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Chapter 98 Stannis from Dragonstone Lands at Hardhome

On the summer sea, a fleet flying the crown and antler flag is floating on the sea.

Davos Seaworth kept his eyes fixed on the sea, fearing that King Joffrey, who sat on the Iron Throne, would send a fleet to intercept him.

At this time, Stannis had just reorganized an army of one thousand cavalry with the help of the Iron Bank.

Having lost the support of Dragonstone and even most of the lords of the Seven Kingdoms, Stannis can only rely on these one thousand cavalrymen. According to Davos' plan, he must defeat and recruit the wildlings in order to regain the support of the major lords in the North.

Then we can slowly plan for the Iron Throne.

Speaking of which, the person who made the greatest contribution to this trip to Braavos was Davos Seaworth, the Onion Knight.

If he hadn't come out with a mouthful of words to convince the head of the Iron Bank when Stannis was speechless during his interrogation.

Between Tywin Lannister, who is in his sixties or seventies and is getting old, and Stannis, who is thirty-five years old and in his prime, the Iron Bank had to choose the one who would be better able to control the Seven Kingdoms in the future. After some consideration, it finally lent Stannis a huge sum of money.

Otherwise, Stannis might have to set foot on the northern territory empty-handed this time.

In return, Stannis appointed Davos as his Hand of the King.

"Is that Hardhome ahead? The gathering place of 100,000 wildlings?"

After a long journey on the sea, Stannis saw the coastline and asked Davos beside him.

"That's right, Your Majesty."

"If I defeat the wildlings, will the people of the North and even the Seven Kingdoms support me?"

When Stannis asked this question with a serious face and a somewhat worried tone, his Hand of the King naturally knew what answer he wanted to hear.

You must know that Ser Davos is not a flatterer. He said exactly what he thought:

"Your Majesty, you are the only legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms, not just because of blood."

"It's because you are a man of honor and justice. The people of the North have always submitted to people with such character. Moreover, Robb Stark is dead. You only need to show them your consistent kingly demeanor, and they will naturally submit."

Stannis obviously admires the sincerity and loyalty of an honest man like Davos, and is very pleased with his flattery.

However, Stannis, who was naturally serious, did not show this emotion on his face. Instead, he pointed to the approaching coastline and said:

"It seems that the savages here have never thought about defending against attacks from the sea. Moreover, the number of tents does not seem to match the figure of 100,000."

After hearing this, Ser Davos quickly looked towards Hardhome with wide eyes.

Although the savages of Hardhome noticed the dozens of ships that suddenly appeared on the sea, they did not show any panic or defensive response.

"Could it be a scam?"

As Stannis muttered to himself, his mind was also thinking rapidly, and from time to time he could hear a slight grinding sound.

As a wise and qualified commander, after witnessing the abnormality of the wildlings, Stannis did not directly order his men to carry out a landing operation.

Instead, they chose another beach where they could accumulate enough horsepower to land.

Half an hour later, thousands of Dragonstone cavalry formed a charge formation on the beach.

But before the charge began, two people walked out of the wildling camp of Hardhome side by side. One of them was a black knight with a white flag, while the other held an axe in both hands and strode towards Stannis's army with an arrogant look on his face.

Four legs are always faster than two legs, and the black knight arrived first.

As Stannis's Hand of the King, Davos saw that the visitor seemed to have no intention of fighting, so he rode forward and asked him his purpose.

"My name is Jon Snow, son of Ned Stark, Chief Ranger of the Night's Watch. I recognize the royal banner in your army. Welcome to His Majesty Stannis Baratheon from Dragonstone."

Jon's face was filled with a warm smile at this time, which made Davos a little confused for a moment.

Although Davos did not know Jon Snow at this time, from the latter's accent and his impeccable aristocratic etiquette, it was obvious that his identity was not fake.

But that was why he was even more confused. According to what Jon said, how could he, the chief ranger of the Night's Watch, appear here with a ferocious-looking wildling following behind him? Was he kidnapped by the wildlings? Or did he rebel and surrender to the wildlings?

If it is the second reason, then Jon Snow is quite brave to come here alone to negotiate at this time.

Just as Davos was confused about Jon's position at the moment, Stannis rode forward behind him and said calmly:

"Jon Snow, I know your father. Your father is an honest, reliable and respectable man. So I want to hear your explanation of why you are here."

Just as Jon was about to explain to him that the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch had subdued these 100,000 wildlings and arranged for them to move south.

Prince Olaf of Thenn, who had fallen behind, caught up in time.

Seeing that Olaf was holding a weapon, Davos naturally did not dare to delay. He drew his sword and blocked his way. Dozens of Dragonstone cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind Stannis and surrounded Olaf.

But he showed no fear at all, and even mocked, "Where did this southerner come from? Aren't you afraid of freezing your bird to death in this icy and snowy weather?"

Davos never allowed anyone to insult his lord. Although he was not good at fighting, he immediately drew his sword, pointed at Olaf's neck and shouted:

"Standing before you is the only legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men, and Protector of the Realm, Stannis Baratheon. Why don't you kneel and surrender!"

After saying that, the surrounding Dragonstone cavalry instantly pointed their spears at Prince Olaf of Thern. Judging from the posture, if he uttered the word "no", dozens of transparent holes would be poked in his body on the spot.

Unexpectedly, Olaf was a tough guy and was not threatened at all.

"First of all, what you are wearing is inappropriate. Besides, this is not the territory of the Seven Kingdoms. No one will recognize you as a king!"

Davos was furious when he heard this, and rode forward and said:

"Kneeling is basic etiquette when surrendering to the king!"

Olaf immediately responded with a straightforward sentence: "Free people never kneel!"

After saying this, Olaf added in a low voice.

"Even if you kneel to the Southerners, you can't kneel twice..."

Seeing that Olaf was so stubborn, Stannis immediately lost his patience and waved his hand down, ordering his men to chop off Olaf's dog's head and then break into the free people's camp.

"Wait a moment, Your Majesty, I can explain! We must unite with the free folk..."

Seeing the situation getting out of control, Jon Snow immediately spoke out to stop it, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Stannis with a wave of his hand.

"I'll listen to your explanation later. Come, take him down. The rest of you, follow me and attack!"

After Stannis finished speaking, one of his men stepped forward to pull Jon Snow off his horse and control him, and the Dragonstone cavalry was about to launch an attack.

Just as they were about to use Olaf's head as a sacrifice, the sound of a landslide and tsunami suddenly came from the ghost forest in the distance.

Stannis decisively withdrew the previous order and ordered thousands of Dragonstone cavalry to turn their horses around and head towards the Haunted Forest.

"Could it be an ambush by the savages?"

Ser Davos had a solemn look on his face. He and Stannis had already noticed something unusual about the wildling camp. The only explanation at this moment was that the wildlings had calculated that they would land today, and would outflank the Dragonstone cavalry while attacking the wildling camp.

However, after seeing the ambush rushing out of the Ghost Forest, the faces of the two suddenly changed.

Taking advantage of today's rare cloudless weather, they were able to see clearly who rushed out.

They were tall, pale, and haggard knights. With only dozens of them, they created an effect like a huge army charging at the same time.

The Dragonstone cavalry, who had good eyesight, were so frightened when they saw the enemy's figure that they fell off their horses.

The name of the tree that is the shadow of a human. The protagonist of the legend of winter coming that has been traversing the continent of Westeros for thousands of years - the White Walkers.

The fear of facing this creature has long been deeply imprinted in the DNA of every living person.

"It's a White Walker!"

Davos was panic-stricken, and the horse under his crotch was frightened and out of control, almost throwing him off the horse. After he calmed his mount with difficulty, his face was suddenly filled with fear, and he hurriedly advised Stannis:

"Your Majesty, each White Walker is usually accompanied by a huge army of wights! The army of wights brought by these fifty White Walkers is definitely not something our thousand cavalry can defeat."

"The army is too late to board the ship, Your Majesty! Please retreat! I will lead the entire army to cover the rear!"

Stannis's face looked very ugly at this moment. He did not expect that after landing in Hardhome with so much difficulty, he would face the disaster of the White Walkers directly. Even if he escaped by chance, the 1,000 cavalrymen recruited with the loan from the Iron Bank would probably be wiped out by then.

When Stannis thought about how his great cause of restoring his country had suffered such a setback at the very beginning, he roared to the sky.

It seemed that he wanted to vent his dissatisfaction with the Seven Gods through this long howl.

When he was young, his parents died in a shipwreck, and from then on he no longer believed in the Seven Gods.

He had just made a comeback when the Seven Gods once again played tricks on his fate.

"No! I will never retreat!"

Stannis responded to Davos's words of advice with a roar.

However, after he shouted like this, many of the panicked Dragonstone cavalrymen around him seemed to have regained their backbone and hurriedly gathered around him.

Stannis looked around at the faces of his men, some frightened, some afraid, some confused, some determined, and he shouted:

"Even if the enemy is a White Walker, so what! I am the King of the Seven Kingdoms! I am Stannis of the Baratheon family! Fate! I will never bow to you!"

"Everyone listen up, follow my army and charge!"

As Stannis finished speaking, he rushed out of the chaotic army formation, and Davos, who reacted soon after, waved his sword and shouted:

"Follow His Majesty and charge!"

At this time, even Jon Snow and Prince Olaf of Thern were infected by the temperament of the king in front of them, and involuntarily joined the team rushing towards the White Walkers.

The last few thousand strong free men rushed out of the wildling camp of Hardhome. The cowardly among them had already boarded the last ship of the day to Eastwatch, so no one fled when facing the attack of the White Walkers, and each of them rushed out to fight.

Their families have been safely sent south of the Wall, so every free man here has nothing to worry about, and they are determined to die with the White Walkers.

The living were infected by Stannis, and everyone's face was filled with a spirit of sacrificing their lives.

Stannis took the lead with a gnashing-teeth expression on his face. In his eyes, there were only the White Walkers getting closer and closer.

But he was so excited that he didn't notice the strange expression on the White Walker's face.

Seeing a group of human cavalry charging towards him indiscriminately, the White Walker Dahuang's eyebrows were immediately wrinkled into eight characters, as if the word "囧" was written in capital letters on his face.

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