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Chapter 73: The fate of a fence-sitter. After offending Lyon, he still wants to run away?

After announcing Genos's appointment, Leon looked at Jon, whose will was a little depressed.

Even though he was happy for a while that Leon became the new commander-in-chief, his face was now bitter and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Jon Snow."

Just then, Leon called his name.

"Leon... Commander-in-Chief."

Jon stood up, somewhat stunned. He didn't know why Lyon suddenly called his name, which made him a little confused.

After all, Jon didn't contribute much in the recent election.

"I appoint you... Chief Ranger."

But the next moment, Lyon spoke of Jon's appointment without hesitation.

Upon hearing the news, Jon was surprised at first that the position of Chief Ranger, for which he had worked so hard for so long, had fallen upon him so easily.

But at the same time, he seemed to have thought of something, and the joy in his heart only lasted for a short time.

Upon hearing the appointment, many of the Night Watchmen's faces were filled with grief and sorrow.

After all, in all the years since the Night's Watch was founded, there have never been two Chief Rangers at the same time.

This means that in the eyes of Lyon and many senior officials, the former Chief Ranger, Benjen Stark, was probably killed.

Benjen Stark was a man of great personal charm and support among his subordinates. He also had an extraordinary record in battle. He was able to return safely every time he patrolled north and brought back important intelligence.

Now that his life or death is unknown, one of the purposes of the former commander-in-chief Xiong Lao's training in the north is to find out Ban Yang's whereabouts.

"Don't be sad, Jon. I swear to avenge Benjen Stark and Old Bear for you. Moreover, your current strength is worthy of the title of Chief Ranger. The previous record of beheading Prince Thern Magnar on the city wall further proves this statement."

After Leon finished speaking, no one objected to the appointment. It was obvious that apart from Leon, the Hellblood Demon and the Giant Killer, the strongest man in Black Iron Castle was Jon. No one objected to letting him be the chief ranger.

After talking about the important appointments, the other senior members of the Night's Watch, Lyon, naturally followed the advice of University Student Eamon and Officer Dennis, and readily selected suitable candidates for various positions.

"Next, we should have a good discussion. As for the wildling invasion, the Battle of Black Iron Castle was just an appetizer. Mance Rayder's wildling army is still like a crow, circling not far from us."

After talking about the appointment, Officer Dennis spoke on behalf of Leon and talked about the future of the Night's Watch.

"The Black Iron Castle's soldiers, including those trained by Commander-in-Chief Lyon, only have a total of 400 people. It would be difficult for us to stop 100,000 wildlings with our strength."

"Have you sent ravens to the northern lords? Ask them to send troops to support us."

A newly appointed high-ranking member of the Night's Watch looked to Grand Maester Aemon, wanting answers from him.

Unexpectedly, Grand Maester Aemon just shook his head, and everyone immediately had a bad thought in their minds.

"The new Warden of the North, Lord Robb Stark, has summoned all the northern lords and has marched south to fight the Warden of the West. The army is estimated to have reached the Neck by now. It will take three or two months to turn around and march north. I'm afraid it will be too late to return in time."

Student Aemon read out the information he knew to all the Night Watchmen present.

"That means four hundred to one hundred thousand?"

When another high-ranking member of the Night Watch heard the news, he jumped up from his seat in panic.

Grand Maester Aemon nodded and tacitly agreed with this statement. He then slowly said, "We, the Night's Watch, are now at an unprecedented level of weakness. It is difficult for us to stop the King Beyond the Wall. We can only use our lives as a price to issue a warning to the entire Seven Kingdoms, and then do our best to stop him."

Upon hearing the news, almost all the Night's Watch were in a panic. Those Night's Watch who had some connections at home were already thinking about their future. After all, in their eyes, the fall of the Wall was only a matter of time, and the demise of the Night's Watch would happen in this modern era. Their watch would end in failure.

The hot-tempered chief craftsman, Donal Noye, pounded the table in front of him with his only remaining arm and roared, "Damn the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, the Great Wall is about to be breached, but they are still fighting for the Iron Throne, and we have to die for them!"

Apparently, the complaints in his words resonated greatly among the Night's Watch brothers.

Many people shouted: "To hell with those nobles, we won't defend here anymore, let's pack up and go our separate ways."

"Yeah, with just a few of us, what can we do to guard the place? We'll just run away. If any noble dares to say anything, let them guard the place."

For a time, a situation very similar to that in Eastwatch appeared among the Night's Watchmen in Black Iron Castle.

Seeing that Commander-in-Chief Lyon just looked at them silently and did not speak out any objection, many people shouted even louder, to the point of jumping up and down. Janos Sterling, who was previously appointed as the captain of the Shadow Tower garrison, seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He spread rumors of escape everywhere and deceived many indifferent Night's Watchmen to agree with their ideas.

Half a day later, when the group was tired of quarreling and dancing, but Leon had been turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to their behavior, it was only then that they suddenly felt that a disaster was about to happen.

"Sam, did you write down these people's names?"

Seeing that the noise had subsided, Lyon asked softly to Sam beside him. As one of Lyon's officers, he had an excellent memory and quickly called out the names of thirteen people.

Sensing Leon's bad tone, Genos, who had been dancing the most happily before, said to Leon with a playful smile: "Commander-in-Chief, we are just joking. We will not run away no matter who tries. I will go to the Shadow Tower to take up my post now."

After saying that, Genos wanted to turn around and leave, but unexpectedly an arm blocked him. It was Specium who made the move.

Even though he always looked down on a murderer recruit like Spaciume who came from a lowly family, Genos had to pinch his nose and salute Spaciume respectfully, saying, "Master Head Coach, you are blocking my way."

"Grand Maester Aemon, what crime should a member of the Night's Watch be punished for publicly spreading rumors of escape that would shake the morale of the troops?"

Lyon asked Grand Maester Aemon who was standing beside him, and the latter said politely, "They will all be treated as deserters."

Upon hearing this, Genos turned around quickly, slid to his knees and fell in front of Leon, begging: "Commander-in-Chief, I was just joking, please have mercy! This is a time when we need people, please have mercy and spare my life so that I can make up for my crime!"

The remaining twelve people also knelt down and kowtowed, admitting their mistakes, and wanted Lyon to lift the board high, then put it down gently.

Officer Dennis also shook his head at Leon imperceptibly. Leon understood what he meant: just give them a slight punishment. After all, at this time even a cook in Black Iron Castle had to go to the battlefield, and it would be a waste to kill so many people.

However, Leon stood up and shouted righteously, "Even if there are only a bunch of old, weak and sick people left in Black Iron Castle, I will not accept deserters like you. I sentence all deserters from Janos Sterling down to death by hanging. Execute immediately!"

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