Chapter 320 - The White Walkers Descend
A long-cherished dissatisfaction in the far-flung Pentos nearly turned into a rebellion.
However, due to the leak of the news, the prince in ragged clothes could not figure out how much the enemy had mastered about him, and he was also worried that he would be forced to delay indefinitely.
The ragged prince escaped from Pentos under the pretext of Hunter's death, but he did not flee too far, but hid outside the city.
He claimed to the public that he was tired of living in the palace recently and wanted to live in the manor outside the city for a while to relax.
And it was this careful decision-making that saved his life, otherwise Jon Clinton would have nearly sent troops to capture him.
At that time, unless the prince in rags jumped into the sea, he would not be able to escape the pursuit of Targaryen soldiers even if he went to the ground.
After the death of his spy, Rams naturally investigated the Prince's Palace as expected.
The big butler of the Prince's Palace is actually the one who was bought by him.
It's just that the ragged prince is experienced and well done, and the finishing work is done very well. Rams didn't investigate anything from here, but he knew that the ragged prince seemed to have invited a mysterious person to the palace for a secret conversation.
After all, before he has real evidence, he can only investigate secretly because of the special identity of the other party, and he cannot directly call the door to be held accountable.
Hunter's body was cremated shortly after his death, and everything in his room was emptied, leaving no clues.
Ramsay couldn't even find the body, which can only be attributed to Hunter being exposed and getting rid of by the Ragged Prince.
But according to the most malicious guess, Hunter must have discovered some secrets of the prince in ragged clothes before he died, otherwise the other party would not kill people.
Then the ragged prince fled from Pentos in a panic, which further confirmed his point of view.
Almost intuitively, Ramsay was certain that there must be something wrong with the other party.
He fled outside the city of Pantos because he was afraid of revealing something and ran away, but Rams couldn't find any evidence.
He also has no law enforcement power in his hands, and there is no way to directly take action against the titular territorial official of the Prince Raggedy.
So Ramsay found his old boss, Jon Clinton, and wanted the Minister of Justice to send Pantos's three thousand city garrison out of the city to capture the ragged prince.
Jon, however, is not an impulsive person, he is thoughtful and mature.
He listened to Ramsay's speculation and thought there was a certain possibility, but also knew that the Ragged Prince, although he had no power, was not restless, especially if there was no evidence.
Jon promised Ramsay that if the Ragged Prince wanted to escape, he would immediately send troops to arrest him.
And if the prince in rags just hides in the manor outside the city and there is no change, then there is no way to move him for the time being.
There was a little turbulence in the sky over Pantos after Viserys left, but not much turbulence.
And in the far-flung Great Wall.
Robert organized a coalition of the seven kingdoms. Except for the Iron Islands, which did not send anyone, all the great nobles sent troops over, gathering more than 60,000 soldiers to prepare to resist the invasion of the White Walkers.
Now the wildling rebellion has been quelled, at least not as rampant as it was a few months ago.
Robert even heard about a savage attack on King's Landing not long ago, but unfortunately their actions were suppressed without even a splash.
"The savage rebellion is just a disease of mange."
Robert Baratheon, the fat king of the Seven Kingdoms, sat on the throne at Winterfell.
The master here sat next to him and became a foil, but Eddard Stark was straight-minded and had no complaints.
"Winter has come."
"In the final analysis, the greatest threat is the White Walkers, Your Majesty."
Eddard Stark said with a heavy voice.
"What happened recently..."
The Great Wall of Despair collapsed, and the savages poured into the Seven Kingdoms, and the knights of the Seven Kingdoms could more easily patrol outside the Great Wall.
Not long ago, when a group of knights from the valley were visiting the Fist of the First Men, they were suddenly besieged by the army of the dead.
The knights fought hard, but they did not expect that these enemies were actually indestructible.
Even if their heads are cut off, they can still stand up, and the chopped palms are struggling on the ground, almost smashing them to pieces to be regarded as 'solving' the opponent.
The knights in the valley suffered heavy losses because they did not have the support of intelligence. A large number of knights and horses were thrown to the ground by the swarming dead, and then they were eaten alive.
And many of the knights who rushed out of the siege had tears in their eyes in the snow, watching their companions being bitten to death, and listening to their miserable howls.
Even when they returned to the camp, they could never forget it. This terrifying scene left a deep psychological shadow on them. In short, they were scared out of a mental illness, and it took some time to heal this unprecedented fear.
This was the first time the Seven Nation Army had actually been attacked by the dead since the Night's Watch.
This completely reassured those within the coalition who were still skeptical about this matter.
Because one of the knights had a severed hand bone hanging from his armor.
At that time, the other party rushed up and grabbed the gap in his armor, and was cut off by his sword. The hand stayed in the gap of his armor and was firmly stuck.
However, when he returned to the camp, the dead man's palm was still struggling, and many soldiers of the coalition army witnessed this scene with their own eyes.
Even King Robert, Stannis, Eddard Stark, and other nobles flocked to watch the moving dead palm.
Swords can't kill these dead people, but because of this dead person's palm, Duke Stannis, who is observant, discovered that flames can completely burn each other to death.
In fact, it was suggested by the Night's Watch Legion a long time ago that flames can restrain these dead people, and dead bodies must be burned with fire, but the humbleness of people has not been widely adopted.
However, finding the weakness of the dead can be regarded as a boost to the morale of the coalition soldiers who were frightened by the dead.
It is good that these monsters can be killed. If it is true that the knights in the valley who fled back said, these monsters can still move freely after being cut in half.
Then they really have no courage to resist.
However, the 'good mood' for the coalition soldiers was only temporary.
Then another explosive news quickly spread in the coalition barracks.
That is, this time another patrol team in the Westland was suspected of being attacked by the White Walkers, and almost the entire army was wiped out.
Only one person fled back in a hurry, but this person seemed to be scared and stupid, and he kept repeating a word.
Then the high-level king, duke and others of the coalition army arrived and the soldier who escaped finally said something.
Sure enough, they were attacked by the army of the dead, but this time, an unusual monster appeared in the attack of the dead.
He stands out among the dead, and is not the same as the dead.
He was tall, withered, pale as milk, his eyes blazing as cold as ice, and he rode a skeleton horse.
When the western knights looked at him, he also looked over.
"He's like the commander of the Legion of the Dead!"