The days in the northernmost part of the Seven Kingdoms are always very short, and it is only about three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is already dark. In the easternmost part of the Great Wall, at the edge of the Haunted Forest, separated from the wall of the Night's Watch Harbor in the East China Sea, the light was weakened by the dense trunks and foliage, and when it reached the ground, the only faint light shone on the crooked and twisted side branches of many trees, like ghosts with teeth and claws, swaying back and forth with the cold wind and even screaming, like a hideous creature, making the situation even more terrifying than the complete darkness of the night.

In the midst of this ghostly forest, a snowdrift on the ground burst open, and a dry figure broke through the snow shell from the ground - he, or rather, it was not alone, because a second ...... followed by a breath of breath Third ...... Tenth ...... Also appeared quickly.

An army of thousands of ghouls has been hiding motionless under the snow for months, saving both mana and human scouts. But now, as the faint magic signal blew, they instantly revived from their standby state, and like grass sprouts and fungi that sprouted after a warm rain, they emerged from the snow-made bunkers one by one, shook off the snow and ice edges, and began to stagger and stagger towards the eastern sea.

Ghouls, ghouls, ghouls, bears...... The living creatures that could be seen outside of Van Sai were transformed into controlled puppets, and the dead gradually formed corpse teams, corpse teams formed corpse groups, and corpse groups converged into corpse tides...... Eventually, the vast mountain of corpses and the sea of corpses formed a black cloud of death, which slowly poured towards the sea from a place far from the Great Wall, outside the edge of the vision of the sentinels on the ice wall.

And on the coast facing in the direction they faced, the two strange ghosts led by the deceased army on the east road, the "Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front" and the "Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front...... I had arrived a few moments earlier and stood on a huge reef by the sea, waiting for the last moment.

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The concentration of cold magic between heaven and earth has not yet reached its peak, the temperature has not yet dropped to the lowest point, and even Seal Bay has not been completely frozen, and there is still at least half a month before the best time to attack. But...... Since the mysterious being from above has sent a signal of attack, there must be a reason for it.

As the most faithful servant of that being, the stranger does not question, only carries out orders!

Now, the ghouls who have broken through the snow shells from their hideouts in all directions are gradually gathering on the seashore, waiting for the mysterious being to perform miracles and build a passage for the Eastern Route Army to bypass the Great Wall in the ocean of Seal Bay.

The ocean is so vast and deep that it contains an untold amount of water that it is often impossible to freeze it with unnatural forces – even if the water temperature in Seal Bay is completely reduced by even one degree, the energy required is far beyond the capabilities of even the "mysterious being".

But...... At the moment, the temperature of the sea is actually below freezing and has reached a state of supercooling, but due to convection, waves, tides, and the perseverance of the human defenders in de-icing, it is only one last step away from freezing. In this case, it is not as economical to exert external influence and then push the last one, although it is not as affordable to launch an attack after natural freezing, but in order to seize the best combat opportunity, pay some price and forcibly advance this battle...... It's also acceptable.

The clammy and cold water vapor continued to condense on the extremely cold surface of the two strange ghosts, and they had to occasionally move their bodies to shake off the "ice skin" so as not to turn into a lump, but this stupid wait would not continue indefinitely, and the sky gradually turned to darkness as it turned from dusk to night...... When the last of the ghouls also joined the waiting sea of corpses, the two leading ghosts finally stopped staring at the rough ocean and turned their heads to look at the northern sky.

In the direction of the Sacred Eternal Winter Land, there was a faint rumbling sound, and a huge and incomparably large energy completed the final convergence and began to ...... towards the Great Wall at an astonishing speed The ocean of Seal Bay, to be precise.

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On the surface of Seal Bay, the five Night's Watch boats, unaware of the fluctuations of magical power, are still busy working with the help of lights.

Although the strange spirits have not yet attacked, the people of the Donghaiwang Ice Removal Team have become the first people to devote themselves to the "battle" against the cold god in the Night Watch Legion and even in the entire human world.

As the weather gets colder and the shallower water near the surface of the sea freezes faster, often a foot thick overnight, and if left unattended, the ice will quickly stretch to the surface of the ocean and eventually freeze Seal Bay at the end of the Great Wall.

Even though it was getting late, they had to work overtime, because if they were lazy one day and thought "rest early today and continue tomorrow", under the effect of a vicious circle, the ice will accumulate more and more and freeze thicker, and eventually lead to the loss of all the work that has been done.

They sprinkled cinders on the shores of the entire coastline, extending several meters into the water. In this way, every day at dawn, the dark cinder absorbs heat and melts and breaks the part of the sea ice that binds to the shore. Next, the ships had to send someone to break up the broken sea ice floating on the water—large pieces were tied to iron stakes with ropes and attached to the boats and dragged away, and the broken pieces were netted with nets, and then managed to be hauled to a natural harbor a few miles to the south to stack them so that they would not float back......

As long as you keep going back and forth, the ice passage that allows the enemy to bypass the Great Wall will never take shape.

Although the weather was so cold that it could freeze people's ears, the soldiers involved in the de-icing were in full swing. Although the work is tiring, fortunately, Carter Peck, the commander of Donghai Wang, can understand the hard work of his brothers, and the personnel who perform this task have the highest allowance in all departments, and can work one day off and one day off shifts, and many people rush to join, and even go through the back door for this.

However, Jon Royce, the former Earl of Runestone and now the captain of the de-icing team, did not enjoy the job at all: although he was appointed as the commander of the de-icing, he did not have to go off the ship to work, but he did not enjoy the rotation and had to go to sea with the ship every day. Ever since he was put in a position by Iger and threatened with death, Carter Peck has not only refused to consult with him about any plans against the boy, but has even refused to approve of the fact that he is sometimes really tired and does not want to go to sea, and has even sent someone to supervise the work - as if he is going to kill himself if he only wants to do things for a day without being watched.

Although I knew in my heart that Carter wanted to protect himself, no one would like this extreme way.

Annoyed, Jon continued to stand on the bow of the Mermaid, supervising the work of several ships and soldiers. There is no way, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, if the work given to them is not done well, then Iger wants to settle accounts against himself, but no one can protect himself.

Nearly eighty percent of today's task has been completed, and as long as one more round of hauling is carried out and the last few acres of ice are removed, we can return to the East China Sea and hand over the boat to the night patrol officers.

Thinking of this, everyone was full of energy, but as they were shouting to dig through the ice, the shouting suddenly weakened, and more and more soldiers stopped their work and began to point to the sky to the north and talk about something, and Jon was about to open his mouth to scold them for being passive and slacking off, but when he turned his head, he was stunned.

By the last light of the sky before nightfall, the northern horizon is presenting an eerie scene: at the end of the field of vision, there is a gray and white fog that should not exist across the east and west, and it is not visible where the sea and the sky meet, but it is particularly conspicuous against the background of the forest that should be dark, as if a white curtain of infinite height, infinite width, and infinite thickness hangs between heaven and earth......

What is this thing?

Jon Royce's eyes widened in disbelief, but the next second he suddenly came to his senses: it didn't matter what it was, what mattered was that it was moving, and it was rushing in the direction of the Great Wall!

The moving speed of such a huge object is so high that it can be discerned "fast" with the naked eye from a distance of more than ten miles, so what is the real speed of this thing?

Looking at the colors and textures, it should have been an ice storm like never before! A chill rushed up from the back of his waist to his neck - Jon didn't think a gust of wind could blow down the Wall, but, hell, he was in a boat, on the deck of a ship floating on the icy waters of Seal Bay!

"Don't look at it! all - go back to the ship!" he yelled hoarsely at the soldiers of the de-icing team who were still standing on the ice floe, and then, regardless of their reaction, turned to the sailors of his flagship, the Mermaid: "Lower all the sails! Adjust the boat to face north, and a strong wind will come soon! Order the Blackbird and the other rowing boats to be the same! Those who have nothing to do, go back to their cabins and hide under the beds, cover their heads, and turn off the lights!"

The soldiers on the ice also realized that something was wrong at this moment, and in a panic dropped their tools and ran to the nearest ship, and in a hurry, some people slipped and fell to the ground, but fortunately did not break the ice and fall into the water...... The speed of the powerful ice storm visible to the naked eye was so fast that a moment later people could hear the roar it brings, and the sound seemed to be thousands of demon dragons roaring towards everyone in the distance. It was so fast that it took just over a minute from the time it was seen to the time it was scraped in front of everyone, and when there were only a few hundred meters left, Jon Royce no longer urged the chroniclers who had not yet taken refuge in the cabin, and without hesitation rushed into the cabin, closed the wooden door, and slipped headlong under the table.

After all, he is old, and the experience accumulated from decades of daily life and leading troops to fight in war has given Jon a certain amount of judgment. He made the right decision in an instant: if he had given the order to set sail and return to the East China Sea, the ship would have been blown over if it had not held out for even three seconds in the wind...... But even if the ship was right-oriented and hid in the cabin, the situation was still not much better.

"Boom-"

No one could have imagined the sound of the wind blowing on a ship with such a spectacular sound, accompanied by the sporadic thud of debris blowing by the wind and smashing onto the hull, but soon no one cared about the sound...... Although they hid in the cabin, in front of such a great force, everyone was thrown around the cabin like ants in a drum washing machine, and their bodies made intimate contact with the four walls on both sides, including the ceiling, one by one.

After about half a minute of pain and terror, Jon awoke from a brief bout of vertigo. The cabin was already in a mess, with furniture, belongings, and people crushed into a pile, but fortunately the oil lamp was extinguished first, so that everyone did not turn into a barbecue.

He was sure that he felt that the ship had rolled at least once, but for some reason it had now returned to its normal upward attitude, and it was flat and motionless, not even swaying with the waves normally at sea, as if it had been blown to the shore and run aground.

(This shouldn't be, such a medium-sized ship, not loaded with any cargo, and at least more than a mile offshore, how could it be stranded by the wind?)

Puzzled, Jon struggled to open his eyes, and then to his surprise, the burning pain in his body quickly faded...... I thought it was because the impact wasn't bad, but after a while, the stiffness and numbness on his face and the slight ice slag on his beard made Jon come to his senses: it was frozen.

Leaning against the wall and barely standing up, Jorn ignored the other men in the cabin who were still moaning and snorting in pain, and after a few struggles, kicked open the door that seemed to be deformed and jammed, and returned to the deck.

"The Old Gods are above!"

With the last rays of light in the sky before nightfall, he could see what was outside the cabin, and finally understood why the ship no longer wobbled and was cold as hell all around.

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