Forged Swordkee.

Abandoned deep-water wells.

Will is in front, Will Jr. is behind, then Arya, Big Gilly, Melisandre the Scarlet Priestess, Sir Donald the Blacksmith, Gendry, Jaime Lannister, Podrick, Rosso (previously mistaken Resso), Blackgirl Ash, and Able Ash

The abandoned deep well threw a torch down, and did not hear the echo hit until the light was out of sight, which shows the depth of the abandoned well.

On both sides of the well, there are iron rings for going up and down, like two rows of opposing stairs.

But when you go down to the bottom layer, there are no iron rings, but two pits dug out of the wall of the well.

The pit was covered with slippery moss because no one had gone up or down for a long time.

Will went down and cleaned up the moss.

Fortunately, after only four or five steps were cleared, I reached a horizontal black hole location, which was the dark hole of the Great Wall of Desperation.

Will cat's waist went into the dark hole, and Little Will followed closely behind. Will's eyesight was as good as daylight in the dark, and there was no obstacle to him, but he found that little Will's vision was not obstructed, and he didn't need to be a cat's waist.

Everyone has passed through the dark period of the deep well, and entered the darker cave, and there is not much problem either.

So Will didn't light the candle.

The group felt that they had walked in the dark for a long time before coming to the end, but in fact, it was not too long, but in the dark, the time seemed to be doubled.

Will came to a door, and he lit a candle for everyone to see.

It was a face: exactly like the one drawn by the sons of the forest in the Hearttree: blood-dripping eyes, a large shriveled mouth, pale cheeks with loose skin, and a forehead full of wrinkles.

Little Will reached out to touch it, and the tentacles were cold, it was ice, but he didn't feel anything special.

Arya reached out to test it, and a pin-like cold penetrated her fingers and entered her body, causing her to shudder involuntarily.

"As I stand here, I can feel the cold," said Da Jili. ”

Melisandre wrapped her red cloak tightly.

Both blacksmiths, Donald and Gendry, began to tremble slightly. They have been striking iron for a long time, the temperature is very high, and their bodies have become particularly sensitive to the cold.

"Remember, I want you to remember, this is the secret door to the Great Wall of Desperation, which cannot be opened by pushing or slashing with an axe, and the spell is the oath of the Night's Watch. Who's coming?"

Donald and Gendry raised their hands.

The abandoned deep well is inside the Sword Forgery, and the secret door has to go through the Sword Forge, and they are also official night watchmen who have sworn an oath.

Blackgirl Ash and the others don't remember the Night's Watch Oath. Jaime was half a Night's Watchman, swearing allegiance only to Will and keeping his freedom free from the Night's Watch and the laws of the Seven Kingdoms.

"I want all of you to remember the Night's Watch Oath, and in the future, if you are in an emergency, you can rely on the Night's Watch Oath to enter and exit the Great Wall. ”

"Lord Will, what is such a dark hole?"

"Yes, there is a secret door under every military fortress. It's just that the underground passages of the remaining eighteen secret doors have been blocked, and now there is only one secret door left, Sword Forge. ”

"We should dig up the other eighteen secret doors. Arya said.

"It takes reliable people. Black Girl Ash said.

"This is the secret of the Great Wall of Desperation, in fact, we can fill the underground tunnels that we normally enter and exit with water, let the water freeze, block the way for the strange ghosts to enter, and then we can enter and exit by ourselves, and all go through the secret door. Nineteen military fortresses, nineteen secret doors, go out to cover up the strangers. Donald said.

"Great idea!" said Gendry.

"Then come, let you know how to get in and out of this secret door. Will said.

So Gendry and Donald stood together in front of the faces of the heart tree that made them tremble, and together they uttered the oath of the Night's Watch:

The long night is coming, and I will keep watch from now on until I die. I will not have a wife, nor a fief, nor a child. I will not wear a crown, and I will not compete for honor. I will do my duty and die in my life. I am the sword in the darkness, the guard of the Great Wall, the flame against the cold, the light at dawn, the trumpet that awakens the sleeper, the shield that guards the kingdom. I give my life and glory to the night watch, tonight, night and night.

In the flickering light of the candles, people saw that on the face of the heart tree, the eyes began to turn, the red eyes, dripping with blood, the shriveled mouth moved, as if they needed to squirm after eating something, and the face, the miserable white face, slowly woke up as if they had woken up.

"Who are you?" the mouth spoke, old, desolate, heavy and slow.

"We are the night watchmen. Donald and Gendry glanced at Will and said.

"Oh, night watchman, are you going out?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay, but only you two boys can get out. However, I see that if you are wearing very little, you will freeze to death when you go out, I can guarantee that. ”

"We're going to pick people in. ”

"Oh, I don't care, but as long as it's a night watchman, I'll let it go. ”

"Thank you!" Donald said.

The mouth slowly opened, getting bigger and bigger, and finally it was the size of a whole door, and there were a few loose and aging teeth in the mouth.

Will motioned for Donald and Gendry to enter.

The two of them were a little hesitant, in case the mouth closed, they had the feeling of being devoured.

Donald walked into the mouth and touched a tooth.

"Oh. The old voice said, "Don't touch my teeth, you bastard. ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Donald was taken aback and apologized.

He walked forward, and the front was getting brighter and colder, and the wind was blowing from his mouth. In the blink of an eye, he found himself standing outside the Great Wall of Desperation, and when he turned around, there was a wall of ice, and when he looked up, the wall of ice stretched all the way up to the sky.

The door was gone.

Donald was taken aback, and reached out to touch it, the tentacles were as cold as knives, and it was the ice wall itself.

What the face of the heart tree, the secret door, the Will and the candle light, there is nothing.

The cold was like a knife, piercing into his body.

"Hey!" Donald shouted, and suddenly his eyes went dark, and a man crashed into his arms, knocking him over in the snow. When he got up, he realized that the reckless boy was none other than Gendry.

Gendry came out, and the ice wall was still there, without any flaws.

"Can't you just be steady?" said Donald.

"You've been holding me back. Gendry said. He got up and looked surprised, "Oh my God, we're outside the Great Wall." “

"Yes, but we don't know where the damn door is. Donald said.

"Reciting the Night's Watch oath is the right way to open the door. Gendry laughed. As far as his eyes could see, there was a white expanse everywhere, and not far away was the edge of the woods of the Ghost Forest.

"Where's Will?"

"Lord Will told us to go to the Children of the Forest and the Green Prophet, or to stand here and wait. Gendry said.

"Stand here and wait, we'll freeze to death. ”

"No!" said Gendry, laughing. He drew his Valyrian steel sword, "Let's go, Sir!"

"Good!" Donald pulled out the axe from his back. His left arm had been cut off, and he carried an axe in one hand—an axe forged from Valyrian steel, a razor-sharp weapon for killing strangers and ghouls.

Inside, Melisandre said, "The door is closed, why?"

"Obviously, the door doesn't think you're really a night watchman. ”

"I'll try. Jaime said, "Lord Will, teach me the Night's Watch Oath. ”

"Good!"

Will repeated the Night's Watch oath, and everyone remembered it silently in their hearts.

It seems that those who do not carry the oath of the Night's Watch will not be able to enter or exit this secret door, the Heart Tree Gate.

Jaimmer memorized it several times, reviewed it again under Will's direction, and then, standing in front of the Heart Tree Gate, recited the Night's Watch Oath aloud.

"The long night is coming, and I will keep watch from now on. Arya joined, "Till death rest." I will not have a wife, nor a fief, nor a child. Big Gilly joined in, "I will not wear a crown, and I will not compete for honor." I will do my duty and die in my life. Rosso, Blackgirl, Able, Podrick, and others joined, "I am the sword in the darkness, the guardian of the Great Wall, the flame against the cold, the light at dawn, the horn that awakens the sleeper, and the shield that guards the kingdom." I give my life and glory to the night watch, tonight, night and night. ”

Finally, the voices converge into a solemn oath that ends in a solemn atmosphere.

The eyes on the door of the heart tree rolled, then closed, and the mouth squirmed slightly, and the voice produced was very low, completely different from the voices made by Donald and Gendry.

"You are not real night watchmen. "Many of you are not true night watchmen, and the oath needs to be recited and spoken from the heart. ”

"I'm done with my vows, you need to open the door. "Otherwise, you're breaking your oath." ”

Will and the others were stunned.

Jaime stared at Hearttree's face, and those eyes opened suddenly, looking at Jaime with anger, "You need to open the door, I recited the full Night's Watch Oath." Again, Jaime emphasized.

Hearttree's face stiffened, as if James's words were working on his threat, and everyone held their breath, wondering if Jaime would annoy the magical face.

"All right, boy, but you're the only one to get through. Xinshu said, his tone a little annoyed.

Will smiled.

Little Will grabbed Will's hand tightly, he was nervous just now. This incident taught him a truth, and that is the norm. Adhere to the contract, and the code cannot be broken.

I don't know what magic power this face makes it have the power to open the city gate, but it must be related to the rules and contracts, these truths, Mei Li's mother once told him in detail, and now they have been verified.

Jaime smiled and passed through the Heart Tree Gate.

Then, under Will's guidance, everyone memorized the Night's Watch Oath on their own, and everyone passed through the Heart Tree Gate, and finally Will and Little Will were father and son.

"Come along. Will said to his son.

"Well, come along. Little Will said expectantly.

Will crouched down, a little lower than his son, and he took Little Will's hand, one of Little Will's arms around his neck, and the two fathers and sons faced the Heart Tree Gate and said the Night's Watch oath in unison.

The door of the Heart Tree opened, and his eyes were fixed on Little Will with an inquiring look, as if he was such a small night watchman, he had some suspicions.

"Contract, code, I'm the Night's Watch. Little Will said to the heart tree face.

"Oh, well, Night's Watchman, Lord Will. Xinshumen said.

"You know my name?"

"I don't know. ”

"Then you just called my name. ”

"I've heard people call you that. ”

"Oh, okay. ”

"Oh, well!"

The father and son passed through the Heart Tree Gate and came outside, and behind them was the ice wall of the Great Wall of Despair, and there was no trace of the Heart Tree Gate.

"Father, if we come back, how do we know that the door is here?"

"You have to pay attention to the surroundings to see if there are any special things around you that can increase your memory. ”

"I see everywhere it's the same, it's white. ”

"No, you'll find something different that belongs here. ”

"Can I make a mark on the ice wall?"

"I don't know, but maybe give it a try. Will didn't know, because he was afraid of annoying the Heart Tree Gate right behind them. It feels like this door is like a living person, a humanoid life. But Will would rather the door be a magic door. If this gate were a life, he must be more lonely than the humanoid life in Winterfell.

Is Winterfell's humanoid life friend or foe? Will wasn't sure. What if the cold god used him to find the owner of the Lightbringer Sword?

While obliterating the Green Prophet, it makes sense to kill the Lightbringer's master first. Or, is that kind of human life an eye of the god of cold?

Will shook his head, not thinking about the complexity. His priority now is to safely retrieve the Green Prophet: Jojian Reed.

At the edge of the Ghost Forest ahead, Melisandre stood alone, her red cloak as red as flames.

*

Donald and Gendry, who were the first to enter the Ghost Forest, had grown accustomed to the cold, and Donald was quickly more adaptable than Gendry, who had lived in Castle Black on the Wall of Desperation for a long time, and now it was Gendry's turn to shiver.

"Is Lord Will's news true?" asked Donald.

"Do you want to go back?" Donald laughed, "You swore an oath to get it, and you must come out with Lord Will to protect some Green Prophet." ”

"Lord Will said maybe we opened the door and the Green Prophet was standing in the doorway, but it didn't. ”

"Mistress Will said maybe, but not surely. ”

Donald looked behind him, and Jaime walked in the snow making a noise, with no intention of hiding his traces at all, and the two of them were careful to hide their figures.

"Hey!" Donald lowered his voice to warn Jaime to be hidden.

"Great idea!" Jaime smiled, he stood still, put his hands on his mouth, and shouted into the Ghost Forest, "Hey—"

The sound was like a knife, stabbing into the Ghost Shadow Forest, and it came far, far away.

Donald, Gendry, and Big Gilly, Arya, Black Girl, Podrick and others who came out behind all stood still, surprised, and stunned!

"Here we are, what about you?" shouted Jaime.

The snow in the woods was shaken by his shout.

In the snow, Jiujian Reed, who was lying under the snow, said to a snowdrift next to him, "Look at what I said, Guriguxi, I won!"

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