The Red Keep, located on the high hills of Aegon in King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, is both a formidable fortification and the seat of a royal palace.

Many people who don't know the truth always think that a politically significant and iconic building like this should be in the center of the city.

On the contrary, the Red Keep was not only not in the center of King's Landing, but was built in a nondescript corner, not even in the city, to be exact, but standing alone on a cliff next to the moat, closely connected to the majestic walls.

Standing on the top of the Red Fort, overlooking the harbor below, as well as the dense residential areas, bazaars and squares of the city, especially the civilians who are busy like ants, often bring a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment to the owners of the castle.

It is said that when it was completed, the Targaryens masculated all the workers and stonemasons involved in the construction and shooting in order to ensure that the secrets inside would not be known to the outside world.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng stood on the balcony of the king's bedroom, condescendingly looking at this backward city with a mixture of medieval and Renaissance styles, and asked without looking back: "Your Majesty, you just said that you had a gift for me?"

"Hahahaha! That's right! But this gift is a little special, and I didn't keep it in my room. Wait a minute, I'll have someone bring it up. With that, Joffrey glanced at the guards guarding the doorway.

The latter didn't say a word, immediately turned around and left the room, and about seven or eight minutes later, dragged a little guy who was less than one meter three tall, with dark chestnut skin and big ears, walked in.

Despite the foul smell emanating from her long stay in the dungeon, her golden eyes and strange three fingers proved that she was not a human in the ordinary sense of the word.

"Oh, a living child of the forest! Your gift is a big surprise to me. Zhang Cheng recognized the other party's race almost instantly, and his eyes released a chilling desire to study.

There is no doubt that a living child of the forest can help him solve countless questions and problems.

For example, what exactly are the Aliens, and what is the principle of the frost spells they use?

For example, what are the transformation spells and mind control spells used by the children of the forest?

You must know that in the entire world of A Song of Ice and Fire, there are only two magical civilizations in the true sense, one of which is the Valyrian civilization, and he has now obtained the corresponding knowledge and principles, and the next thing to do is to slowly learn and understand until he digests what belongs to the city.

As for the other one, it is, of course, a strange civilization created by the children of the forest.

Perhaps the magic systems mastered by these little men were far less destructive and devastating than those of the Valyrians, but they were more flexible and changeable, much like the druids of Azeroth.

Zhang Cheng wanted to take this opportunity to uncover the mystery of energy attributes.

According to the definition given by Dalaran in the Magic Kingdom, according to the form of energy existence and unique characteristics, it can be divided into the following types: pure and immaculate positive energy, also known as divine energy, natural energy emitted by life itself, arcane energy with changeability and powerful plasticity, shadow energy from distorting time and space, negative energy born from pain and death, also known as death energy, and finally the terrifying evil energy used by the Dark Titan Sargeras and his Burning Legion.

Obviously, in Azeroth, these energies are not necessarily connected to each other, and even for the lucky few, most casters will not be able to accept the second for the rest of their lives after accepting one of them.

But in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, this perception of the boundary between energy and energy has been completely broken.

The Valyrians have created unique fire magic with the knowledge they have received from dragons and the energy of the Crimson Comet, while the Children of the Forest have created druid-like natural magic with the same energy, the Northern Wraiths have used frost spells that outsiders cannot understand, and the Loynards, who once posed a great threat to Valyria, have developed water magic that can withstand dragon fire.

Zhang Cheng wanted to find out whether the essence of the energy existing in the two worlds was different, or whether the mages of Dalaran were limited by their inherent thinking and did not realize that there was actually a hidden transformation method between energy and energy.

If he could discover this transformation, not only would he be greatly strengthened, but he would also be exposed to something more essential about magic.

Joffrey had no idea of the maniacal thirst for knowledge and power in his heart, and pointed to the Son of the Forest lying on the ground and said, "I'm glad you like this little gift." You know, I lost six well-trained hounds and fourteen battle-hardened guards to catch it. Be careful, it transforms into ferocious beasts such as wolves, bears, and tigers, and can also control plants such as vines to trip over opponents. ”

"Hehe, I'm worried that his little magic won't work at all in front of me. Zhang Cheng said as he walked up to the captured son of the forest, and asked with a smile, "Tell me your name, little one, I think you should have a name, right?"

"Deadwood, my name is Deadwood......" The Sons of the Forest gave the answer in a singing-like way.

His voice was so pleasant that a single sentence brought a sense of joy and joy to everyone in the room.

Zhang Cheng nodded slightly: "Okay, Deadwood." Tell me, why were you caught, your people?"

The self-proclaimed Deadwood Son of the Forest first glanced down at the chains on his hands in disgust, then at the smug Joffrey, and finally slowly replied, "My people are all dead, and I am the last survivor of my tribe." The reason why I appear in your human world is actually to send a warning message to you according to the ancient covenant. The enemy from the Arctic Lands of the North has returned, and they will soon join the Bitter Winter in bringing despair and death to this world. ”

There is no doubt that the enemy he is referring to is 100% a strange ghost beyond the Great Wall of Despair.

"How do you know?" asked Zhang Cheng as he stared into the other's eyes with interest.

"Dreams, I foresaw everything in dreams. Leave me alone, human, and I still need to pass on this terrible news to more people. "Deadwood obviously has no experience in dealing with the world, and he doesn't understand how miserable his future will be.