Chapter 324, The Battle of Faith

Just as Arthur listened to Bran's words, talked about the Green Prophet and the Shapeshifter lineage, and went back to worry about how to find the stranger.

Among the survivors rescued by the coalition from the ghoul butcher's knife are the "little birds" who were once under the command of Warris, the Empire's chief of intelligence, and are now recruited by the Fellows of Corben.

Robert, the Dragon Queen, Stannis, Robb, the former King of the North, Asha, the daughter of the Sea Monster, and Nellia, the daughter of the Red Viper of Dorne, have formed an alliance with the forces of Arrynval, the Riverlands, the Stormlands, some of the Imperial Realms, the Unsullied Legion, and the Dothraki to pursue the army of the Wraiths and the Dead in the south.

If you can be a spy, how can you not report such important news?

However, the Coalition has shapeshifters, and all ravens are under their control, and they can't send messages at all.

Even if he is a spy, he must be an inconspicuous civilian, so it is impossible to take a raven with him, even if he hides it.

Air supremacy is in the hands of those who have shapeshifts.

When a strange raven flies, it will be spotted by the Green Prophet and controlled as his eyes and ears.

If you want to deliver a message, you can only rely on human transmission.

But in the cold and snowy winter, there is no food and supplies, and there is no strength to protect oneself in front of the ghouls, and leaving the coalition army and running into the field is to send them to death.

However, how can someone who can be trained as a spy not have half the ability?

They pretend that civilians can't deliver letters, but the nobles in the coalition have the right to send letters to their families, and can call on ravens who have been taken over by the shapeshifters.

And the nobles with complex minds, especially those who are inconspicuous and have poor family backgrounds, are always easily moved by interests!

Thereupon.

After some twists and turns, the "little bird" bribed a small nobleman to deliver a letter to King's Landing.

When the Fellows of the University of Coburn in King's Landing received the situation.

The former head of Imperial intelligence, the trainer of Pantos's "Little Mouse", escaped King's Landing and wandered through the Imperial Territory and the Riverlands, and finally put his talents to good use in Lannisham.

Through the intelligence agent who had been trained by himself, after Cobain learned the information of the coalition forces, he received the same news the next day.

"Tyrion, I have news of Her Majesty. ”

"Really? Good news... Or is it good news?" Tyrion was overjoyed at hearing the Octopus's words, and then took a sip of wine to show that he didn't want to hear any bad news.

Malwin, Jon, Missandei and the others were both worried and happy, looking forward to the news of the queen and fearing that something would happen to her.

The intelligence director did not sell it, and said directly: "Her Majesty is not in danger, she is leading the Unsullied, Dothraki warriors and coalition forces to the south, and she is engaged to the third prince of the Loran family." ”

"Betrothed to the third prince of Holy Lorain?"

Jon, Malwyn, Moroya, and the others were pleasantly surprised. But Tyrion was stunned, happy and worried about the news, Missandei and other queens had no feelings about the engagement, after all, the dragon queen had a husband and a lover in Slave Bay.

Seeing the strange color on the little devil's face, Varys hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, our Queen's hand is not optimistic about this marriage?"

Hearing this, Tyrion shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No, I am very optimistic about this marriage, but this does not mean that this marriage is beneficial to us. ”

Marvin said, "No, Prime Minister, Her Majesty's marriage to Her Highness Arthur means that we are not invading with the Unsullied and Dothraki of Essos, and we have also obtained the right to compete for the Iron Throne. ”

The little devil nodded irrefutably: "I know all this, but we know better whether Robert and his son give up the Iron Throne, and the war will start sooner or later." ”

Jon shook his head and reminded, "These are too far away, and the army of the strangers and the dead is the priority. ”

Jaime mused, "Perhaps we can take the Golden Regiment to join the Coalition forces. ”

Tyrion immediately smiled bitterly, "Cersei won't let you do that, and soon the Golden Regiment and the Iron Isles fleet will be called back by her to defend King's Landing." ”

Malwin: "It's not good news, Westeros is on the verge of survival, and it's still thinking about infighting. ”

"I can try to go back to King's Landing and convince her to ally with the Coalition. ”

Hearing Jaime's words, Tyrion suddenly looked overjoyed, knowing that his brother had a good chance of convincing Cersei to join her in the alliance against the strangers and ghouls and save Westeros.

......

There are dragons to escort them, and the rock giants are guarding the game.

Arthur, wielding the power of the Light, rode alongside the Dothraki warriors as the vanguard cavalry unit of the coalition and took on the sharpest arrows against the hordes of the Strangers and the Dead.

Face the ghouls who are raging like a tidal wave south.

Under the dark sky obscured by dark clouds, the Dothraki cavalry, which rushed and charged in the snow, were all shrouded in pale golden holy light, and bravely and fearlessly turned into an irresistible torrent, impacting tens of thousands of dead, black dragon crystal scimitars, and the ghouls who were not afraid of life, death and pain, fell in pieces and returned to silence.

"Sanshan Castle is right in front of you. ”

On the shoulders of the rock giant, Ryan, as the supreme commander of the coalition forces, went up to the giant to observe the battle situation after giving the battle order.

"Still no trace of the stranger?"

Hearing the crown prince's inquiry, Lothar, who was once his adjutant in the Empire's First Rank Corps and is now his closest comrade-in-arms, shook his head: "Not yet, it is estimated that the strange spirits have already moved south from the Lannister Territory and directly attacked King's Landing." ”

Arthas sighed, King's Landing has a population of 500,000 people, and if they all become ghouls, and the strangers hide and refuse to show up, the hard-won advantage will be lost.

Looking at the draugr who kept falling and returning to death, and turned to the cavalry that continued to gouge through the ghoul group, Lothar couldn't help but sigh: "The Dothraki are about to destroy this ghoul army, and the power of the Holy Light mastered by His Highness Arthur is really enviable. ”

Ryan: "Who doesn't envy?"

"His Highness Arthur really shouldn't waste his power. "Arthas regretted that the prince had chosen to learn and become a scholar-like character instead of commanding an army in battle.

"It's his choice. ”

Ryan shook his head and said, and ordered the entire army to attack, let them destroy the few remaining ghouls, and then *|enter the city of Three Mountains.

Without encountering the strange spirits, the battle to support the city of Three Mountains was very successful, and under the fierce flames of the dragon and the charge of the Dothraki cavalry blessed with holy light, it was destroyed in the blink of an eye.

When I entered the city, I saw the old man Francis Arnold, who had not been seen for a long time and looked a little not good, and was in charge of the first corps of the rebuilt empire.

"Grandpa, are you hurt?"

Seeing the old man, Ryan, as his grandson, handed over the matter to his younger brother and Lothar, Arthas and others, and immediately cared about the situation of his relatives.

Fighting with the ghouls shed a little blood, but Old Man Francis's body was still very clear, and he shook his head and said indifferently: "I'm fine, I've already bandaged the wound, Your Excellency Commander, let's talk about business now, let you know about the situation in Sanshan City and the surrounding area." ”

Knowing that the old man's body was fine, Ryan, who had not forgotten his identity, hurriedly said, "Grandpa, you say." ”

Back in the town hall of Three Hills City, which is also the command room of the military town, Old Man Arnold only saw the Dragon Queen, Varian, Robb and Stannis: "Where is Your Majesty?"

"My father went to the women's branch. Varian said with some embarrassment.

Varian, Stannis, Robb and others knew the emperor's virtues, and even if Daenerys knew, she couldn't help but show her disdain and disgust when she didn't show up at important military meetings.

Sensing the Dragon Queen's expression, Old Man Arnold suddenly frowned, even if the enemy temporarily formed an alliance with himself, the nature of hostility would not change, and he was so unbearable in front of the enemy, Robert's behavior was too disappointing for him.

"Where's Sir Barristan?"

"Old Sir is still directing his soldiers to clean up the battlefield. "As Supreme Commander, Ryan can leave this work to Lothar and Arthas, and the Emperor can certainly leave it to the Captain of the Kingsguard.

Old man Arnold: "Where's Arthur?"

Varian: "Help heal the wounded." ”

"Then we won't wait. Arnold shook his head and directly told the situation in Sanshan City and the surrounding villages and towns.

The situation is not rosy.

Relying on its geographical advantages and high walls, Sanshan City relied on the lives of the soldiers of the First Infantry of the Imperial Empire to barely block the two draugr attacks, but the surrounding villages and towns could not stop them, and all of them became undead, and those who survived did not know where to flee to.

Food, supplies, etc., also became scarce after the battle to defend the city.

Moreover, the army of more than 50,000 dead people has already crossed the Three Mountains City and headed south, and according to their marching speed, I am afraid that they have already entered the imperial territory!

The Imperial Territory is not far from King's Landing.

"According to the state of the coalition forces, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop the ghouls in front of them. ”

Varian: "Grandpa, there's no point in stopping and destroying these ghouls, as long as we kill the ghosts who resurrect and control them, we can fight a battle!"

Hearing this, Daenerys, Stannis, Robb, Lan Dao and others all nodded in agreement, but Francis Arnold, a veteran who helped Robert win the war against the usurpers, shook his head in disagreement: "You guys take it for granted. ”

"The Strangers have such a large force, why should you find them?"

"It's nonsense that you're trying to find the King of the Strangers!"

"Let's be realistic, first concentrate our forces to deal with the army of ghouls, solve the crisis in King's Landing, stabilize the situation and survive the winter, and when the winter passes, we will regain the advantage!"

For the old man's words, he is not an extraordinary person, there are no dragons and rock giants, but Randolph Tully who is just an ordinary warrior agrees very much, but if he does not take the initiative to destroy the aliens, he has to survive the long winter under the threat of magical creatures, in fact, it is more difficult, and tens of thousands of coalition troops may survive less than a hundred people in the end.

Everyone has a different opinion on how to win this battle of the strangers.

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable.

Arthur healed the wounded soldiers, helped the Bachelors with the logistics, and listened to Daenerys talk about the meeting, and suddenly became even more anxious to find the Night King.

Asking the Lord of Light for help was not answered.

This is normal, but Arthur chooses to compromise and believe in the Lord of Light in order to get help from his divine powers.

After completing the ritual and receiving the Rahlo Divine Power Seal, the boy did not receive any substantial benefits, but Melisandre trained hundreds of junior priests in the coalition army, and in the future, the Child of Light can lead the Gift of the Lord of Light and perform powerful super magic skills.

Time to this day.

Angela and Liadeline became the only remaining Cult of the Seven transcendents in the coalition, and they did not have enough strength and eloquence to retain the believers, so that almost all nobles, commoners, and soldiers chose to convert to the Lord of Light, Rahlo, because of the appearance of the Red God Priest who mastered divine arts.

The seven gods, who were too busy to take care of themselves, couldn't help anything.

There is a problem, Ambrosius as a magical advisor can't solve it, and Arthur can only go to the last Green Prophet.

"Your Highness, I have already said that I don't have that much ability to find the Night King directly. As for the prince's intention, Bran was clear, "Unless His Highness thinks that the inheritance of the shapeshifter and the Green Prophet will create a new future to change the status quo and enhance the strength of all of us." ”

Arthur was depressed: "It's easier said than done. ”

However, the boy is not a person who gives up easily, and has enough perseverance, this time he came to Bran, in addition to asking if he can find the Night King, but also to discuss some knowledge in the inheritance of the Green Prophet.

"Bran, can you still cast the Green Vision, cast the Dream of Prophecy, or explore the past?"

The last Midori first knew: "I need to use the Heart Tree to explore the past, and as for the dream of prophecy to predict the future, it has been a long time since I have had it, except for the change of shape, with the fall of the old gods, I can no longer use the power of nature." ”

Harnessing nature, exploring the past and predicting the future are at the heart of Green Prophet's abilities.

Exploring the past and predicting the future can be done by many.

And these people are generally known as prophets.

But the ability to harness nature, combined with the shapeshifter's ability to control animals, is very similar to a transcendent profession that Arthur is familiar withβ€”a druid!

Bran says he can help shapeshifters build a new future.

It's like helping Gianna become an Arcanist!

So, after asking about what he didn't know about the lineage, he immediately told the last Green Prophet in his wheelchair everything he knew about the druids.

Communicating with nature, summoning the power of nature, harnessing nature, and mastering the power of nature are the first two extraordinary powers that the Green Prophet has mastered, but mastering nature and mastering the power of nature can only be done by the old gods who rule over mountains, rivers, rivers, and trees.

As for the shapeshifting animal form......

Even Bran, as a Green Prophet, can control the wolf spirit of the Icewolf Summer, and he doesn't believe that he can change his body structure to become an animal.

Because that involves the caster's Transfiguration!

And Ambrosius, Gianna, and Arthur, who were the pioneers and pioneers of the genre, were unable to achieve this magical, only fantastical spell.

Bran was well aware that his talent was only in the Green Prophet, and he didn't think he could develop Transfiguration.

But...

Having changed shape to control animals countless times, the Green Prophet knows animals very well, and while he feels impossible, he has a trace of feasible speculation!

...... To be continued......

Chinese New Year's Eve, in the new year, I wish you all good health, all the best, all the best.

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