The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 242 The Night King's Determination

As the northernmost noble territory in the North, the territory of the Umber family has always been known for its desolation and sparse population. The bitterly cold climate indicates that this is the end point of travelers' journey north. The frequent appearance of wild raiders and various harmful beasts also show the harsh conditions of this land. However, because of this, many capable and warlike warriors have emerged among the residents of this land. Their lords, the Umber family, are even more famous for their terrifyingly tall stature, so much so that in some legends they have the blood of giants.

However, no matter how strong the warriors were, they could not resist the continuous advance of the army of the dead. Now, this already barren land was deserted of any human habitation. The Pale Knights and their army of the dead completely swept through the land, killing all the living, and then turned all the corpses into their army of zombies. Even the wild beasts living in the wilderness and dense forests did not escape their sight. They were driven away by the Pale Knights, then slaughtered, and then turned into zombies.

At this moment, in the Last Hearth City, a huge army of zombies is gathering here. Even though it is windy and snowy, these blue-eyed zombies are still standing firmly under the city. After all, for the dead, cold and heat are not something they need to care about. Even if they are completely frozen, their owners have ways to make them move again.

As the home castle of the Umber family, the Last Hearth Castle is famous for its huge fireplaces and chimneys. The style of the castle itself is rough, and it looks like it was moved directly from the era of the ancestors. A large number of unpolished stones piled up this huge castle. When the Umbers were kings, they ruled in this huge castle. Unfortunately, no matter how strong the walls are, they cannot resist the offensive of the White Walkers. The army of wights overwhelmed the fortress with their numbers, and then turned all the living into wights. The White Walkers also dug up the tombs of Umber and resurrected the heads and warriors of the Umber family from all generations. These leaders who once fought against the White Walkers, wildlings or other northern kings have now become the most powerful pioneers of the army of wights - their tall stature alone is enough to scare some cowardly soldiers.

From then on, Last Hearth became the gathering place for the Pale Knights, who traveled in all directions, killing all the living, and then brought back the dead to make their army of wights swell even more - until they encountered the northern defense line.

The White Walkers have a long lifespan. The time that the world cherishes is so cheap and useless to them. The human ancestors who have faced the disaster warned the later generations that the long night lasted for a generation, but for the White Walkers, it was just a breath; their enemies, the group of night watchmen, have been watching on the Wall for 8,000 years, and the commander-in-chief has been passed down for nearly a thousand generations. Compared with 8,000 years, eight years is probably just the time of a heartbeat. But how many eight years can a person have? Relatively speaking, the White Walkers do not have this worry, but this also brings out their weakness: that is, they are slow to change in the world.

This time, facing humans, the White Walkers still adopted the tactics of the Sea of ​​the Dead. In their ancient memory, those weak humans would definitely be defeated in front of countless zombies, and their ridiculous kingdom would perish like the countless small kingdoms that once existed on the continent of Westeros. Humans could only accept their fate of being enslaved in the end. What the White Walkers had to do was to carefully identify humans after the war, eliminate the strong ones hidden among them, and not make the same mistake they made eight thousand years ago.

However, they hit a severe snag on the northern defense front.

In the battle, humans took out all the weapons and tactics they could find, and a large number of wights were reduced to ashes, and even forced the pale knights to fight in the front line. But even in this case, humans can still use fire and sword to retake the fortress they occupied. According to their test, the number of humans gathered now will never exceed 200,000. The kingdom did not even attack with all its strength. In this case, their march was forced to stop? Even as powerful as the White Walkers, they couldn't help but feel a little strange now. It seems that they are the one who is suppressed by the size this time.

So, the leader of the White Walkers and champion of the Cold Gods, the Night King, is now very annoyed.

As the champion sent by the God of Cold to cleanse the world, the Night King is absolutely rational. In order to go south again, the White Walkers have been preparing for thousands of years. They finally broke through the damn Wall full of magic, and now they have to face such a huge army of the living. The originally unstoppable army has been frustrated. This is unacceptable to him.

Moreover, the White Walkers under his command have also suffered a lot of losses in these battles, and now their number has reached hundreds. This is not what should happen in the Night King's plan.

The White Walkers are a precious fighting force. Even though the Cold God has been preparing for thousands of years, he has only accumulated a few thousand. For the Night King, it is unacceptable for so many White Walkers to die here. Although the White Walkers can also be replenished by transforming human babies, the success rate of the method is really not high, and the requirements are harsh. More importantly, they are transformed by the power of the Cold God, and are essentially part of the Cold God. Although the power of the White Walkers usually returns to the Cold God after their death, this time the convention did not happen: their power did not return to the master, but disappeared and disappeared. The Night King can feel the anger of his master, which is a kind of anger that he did not have when he was forced back by the gods and the servants of the gods thousands of years ago. Even when facing R'hllor, his master did not express such a situation.

As the champion of the God of Cold, the Night King understood why his master was so angry. After all, the shadow could not withstand time and traces. After a brief investigation, the master found that its power had been swallowed up by a "young man" among the gods.

This "young man" naturally refers to the Seven Gods. In this battle, the Seven Gods not only used their power to force back the blizzard of the God of Cold, but also devoured the power of the God of Cold of the dead White Walkers and transformed them into part of themselves.

The Seven Gods are getting stronger and stronger. As a being that has existed for who knows how many years, the Night King has witnessed the birth of the Seven Gods. At that time, no one cared about the gods that came from the beliefs and theories of mortals. After all, they were weaklings that could not exert power on the human world. They were just garbage built by those stupid mortals. However, times have changed. The current Seven Gods can not only exert power on the human world, but also show strong aggressiveness. They have destroyed countless altars and believers of hostile gods with the help of mortals, and now they have even devoured part of the power of the God of Cold... All this offended the master. The master was angry that he was actually devoured by such a "young man". In the master's view, this was too shameful, and it was enough to make him be laughed at by those old rivals.

Therefore, the Night King understood that he had to do something to dispel his master's anger. This was his duty as the champion of the Cold God. He could feel that the champion of the Seven Gods was right in front of him, behind the layers of human defenses and military formations. If he took off his head, he would definitely be able to calm his master's anger. The development of the war also forced him to do so.

Originally, in the Night King's plan, he would use the sea of ​​wights to wear down the resistance of humans little by little, and then turn them all into wights. The reason why he chose this strategy was also very simple - the White Walkers were too precious to be used in such trivial battles. But thousands of years of development have changed humans a lot. The last time the White Walkers invaded, they still lived in tribes and small kingdoms all over the continent. As long as the number of wights increased slightly, these fragile regimes would collapse; but now the situation is different. The whole of Westeros and half of Essos are ruled by one country. Its national strength is strong and its king is good at fighting. It can recruit hundreds of thousands of troops to expedition to foreign countries at any time. This means that the original biggest advantage of the White Walkers - size - has also been weakened a lot.

The Night King is not completely ignorant of the South. He knows what will happen with such a development. This war that has torn the kingdom apart may be the only chance for thousands of years to come, so he waited for the right time, hoping that the broken kingdom and the turbulent humans could not resist the sweep of the army of the dead. However, the development of things is still not favorable to him. The losses of the white walkers are still increasing, and the losses of the dead are also very large. If he continues to fight like this, the only trump card in his hand, the army that can be used at will and consumed, will be gone! At that time, will he use the white walkers to form an army?
The Night King had to admit that the champion of the Seven Gods had indeed hit them in the most vulnerable part. The Night King had never expected that the humans in the south and east would still be able to put aside their past grudges and march north in large numbers under the call of a leader to stop them in the sparsely populated north.

According to the experience of the last invasion, the divided North in the Night King's plan should be swept away calmly by himself, and then he can further lead the millions of Northerners who have turned into wights southward and conquer the South in one fell swoop. But now the situation is that he has just crossed the Great Wall when he encounters the human defense line, and the wights have only been replenished by tens of thousands.

In response to this, the Night King had to use more power to strengthen some of the wights and awaken some corpses that were originally difficult to awaken, but even so they still found it difficult to break through the human defenses. The battle situation fell into a stalemate, and this major offensive was eventually forced back by humans.

The current situation is extremely unfavorable for the followers of the God of Cold, so the Night King made a difficult decision. He planned to launch a large-scale offensive before his advantage disappeared, and break through the human defense line through a decisive battle. As long as these 200,000 elite humans were eliminated, the road to the south would be opened, and the army of corpses could continue to accumulate like a snowball. At that time, victory would still be his.

The Night King is full of confidence in this decisive battle. When he appears on the battlefield, the war will surely be won.

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