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Chapter 71: Take the first step towards independence and become the commander of the Night's Wa

The Night's Watch is quite democratic, including the election of the Commander-in-Chief, who is chosen by all the Night's Watch brothers one vote at a time.

At noon the next day, the surviving night watchmen gathered in the large conference room.

However, this meeting gave people an extremely unfamiliar feeling, as there were only two adults sitting on the stage.

On the left is Grand Maester Aemon, who is so blind that he cannot see, and next to him sits the Master-In-Chief of the Night's Watch, Leon Victor.

Even the veterans who had been most dissatisfied with Lyon had to admit that in the Night's Watch, Lyon's prestige was second only to Grand Maester Aemon, who had fifty years of service experience.

This time when Lyon led his troops back, he not only brought back three hundred well-trained elite Night's Watchmen, but also won the Battle of Black Iron Castle, saving the lives of all the Night's Watchmen present.

The rest of the qualified night watchmen, including Old Xiong and others, were all dead.

Inside the hall, although some of the night watchmen sitting bustling about had ulterior motives, they all knew in their hearts that today's situation was just a formality.

It's almost time to meet.

Grand Maester Aemon stood up shakily.

All the Night's Watch stopped talking at this time, looked at Grand Maester Aemon, and listened attentively.

"Anyone want to nominate a candidate?"

As soon as Grand Maester Aemon finished speaking, a bald man stood up in the crowd.

Lyon looked at the man. If Lyon remembered correctly, this man was a famous fence-sitter in Westeros, Janos Stirling, the former Lord of Harrenhal and Captain of the King's Landing. It was said that anyone with money could be his father. If he had not betrayed Ned Stark for money, leading to the execution of the Duke of the North, the King of the Seven Kingdoms at this time should be Stannis Baratheon. Feeling the unfriendly look from Lyon, he did not dodge or avoid it. He turned around and said loudly to the brothers of the Night's Watch:

"Sir Leon Victor is not only a nobleman of the Seven Kingdoms, but also a man of noble character. He has accomplished the task assigned by the former Commander-in-Chief, Old Bear, brilliantly. Everyone has seen the combat effectiveness of the recruits he trained. Last night, he directly saved Black Iron Castle and led us to defeat the wildlings. He is the only candidate."

He just finished speaking.

The Night's Watch brothers around him nodded in unison, sang along, and even whistled and saluted Leon who was sitting on the high seat.

There were so many people responding at once that it seemed that Lyon was far ahead in the votes.

However, even though this was the general trend, there were still people who stood up and expressed different opinions.

"Lord Janos Sterling, Lord Denys Mallister joined the Night's Watch as a child and has been loyal to his duty longer than any other Ranger." Another middle-aged Night's Watch stood up and said to the bald man who was a little too flattering. At the same time, he pointed to an old man at the table who was so old that his hair and beard were all white, but his eyes were still sharp.

After hearing the middle-aged night watchman's words, there were a few voices of approval and admiration from the crowd, but it did not cause much reaction from the crowd.

Seeing this, the middle-aged Night Watchman continued slowly, "Lord Denys Mallister has been guarding for ten winters. As the commander of the Shadow Tower, he defends the wildlings from thousands of miles away. He has unparalleled courage and experience in fighting against wildlings, which we lack the most. No one among us can do better than him."

After the middle-aged Night's Watchman finished speaking, many of the Night's Watchmen present looked as if they had just woken up from a dream. Thinking of the wildlings invading southward in large numbers, they realized that at this time, there was indeed no one who could do a better job as the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch than Denys Mallister.

For a moment, the Night Watchmen burst into support that was no less than that of Lyon.

"Since there are no other candidates, let's start voting."

"The triangle represents Sir Leon Victor, and the square represents Sir Denys Mallister."

Grand Maester Aemon brought the counting tools and placed them on the table.

Because of the order of speeches, the middle-aged Night's Watch's speech was after the flatterer Janos Sterling, which made many Night's Watch brothers subconsciously vote for Denys Mallister, an old ranger who had rich experience in fighting against wildlings, when choosing between the two.

This made Sam and Jon a little anxious, but each nominated candidate only had one chance to speak. The previous opportunity to nominate Leon had been snatched away by the flatterer Janos Sterling. Otherwise, with Sam's speaking ability, as long as he opened his mouth, Leon's position as commander-in-chief would be easily captured. But the current situation made the two of them unable to do anything except vote for Leon.

Soon, the choices of everyone present were collected, and everyone's small notes were collected into a clay jar, which was then smashed by the affairs officer of the Imon University students and the numbers began to be called out.

Soon, the number of squares on the counter was far ahead, almost crushing Lyon.

Although the many Night's Watchmen present had no prejudice against Leon's personal bravery, it was because Leon was too young. In the brutal war that followed, his individual bravery would be of little use. They would feel more at ease if Dennis, who understood the wildlings and had rich experience in fighting against them, led them.

Until the end, Grand Maester Aemon, who could not see anything, suddenly asked the official beside him: "Have you all voted?"

"Yes, Grand Maester."

After listening to the officer's speech, Aemon rubbed the table for a long time, found a triangle, and handed it to the officer next to him.

Jon and Sam were powerless to do anything about the current situation. Sam hated Janos Sterling, the flatterer, in his heart: Your speaking ability is shit. You didn't mention any of Lord Lyon's advantages of being young and good at fighting. You ruined Lord Lyon's good deeds. I really want to beat your bald head into a pig's head.

After Leon's training, Sam has now greatly improved, except for the cowardice in his character, his personal physique and bravery are also much better than before.

If he could return to the Reach now, his father might soften his heart when he sees Sam now and return the inheritance of Horn Hill to him.

Feeling the murderous gaze from Sam, Janos Sterling couldn't help but shudder all over. Then he remembered that Sam still had the leverage over him.

During the Battle of Dark Iron Keep, he was even more timid than Sam. At least Sam fought bravely, but he hid in the storage room in fear all day long until the battle was won and he was discovered by Sam. He then stayed with the wild woman Gilly and her children who were rescued by Sam.

Sam was previously ordered by Leon to come back and report information about the savage dog-headed Hama to Old Bear, but was forced to join the patrol as well, and the story about him remained largely unchanged.

Seeing that something was not right, Janos Sterling hurried to the new commander-in-chief, Dennis, and shamelessly expressed his loyalty: "Sir Dennis, I just nominated Lyon only to reflect the fairness and democracy of our Night's Watch. Otherwise, if the news of your candidacy spreads, the people of the Seven Kingdoms will think that the Night's Watch has abandoned even this tradition and is completely out of control."

In response, Dennis just snorted coldly and didn't even look at this lackey.

Just as Dennis was about to stand up and accept Grand Maester Aemon's declaration of commander-in-chief, a strong voice came from outside the conference room door.

"and many more!"

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