Lying is skillful, and Iger has learned a very practical trick from forced to deceive, that is, to deceive others and deceive himself first. What's invulnerable? Only the truth, if you make up an identity for yourself in a story, it's better that everything after that strictly follows that identity - do things that fit your identity, say things that match your identity. Just like writing a novel, no matter how weird or bizarre the setting is, as long as it is self-consistent in the book, then it is a reasonable novel – if the liar is so dedicated that he hypnotizes himself to believe his own words, then the deception is almost unbreakable.

Iger put himself in the shoes of an adventurer from across the Sunset Sea, and in that capacity, he had indeed told the truth what he knew—and if he hadn't told half a lie, how could the other party see through it.

However, despite his intention to conceal the secret of the crossing, he tried to induce the witch sitting across from him as much as he could, and if she could keep thinking along with her "guess" and not be suspicious, he would be able to get through the level.

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Melisandre, fans of drama fans like to call Aunt Mei, but whether it is Sister Mei or Grandma Mei, there is no need to demonize her - this red-haired priestess is just a woman who has mastered magic or the method of communicating with the "Red God". Faced with an answer that was all the truth, even if she was not satisfied, she couldn't find an angle to ask...... On the contrary, she was also reminded by Egger's "unintentional" guess, and quickly thought of something, squinting her eyes and thinking about it.

"I see. Half a minute later, she connected Egger's answer with the clues in the flames, and everything made sense: "That boy has an angelic constitution, and that demigod wants him." ”

"What is a demigod?"

"A demigod is a demigod, a being weaker than my master, the Lord of Light, but far superior to us servants, you can understand as a powerful mage. ”

"God makes the constitution. Iger asked, "Also, why did you cripple the boy if you wanted to take advantage of him?" ”

"The so-called divine constitution is actually the ability to have an affinity with the gods, some people can easily see the message of the Lord of Light from the fire, some people need help—and some people will never be able to listen to the oracle. Melisandre would not have been so responsive to a mortal, but she was in the first place, and the other party's status as a Night's Watch would be useful to her, so she decided to satisfy Egger's curiosity first: "Interestingly, some people with the best affinity constitution have extraordinary mage talents in their own right—healthy bodies, strong souls, and strong willpower, which hinder their communication with God...... To be precise, God communicates with them. So, you saw what happened next. ”

Iger shuddered and instantly understood the meaning of Melisandre's words: only one person in a thousand people is a natural shapeshifter, and only one out of a thousand shapeshifters will be a Green Prophet, and Bran has the best shapeshifter physique and is the most suitable to be the next Green Prophet...... However, because he was too powerful, the old Green Prophet could not directly control or whisper in his ear to persuade him to accept the inheritance outside the fortress, so the latter chose to temporarily weaken him through cruel methods!

Even the lineage itself has a problem: did the previous Green Prophet instill all his knowledge and memories into Bran, or did he take possession of Bran's body and then learn about Bran's life through observation across time and space, and then calmly impersonate him?

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This speculation is inevitably too malicious, and Egger needs the affirmation of an insider: "Can I understand that if you cripple a healthy person, or make him sick, when he is unconscious or uncomfortable and weak, the demigod you are talking about can take the opportunity to infiltrate his consciousness and exert a more direct influence on him?"

"In theory, it does. A dizzying smile appeared on Melisandre's face: "But direct physical harm is the most urgent solution, and in fact, demigods can also take advantage of people's emptiness and doubts about themselves or their future." Overall, this is the method used by the weak, and the Lord of Light does not need this kind of subordination, as long as the flame exists, Rahlo's favor can reach it...... My Lord is far more powerful than the one with whom you fight. ”

Receiving an affirmative answer, the last doubt in Egger's heart faded: yes, the day Bran Stark fell from the tower was the day before he was going to follow his father to King's Landing as planned, and it was the Green Prophet who wanted to prevent his ideal inheritor from leaving the North and his sphere of influence to cause this tragedy!

He suddenly remembered all the dreams Bran had about the Three-Eyed Raven after he fell from the stairs and fell unconscious, and the guide Jogin Reed, who had green vision and always looked sick when he went to the outside of the city, and many more crazy guys who could make accurate predictions...... Everything can be explained, the Green Prophet wanted Bran to fall and cripple, on the one hand, to prevent him from leaving the northern realm of his sphere of influence, and on the other hand, to take advantage of the boy's coma to instill in him the message in his dream that "I have an important mission and must go somewhere to meet someone", and then let Jiujian, who was already under his control, guide him and bring Bran to him!

What a ruthless method!

But there is another point that cannot be explained, Iger watched Bran fall with his own eyes, the cause and effect of the incident is very clear, and it does not look like it was interfered by some external force, he wants to know how the Green Prophet caused this accident: "Can ...... It was an accident. ”

"You're dealing with a demigod, my friend of the Night's Watch. Melisandre unabashedly disdain at Egger's question: "What you see is an accident, but is it really an accident? The demigod spreads his faith and makes people volunteer to help him radiate his influence everywhere, and within this range, he can exert influence on people—no god can directly control people, but with subtle hints from the depths of the subconscious and whispers in the ear, coupled with proper arrangements, let what he wants to happen happen in the form of various coincidences......"

"Hearttree, Old God!" Before Melisandre could finish explaining, a bolt of lightning pierced the fog of thought, and Iger figured everything out in an instant, blurting out in shock as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Melisandre narrowed her eyes at him, nodded imperceptibly, and shook her head again, motioning for him not to say any more.

The expression of the red-robed woman was almost equivalent to affirming Egger's speculation, and everything made sense: the Old God was just a belief made up by the Green Prophet, or in other words, the Old God was actually the Green Prophet, who through this "god" identity and related beliefs, allowed the Children of the Forest and the first invading ancestors to cultivate Fish Beam Wood everywhere, so as to continuously radiate his influence outward - he not only saw and monitored the world through Fish Beam Wood, but also used the latter to influence people!

And less than two hundred meters away from the place where Bran fell, there was the Sacred Wood Forest of Winterfell! All he needed to do quietly in the depths of his subconscious was to make him want to climb the wreckage tower to feed the crows, and then concoct the same method to arouse the long-standing desires of the Lannister siblings, and induce them to find a place to do things everywhere in a passionate way...... In the end, he settled himself as a hinder, and an accident became an accident.

But what scared Iger was that in this accident, he tried to intervene again and again, and almost eliminated the crisis many times, before the Green Prophet was ...... Or call him the attention of the "Old Gods". Melisandre said before that she was fighting against a very powerful being, so she left the aura of the other party on her body, and when you think about it, didn't she just fight with the Green Prophet?

Thankfully, I didn't make it.

Cold sweat soaked the light black cloth shirt, and then continue to think along this line, is it the same thing that Melisandre cursed and killed the three "pseudo-kings" by burning three leeches?

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Robb Stark was killed by the Freys at a bloody wedding, in collusion with the Lannisters, and appears to have nothing to do with the three leeches. But the king of the north can't control ***'s willfulness and oath, as well as the final choice of the two betrayed families, how could it be that it is caused by a string of whispers and teasing in the depths of the subconscious, could this be Rahlo's doing?

Joffrey Baratheon was poisoned by Littlefinger and Old Rose, which also has nothing to do with leeches. But Petyl Berish takes huge risks and whims just to stir up some chaos that is not beneficial to him, and the Queen of Thorns, Olenna Redwin, has murderous intent in order to prevent her sweet granddaughter from marrying the "monster" Joffrey, who inherits the legacy of the Mad King, and the two conspirators hit it off and join forces to kill the king, will there also be inducements and hints from the Lord of Light?

Baron Greyjoy is believed to have fallen to his death while crossing a bridge during a storm, but his brother Euron Greyjoy, who had been exiled for a long time but returned to the Iron Islands immediately after his death, was the real murderer. This guy has been away from Westeros for years, claiming to have traveled the world, how did he return home in the middle of the Five Kings Rebellion and help Melisandre's curse be fulfilled?

The curse of the red-robed woman cannot directly kill people, but the Lord of Light behind her ensures that the people she curses can always be killed by those who want to kill them, "subconscious interference and whispers in the ear", that is, the "gods" of this world control the world and use it to attack each other!

Is it possible – this Game of Thrones, the showdown between life and death, the song of ice and fire, is essentially a bunch of gods and demigods battling each other for influence in this world?

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