Chapter 103 Vilas’ Wonderful Journey

Although Willas did not say it clearly, Lind could feel that the enemy further north he mentioned was referring to the White Walkers.

Lind was certain that half a year ago, Willas had absolutely no idea of ​​the existence of the White Walkers, but now he knew about the White Walkers and was trying to continue his original plan to build fortresses on the Blackwater River in the north and south to block the enemies in the north. This was undoubtedly I was frightened by the dangerous existence of the White Walkers.

Thinking of this, Linde quickly came up with an idea, an idea that had been used on Varys before with very good results.

So, Linde quickly sorted out his thoughts and asked in a deep voice: "Are the enemies further north you mentioned north of the Great Wall of Despair?"

After hearing what Linde said, Vilas looked at him in shock, and his eyes were full of questions.

"You should know that I avenged my father. After I went hunting for bears in the forest, I was seriously injured and fell into a near-death state. Then I saw some magical things." Linde said with a very serious look: "At that time, I found myself flying to in the air, then flew north, flew over the magnificent Great Wall, saw the land of eternal winter, and saw the savages living there. Then I continued to fly north, flying to a place where no human habitation could be seen at all, and finally I saw……"

"A White Walker with skin as pale as the moon, eyes like blue stars, and a White Walker as cold as ice." Willas took over Lind's words and said a sentence used to describe White Walkers that almost every child is familiar with. , this is a bedtime story that every old lady must tell.

"It seems that you really saw it." Linde looked at Vilas with a solemn expression and said, "Can you tell me what the situation is?"

Perhaps it was because the secrets hidden in his heart really needed to be confided, and the surrounding environment was very suitable, and the listener was very likely to be the same as himself, so Villas hesitated for a moment and finally told what he had been saying for the past six months. experience.

In fact, since Lind left Highgarden more than half a year ago, Willas has often had dreams at night, in which he seems to be possessed by different animals and travel through Highgarden Castle.

Initially, he was unable to control these animals, but as the number of times he possessed them increased, he gradually became able to control them to act according to his wishes.

Through these methods, he overheard many secrets. For example, he knew Sunspear's attitude towards marriage through the conversation between Prince Oberon and Princess Arianne, and he also knew that Dorne had never given up revenge on the Iron Throne and the West.

For another example, his grandmother Olenna Redwine, Queen of Thorns, is also very aware of Dorne's attitude, so she has been delaying various matters regarding the official marriage.

Secretly spying on various secrets brought him an unprecedented experience that made him want to stop. Every day he looked forward to continuing this experience, until one time he leaned over a cat and came to the godswood of the castle.

That time, he was directly separated from the cat by some kind of force, and then possessed three heart trees. Following him, he saw a very astonishing scene, a man who looked very much like the ancestor of the Tyrell family, Garth the Green Hand. The giant was fighting a huge raven with three blood-red eyes.

He did not see the result of the final battle, because the aftermath of the battle between the giant and the raven fell on him, making him feel the pain of his body being torn apart, and then he woke up in pain.

After that, every day as long as he went to sleep, he would return to the godswood, transform into the heart tree again, and see the giants and ravens fighting. Even if the extremely cold natural disaster that swept the entire Westeros continent came to Highgarden, There was no stopping the fight.

So during this period, he was in extreme pain, and he even had a fear of sleeping. Fortunately, Arianne was by his side, otherwise he really didn't know how he could survive this painful experience.

Fortunately, this painful experience lasted for about three months and ended before the extreme cold disaster disappeared.

Since then, he has no longer possessed small animals, and he has not reincarnated into the mind and body tree.

Until not long ago, when he and Arianne were out on a trip, they suddenly saw a huge raven attacking him. He fell into a coma at the time. Arianne did not see the raven at all, but only saw herself jumping from the horse. He fell down and got his foot caught in the stirrup, and was dragged by the horse for a long time.

During the time when he was unconscious, he transformed into a three-eyed crow and flew towards the north. He flew over Tengshi Town and saw Linde cooperating with Nymeria in training to control the Mustang King.

He flew over Harrenhal and saw the agonized wails of the ghosts there killed by dragonfire.

He flew over the Neck and saw the remains of the Green Seer's sacrifice.

He flew over Winterfell and saw a figure with countless faces staring at a room in Winterfell, where a pregnant woman was knitting clothes for a child.

He flew over the Great Wall of Despair and saw the Night Watchman standing on the top of the wall several hundred meters away, looking at the land of eternal winter in the north.

He flew through the land of eternal winter and reached the north that was difficult for any living thing to reach. He saw an army of countless dead people and the White Walkers who led this army of dead people.

At this time, among the White Walkers, a beautiful woman with pale skin and blue eyes like a White Walker, but with the same appearance as a normal human, held a spear condensed with ice in her hand and threw it at him.

The spear flew so fast that it was impossible to dodge. The Three-Eyed Crow he transformed into was directly pierced through the abdomen, and he woke up after that. There was an additional wound on the back where the ice spear penetrated. , that wound directly caused his lower body to be paralyzed and unable to walk.

Although the maesters of Highgarden all thought that the wound was the one he suffered when he fell from his horse, but they did not notice that the wound worsened and eventually made him paralyzed, he knew very well that the injury on his back was caused by the coldness of the White Walker woman. Caused by an ice spear piercing it.

When he woke up, all the leaves on the three heart trees in the godswood also fell at the same time, so there were rumors in Highgarden that the three heart trees protected him and allowed him to wake up.

He did not refute this rumor, and he also believed it to be true, because when he was penetrated by the ice spear, he could see the blurry figure of Green-Hand Gals holding him away from the north.

Therefore, after waking up, he would often come to the three heart trees in the sacred forest to stay, because only here could he forget the scenes he saw in the frozen land and calm down. .

Linde listened quietly to Vilas's experience, and he was shocked in his heart. Although he had not found any substantive evidence, he was almost certain that the cause of the extreme cold disaster not long ago was probably due to the three Eye Crow and Green Hand Gals vs. Vilas.

The most powerful power of the White Walkers is not to control the corpses, but the extremely cold weather that accompanies them. This is not only the source of their power, but also the environment in which they can survive, so in all ancient legends , the arrival of the White Walkers is always accompanied by extremely cold weather.

One of the functions of the Three-Eyed Crow sitting in the land of eternal winter is probably to prevent the extreme cold weather from moving south, because once the extreme cold weather covers the continent of Westeros, an environment suitable for the survival of White Walkers will also be formed. When the time comes, the White Walkers will inevitably move south.

The confrontation between the Three-Eyed Raven and Garth the Green Hand in the River Bend must have affected his climate control over the land of eternal winter, which ultimately led to a three-month-long extreme cold disaster that directly swept across the entire continent of Westeros.

Fortunately, he later regained control of the extremely cold weather in the land of eternal winter, so that things did not get out of control. Otherwise, the invasion of the White Walkers more than ten years later might have happened earlier.

However, Lind also thought that the Three-Eyed Crow should be injured at this moment, and before his injury recovers in the past two years, there may be another extreme cold weather like before, and he needs to prepare more food and other supplies.

In addition, after listening to Willas's story, Lind also had some doubts, because in his memory, the leader of the White Walkers should be a White Walker called the Night King. He is the source of the White Walkers. After his death, , all the White Walkers are dead, but now what Willas sees is a female White Walker, and the female White Walker looks like a normal person, not like a mummy.

Although he was a little confused, Linde did not ask further questions. Instead, he followed his plan and said, "Now that you have seen the truth of this world, what are you going to do?"

There was a trace of confusion on Vilas's face. He did not answer Lind's question. Instead, after a moment of silence, he said, "What about you? What are you going to do?"

Linde replied calmly: "Train the army, improve your status, influence more lords and nobles, and at the same time make yourself stronger and accumulate enough strength until the final moment arrives."

"Aren't you scared?" Vilas looked at Lind and asked.

Linde smiled and said: "Why are you afraid? The worst situation is death. It's not like you have never died."

Vilas looked at Linde with a hint of reverence in his eyes, and his confused eyes gradually became clearer. He nodded and said, "Indeed, the worst that can happen is death, but it's not like he has never died." As he said that, he looked at Linde said: "Lord Linde, I am very glad that you can come here specifically."

Linde bowed his head slightly and saluted: "It is also an honor for me to be able to help you."

Afterwards, the two talked about how to prevent the White Walkers from going south in the Land of Eternal Winter to the greatest extent possible.

For the time being, Linde had no choice but to propose increasing the number of night watchmen on the Great Wall of Despair, and sending as many prisoners as possible to the Great Wall who were to be executed to serve as night watchmen on the Great Wall of Despair.

Vilas also thinks this is a good idea. He can't do anything else now, but he can still select prisoners and send them to the Great Wall of Despair.

During the conversation, Lind very wisely did not ask about Princess Arianne, because he could see that Willas did not really care about the marriage with Princess Arianne at this time, and he might not even care at all. Princess Arianne, this is completely opposite to his behavior before coma. It seems that he discovered something while he was in coma, which caused his attitude to change.

As for what it is, it’s not difficult to judge. The emotions between men and women are nothing more than those things. In Lind’s memory, Princess Arianne’s character is extremely unrestrained. Like most women in Dorne, Willas was initially attracted by Princess Arianne. He was attracted by this passionate personality and fell in love with her, but he would eventually find that it was impossible for a woman with such a personality to become the Duchess of Highgarden, and he would not accept that his wife would have many lovers.

Therefore, Linde seemed to have completely forgotten about the Dornish marriage and never asked a question from beginning to end.

After talking with Vilas for a while, Linde stood up and was about to leave, but Vilas stopped him and suddenly said: "Lord Linde, the reason why I can see the truth of the world is because of my ancestor Green Hand Garr. Si, what about you? Who can you see the truth of the world? "

"Lord Vilas, this answer has actually been made public, but no one will ever believe it." Linde replied with a smile.

After saying that, he walked out of the godswood.

There was a look of confusion on Vilas's face at first, but it was soon replaced by a sudden realization. Then he turned his head and saw the seven-pointed star holy symbol on the top of the high church not far away. He raised his hand and naturally made a seven-pointed star symbol. present.

After learning about Vilas' situation, Linde did not stop at High Court anymore, but returned directly to the Rose Bridge Pier where the ship was parked, and took a boat back to Tengshi Town overnight.

A few days later, when he returned to Tengshi Town, the appointment letter from High Court had been sent to Tengshi Town by raven two days before him. The content of the appointment letter was just as Vilas said before. The commander of the bandit suppression in the entire territory, and the recruitment authority of up to 10,000 soldiers. The only difference is that the military expenditure is no longer a part, but half. In other words, as long as Linde’s recruitment manpower is within this 10,000 soldiers, the high The court will help Linde pay half of his military expenses.

There is no doubt that Willas definitely helped him win this, and the most valuable thing is that as long as the title of commander of the bandit suppression in the River Bend is not cancelled, then the promise of half of the military expenditure will be valid forever.

Although it is not difficult for Linde to recruit 10,000 people now, and the golden dragons on hand are enough to pay for the other half of the military expenses, it will definitely not be able to maintain such a large number of troops for a long time. He can only wait until Linde has a territory, and the territory Only after it has developed to a certain level can it be considered to have a standing army of ten thousand people.

Therefore, now he just increased the total number of troops in his hands to two thousand and stopped recruiting. Moreover, of the two thousand, one thousand were infantry. After all, war horses were too expensive. Not only was it expensive to buy them, but it was also expensive to raise war horses. It requires a lot of money.

After the letter of appointment was issued, Linde led his cavalry and began to completely clear out the bandits, savage tribes and mountain villages within Tengshi Town. Since he had already confirmed from Vilas that he would eventually get a piece of territory, there was no need for it. Then use the method of raising bandits to respect themselves, solve the trouble here as soon as possible, and focus all their energy on helping Nymeria build Tengshi Town, build the Blackwater River Fortress, and train troops.

Faced with Linde's sudden attack, the savage tribes and mountain people villages that had already figured out the situation were all captured by Linde without much resistance. These people were all absorbed into Tengshi Town. The citizens of the territory were then dispersed and mixed with refugees from other places, and were arranged into the large and sparsely populated territory on the west bank of the Mander River, quickly filling the population vacancy in the open space.