Against the howling north wind and the occasional icy snowflakes that slapped their faces with ice slag, a dozen soldiers from Winterfell made their way north in the snow along the long invisible road, and the speed was still very slow, even a little slower than a normal person walking on flat ground.

Originally, they had traveled on horseback, but at the last outpost, because the snow on the road was so thick, that they saw that riding horses was slower than on foot, and that they were even distracted from taking care of the horses, they had to abandon them and go on foot instead, trying to continue north to one of their destinations.

In this gray sky and white snowfield, their bodies were tightly wrapped by gray-black cloaks, fur coats, heavy hats, leather boots and other warm clothing, revealing only a pair of eyebrows, beards and other parts of the face covered with ice slag......

At the same time, as they walked along, a long trail of crooked footprints was naturally left behind them on the thick snow that had reached their knees.

And based on the footprints and the direction they were heading now, it was not difficult to guess that they were heading north of Winterfell, in the direction of Long Lake......

"Hey! Knight Galen, what is that golden glow from your body? Don't...... Is it because of the favor of the old gods or the seven gods? ”

The journey was difficult and tedious, so Arya, who had come with her, asked curiously.

"Neither! That golden light of mine, that is the power of justice called Demacia! ”

Actually, that kind of thing, their little Führer Anne had said that it was actually something called the Light, but Galen still felt that it would be better to call it Demacian justice?

Anyway, that's just a name!

Whether it is the Light or the righteousness of Demacia, as long as there is justice and courage in the heart, then it is fine.

"Oh......"

"That'...... Can you teach me? ”

The golden light on the body is very beautiful, not only invulnerable, but also has a great improvement in strength, speed, reflexes, etc., this amazing secret skill, Arya has been staring at it for several days, just waiting to find an opportunity to speak!

Although, she also felt that it was impossible for the other party to easily teach herself this powerful 'Demacia's power of justice', but anyway, it was just a question, and it didn't matter if she agreed or not.

“……”

"I'm afraid not!"

"I wouldn't teach anyone else this kind of thing, and at that time, it was our Anne Yuan who gave me the seed of justice first...... Besides, Arya, your personality may not be suitable for learning this, you are a killer, and the murderous aura on your body is too heavy. ”

Galen, who had been silently leading the group to see the road and could only discern the approximate location and direction by the trees on both sides, hesitated for a moment, then turned his head to look at the little girl who was just like himself, and was also tightly wrapped, and then shook his head.

The Light, the power of justice in Demacia, is not something that anyone can learn!

At least, in Galen's opinion, this Arya is not very qualified in any way...... Because, this little girl is selfish and self-centered, she only has her family in her eyes, but she does not have a brave heart that dares to fight for those who can't fight, and the kind of belief that is willing to fight for justice!

Anyway, in Galen's opinion, if you want to learn this power, these are necessary, and only with these can you learn the power of good Demacia's justice, and by no means like some bad little Führer said, in fact, 'It's over, you're all fooled and lame?' In any case, Galen will not waver in his faith!

So......

This Arya, this so-called Faceless Female Assassin, a female killer, she will definitely not qualify.

"Humph!!"

Thinking that the other party was perfunctory, Arya lowered her head, snorted fiercely, and then continued to move forward step by step.

"I really can't teach ......"

"Well, if you have the opportunity in the future, I recommend you to go to our Noxus Rage Academy in Havenstar, and when the time comes, you may be able to learn that?"

The power of justice is definitely not to think too much, after all, until now, there are very few Marines or ghost agents who can successfully comprehend the power of justice in the Justice Academy of Demacia! However, Noxus's Rage Academy is different, basically everyone can learn it, but the talent is different, and the degree of ability is different.

Anyway, just as Darius disliked him Galen, he Galen also despised those angry warriors who could learn as long as they were individuals! In his opinion, they are the elite who can learn the power of justice in Demacia, and those angry warriors are just a bunch of big road goods.

"Angry? What's that, more powerful than that golden glitter of yours?! ”

“……”

"That's not the golden shining, that's the power of justice in Demacia, only those who have justice in their hearts can learn it! But anger is different, as long as your killing intent is strong enough, as long as you can control your anger, you can learn! ”

"Humph!"

"Knight Galen, you don't have to doubt the killing intent of our Faceless, let alone my ability to control my own anger! I'm a killer, and these are just the basics! ”

“……”

"I hope so, but I can't go back now, and when I can go back one day, I will definitely nominate you."

“……”

"Knight Galen, I've always wanted to ask...... We're only a few people going north now, can we really do it?! ”

In the group of sturdy soldiers, Arya, who was slightly petite, asked a little puzzled.

Although it was said that the main reason for them to go north this time was to collect and dispatch the refugees and rout troops who had withdrawn from the desperate Great Wall, Black Castle, Houguan Town, and Fireplace City, and to reconnoiter the strength of the strange ghosts nearby, but with only a dozen of them, Arya still felt that it was a little too risky.

They are not without people in Winterfell now, and after the events of two days ago, those who followed the conspirator Petyr Littlefinger Bertil Berish are basically cleaned up, and the rest of them are the sisters who are willing to be loyal to her, Sansa, the Duke of Winterfell, or Jon, who has always been loyal to the King of the North, and will never question or perfunctory her sister's orders! If this Galen wanted to, he could directly lead hundreds of elite soldiers to the north, and maybe it would be safer?

"But don't call me a Knight of Galen, I'm not a vassal of your Winterfell, I'm a legal citizen of our Federation of Heroes in the Star Sector! You little nobles in a broken place are really useless in my eyes, and they are not rare at all...... It's not me talking nonsense, you nobles here, the living conditions here are far inferior to those vagabonds in our federation. ”

"Also, that sister of yours, Sansa, is really picky, so she added me a knight position that doesn't have any, and then she doesn't even get a salary up?!"

Yes, Galen didn't want to be a knight or a knight of Rausch, these messy titles, without even a certificate, were worthless in his eyes!

If he had a choice, he would rather triple his commission, or give himself a larger, more comfortable, preferably large room with a fireplace, like a ...... That Duchess Sansa's room is almost the same?

Of course, it would be great if the other party appreciated his contribution from Galen and gave him the best room in that castle!

"A knight is not a position, but a knighthood, and since the day you were knighted, you are no longer a mercenary, but a canonized nobleman in our Winterfell!!"

After Arya breathed a sigh of relief, she turned her head and glanced at the Galen beside her in some confusion, she had never seen such a person who was knighted by the lord and complained.

"By the way, in your federation, what does it mean to receive a subsistence allowance?"

After explaining the rarity of the title, Arya continued to move forward step by step.

Because of her petite stature and short legs, she walked in this fluffy new snow, but it was no easier than the tall soldiers around her.

So......

In order to pass the long and boring journey, and to learn more about this strange guy who is said to have come here from another world, she Arya just took advantage of the past few days to get a good understanding of the details of the other party, so that there would be no better opportunity to ask in the future.

"Subsistence allowance, ......"

"So everybody can get free food without having to work, a spacious house, and an air-conditioned one, the kind of fireplace yours? However, the air conditioner is definitely much better than the fireplace, and there is no odor, let alone carbon monoxide poisoning......"

Seriously, Galen really misses Haven's life a little bit......

In the past, when he was a general in the star sector, he always felt that the conditions of those subsistence allowances in the alliance were too poor, and only those who were lazy and those who were incapable of working would have to choose to live that kind of 'hard' life?

Can ...... now

"I'll tell you the truth, if I had a choice, I'd rather go back to our Federation's Haiwenxing to be an ordinary citizen who receives a subsistence allowance, and I won't change the city lord of Winterfell for you!"

"The subsistence allowance of our Hero Federation, whether it is food, clothing, housing, transportation, or other conditions, far surpasses any of you here, even your sister Sansa, the Duke!"

"Moreover, all citizens can apply for the subsistence allowance without any preconditions!"

But in contrast, here in this Westeros:

Poor food, extreme scarcity of supplies, especially in the winter, vegetables are absolutely non-existent, come and go are all those meats, cheeses, pickles and other messy bad things, if this continues, he Galen feels that he is about to get that rare disease such as night blindness, beriberi and scurvy!

As for what you are wearing, don't mention it......

Look at the present, here and outside, the tightly wrapped linen clothes and animal furs, these things that basically rely on his own body temperature to keep out the cold, can they be considered clothes?

They don't have a constant temperature system, they don't have a deodorant and sweat removal function, and because they haven't been washed for a long time, they all start to stink a little bit, and they feel slimy, and he has long had enough!

As for the accommodation......

The kennel in that castle is really just a kennel!

Fortunately, it's winter, and if it's summer, he Galen can imagine it now, and there must be all kinds of bugs and rats and other things rampant there, and by then...... It would be a great ordeal to live in a place that is worse than the kennel in their Haven Star!

'Infinite Light, O ......'

'Let our greatest, greatest Führer, Anne, come and save me sooner than Galen, and let me get out of the sea of misery soon......er.'

Now Galen can basically determine that the space gem is indeed depleted of energy and no longer has any special abilities! Therefore, now he has no way to do anything except hope that he doesn't know where he is in the universe, he doesn't know which plane he is in, and he doesn't know if the little girl who heard his prayer will come to help him sooner.

He has been completely trapped in this backward and ignorant place, and he can't go back!

"Humph!"

"I don't have to work to live better than my sister's lord of Winterfell, I don't believe it! Mr. Galen, are you sure you're not kidding, where in the world would there be such a good place?! ”

Seriously, if there really was such a place, I'm afraid that the ordinary residents of the entire continent of Westeros, and even most of the nobles, would flock to it, right? When the time comes, millions of people, can they afford to raise? That's millions, even tens of millions, not one or two thousand or one or two hundred!

Anyway, Arya has been wandering outside all these years, almost all over the continent of Westeros, and even Braavos across the sea, but she would never believe that there would be such a good place in the world that she would not even dare to think of.

In her eyes, the entire world of Westeros is a place where people eat people, and if she wants to live a better life, she can only work harder, keep sharpening her skills, protect herself, and protect her sister and brother...... Otherwise, maybe they will be killed without knowing when, and then they will be robbed of all their belongings and thrown into some sewer or gutter, reduced to a pitiful white skeleton?

"Arya, if I can go back in the future, I will definitely invite you to our capital city of Hyven as a guest, our capital is different from your little King's Landing, our capital is an entire planet, with a population of tens of billions and countless space stations!"

"Also, I can even give you two sisters and legal federal citizenship so that you can experience what a normal human life looks like, and then make sure you never want to come back here......"

Yes, if Galen could go back and travel freely between Westeros and Haven, he might have done that.

And that Bran, the other party's magical ability, will definitely be welcomed by the Federation's intelligence services!

Anyway, he Galen is the commander of the Combined Fleet of the Haven Star Capital, and he is a five-star admiral with the highest rank in the Federation...... One of them, so even if he acted recklessly and gave two primitives the status of federal citizens, who would dare to talk to him?

You know, if you provoke him Galen to go crazy, even the mothership of the Star Spirit can be knocked down, who would dare to talk to him about such a trivial matter?

Ahem......

However, he will definitely not do it again in the future when he takes down the Star Spirit Mothership with a big move!

Because, the kind of mothership of the Star Spirit is too expensive...... If it is broken, even if he is the commander of the fleet plus a five-star admiral, he will have to pay compensation! Moreover, in the highly automated and intelligent federal social environment, the compensation is still the kind of direct deduction of wages, so he doesn't even have the opportunity to be a liar.

“……”

"I still don't believe there is such a paradise in the world!"

Turning her head to look at the serious Galen again for a while, Arya finally shook her head, she definitely didn't quite believe what this man who had always been a little eccentric said!

Because, she couldn't imagine that if there really was a place where you could eat, live and dress well without working, I am afraid that everyone would run to enjoy that kind of lazy life, then who else would choose to work and pay taxes, and who would respond to the recruitment of soldiers to defend the territory of the lords?

"Heaven?"

"Also, compared to your Westeros continent, our Federation is indeed a paradise...... But in our eyes, that's just a very ordinary thing. ”

After all, the scientific and technological strength is different, the productivity is different, and it is normal that Arya, the natives of the primitive planet, cannot understand it!

Look here, the people here have to use manpower and animal power to produce crops, and at the end of the year, a few people in a family can't cultivate many acres of land, plus the seeds of the crops are poor, and the harvest is also pitiful, barely maintaining their own food and clothing and paying taxes.

But what about their federation?

If you are engaged in agriculture, you can simply plant it one planet at a time!

Just find a few agricultural planets, let those fully automatic machinery plant all kinds of high-quality grain seeds with extremely high yields per mu, large and small nanorobots to hunt and kill insects, agricultural irrigation and fertilization systems all over the planet, and even under the comprehensive factors such as weather, rain, sunlight and air humidity, etc., it is basically a bumper harvest every year, and only the output of one or two planets is needed, which can almost meet the normal life needs of human beings in all star regions.

More agricultural planets are growing luxury goods, fruits and vegetables, industrial raw materials, textile raw materials, and other renewable resources.

Therefore, for the Federation of the Star Zone, it is really a simple matter to use those materials that are in excess of demand to unconditionally meet the basic needs of all human beings in the Star Zone, and it is also the basic survival welfare that every citizen of the Federation can enjoy, but even so, only a very few people are willing to apply for that kind of subsistence allowance or something!

Because, as long as you work a little harder, you can get a better life, get whatever you want, and who wants to live worse than most people?

"Huh?!"

Galen, who was deep in thought, suddenly stopped, and jerked his head to look at the dense forest in the distance, which had also been covered with heavy snow.

"What's the matter, Galen rides...... Sir, why didn't you leave all of a sudden?! ”

Arya, who was just walking with her head buried in her head and thinking about things in her heart, digested the information she had just gotten was suddenly touched by the body of Galen, who was suddenly standing in front of her, and the tall and powerful body of the other party caught her off guard, and she almost fell back into the thick snow without falling directly back.

“……”

"We seem to be targeted by the enemy!!"

Galen paused, looked coldly in one of the directions, and grimaced.

"Targeted? Who is it?! ”

Looking at the vast expanse of snow around her and the snow-covered wolf forest, Arya didn't know who else would be targeted in this place, because this place was still in the wolf forest south of Long Lake and north of Winterfell, and it was still far away from the end of the Alien Legion!

"It's those ghosts!!"

With that, Galen took the lead and walked to the left, where there was a rocky tidal flat, probably due to the geothermal heat, where the snow was thinner, which was more suitable for them to fight with the strangers later, so as not to be hindered by the heavy snow.

"Stranger?"

“！！”

"Everyone, get ready to fight!!"

Arya exclaimed in surprise, and while motioning for the other soldiers to draw their weapons, she also drew her own rapier in her right hand and held the dagger in her left hand, and quickly followed Galen, who was striding forward in front of her.

If there are any strange spirits here, then things will be bad!

Because, it is less than thirty leagues (a hundred miles) from Winterfell, and if all the strangers are here, doesn't that mean that all the places to the north have fallen? They came so fast, no wonder she and Galen and her group met so few people fleeing south on the way north, it turned out that the speed of the strange ghost invasion was far faster than everyone imagined?!

"Keep up and get ready for battle!"

Galen didn't say much, just stared at the snowy forest around him, and then took the lead and walked firmly towards the open field ahead.

Those who are staring at them must be strangers!

Because, he, Galen, smelled the evil breath, so much so that the righteous power of Demacia in his body began to chirp slightly.

"Hey! You wait for us first! ”

……

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“……”

Cersei Lannister was standing coldly in King's Landing's palace, in this large hall, behind this opulent arched moon-white balcony with exquisite carvings, looking through the glass at the extremely rare drifting snow......

Common sense is that King's Landing, a place close to the harbor and in a hot or warm climate all year round, is unlikely to snow, but it still falls.

It can be seen that the phrase 'winter is coming' that the Stark family in the north often talks about is finally coming true...... And those strange ghosts, those horrible dead people who can move, the kind of beings that were captured by the hostile elements not long ago and made her look at and have to believe, they are finally coming!

At this moment, they should be in the north, in the bitter cold of the north.

The winter is long, and the extreme cold is boundless......

Here in Westeros, the length of the seasons is generally very long...... Anyway, over the years, Cersei, had experienced a plague epidemic spring, which had even lasted for several years, and then, too, had experienced eighteen years of hot summer, which was an extremely long and good day...... Of course, she has also seen several years of autumn when heavy rains are frequent and autumn winds are scattered.

Until now, winter is finally coming......

According to folklore and the information written on the teachings of the Seven Gods, after each long summer, there will be a long winter that lasts even longer...... It was a terrible, doomsday season, it was said that it was the punishment of the Seven Gods for mankind, and only when the sins of mankind were brought to an end could there be an eternal summer again?

So, this time, after eighteen years of hot summer, how long will their continent usher in winter?

It's twenty years......

Or thirty years.......

Or will they never see the next spring or summer?!

Scold!

The punishment of the seven gods for human sins?

It's ridiculous!

As the queen of King's Landing, as the guardian of the Seven Kingdoms, Cersei Lannister certainly stopped trusting those gods a long time ago, otherwise she wouldn't have blown up that Baylor Chapel with wildfire, killing countless nobles who believed in the Seven Gods and that damn little sparrow!

Therefore, the Seven Gods will not be taken to heart by her Queen Cersei.

Moreover, she also knew that winter was coming, and the terrible thing was not the bitter cold, the polar night, or those strange ghosts, but the extremely long time.

Reputedly......

In winter, there is almost no daylight, and the grain production will definitely plummet, and the cereals, vegetables and fruits will definitely not be planted, and people can only eat reserves or fish and hunt to persist...... And now, not to mention the whole country, just King's Landing, a city with a population of one million, after the Rebellion of the Seven Kings, after several seemingly endless wars, King's Landing, the city, is still nearly half of the granary is not full......

Food doesn't matter in normal times, but in long winter nights, it's the key to survival!

From this, Cersei Lannister can now foresee that in the future, before the end of the long winter, King's Landing, and indeed the entire continent of Westeros, except for the threat of foreign spirits, the most important thing is the great famine that will envelop all places, and no one will be able to avoid it.

At that time, whoever has food in his hands will be able to hold out to the end!

Winter has arrived......

For a long time to come, there will be countless children, including her Cersei's own womb, who will be born and grow up in the night...... Most of them, probably until death, do not know what sunlight is and what warmth is......

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but flash a trace of vicious resentment at the corner of her mouth, and she gritted her teeth a little!

Originally, she had two sons and a daughter, but now she ......

Hum!

What was lost, everything was going to be regained, definitely, she swore by it!

And now, if you count the time, those alien legions should have started, or are starting to attack the Great Wall of Despair, right? I don't know, those bastards in the north, those remnants of the Stark family, can hold on?

Best, let the Mother of Dragons and the others go to the north, to the foot of the Great Wall and fight the Strangers, and she, Cersei, can only hoard food desperately for now, and then continue to expand the army.

But actually, none of that matters right now......

Now Cersei Lannister's concern is not the cold winter that is about to envelop the entire continent of Westeros, nor the food reserves of King's Landing, nor the strange spirits of the north, but something else, she is waiting for someone right now.

Tuk Tuk!

Suddenly, there were two knocks on the door, and then, the old Prime Minister Coben, walked in.

"..... he's really gone?"

But listening to the footsteps, Cersei knew who the person who was coming, so she continued to stand in front of the window and asked directly without looking back.

"Yes, Lord Jaime Lannister has just ridden out of the city to the north, braving the cold wind and light snow."

The Queen's hand, the former Prime Minister Coben held his hands, lowered his eyebrows and whispered, because he knew that the current Queen Cersei would definitely not be in a good mood, and he still didn't want to touch his head casually.

"Really......"

With a cold snort in her heart, Cersei knew that that bastard Jaime was just that kind of person! He also kept saying that it was for the living, for the entire Westeros continent...... As a Lannister, that guy would have that stupid idea?

It's just unreasonable!!

"Daenerys Targaryen's barbarian cavalry, the Dothraki army and the Unsullied legions, have now retreated and are ready to sail north."

"According to the information sent back by the spies, the garrison of Dragonstone Island is also decreasing day by day, after collecting enough Longjing ore, they went to sea by boat, and the remaining logistics troops are also packing their bags, I believe that in the near future, there will not be many people left on Dragonstone Island...... Those two dragons should also follow the Mother of Dragons north to fight the strange ghosts. ”

After the former Prime Minister Cobain saw that the queen did not say anything, he told all the information he knew.

“……”

"Our Golden Regiment, where are they now?"

Cersei suddenly turned around and asked about her Prime Minister Corben about the Golden Regiment of the High Court and about the best army of Narthos.

She took a large sum of money from the iron vault and hired a full 20,000 soldiers of the Golden Regiment, cavalry, and even elephants! And those will be the capital of her planning for the entire Westeros continent.

"They should already be at sea and expect to arrive in King's Landing next week......"

"What do you need me to do?"

After the former Prime Minister Coben finished speaking, he looked at the elusive Queen again.

“……”

"You don't have to do anything!"

With a sneer, Cersei raised her hand and waved, signaling that the other party could retreat first.

“……”

"Why, Prime Minister, do you have anything else to say?"

Finding that the other party was standing in place and not leaving at the first time, Cersei couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Her Majesty ......"

"If those to the north fail, we won't be able to fight the wraiths to the south on our own, because they will become even more ......."

"More and more ......"

The strange ghosts can be killed, and they are special weapons made of dragon crystals!

At the same time, every living person who dies at the hands of the stranger will increase the number of strangers, and the more people die, the more strangers will be! But now further north, in the north, there are still hundreds of thousands of people, plus maybe more and more soldiers! If they fail, King's Landing will face millions of Wraiths!

“……”

"Strangers can't swim, right, my Prime Minister?"

“……”

"It is said that it is ...... like that"

"And what are you worried about?"

"In case we can't hold it, just cross the sea!"

Winter is coming?

It's ridiculous!!

Now, Cersei has quietly started her colonization plans, and that Braavos on the other side of the sea will soon belong to her Queen Cersei!

If the people in the north win, she naturally has a way to deal with it, and if those in the north lose, then when necessary, they can directly cross the sea to the east and completely escape from the Westeros continent, which is likely to be destroyed!

At that point, the winner will still be her Cersei!!