The Mountain of Ice and Fire

The Arrival of the Mountain at Winterfell

(Everyone, I'm going home today, updating early!)

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Talking crows are rare, but there are still some.

Besides Jeor Mormont's raven that can speak human language, in the Citadel of Oldtown, there is a special academy for training messenger ravens. There are two types of ravens in the academy: one is the common black raven, which is currently used by the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms for communication, and the other is the white raven. All ravens of this breed can speak human language. Whenever the scholars of the Citadel calculate the days of seasonal change, or when major events are about to happen in the world, the Citadel will send out ravens that can speak human language to spread the information throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

What people find strange is not that the Three-Eyed Raven can speak human language, but that Bran Stark, who was hunted down by Ramsay Bolton and whose whereabouts were unknown, is not dead, and he also possesses a Three-Eyed Raven. Crows have two eyes, but this crow actually has an eye in the center of its head.

This is something no one has ever seen before.

Having witnessed the Others and the unkillable wights, everyone's surprise at a suddenly appearing three-eyed crow is diminishing. But no matter how strong everyone's psychological endurance is, the Three-Eyed Raven still gives everyone a very strange feeling.

Although Eddard Stark is very calm, he also knows that the Three-Eyed Raven is definitely not just a crow.

Good and bad miracles are constantly appearing in this world, and strange phenomena are also appearing frequently.

In the hall, everyone's eyes are focused on the Three-Eyed Raven, and everyone has a hidden expectation, hoping that this Three-Eyed Raven will speak human language and convey Bran Stark's message. However, the Three-Eyed Raven looked around the hall and flew away without saying a word.

Soon, the sound of horses' hooves echoed in Hearthstone. Jon Snow personally led thirty of the most elite rangers, along with Varamyr, and galloped towards the Wolfswood Mountains in the west.

The Wolfswood Mountains in the west stretch for thousands of miles, and are hundreds of miles wide in some places. It is the primeval forest of the North.

The mountains are high and the forests are dense, with lakes and flatlands. In addition to the Glover family, there are also some primitive and backward Wolfswood natives who are not subject to the Stark family's control.

Varamyr rode on the fearsome snow bear. The snow bear looks clumsy, but its running speed is extremely amazing, and its endurance is also long-lasting. Compared with the most elite rangers, it is even faster in short distances, and no less impressive in long distances.

In the sky, Varamyr's snow eagle flew high, scouting the situation ahead. Varamyr used the snow eagle's eyes to control the surrounding situation for several miles.

The elite rangers are all composed of veterans. This group of people is very wary of Varamyr. If there are a hundred old rangers, there will be one hundred and one old soldiers who want to kill Varamyr. Varamyr is well aware of this situation, which is why he chose to escape into the Wolfswood immediately after crossing the Wall. He took Jon Snow to retrieve the disabled Bran Stark in order to first establish a merit in front of the Stark family, dilute the potential blood debt and hostility between him and the Night's Watch, and also let the Stark family of the North owe him a big favor.

After the war, the free folk like Rattleshirt will return to the North. The Night's Watch won't draw their swords against them during the war, but it's hard to say after the war. Varamyr, however, is determined to stay and live in the lands of the Southerners. The best way to integrate is, of course, to first do something to curry favor with the great lord's family.

In fact, Varamyr could have safely brought Meera Reed and Bran Stark back to Hearthstone last night with the help of his snow bear and direwolves, and the snow eagle in the sky. But Varamyr chose the roundabout process of reporting the news and then coming to rescue them. It's hard to say which method is better, but it fully demonstrates that Varamyr is a person who likes to stir things up and ponder things blindly. He is suspicious and cunning.

An hour later, Jon Snow and Varamyr rushed into the Wolfswood. Varamyr slowed down the speed of the giant bear. In the forest, the snow bear's huge body was a disadvantage. In the forest, Jon's direwolf Ghost and Varamyr's three direwolves showed their combat talent and agility. The four direwolves ran in the forefront, heading straight into the depths of the Wolfswood.

Although the direwolves were clearing the way, Jon Snow and the veterans knew that it was actually Varamyr, riding on the snow bear's neck, who was clearing the way. The three direwolves were all controlled by Varamyr, and all actions were under his command.

The fighting power of the beasts controlled by Varamyr will not be reduced, but will instead have Varamyr's cunning wisdom. Thinking of this made the veterans feel chills, but fortunately, Varamyr is now their ally on the same front, not an enemy.

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In the Wolfswood, behind a bush, under a rock, a pair of bright eyes stared at several wights that were walking step by step. The frontmost wight's face was already half-rotten, exposing rotten flesh and white bones, and the two blue pupils emitted a blue glow.

The owner of the eyes monitoring the wights was a girl, not tall, but with a perfect curvy figure. She had a short knife hanging from her waist, and she held a harpoon and a fishing net in her hand. The harpoon and fishing net were the girl's weapons, and also her survival hunting tools. She used the harpoon and fishing net to lead Bran Stark through the snow and ice, across the haunted forest, and crushed the deadly threat of hunger. It was Meera Reed's strength to catch fish in small rivers and lakes with a harpoon, and to hunt rabbits and small animals in the forest with a fishing net.

Hundreds of wights are wandering in this area. Looking around, there are wights wandering everywhere, but sooner or later, the cave where Bran is hiding will be discovered by this wight army.

This wight army has two commanding leaders: Others! They have been chasing Bran Stark since the Thenn Mountains north of the Wall, under the Night King's orders, but each time, Bran has foreseen their arrival in advance and successfully escaped. The disabled Bran Stark relied on the Three-Eyed Raven's reconnaissance and his own prophetic abilities in his dreams to guide Meera Reed to successfully walk out of the Thenn Mountains, out of the haunted forest, through the undefended Black Gate tunnel, and all the way into the Wolfswood to escape.

Along the way, to escape the pursuit of the Others sent by the Night King, those who died for Bran Stark included another skinchanger - Meera Reed's younger brother Jojen Reed, a guard of eleven Children of the Forest, Bran's own servant Hodor, and Bran's direwolf Summer.

In the end, only Meera Reed and Bran were left in this team.

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Behind Meera Reed, there was a small cave, and Bran Stark was lying at the bottom of the cave, lying on a rattan mat. Meera Reed was his only guard. If it weren't for Meera Reed, Bran would have died long ago.

Several wights approached and made sniffing motions. Meera retreated silently, back into the cave. She was an excellent stalker, and her movements did not make a sound.

"Bran, it won't be long before the wights discover this cave, they smelled our scent," Meera said in a low voice. Her hands were already sweating.

The face of Bran, who was still a child, was as steady as an ancient ice peak. There was no breath of life of a human child on his handsome face, and his bright big eyes were as quiet as the lake water in a long lake.

"Don't be afraid, Meera, Jon Snow and Varamyr are quietly encircling the Others."

"Enclosing the Others?"

"Yes."

"How many people are they bringing?"

"Thirty rangers, Jon Snow and Varamyr"

"Thirty soldiers? There are hundreds of wights in this forest."

"An obsidian arrow can kill an Other. Once an Other dies, the wights will fall down one after another. Varamyr's snow eagle in the sky scouted the location of the Others, and there are not many wights around the two Others."

"Are they going to launch a surprise attack?"

"Yes!"

Crack!

At the entrance of the cave, a wight stepped on a dead branch and made a crisp sound. The sound entered the cave and startled Meera Reed, but Bran Stark didn't move, as if he didn't hear the noise at all.

The child didn't even move his eyes, expressionless, or rather, cold as ice.

After a while, a wight walked into the cave swayingly. Meera's hair stood on end. She jumped up, drew out her short knife with a whoosh, and struck a fighting pose. But the nervous her quickly discovered that the short knife was too short. The short knife in her hand turned into a bright light and shot towards the wight with a whoosh, hitting the wight's forehead with a thud.

But the wight just shook and swung its sword at Meera.

Wights cannot be killed by swords!

Meera could not dodge, could not retreat, behind her was Bran Stark.

The wight's long sword slashed down fiercely. Meera had already picked up the harpoon on the ground and blocked it horizontally. With a loud bang, sparks flew everywhere, and the harpoon almost came out of her hand. The wight shook, and the long sword stabbed straight at Meera's abdomen. Suddenly, a gust of wind, a black shadow seemed to appear out of thin air, attacking like an arrow, pouncing on the wight's face and gouging out its two blue pupils.

The Three-Eyed Raven had already flown back and had been quietly趴伏 on the cave wall. He suddenly flew out, like a black lightning, and instantly scratched out the wight's two eyes.

The wight roared and swung its long sword wildly, losing its target.

Meera's harpoon stabbed hard into the wight's head, and the wight fell down, but the long sword in its hand was still waving wildly, and its hands and feet were moving randomly.

A torch flew out from Bran's hand, who was sitting up halfway, and landed on the wight, setting the wight on fire. The wight roared even louder and struggled desperately, but the fire burned quickly, and the wight soon became a pile of burning flames.

Dense footsteps and the roars of wights sounded outside the cave. Many wights poured into the cave.

"Throw the cloak, the mat, and the clothes into the fire," Bran's voice was as calm as an ice cube, without a trace of emotional fluctuation.

Meera quickly threw the cloak, her personal clothes, and Bran's mat all into the flames that the wight had started to burn. Then she held up the harpoon and stood in front of Bran Stark, her face full of awe-inspiring fighting spirit. There was no retreat, only courage left.

The wights that poured into the cave suddenly stopped. The raging flames made them afraid. They stopped and a pair of blue eyes flickered in the light of the bright flames, which was terrifying.

When the flames went out, these wights would rush over and tear Meera and Bran to pieces.

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Not far outside, the earth-shattering roar of the snow bear suddenly sounded, and the sound of cracking and banging was loud. It was the sound of a big tree being broken by the snow bear that shook everyone... The roars of several direwolves roared together, mixed with the terrifying howl of a shadow lynx. Suddenly, in the more distant place, the sound of a charge horn broke out, and the sound of swords colliding and arrows whistling densely sounded...

Boom boom boom boom!

The vibration of a terrifying beast rushing towards this side caused the walls of the entire cave to tremble. It was the snow bear controlled by Varamyr launching a charge towards this side. The wights were vulnerable, and those who stood in its way fell one after another, flying into the air. The wights that hit the tree trunks either had their heads burst or their bones broken. Although they did not die, they could only struggle in place...

The sound made by the snow bear outside was earth-shattering. The wights in the cave seemed to have heard the order to fight, and they turned around and rushed out in a chaotic manner...

In the firelight of the fire, Meera's awe-inspiring expression relaxed, and the sweat on her face flowed out as if out of control. She turned to look at Bran and felt the deep fatigue after the tense confrontation: "They are here!"

Bran looked at Meera, his bright big eyes reflected Meera's concerned expression... But Bran's heart was without any waves... There was no expression on his face, and this expression on a child's face seemed a bit... cruel and ruthless...

With a whoosh, the Three-Eyed Raven on the wall flew out of the cave... He is Bran's eyes...

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At the same time, above Winterfell, a golden and jade-like sound that penetrated the world rang out: Jiu——

A golden-red cloud came to the sky above Winterfell. It was a giant flying beast, with a ferocious head, bright golden-red scales, a long neck and a long tail, and huge wings hundreds of meters long... Everyone in Winterfell was looking up at the sky. Dragon, a dragon... The dragon's wings unfolded and flew lower, as if they could cover the entire Winterfell.

The Mountain rode the dragon to the sky above Winterfell, his army had not yet entered the territory of Winterfell.

The King in the North Robb Stark, Queen Roslin Frey, Queen Mother Catelyn Tully, Earl Karstark, and the nobles of the North were all waiting in the training ground to welcome the Mountain. They looked up at the sky, the Mountain carrying the Ice greatsword belonging to the Stark family on his back, riding the dragon and circling slowly above Winterfell, slowly descending.

Tens of thousands of people inside and outside the entire Winterfell, including the people in the wintering town outside the city - warriors and people - all looked up at this dragon and the figure on the dragon's back in a daze, and their eyes were all filled with shock...

The Mountain, alone with the dragon, first came to Winterfell. He came to reach a very important agreement with the King in the North Robb Stark - who is the supreme commander of the allied forces in this battle: the commander-in-chief...