Chapter 312 God-hating

"For Euron?" Vilas looked at Linde doubtfully and said, "Tell me more details."

Linde said in a deep voice: "If the White Walkers can cross the sea, then what's the use of the Great Wall?"

"Impossible," Willas immediately retorted: "It is impossible for the White Walkers to cross the sea, because the ancient curse prevents the White Walkers from entering the ocean, just like they are restrained by dragon crystal."

"But what if someone helps them cross the sea?" Lind told Willas about Euron and the discovery of the ironborn who had turned into wights in the ruins of Valyria.

The commander's deputy on the side also listened with curiosity. When he heard about the experience of the ruins of Valyria, he held his breath for fear that his breathing would be too loud and disturb Lind's narration.

"Euron?" After listening to Lind's narration, Vilas muttered a few words in a low voice, and then fell into deep thought.

Linde did not disturb him and stood in front of the icicle waiting for his answer.

After a while, Willas recovered from his contemplation and said: "It is impossible for the White Walkers to cross the sea. This is an ancient curse that cannot be broken, but there is a way to temporarily invalidate the curse."

"What method?" Before Linde could speak, the commander's deputy asked involuntarily.

Willas did not blame the commander's deputy for talking too much, and continued: "Only when the White Walkers are by the God-hate's side can they temporarily lift the curse and be able to cross the sea by boat."

"God-hating?" Linde hesitated for a moment and said, "It doesn't seem to be difficult to find. Among the mages under my command, many do not believe in gods. There are also many bachelors in the city who do not believe in gods."

"No, you are mistaken! I am talking about the God-hating people, not the unbelieving ones." Vilas corrected Lind's mistake and said: "Although the unbelieving people do not believe in gods, they will still respect the gods. But a god-hating person hates gods extremely, and is even hostile to gods. The gods he is hostile to are not any one god, but all gods, good gods, evil gods, true gods, false gods. As long as they have anything to do with gods, he hates them extremely. And hatred, his only purpose in living is to destroy all gods."

"There are such people?" Linde was also surprised by what Vilas said. He was well-read, but he had not seen any records about God-hating people in the books.

Vilas continued: "Although a God-hating person hates all gods, contradictory to this is that his body is a perfect container for gods. Any kind of religious ritual can make a God-hating person contaminated with the power of gods. , he will hear the whispers of the gods all the time. Can you imagine that there will be a person who makes you hate and hate whispering in your ears for a day, a month, a year, or even a lifetime, no matter how normal it is. People may also go crazy.”

Lind also understood at this moment why Euron was so crazy. It was obvious that his soul had been tortured to pieces.

"You don't have to worry about the White Walkers using the God-hate to cross the sea," Willas said later: "Eternal winter has not yet appeared, the extreme cold weather has not yet gone south, and the power of the Great Wall has not disappeared. The White Walkers are in this situation Under such circumstances, even if he crosses the sea to the south, the power he possesses will soon disappear, and he will be so fragile that he is not as vulnerable as an ordinary person. "

Linde's expression became serious and he said, "No matter what, I need to find Euron and deal with him as soon as possible."

Although Lind has made finding Euron his top priority, he now has no clue about Euron's whereabouts.

"I may know where Euron is now." Vilas seemed to be able to read Lind's mind and said: "You just mentioned that Euron stole the body of an ancient survivor from the Palace of the Sea King, and then After destroying the natural nodes of the Swamp, God's Eye Lake and other places, and then going to the ruins of Valyria to take away the altar with the Dragon's Horn, he had only one purpose, which was to be with the people who had not turned into White Walkers in ancient times. Just like that ancient race, they completed a sacrifice to the gods."

Linde felt a little confused after hearing this, so he asked Vilas to explain in more detail.

Willas sorted out his words and said: "With the ability of the White Walkers, they should be able to awaken the corpse of the ancient survivor. Euron probably obtained the detailed rituals of the sacrifices of the ancient gods from that corpse. Ze The natural nodes between the earth and the God's Eye Lake contain the natural contract between the ancient gods and the entire world. The altar where the Dragon's Horn is placed should be one of the altars where the sacrificial ceremony was performed back then. That's why I said that he wanted to make the same sacrifice as the ancient gods. The ancient race also completed a sacrifice to the gods. Now all it lacks is a suitable place to sacrifice, and as far as I know, there is only one place in the world where it can complete the sacrifice to the gods, and that is the dark night in the far east. The city of Stea is the place where the ancient races were cursed by the gods after completing their sacrifices.”

"Stea?" Lind hesitated after hearing this. He had vaguely heard the name of this city. It seemed that when Maester Marwin mentioned Asshai, he mentioned that there was another city more terrifying than Asshai. That city It's Staia.

"What impact will Euron's sacrifice have on the White Walkers?" Lind asked doubtfully.

"It has no impact." Villas gave an unexpected answer, but changed the topic and added: "But there will be a crazy god in this world, and there is no need to wait for eternal winter. The whole world may be destroyed because of this. ”

Linde was shocked when he heard this, and the commander's deputy next to him had to lean against the wall to steady himself. He was dumbfounded and felt that he had heard some secrets that he shouldn't have heard.

"If I predict correctly, Euron should want to sacrifice himself, and not to a certain god, but to all the gods that have appeared from the past to the present." Vilas explained in more detail : "Think about a God-hate who possesses a perfect divine vessel and sacrifices himself to all the gods. The only result is that all the gods invest their divine power into the sacrifices. In this way, he possesses all kinds of powers. The divine power of gods. If he is lucky and is not killed by the divine power of the gods on the spot, then he will use the divine power of the gods to achieve an unprecedented ascension to the gods and become a crazy god. It will kill the gods and destroy everything in the world.”

"Madman! What a madman!" The deputy commander was so shocked by Vilas' words that he could not speak.

Linde calmed down at this moment and asked: "Are gods so easy to kill?"

"Sometimes the gods are great and can control the power of all things and perform great miracles. Sometimes the gods are also very fragile. Just blowing a breath can kill the gods like blowing away a cloud of smoke." Vera. Si revealed the secret of the gods, and then said to Linde very seriously: "Linde, you must stop Euron. Although his sacrifice is difficult to succeed, it is not absolutely impossible. We cannot give him A glimmer of a chance of success.”

"I understand." Linde nodded, turned around and left the ice cave without staying any longer.

The commander's deputy also wanted to leave with Linde, but was stopped by Vilas and stayed in the ice cave.

Lind looked back and felt a wave of magic power in the ice cave. He thought that Vilas was erasing part of the man's memory to prevent him from spreading what he heard and causing panic.

After walking out of the ice cave, Linde didn't stop much and rode the lava dragon away from the Great Wall of Despair, heading south.

After spending almost a night, Lind flew back to Summer Hall Castle when the morning sun shone on the earth.

Early in the morning, Jon and others had been waiting in the meeting hall early. When they saw Lind coming back, they immediately reported an important matter to Lind. This matter was that Robb Stark, Renly Baratheon and Stannis Baratheon became kings one after another.

This matter is undoubtedly a very important event for Jon and others, because it means that this war can no longer be resolved peacefully. It was originally just a conquest of the Iron Throne by the lords of all parties, but now it has become the Four Kings. In a melee, all kings will not recognize the legitimacy of other kings, and will try every means to attack other kings.

Just like Stannis, who was still concentrating on dealing with the Iron Throne, immediately denounced Robb Stark, who claimed to be the King of the North, as a traitor and called Renly a thief. On the contrary, Joffrey turned has become a secondary enemy. Judging from Stannis's movements, he has begun to target Renly, who has become the king.

Renly also did not recognize the independence of the North, but he did not reprimand Robb Stark. Instead, he accused Stannis of colluding with Eddard Stark to usurp the throne, and his evidence was that Eddard Stark was being murdered. Before being beheaded, he admitted his crime, and also admitted in disguise that he conspired with Stannis to usurp the throne, so he asked Stannis to come to Storm's End to meet him, the real heir of the Baratheon family, and confess his crimes. In short, How disgusting is Stannis?

The current situation is so chaotic that Jon and others don't know what to do. Should they issue an announcement and reprimand this act of king-seeking, or should they just pretend they don't know and bury themselves in their own business? That's why they came out early in the morning. We arrived at the castle and waited for Linde to come back to deal with this matter.

"Ignore them!" Linder didn't care about this kind of thing, which was considered a big deal in the eyes of others. He told Jon and others about some of the cooperation projects he discussed with the Night Watch at the Great Wall yesterday, and asked them to arrange manpower immediately. , sent to the Great Wall of Despair.

In addition, Linde also told these capable men that he would be away for a period of time. During this period, the affairs in the territory would be handled by them. If they could not handle it, he would write a letter to Nymeria in Lorne and ask her to do it. the final decision.

Jon and others didn't understand why Lynd suddenly had to leave Summer Hall for a long time, but they didn't ask any more questions. Anyway, this was not the first time for them.

With the current system of Shengxia Hall, it doesn't matter even if Linde leaves for more than half a year, the entire system can still operate normally.

Jon suddenly remembered something and asked: "My lord, didn't you promise to attend the wedding of Lord Renly and Miss Margaery? If you leave now..."

"No, it's not suitable for me to go to Storm's End at this time. Going to Storm's End is equivalent to agreeing with Renly's claim to the throne." Linde shook his head and said, "Although I can't go, I should. But the etiquette cannot be less. After all, I am still a vassal of Highgarden in name. You can pick someone to go to Storm's End in my place. As for the wedding gift for them, just take the set of Valyrian steel I prepared before. jewelry."

Jon responded: "Yes, my lord."

Just when Lind was about to give him detailed instructions on how to deal with problems encountered in certain important affairs in the territory after he left, the supervisor in charge of the Messenger Crow and the Trust Eagle came outside the door of the council chamber and whispered: "My lord, there is King's Landing City." letterhead."

"The letter from King's Landing?" Linde was stunned for a moment, then motioned to his supervisor to bring the letter over, and smiled: "Are you planning to reprimand me for taking Duke Eddard's body yesterday?"

Moose also smiled and joked: "With the minds of Queen Cersei and King Joffrey I, maybe it is really a letter of reprimand."

In fact, after learning that Queen Cersei had openly canceled her engagement with Highgarden, they already looked down upon Queen Cersei's brains. And Joffrey I beheaded Duke Eddard after he confessed, even at Baelor. At the entrance of the Great Cathedral, they almost classified Joffrey I as a mediocre king or a mad king.

Linde took the letter and looked at it, with a slightly surprised look on his face.

"What happened?" Jon asked curiously.

Lind handed over the letter, and Jon took it and read it quickly, saying, "They want to send Princess Myrcella to live in Summer Hall?"

Others were stunned when they heard this.

Bert was sensitively aware of what was wrong with this matter and said: "In the past, they never thought of sending Princess Myrcella to the Summer Hall to meet Prince Augustus, but now they take the initiative to send Princess Myrcella to the Midsummer Hall. Come here, it seems that the behavior of those few kings has frightened them."

Everyone laughed.

On the contrary, Moose was a little confused and said: "Can Queen Cersei and Joffrey I think of such a solution?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison.

"It should be the little devil Tyrion's idea." Lind said solemnly: "The news from our people in the West mentioned that Duke Tywin asked Tyrion to return to King's Landing to replace him as prime minister. Although he He hasn't officially been appointed Prime Minister yet, but he has already begun to make plans. He sent Myrcella to the Summer Hall with great fanfare to remind everyone that we will have concerns when we join forces with the Iron Throne to attack King's Landing. The little devil is quite intelligent!"

"What shall we do, my lord?" Jon asked.

"Of course our Summer Hall recognizes King Robert's engagement, and Princess Myrcella is naturally my daughter-in-law," Lind looked at everyone and said, "However, she cannot stay in Summer Hall Castle. I will take her with me." Go to Lorne and stay with Nymeria, and everything in Westeros will have nothing to do with her.”

"This is a good way to deal with it." Bert nodded and said: "After you leave, my lord, we'd better publicize the fact that Princess Myrcella will settle in Lorne in the future, although this can't be done By completely disassociating ourselves from the Iron Throne, we can at least prevent the Iron Throne from using us to do things we shouldn't do."

After hearing this, Lind nodded, agreed with Burt's approach, and then ordered Jon to greet Princess Myrcella on his behalf.