Chapter 178 The Great Wall’s Horn

Eastwatch is the easternmost castle on the Great Wall, located on a windswept beach on the edge of Seal Bay. The Night's Watch fleet is stationed here. There are large ships and small ships. They are anchored on the coast. Theon counted them over and over again, eleven. The entire Night's Watch only has eleven ships, which is much less than the ships in the Iron Islands. Much more.

He thought that if the Ironborn wanted to capture the East Bay, it would be easy. But there is nothing in this place except ice, snow and strong wind.

Theon looked at the white sky and earth outside the Great Wall. Unless the ironborn had salt water in their brains, they would not take a fancy to this place.

He tightened his body and sat beside the steel basin, with a long bow and spear beside him. As long as the wind mixed with snowflakes blew, no matter how big the flame was, it would be difficult for Theon to feel warm.

Damn it, why was he so obsessed with capturing Winterfell in the first place? Theon's original intention was to form an alliance between the North and the Iron Islands. When setting off from the Riverlands, he was still thinking happily that one day he and Like Robb, he becomes the king who dominates a territory.

He thought a lot on the ship, about how to convince his father, whom he had not seen for many years, and about Robb's admiration when he led the Iron Fleet to come for support.

But when he returned to Pyke, he found that his father and the ironborn did not like him and even laughed at him for acting like a woman.

In Winterfell, he was called an adopted son, but in reality he was a proton. Those arrogant Starks never treated him well. Xion expected that he would be welcomed back home where he had not lived for ten years, but there was nothing but cynicism.

When he put on black clothes, he swore that he would never marry, have children, wear a crown, or compete for honors in this life. But those people still mocked him as a failed usurper, like his father Balon.

He hung out with those lowly horse thieves and rapists, standing on the city wall patrolling like a soldier, being beaten by the cold wind. Fortunately, the Night's Watch stationed at Eastwatch are also from the Iron Islands.

Carter Pike, he had small eyes, a broken nose, and a forehead as thin as a spear point. Measles had completely disfigured his face, and the beard he had grown to cover it was sparse and unkempt.

He is the garrison captain of Eastwatch and is in charge of two hundred night watchmen. Because of Xion's good martial arts, he is quite valued by him.

Carter Pike told him that the Night Watch no longer valued his former identity. No matter what he was or what he had done in the past, the moment he put on black clothes, he had said goodbye to the past.

But Carter told Theon that the Night's Watch would not tolerate betrayers or deserters.

He received the crow from Castle Black, hoping that the brothers in Eastwatch could go to support Castle Black. Carter asked Janos Slynt to take people there, and Theon was left behind.

Well, he didn't want to go with that double-chinned bastard. Genos thought he was noble, but in fact he was just the son of a butcher.

Janos Slynt was the commander-in-chief of King's Landing City Guard. He said that he was the Lord of Harrenhal, but Theon knew that Harrenhal had long been burned to ruins by Aegon the Conqueror. , I heard that now there are only curses and ghosts.

Genos and the others also took away a wildman named Rattleshirt. The wildman wore a suit of bone armor and held a broken giant skull as a helmet. He claimed to have witnessed Jon kill Qorin Halfhand and betrayed the Night's Watch.

Theon thought of the Stark bastard son, and the letter from Castle Black stated that it was Jon Snow who brought the news that the wildlings were about to attack Castle Black.

Will Jon Snow betray his oath? Theon knew what he was like. The boy was like his father.

The supporting army walked west along the Great Wall. Xion knew that these people would not let go of Snow. The Night's Watch did not tolerate betrayal. They had seen Lord Eddard execute a man with the giant sword "Ice". The escaped night watchman. Theon wondered if Lord Eddard would personally execute him if he knew about his son's oath-breaking.

As the adopted son of Eddard, he once served as the Duke's swordsman, and he held the ice in his arms. The sword was much lighter than he thought. Theon had quietly pulled it out, and the ice blade was Thin and light, with beautiful lines, the Valyrian steel sword is so sharp that no other material in the world can compare with it.

He was deeply attracted by that sword, and Theon longed to own such a sword, but he was not a Stark, and the Greyjoy family had never heard of such a sword.

He also encountered another Valyrian sword. That sword was not a great sword, but more suitable for fighting. It was held in the hands of a boy from the Night's Watch, but he was not a Night's Watch, and it seemed Like a knight. He was taken in by Robb as a cook in the castle. Theon secretly asked the castle's chief chef to make things difficult for the boy, and also bribed several cooks.

Theon's mind recalled the battle outside Winterfell. He heard that the boy was prosperous in the south and became Stannis's son-in-law.

Yesterday in the hall, Quincy also sang "White Bird Among the Crows," the song the singers had woven for Cole.

Theon did not tell them that Cole, who was said to be invincible by the singer in the Whispering Forest, was almost shot to death with an arrow by him. In fact, Theon did not recognize him at the time and only wanted to save Robb with his bow.

He actually saved Robb and Bran, and he was life-saving to Stark.

A cold wind blew, and the flames in the steel basin swayed, stirring up many sparks and charcoal powder. Xion shivered with the cold. Even if the wildlings didn't kill him, sooner or later he would be frozen to death by this weather.

Although he grew up in the north, he had never felt such cold. The bachelor said that this was the coming of winter. His memory of the previous winter was hazy.

The brothers of the Night Watch also said that this was the arrival of the Long Night. The memory of the Long Night on the Great Wall was from a thousand years ago, but the recorded books were very sparse, with only a few sentences.

Theon didn't believe in the Long Night or the White Walkers. These were just scary stories told by the wet nurse in Winterfell. He thought those were just tricks used by savages to scare people, just some clever acrobatics.

He had to stand up and walk around, otherwise he would freeze to death on the Great Wall.

Woo!

A simple and loud horn sounded.

Is there a brother from the Night Watch returning? Theon looked toward the tower.

Woohoo! !

Two sounds? The savages are coming.

Xion quickly picked up the longbow and spear and ran towards the horn.

He saw the black brothers pouring out of the tower of Eastwatch. Theon ran to the east, where the horn was.

"What's wrong? What happened?" he asked the brother. "Where are the savages?"

The man shook his head and pointed the direction to Xion.

A dark sea, with long and narrow shadows passing through the fog, until the keel of the battleship broke through the white fog and appeared in Xion's eyes. The first thing that caught his eye was a golden rim. The black flag, the flag's coat of arms is a white bird spitting flames.