Sword and Magic and Taxi

The pale king could only move his head slightly. Maybe his arms could also move, but they might have grown together with tree roots or thighs. I...I have had many experiences and identities, but now I am like this. You should understand now why I can't go to you...unless it is in a dream. I have been observing for a long time, and from your Born until now. I have also seen your father's birth, and his father, all the way forward. I saw you falling from the tower with one of my more than a thousand eyes, and now you are finally here. Although it is better than I expected it sooner.”

I'm here, Bran said, because I'm crippled. I mean, can you...can you fix my legs?

No, said the Pale King, that is beyond my ability.

Tears welled up in Bran's eyes. Zhao Mai put his hand on his shoulder and said to him: Since he can't do it, I can try.

You? Bran's eyes widened, Can you?

Probably, I have to try. Zhao Mai shrugged and pointed at Bran: However, you still have to learn from him. I came here to learn from him, just like you, but I don't want to In the end, he became like this.

The king on the throne looked at Zhao Mai with red eyes, and his hoarse voice sounded accompanied by the sound of the dark underground river: I have not foreseen you, nor can I see your fathers and ancestors, let alone your mother. You It seems that it appears out of thin air and will disappear out of thin air. The person who calls himself Mike, who are you?

I thought you already knew it through Xiaohua. It seems that she is a good child and didn't tell you my identity. Zhao Mai said: I am a druid and a psychic. I am learning to interact with nature. Living in harmony and walking on the road of constantly tempering my heart. My purpose is only to learn, as an old man told me, to pursue the spark of wisdom. But not long ago, I added another one, that is to destroy the White Walkers. The White Walkers are Did you make it?

What! Bran, Jojen and Meera exclaimed in unison. Ado? The giant was startled, but he didn't seem to understand what Zhao Mai meant.

That was a mistake, a mistake made by the Children of the Forest. The Three-Eyed Crow said: In my time, the First Men fought side by side with the Children of the Forest and drove the White Walkers to the cold north. I built the Great Wall for defense. , and then traveled around to find ways to destroy the White Walkers. At that time, my name was Brandon Stark. I also built Winterfell, Storm's End and Greywaterwatch. Bran, your name is taken from Me. Later, I found here, and the Children of the Forest accepted me and asked for my help. They admitted to me that because the ancestors had killed too many Children of the Forest before, in order to protect themselves and fight back, the Children of the Forest created the White Walkers. .”

In order to kill me, the White Walkers used babies as weapons. Is this the ability of the children of the forest, or did the White Walkers learn it themselves?

The three-eyed crow tilted his head and looked at the son of the forest beside him. She said, None of that. That's what we learned from humans. When the First Men killed our babies, we developed this hatred and passed it on to the White Walkers.

The children of the forest have extremely long lifespans. They will have an infancy of nearly a hundred years. The Three-Eyed Crow said: War is never noble. It can only constantly break through the bottom line and turn people into devils. The White Walkers are used by the children of the forest to carry out war. weapon, but it was out of control, and it was the Son of the Forest's fault.

You mean, losing control is a mistake? Zhao Mai frowned.

The Three-Eyed Crow showed no expression, Losing control is the biggest mistake. There are also creating them, giving hatred, wars, and many other things. But even if I can see the past, I have not let everything happen again. When the opportunity comes, I can only try my best to avoid the next mistake, that is, missing Bran and missing the opportunity to eliminate the White Walkers.

Bran asked, Why me? I'm already a cripple.

Because the Stark family's bloodline is special. The Three-Eyed Crow said: After me, the Children of the Forest bless my descendants. The blood of the ancestors and the magic of the Children of the Forest come together. After that, the thirteenth Commander of the Night's Watch was called The Stark descendant who was the Night King fell in love with a female White Walker. At that time, the White Walkers were thinking about how to break the Great Wall of Despair, and they had an affair with him. The Night King was later executed, but he had a relationship with the White Walkers. You gave birth to a child and was sent to the south secretly. After thousands of times and nearly eight thousand years, that trace of the blood of the White Walkers passed through your mother and came to your body. Among all your brothers and sisters, you are the only one who has both Someone of the blood of the First Men, the Children of the Forest, the White Walkers, the Andals, and the Rhoynar (both descended from Bran’s mother), and who can manifest them.”

The bloodline of the White Walkers? My mother? Bran looked quite surprised, and wasn't Zhao Mai the same when he heard this secret for the first time?

Yes, Bran. Your mother had blue eyes, as did your sister Sansa. This is proof that the White Walker blood runs in the Tully family. You are special, and your gifts are already in your blood. After waiting for many years, you need to start learning now. The three-eyed crow said: I can't heal your legs like Mike, but I can give you wings and let you fly. Only when you fly can you find the alien world. The weakness of ghosts can be used to completely eliminate them. I once thought that dragons would be the answer to everything, but they are still missing. Bran, you will be stronger and wiser than dragons, as long as you learn from me.

Bran bit his lip and was silent for a moment, then nodded vigorously.

Very well, you will stay here, and you can stay here, too, Mike, but I don't guarantee how much you can learn. For others, the Children of the Forest will arrange a place for you to live, either above ground or underground.

Meera wanted to go to the surface, but Jojen wanted to stay. Hodor shook his head, determined to stay with Bran, so he stayed in the cave. After getting the consent of the Three-Eyed Crow, Zhao Mai used his natural force and psychic shaping abilities to create furniture next to the cave. The beds, chairs, and cooking pots, although not comparable to the high-quality utensils of Winterfell, are far superior to anything that this desolate cave can provide.

The children of the forest are all dryads, and their bodies are weirwoods, so they only need to drink water, bask in the sun, and take root in the soil. They never hunt, so they can't provide meat for the group. Zhao Mai just asked them to collect some berries and send them over. This is not difficult, and the children of the forest are willing to do it. Zhao Mai uses the magic berry technique every day to provide everyone with the nutrients they need. In addition to using golden elixir to adjust the taste, Mera also went out hunting with the direwolf Summer and food reserves from time to time to improve everyone's food, so the group did not find it too difficult.

Your ability is very interesting, and it contains many natural ways. The Three-Eyed Crow said, In this way, I will teach you carefully, and you also need to teach Bran carefully.

Hey, don't you want to learn? Zhao Mai asked.

The king among the roots shook his head slightly: I already belong to the past, and Bran is the future. The prophecy has been very clear, and I accept my fate.

That is your freedom. Zhao Mai said: I only believe that people's efforts can defeat the arrangements of fate. History is just one choice after another made by people.