With the howling north wind and the cold snowflakes that were slapped and scratched their faces from time to time, more than a dozen soldiers from Winterfell were walking north along the road that could no longer be seen in the snow, and the speed was very slow, even a little slower than normal people walking on flat ground.
Originally they were riding horses, but when they were on the previous post, because the snow on the road was too thick, they saw that riding horses was slower than walking, and even distracted from taking care of the horses, so they had to give up on them and instead walk for the whole person, trying to continue northward to reach one of their destinations.
In this gray sky and the white snow field, they were wrapped in their bodies tightly by the gray-black cloaks, fur coats, thick hats, leather boots and other cold-resistant clothes, only revealing their faces full of ice-scratched faces...
At the same time, after they walked past, the thick snow behind them that had already penetrated into their knees naturally left a long string of deep footprints, which were crooked and slanted.
And based on the footprints and the direction they are moving now, it is not difficult to guess that they are heading north of Winterfell, towards the direction of Changhu...
"Hey! Knight Galen, what exactly is the golden light that you will see in your body? Could it be... because of the favor of which old god or seven gods?"
The journey was difficult and monotonous, so Arya, who followed him, asked curiously.
"None of them! My golden light is called Demacia's power of justice!"
In fact, that kind of thing, their little Anne, once said that it was actually something called holy light, but Galen still felt that it would be better to call it Demacia justice?
反正,那只是一种称呼而已!
Whether it is the Holy Light or Demacia's justice, as long as you have justice and courage in your heart, that's fine.
"oh……"
“那……可以教教我吗?”
The golden light shines on his body, which is very beautiful. Not only is it invulnerable, but it also has greatly improved its strength, speed, reaction ability, etc. Arya has been staring at this amazing secret skill for several days, waiting to find an opportunity to speak!
Although, she also felt that the other party could not easily teach her this powerful "Demacia's power of justice", but it was just a question, and it didn't matter whether she agreed or not.
“…”
“恐怕不行!”
"I won't teach others such things. At that time, our Annie Yuan first gave me the seed of justice... Besides, Arya, your personality may not be suitable for learning this. You, the killer, have too much murderous aura."
Garen, who had been silently leading everyone to no longer see the road and could only distinguish the approximate location and direction from the woods on both sides, hesitated for a while, turned his head and looked at the little girl who was the same as himself and was also wrapped tightly, and then shook her head.
Not everyone can learn the Holy Light, that is, the power of justice in Demacia!
At least, in Galen's opinion, Arya is not very qualified in any aspect... because, she is a little girl who is selfish and centers on herself. She only has her family in her eyes, but she does not have the courage to fight for those who cannot fight, and the belief of willingness to fight for justice!
Anyway, in Garen's opinion, these are necessary to learn this kind of power. Only with these can we learn the power of Demacia's justice, and it is not like some bad little head of state that it is actually "It's over, you are all fooled?" No matter what, Garen will not shake his beliefs!
so……
This Arya, the so-called faceless female assassin and female killer, will definitely not be qualified.
"snort!!"
Thinking that the other party was perfunctory, Arya lowered her head, snorted fiercely, and then continued to move forward step by step.
"I really can't teach..."
"Let's do this. If you have the chance in the future, I recommend you to the Noxus Anger Academy in our Haven Star. Then, you may be able to learn that?"
There is definitely no need to think about the Power of Justice. After all, so far, there are very few Marines or Ghost Agents who have successfully grasped the Power of Justice in Demacia Justice Academy! However, the Academic of Noxus in Noxus can be learned by basically everyone, but the talent is different and the degree of ability can be achieved.
Anyway, just as Draius was unhappy with Garen, Garen also despised those angry warriors who could learn as long as they were individuals! In his opinion, the elites who could learn the power of Demacia's justice were the elites, and those angry warriors were just a group of roadblocks.
"Anger? What is that, more powerful than your golden glowing light?!"
“…”
"That's not Jin Shanshan, that's the power of justice in Demacia. Only those who have justice can learn it! But the anger is different. As long as your murderous intent is strong enough, as long as you can control your anger, you can learn it!"
"snort!"
"Knight Galen, you don't have to doubt the murderous intent of our faceless people, nor do you have to doubt my ability to control my anger! I am a killer, these are just basic skills!"
“…”
"I hope, but I can't go back now. When I can go back one day, I will definitely nominate you."
“…”
"Knight Galen, I have always wanted to ask... Is it really okay for us to go north now just like this?!"
Arya, who looked slightly petite among the strong soldiers, asked in confusion.
Although they went north this time mainly to gather and dispatch refugees who retreated from the Great Wall of Desperate, Black Castle, Houguan Town and Fireplace City, defeated soldiers and investigate the strength of the White Walkers nearby, Arya still felt that it was too risky with just these dozen people.
There are not people in Winterfell now, and after two days ago, the guys who followed the conspirator Little Finger Pettyr Berrych were basically cleaned up. The rest were all the sister who was willing to be loyal to her, Sansa, the Duke of Winterfell, or the King of Jon, who had always been loyal to the North, and would never question or perfunctory her sister's orders! If Garen wanted to, he could directly draw hundreds of elite soldiers to head north, which might be safer?
"But don't call me a Garen Knight. I'm not a vassal of your Winterfell. I'm a legal citizen of our Star District Federation of Heroes! You little nobles in broken places are really useless in my eyes, and they are not rare at all... It's not that I'm talking nonsense that the nobles here and the living benefits here are far inferior to those homeless people in our Federation who have minimum living allowances."
"Also, your sister Sansa is really stingy, so she added a knight position that she didn't use, and she didn't even increase her salary?!"
Yes, Galen doesn't want to be a knight or a jazz of Luo Shi. These messy titles that don't even have a certificate are worthless in his eyes!
If he had a choice, he would rather triple his commission, or change himself to a larger, more comfortable one, preferably a large room with a fireplace, just like... the one in the Duchess Sansa?
Of course, it would be better if the other party thanked him for Garen's contribution and gave him the best room in the castle!
"Knights are not positions, but titles. From the day they were granted a title, you have been no longer a mercenary, but a canonized nobleman in our Winterfell!!"
After Arya took a breath, she turned her head in confusion and glanced at Garen beside her. She had never seen such a person named by the lord even complaining.
"By the way, what does it mean to get a minimum living allowance in your federal government?"
After explaining the rare title, Arya continued to move forward step by step.
Due to her petite figure and short legs, she walked in this fluffy new snow, but it was no easier and easier than the tall soldiers around her.
so……
In order to pass this long boring journey and to learn more about this strange guy who is said to have come here from another world, Arya took advantage of the past few days to understand the details of the other party, so as not to have no better chance to ask in the future.
"Subsidy insurance..."
"That is, everyone can receive free food without working, spacious houses, and the kind with air conditioning, which is your fireplace? However, air conditioning must be much better than fireplaces, and there is no odor, let alone fear of carbon monoxide poisoning..."
To be honest, Galen really misses Hawenxing's life a little...
In the past, when he was a general in the star zone, he always felt that the conditions for the minimum living allowances in the alliance were too poor. Only those lazy people and those who were incapable of working had to choose to live such a "hard" life?
But now...
"I tell you the truth. If there is a choice, I would rather choose to go back to Hawenxing, the federal government, to be an ordinary citizen who is in a subsistence allowance, and I will not change your Winterfell lord!"
"The minimum living allowance in our Federation of Heroes, whether it is food, clothing, housing and transportation, or other conditions, is far more than anyone here, even your sister, Sansa, the duke!"
"And, all citizens can apply for minimum living allowance, and there are no prerequisites!"
In contrast, here in this Westeros continent:
If you can't eat well, the supplies are extremely scarce and monotonous, especially in winter, there are absolutely no vegetables. They are all messy and bad things like meat, cheese, pickles, etc. If this continues, Galen feels that he is about to suffer from rare diseases such as night blindness, beriberi and scurvy!
As for what you wear, don't mention it...
Look at the current, there are layers of his body, and the outer layer, tightly wrapped linen clothes and animal fur. Can these things that rely on their own body temperature to protect against cold?
They do not have a constant temperature system, have no deodorization and sweat removal function, and because they do not wash for a long time, they start to get a bit bad and smelly, and they feel sticky. He has had enough of it!
As for the residence...
The doghouse in that castle is really just a doghouse!
Fortunately, it is winter now. If it were summer, Garen could imagine that there would definitely be various insects, mice and other things rampant there. By then... living in a place that is worse than the doghouses in Haven Star, it would definitely be a huge torture!
‘The endless holy light…’
‘Let our greatest Head Anne come and save me Garen early, and let me escape from the sea of ​​suffering sooner…’
Now Galen can basically confirm that the space gem is indeed exhausted and no longer has any special abilities! So, now, except for his hopes that he does not know where in the universe, which plane is on, and whether there is any little girl who hears his prayers to come to help him earlier, he does not have any way to do it.
He has been completely trapped in this backward and ignorant place, and he can't go back!
"snort!"
"I can live better than my sister's Winterfell lord, without having to work. I won't believe it! Mr. Galen, you're sure you're not kidding. Where can there be such a good place in this world?!"
To be honest, if there was such a place, I'm afraid that ordinary residents of the entire Westeros continent, even most nobles, would have flocked to it? At that time, they could afford millions of people? That would be millions or even tens of millions of people, not one or two thousand or one or two hundred!
Anyway, Arya has been wandering outside over the years and has traveled almost all over the Westeros. Even Bravos, opposite the sea, has been to her. She will never believe that there will be such a good place in the world that she dares not even think about.
In her eyes, the entire Westeros world is a place where people can eat people. If you want to live a better life, she can only work harder, constantly hone her skills, protect herself, and protect her sister and younger brother... Otherwise, maybe they will not know when they will be killed, then robbed all their property, throw them into a sewer or ditch, and become a pitiful bone?
"Alia, if I can go back in the future, I will definitely invite you to visit our capital, Hawenxing. Our capital is different from your little king's land. Our capital is a whole planet, with a population of tens of billions and countless space stations!"
"Also, I can even give you two sisters and legal federal citizens, so that you can experience what normal human life should live, and then guarantee that you will never want to come back..."
Yes, if Garen could go back and freely travel between Westeros and Haven, he might have done that.
And that Bran, the other party's magical ability, will definitely be welcomed by the federal intelligence department!
Anyway, Garen is the commander of the Haven Star Capital Joint Fleet, and he is one of the five-star generals with the highest military rank in the federal... so even if he acts recklessly and gives two primitive people the identity of a federal citizen, who dares to talk to him?
You know, if Galen makes him crazy, even the mothership of the Star Spirit can be captured, who dares to talk to him about such a trivial matter?
Ahem...
However, he will definitely not do anything about defeating the Star Spirit Mothership with a big move!
Because the mothership of the Star Spirit is too expensive... If it is broken, even if it is the commander of the fleet and the five-star general, it will be compensated at the price! Moreover, in the highly automated and intelligent federal social environment, the compensation is still the kind that directly deducts wages, which makes him not even the chance to be a deadbeat.
“…”
"I still don't believe there will be such a paradise in the world!"
Turning back and looking at this serious Garen again for a while, Arya finally shook her head. She must not believe what this man who has always been a bit weird in Guli!
Because she could not imagine that if there was really a place where she could eat, live and dress without working, I'm afraid everyone would go to enjoy the kind of lazy life of food and food. Who would choose to work and pay taxes? Who would respond to the recruitment of soldiers and defend the lords' territory?
"Is heaven?"
"Yes, compared to your Westeros, our Federation is indeed a paradise... but in our opinion, that's just a very common thing."
After all, the technological strength and productivity are different, so it is normal for the natives of the primitive planet Arya to not understand it!
Look here, people here also need to use human and animal power to cultivate crops. Over the course of the year, the family of people cannot cultivate many acres of land. In addition, the seeds of the crops are poor, and the harvest is also pitiful, so it is almost enough to barely maintain their own food and clothing and tax payments.
But what about their Federation?
If you are engaged in agriculture, you might as well just plant it on planets and lands!
Just find a few agricultural planets, and let those fully automatic machinery plant various high-quality grain seeds with extremely high yields per mu, large and small nanorobots capture and kill pests, and agricultural irrigation and fertilization systems under the planet. Even under the comprehensive factors such as weather, rain, sunlight, air humidity, etc., it can even manipulate the comprehensive factors such as weather, rain, sunlight, and air humidity. It is basically a bumper harvest every year. Only the output of one or two planets can almost meet the normal life needs of humans in all star areas.
More agricultural planets are planting luxury goods, fruits and vegetables, industrial raw materials, textile raw materials, and other renewable resources.
Therefore, for the Federation of Star Zone, it is really simple to use the oversupply materials to unconditionally meet all the basic needs of human food, clothing, housing and transportation in the Star Zone. It is also a basic survival benefit that every federal citizen can enjoy. But even so, only a very small number of people are willing to apply for such a minimum living allowance!
Because, as long as you work hard, you can get a better life and get whatever you want, who would be willing to live a worse life than most people?
“Hmm?!”
Garen, who was in deep thought, suddenly stopped, looked up suddenly and looked at the dense forest in the distance, which was also covered with heavy snow.
"What's wrong, Galen Rider...Sir, why don't you leave suddenly?!"
Arya, who was only concerned about walking and thinking about things in her heart, digesting the information she had just obtained, suddenly encountered Garen's body who was suddenly standing in front of her. The tall and powerful body of the other party caught her off guard and almost fell backwards into the thick snow.
“…”
"We seem to be targeted by the enemy!!"
Galen stopped, looked coldly in one of the directions, and stumbled on his face.
"Being targeted? Who is it?"
Looking at the vast snow around and the snow-covered wolf forest, Arya didn't know who would be targeted at this place, because this place was still in the wolf forest south of Changhu and north of Winterfell, and it was still far from the Mojiang of the White Walkers!
"Those White Walkers!!"
After saying that, Galen took the lead and walked to the left. Wherever there was a rocky mudflat. Perhaps due to geothermal heat, the snow there was a little thinner, which was more suitable for their battle with the White Walkers later, so that they would not be hindered by heavy snow.
"Whites?"
“!!”
"Everyone, get ready to fight!!"
Arya exclaimed in surprise. While signaling the other soldiers to draw out their weapons, she also drew out her own sword with her right hand and held the dagger with her left hand, quickly following Garen who was striding forward in front of her.
If there really is White Walkers here, then things will be bad!
Because, here is less than thirty gigabits (one hundred miles) from Winterfell. If the White Walkers have arrived here, wouldn’t it mean that the places in the north have all fallen? They came so quickly. No wonder she and Galen had met so few people fleeing south on the way north. It turned out that the White Walkers had invaded the south much faster than everyone imagined?!
"Come on, and be ready for battle!"
Galen didn't say much, but just stared at the snowy forest around him, and then took the lead and walked firmly towards the open space ahead.
Those who are staring at them must be White Walkers!
Because, Garen smelled the evil breath, so that the power of Demacia's righteousness in his body began to whirl slightly.
"Hey! You wait for us first!"
...
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“…”
Cersei Lannister was standing coldly in the palace that belonged entirely to her, standing in this hall, behind this magnificent white arched moon-shaped balcony with exquisite carvings, looking through the glass at the extremely rare snow outside the window...
According to common sense, it is unlikely that it will snow in a place close to the harbor and in a hot or warm climate all year round. However, it is still falling.
It can be seen that the words "Winter is coming" that the Stark family in the north often talked about is finally coming... And those White Walkers, those terrible dead people who can move, the kind of existence that was captured by those hostile elements not long ago and had to believe that she had to see it, were finally coming!
At this moment, they should be in the north, in the coldest place in the northern border.
The long winter is long and the extreme cold is endless...
Here in Westeros, the length of the four seasons is generally very long... Anyway, Cersei has experienced the spring of plague over the years, which lasted for several years, and then, she also experienced eighteen years of hot summer, which was an extremely long and good day... Of course, she has also seen several autumns with heavy rains and autumn winds falling.
Until now, Winter is finally coming...
If according to the information written in folk legends and the doctrines of the Seven Gods, after each long summer, there will be a longer winter... it is a terrible season like the end of the end. It is said that it is the punishment of the Seven Gods to mankind, and only when the sins of mankind are over can we usher in a permanent summer again?
So, this time, after 18 years of hot summer, how long will their continent usher in winter?
It's twenty years...
Or maybe thirty years...
Or maybe they will never see the next spring and summer?!
Oh!
The Seven Gods’ punishment for human sins?
It's ridiculous!
As the queen of kingdom and the guardian of the seven kingdoms, Cersei Lannister had certainly no longer trusted the gods. Otherwise, she would not have used wildfire to blow up the Great Hall of Baylor and killed countless nobles who believed in the Seven Gods and that damn little sparrow!
Therefore, the Seven Gods will not be taken to her by Queen Cersei.
Moreover, she also knew that the cold winter was approaching, and the terrible place was not the severe cold, the extreme night, or the White Walkers, but the extremely long time.
It is said that...
There is almost no daylight in winter, and the yield of grain will definitely drop sharply. Cereals, vegetables and fruits will definitely not be planted. People can only eat and reserve or fish and hunt... Now, not to mention the whole country, just the city of King Landing, a city with a population of millions, after experiencing the Seven Kings Rebellion and after several endless wars, King Landing still has nearly half of the granaries not full...
Food is not important in normal times, but in the long winter night, that is the key to survival!
From this, Cersei Lannister can now foresee that in the future, before the end of the long winter, the king's land and even the entire Westeros continent, besides the threat of the White Walker, the most important thing is the great famine that is shrouded in all places, which will be inevitable for no one.
By then, whoever has food in his hands will be able to persevere until the end!
Winter has arrived...
In the long period of time to come, there will be countless children, including Cersei's own belly, who will be born in the dark and grow in the dark... Most of them, perhaps until death, do not know what sunshine is and what warmth is...
Thinking of this, a trace of vicious resentment flashed across the corner of her mouth, and she also had a little bit of gritting her teeth!
Originally, she had two sons and daughter, but now...
Humph!
She will definitely grab everything she lost and everything she has. She will definitely swear!
Now, if we count the time, the White Walkers' Legions should have begun, or are starting to attack the Great Wall of Desperate? I don't know if those bastards in the north and the remnants of the Stark family can hold on?
It would be best to let the Dragon Mother and more people go to the north and go to the foot of the Great Wall to fight with the White Walkers. Cersei is currently just trying to hoard food and continue to expand his troops.
But in fact, these are not important now...
What Cersei Lannister is now concerned about is not the cold winter that is about to cover the entire Westeros, nor is it the issue of King's Landing's food reserves, nor is it the White Walker in the north, but something else. She is waiting for someone now.
Twist!
Suddenly, two knocks sounded, and then the old imperial prime minister Koben walked in.
"He...really gone?"
But when Cersei heard the footsteps, she knew who was coming, so she continued to stand in front of the window and asked without looking back.
"Yes, Lord James Lannister just braved the cold wind and the snow, riding alone out of the city and heading north."
The Queen's Hand, the former Prime Minister Koben started to cage and replied in a low voice, lowering his eyebrows and lowering his eyes, because he knew that Queen Cersei would definitely not be in a good mood now, so he should not just be troubled.
"Yeah……"
With a cold snorted in his heart, Cersei knew that that bastard James was such a person! He also kept saying that it was for the living and for the entire Westeros... As a Lannister, that guy actually had that stupid idea?
It's simply unreasonable!!
"Danerys Targaryen's Barbarian Cavalry, the Dothrak army and the Legion of the Unsullied, have now retreated and ready to take a boat north."
"According to the information sent back by the spies, the garrisons on Longshi Island have become smaller and smaller day by day. After collecting enough dragon crystal mines, they took a boat to sea. The remaining logistics troops are also packing bags. I believe that in the near future, there will be no more people left on Longshi Island... Those two dragons should also follow the Dragon Mother to the north to attack the White Walkers."
After seeing that the Queen had no statement, the former Prime Minister Koben told all the information he knew.
“…”
"Where are our golden group now?"
Cersei suddenly turned around and asked about her former prime minister Koben about the Golden Corps of the High Court and about the best army of Naussus.
She took a large sum of money from the iron vault and hired a full 20,000 gold regiment soldiers, cavalry, and even elephants! And those would be her capital to plan the entire Westeros continent.
"They should be on the sea and are expected to arrive at King's Landing next week..."
"How do you need me to do it?"
After the former Prime Minister Koben finished speaking, he looked at the elusive queen again.
“…”
"You don't need to do anything!"
After sneering, Cersei raised his hand and waved it, indicating that the other party could retreat first.
“…”
"What, Prime Minister, what else do you have to say?"
When Cersei found that the other party was standing timidly and did not leave immediately, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Her Majesty the Queen..."
"If the people in their north fail, we may not be able to fight against the White Walkers who go south independently, because then they will become more..."
“More and more…”
The White Walkers can be killed, which are special weapons made of dragon crystals!
At the same time, every living person dies at the hands of the White Walker, the number of White Walker will increase. The more people die, the more White Walker will be! But now, in the north, there are still hundreds of thousands of people, and there may be more and more soldiers! Once they fail, the White Walker Legion that Junlin will face at that time will be in millions!
“…”
"The White Walkers can't swim, right, my Prime Minister?"
“…”
“It is said to be that…”
"What else are you worried about?"
"If we can't hold on, just cross the sea!"
Is winter coming?
It's ridiculous!!
Now, Cersei has quietly launched the colonization plan, and the Bravos on the other side of the sea will soon belong to her Queen Cersei!
If the people in the north win, she naturally has a way to deal with it. If the people in the north lose, then when necessary, they can go directly to the sea and go east and completely escape from the Westeros that may be destroyed!
Chapter completed!