The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming - Chapter 1004

Sword fort.

Abandoned deep wells.

Will is in front, Will Jr. is behind, then Arya, Dah Jie, Red God Priest Melisandre, Sir Blacksmith Donald, Jandley, James Lannister, Podrick, Rosso (before Had a typo Resor), Hei Ya·ash, Abel·ash

Throw a torch down in the abandoned deep well until the light is no longer visible and no echo is heard hitting back, showing the depth of the abandoned well.

On both sides of the well, there are iron rings for up and down, just like two rows of opposite stairs.

But down to the bottom, there is no iron ring, but two pits dug in the well wall.

The pit was covered with slippery moss because there was no one going up and down for a long time.

Will cleared the moss as he went down.

Fortunately, only four or five steps have been taken to clear the position of a black hole in the horizontal direction. This position is the dark hole of the Great Wall of Despair.

Wilcat went into a dark hole in his waist, and Little Will followed closely behind. Will’s eyesight was as good as daylight in the dark, and there was no obstacle to him, but he found that Will’s sight was not obstructed, and he did not need a cat waist.

Everyone has gone through the dark period of the deep well and entered the darker cave, and there is no big problem either.

So Will did not light the candle.

The group felt that they had walked in the dark for a long time before they came to the end. In fact, it didn’t take long, but in the dark, the time seemed to double.

Will came to a door and he lit the candle for everyone to see.

This is a face: exactly the same as the faces drawn by the children of the forest on the heart tree: **** eyes, big dry mouth, pale cheeks with loose skin, and wrinkles on the forehead.

Little Will reached out to touch it. The tentacles were cold, just like ice, but he didn’t feel any special.

Arya stretched out her hand to test it, a pinch of cold penetrated through her fingers and entered her body, causing her to shiver involuntarily.

Da Jili said, “I can feel the chill when I stand here.”

Melisandre wrapped her red cloak tightly.

The two blacksmiths, Donald and Gendley, both began to tremble slightly. They hit iron for a long time, the temperature is very high, and their bodies are already particularly sensitive to cold.

“Remember, I want everyone to remember that this is the secret door into and out of the Great Wall. It cannot be opened by pushing or cutting with a knife. The spell is the oath of the night watchman. Who will come?”

Donald and Gendley raised their hands.

The abandoned deep well is in the sword fort, and the secret door has to go through the sword fort. They are also official night watchmen and have sworn oaths.

Heiya·Chin and others will not remember the oath of the night watchman. James is even more of a night watchman. He only swears allegiance to Will and keeps his freedom from being restricted by the night watchman and the laws of the Seven Kingdoms.

“I want you all to remember the oath of the night watchman. In the future, in case of emergency, you can rely on the oath of the night watchman if you enter or leave the Great Wall.”

“Master Will, how many dark holes are like this?”

“Yes, there is a secret door under every military fortress. It’s just that the underground passages of the other eighteen secret doors are blocked, and now there is only one secret door in the sword fort.”

“We should dig out the other eighteen secret doors.” Arya said.

“This needs a reliable person.” Heiya Ashes said.

“This is the secret of the Great Wall of Despair. In fact, we can fill the underground tunnels that we normally enter and exit with water, make the water freeze, block the way for the strange ghosts to come in, and then we will enter and exit by ourselves, and we will all go through secret doors. Military fortress, nineteen secret doors, go out to cover up and kill ghosts.” Donald said.

“Good idea!” Gendry agreed.

“Come on, let you know how to get in and out of this secret door first.” Will said.

So, Gendry and Donald stood together in front of the face of the heart tree that made them tremble, and together said the oath of the night watchman:

The long night is approaching, and I will watch from now on until I die. I will not marry a wife, will not have any land, or have children. I will not wear a crown, nor will I compete for honor. I will do my duty faithfully and live and die. I am the sword in the dark, the guard on the Great Wall, against the cold flames, the rays of dawn, the horn to awaken the sleeper, and the shield to guard the kingdom. I dedicate my life and glory to the night watchman, tonight, every night.

Under the swaying flame of the candle, people saw that on the face of the heart tree, the eyes began to turn, the red eyes dripping with blood, the shriveled mouth moved, as if something needed to be squirmed after eating. That face, the pale and unpopular face, also slowly woke up as if waking up.

“Who are you?” The mouth spoke, old, desolate, heavy and slow.

“We are the night watchmen.” Donald and Gendley glanced at Will and said.

“Oh, night watchman, are you going out?”

“Yes.”

“Okay, but only you two boys can go out. However, I think you wear very little, you will be frozen to death when you go out. I can guarantee that.”

“We are going to pick up people in.”

“Oh, then I can’t control it, but as long as it’s the night watchman, I will let it go.”

“Thank you!” Donald said.

The mouth opened slowly, getting bigger and bigger, and finally the size of the whole door, with a few loose and aging teeth in the mouth.

Will motioned for Donald and Gendry to enter.

The two hesitated a little, if the mouth closed, they would feel swallowed.

Donald walked into the mouth and touched a tooth.

“Oh,” said the old voice, “Don’t touch my teeth, you bastard.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” Donald was taken aback and apologized.

He walked forward, and the front was getting brighter and colder, and there was wind blowing from his mouth. In a blink of an eye, he realized that he was standing outside the Great Wall of Impasse. When he looked back, there was an ice wall. When he looked up, the ice wall stretched upward to the sky.

The door is gone.

Donald was taken aback and stretched out his hand. The tentacles were as cold as a knife. It was the ice wall itself.

What the heart tree’s face, the secret door, Will and the light of the candle, there is nothing left.

The cold was like a knife, piercing his body.

“Hey!” Donald yelled. Suddenly, his eyes went dark, and a man rammed into his arms and knocked him on the snow. When he got up, he realized that the reckless boy was Gendry.

Gendry came out, but the ice wall was still there, flawless.

“Can’t you be more stable?” Donald shouted.

“It’s you who kept blocking my way out.” Gendry said. He got up with a look of surprise, “Oh my God, we came outside the Great Wall.”

“Yes, but we don’t know where the **** door is.” Donald said.

“Reading the night watchman’s oath is the correct way to open the door.” Gendry laughed. He looked into the distance, and there was a vast expanse of white everywhere, not far from the edge of the forest of the ghost forest.

“Where is Lord Will?”

“Master Will told us to find the Son of the Forest and the Green Prophet, or to stand here and wait.” Gendry said.

“Stand here and wait, we will freeze to death.”

“No!” Gendelli smiled. He drew out the Valyrian steel sword: “Let’s go, Sir!”

“Good!” Donald drew the axe from his back. His left arm was chopped off, and he held the axe in one hand-a forged axe made of Valyrian steel. It was extremely sharp and a powerful weapon for killing ghosts and ghouls.

Inside the door, Melisandre said: “The door is closed, why?”

“Obviously, the door thinks that none of you are real night watchmen.”

“I’ll try it.” James said, “Master Will, teach me the night watchman’s oath.”

“it is good!”

Will said the oath of the night watchman again, and everyone remembered it together in their hearts.

It seems that people who can’t take the oath of the night watchman can’t get in and out of this secret door-the heart tree door.

James silently memorized it several times and reviewed it again under Will’s guidance. Then, he stood in front of the door of the heart tree and recited the night watchman’s oath aloud.

“Long night is coming, I will be on the watch from now on.” Arya joined, “Until I die. I will not marry a wife, a land, or have children.” Darjeel joined in, “I will not wear a crown, and I will not fight. Honored pet. I will do my duty and live and die in Sri Lanka.” Rosso, Heiya, Abel, Podric and others joined in one after another, “I am a sword in the dark, a guard on the Great Wall, against the cold flames, The rays of dawn, awaken the horn of the sleeper, and guard the shield of the kingdom. I dedicate my life and glory to the night watchman. This is true tonight, every night.”

In the end, the voices gathered into a solemn oath, which ended in a solemn atmosphere.

The eyes on the door of the heart tree turned for a while, then closed, and his mouth squirmed slightly, and the sound made was very low, completely different from the sounds made by Donald and Gendry.

“You are not real night watchmen,” the door said. “Many of you are not real night watchmen. You need to be able to recite the vows and come from your heart.”

“I finished the oath, you have to open the door,” James said, “otherwise you have broken the oath.”

Will and everyone were taken aback.

James stared at Xinshu’s face, his eyes opened suddenly, and he looked at James with an angry mood, “You have to open the door, I recited the complete Night Watchman’s oath.” James emphasized again.

Xinshu’s face became stiff, as if James’ words were effective for his threat. Everyone held their breath, wondering if James would annoy this magical face.

“Okay, kid, but you can only pass by.” Xinshu said with an angry tone.

Will smiled slightly.

Will Jr. clutched Will’s hand tightly. He was nervous just now. This matter taught him a truth, that is the norm. Adhere to the contract, the norms cannot be broken.

This face does not know what magic power makes it have the power to open the city gate, but it must be related to the rules and contracts. These principles, Mei Li’s mother once said to him in great detail, have now been verified.

James chuckled and passed the heart tree gate smoothly.

Then, under Will’s guidance, everyone remembered the night watchman’s oath on their own, and everyone passed the heart tree gate. In the end, Will and Will and his son were the two.

“Come together,” Will said to his son.

“Well, come together.” Will Jr. said with expectation.

Will squatted down, a little lower than his son. He held Will’s hand, and Will held his neck with one arm. The two father and son faced the door of the heart tree, and said the night watchman oath in unison.

The door of the heart tree opened, and his eyes were fixed on Will, with an inquisitive look, like such a small night watchman, he was suspicious.

“Contract, code, I am the night watchman.” Will small said to Xinshu’s face.

“Oh, well, night watchman, Lord Will,” said Xinshumen.

“Do you know my name?”

“I do not know.”

“Then you just called my name.”

“I heard others call you that.”

“Oh, OK.”

“Oh, OK!”

The father and son came outside through the door of the heart tree. Behind them is the ice wall of the Great Wall of Impasse, and there is no trace of the door of the heart tree.

“Father, if we come back, how do we know the door is here?”

“You have to pay attention to whether there are special things around you that can increase your memory.”

“Everywhere I see is the same, a vast expanse of whiteness.”

“No, you will find that there are special differences here.”

“Can I make a mark on the ice wall?”

“I don’t know, but maybe I can give it a try.” Will said he didn’t know, because he was afraid of annoying the heart tree door behind them. It feels like this door is like a living person, a human-like life. But Will would rather this door be a magic door. If this gate is a kind of life, he must be lonelier than the humanoid life in Winterfell.

Humanoid life in Winterfell? Is it a friend or an enemy? Will is not sure. What if Han Shen used him to find the owner of the Lightbringer Sword?

While obliterating the Green Prophet, it made sense to kill the owner of the Lightbringer first. Or is that kind of human life an eye of Han Shen?

Will shook his head, not thinking about this complicated question. His first task now is to safely retrieve the Green Prophet: Jiu Jian Li De.

At the edge of the ghost forest in front, where Melisandre was standing alone, the red cloak was as red as a flame.

*

Donald and Gendry, who first entered the ghost forest, have gradually become accustomed to enduring the cold. Donald’s adaptability quickly surpassed Gendry. He has lived in the black castle of the Great Wall for a long time. Now it is Gendry’s turn to start trembling. .

“Is Lord Will’s news true?” Gendry asked Donald.

“Do you want to go back?” Donald smiled. “You won the oath. You must come out with Lord Will to protect some Green Prophet.”

“Master Will said that maybe we opened the door and the Green Prophet stood at the door, but the result was not.”

“Master Will said maybe, but not sure.”

Donald looked behind him. James walked in the snow and made a rustling noise. He didn’t even mean to hide his traces. The two of them were cautiously hiding their figures.

“Hello!” Donald lowered his voice to remind James to be concealed.

“Good idea!” James smiled. He stood still, cupped his mouth, yelled at the ghost forest, “Hey—”

The sound is like a knife, piercing into the ghost forest, and it spreads far, far.

Donald, Gendry, and the Dahlia, Arya, Heiya, Podrick and others who came out afterwards all stood together, surprised and stunned!

“Here we are, where are you?” James shouted.

The snow in the woods was shaken by his cry.

In the snow, Jiujian Li De, who was lying under the snow, said to a snowdrift beside him, “Look at what I said, Guli Guli, I won!”