King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 350 know yourself and know your enemy (medium)

"There are many reasons, the most direct It's just—it's not easy to build." Bran replied without hesitation, "Almost all of Frostfangs melts through Milkwater into the sea, and the summer water flow at the bottom of Gorge is extremely high. Wall will be washed away at low places, and it will not take long to build on the mountainside. It collapsed and was built on the top of the mountain... I wonder if Lord Commander has counted: the height of the mountains on both sides of the Gorge is far more than a thousand feet, higher than any wall along the Wall, which is an excellent natural danger in itself. Repairing the Wall, the construction difficulty is equivalent to building countless Eyrie, and the labor and resources required are almost as good as building another The Wall."

Igor is not satisfied with this explanation: "At least that is also the case. Patrol routes can be established on both sides of the Gorge to facilitate the operation of Night's Watch. The situation reported by the Shadow Tower soldiers to me is: there is no way to go, and all have to be re-opened, why is this?”

“Once There is a way, but thousands of years later, it has long since been taken away by landslides and into the bottom of the valley and taken away by the current.” Bran sighed: “Speaking of the loopholes in the Wall defense line, I want to tell you a long-forgotten one. Information - remember what I said just now, it's hard for Others to control ghouls through the Wall."

Of course, remember, Bran also said it at the time - the reason will be told to oneself later, apparently it is now "Wait" as he said.

“I'd like to hear the details.”

“Wall is the same on Magic, except that it is a high wall that physically blocks the passage of wildlings and ghosts. is a barrier. Others don't like to be near the Wall, which gives the impression that the Wall can 'anti-Others' - this is not an illusion, but I'd like to add that anti-Others is just one of the side effects of the Wall's functionality, its internal The most important purpose of the woven Magic is to shield the power of Cold God from the Lands of Always Winter - the power that floats in the air and supports the existence of Others and ghouls."

" It’s understandable, but wouldn’t it be better to seal the Gorge as well? I’m not saying that the power of Cold God is larger than that of air, and it will sink to the bottom of the canyon, so it can’t penetrate it.”

Greenseer, there is no concept of gas specific gravity in his mind, but after all, with countless years of wisdom and experience, Bran quickly figured out what Igor was talking about with his comprehension ability, and quickly skipped this one: "As a Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, you should know the distribution of the nineteen fortresses along the Wall, which one is the middle one?"

Nonsense, without a land grant and Wall map in mind, what kind of Lord Commander of the Night's Watch? Igor. Nominated: "If the 'middle' in terms of quantity is concerned, then it is naturally Queensgate - whether it is counted from east to west or west to east, it is the tenth seat, but if it is concerned with the spatial scale of the two ends of the Wall, then It's Castle Black... Night's Watch still used this fort as its headquarters when it was at its lowest point, because the patrols were sent from here to the east and west ends of the Wall at the same time, both on the ground and on the top of the Wall."

"It's called Lord Commander, that's right." Bran nodded to Lord Bran: "Then, if I ask not along the Wall, but the Bay of Seals - that is, which castles under the watch's watch are the same distance from the east and west coasts What?"

Igor opened his mouth, and before he had time to think, he vaguely had an answer.

The westernmost section of the Wall is forty-fifty miles away from Bingxia Harbor, so the fortress with the same distance from the east and west coasts must be in the early 20s to the west of Castle Black—absolutely Not close to Queensgate, farther Deep Lake seems wrong, and further west...

Igor's heart jumped, and the final conclusion was the one he predicted: the distance from the Bay of Seals and the Isn't that Night's Watch fortress as far away as the Bay of Ice, the old black-shirted fortress where the original Night's Watch base camp, the giant glowing Heart Tree and the Black Gate are, and where oneself and the little Greenseer Bran are now?
"Nightfort!" Igor blurted out, "Second Olympics - which means that when Legion was established, Gorge was indeed within the patrol range set by the first senior management of Night's Watch!"

Bran His face was full of approval: "Yes, I can also tell you that the source of Wall's shielding the power of Cold God and driving away Others is the tree deeply embedded in The Wall in the Nightfort segment that has been the strongest since ancient times. The giant Heart Tree of Greenseer fuse together. The stone base covered with ancient glyphs under the tens of millions of tons of ice blocks, making it round... No, the endless energy radiating from the sphere to all around is bound to be bound inside and outside the Wall. The Wall's ice cubes and Magic's 'Soul' together form the ultimate barrier against death."

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Igor was completely stunned, so that's how it is, everything, everything, everything is connected: The Wall is not only the largest man-made structure in the world of ice and fire, but also It is the most spectacular Magic prop, it is a powerful "barrier generator", and the super Heart Tree is the energy core that supports its operation!

The nine hundred and ninety-eighth Lord Commander of the Night's Watch gained a new understanding of the wall of ice that was nominally owned by oneself, but Greenseer Bran's narration continued: "And because of the distance of the giant tree. The reason is that the west end of the Wall is closer, so the anti-Cold God Magic in the west half of the Wall is stronger than the east end. At the Shadow Tower at the end, this force even uses the Weirwood forest on both sides of the Gorge as a channel, passing through like an invisible wall. Passing out several dozen li, filling the last gap, and extending into the sea of Bay of Ice. Except for the pitiful point that overflowed from the high sky and the far sea, Wall blocked all the power of Cold God in beyond the wall ."

The Weirwood forest covering the mountains and plains was originally planted to make up for the shortcomings of Gorge's inability to build a wall, and its function is to complete the invisible Wall that shields the power of Cold God! Although The Wall has a physical gap, on the Magic level, it traverses the east and west of the latitude, blocking the energy that Others depend on for a living in the north, forming a paradise for living people!

Perfect and ingenious, yet unbelievably magnificent, Igor was struck for the first time by the magnificent "deep beauty" under the seemingly cumbersome appearance of this ice wall. His first thought was: in the original plot Daenerys angering the White Dragon to save Jon and eventually self-destructing the Wall... is far-fetched and unforgivably stupid.

After the end of the scolding, he is more proud of his heart: he has made countless targeted preparations and has such a line of defense. If he still can't win the war, then he is really trash One, when the Lord Commander, obediently spit and drown oneself!

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However, the questioning spirit cultivated in the day after day made Igor have problems again: "Then I have worries again - Wall is hard to destroy, but Weirwood is hard to destroy. Lin is exposed, if Others destroy this forest, wouldn't it open a gap in the invisible Wall, this continuous anti-Cold God energy field?"

"They will definitely do this. ." Unexpectedly, this time Bran did not deny Igor's idea, "but I must emphasize again that the Weirwood forest covered with Gorge is only strengthening, not forming a range of - well, anti-Cold God energy. Field - this is a good word. As long as the Wall does not fall and the Super Heart Tree is not destroyed, the magic power barrier is complete. Even if the Weirwood forest disappears, the power of Cold God can only slowly leak in from the weak point of Gorge, Others will still be significantly weaker south of the wall than beyond the wall, as long as you deal with it properly, you can deal with it."

That's good.

The last doubt was lifted, and Igor nodded it easily, but unfortunately his mind turned too fast - he immediately thought of a deeper and deeper question: "You keep talking about the power of Cold God, What the hell is the Cold God...well, and R'hllor! You say there is no god in this world, so are they just like you, two Sorcerers with more powerful transcendent powers?"

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After a moment of hesitation, the new Greenseer finally had something he couldn't answer for the first time: "I'm sorry for the difficulty in answering this question, I have no relationship with either of these two. Anyone who has ever faced each other—spiritual or physical. Both are, to be sure: far more powerful than I can spy and test, but not as omnipotent as believers perceive them to be The god of the god. Definitely not a human, maybe some kind of higher-level alternative life form... My suggestion is: stop baseless speculation and speculation, it is meaningless to consider the probability of Cold God's participation in this war : If he shoots, in addition to relying on the equally unfathomable Lord of Light, how much preparation Night's Watch does will be futile -- do you believe in prophecy?"

Again? Why are you talking about Cold God, and suddenly jumping to the prophecy again.

Although I can't figure it out, after a lot of conversations, Igor has gradually adapted to Greenseer Bran's narrative habits-the topics he talks about seem to jump, but in fact often follow a hidden logic, Don't just say anything in a random way.

This is not an exam, so I didn't think much about it, Igor quickly gave an answer that he felt was moderate and not easy to make problems: "I think it's good to hear the prediction of this thing, and it can't be ignored. , but don't take it too seriously."

Bran looked into Igor's eyes, shook his head as well, and showed an unpredictable smile: "No big mistake, however, prophecy and prophecy are not the same. Probably In terms of classification, there are at least three. First: cursing and venting, whether you believe or not, typical examples are: you offend someone, someone predicts that you 'will not die well' - in any case, People are all going to die. In fact, no matter whether you die sooner or later, the cause of death is definitely not this prophecy. On the contrary, if you live trembling with fear under the shadow of this curse all day long, you may die an untimely like the prophecy. death."

Interesting theory, Igor. Noble, thinking of the witch's prophecy to Cersei—the one she would have for the tragic second half of her life

"second: Because there are sufficient sources of information, we fully understand the nature of things and the way the world works, and rely on logic, calculation and reasoning to predict the development direction of the situation. Even if this kind of prediction is not necessarily correct, It often has considerable reference value, and if you don’t take it seriously after listening to it, it will be a huge waste.”

Nodded by Igor, the other party said it was reasonable, admitting this is nothing sorry: “Indeed...Third Where's Type."

"You must have heard the following: After Long Summer, the stars cry blood, the icy darkness will cover the world, and in this terrifying moment, a hero will be in smoke and salt The land is reborn. He will awaken the Demon Dragon in the stone, and draw the flaming sword in the fire - that sword is the 'Lightbringer', Red Sword of Heroes, he who clasps it shall be Azor Ahai come again, and the darkness shall flee before him."

"I did hear it." For such a long paragraph, Igor can't really recite it all, "The priests of Lord of Light and Red God believers spread it all over the place. One of the most well-known prophecies in existence - what happened to it?"

"This is the Third Type of prophecy, which looks like a prophecy but is essentially a warning, an ultimatum, and a declaration of war. Books—from R'hllor to Cold God." Bran took a sip from the glass on his nightstand and began to read the prophecy as Greenseer.

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