others in the open space——she was shaking her head The ponytail at the back jumped around nimbly, sometimes slashing hard, sometimes stabbing fast... turned around and jumped up, landed on the tiptoes, and kept moving from left to right, while launching dazzling attacks, while sending out what may be for the purpose of attacking. I shouted for encouragement...and this is the voice Iger heard from a long distance just now.

Putting aside the practicality, Iger has to admit that Arya's sword gestures are really pleasing to the eye, no wonder there are a lot of onlookers gathered around the field.Many of them applauded and commanded indiscriminately, and some even booed and cheered her or her opponents for fear of chaos.

Bailey looked at it for a moment, and his eyes lit up: "It's really beautiful. Who is this lady? She seems to have received quite good sword training."

"Arya Stark, the sister of the current Duke of Winterfell." Iger replied.

To be honest, after Jia Kun’s training, and because of his hobbies, he often finds others to learn from each other even if he is not with him...Compared to him who is busy all day long and can only spare a small amount of time for training and maintaining physical fitness Master, even without the experience of going to the Black and White Academy across the narrow sea to train, Arya's skills are already quite good—maybe even stronger than him.

Of course, the "strong" mentioned here is only the theoretical level of tricks and skills. The disadvantages in strength and shape, as well as the shortcomings in actual combat experience and psychological quality cannot be caught up by practice.The Faceless Professor Arya's swordsmanship is also more suitable for surprise assassination rather than frontal fighting in a duel, so although the wooden sword in her hand is fancy, she still can't do anything to her opponent, and even retreats to dodge the opponent in embarrassment from time to time fight back.

"It turned out to be Miss Stark." Soros stared at the field with interest, and hiccupped, "Tsk tsk... This is the lady with the longest legs I have ever seen. She is in good shape and has undergone training. There must be no fat, her future husband will be blessed... Hey, why is she wearing anklets? Is this a deliberate self-limitation in order to suppress her own strength and increase the difficulty according to the legend?"

What?Iger was confused for a moment, and then was taken aback: he was reminded that the person who was standing motionless in the middle of the arena and parrying Arya's stormy attack was actually his prisoner Asha Greyjoy .The previous conversation between myself, Bailey and Soros was basically a chicken-and-duck conversation!

I heard Arya's voice from a distance, and I was familiar with her figure and back, so I found her in the crowd at a glance after passing through the door, but ignored the sea monster who was dressed inconspicuously and did not move much daughter.But Beric Dondarrion and Soros didn't know Miss Stark in this timeline. As adults and soldiers, they saw the other one with longer legs and better skills in the field at a glance. woman.

This is not just an embarrassing question caused by a wrong answer. Of course, Iger can't forget: Asha was captured because she led the Ironmen to invade the North, and Arya is the sister of the Guardian of the North— — As long as it hits the vital point, the wooden sword can also kill!

He was so scared that he immediately shouted: "Arya, what are you doing? Get away from her!"

Panicked, even as prudent and rational as he was, he made a wrong decision: Arya, who suddenly heard his voice, not only didn't stay away from Asha, but was distracted by his yelling, and turned her head to look at Asha. His direction, with joy on his face: "Master?"

With this distraction, the wooden sword in Asha's hand pierced Arya's back.

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Iger's heart was about to jump out of his throat. Fortunately, things didn't develop as he imagined. Arya staggered a little, and turned her head angrily as if nothing had happened: "Hey, how did you sneak attack? !"

"Your master didn't teach you, can't you be distracted in battle?" Asha withdrew her wooden sword, and looked at Iger who rushed over and pulled the girl away to protect her back with a playful face, "What's the matter, my lord commander?" ? If I want to hurt this little girl, she has died dozens of times in the past ten days since you left."

"No way!" Arya exclaimed unconvinced, "I only...lost once or twice, and most of them were tied!"

"Okay, shut up!" Iger, who had a false alarm, gave Asha a warning look, didn't say much, took the wooden sword in Arya's hand and threw it away, then grabbed her by the arm and led her away from the center of the school field , and on the way, he glanced sternly at the onlookers who watched the swordsmanship duel between the noble ladies with relish, "What are you looking at, let's go! What should I do?"

"What are you doing!" Arya, who was having a good fight, was scratched by Iger's arm and struggled dissatisfiedly, "I just fought her not long ago today!"

"Ask me again, do you know who that person was just now? You don't object to finding someone to practice swordsman, but you... at least choose someone, okay?"

"We're not using real swords." Arya retorted with an unhappy face, "Besides, she's only slightly stronger than me, so she can't do anything to me."

How can Iger have the heart to argue with her, anyway, he will directly greet the guards later, and Asha and Arya will not be allowed to practice duel, this matter is not negotiable... As a prisoner, the daughter of the sea monster is too restless, who knows Did she ever have the idea of ​​hurting Arya to take revenge on the Stark family just now, but gave up in the end?People's hearts are the most difficult thing to guess and predict. He can't bear the responsibility if something happens to Arya under his hands.

Dragging Arya back to the Earl of Black Harbor, Iger had to answer the question Beric Dondarrion asked just now: the long-legged lady in the arena was his prisoner Asha Greyjoy, and the unknown woman next to him was Asha Greyjoy. The tall girl is Miss Stark...Obviously, although Arya's face is flushed and sweaty, it's cute, but Beric and the others are still more interested in the mature Asha. "Be interesting.After some unnutritious greetings and conversations, Yamu, the mayor of Houguan Town who got the news, also rushed over in a hurry.

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After pointing out to Yam the identities of the group of guests he brought back to Houguan Town, and asking him to send someone to take Earl Beric and his followers to settle in, Iger began to arrange business: "I brought back a group of people from King's Landing. A large amount of nitrate, a small part of which was scraped off the wall, was sent directly to the weapon department to assemble the dragon crystal bomb, without delay. Immediately prepare to purify... The specific method and process, let this Bachelor of Coben study together. And this one is Tobe Mott, a famous blacksmith from King's Landing. You can ask someone to take him to the foundry in the industrial area. Let him see if there is anything missing to start the work, make a list and implement it as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord."

After successively recruiting several low-level managers and assigning the several important tasks listed by Aigeluo, Iger, who had dealt with all the goods and guests brought back from King's Landing, was relieved, and began to ask about the last thing he found when he entered Houguan Town. Obvious question: "What happened to those people who set up tents outside the city wall? I asked you to issue an intermediate warning the next day when I was leaving. Why haven't everyone settled inside the city wall after more than ten days?"

"Sigh—you don't know, my lord. There was a fake attack alert from the direction of the Grand Canyon two days ago. Right now, the number of residents gathered in Houguan Town is not the number of residents that should be in the middle-level alert state... Many people live in the half-day The newly donated land tribes within the distance also moved here in a panic after seeing the beacon fire. The total number far exceeds the normal capacity of Houguan Town. I advise them to move back to their residences first and refuse to run back and forth. Being in the city will affect the normal operation of various productions, so they can only be placed outside the city for the time being.”

"False alarm?" Iger became serious, "What's going on?"

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Chapter 386

"Two nights ago, I was having a good time dreaming, when suddenly there was a noise outside. Maeve and I went out to see that the beacon fires on the four outer walls were lit up, and everyone was running around in a panic Huh soldiers... oh, it’s like the end of the world anyway.” Arya grumbled and complained, “then someone drove us back to the room, but we didn’t fall asleep all night, and the next morning, we heard that the Great Wall It's abominable for someone to come on horseback and say it's a false alarm!"

This girl's habit of talking nonsense still hasn't changed at all, Iger glanced at her helplessly: "I didn't ask you, don't talk to adults."

Yam smiled, and led Iger to the core area while answering: "As Miss Stark said, this incident is a big one, but 'keep the whole Land Grant from sleeping well' comes second. The trouble is that it takes a lot of manpower and resources to rearrange the Beacon Tower after it has been lit, and our inventory will never be able to withstand a second false alarm. Sir Dennis Mallister, Commander of the Shadow Tower, said in the second false alarm. Tian personally went to the canyon to investigate the matter, and sent the results back to Houguan Town...I have been too busy with the internal affairs of Houguan Town these days to take a closer look. For the details of this false alarm, you can ask Warner Booker Sir Will asked, I have sent someone to inform all the senior officials in Houguan Town—I am waiting for you in the conference room."

"Okay, let's go." Iger nodded and glanced at Arya, "You follow and don't run around, and I'll talk about your problem after I finish the meeting!"

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