Chapter 240: Understanding Ice
"Tully, get up from the ground and go ring the alarm bell and get out of the house all the bastards who are still sleeping in the house!" Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Castle Black was raided by three ghouls and actually killed all the way to his bedroom. If it weren't for Jon and his wolf fighting hard, I'm afraid there would be no "bear old" at this time, only "bear corpses".
Samwell tried to get up from the ground, but his legs and feet "for some reason" lost their strength and just kicked on the ground, but they couldn't stand up. Fortunately, a big strong hand reached out at this time: "Come on Sam, it's too cold on the ground." ”
With Zhao Mai's help, the fat man stood up, but almost sat down again. Zhao Mai's other hand was actually holding the hair of the ghoul, a head, constantly opening and closing teeth, swaying from side to side around the hair like a pendulum.
"Don't worry, he can't do anything anymore. Zhao Mai said: "You go and ring the alarm bell, and then find me a big glass cover, the bottle is fine, I have to put this head up." ”
"Good...... Good...... I'll go. Sam just felt his mouth dry. Luckily, this time his legs had the strength to carry him out of this terrible area.
"Snow, how are you?" asked Commander Mormont, frowning. He knew that it was very indecent for him to wear only pajamas, but there was still a dead body in his room, and it was estimated that the fire on his body had not been extinguished, and he could not go back now. Jon wasn't much better, though, as the fight had left him ragged and his hair ripped off, but luckily he had curly hair, so it wasn't so noticeable.
"My lord, I'm fine. Jon lied, and replied aloud to make it seem more true. "My lord, how are you?"
"Not good. There's a dead man trying to kill me, how do you think I can feel?" he scratched his chin, but noticed that his beard was much less. By the way, during the previous struggle with the corpse, Jon snatched the oil lamp from him, lit the curtains, and held the fire over the ghoul's body. The beard should have been burned at that time. "Snow, your hands are on fire, how is it?"
"It's fine, it's just that the skin hurts, the muscles and bones are fine. In fact, his hands were still smoking, and his heart hurt.
"Get out, go find the Bachelor!" Elder Xiong suddenly became angry: "Do you think I'm a dead old man who can't take care of himself and get dressed? Or do you want to be lazy in the future because of the injury on your hand? Go to the Bachelor and let him treat you with the best medicine!"
Jon nodded sharply, then ran briskly. At this time, the alarm sounded, and the brothers of the night watchman rushed out of the room with their swords in hand. Although he was disheveled, he finally responded well. Elder Xiong's voice echoed in the Black Castle: "Rangers, craftsmen, clerks, and recruits go to your commander immediately! Search the entire castle to see how much damage there is!"
Zhao Maiti was carrying the head of a moving dead man and stood in the square, as if it had nothing to do with him, but it had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if they don't understand what's going on, just look at the human head and the Night's Watch brothers can guess it. The alarm bell rang for a while and then stopped, and Sam ran over with a locked box, panting and saying, "I didn't find the glass jar, I took a box first, do you think it can be used?"
"Yes!" Zhao Mai threw the ghoul head in, and then fastened the lid. "Alright, I'll leave this head to you for safekeeping. It doesn't matter if it's for the commander or the bachelor. ”
Sam was holding the box in his arms, like a large cactus ball full of thorns, neither near nor far, not to mention how nervous. Zhao Mai patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Sam, you can do it." I went to check on the maester, and Jon seemed to be hurt. ”
Jon's hand was burned by the flames, but luckily didn't hurt his bones, so it didn't affect his ability to use the sword later. Master Aemonn found ointment to soothe burns and protect the grease on his hands. His eyes couldn't see, so Zhao Mai did all the work, and then Zhao Mai wrapped Jon's hand in a boiling bandage. He couldn't see it, and Snow couldn't understand it, so he didn't know that Zhao Mai secretly cast a few healing spells.
"I feel much better, the pain has lessened a lot, and some places are even starting to itch. Jon looked at his white hand and moved his fingers slightly.
"Child, don't scratch the itch, just let the body recover on its own. "Maester Aemon was so sleepy that he fell asleep when he said this. So Zhao Mai and Jon helped him to bed, and promised to wake him up if he needed to be treated.
Fortunately, no one else was hurt again. The ghouls caused the deaths of five night watchmen on duty, including the acting chief ranger. If it weren't for Jon and Zhao Mai, the number of casualties would have increased. At dawn, the night watchman lit a fire and cremated the bodies of the five brothers.
Samwell Tully had finally found a glass jar, and the remaining head was now in it. All the brothers of the Night's Watch have been there, and some have been there more than once. "It's disgusting," they said in unison. "I definitely don't want to be like this. ”
"Then practice your swordsmanship well, and don't get killed. Zhao Mai sat on the side, holding the crystal "heart model" in his hand and looking at it over and over again. You can feel that the magical energy above it is constantly weakening, and it will definitely disappear eventually. While it was still usable, Zhao Mai used his psychic ability to keep tempting. Gradually, he found some signs that his abilities were being weakened.
Psychic abilities are formless and insubstantial, and it's hard to tell if it's like air or water. However, when the Mind Shaping ability is used, it transforms into a sword or other matter or a wall of energy that restricts movement, and the psychic ability temporarily takes on a stable form.
The ghouls' icy power can cause things in their fixed form to become microstructurally brittle, causing them to disintegrate. Psychic abilities shape things or energy fields that are inherently temporary, and their structures are more fragile than their normal counterparts, so the ghouls' chill can affect them. Real substances, such as a hunter's blood spear, or even a piece of firewood, are less vulnerable.
However, the wraul who create the strange ghosts will have a level of ice power. Remember that in the "Story", the moment the metal sword slashes into them, it will shatter into pieces, and it will not cause any damage at all. Moreover, the ice crystal weapon used by the strange ghost is the condensation of this cold power, which can easily shatter weapons, shields, and armor.
The icy heart became smaller and smaller in Zhao Mai's hands, like a melting snowball. Zhao Mai concentrated even more, mobilizing all his senses, including the natural force and psychic abilities, hoping to figure out the secret as soon as possible so that he could find a way to deal with it.
Unexpectedly, this cold air reacted differently to the Force of Nature. (To be continued.) )