Amid the neighing of horses, the barking of hounds, and more jumble sounds, the rangers tasked with finding and luring the ghouls rushed past them in twos and threes...... The other night watchmen who had been waiting for a long time also got on their horses, and in a hurry they left many things in their place. But there was no time to pick it up, and at the urging of the chief ranger, everyone kicked the horse's belly and, led by the hounds, drove away along the predetermined route through the snow.

Woo-woo-woo...... Woo!

The horn sounded again, again three long and one short four, which meant that a sentry reconfirmed that there were only ghouls and no aliens in sight, and told the brothers that the plan could continue...... But the warrior who blew the horn was so dedicated that he should have gotten on his horse and retreated to safety before giving the signal a second time, but his judgment was distracted by the dual effects of fear and responsibility—the loud and clear sound of the horn drew the attention of the ghouls, and the rock he was standing on was quickly targeted by the ghosts.

Will saw the young man's sacrifice in the trees: the sentry threw down his horn, jumped off the boulder and ran towards the place where he was leading his horse, only to find a ghoul emerging from the trees ahead of him—so he pulled out his spear with a dragon crystal head tied around his waist and stabbed it into the chest of the ghoul who was blocking the way...... When he pulled it out, he found that the tip of the spear had broken due to excessive force, so he threw away the spear shaft and ran a few more steps, and was rushed from the side by a ghoul ice wolf with a huge wound in the abdomen and a belly and intestines out of the body.

The screams rang out for a moment, and then stopped abruptly.

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The poachers hid in the canopy, shivering, clenching the obsidian dagger in their hands, clinging to the trunk and not making a sound. He confessed that he was a coward, and that Weima Royce had fought the Wraiths to the death that day, and that was how he hid in a tree until it was over. But that time, at least he was ordered by the commander to go up to the tree to stand by, and he escaped by mistake, and brought back the news of Sir Weimar's broken sword and the appearance of the strange ghost for Castle Black...... He himself was the first to disagree.

But what about the last time he led Bunyan Stark's search party, the team encountered human predators leading hundreds of ghouls, and armed with weapons designed to deal with the Wraiths, but he was still so timid that he fled on his horse. Along the way, he clutched the obsidian dagger that Egg had given him, but instead of trying to kill his enemies with it, he was praying that it would bless him from escaping and ascending to heaven!

The first heroic weapon to kill the stranger in a thousand years, in Egger's hands, it was the nemesis of human predators, but in his own hands, it became a talisman. If it is conscious, I am afraid that it will look up to the sky and sigh and kill itself in anger...... Not only that, but after escaping back to Castle Black, he lied: he lied to Commander Mormont that he had survived by hiding in a tree and keeping a sentry, and that he had waited until his brothers had died and turned into ghouls before going down from the tree to find the horses and return...... Being a deserter and deceiving, even he himself could not defend himself in his heart.

After a long period of fear, Bunyan Stark and his elite rangers did not return, and it appeared that they were all destroyed. As a result, no one in this world can know that he is a deserter. A poor creature frightened by the stranger became the lucky one who "escaped from the hands of the stranger twice" in the eyes of his brothers, and although he was not promoted, no matter where he went, the other Night's Watch soldiers felt at ease that they could act with him, and even tacitly took him as the leader when there was no commander in his presence...... It's funny.

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The woodland beneath his feet was full of ghouls, and Sir Jeremy Lake said, "It's a little too much," and that's a little too much, but it's a lot of it. Hundreds of ghouls surged past the poachers at varying speeds, chasing them in the direction of the ghoul trappers...... In addition to ghouls and ghouls, there are also corpse deer, corpse bears, and corpse giants!

The ghoul seemed to move much slower than the ghoul - but it had long legs and seemed to be slow, and it was unambiguous in its ability to chase people. One step at a time, two steps, three steps and four steps, with a slight tremor of the ground, the big creature gradually approached the tree where Will was hiding - it was more than two people tall, and if it had the normal athletic ability of a human, it could theoretically jump to its own!

The poacher closed his eyes and began to mumble words for the gods' blessing.

Although he knew in his own heart: if the gods really had eyes, they should bless a hero like Bunyan Stark, how could he care about himself as a deserter?

"Boom-"

Will was touched by the giant, shook violently, and the snow from the canopy fell down on the poacher, making Will feel for a moment that his life was coming to an end, but he gritted his teeth and clung to the trunk, his face worn by the trembling bark and did not let go.

Even if you die, at least you have to wait until the tree falls!

The tremor of the tree gradually stopped, and finally calmed down, and after a long while, Will carefully opened his eyes and looked under his feet, only to find that the ghouls had gradually moved away, and the body of the corpse giant was still shaking, and from time to time it touched the trunk of the tree next to it - it turned out that this was a lame corpse giant, and it was a complete coincidence that it had just touched the tree where he was hiding!

The danger faded away, and silence returned to heaven and earth...... But the poachers still didn't dare to go down the tree, and the warrior who played the trumpet was probably already cold, lying on the ground covered in bloody flesh, and he didn't know when he would get up and start a second "different life". Will wanted to wait - to see if the other brothers could complete the mission, and then bring the horse back to pick him up.

This place is still far from the Great Wall, and he really doesn't want to experience the experience of walking back on his legs all the way to survive in the wilderness.

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The Night's Watch retreated in three directions, leaving the pursuing ghouls unconsciously divided into three groups, and the ghouls without the command of the Wraiths were brainless than the stupidest beasts, chasing and attacking everything that came their way with extraordinary stamina and speed.

The only good thing is that most of the ghouls are still slower than the horses, and this gives the Night's Watch the possibility of scheduling and rioting.

The lightest scout rode his best fast horse through the three-way vigil, and through reconnaissance and command, he helped the brothers escape from most of the slower-moving ghouls...... Eventually, the hell lured the hell closer to the trap.

"We're going to catch dead people, wolves, bears, etc., it's too dangerous, kill them all!" shouted Sir Jeremy Lake, "keep your distance!"

"A giant!" cried one of the rangers, "what to do?"

"Shoot to death, unless you want to drag this guy to King's Landing and give it to King Robert!"

"The dragon crystal arrow has no effect on it! it has already hit it twice, but it is still moving!"

"Use fire! This big creature must be very good at burning!" the new Chief Ranger ordered, "Hurry up, the trap is ahead!"

Fortunately, someone in the team was ordered to carry a lighted torch at all times, so they rode close to each other, one lit a special rocket in the other's hand, and then the archer turned around, and when the flames on the tip of the arrow burned the iron arrow to a red heat, he drew his bow and shot it at the corpse giant.

The target was large enough for even the worst shooter to easily hit, and the flames were extinguished in rapid friction with the cold air, but the red-hot arrow quickly rekindled the tarpaulin wrapped around the arrow by the temperature, and under the watchful eyes of several night watchmen, the shabby beast fur wrapped around the corpse giant burned suddenly.

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When the trap arrived, the Rangers sped up and quickly rounded it, luring the pursuing ghouls.

The ground caved down, and the fastest ghouls fell into the deep pit dug earlier with a loud bang like the collapse of the house, and the other ghouls who followed behind had no intention of dodging obstacles and traps, and got into them like dumplings one by one, and all became turtles in the urn.

There was a cheer from the crowd, and Lerma stopped.

The trap is three meters deep, the four walls are almost vertical, and it is difficult for the ghouls to climb out after falling into it, and the plan is successful, and now ...... The night vigil people can stand on the ground like chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep in the vegetable market, carefully look at the prey in the trap, and then choose the most suitable one to bring back to the Great Wall.

The ideal is very beautiful, but the accident still happened, and the flames on the lame corpse giant chasing them have spread all over the body, turning into a huge fire man - it stands to reason that once the ghoul is engulfed in flames, it will soon fall completely, but it may be that the huge size of the body contains more ice magic, which leads to a stronger "vitality", it staggers, and actually rushes towards the trap.

"Stop it!" Jeremy yelled, "it's going to burn all our prey!"

The last few dragon crystal arrows were also shot at the corpse giant like no money - perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a fire giant, but its inertia was too great, and it eventually fell headlong into the trap, flattening the rest of the ghouls in the dense cage, and spreading the flames on its body.

"Get the net!" the Chief Ranger snapped. According to reconnaissance, the vanguard of the wildlings was more than ten miles to the northwest, and the army of the dead led by the strangers was due north...... It will not be easy to find another wave of ghouls without a strange ghost in a short period of time, and if they fail to catch them this time, the night watchmen will not have a chance to try again: "Get our prey out!"

The surrounding night watchmen jumped off their horses, one moment they were shooting the ghouls, but now they had to be rescued. Some of them drew their weapons to guard the perimeter, while others ran quickly to the large net that was ready to be on the edge of the trap and threw them into the trap.

Soon, some ghouls were entangled in the net, and in unison, several people pulled up the net, pulled up the radish and brought out the mud, and a ghoul with flames on his body was also pulled up. Two Rangers rushed forward and extinguished the fire with their gloves—and a third or fourth man rushed to help, covering the still writhing and struggling ghoul with a bag and pinning it firmly to the ground.

The last vestiges of the fire giant's vitality that fell into the trap dissipated, and he no longer moved...... Perhaps the water evaporated from the ghouls' bodies and the fur and oil wrapped in them remained, or perhaps the flames were born to be the ghoul nemesis, and the rest of the ghouls that were set on fire quickly turned the trap into a fire pit that spewed blazing flames, making it look like the entrance to hell.

"Stay away from the pit!Pack up the prey and bring it back to Castle Black!" Jeremy Lake breathed a sigh of relief: "The first team and the second team are responsible for escorting, and there will be no stops on the way, and the third team will turn back with me to see if there are any other brothers who need to be rescued!"

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