Remembering https://., Egger approached the giant fish beam and carefully touched it.

If you look at it from the tunnel alone, you can't tell that it is a fish beam...... The reason why Torgangen Flint swore that it was the greatest heart tree in the Seven Kingdoms was simply because there was a huge human face carved into the wood—and in Westeros, only the Old Gods would do that on the fishbeam.

In addition, there happened to be a fish beam sapling on the kitchen floor, which could support this conjecture, so no one doubted his statement at all.

As for the huge canopy and root system that grew in the ice wall, and the fish beam wood brought the power of the Great Wall to ward off the strange spirits, it was completely associative and inferred.

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But it's the same as Melisandre's belief that Egger is the child of prophecy: many speculations that originally had no conclusive evidence, once subconsciously first confirmed, looked like each other, and there was evidence all over the body.

Putting aside these factors and just looking at the scene in front of them, there is actually a possibility: in front of them is a simple magic door carved with a human face, but the material happens to be Yuliang wood, and there happens to be a deformed Yuliang wood sapling on the ground above their heads.

It's not impossible.

Take a peek and see the whole leopard, and watch the dripping water to know the sea. Iger tries to find more clues from the wooden door to prove the ...... Or falsify that this is part of a certain tree. If all goes well, he will soon become the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch Legion, leading the defenders of the Great Wall and the land-givers against human predators, and it would be helpful to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of the "magic" woven in the Wall.

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(I don't know if this glowing wood is radioactive?)

Egg muttered to himself, touched his gloves for a while, and found nothing unusual. Thinking that a layer of fur could not protect against radiation anyway, he simply took off his gloves and touched them with his bare hands.

The surface of the wood is cool, but it is not icy at all, with a peculiar temperature. If I had to give a specific number, it would be around 10 degrees Celsius – not necessarily warm, but at the foot of the bleak Great Wall, it was much warmer than the ambient temperature.

(Is this the result of the mana operating energy escaping energy, or is it a side effect of its glow?)

One question after another came to Egger's mind, but the answers were hard to guess. After fumbling around, he discovered a new detail: the door was not a flat piece, it was curvature.

The central axis of the giant face is the most prominent, and the cheeks are gently restrained in a very slight amplitude until the edge of the surrounding permafrost, and the whole ...... Bends into a non-spherical surface that is not obvious.

Although not conclusive evidence, it is very consistent with the characteristics of "some large cylinder" part.

Human beings live on planets, but do not feel the curvature of the world beneath their feet, which is determined by a physical concept - the larger the surface of the same shape, the smaller the curvature, the more its surface feels flat. The width of the door exposed to the frozen ground is about three meters, and the curve formed by the periphery of the section from left to right...... On visual inspection, it is very close to the outer arc of a circle of twenty-five to one-thirtieth of a circle, that is, a sector with a central angle of about thirteen or fourteen degrees.

If the face is carved into a fishbeam, and assuming that the trunk of the tree is a standard cylinder, the circumference of the trunk section can reach an astonishing seventy-five to ninety meters...... Divide by Pi...... After a quick mental arithmetic, Iger concluded that the tree, if it existed, would have a cross-sectional diameter of between twenty-three and twenty-eight meters.

And this, in turn, is very consistent with the thickness of the bottom of the Great Wall!

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Yes, it may still be just a coincidence. But you must know that everything in the universe is interrelated, and all coincidences are inevitable in a sense! If the speculation and inference that the giant fish beam supports the Great Wall is true, then the Green Prophet ...... Or the Old God, it was not what Iger had thought before: just a wizard who was at large, who didn't care if he lived or didn't exist, an inconsequential god of hair. It may well have fought alongside and even guided Asea in the legendary Battle of the Dawn to defend all of humanity, and led to the construction of the Great Wall, the formation of the Night's Watch legions, and in A Song of Ice and Fire, he ...... At least once counted!

(I don't know, how many such fish beams and trees are there underground along the Great Wall?)

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Egg shook his head, even wondering if someone else was influencing his thinking. He regretfully admits that, despite his efforts to be objective and rational, Patriarch Flinth's preconceived introduction ultimately affected his judgment.

I don't think about it anymore, is it a huge fish beam tree buried in the ground, and when the manpower is surplus, it is inconvenient to dig through the frozen soil to take a look?

Egg put away his thoughts and put his gloves back on, and on the other side, most of the northern nobles also recovered from the shock, and their expressions already carried a trace of piety and awe.

If it is said that carving a face on an ordinary fish beam wood and calling it a heart tree is to use it to symbolize the old god, then the wooden face in front of you that glows with a faint fluorescence and can open your eyes and speak, I am afraid that even if you directly recognize it as the real body of the old god, many people will buy it.

But after a few minutes of whispering and silent prayer, some of the nobles of the North remembered their true purpose for coming here.

Robb Stark broke the abrupt atmosphere: "Such a heart tree is truly breathtaking, but - what does it have to do with my brother's disappearance?"

"Hmm. Patriarch Flint nodded, and continued: "We went down the well to look for the people of Bran, and found traces of their group on the ground, but strangely enough—the clue disappeared before this face, and there was no sign of returning, as if it were ...... They went through the same face. ”

Someone immediately questioned: "Traces? It's so hard to freeze underneath, can you still step on footprints?"

"As for the footprints, only the big boy could barely see them, and they were also covered by the latecomers...... But Bran couldn't walk, he was dragged on an improvised stretcher, and the scratches on the ground were quite clear. ”

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There was no way, at Robb's request, the attendants who followed down took a lot of effort to relight the torches and raise them low to the ground. There was a faint air flow blowing in the tunnel, and under the erratic light of the fire, there were indeed two conspicuous scratches that led straight to the wooden face, and finally disappeared strangely under it, and there was no sign of turning back.

"I don't see anything. After staring at him for a few seconds, Luce Bolton asked in a flat tone, "Moreover, how can you prove that you didn't just scratch it on the ground?"

Patriarch Flint's face finally showed a look of displeasure: "Lord Burton's words are too hurtful, the Flint clan is a devout disciple of the old gods, in front of this sacred tree of hearts, under the noses of the old gods, how dare we use our hands and feet to deceive the feudal king? Lord Stark, in what I say to you today, if there is even half a lie, let my clan suffer from hunger and cold in this winter, and die under the sword of the ghost, and I will not see the next spring dawn!"

The credibility of this vow would depend almost entirely on the credibility of the speaker and the listener's relationship with it, but in the north of the sensitive northern realm, under the tree of the heart, in the north of this sensitive topic of the season, it is a different matter.

The descendants of the ancestors believed in the old gods. People in the north will walk, read or rest in the sacred woods, pray and worship the gods to seek peace of mind, hold important events such as naming ceremonies, weddings, and funerals under the gaze of the faces on the trunk of the Yuliang tree, so that the heart tree can witness the birth of new life, the union of lovers or the death of the elderly, and in the more ancient histories and legends, those little kings will even pick the most dense places of the Yuliang wood to meet, negotiate peace, or negotiate major events, so that the old gods can notarize the oaths or promises of all parties......

"Swearing in front of the Heart Tree" is a very serious matter for the followers of the Old Gods, let alone this kind of poisonous oath? If this is questioned in public, it is almost no different from a public break. The Flint clan assisted in guarding the Great Wall and defending the north, and there was no major fault or responsibility in the disappearance of Bran, and at this moment he was accompanying the princes of the north as the master, with a warm and courteous attitude, as a guest, how could there be a reason to turn his face and humiliate him?

Not to mention—in front of this huge, glowing, speechless wooden face, almost everyone in the tunnel was enveloped in a strong feeling of being watched by some kind of being. It didn't take much reason for everyone to subconsciously choose to believe in Toganhein Flint, who was also a follower of the Old Gods.

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"Alright, Count Fillinth, take back that poisonous oath, we all believe in you as a person. Robb Stark has not been the Lord of the North for a long time, but the basic relationship is still clear, and he opened his mouth in time, "However, my brother's whereabouts are still unknown, his life and death are uncertain, and the clue has been broken here, so where did Bran go? Could it be that he was eaten by this fish beam? I always have an explanation, to explain to my family and people!"

Robb Stark's request is not unreasonable, but the clue is indeed interrupted here, what can Torgengen Flint do?

"The traces are gone here, and I can't figure it out...... If you really want to track it down......" Toganham Flint gritted his teeth: "As long as you give an order, we will have to chisel this face in front of us and see what is behind it, which will make Bran Stark disappear here!"

This is obviously angry talk, if on the ground, Robb is indeed amused by the rigidity of the Flint clan that does not even dare to move a small fish beam sapling, but now...... With ten more dares, he didn't dare to order the huge heart tree in front of him with the word "sacred" written all over it, and openly destroy the miracle.

The tunnel was quiet again, and everyone thought of a solution to the problem. Eventually, Horther Amber, who had a relationship with Egger and came with his nephew, broke the silence: "Lord Stark, I heard during the last Hearth, that Prince Bran expressed his desire to go to Winterfell when he was in Winterfell?"

"There's such a thing...... As far as I know, it seems to be because of the two children of the Reed family. They traveled north from Neckland to celebrate the harvest feast, and have been staying in Winterfell ever since to stay with my brother. It was probably from that time that Bran began to ask about the outside of the Wall, and repeatedly offered to visit the Wall......" Robb Stark said with a frown: "At that time, my mother realized that it might be that the two of them were instilling some strange thoughts in Bran, but Reed has always been a loyal vassal of Stark, and it is difficult to give orders for expulsion...... What I didn't expect was that he would eventually run away from home!"

"The two children of the Reed family...... I haven't heard much of my daughter, but I've heard of the child named Jiujian. Gabbert Glover interjected, "I heard that this child almost died of grey water fever when he was a child, and after miraculously surviving it, he claimed to have green vision and could see many things in his dreams. I always thought it was a good way to cover up the child's brain problems after he recovered...... But...... Since a heart tree that can shine and speak can exist, how outrageous is a child with green vision and can see oracles in dreams?"

"What do you mean?" Robb looked at Count Glover suspiciously, "You mean, my brother ran away from home and disappeared in the Long Night Castle this time...... Is it the will of the old gods? The thread disappears here because Bran was taken by Him?But what is the use of the old gods needing my brother, a little boy with leg problems?"

"It's not something we mortals can guess, but at least it gives us a possible idea: your brother, the first in line to the North, didn't have an incident, he came to the tree, named it when asked, 'Who are you?' and was taken away by a god. Isn't it much better to be in his care at the moment, safe and sound, and maybe even contributing to everyone?"

"Huh-" Robb's face twitched, and he subconsciously wanted to say that this was not nonsense. But after hesitating for a long time, he let out a long sigh - he thought about it according to what Gabbert Glover had said, and felt better, and hopefully it was such a good thing.

However, it was only after he had come here and witnessed the miracle that he had hoped that Bran might be luckier than he imagined, but when he returned to Winterfell, how could he convince his mother and younger brother Rickon?

Could it be that you will take them all the way to see this giant heart tree?

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Robb pondered for a while, but finally didn't sort out any more thoughts, looked up at the magical heart tree that shone in the darkness, and understood that this trip to find his brother would have to end here nine times out of ten. If you have to pursue it, you will either embarrass the Fillint clan or hold on to Egger, both of whom are reliable friends...... On the occasion of this eventful season, no ...... In an eventful winter, why bother yourself and the people around you?

"That's it. Eventually, the young Lord of the North shook his head helplessly, and turned to look at Egger and Togenhen, "I'll accept this for now. In any case, please keep an eye on the Night's Watch and the clans along the Wall, including Flinter, and send my brother back to Winterfell safely at all costs should my brother reappear on or off the Wall. ”

The two people who were named naturally agreed again and again, and they were greatly relieved in their hearts. As soon as Robb said this, Bran ran away to the Great Wall and then disappeared, and the matter came to an end...... The Flint clan can continue to live well in the Long Night Castle, and Iger can concentrate on scheduling the new and old residents of the land grant to deal with the next real inspection of the land grant resettlement plan.

After standing in front of the Heart Tree for a while, everyone gradually began to feel calm about the existence of the miracle, and finally chatted a few words, and unanimously agreed: first go back to the ground and visit the Long Night Castle and the section of the Great Wall that the Flint clan is responsible for defending. Robb does love his brother and has shown this concern and attention, but the truth is: the disappearance of a member of the Stark family is not as important as the safety of the entire North and even the Seven Kingdoms.

They gathered up their moods and returned in a line in the direction they had come, each thinking about their own thoughts, and for a moment no one spoke......

In silence, Egg felt that he had waited for a good time to speak: "Lord Stark, something happened to Castle Black today, and I think it's important to let you know. ”

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