Chapter 246: Preparing for a Miracle

The war in the south has begun, and the war in the north of the desperate Great Wall is also about to start. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSince Jon's return, Elder Bear has issued a mobilization order, requiring all Night's Watch to stock up on combat supplies, start training according to the strictest standards, and be ready to deal with threats from the dead.

The dead did not reappear, but everyone knew in their hearts that they would appear sooner or later. Although rumor has it that it was the Wildlings who did not know where to find the help of a wizard and cast an evil spell just to scare the Night's Watch. But the truth couldn't be further from that, and even the wildlings who often harass the Night's Watch are threatened by the Stranger, who are gathering to cross the Wall. If you can't let it go, then break it down and kill it.

The Night's Watch weren't sure if the Wraiths were sporadic or massive, but the threat from the wildlings was felt. Commander Mormont received various reports of wildlings massing. It is not known how big they are, what they are going to do when, where and when. The Great Wall defense line is too long, and there are too few night watchmen to take care of it. He had a plan to take the initiative and unexpectedly show his strength to hold back the wildlings.

Zhao Mai understood his thoughts and praised his courage. This was a good opportunity to cross the Wall, so he volunteered to join the Night's Watch training to make himself appear useful.

Another person who particularly enjoyed the training was Jon. Since his return, the boy has finally grown up and realized that he is only a mortal, and that mortals can only progress through hard work. He has finally found a suitable opponent as well.

"If you move half a step to the side and aim for my flanks, I'll lose my balance even if I return to the sword. ”

Zhao Mai laughed twice: "Yes, your skills are better than mine." But I'm better than you in speed, strength, and accuracy, so you lie on the ground and I'm standing. ”

Jon got up from the ground, patted his butt, and picked up his sword, "Come again!"

It has to be said that Jon grew up in the Stark family and received the best education in the Northlands. He has more than one swordsmanship teacher, riding teacher, and archery teacher, and he doesn't have the trouble of inheritance, so he can concentrate on learning these, which makes him greatly surpass his peers in swordsmanship. In the entire Night's Watch legion, there are very few serious knights, and most of them are thieves, robbers, and fraudsters. He couldn't find a suitable opponent until he hit a nail in Zhao Mai's place.

"I don't know why, but seeing you knocked to the ground makes me feel happy and sad at the same time. Pyp stood aside with his sword in hand and said to Jon, "It's a strange feeling, I'm not sure, so a few more times?"

"Don't talk about Piper, you can come down and try it. Jon exhaled hard, and white mist kept coming out of his mouth, "Mike, I'll find a way to defeat you." ”

"Oh, I'm afraid it's hard. Zhao Mai shook his head: "Do you think it's all I can now?"

"I don't understand, why haven't the whole Seven Nations heard of your name? With your skills, you can easily win the championship in the martial arts competition, right?"

"yes, that's not a big deal. But is it any good?" Zhao Mai saw Jon swing his sword, neither backing away nor blocking, and with his explosive power driven by his psychic ability, he slammed into Jon's arms, and then slammed his headbutt into his head. Jon was startled, then crouched down with his head covered.

"How can there be such a fight?" he was still unconvinced.

"That's what ghouls do. Zhao Mai said: "They have only one purpose, very simple, that is, to kill you." Your sword moves are so clever that you can keep up with all kinds of changes, but you have the drawback that it can't kill with a single hit. Do ghouls care if they lose a few bowels or an arm? I use a headhammer and they gnaw with their teeth, and your whole face should be gone. ”

Zhao Mai looked around him, they were all good friends of Jon, and they were all men who could be brothers. So he said, "Ghouls have only one weakness, and that's their heads. Decapitation, constant decapitation to defeat them. So don't think about attacking your torso with a sword, from now on you can only have three targets: the head, the neck, and the claws that reach out at you. Ghouls don't have sword skills, they're just faster than you, more powerful than you, and more ferocious than you. He looked around and said, "Just like me." ”

"If the ghouls were like you, we'd be dead. A melancholy Eddie said with a sad face.

"Of course not as good as me. Zhao Mai said: "Sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime." ”

This sentence was heard not only by the trainees, but also by Commander Mormont and Master Aemon, who were standing in the promenade of the castle. Elder Xiong personally pushed the bachelor's wheelchair and placed him in a sheltered place and where he could bask in the sun: "Master Aemon, where is this Mike from, do you see it?"

"I've been blind for years, Mormont, have you forgotten?" Master Aemon tilted his head sideways, chasing the sun like a sunflower, "Old friend, I don't know where he came from, maybe he came down from heaven to help us." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"He's been reading books from me, and he's been looking for specific books long before the corpses stand up and attack us. Master Aemon said slowly, "It's all some poems of ancient mythology, and some records of the battles of our night watchmen. He gave them all to Samwell, and he is now working on them further. ”

"In other words, he already knew?" Mormont frowned, a little incredulous: "Master Aemon, are you saying that prophecy can come true?"

"From a bachelor's point of view, all I can say is that I don't know. But as an old man, I wish the prophecy and magic were true. Master Aemon blinked, he felt as if he could see the change in light and darkness, and his eyesight seemed to be improving, which was also a magical thing related to Mike. "You know I'm a Targaryen, but since I was little, there have been no dragons in our house. Do you know how sad it was to have a Targaryen childhood without dragons? If I could see magic before I died, I could see miracles happen, then I would know that my life's hopes were not illusions, and I would be blind. ”

"We do need a miracle right now. Mormont said, "I have decided to take my troops north to the hinterland of the savages to see what is happening there." I hope that the corpses are just a trick played by the savages, but I have a feeling that things are not that simple! If the worst happens, maybe only a miracle can save the Night's Watch, and save the fighting nobles of the South. ”

"Didn't you let Alyssa go with the moving dead heads? That should convince them. Master Aemon said.

"I hope so, too. Mormont's expression was not like that, and the grim look on his face did not change in the slightest. "Master Aemon, I'm going to take Mike with me. Didn't he always want to see the side of the Wall?"

"You're decided? Do you want to understand how the drinking horse's sink flew up and smashed the ghouls?"

"Not yet, it took five people to get it back. But yes, I decided. Mike is a bit eccentric, but he's not a badass. Mormont smiled bitterly, "The Night's Watch used to be a place of honor for knights, but now it is a place for bandits. Even if he's a bad guy, I'm used to it. ”

"Mormont, you'd better keep him with you all the time. Master Aemon said, "If you are expecting a miracle." (To be continued.) )