When all the ghouls at the bottom of the canyon were emptied, there were no bones on the ground, and only yellow fallen leaves and gray aeolian rock remained.

Fallen leaves are piled up in the canyon, and when the wind blows, they fly up and are thrown into the air.

Inside the canyon, the solitude is restored.

It took Lynn and the army an afternoon to make it through the first half of the long and winding Storm Gap.

The gorges along the way, sometimes surrounded by rolling snow-swept mountains, sometimes become hidden gorges that do not see the light of day.

Gradually, the Wind Gorge escaped into darkness.

Not because it's dark, but about to enter the belly of the Frost Fang Mountains.

"Light all the torches. ”

Lynn gave the order, and the army of 3,000 men meandered forward, slowly turning into a fiery dragon walking along the ground.

The boulder mountains on both sides shade the sun, and people and horses walk under the shadows and torches, breathing in the cold air and frosting.

The icy water trickled down from the snowdrifts overhead, fell to the ground, formed small pools of frozen, and then crushed by the horses' hooves.

A few weeds broke free from the cracks in the rocks, and a few pale lichens could be seen here, but there was no sign of grass.

The trail is steep and narrow, spiraling upwards until it winds its way up the hill in the middle of the gorge, where the path is so narrow that you can only ride alone.

It was still the thin monkey with the sentinel team that walked in the forefront, and the crossbow was not buckled around his waist, but directly held in the palm of his hand in case of emergency.

The Guards, armed with Valyrian steel, were divided into two squads and stood at the front, while the rest still guarded Lynn in the center of the long line.

Lynn didn't know how long it would take to reach the end of the canyon drawn on the dragonscale map, and he sat on his warhorse, wrapped himself in a thick sheepskin coat, and buried his head forward.

It is not possible to camp here, the canyon is too narrow, the formation of the army is too long, and it is very dangerous to rest in such an environment.

"My lord, that wild man Tormund has something to talk to you. ”

A soldier who was in charge of guarding the prisoners squeezed forward from the back of the line.

Lynn's horse didn't stop, and after a while, he thought for a moment and said, "Bring him here." ”

After passing through a narrow canyon corridor, the road ahead began to widen again, with no boulders blocking the way, but the darkness remained.

Tormund was escorted by two soldiers to Lynn's side.

Lynn looked up at the road ahead, still curved upward, with no end in sight.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly, "Tormond, you must be disappointed, the savage army here is now a dried corpse. ”

Tormond still had his hands tied, and with the last of his strength he hurried two steps, hunger and exhaustion made the sturdy savage man gasp for breath.

He said in a gruff voice, "This lord, you can't go any further, even a wild man has never followed the precedent of the Wind Gorge entering the belly of the Frost Fang Mountain Range. ”

Lynn didn't stop, "Why?"

"In front is the Iron Tree Ridge, which is the only place that the living people of Fengsheng Gorge can reach, and then inside is the territory of the old gods, people can't enter, and they can't come back if they enter. ”

Iron Tree Ridge?

Lynn pointed to the end of the slope as far as the eye could see, five hundred meters away, where there was a huge wind-eroded gray arch stone, stuck in the middle of the canyon, like a huge artificial platform.

"Where do you mean?"

Lynn asked, feeling Tormund nod vigorously behind him.

Lynn was a little tired from the long journey, and it was getting dark outside, and there was no longer any extra light to fall into the dark canyon.

It seemed to be a good place to rest, Lynn thought about it, then turned to one of the guards beside him and said, "You inform the front army and set up camp on the platform." ”

With that, Lynn took the reins and turned to look at Tormond behind him, who was covered with yellow-brown curly hair.

"Does it seem familiar to you?"

Tormund was stunned for a moment, and then looked up at Lynn, "Unfamiliar, this is once a sacred place for believers in the Old Gods, and savages who are devout to the Old Gods often held priestly activities here in ancient times. ”

Lynn grasped the point, frowned and said, "You said that in ancient times, was it the period of the ancestors? Then the wild people who believe in the old gods now don't choose to come here to pray?"

Tormund hesitated a little, but replied with an ugly face, "Now pray there, you won't be blessed, so no one will come." ”

Lyanna held the water bladder on the side, took a sip and interjected, "What does this mean?"

Tormund was silent for a moment and said, "In the past, it was not called Iron Tree Ridge, but was called Divine Ridge by the followers of the Old Gods, and it is said that there used to be a huge Fish Beam Wood Sacred Tree growing on the boulder, and that tree was bigger than anything you have ever seen, and its branches and foliage were luxuriant, and it grew in the cracks of the stones, as if it could last forever without the nourishment of the earth. ”

Lyanna blinked, and continued, "Will it last forever?"

"Now...... Now there is a dead silence there, and everything that passes past the tree will wither away like a fish beam. ”

Such a strange thing made the little bear girl very curious, and she then asked, "That tree is also withering?"

"Yes, it's dead. ”

Lynn was seeing a thousand-year-old fishbeam tree, with no branches or leaves, except for a huge trunk that required nearly twenty people to enclose it.

The trunk of the tree bends upward, and the ends of the forks are like a giant embracing the sky with open hands.

Lynn stood under the old iron tree, which was overgrown with nodules and carved with a large, strange and distorted face, and looked around, but all she could see was the white night and fallen leaves covered in broken snow.

On one side of the night is a world of bonfires, and on the other side of the night is a dark and deep pitch black.

A dry fishbeam tree separated the two worlds, and now at the edge of the two worlds, Lynn's army began to set up camp and set fires for warmth.

"My lord, the camp is set up. ”

The tall Duncan grabbed the hilt of the knight's sword at his waist and walked over to Lynn under the large tree in the center of the platform.

Lynn didn't respond immediately, he looked down at his feet seriously.

Han Niu and two guards held torches and lit up the area around him.

The dead tree had sprouted from solid rock, its pale roots spiraling upwards from among the numerous fissures and crevices.

It is common sense that trees cannot grow without soil nourishment, let alone survive for thousands of years.

However, the wind-eroded gray arch stone under his feet was indeed natural, and when he looked up from below, he deliberately noticed that the bottom of the gray arch stone platform was not connected to the ground.

Is it true that trees can grow out of stones, and stones can also nourish the growth of trees?

The more Lynn thought about it, the more confused he became, and his gaze slowly moved up the trunk of the tree, all the way up until his gaze fell on the branch that was straight into the sky.

Gradually, he became alert, and the light of the torch could not illuminate it.

But Lynn could still feel it above, and it seemed that a red eye was staring at her, like the eyes of a dead tree.

Lynn narrowed her eyes and shouted coldly, "Han Niu, hand me your crossbow." ”

Soon, a crossbow was handed to Lynn's palm.

However, Lynn's throat was a little hoarse for some reason, and he stared at the dead branches above his head in the night with a cold gaze.

Then, slowly reload your hands, take aim, and finally pull the trigger.

Sou!

With the crossbow bolts fired.

In the silence of the night, there was a sudden croaking of crows.

In a flash. Lynn and Han Niu were looking up and saw a blood-red glow flash in the sky.

The red light disappeared in a blink of an eye with the crow's howl.

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