Sword and Magic and Taxi

Leaving Winterfell, to the north is the vast Wolfwood, the last green place in the snow. Further north, there is harsh ice and snow. With no more than four months per year available for farming, harvests could only be sustained by potatoes, rye, rapeseed and broad beans. There are few people here, and there are several larger settlements near the Last Hearth City.

Further north is the territory of the Night's Watch. In order to commend the Night's Watch for their long-term defense of the Great Wall, Brandon the Builder allocated land more than 100 kilometers south of the Great Wall to the Night's Watch for them to obtain supplies, which was called Brandon's Land Grant . Later, Queen Alysanne, the wife of the Arbiter King Jaehaerys, doubled the land grant and divided the same distance of land southward to the Night's Watch, which was called the New Grant Land.

But the Night Watchman is no longer the Night Watchman he once was. Monsters such as the Night King, White Walkers, and Night Shadows are now just characters in horror stories and have not appeared for a long time. Therefore, their combat goal has changed from demons and monsters to dealing with the savages in the north.

Savages are humans too, they just happened to be born on the other side of the Great Wall. The harsh environment gave them a more direct and barbaric culture. If they can't collect, they take it, if they can't get it, they rob it, and if they can't get it, they kill it. The towering Great Wall blocked their way to a warmer land, but the undermanned Night's Watch was unable to guard the entire line of defense.

Of the nineteen castles originally along the Great Wall, only three now have standing troops, namely the second Shadow Tower in the west, Castle Black in the center and Eastwatch in the east. The others are just patrols and A place I only go to when I'm on duty. Savages would sometimes seize the opportunity to climb over the Great Wall unnoticed and then plunder the land to the south. But they couldn't take anything back with them. At the same time, the knights from the north would attack and kill them all, extinguishing the savages' sneak attacks again and again. As a result, the situation on both sides of the Great Wall has never changed, but the hatred is getting deeper and deeper.

Zhao Mai had no intention of intervening in the battle between the Night Watch and the Savages. He just wanted to find the Three-Eyed Crow living in seclusion in the north as soon as possible, learn his skills, and then leave. But when he arrived at the Great Wall of Despair, he discovered that things were not as simple as he thought.

No one can miss this huge building that stretches for 600 kilometers and has an average height of more than 200 meters. From a distance, Zhao Mai saw this amazing spectacle. The high ice wall that shines like blue crystal will never melt. It overlooks the earth like a giant, blocking the danger in the north with its broad and thick chest, and also blocking Zhao Mai's way.

Damn it, I should have thought that this place is all magic! Zhao Mai stomped his feet hatefully and kicked up the flying snow. The Eagle's Nest used magic, and so did the Great Wall! Bran the Builder, the Children of the Forest, and the giants, how could they have built the Great Wall without magic?

In response to the force of nature, the Great Wall of Despair is even more spectacular. Countless runes are densely covered throughout the building, and an invisible barrier reaches straight into the sky and goes deep into the ground. Its complexity is far more than a hundred times greater than that of the Eagle's Nest City. It's okay to watch from a distance, but you'll feel dizzy if you look closely. The entire magic draws power from the vast north, and the entire Brandon's Gift, which is more than a hundred kilometers in scope, is providing power to this huge building.

No matter how barren the northern border is, there is still no shortage of ice, snow and cold wind. The Great Wall of Despair relies on this power to stand firm. The harsher the situation, the stronger the Great Wall. Zhao Mai drove close to the Great Wall just in case, but found that it was impossible to cross, whether above or underground. As soon as he got close, the Great Wall of Despair was resisting it, and even its solid body began to gradually freeze. He quickly backed away from this dangerous place.

what on earth is it. Is it the same anomaly as the dragon in the Mingyue Mountains, or is it supposed to be this way? Zhao Mai stopped the car and looked for clues from the information. Through a few words in the information, he discovered that White Walkers cannot cross the Great Wall, and wights created by White Walkers cannot cross the Great Wall. There is also a sentence said by Benjen Stark who became an undead creature: The Great Wall of Despair With the talisman, there is no way someone like me can get close or pass through.”

If you dig deeper in the information, you can also find that there are several passages under the Great Wall, protected by powerful runes. Only the night watchmen in black can order them to open. This is how Killer Sam returned to the dark side. of the castle. If we continue to analyze the performance of the Great Wall in actual battles, we can find that the savages can climb over the Great Wall because they are also the blood of the ancestors and are not aberrations, but the giants are affected. During the siege, the Giant King who entered the tunnel was successfully died together by six recruits. No one saw the fighting process, but the matter was infinitely weird, and it may be related to the fact that the King of Giants was not invited to pass. Maybe he was like Zhao Mai's car, infinitely suppressed, or even directly suppressed. died.

The only monsters to cross the Wall were a few corpses of the Night's Watch who later became wights. If you think about that plot carefully, you can also find doubts: the night watchman saw the horses returning from the desperate situation in the north and the lying corpse, so he opened the tunnel door and let them come over, and then the corpse could reach Castle Black. All in all, there is no counterexample to Zhao Mai's theory in the entire book, and it can explain all relevant plots. I think it is correct for now.

So, am I considered a monster? Zhao Mai thought about it for a moment. He is not from this world, and he does not have the blood of the ancestors, Andals, and Rhoynar people in him. He is indeed a monster from another world. So the wall prevented him from going back and forth. In other words, if I want to go to the other side, I need the consent of the night watchman?

Maybe there is another way? Zhao Mai thought for a while and thought of the Spear of the Heart. If it is magic or psychic power, the Heart Spear can suppress it and protect the holder from harm. Perhaps this ability can also be applied to the Great Wall of Despair.

Little Huahua, let me use the Heart Spear. Zhao Mai stretched out his hand, but his hand was empty for a long time. He looked into the car and saw that the little flower was drooping its head, shrinking its petals, curling its leaves, and twisting its stem, as if to avoid Zhao Mai's gaze. In the flowerpot, only the last fragment of the once heart-wood spear remained.

What, you ate them all? Zhao Mai said in surprise: You can eat the artifact? No, why did you eat it?

The little flower quietly opened a petal and whispered to Zhao Mai's heart: I want to grow up...

Oh, just eat it. Zhao Mai looked at Xiaohua's embarrassed look and could only comfort her and said, I promised to give you the Heart Wood Spear, can I still blame you?

As soon as the words fell, the little flower opened all its petals and swayed back and forth in the flowerpot, looking happy.

It seems that the only option is to go to the night watchmen. It shouldn't be difficult to get them to agree, right? Zhao Mai didn't want his adventure to be in vain, so he had to try this possibility.

Just like that, on a cold morning, a carriage creaked through the snow and approached the gate of Castle Black.