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"Sir Rodric! Lord of the Northlands and Winterfell, Ned. Duke Stark's Captain of the Guard! He looked at Kirk for a long time, and at last he spoke, his voice hoarse like a wolf howling for days and nights.

Kirk already had the initial impression that this was a loyal wolf from the Northlands with a long ambition.

He didn't speak, in fact, he didn't know his identity as arranged by the space, and silence was the best choice.

"Your group of duke's guards were hand-picked by the duke in yesterday's game, and today is your first day on duty. Boy, let me tell you, if you make a mistake in today's mission, I mean a little mistake, and I'll let you know where the nickname "Crazy Rodric" came about! Did you hear that! Answer me! Sir Roderick roared.

Kirk immediately replied in a loud voice, "Yes, Sir." ”

"In three minutes, I'm going to see you in armor and weapons in your formations below the main fort! If you're 1 minute late, I'll let Master Robb's nasty ice wolf [Grey Wind] chase and bite you in the snow for 10 minutes! Recently, the icewolf has been raised fatter than a pig, lazier than a cat, without the slightest bit of icewolf's demeanor, what it needs is exercise. Did you hear that? ”

Kirk didn't have time to answer, and hurriedly began to put on armor and hurriedly picked up a weapon.

He buckled his helmet to his head as he hurried downstairs.

He walked through the hall of the main castle, which was used to entertain guests and the family dining place of the castle's owner. The hall is quite large. The façade is made of grey stone and covered with flags, and there is a gate made of oak and steel facing the castle courtyard, and a side door that leads to a dark corridor. The interior of the hall can be filled with eight long tables, separated by a central corridor, with four on one side, which can accommodate 500 people. The high platform was reserved for the noble guests.

As he rushed to the school grounds, Kirk saw many of the contractors running out of the main fort in disheveled armor, like a group of refugees.

They were followed by Sir Rodrick, whose face was as gloomy as the sky before a blizzard, and he sneered as he went: "Look. See how our warriors of the Northland are in battle. Look at your armor, I can easily pierce this gaping gap and stab you in the heart with a single sword. Seriously, it's hard to miss. Look at your swords. Take the stupid guy in reverse! Don't you know that you should turn your blade on the enemy? Look at your sleepy eyes again. Did you all run to Winterfell's Bitch Cave last night? ”

Listen to Sir Rodric's roar. There was a bitterness in the heart of the contractor, this bitter task, this unlucky sir. Maybe I'll have to train later. If these jokes go out, it will be fun in the space.

Fortunately, however, a burly middle-aged man soon came out, and in the snowstorm, his long brown hair was flying in the wind, and his neatly trimmed beard was bursting with a few strands of white silk, and he looked to be 40 years old. He had a typical long horse face, and his gray eyes were as sharp as a falcon's, sweeping over the restless contractor guards.

"All right, Rodric, I'll say a few words," said the middle-aged man, and as soon as the middle-aged man spoke, Sir Rodric bowed and withdrew.

"I am Ned, Lord of the Northlands and Lord of Winterfell. Stark, who is also the commander of your army, believes that many of you have seen me, and many of you who have been transferred from other jurisdictions have not seen me. I hope you will remember my old face from now on, because this is the face that needs to be protected. ”

The contractors let out a laugh. Rumor has it that most of the time, Ned is a commander with no sense of humor, but he's not a soft-hearted man. It seems that in front of his subordinates, he has at least a little sense of humor.

Ned was not wearing armor, but instead wore an equally rugged ice wolfskin cape, and his thick arms held his greatsword "Ice", a legendary and powerful weapon.

In the snowstorm, Ned's footsteps were a little dull on the school grounds.

The Contractors were watching him.

Ned's voice continued: "Recently, there has been bad news from the Great Wall of Desperation. I served in the Night's Watch as my younger brother Bunyan. Stark had word that the Wraiths had begun to appear on the edge of the Wall, leaving evidence of murder. He wants to investigate further. Captain of the Night's Watch, our prophet, told me that the long winter was coming soon. Perhaps it was the longest winter since the Wraiths invaded en masse and were eventually driven back to the Far North. ”

Saying this, he suddenly stopped: "As knights of House Stark, you must never forget that our clan language is!" ”

Kirk kicked Chubby who was about to shout "no tooth decay" and shouted to the other contractors, "Winter is coming!" ”

"Yes!" Ned nodded in satisfaction: "Winter is coming. On our continent, each season can be years or decades long. It's been too long since winter has come to the Northlands! Winter, for the people of the Seven Kingdoms, means the danger of a large-scale invasion of strange ghosts! Our family is here to guard this place, to guard the Great Wall, to guard the Seven Kingdoms! ”

The wind blew across the schoolyard, and the contractors were silent, munching on Ned's words.

"The other bad news is that the Prime Minister of the Seven Kingdoms, Jon Jon. Erin died. He was my adoptive father and the king's adoptive father, and he was deeply respected and loved by us. But he is gone, for unknown reasons. ”

Saying this, Ned took a long breath of cold air: "Maybe soon, we will have a war!" I hope it's the North, but ??? I need you to be ready for everything, for the sake of freedom and tranquility in the North, for the peace and happiness of the Seven Kingdoms, we must be ready for everything! ”

The contractors replied in unison.

Ned nodded in satisfaction and left the school grounds, motioning for Sir Rodric to continue.

As Jazz continued to let go of his wolf-like reprimands, Kirk was already looking around, familiar with Winterfell.

This Winterfell is said to have been built by Brandon the "City Builder" with the help of giants more than 8,000 years ago. For most of the recorded history, Winterfell was the home of the Stark family. The Kings of the North and in Toruń? King Stark bows to Aegon the Conqueror and his dragon after the seat of the "Guardian of the North". It is also the capital of the North, and the Harvest Festival has been held in Winterfell for many years. The most important feature of Winterfell is that it is a city built on hot springs, with hot springs in every house, hot springs in every garden, and flowers blooming even when the weather is cold.

Before Kirk's eyes was a majestic fortress and the heart of Winterfell's defenses, the main fortress. The main fort is the fortified core of the entire castle building. It is built on top of a natural hot spring to keep it warm. The walls are made of granite. It is connected to the arsenal by a closed bridge. From a window on the bridge, you can see the entire school grounds.

Next to the main fort. It's a small church. By Caitlin? Tully's husband Ed? Duke Stark built it for her.

In the center of the castle is a sacred forest. The ancient sacred tree forest has been untouched for more than 10,000 years. Three acres of land and dense trees form a dense canopy around which the entire castle is built. In the middle of the woods, stands an ancient fishbeam tree. Rooted in a pool of black water. A face is engraved on it. Very mysterious.

To the east of the school grounds, there is a bridge connecting the clock tower to the crow's nest. The bridge is not open-air, and from the fourth floor of the tower leads directly to the crow's nest on the second floor. The guardhouse is next to the clock tower.

To the south is a towering tower. Belongs to the Lord of Winterfell, Master Lewyn. The Library Tower is located in the Bachelor's library of Winterfell. A stone staircase surrounds the façade.

This is Winterfell, the capital of the Northlands, and overall, it's not big, like the castles of ancient England, but it's full of unexpected life. From the sacred tree forest to the flower greenhouse, the nourishment and warmth of the hot springs make this place always warm as spring.

The spatial prompt is officially given: "Contractors of the Stark family, you have entered Winterfell and become the King of the Northlands, Lord of Winterfell. Stark's guards, keep him safe. Based on the team's score, the final team tournament position and victory will be determined. The competition is officially on! ”

At this point, Ser Rodric's tone changed and he turned the subject to a topic of interest to the contractor: "The main reason why Lord Ned wants to expand his escort and gather you unskilled warriors is to make all the preparations for King Robert's arrival in Winterfell tomorrow. Thank you to the Seven Gods! Due to an unexpected snowstorm, the King's convoy was half a day later than expected, giving us a little time to be unprepared. Winterfell is desperately short of manpower right now, and you're all going to work today???"

Kirk found Wang Han behind him, and the two made eye contact.

Wang Han sent a voice to Kirk: "I didn't expect that the timeline at the beginning would welcome King Robert's arrival. ”

Kirk nodded, "So, first we need to meet the contractors of House Baratheon. Will they pose a threat to Ned? ”

Wang Han shook his head: "From the plot analysis, it won't." Because after Ned's death, the fate of the Crown Bucks family (i.e., the Baratheon family, the family crest is a Crown Buck, hence the name) is not much better than the Stark family. Not to mention that the world is lost, many clansmen are still persecuted. What's worse is that Robert II, the vicious little prince, is not the Baratheon family at all! Rather, the queen and her twin brother Jaime. The product of Lannister's incest. I suspect that the task of these contractors is most likely to prevent Robert I from hanging up. Judging from the plot, the only force that Robert I can count on is his iron buddy Ned. Stark, so those contractors are in a hurry to cooperate more than we do! ”

Kirk couldn't help but smile, it seemed that he was not the only one who was suffering from his fate.

At this time, Sir Rodric had already completed the assigned work, and he glared: "Why don't you hurry up and get to work?" ”

The contractors scattered, and Van Gundy, the Marksman, and Kirk came together intentionally or unconsciously to discuss countermeasures.

Start by analyzing the current main quest. The main quest makes it very clear that you have to follow the main story, follow Ned to King's Landing, and return safely.

This blocked the Contractors' attempts to force Ned to stay in Winterfell. When I heard that I wanted to protect Ned's life, the contractor's first reaction was that since the capital King's Landing was a tiger's den and dragon pool, wouldn't it be the end of the murder and arson, kidnapping hostages, and preventing Ned from going there? If people don't go at all, how can they be framed?

If someone else calls, it's even better. The area of a country in the north is equivalent to the sum of the other six countries (the other six countries are collectively referred to as the southern border), and they have been fighting with savages and ghosts for a long time, the people are fierce, the soldiers are strong, and there is a snake-neck swamp (a narrow swamp between the north and the south, easy to defend and difficult to attack), and they are not afraid of war at all. Historically, with the exception of Aegon the Conqueror, who relied on three fiery dragons to make the Stark family in the North surrender without a fight, the North has never been conquered by anyone at all. As long as there is a fight, the northern land will become the Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms, and Ned will not be able to die for 10,000 years. (The Northlands is the equivalent of the Scottish template)

However, the fact of Broken Egg is that Ned has to go to King's Landing once before he can come back as a turtle. This makes the contractor nervous.

The magic archer suddenly realized: "I finally know why the space has to issue the main quest back to back. If the rest of us make our main quest known, they'll be able to set traps on King's Landing and beyond, as King's Landing is the only chance to assassinate Duke Stark! ”

Van Gundy understood: "From now on, our main mission must be kept top secret, and no members of the team can be allowed to leak mission information in any form. ”

Kirk nodded, and suddenly thought: "I was thinking, if the situation of the Seven Kingdoms is compared to a game of chess, the previous chess players are the dukes and ministers of the Imperial Council who hold great power in each country. Robert, the foolish king who was toyed with between applause, didn't even qualify as a player. And now, due to the addition of our contractors who are familiar with the historical trend, it has become a true and false game of chess, and on the surface it is still the plot characters playing against each other, but in fact it is our contractors playing against each other, and it is a game after knowing the plot trend. This will test two kinds of capabilities: one is our ability to judge the situation, who will form an alliance with us, who will be our enemy, who will be the head of both ends, and how we should pull, divide, and strike at the enemy. The second is to test our influence and control over the characters in the plot. If we can analyze everywhere, but it can't affect Ned's decision-making at all, it is still his clumsy hands who play chess, and it is still us who hate and lose. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )