Game of Thrones: Holy Flame King

Chapter 511 Broken Line of Defense

Samwell flew the white dragon over the horde of ghouls.

Cleopatra's flames plowed channels of orange-red flames in the black army of corpses below, and the pungent smell of burnt bones filled the wind and snow.

Until now, Samwell hadn't recovered from the shock of the sudden melting of the Great Wall.

I didn't expect that I had only been away for a week, and such earth-shaking changes had taken place in the north.

Although I don't know what method the White Walkers used to make the Great Wall collapse, it really caught humans by surprise.

They're not quite ready yet.

Even the advance team sent before could not reach the Great Wall from King's Landing.

The Northern Territory is really too big. Although it is vast and sparsely populated, in terms of area, its territory is almost equal to the other six countries combined.

It would take a month and a half to march from King's Landing to the Great Wall at the northernmost point of the North, no matter how fast it was.

That is to say, Samwell is driving the dragon and can arrive within two or three days.

The Great Wall of Desperation collapsed at this time, so it is already unstoppable for the aliens to enter the Seven Kingdoms.

Thinking of this, Samwell could only sigh secretly, barely concentrating on the current battle.

At this time, the endless tide of corpses continued to emerge from the wind and snow in the north, making frightening and weird howling sounds and spreading to the south.

Relying on Castle Black's buildings, the Night's Watch Legion and the wildling warriors set up their positions and prepared to fight.

"Archer, get ready!"

An officer in a black robe looked at the surging tide of corpses ahead and took a deep breath.

He tried to control himself not to tremble, but it didn't work.

Fortunately, the white dragon soaring in the sky gave him a little confidence.

"Get ready! Let the arrows go!"

With an order, all the archers ignited their arrows and shot high into the sky.

bang bang bang-

Accompanied by a series of bowstring sounds, densely packed flaming arrows flew high into the sky, and then landed immediately, forming a small rain of fire.

Although the White Walkers are not afraid of fire, for ghouls, fire is more lethal than steel weapons.

After a round of volleys, the ghouls rushing in the front row fell to the ground one after another, and the flames spread rapidly on them.

But the vitality of these monsters is extremely tenacious, even if they were covered in fire, they still did not die. They rolled and crawled in the snow, howling crazily, until they were trampled and crushed by the companions who rushed up from behind.

Unlike human soldiers, ghouls possess intelligence and emotions, and they will not feel fear when they encounter a blow, but will only charge forward with one brain.

It's as if their only goal is to tear apart all living things.

After three rounds of arrow rain, the ghouls finally rushed to the human soldiers' positions.

"Hold the position! Don't retreat!"

The commander-in-chief of the Night Watch, Ed Stark, held the family-inherited tile-steel giant sword [Ice] in both hands, and rushed to the forefront.

"Roar--"

A ghoul pounced on him with teeth and claws, but Ed swung his sword and instantly chopped off the opponent in half.

The ghoul that was broken in two turned into a puddle of liquid before it fell to the ground.

This is the restraint of Wagang weapons against ghouls.

Legend has it that when the Valyrians forged these weapons, they infused them with fire magic.

It's just a pity that Wagang weapons are too rare.

And not all the dragon crystal weapons were equipped yet, so it was extremely difficult for the rest of the human soldiers to face the ghouls.

Sir Dennis Mallister swung his sword and chopped off the head of the rushing ghoul, but the remaining headless body of the opponent still rushed towards him relentlessly.

ka ka ka-

Sir Dennis smashed the corpse's chest and limbs with several more swords before finally sending it to hell.

But even more terrifying is the contagious nature of ghouls.

The human soldiers killed by them will soon get up from the ground again and attack their former companions.

This resulted in the army of corpses killing more and more people, as if they would never be able to finish them off.

This terrifying scene is extremely shocking to anyone, and ordinary human soldiers will even collapse in front of the tide of corpses.

Fortunately, the soldiers stationed at Castle Black now, whether they are the Night's Watch Legion or the wildling warriors, they have more or less fought against ghouls and seen these monsters, so even in the face of the tide of corpses, no riots occurred, but able to organize an effective counterattack.

Of course, what's more important is that there is still a giant dragon in the sky to assist in the battle at this time.

After Cleopatra spread her wings, the shadow she cast could almost cover the entire Castle Black, and the dragon flames she spewed out could pull out flames hundreds of meters long on the snow, killing hundreds of ghouls. reduced to ashes.

Such a powerful combat power has injected confidence into the human fighters.

Even many night watchmen who were planning to flee in the chaos before returned to join the battle.

However, the Night's Watch logistics personnel led by Jon Snow and the team of wildling women and children continued to withdraw southward.

They knew very well that the Great Wall stretched for thousands of miles. Even if Castle Black successfully stopped the tide of ghouls here, what about other places?

With the current strength of the Night Watch, it is impossible to fortify the entire line along the collapsed Great Wall.

It is impossible for Caesar and his dragon to build a wall of fire on the ruins of the Great Wall.

Therefore, disaster is inevitable.

All they could do was to organize as many people as possible to take refuge south before the zombie army flooded the north.

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" Jon kept urging the evacuating people.

But when he thought that his homeland would be poisoned by those monsters, he was heartbroken.

At this moment, he wished he could grow his wings, fly to Winterfell, and take away everyone in that castle.

An exclamation caught his attention, and Jon looked back, and saw a few ghouls who slipped through the net and rushed past Castle Black's defense line, catching up with the retreating team.

"Don't panic! Keep moving forward!" Jon ordered while calling his companions, "Owen, Grenn, follow me!"

Three people and three horses smashed through the ice and snow, and rushed towards the ghoul on the tail of the team.

bang bang bang-

With a few muffled bangs, the team of ghouls was completely dispersed, and the first few skeletons were knocked apart and scattered all over the ground.

"Kill!"

Jon turned his horse's head and charged a few more times before clearing the trailing ghouls.

Just when he breathed a sigh of relief, a savage corpse on the ground suddenly jumped up.

Caught off guard, the horse was frightened, and Jon was thrown off, falling backwards in the snow.

Before he could get up, the ghoul rushed over and pinned him down.

They were so close that Jon could smell the stench from each other's mouths.

His strong survival instinct caused him to burst out with astonishing strength, flipping the ghoul over in one fell swoop, and then quickly rolled to distance himself.

Before he could retrieve his weapon and fight again, he saw a spear galloping towards him, piercing the wight's throat.

Blood spurts out, but freezes into ice in the air.

Jon was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and added a few more swords, killing the corpse completely, then turned back and said:

"Thank you, Miss Val."

"I'm not a lady," Val said.

Jon shrugged.

He knew that because Val was the sister-in-law of Mance Rayder, King Beyond the Wall, many of the Night's Watch called her "Princess Wildling."

But this is actually a misunderstanding.

The savages do not have a strict class system, and even the king beyond the wall is not hereditary.

Val is indeed respected among wildlings, but never with princess-like privileges.

But to be honest, Wa'er has a noble temperament. It's hard to imagine that she is one of the barbarians north of the Great Wall.

"Another ghoul is coming." Val reminded.

Jon was taken aback, quickly withdrew his gaze, and looked north.

But this time before he could take any action, Val took the initiative and said:
"I'll lead people to stop them, and you continue to lead everyone south."

"You?" Jon subconsciously glanced suspiciously at the other party, and a group of women with spears behind her.

This kind of gaze obviously made Wa'er feel uncomfortable. She snorted coldly and said:
"Don't look down on people, Raven. Our Spearwives of the Free Folk are no worse than you Night's Watch."

After speaking, without waiting for the other party's response, he led the team to meet the rushing ghoul.

Jon had no choice but to remind:
"After we leave, you'd better join up with Castle Black's army!"

"I know!" Wa'er said, then waved his hand, as if urging the other party to move forward impatiently.

Jon rode on his horse and followed the team going south.

A group of people walked along the King's Road and soon came to Mole Village.

Worried that there would be corpses chasing behind them, they did not plan to stay any longer.

"Tell the villagers that the Great Wall has fallen and the White Walkers are coming. If you don't want to die, you can go south with us." Jon commanded, "Remember to go to the cellar and make sure everyone is notified."

"Yes!" A team of night watchmen led the way.

The large army continued to move south.

Jon rode through the streets of the village and town, knocked on the door of the house, and announced the arrival of disaster.

He didn't stop until he saw two figures in the snow.

"Kingslayer?" Jon almost didn't recognize him.

Because at this time James was kneeling and sitting in the snow, his body was covered with snow, which almost drowned him.

In his arms, there was another person, but it seemed that he was no longer alive.

Hearing someone calling him, James moved his stiff eyeballs, but he didn't speak.

"Come with us, the White Walkers are coming." Jon persuaded.

Although the Lannister family and the Stark family have enmity, Jon has a good impression of Jaime.

Because when Duke Tywin Lannister was temporarily in control of the situation in the North, he sent people to the Great Wall, demanding to take away his eldest son James.

Regarding this request, the Night Watchman actually did not dare to block it.

After all, the Lannister family controlled the four northern regions at that time, and it was the time when they were at their strongest, and the Night Watchmen could not refuse Duke Tywin.

But the strange thing is that James himself refused to go, saying that since he had put on black clothes and sworn an oath, he would keep it till death.

Many night watchmen disagreed with this statement.

After all, the kingslayer has a bad reputation, and this person even killed the king he swore to protect, so why did he talk about keeping it.

But no one expected that this time, Kingslayer really didn't intend to break his oath again.

Even when Duke Tywin sent someone to kidnap James forcibly, he was able to escape halfway back to the Great Wall by himself.

Since then, many Brothers of the Night's Watch have changed their minds about the Kingslayer.

Jon is also one of them.

Today's night watchman is a motley group, there are many robbers, thieves, rapists, illegitimate children...King killing here is not out of the ordinary.

They are a group of scum abandoned by the world, but they are forced to do what heroes should do.

"Come with me," Jon urged again, "Who's in your arms?"

This time James finally responded:
"Cersei, it was she who sounded the horn of winter and brought down the Wall."

Jon froze for a moment, and then the expression on his face became inexplicably strange:
"She sounded the horn of winter?"

"Yes." James' tone revealed despair as if he was ashamed, "I killed her with my own hands."

Jon was even more surprised immediately:

"You, you killed your own... sister?"

"Yeah." James pulled out a bitter and self-deprecating smile, "I killed my own sister, my lover, the mother of my children.

Do you think I should die too? "

Jon didn't speak.

He was hesitating whether to tell the other party the truth.

But what is the truth?

Could it be that Robb sounded the real Horn of Winter?
So many weird things have happened that Jon has lost his senses.

And he was worried that if he told the other party that he had killed the wrong person, whether James would collapse directly.

However, judging by the current state of the Kingslayer, I am afraid that he is not far from collapse.

"Cersei and I are not only siblings, but also lovers." James said, "We are basically the same life divided into two halves. We shared the same womb. I just came into the world holding her feet. When we bond, I feel whole.

Now she is dead, at my hands...

But she won't be alone.

We came into this world together, and we will leave together. "

Hearing this, Jon already understood that the other party's death was decided.

He said no more, turned and left.

Soon, all the troops left Mole Village, leaving only the Lannister siblings.

In a trance, James saw five figures looming in the snowstorm, like gray ghosts, riding on horses formed by the condensed wind and snow.

Their helmets were tightly shut, but Jaime knew who they were without looking at their faces.

Five people were once his sworn brothers.

Sir Oswell Hean, Sir Jon Darry, Prince Lewyn Martell of Dorne, "White Bull" Gerald Hightower, "Dawn Excalibur" Arthur Dayne, among them In it, there is a man wearing a crown of blood and sorrow—

That was Rhaegar Targaryen, once Prince of Dragonstone and heir to the Iron Throne.

They surrounded them like a mist.

"You swore it," said Ser Arthur Dayne mournfully, "I put the sword on your shoulder with my own hand."

"I put on a white cloak for you with my own hands." Prince Rhaegar said with disappointment.

The ghosts jumped off the horses condensed in the wind and snow, and the six long swords were unsheathed, but there was no sound.

Jian Guang slashed at him, but James did not dodge.

But the next moment, the sword light melted like ice and snow.

A group of ghouls followed the smell of the living to Mole Village, but they ignored their siblings in the snow.

They even deliberately avoided them, as if something extremely terrifying was bred and germinated there.

(End of this chapter)