It's late at night.

At the foot of the Cloud Mountains, the Cregan barracks were quiet.

We camped at the foot of the mountain because the nights on the mountain were particularly cold, and even colder in the middle of the mountain. After all, it's the day of winter.

A fire lit up inside a tent, which was the tent of Melisandre, the priest of the army.

The tent's curtains were lifted silently, and Arya Stark walked into the tent like a cat.

By the brazier, Melisandre's figure was stretched by the firelight and projected onto the tent. She turned her back to Arya.

"Coming?" Melisandre didn't look back, as if she had an invisible eye on the back of her head.

Arya gave a slight slap.

She walked silently, and she made absolutely no sound when she infiltrated the tent. She is confident in her stealth and can ensure that she enters other people's rooms like ghosts and shadows without being noticed.

"You know I'm coming?" Arya's voice was indifferent, and her inner fluctuation was only for a moment.

"I know. ”

"Oh?!" Arya stopped tiptoeing and walked over to Melisandre and sat down.

Melisandre's charming eyes were still fixed on the fire, and Arya looked into the flames, and there was nothing unusual in the flames.

"What are you looking at? Lady Melisandre. ”

"I'm waiting for you, the night in the mountains is too cold, and being by the brazier makes me feel warm. ”

"The Red God Priest is also afraid of the cold?"

"............," Melisandre refused. She had a thin black stick in her hand, and she gently flicked the coals.

Melisandre still doesn't look at Arya, and she doesn't answer Arya's questions. Arya had no choice but to take the initiative, and she continued by herself: "Madam, did you know that the Faceless One is here?"

"I don't know!" Melisandre turned to look at Arya, the first time she had looked at her since she had entered. In her eyes, the red of the flames was beating, as brilliant and strange as the stars.

"Since Madame was waiting for me on purpose, she didn't know that the Faceless One was coming?"

"I know you have something to say to me, but I didn't know you were talking about the Faceless. ”

Arya and Melisandre's eyes touched, and she felt that her gaze was in danger of confusing her, and there was always something mysterious and unknown about people like the Red God Priests and Wizards to be wary of. Arya then looked at the flames in the brazier: "Madam, the groom in the stables at the Cross Inn is a faceless one. ”

"Who is he here to kill?" Melisandre knew that Arya had violated many of the rules and teachings of the House of Black and White. The Faceless One has appeared, perhaps to deal with Arya.

"Magic Mountain. ”

"Oh—— the Green Prophet Brynden Riverwin does have some remarkable abilities, he has no money, no army and no territory, and he can bring in the Faceless. Melisandre looked away from Arya's face. Her tone was calm, and there was nothing unusual about her. Death strikes, and anyone who hears of the Faceless One is coming, but Melisandre is not.

"Madame, you don't seem surprised, nor are you worried about your allegiance to His Majesty. ”

"I know that His Majesty will be safe and sound in the end. Lady Melisandre said.

"You see the future in the flames?"

"Yes. Years later, I saw His Majesty the King and I walking together on the long street of Asha, and a woman with a masked face fetching water in the river with a wooden bucket on the steps of the street. ”

"Madame, no one can escape the assassination of the Faceless, and that is a curse that cannot be removed. ”

"Any curse can be removed, it's just that you and I are superficial and don't know the secret of eliminating curses. The gods have their own arrangements, and His Majesty the King is the messenger of the gods. He is the will of the gods to walk on the ground. ”

Melisandre has a paranoid belief in the Magic Mountain, or rather, she has a paranoid belief in the Red God. But it's dangerous, and Arya knows that the Faceless are undead.

Arya was silent for a moment: "Madame, I need your help, I understand the supreme doctrine of the Faceless One, the name is out, death is coming. The first Faceless One has already left, but next time, maybe two Faceless Ones will come, or maybe three. ”

Melisandre's eyes narrowed, "Arya, when will the Faceless One send two or more personnel?" ”

"The Faceless Ones assassinate the King, the Governor, and the Duke, each time by one person, but this time the situation was special because I was by the side of the Magic Mountain, and I was also the Faceless One. ”

"They'll kill you next time. ”

"If I don't stand with them and assassinate the Magic Mountain, I think so. ”

"Why didn't the Faceless One do anything to you this time?

"He's far superior to me, but he's certainly not going to kill me, and I'm not going to kill him. ”

"Oh! ”

"The Assassins did not have a clear man, and never will. ”

"The Assassin is supposed to be ruthless, just like the Valyrian steel sword 'Lady of Emptiness' at your waist, but you and him are already in love. ”

"I don't have a relationship with him. ”

"What I'm talking about ......," Melisandre smiled seductively at Arya, turning the crowd upside down, "...... It's not the love between men and women. ”

"He is my mentor, and all my skills, although they have been taught by other monks, are actually taught by him. ”

"Master and apprentice?"

"Yes!"

"When your master goes back, he may be more than lucky. ”

“...... Won't ......"

"Everyone dies, he let you go today, and I'm afraid the teachings and rules of the Black and White Court won't let him go. ”

“...... It won't ......," Arya's tone became weaker. She hesitated, her heart wavering.

"Do you know why he's telling you that in a dark room, glass candles are burning?"

"I didn't know, I had never heard of my teacher before. ”

"Did the reappearance of the dragon bring about a revival of the power of magic spells?"

"Yes. ”

"Glass candles are not made of glass, but cast by dragon crystal, an era when dragons are rampant and magicians are numerous, and they are forged by hundreds of magicians from the Magicians' Guild. It was the highest level of magical relics, just like dragons, and it was the most elite magical creature. ”

"Magical Relic?!" Arya learned this for the first time.

"The glass candle cast by Long Jing is a sacred relic that the Black and White Academy has always hoped for. ”

"Oh, what is the important role of glass candles in the Black and White Temple?"

"Your mentor won't tell you this for no reason, maybe you should go to the school city as soon as possible to get a burning glass candle. There were three candles in total, and if one candle could be enshrined in front of the Thousand-Faced God, it would be the highest honor of the Black and White Courtyard for thousands of years, and it would also bring more powerful magical powers and miracles to the Faceless. ”

"My mentor is hinting at me that he wants me to go to the school city to take the glass candle?!"

"You can't take it, the scholars of the school city would rather smash the glass candle than let anyone take it away. The spontaneous combustion of the glass candle will make the occult of the school city shine with great brilliance. The science of the Starry Sanctuary in Old Town is growing rapidly, and the Masters of the Occult are discriminated against because of the exhaustion of magical powers. When the dragon crystal candle burns, everything will be reversed and changed......"

"It's as if the appearance of a dragon revived magic?!"

"Yes. ”

"I need the help of the dragons of the Demon Mountain to get to the school city as soon as possible. ”

Melisandre smiled and looked indifferent: "Arya, since your mentor already knows about the burning of the glass candles in the school city, then the Black and White Academy must also know about it. The Black and White Academy must have sent the Faceless to the city to steal the burning candles without knowing it. However, they did not have dragons, and it would take more than three months to take a boat from the city-state of Braavos to the Old Town. It also takes time to design a master who is in charge of the occult hall in order to obtain the key to the underground sanctuary in the hands of the scholar. The Faceless One stole the candles, and they didn't dare to say anything about it, but the Elders of the Faceless Ones, the Great Sages of the Fire Warlock Guild, and the Archbishop of the Seven Holy Churches, all of these people knew that there were three Dragon Crystal Candles in the School City, but no one knew when the Dragon Crystal Candles would be re-burned. ”

"But we don't know when the Faceless Ones sent out by the Black and White House departed, maybe he did it three months ago. ”

Melisandre muttered, "If possible, you and His Majesty the King should set out before dawn, and reach Old Town after dark." Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, you sneak into the Old Town without letting anyone know that the dragon has arrived in the Old Town. As soon as the dragon is seen and word spreads, it will cause the Faceless to be vigilant. The burning dragon crystal candle is a holy relic that the Fire Warlock Guild, the Seven Sacred Halls, the Black and White Courtyard, the Moon Temple, and the Red Temple are all looking forward to. This is a hundred times more powerful than the Dragonbone Bow to the Sharpshooter, and the Valyrian Steel Sword to the Swordsman. ”

"I'm going to find the Magic Mountain now!" Arya immediately stood up.

*

The Devil Mountain got up sleepily, and inside his tent, there were three empty cages, which were dragon cages for ladies, knights, and Times.

Tonight, the guards in charge of the tent on the Magic Mountain are the close guard Podrick, the captain One-Eyed Charm, twelve Cregan guards, six are tribal warriors from the Crab Claw Peninsula, and six are dead soldiers trained by bandits and hooligans in the West.

The Magic Mountain waved the guards out with Podrick and Timei. He sat on the wooden slump, his muscles as strong as iron: "Arya, what's the matter?"

"I need His Majesty to send me to Old Town with a dragon early tomorrow morning. ”

Moshan frowned slightly: "This is too sudden, are you for the burning glass candle?"

"Yes, also for your safety. ”

"My safety?" Moshan frowned again.

"The Faceless One has come to the Cross Inn, and he has spoken His Majesty's name: Gregor Clegane. ”

Name out, death comes!

The sleepy eyes of the Demon Mountain are gone, and they have become bright, and the lines of the frowning brow are gone, becoming flat and tight: "The Blood Crow really said that the Faceless One came to assassinate me?!"

"The Green Prophet has mystical abilities that we don't know about. ”

"Oh. A fierce light flashed in the Magic Mountain's eyes, and he came down from the wood, as primitive as a newborn baby, "I should probably burn both the Black and White Courtyard and Braavos to ashes." Magic Mountain quickly got dressed.

Arya said lightly: "Your Majesty, if you really burn down the Black and White Courtyard, then there will be no solution between you and the Faceless One. All my hard work has lost hope, we still have a chance to turn things around, I need to get a dragon crystal candle. ”

"You think the glass candle will make the Faceless take back the assassination order?"

"I'll trade the glass candle with the Black and White House for a chance to meet Bran Stark. ”

"You want to see Bran Stark?

"I'm going to give him a different name. ”

"I don't think the Blood Raven will change its name. ”

"He's Bran Stark, and I'm Arya Stark, and we're all Starks. ”

"He's not a Stark anymore, he's Brindon Riverwin, and the Three-Eyed Raven killed Bran Stark a long time ago. Magic Mountain said sharply, "Dragonstone Island's pit killing plan, he does not hesitate to destroy the power of the guests in the hope of killing me." If it were the real Bran Stark, he would never do such a thing. Duke Eddard Stark and Lady Caitlin Tully would never allow him to do so. ”

"If he is no longer Bran Stark, Your Majesty, I will see him even more. If I get the glass candle, I can get the Black and White House to arrange for me to meet Bran. Only when you see him can you cancel the Faceless's assassination warrant for you. Otherwise, I won't be able to keep you safe for a long time. ”

The tent curtain was lifted, and Lady Melisandre entered: "Your Majesty, Arya is telling the truth, I hope you will set out with her before dawn and sneak into Old Town after dark, so that the people of Old Town School do not know that you are gone, and do not alert the Faceless Ones who may already be in Old Town." ”

"Why?"

"Glass candles, Oldtown School City won't let anyone take it. On the surface, the Starry Church of the Old Town, where science flourishes, but secretly, they have been praying for the re-burning of the glass candle, and their high-level scholars are actually researchers of the occult. The scholars of the school city are hypocritical. ”

In fact, Magic Mountain wants to say that science is a miracle. But when the miracle disappears, science becomes a conduit for the miracle to be achieved.

"Lady Melisandre, isn't there three candles in Old Town?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"Just let them get one out. ”

"They will never give it. ”

"They'll give it. "There is no doubt about the Magic Mountain.

"Absolutely not. "Melisandre is categorical.

"Yes, I am their king. Magic Mountain said lightly, and then raised his voice, "Podrick, Ti Mei, get me in, I want to wear armor." ”

"Your Majesty, you're going to wear armor now?"

"I'll leave at once, I'll be to Old Town before it gets dark to-morrow. ”

"You're going to show up in Old Town blatantly, riding a dragon?" said Lady Melisandre, incredulous, her big beautiful eyes widening wider.

"I'm the king, why should I shrink my head and tail. The Demon Mountain snorted coldly, "In addition to the identity of the king, I am also the first evil of the Seven Kingdoms, and the Star Sanctuary of the School City may not be afraid of the king who follows the rules, but they will definitely be afraid of the Demon Mountain, the first evil of the Seven Kingdoms." The terrifying and brutal Magic Mountain dares to do anything, and he can do it. When necessary, Lao Tzu is the magic mountain from before. ”