Chapter 291 The enemy is on the move

Linde, who had a premonition that something big was going to happen in King's Landing, had no intention of staying in King's Landing to watch the show. He left King's Landing as planned and returned to Summer Hall.

He knew very well that Varys came to see him before leaving, mainly to test his attitude.

Just as he said to Eddard Stark, he would not intervene in this fight, but only if it did not hinder his plan against the White Walkers.

Linde's departure seemed to loosen a layer of restraint for most of the people and nobles in King's Landing. The originally calm and stable situation began to become turbulent, and some hidden conspiracies began to surface.

After nightfall, Littlefinger led Catelyn and Ser Rodrik through the alleys of King's Landing, avoiding all the main roads, avoiding the patrolling gold robes, and then bribed the gold in front of Catelyn. The city gate guarded by robes came to the dock.

At this time, the boat prepared by Littlefinger was already waiting at the dock. In addition to the sailors, there were several mercenaries on the boat.

"You're too far along the way. I'm worried that the Lannister family will send people to hunt you down, so I've prepared a few mercenaries for you." Before Caitlin could ask, Littlefinger took the initiative to explain, and then headed towards Looking at one of the fierce-looking mercenaries, he waved and shouted: "Bronn!"

The mercenary came over and when he saw Caitlin, he looked at her wildly and then saluted her with some lame etiquette.

Littlefinger introduced: "He is the most skilled mercenary in the city. I have paid enough commission. He and his people will protect you to Winterfell."

Caitlin frowned and said, "I don't need extra protection, Sir Rodrik is enough!"

Littlefinger said seriously: "Kate, don't be willful. If you were not exposed, Sir Rodrik might be able to protect you, but the situation is different now. Don't forget, your safety is not just yours." Your safety is also related to your husband and your children. "

"Sir Petyr is right, madam, I am not strong enough to protect you on my own, I should ask for help." Even Sir Rodrik, who has always been extremely confident in his abilities, advised.

Caitlin could only nod in agreement.

Seeing that things were arranged, Littlefinger did not stay any longer, turned around and hurriedly left the dock.

When Caitlin was about to get on the ship, the captain stopped her and said, "Madam, please wait a moment. Your cabin has not been packed yet. Please wait a while before going in to avoid soiling your clothes."

Caitlin was stunned for a moment, didn't say anything, and waited for a while under the boat.

While waiting, a man emerged from a pile of goods not far from the pier, staggering towards this side. Judging from his height, he looked like a child. Only when he walked closer did he realize that he was a child. dwarf.

I saw him touching the back of his head, as if he had been slapped, and his staggering steps showed that he was not in good condition.

"Damn! Has the security in King's Landing become so bad? Even dwarves will be robbed!" The dwarf muttered and walked to the only light on the dock, the shore of the ship where Caitlin was riding, and when he saw clearly The people standing behind the boat couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Mrs. Caitlin, why are you in King's Landing?"

After hearing this, Caitlin looked towards the dwarf and immediately exclaimed: "Little devil Tyrion!" Then, without thinking, she said: "Capture him."

Following Caitlin's order, Sir Rodrik was the first to react, rushed forward, and grabbed Tyrion. Tyrion didn't understand what was happening at all, but still instinctively wanted to call for help, but beside him Bronn's hands and feet were very fast. He raised a wooden stick and knocked him unconscious. Then he tied him up skillfully and brought him to the boat.

Caitlin also felt that it was not a good place to stay for a long time, so she boarded the ship and asked the captain to stop cleaning the cabin, and ordered the ship to sail immediately.

As the cargo ship slowly left the dock of King's Landing, a huge net called war had spread out in all directions with King's Landing as the center.

At the same time, Linde had entered the royal forest and was resting in a station that Robert had specially restored for the convenience of hunting.

While setting up the tent, a little deer suddenly emerged from the jungle. As if it was not wary of people, it got into the crowd, walked up to Linde, and shook its head at Linde. .

Everyone felt a little strange when they saw this scene, but Linde thought of the reason for the deer's appearance, so he asked his subordinates to continue to stay at the inn, while he followed the deer into the royal forest.

After walking in the dense forest for about a few minutes, one person and one deer came to a pool of water. At this time, Sparks was already sitting next to the pool. Although there seemed to be no change from the outside, Linde felt something was wrong. In the end, The obvious thing is that the magical aura on her body has become vague, but on the contrary, there is some special aura on her body, an aura that makes Linde feel quite stressed.

"We haven't seen each other for several years. You have changed a lot." Linde walked to Hua Hua and said in a deep voice.

"The same goes for you." Huo Huo turned to look at Linde and said, "I didn't expect you to walk so fast. If I hadn't been lucky enough to find the secret treasure left by the sages of our Sons of the Forest, I might have been there by now. Caught up by you."

Linde had a bad feeling and asked in a deep voice: "Are you about to..."

"Yes." Huo Huo nodded and said, "My journey has come to the end now, and I am about to enter the next journey." As she said that, she looked at Linde and said, "Don't be sad, this pair of It’s a good thing for me, and it’s what I’ve been looking forward to the most.”

Linde sighed and said, "Congratulations."

"Yes, I should indeed be congratulated." Huo Huo smiled and said, "Although I'm leaving, there are still some things I can't let go of."

"Is it the Sons of the Forest clan?" Linde guessed.

"It's really easy to talk to you. You already guessed it without me saying it." Huo Huo smiled and nodded, and said, "I went to see the stone giants who were protected by you. They were doing very well. And there is a newborn baby. If the children of the forest can get your protection, I think they will live well. "

As she spoke, she waved to a nearby forest, and then saw a son of the forest who was even thinner than Sparks walking out of a bush and standing next to Sparks.

"Her name is Gray Stone and she comes from the Zeland." Huo Huo introduced her identity.

Linde nodded towards the other party.

Gray Stone looked at Linde and said, "I heard Holland Reed mention you, and you were taller than she described."

Linde asked with some confusion: "You are living very well in Jingze, why do you suddenly want to leave?"

Gray Stone did not answer immediately, but looked at Sparks. After seeing Sparks nodding, he said: "Because the believers of the ancient gods have polluted the Neck, it is no longer suitable for us to live there."

"Ancient alien gods?" Linde was stunned and asked in a deep voice: "Are you talking about the alien ghosts?"

"Yes." Sparks took over the words and said: "Half a month ago, when I took over the sages' secret treasure, the believers of the White Walkers raided the camp of the Children of the Forest in the Neck and destroyed the balance stone there. The camp of the Children of the Forest was no longer able to If they gain the protection of Ningze again, they will be exposed to others. I originally planned to let them migrate to Shenyan Lake, but the balancing stone of Shenyan Lake has also been destroyed, and they have lost their protection and need to migrate. "

"What is the balance stone?" Linde asked in confusion.

Sparks took out a stone that looked like grease white jade, handed it to Linde, and said, "The Balance Stone is a secret treasure created by the Green Seer of the Sons of the Forest. It can balance the power of nature. The Sons of the Forest need to borrow this secret treasure to create illusions. Avoid humans. Most of the Balance Stones were destroyed when the Arm of Dorne was destroyed, and only a few pieces remained."

Linde took the balancing stone and looked at it. He saw several cracks on the white jade-like stone. Some black oil-like objects penetrated into the cracks. This kind of object also showed the material of the stone.

Seeing this black oil-like stone material, Lind immediately thought of the black stone he had seen before, so he asked: "The black substance that destroyed the balance stone and the black stone on the foundation of the towering tower..."

Sparks nodded and explained: "They are the same thing, they are all gods from outside the sky, but the black stone of the towering tower has no power."

"Can't you make another balancing stone like this?" Linde asked.

Sparks shook his head and said: "I am not a green seer. I cannot make this thing. There have been no green seers among the Children of the Forest for many years. This was the result of those green seers who used the balance stone to destroy the natural balance and destroy the Arm of Dorne. punish."

Lind then asked: "Do you know why the followers of the White Walkers destroyed your Balance Stone?"

"In order to destroy the natural nodes of the continent of Westeros." Sparks explained: "There are several natural nodes in the continent of Westeros. There is one on the Great Wall, one on the Neck, one on the Divine Eye Lake, and one on the Great Wall. The Divine Grace Mountains are one, and the last one is the Arm of Dorne, which is now the Stepstone Islands. Once these natural nodes are destroyed, the natural balance of the Westeros continent will be disrupted, and the extremely cold climate in the north will be disrupted. It will move south unimpeded and sweep across the entire continent of Westeros.”

Linde's expression became solemn and he asked: "So according to what you said, now the only natural node in the entire Westeros continent is the Great Wall that has not been broken?"

"Yes." Huo Huo nodded, and then said: "You don't have to worry too much. The natural nodes of the Great Wall are difficult to destroy, because the natural nodes of the Great Wall are divided into nineteen. Only if all nineteen nodes are destroyed can the natural nodes of the Great Wall be destroyed. It can completely destroy it, and a few years ago, the little guy from the south went to the Great Wall of Despair and integrated himself with the Great Wall of Despair through human sacrifice, forming a new natural node and strengthening the original nineteen natural nodes. Node makes it more difficult to destroy.”

"What if the White Walkers have the Horn of Winter in their hands?" Lind asked in a deep voice.

Sparks fell silent, and after a while, he said: "I don't know either. I have never seen the Horn of Winter used. I don't know if the Horn of Winter will be as powerful as the legend. If the Horn of Winter is really as powerful as the legend, It was also created for the desperate situation of the Great Wall, and it may really lead to the destruction of the Great Wall. "

Hearing Huo Hua say this, Linde's expression became a little ugly.

However, he soon recovered, turned to look at Gray Stone, and asked: "How many children of the forest are you going to migrate?"

Huishi calculated and said: "Our tribe has more than a hundred, and there are also more than a hundred in Shenyan Lake, about three hundred."

"So many?" Linde was stunned. He thought that the number of Children of the Forest south of the Great Wall was about the same as that outside the Great Wall. There were only twenty or thirty to the sky. He did not expect that there were hundreds of children.

Linde asked again: "Do you have any special requirements for the living environment?"

"All you need is a safe place without being disturbed," Gray Stone quickly answered, and also gave an example: "I went to see the residence you arranged for the Stone Giant, and it's pretty good there, and We can also accept your employment and do things for you like the stone giants. Of course, you must ensure that we are not harmed by humans. "

"Do things for me?" Linde looked at Gray Stone. He could feel that Gray Stone should be a reformer among the Children of the Forest. She must have realized that if the Children of the Forest did not change, they would be like many ancient races. disappeared, so she used the method of working for Lind to contact and integrate with humans. The stone giants who have started to reproduce again and expand their tribe are the best example.

The reason why Gray Stone did not choose Holland Reed, the lord of Greywater who had frequent contact with them, was probably because he was worried that Holland Reed was too weak to protect them. On the contrary, Lind's reputation and strength were both very strong. , being able to protect them like a stone giant is their best choice.

"You don't have to do things for me..." Linde was about to refuse Gray Stone's kindness and promised to protect Gray Stone, but after seeing Gray Stone and these children of the forest who were as short as babies, he suddenly had a bold idea, so He asked Gray Stone, "Do you children of the forest know how to throw stones?"

"Of course." Gray Stone puffed up his chest and said proudly: "We children of the forest are the best slingers in the world. I can even knock off a butterfly's wings with a stone without hurting it. Body."

As she said that, she was still worried that Linde wouldn't believe it, so she picked up a small stone from the ground, pointed to a small fruit hanging on the treetop in the distance, and then threw the stone directly, and the stone passed through the gap between the branches of the tree. He easily hit the small fruit and knocked it down.

Seeing such accurate stone throwing, Linde showed a smile on his face, and then asked Gray Stone: "Do you sons of the forest like small animals? Flying small animals?"

"Of course I do." Gray Stone replied immediately.

Linde continued and asked, "Does it matter if the small animals are a little big?"

"A bit big?" Hui Shi was stunned and looked at Linde in confusion.

On the contrary, Sparks on the side immediately realized something and said in surprise: "Do you want them to be dragon knights with winged dragons?"