The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 241 The Intensity of the Battle
When the White Walkers brought in their new wights and new magic, the Northern defenses were immediately caught off guard. In previous battles, people thought that the White Walkers would only hide among the wights, occasionally casting some magic to ambush people, and that was all.

In the eyes of some people, the White Walkers are nothing special. Given their level, modern humans can definitely stop them, and maybe even kill them in their lair. Therefore, many people are relaxed and dismissive.

But now the White Walkers have come up with new things, so many defense lines and fortresses were caught off guard and conquered by the White Walkers. All the defenders were killed and then turned into wights, and then the White Walker army advanced further into the defense lines.

Many fortresses managed to hold on, but because their neighbors were either conquered or fled, these fortresses were isolated and surrounded by zombies.

Many people were not prepared for the sudden and fierce attack of the White Walkers and their breakthrough of the defense line. Therefore, when one line of defense was broken, the people at the next line of defense often failed to react and ended up fleeing under the clutches of the fleeing army in front.

However, this phenomenon did not last long, as Hugo, who discovered that the situation was not right, led his troops north to stop the spread of the virus. Unlike those who were lax, the main force led by Hugo was ready for battle at any time. He always believed that the White Walkers could not be dealt with so easily, and he had to remain vigilant.

His vigilance also paid off. If it weren't for his vigilance, he would not have been able to lead the team to plug the hole in time shortly after the incident happened.

But Hugo was not very happy about plugging the hole. The reason was simple: the real battle had just begun.

The ensuing battle became fierce just as Hugo had expected. The wights that appeared were more powerful, and the magic used by the White Walkers was also more powerful. Most importantly, the White Walkers no longer hid among the wights, but fought in groups of three or five on the front line from time to time.

The appearance of the Pale Knight had a great impact on the human defense line. The Pale Knight was different from those puppets. These monsters were intelligent and powerful and could use magic. It was impossible to kill them with ordinary weapons. Although there were enough dragon crystal weapons, they had to be stabbed.

But the Pale Knights themselves are highly skilled warriors. They can dance their milky white blades like flowers. They can easily block the enemy's dragon crystal swords or flying dragon crystal arrows.

However, humans ultimately have the advantage of numbers, and after the White Walkers no longer hide themselves, humans can create many White Walkers in order to eliminate them and force them to fall into their trap.

So, although the White Walkers were powerful, some of them were still killed by the frontline soldiers who risked their lives.

Hugo was very generous to the warriors who had made such achievements. He immediately gave the warriors who had completed the feat the title of knight, and said that the land would be distributed immediately after the war. He also promised that if they could kill more White Walkers, they would get bigger titles and lands.

As for those who were already knights or nobles, Hugo rewarded them with gold, silver and land. The God-favored Ones were not stingy at all, and they had accumulated so much land and wealth just for today. What they had to do now was to take down everything they had and comfort the soldiers.

This caused a frenzy among many people. Hugo's move was really exaggerated, so the hunt for the White Walkers became more and more frequent. Although most of the brave men died, there were still some who succeeded, and then they got everything Hugo promised.

The battle situation on the front line became more and more tense, and Hugo was also gradually using his trump cards, such as the Wildfire flamethrower and some fire sorcerers who had once again mastered the art of fire. With these things, sometimes the humans in some lost fortresses could withstand the sea of ​​zombies and eliminate all the zombies in the fortress.

In this way, the battle line was stalemate, the White Walkers continuously sent in the wights, and Hugo also continuously sent his long-accumulated resources to the battlefield. Behind this war was the operation of the political machine of Hugo and his allies, which continuously sent various manpower and materials to the north to invest in this endless consumption.

Before they knew it, a whole month had passed. During this month, it is no exaggeration to say that more than 100,000 wights had been turned into ashes and fragments. Hugo's side also suffered more than 10,000 casualties. As for the number of White Walkers killed, the number had reached hundreds without them noticing.

The two sides fought two major battles, but unfortunately, since the number of wights in the hands of the White Walkers was almost endless, even if they gained the advantage on the battlefield, they were unable to break through the army of wights, and in the end they could only watch the White Walkers retreat calmly. Once, they were so aggressive that they were surrounded by the White Walkers and it took them a lot of effort to break through the siege.

In a word, Hugo's strategic goal has been achieved, which is to consume the number of wights and force the White Walkers to fight. Now there are indeed more and more White Walkers on the battlefield. Although every time a White Walker appears, they often have to pay ten times or even more casualties in order to replace one White Walker, but it is all worth it.

Because Hugo discovered that as more and more White Walkers were killed, their army of wights became less and less flexible. Especially when White Walkers were killed on the battlefield, there was a certain probability that the wights around them would degenerate into mentally retarded creatures that could only attack on instinct, or would only blindly charge in a certain direction. Even if they were surrounded, they would only rush forward.

This allowed Hugo to confirm his guess, that is, the army of the wights was controlled by individual White Walkers. The wights needed the manipulation of the White Walkers to form a terrifying force on the battlefield, and if they lost the White Walkers, these guys would become seriously rigid.

The most important thing for Hugo was that he received reports of local strong blizzards on several battlefields. He suspected that it was the Night King, the leader of the White Walkers. Hugo naturally immediately organized a team equipped with Valyrian steel weapons to hunt this guy down, but the blizzard came and went quickly, and every time such a blizzard appeared, all the living people in the area covered by the blizzard would be killed and turned into dead people to attack their teammates.

In short, the battle on the northern front was in full swing, and as the war progressed, the weapons deployed by both sides on the battlefield became increasingly heavyweight...

"The White Walkers have gone out in force in large numbers, Lord Hugo. They are the ice spiders mentioned by the Night's Watch. The vanguard of the Pentos people was defeated by them. It is estimated that there are several hundred riders."

"Let Bonifer go. The Crusade Knights are the only knights that have a large-scale confrontation with those ice spider riders. Let the other knights cooperate with Bonifer. Send the Night's Watch as well and try to eat this White Walker rider."

There was a kind of fatigue in Hugo's tone that was difficult to conceal, because he had not had a good rest in this period of time. The attack range of the White Walkers almost covered the entire northern front, and he was almost non-stop deploying troops everywhere.

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No matter what, the enemy they faced this time was the White Walkers after all. Facing these inhuman monsters, Hugo was unwilling to hand over the battle to other people. In this situation, even with the blessing of the Seven Gods, he began to be unable to hold on - to be more precise, he relied entirely on the blessing of the Seven Gods to hold on until now.

Many people regarded this as a miracle from the Seven Gods - and it was indeed so - and it boosted the morale of the army.

After completing the arrangement, Hugo looked at the map, which showed the entire northern defense line. Looking at the huge defense line and the chess pieces representing the White Walkers and humans, he couldn't help but sigh.

He is still too passive now, and the supplies he consumes are astronomical. When will the opponent launch the general attack he expects?

(End of this chapter)