Chapter 38: The Strange Search Team

Tyrion was right, Egg really couldn't be happier now, most of the excitement he had when he learned that he could leave the Wall a moment ago was extinguished, thinking about how to complete this task, and he lost the interest in laughing and scolding wanton fun, and while returning to the room, he and Tyrion were talking about the schedule of leaving the Wall, and even his steps became a little heavy.

A tall, ugly night watchman with a large bag caught Egger's attention.

"Othur, what did you take?"

"Food, Lord Bunyan has decided to set out tomorrow morning to search for Weimar Royce, the Wildlings, and whatever the hell exists, if anything. The older Ranger stopped, carrying his things up and down for a while, as if seeing him for the first time: "Hmph, the Alien Slayer, now he's a grain and grass collector again." Happy to go to King's Landing right now?"

"You wouldn't guess how many missions I was going with me. Egtron smiled and shook his head, not to mention outsiders like Tyrion, in fact, even among the black-clothed brothers, there are still many people who don't believe in the existence of strange ghosts, thinking that the chief ranger and the commander-in-chief are crazy to believe the nonsense of the three deserters. But now that Bunyan has made it clear to him, there is no need to hide anything: "Of course, compared to the dangerous work of you going to find strange ghosts, it is indeed a beautiful difference...... How's the special weapon prepared to deal with the Aliens?"

"Valyrian steel weapons, the entire Black Castle has one with the Commander-in-Chief, Bunyan refused the Commander's kindness to lend him, Obsidian got a little, made three dragon crystal spearheads, a dozen dragon crystal arrows, if you don't lie to the number of ghosts, it should be enough. ”

"I can only guarantee that I saw five, but there could never be only five strange spirits in the world, they must be like the princes and lords, who usually disperse their movements, and go in groups of three or two outside the fortress, harvesting the lives of small groups of savages everywhere, and robbing the babies of the savages to replenish their dead army. When there is no longer a living wild man in the Ghost Shadow Forest, and the strength is strong enough to attack the Great Wall, it will also gather. ”

Iger put aside his thoughts about the pile of tasks for a moment and became serious. In his position, as a Ranger...... Now that he may have become a multi-purpose officer, in short, as a night watchman, he certainly wants his comrades to move safely and smoothly. Even if nothing is said about the righteousness and personal considerations, the losses and crushing defeats of the Night's Watch mean that they are forcibly recalled or forced to recruit more supplies and manpower increases.

In a word, now the interests of the night watchman are his interests.

"There are some other things I must tell you, the Wraiths are not monsters, they are intelligent magical beings, and my act of killing one of them must have alerted the remaining Wraiths, and even though you have obsidian weapons, you still have to be careful. ”

Osser yawned: "You can just say these words to Bunyan, I am a soldier, and the commander will do whatever he says, no matter how much he does." ”

"I've already told him, but it's always better to know about this kind of thing. Iger was still a little worried: "Also, remember that if someone dies or encounters a corpse on the road, it must be burned...... Also, fire can deal with ghouls, but it can't kill ghosts. ”

"I know, my brain can't do it, and I can't remember what you say more, so I'm gone. The tall ranger was a little annoyed by his nagging, waved his hand, and walked away without looking back, carrying the bag.

***

"I'm used to your concise speech, I didn't expect to see you so verbose. Tyrion watched the strong rangers leave, and couldn't help but laugh: "You make it look like the real thing, I almost believe that the strange ghosts do exist." ”

Egger also smiled helplessly, not trying to convince Tyrion of the existence of the Wraith.

No matter how many reasons and excuses there are, although he is an outsider, he is a member of the night watch of this world at this very moment. Taking advantage of the amount of information that no one else can have, coupled with lies, he is about to be out of danger.

Bunyan will take seven elite rangers, including Will, north to find evidence of the resurgence of human predators...... Seven, all of them are good men in a hundred, but in the absence of Valyrian steel weapons, in the face of an enemy who has absolute physical fitness, weapons and means superiority, and has already been guarded, even if they are equipped with obsidian weapons, they are still sheep in the mouth of the tiger, and nine deaths.

He would have been a member of this line, but at the last minute, he stepped out and threw his share of responsibility on others - if Bunyan had planned to let himself and Will lead the way, then his departure would have increased the danger to the remaining eight by a ninth, and if Bunyan had temporarily chosen Will as a replacement because of his absence, he would have turned the soldier who lived in the same tower as him into a substitute for the dead.

There was no deep friendship between him and Will, and Will would have died without even his own existence...... But every time he thought of someone else risking his life for him, Egg's heart couldn't help but tighten, and he sighed quietly, suppressing the urge to stay and participate in this mission.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm probably just an honest person. Iger tried to make his tone lighter, the team of rangers who will leave tomorrow is very likely to be gone, but this will only be like cursing his comrades, after experiencing the lesson of Bran's fall from the building, he has understood that there are some things he can't change until he has enough status and right to speak. "I can finally leave, but I am a little reluctant......"

Tyrion looked at him in some surprise, "If I'm not mistaken, you've been captured." ”

"Yes, but not the Night's Watch caught me. Iger shook his head, "After I joined the Legion, I enjoyed the same treatment as everyone else, including food and shelter, and a little allowance that could be spent on small expenses...... Although the conditions are poor, after all, they are equal. A broken nobleman I don't even know my name has exiled me here, but the Night's Watch has treated me badly, you know what I mean. ”

"Understood, you want to say that you don't hate the Night's Watch. ”

Iger nodded and said no more. Seeing his former comrades-in-arms preparing for tomorrow's patrol, the distress and headache of being assigned a bunch of tasks were swept away, and he realized that although he encountered difficulties, even if there were a lot of impossible missions, how lucky he was compared to the team of rangers who were about to leave the Great Wall north to find strange ghosts! Not only that, but from the Great Wall to King's Landing for at least three months, in terms of time, not only did he avoid Bunyan's patrol, but if Mormont was still stubbornly preparing for a ranger expedition to find the missing Bunyan, he would have avoided even the next major crisis - compared to his life, what was the pressure of several complicated tasks?

He'd fooled Jon Snow with a piece of chicken soup that the heavens had descended on, but now, he felt like he needed chicken soup too.

Which sentence is more appropriate?

There is - people will never know how good they are if they don't push themselves.

Before the crossing, the conditions created for him by a powerful country and a pair of hardworking parents were too good for him to live well without hard work, but after crossing over, the status and equal treatment of the night watchman made it impossible for him to live well no matter what he did...... So much so that he never knew what it was like to do something with all his might.

Now that the days of comfort are over, his future will be up to him. Isn't it just that he is a material recruiter, a recruiter for King's Landing and the King's Leader, the head of Dragon Crystal Mining, and an ambassador for the Night's Watch, Iger decides to challenge himself. There is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of people with hearts!

——