Samwell didn't spend much time in Winterfell.

The secrets hidden in the underground crypts were tempting, but he didn't have much time to dig into them right now.

The King of the Outer Fortress is still waiting for him on the north side of the Great Wall.

Now for Samwell, it is imperative to settle the wild first, otherwise once the strange ghosts appear, these hundreds of thousands of wild people will become ghouls, and that will be a disaster.

As for the anomalies in the crypts of Winterfell, let the Stark family deal with them first.

Once they've dealt with the collapsed tunnel, it's not too late for Samwell to come back and find out.

So, he left Stark the next morning, mounted the white dragon and continued north.

Finally, half a day later, Samwell saw the largest structure ever built by man—

The Great Wall of Desperation.

Looking down from the sky, the Great Wall resembles a high blue-gray wall stretching across the northern horizon, stretching uninterruptedly to the east and west until it disappears into the distance.

It's as if it's announcing to humanity—

This is the end of the world.

And the so-called Black Castle, in front of the desperate Great Wall, is like toy building blocks scattered in the snow.

In fact, Black Castle was not a decent castle at all, except for the Great Wall to the north, it had no other walls and could not defend itself against attacks from the east, west, and south.

Perhaps it didn't need to worry about attacks from all three sides, the Night's Watch's enemies were always only in the north.

The closer it got to the Wall, Samwell could feel the white dragon become more and more agitated, as if something was threatening it beyond the walls, making it afraid to take even a step.

Samwell didn't force the white dragon either, patting it on the neck and letting it land at Castle Black.

Standing on the ground and looking up at the Great Wall of Despair, you will only feel the intimidating sense of oppression even more.

The thick wall of ice seemed to be about to collapse towards him, burying everything in its wake.

Maybe one day the Great Wall does fall, and the whole world will fall with it.

This is the only real existence in the world, older than the Seven Kingdoms.

"Your Majesty!" A respectful call pulls Samwell back to reality.

He took his eyes off the Great Wall, looked at the black-clothed brothers who were walking towards him, and said with a smile:

"Lord Eddard, we're meeting again."

Eddard Stark was also embarrassed when he heard this.

He still vividly remembers the scene when he first met the legendary king on the banks of the Trident River just four years ago.

Time flies, and things change.

Now he has become the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, and the other party has become the king of the Seven Kingdoms.

It all seemed so unreal.

Just like the white dragon crawling behind the king, it makes people feel like they can't tell the difference between legend and reality.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we have been looking forward to your arrival." Eddard bowed and began to introduce the king to the officers of the Night's Watch.

"This is my bastard, Jon Snow." He hesitated slightly when Jon was introduced, but he didn't say anything more.

However, I don't know if it's an illusion, Ed always feels that there seems to be something hidden in the king's gaze at his "illegitimate child".

Jon saluted the King respectfully, and looked at the legendary young man in front of him.

He didn't have the urge to confide in the other party, after all, after becoming a night watchman, royal status didn't play a role in him.

He is more eager to be a real Stark than to Targaryen.

After some salutation, Samwell suddenly asked:

"Why didn't you see Stannis Baratheon?"

Ed said with some embarrassment:

"Lord Stannis took his men to the East China Sea."

Donghaiwang is the easternmost castle of the Great Wall.

Samwell knew that Stannis didn't want to see him, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the stinky guy.

As long as Stannis is willing to stay on the Wall of Desperation and fight the Strangers, Samwell doesn't plan to bother with the past.

He suddenly remembered that there was another guy on the Great Wall who didn't want to see him - Jaime Lannister, the "Kingkiller".

I didn't see this person in the crowd that greeted him, and I didn't know where he was hiding.

The banished Cersei Lannister didn't have a dragon and shouldn't have made it to the Wall so quickly, so Jaime would definitely stay at Castle Black and wait for his sister.

He didn't kill Cersei in the first place, on the one hand, he didn't want to provoke the northern nobles, and on the other hand, it was also out of a bad taste-

I want to see if the former Lannister golden boy and girl can still be unswerving to each other after coming to the bitter cold land of the far north and being stripped of all fame and status.

"Your Majesty, you must be tired, we have prepared hot food for you to enjoy."

Samwell followed Ed down the hall and commanded:

"Send someone to inform Mance Rader and ask him to come to me."

"The Savage King may not dare to enter the Great Wall alone." Someone reminded.

"He's probably a lot more daring than you think." Samwell thought of the king of the Cypriots who had infiltrated the royal convoy alone and followed all the way to the Trident, "Go and inform." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Samwell didn't stop walking, but as he was about to enter the hall, he suddenly noticed a thin figure at the end of the hallway.

It was a girl who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, with black hair and a pretty face, but very haggard, with innocent brown eyes.

"How can there be a woman?" Arisha Thorne, the head of Castle Black, followed the king's gaze and frowned.

The girl was stared at by so many eyes at once, and she was so frightened that she forgot to hide and stood in place at a loss.

"It seems to be a savage girl who escaped from Custer's fortress before." Ed looked at his eldest son, Robb, behind him, "Didn't I ask you to arrange for her to go south?" ”

Robb hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, father, Gilly didn't dare go south alone......"

"Your name is Gilly?" Samwell looked at the girl with a gentle smile.

Hearing the king speak, Ed couldn't reprimand his son again.

"Yes." Seeing that the king did not seem to be terrible, Gilly nodded timidly.

Samwell looked at the little girl wrapped in a shabby cloak in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart.

If he hadn't made it, Samwell Tully would have come to the Wall of Desperation to become a night watchman and fall in love with the savage girl in front of him.

But now, none of this is going to happen.

As the wings of his "butterfly" continue to flap, the fate of many people in this world has changed.

Whether it's good or bad, no one can tell.

"Don't be afraid of Gilly." Samwell reassured, "When I come to an agreement with Mance Rader, there will be a large number of wildlings entering the Wall, and then you can go south with them." ”

Gilly nodded slightly, she could feel the kindness of the man in front of her, and she also grinned, revealing her two white front teeth, like a rabbit that had just woken up.

Samwell smiled slightly, then left the bonds of another time and space behind and continued to stride forward.

(End of chapter)