King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 315 Three Fires (Part 2)
Igor has sent someone to call.

Cotter Pyke knows he can't escape, nor is his mother-in-law. With a shake of his head, he took Yohn · Royce to the new Lord Commander as a bachelor.

Igor has something to say to them, why doesn't oneself have something to say to him?

But just as they were only a few meters away, the two were stopped by Igor's subordinates.

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"Hand over your weapon?" Cotter's eyes widened in disbelief, "I am a Night's Watch, in this Castle Black, why should I be asked to surrender my weapon? !"

"It's an order from the Lord Commander."

"Hahaha, what an order from the Lord Commander. Igor, you have done a lot of shameful things, too. Do you know you're afraid?" Cotter laughed angrily, and sneered loudly after a few meters away: "dignified Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, see Brother Oath in oneself's fortress, and ask the other party to hand over their weapons first... Said Don't you be afraid of making people laugh when you go out?"

Igor didn't say a word, just stared at the two of them coldly.

He was really afraid of death, and with Mormont's lessons in sight, he couldn't help it. No matter what status you achieve, mortals are flesh and blood after all... A drop of poison, a dagger, or even a stone can kill someone.

But today he asked Cotter Pyke and Yohn · Royce to disarm and see oneself again, not just for safety, but for a ceremony. A ceremony that reveals the identities of each other's superiors and subordinates, and reinforces this notion.

The common saying is: let the other party understand who is the boss now.

There is only one way to pass this ordeal: Obediently obey orders to surrender weapons, obediently and honestly listen to what Igor has to say from beginning to end, and accept all arrangements unconditionally.

Any reaction other than that—whether it was trying to force a break in with a weapon, or refusing to follow an order and walking away, the dozen or so well-trained soldiers around would take them down in an instant and take them down. Immediately hang them in Castle Black's courtyard for "disobeying orders from superiors".

Igor did promise Denys not to trouble these two people, but he felt that this agreement was limited to oneself not pursuing everything that happened before being elected Lord Commander... After that, he didn't agree.

The two sides faced each other a few meters away, and the air seemed to freeze.

Cotter laughed and mocked Igor at first, but after a few words of scolding, he couldn't wait for Igor's half-word counterattack, and finally gradually felt that oneself was barking like a defeated dog, resentful. closed his mouth.

"hmph, it's ridiculous!"

Yohn Royce is not like Cotter's rude, who has the words at hand, he threw this sentence down, angry at Heaven and Earth turned and walked away.

But his companion's reaction was unexpected: Cotter grabbed him with a backhand.

As the highest officer of Eastwatch, Cotter Pyke never minds being reckless to describe oneself: I am a reckless man, what can you do to me?
But to be able to climb to the commander's position, after all, it is impossible to be a fool.

Cotter realized something was wrong.

As the commander of Eastwatch, he can stare at Igor fiercely, or laugh at him loudly. Humanity will be an indelible stain on one's resume.

But there is a red line that must never be touched: Disobeying military orders.

No matter how small it is, once it's on the line, it can be a brainstorm.

Denys said that he had reached an agreement with the new commander, but a person like Igor was by no means a master who would be bound by a covenant. As long as one wrong step is taken today, oneself, the Eastwatch commander and the former Runestone count beside him, will most likely not be able to walk out of Castle Black's gate alive.

Cotter Pyke gradually seeped cold sweat on his back and gritted his teeth, but after all, he still held Yohn with one hand and drew his weapon with the other, under the vigilant gaze of the surrounding soldiers loyal to the Lord Commander holding the hilts of their swords. , threw the battle axe to the ground angrily.

If you don't know what's going on in the face of such a straightforward prompt, Yohn Royce's several decades will be in vain. He held the posture of turning around and leaving stiffly for several seconds, and finally gave in to his life.

(Hmph, I thought you weren't afraid of death!)

Igor smiled contemptuously, but in deep in one's heart, he was also slightly relaxed. After all - if oneself were to be stabbed in Castle Black in full view of the inauguration day, no matter how glorious and legitimate the reason, it would have a great negative impact on oneself.

The humiliation wasn't over yet. The guards searched them with their eyes almost bursting with fire, nodded, and finally let them pass, and came to Igor, who was still guarded by three soldiers. .

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Glancing at the two of them with a flat expression, Igor turned his head and leaned on the railing to look into the courtyard: Maester Aemon's ashes have been collected and cremated. The embers and fly ashes left behind were also cleaned up, but there are still a dozen black clothed soldiers in the place where the cremation was performed before, holding tools and busy doing something.

"Lord Cotter, Lord Yohn, guess what the two of you are doing down there?"

The two of them turned their heads stiffly and observed for a while, both of them in their hearts. After a few minutes, they kept their lips tightly closed and said nothing.

Igor didn't intend to wait for them to answer, and soon revealed the answer: "Yes, they are building a gallows, a gallows for traitors."

"You guys. The two of you either oppose my ideas, or have personal grudges with me, or question my personal qualities... In short, there are many differences and contradictions, but you are not traitors, at best you can only be regarded as opponents ." Igor put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Anyway, the fact is now - I have become a Lord Commander. And whether you believe it or not, at this moment, what my new Lord Commander is thinking, There is only one item of 'how to make Wall into a monolith so that Others can't get in', and I don't have the heart to fight with you."

He looked at the two coldly, they were about the same height, but Because of being younger and standing straighter, it is a little bit looking down: "You can keep oneself's opinions and opinions and always be my opponents. But I will never allow anyone to stand in my way at this time, bad My business. If there is, it is my enemy, the traitor of the Night's Watch Legion! No matter how old he is, how noble his background, how big the backstage, I will hang him without mercy. On the gallows for traitors!"

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With this simple stake of interest, Igor takes aim at specific individuals.

"Cotter Pyke. Both Maester Aemon and Ser Mallister think I should keep you as Eastwatch Commander, out of respect for both of them, I choose to give you a chance and choose to believe in you Will put aside personal prejudices, put the interests of Legion and all mankind first, and guard Eastwatch. I promise you, I will not call you frequently, let you constantly go back and forth between Eastwatch and Queenscrown, and then use laying down arms and frisking. Humiliating you and wasting your time. And you—promise me, you'll do the job of oneself, as I expected."

While furious, Cotter's response was unexpected. "I will put aside my personal prejudices, obey all your orders, and keep Eastwatch!"

"Very well, I believe it. I caught it while helping North drive out the Ironmen invasion. Dozens of soldiers, who have agreed to join the Night's Watch to atone for their crimes, are now being held in Queenscrown. You are also from the Iron Islands, and I believe you can manage your fellow villagers - these dozens of people are not allowed to run away halfway , or oneself will resign!"

"In addition, I also received reports that on the Bay of Seals, the part of the Sea Territory that extends into the sea at the easternmost end of the Wall has begun to show signs of freezing. Appear. In order to prevent the dead army from passing through the frozen sea and bypassing the Wall, I will deploy an additional 200 people to Eastwatch in addition to the dozens of soldiers. The total freezing of the Sea Territory!"

It's true, the Bay of Seals is connected to the Shivering Sea, and under the action of ocean currents and tides, the water surface freezes very rarely, but nothing is absolute...about Fears of Others coming on ice have always existed in Night's Watch Legion, and Igor naturally wanted to be on the lookout for that to happen. However, the more important mission of these two hundred people is to slowly infiltrate Eastwatch, monitor and quietly overhead Cotter Pyke.

If Cotter obediently and honestly fulfilled his duties as a commander, with the duty of guarding Eastwatch, then the people Igor sent would obey him and follow his orders like normal subordinates... but if Cotter had Plotting a conspiracy, or deliberately inaction or even letting the Others pass in revenge for oneself—though unlikely—then these dark chess pieces buried in Eastwatch will be activated in an instant, taking Cotter and taking over the castle.

There is a bond between the commanders and the soldiers in their respective fortresses, Igor doesn't deny it. But he never believed that this kind of feeling would be strong enough that everyone was willing to follow him to rebel or die - especially after oneself started sending money to all Night's Watch.

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After hitting this one, Igor turned to the other person: "Lord Yohn, is it a betrayal of Iron Throne for you to form the Lords Declarant, I'll tell you. But I didn't kill Waymar Royce, I won't explain it again. I have to admit that his sacrifice gave me a chance to escape...I don't like him, but he fought to the death, that's all No doubt. Out of respect for the martyr and his former comrade-in-arms, I really don't want to kill his dad - unless you force me."

"If you continue to oppose me, I will tell you Guarantee, the loser must be you. And here, I have to kindly remind you: you are more than a child of Waymar... If you obstruct my action in the land grant and affect my arrangements for guarding the Wall, I will compelled by circumstances I'll kill you."

"Imagine—your remaining two sons and one daughter will probably want to avenge you." Igor's eyes flashed fierce rays of light, trying to gnashing Teeth's hideous look: "Although I'm arrogant, I just have this confidence - if I have to fight against the entire Royce family, I will definitely win!"

"If your child , relatives or subordinates come to avenge you, come one, I will kill one, come two, I will kill a pair. If necessary, I will kill all 'Royce' like King Robert did to Targaryen of the former evil remnants. It's gotta be clean, not a single one. If you don't believe it, go try it!"

Yohn Royce used his grey eyes to meet the threat fearlessly, making Igor even more Know if oneself's words have any effect.

"Of course, don't worry, I won't give you another chance to seek death." Igor put away his devil-like expression, "From today onwards, you and all Vale will blame the princes and nobles, all I was transferred to the logistics department and started to be responsible for Queenscrown's purchase and guarding transportation of the Seven Kingdoms debris. I will assign one or two colleagues to each of you, cooperate with the work, and supervise your whereabouts... I will never let you have free time and Opportunity to crank it up."

It's a nice touch, but it's really simple: to completely separate Yohn Royce and his forces - the rest of the Vale lords who were also banished to the Wall - and banish them all at the same time. Wall and land grants, and send people to watch, do the boring chores that no matter what they do, they will always threaten to affect the bigger picture.

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The above is the final arrangement Igor took after he struggled for a long time and finally gave up the "once and for all" approach.

He understood from the very beginning: oneself impossible and these two guys, especially Yohn·Royce eased the relationship and got back together. Rather than being mild-mannered and then seen as weak, be a downright villain.

There are two possible endings for doing this: either it really frightens these two people, and there is no internal struggle in Legion; do not kill.

Igor can't predict that outcome, but to make sure the damage is minimized in the latter case, he has a backup plan in place: he'll put Cotter Pyke back in Eastwatch — - After he's got his hands and eyes in place. As long as this reckless man has the slightest change, even if it's just a little sign, Igor will ruthless support the setting of the role of "villain", cut weeds and eliminate the roots, leaving no trouble.

He gives his opponent a way to survive, and it is up to them to choose whether to walk or not.

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"No, Yohn isn't going anywhere, he's staying at Eastwatch." Just as Igor had finished saying everything he wanted to say, he was about to wave for the two to leave. Time. Cotter Pyke suddenly said coldly, "I swear in the name of Drowned God that I will never oppose you in any form again, but I will make this request: he stays at Castle Black."

Igor Accidentally looked towards the speaker.

The words he said to these two old men today were all after careful consideration and did not accept the bargaining order. Who would have thought that he encountered an unexpected backlash at the end of the conversation.

He stared at Cotter earnestly for a while, and suddenly understood why the other party had such a firm look that he would never back down: He probably thought that oneself had transferred Yohn to find an opportunity to subdue him. Black hands, top secretly get rid of people.

This is really...a sentence: as long as people make progress, one day they will become the bad people in other people's stories.

Heaven and Earth Conscience, Igor never thought of that.

The reason is simple: as an open opponent of oneself as everyone knows, no matter when and where and in what form Yohn Royce dies, the land-grant public and even the Seven Kingdoms up and down...especially Stark and Royce Two Great Families, will be determined to be killed by oneself. Since you can't escape the side effects, why hide it?

If Igor is determined to kill, he will definitely be punished, and he will not engage in meaningless sneaking.

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But Cotter's coming forward gave Igor at least one piece of information: the other party was scared, and really scared. And this means that the performance of oneself pretending to be a villain and the threat of red jelly fruit have worked.

This guy Cotter was obviously slapped by Yohn, but he still wanted to protect the latter, so Igor didn't know what to say. He thought about it, and suddenly realized that it might be good to agree to this condition.

"Are you sure about sticking with this?"

"I stick with this."

"Okay, then I'll go ahead: if I find out Yohn still refuses to give up, and wants to continue to play bad signs or clues, I don't care whether you know it or not, whether you are involved or not, as long as you don't tie him up and send it to me, I will directly determine - it's you two People are conspiring." Igor squinted and said, "If one day in the future, I have to hang him on the gallows below, I promise - there must be a place for you next to him. Even so, you still insist? "

"I will control him, if he still ignores the overall situation, I will never take into account the situation."

"I hope you can do it." Igor snorted, "The I've said it all. Next, just stay at Castle Black for two more days. When can I leave and go back to Eastwatch, I'll talk about it when I'm nodded... Finally, I have a suggestion for you, whether to adopt or not is up to you: Leave the Bay of Seals de-icing to Yohn. Spend a little more time and effort, and less rambling."

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(end of chapter)