Chapter 697: Downstream of White Harbor
"Click, click, click." The sound of gentle footsteps reverberated steadily through the camp, through the narrow path leading to the tent, as if with some strange rhythm, and mechanically crouched together.
A frost-covered Unsullied Man walked down the path with a blank face, and he watched as he walked towards it, wearing the kind of special armor that Yi Huan had left behind, and although the surface was a little wet from the frost and mist, it could still be seen that it was well maintained.
One by one, the braziers flashed past him, but he didn't notice, and the Unsullied's gaze never wavered to the left or right, like the spear in his hand, and it didn't waver.
Only the rudimentary plasma gun hanging from his waist kept swaying from side to side, but other than that, he was discreet like a robot.
This is the most disciplined legion in the entire world of ice and fire, the Legion of the Unsullied, and their combat effectiveness may not be the highest among all legions and classes, but they are unquestionable in terms of order execution and loyalty.
Even after many unwarranted disasters, magical blows, burning flames, and even the fall of meteorites, they did not show any flinching, even if less than a thousand of the more than 8,000 Unsullied who followed Daenerys from Essos, they did not hesitate in the slightest.
Very loyal warriors...... Or very clever brainwashing.
The people in this world are very easy to deceive, because of the degree of civilization, everyone's vision and the world they have seen are pitiful, and in those comfortable places in the south, some farmers have never even left their villages in their lives, and the largest place they have ever been to is the meeting hall of the town.
There are small towns and towns that are rich and prosperous, but there are only a few in the entire continent of Westeros, and they are still close to the major cities. Otherwise, how could they be known?
There were farmers who had a lot of free time, and free young men and knights and mercenaries who wandered around, but only a few, and more of the people who made up the continent were even families who kept only a few pieces of clothing, and even girls who were only covered with a few rags when they became adults and were no longer naked. The composition of the poor is similar to that of the medieval civilizations of the world.
They are the main theme of this world.
Maybe the game between many nobles and kingdoms is very exciting and unstoppable, but that is only the most essential part of the world of ice and fire, the most essential part of the whole world, and it is only used to show the most exciting side to the outside world.
It does not represent the whole continent of Westeros.
These poor people have seen little, so they are very easy to coax, they have no thinking, and even have been in a state of what others say for a long time. Because they don't have their own thoughts, opinions, everything, nothing.
The same is true of the Unsullied, who have been given a closed education since childhood, and being the Unsullied is the only thing they have access to, and even that they have cultivated the principles of the Unsullied into common sense. As a normal rule in this world, this is not an effective training. It's just brainwashing.
Other than that, the Unsullied were of little value, and perhaps they were fine fighting in the streets of Essos, but when they arrived in Westeros, they were not vulnerable to cavalry.
It was only at this time that the largest cavalry of Westeros fell in the north at the hands of Stannis, and there was no news. I don't know if I'm alive or dead.,I think I've become one of the ghouls.。
So there's no chance of a collision between the two.
A large part of the reason why Yi Huan does not regard the Unsullied as something important is also because of this, as a brainwashed test subject, their value is too low. The strength is weak, the body is weak, and the weapons in his hands are also very weak, and the special place is loyalty.
And this kind of brainless loyalty, Yi Huan can use magic to create a batch at any time, but their role can only play cannon fodder.
Yi Huan cares about the life and death of the Unsullied, after all, they are living human beings, but that's all, they are all insignificant people who can be sacrificed at any time.
However, Daenerys has always been very friendly to the Unsullied, both genuinely and superficially, and the Captain of the Unsullied Legion around him is not so rigid...... Or that they were brainwashed too thoroughly, but the relationship between the two is good.
So even if there are not a few Unsullied left at this time, and they can't even put together a complete army, these surviving remaining Unsullied are still 100% loyal to Daenerys, even if they are allowed to die, which is a very terrible brainwashing.
But...... Or maybe it has something to do with the relationship between both sides that treat people sincerely? Yi Huan is not sure, feelings have always been a very troublesome thing, uncertain, changeable, very difficult to understand.
It's just that Yi Huan doesn't need to think about these things anymore, because after Yi Huan and the others left, the entire camp was taken over by Daenerys again...... Although it was the same when Yi Huan was there, after all, they had added a lot of new people at this time, refugees from White Harbor and the Mandalay family, and the Green Prophet Bran.
So how to get along with each other is probably a troublesome thing.
The Unsullied, who had been walking intently forward, finally stopped after turning a brazier, and stood for a moment, and out of a very unnoticeable corner and shadow in front of him stepped out of another Unsullied, first looking at the newcomer, then quickly nodding and waving away.
There wasn't much overlap between the two Unsullied, not even eye contact, and the Unsullied from afar quickly crossed over the guards outside the tent and slowly stepped into the tent.
With a chill on his body, wisps of white smoke soon rose from the warm atmosphere of the tent, and at the same time, the chaotic quarrels inside the tent were slowly transmitted through the white mist.
"I want to stop the wraiths faster than any of you...... This is the will of the Green Prophet...... But I don't think it's a good idea to be any closer to White Harbor. The owner of the voice sounded very young, a young man of little age.
The Unsullied lowered his head, not angry, but only increased the speed of his feet.
But before he could fully turn into the spacious interior of the tent, another voice came again, "Your Majesty, we have just been driven out of White Harbor by those evil creatures. Having lost our homeland, we also desperately want to retake White Harbor. ”
"But I also don't think it's a good idea because it's close to a thin layer...... Transparent armor? I can't believe this thing. ”
This voice was obviously much more serious than the old man at the beginning, and although it was the same point, it sounded more convincing than the former, but the person sitting opposite the two did not speak for a long time. No sound was made.
After a long time, when the Unsullied had just turned the inner curtain of the tent, a cold female voice appeared, "But I believe in it, and you have been sending people to split and test it with weapons in the past few days, I am afraid that you have also understood its hardness, although you can't see or touch it, but its hardness is incomparable, what else do you not believe." ”
The voice just fell. The Unsullied had already entered the inside of the tent, and finally, as the scene in front of him changed, the scenery suddenly brightened.
The Unsullied raised his head calmly, quietly rounded the circle, and then knelt down on one knee to Daenerys, "Your Majesty, there is news of the patrol. ”
said. He pressed his hands on a small, somewhat old piece of parchment.
"The patrol found no trace of the ghost, not in the four directions. There were a few ghouls roaming, but they couldn't break through the magic left behind by the archwizards, as for the noses of the beasts...... Nothing to gain either. He continued, bowing his head again and not moving.
There was silence all around, not a single sound. As if suddenly there was a mute, in fact, as soon as the Unsullied One turned around, the men instantly turned their gaze on him and stopped talking.
Hear his paraphrase. Daenerys pondered for a moment, then glanced at the gray worm next to her, asked him to take the parchment, and then said in a cold voice, "Got it, you can step back first." ”
Without even a second of hesitation, the Unsullied One immediately whispered, "Yes! Her Majesty. Then he stood up gently and turned to leave.
Before leaving, his gaze seemed to sweep over the inside of the tent again, intentionally or unintentionally, to quickly take in everyone's situation, for a soldier who has been fighting on the front line of the battlefield all year round, vision and memory are indispensable life-saving conditions, just these two glances, enough for him to remember everything in his mind.
The meeting in the tent was not formal, because there was no long table for the conference that Daenerys loved, and even she did not sit on a high-backed chair, but just sat casually on a cushion with a blanket on the floor, and Daenerys leaned on the side of a low table, looking at the other people coldly.
But her expression was still the same as usual, serious, cold, and even revealing a hint of weakness and emptiness.
She was not wearing the white silk cloth she usually wears, but a sky blue dress, which should look active, but under the dim oil light at this time, she was reflected a little gloomy and cold.
But the style of the clothes still adheres to her usual style, all in one, tight hoops, and at the same time there is no cumbersome lining, while maintaining majesty, there is a show of her most beautiful side, it seems to leak a lot of snow-white skin, but in fact nothing is revealed, if it is not for the temperature under the magic cover to be a certain warmth, Daenerys will definitely taste what is called the cold of death.
Directly in front of Daenerys was a huge dome that radiated blue, azure blue, beautiful dazzling, slowly radiating light, and a strange sense connected to the outside, supporting the magic at the edge of the camp, as a survivor of the Battle of Storm's End, the Unsullied knew the role of this dome and its power.
It is very likely that this giant egg is the culprit that makes this long meeting so loose, because its size already occupies most of the open space, not to mention putting down the long table, even these people sit down, it is just right.
Several other people were also in view, a young man who looked to be underage, a middle-aged man with a slight haircut, a somewhat gray beard and hair, and many other people whose features were not obvious, and he did not know so well.
Because he is only a small soldier at the lowest level of the Unsullied, even if he wears powerful armor, he is still just an ordinary Unsullied One, who can die at any time, cannon fodder that can be sacrificed at any time.
He didn't even see Daenerys alone very often, and this was the first time, because although Daenerys seemed to be very friendly and even friendly, the only people who could communicate directly with her were the gray worms, and the few other people were also passing information, and Daenerys was also businesslike.
She will not remember these cannon fodder who can be sacrificed at any time, even if she is no different from these people, but they are people from two worlds after all, different worlds, nobles, and commoners.
The Unsullied quickly lowered her head, and then walked out with standard steps, this is Her Majesty, it may seem a little different at first, but that's all, she ...... Her Majesty, after all.
The warmth of the tent diluted the frost from the armor, making it more humid and cooler to the somewhat dry tent, and the figure of the Unsullied soon disappeared into the tent, and Daenerys withdrew her gaze from the small piece of sheepskin, and began to silently think about the daily chores.
But tonight's topic was obviously not so easy to reveal, and it could also be that the person in front of him really didn't trust the transparent shroud created by the giant egg left by Yi Huan, he picked up the topic again and continued, "But...... Your Majesty, it is precisely because I cannot understand it that I do not believe in it, and I do not want to leave my fate to the unknown to decide. ”
Daenerys finally looked up, and she slowly lowered the parchment into the fire beside her, and then said with some coldness, "Sir Mandalay...... If you're worried about that, you don't have to, because you're not handing over your fate to the unknown, it's to mine. ”
"And I'...... Choose to believe in this magic, so your fate is not unknown, is it. Daenerys asked calmly.
Wyman Mandalay was stunned by Daenerys' rhetorical questioning and couldn't say anything, but he didn't want to fight Daenerys, so he immediately cared about the news that had just been delivered, "What's the news for the patrol, what's going on with those damn filthy strangers?" ”
The other people in the tent were also very concerned about this issue, whether it was Barristan and others who commanded the army, or the minor nobles of the Mandalay family, after all, they were very close to the downstream of White Harbor, so the movement of the strange spirits was very important, and it was their lives.
"It's just a few trivial things." Daenerys replied softly, "The patrols and werewolves have found no sign of the Wraith. ”
Mandalay nodded, but then as if he had thought of something, he reminded, "But it is better to be careful, Your Majesty, the reason for the fall of White Harbor is that it was too late to discover the ghosts, and when I saw them, they were already close to the city walls, and I suspect that they have some way of hiding, or a special way." He reminded. (To be continued.) )