Game of Thrones: Attack on the North Wolf

Chapter 143 Fruits
In the middle section between Riverrun City and the crossroads, on the south bank of the bend of the Trident River, there is an inn with a unique shape.Its long, low wings stretch out over the river, as if to embrace the passing travellers.

The bottom floor of the inn is made of solid limestone, and the upper floor is built of limewashed wood. The roof of the inn is also covered with bluestone slabs.

The sign on the door of the inn, depicting a king kneeling.This inn is called the Knee Inn, which has a long history of construction and has witnessed important historical moments.

The inn is very lively today, and its stables are packed to the brim with war horses.In the courtyard of the inn, in a pavilion surrounded by green vines, Clay and Brynden were talking in a low voice.

"Lord Brynden, did Tywin Lannister choose this place for the captive exchange... to humiliate us?
After all, this kneeling stack was once the place where Toren Stark, the 'King of Surrender', knelt and surrendered to 'Aegon the Conqueror'. "

"You're right. You specifically included the exchange of captives in the terms of exchange. In addition to humiliation, it may also imply to other nobles that the King of the North will eventually bow his knees and surrender."

Hearing what Clay said, Brynden nodded, expressing his thoughts expressionlessly.

"You said, would Lannister use this exchange of prisoners as a bait, and have already laid traps around?"

Clay raised his head and looked around, and said worriedly.

"Hey, no wonder His Majesty Robb told me that you are too cautious and suspicious.

Don't worry, I've already sent someone to search every inch of the surrounding ground.And, if the Lannisters did, I'd be very happy.

Because they blatantly trampled on the dignity of nobles and violated the basic traditions of nobles, they will be cast aside by all the nobles in Westeros. "

Looking at Clay who looked vigilant, Brynden gave a rare chuckle and said in a relaxed tone.

"Master Brynden, Lord Clay, they are here!"

Hearing Brynden's words, Clay was about to speak when a soldier from the North quickly walked up to them from the gate of the inn and immediately saluted and reported.

Hearing the report from the northern soldiers, Bray turned around and entered the inn, and asked the northern soldiers who were in charge of guarding the prisoners to bring the prisoners out.

Whoa, whoa!
The burly Count Leo of the Golden Tooth City walked out of the inn first, wearing handcuffs and shackles.Behind him, seven free Lannister captives, all taken when Robb took Casterly Rock.

Among them, there are only two members of the main department, the children of Kevan Lannister, Martin Lannister, and Jenna Lannister.The other five are collateral members.

When Brynden and Clay brought the prisoners to the gate of the inn, Kevan and Patrick were waiting quietly on their horses. Behind them were hundreds of Lannister family cavalry and eight prison wagons filled with prisoners.

"Jenna, Martin!"

Seeing his children, Kefeng immediately got off his horse and rushed towards Brynden and the others.

Seeing him rushing towards him, the soldiers in charge of the northern border were about to draw their swords to stop him, but after Brynden shook his head to signal them, they still rushed into the Lannister prisoners from Kevan.

Jenna is Kevan's youngest daughter, just two years old this year.During her captivity, she was looked after by her teenage older brother, Martin.Kefeng stepped forward, took Jenna directly from Martin's hand, and kissed her face to face non-stop.

giggle!
The young Jenna may have been too itchy by Kevan's beard, so she laughed loudly with a milky sound.

"Hey, black fish! If you don't like me too much and don't want me to leave, just get rid of these troublesome things for me."

Seeing everyone's eyes focused on Kevan and his daughter, Count Leo growled at Brynden, signaling to remove his handcuffs and shackles.

Hearing the words, Brynden turned his head to a northern soldier beside him, and he immediately took out the key knowingly, and unlocked the shackles for Count Leo.

"Our captives have been released, you should quickly release Lord Edmure."

Seeing that his side released the prisoners, Patrick immediately shouted to the Lannister soldiers behind him.

Squeak!

The captain of the Lannister soldiers saw Kevan, who was holding his daughter, nodded to him, and immediately waved his hands to let his men open the prison car.Edmure and dozens of his personal guards jumped out of the eight opened prison wagons.

"Edmure!"

Seeing that Edmure was free, Brynden also quickly stepped forward, hugged his nephew, and said, "You didn't suffer, did you?"

"No, uncle."

Hearing his answer, Brynden leaned back and looked at his nephew carefully.The situation was just as Edmure said, he was clean, his face was rosy, and he didn't look like he was being tortured or abused.

He turned his head and looked behind Edmure, who were also full of energy and in good condition, said dozens of personal guards, and said pointingly: "It seems that Tywin is very good to the captives!"

"Indeed, although he is an enemy, I have to say that he is indeed a model of aristocrats who are noble and respectful."

Edmure thought of how he had been treated during this time, and replied with a nod of approval.

"Is it a model of nobility?..."

The prisoner exchange ceremony between the two sides went very smoothly, and after it was completed neatly, the two teams headed east and west.

Looking at Edmure, who was in close conversation with his friend Patrick, Brynden turned his head and looked at Clay, and the question when he knew the exchange conditions emerged in his mind.

An Earl of Golden Tooth City with an heir, plus seven Lannister members who are not close to Tywin, exchanged the sole heir of Riverrun City, plus dozens of elite personal guards.

Does Tywin really value his subordinates and family members, or does he have other purposes?

……

Winterfell, Godswood, the heart tree replaced by leaves, unfortunately withered and died again.

Woo, woo! ~~
The cheerful low growls of animals sounded in the woods. It was the wolf guards who were cultivating feelings with their direwolves according to the method Robb told them.

The Wolf Guards, unlike Robb and Bloodwind, did not have the close bond bestowed by the Blood Pact.If you want to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, the first step is to cultivate intimacy.

The icefield wolves, who had been locked in the kennel for the first time, were very happy after they came out for the first time, playing happily with their respective wolf guards.Moreover, the wolf guards would feed them the dried meat from time to time, and their intimacy increased visibly with the naked eye.

"Your Majesty, Lord Sam's side is ready."

Gendry emerged from the other side of the godswood, trotted up to Robb, who was watching the Wolf Guards, and whispered a report.

"Well, I'm going over now!"

Seeing that there was basically no need to worry about this side, Robb led Gendry directly to the other side of the godswood.

After walking for about ten minutes, in a wasteland in the Godswood, Robb saw Bloodwind, Sam, Daisy, Ye Zi and others in the distance.

At this time, there was a small wooden table in front of them, and various materials were placed on the small wooden table.The leaves are touching a mass of wet soil with their hands.

Today Ye Zi will make explosive fruits. In order to test the power on the spot, Robert specially set the venue in this wasteland.

"let's start!"

For the sake of safety, Robb didn't approach them, and waved to them directly from afar.

Seeing Robb waving his hand, Sam immediately said to the little girl-like leaf, "Your Majesty is here, start making!"

"It's been made."

Ye Zi heard Sam's words, turned around, held the rounded black mud ball in her hands, and said to him.

"???"

Hearing Ye Zi's words, Sam and Daisy looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

Although Ye Zi turned her back to the two of them just now, they probably saw her movements, as if she grabbed several kinds of grass on the table, chopped them into wet mud, and then kneaded them into ball shapes.

"This is the fruit of the explosion. It can only be used after the soil is dried."

Seemingly understanding the expressions of Sam and Daisy, Ye Zi explained.

This is too simple, it feels like it is completely perfunctory us!

When the two of Sam confirmed that Ye Zi was not joking, the same thought came to mind.

Looking at the black mud ball in Ye Zi's hands, Sam pondered for a moment, and ran towards Robb.

Hearing Sam's narration, I knew that the explosive fruits made on the spot could only be used after being dried.Robb went directly to Leaf holding the black mud ball.

He carefully took the black mud ball from Ye Zi's hands, and looked down.

I saw that there were many special patterns on the surface of this black mud ball. These patterns were natural, and there were no traces of artificial carvings at all.

In the program reported by Sam just now, there is absolutely no leaf carving process!

Thinking of this, Robb immediately raised his head and smiled at Ye Zi: "Thank you, I remember you said that you can make two explosive fruits every day. Please continue to make, I want to take a closer look!"

"Well, my magic power only allows me to make one more explosive fruit."

After Ye Zi answered, she began to grab the wet mud on the table.

Robb stood opposite the small wooden table, wanting to observe the process of making the leaves carefully.Sam thought the same, standing quietly behind Robb.

After the leaf grabs wet mud that is about the same size as the black mud ball, spread the wet mud on the empty space of the table, then grabs some grass very casually, and starts to chop it with a table knife on the table.

Seeing Ye Zi's production process this time, the corners of Sam's mouth under the mask couldn't help twitching.Because the order and quantity of the leaves grabbing the grass this time are completely different from last time.

So, can this step of adding grass be very optional, or is it not necessary at all?
He was thinking non-stop in his head, but Sam didn't hastily interrupt the production process of the leaves.

After Ye Zi randomly sprinkled the chopped green grass on the wet mud, he began to use his hands to pile up the flat wet mud from left to right toward the middle.This time, Robb and Sam, standing directly in front of them, could clearly see the green light emitting from Ye Zi's hands.

After the wet mud was piled up and formed, Ye Zi held it in the palm of both hands and began to shape it into a circle.During this process, the gleaming green light of Ye Zi's hands began to weaken continuously, as if they were submerged in the wet mud that gradually became round.

A few minutes later, the green light in Ye Zi's hand disappeared completely, and the surface of the ball of black mud that had been kneaded into a round shape appeared exactly the same special pattern as that of the exploding fruit just now.

"Leaf, can these two explosive fruits only be dried in the sun? Can they be dried with fire? Also, after they are dried, how should we use them?"

Seeing Ye Zi finish making the explosive fruit, Robb immediately threw a series of questions at her.

"It can be dried by fire, and the explosive fruit is very strong, as long as you don't throw it directly into the fire, there will be no problem.

There are two ways to use it,
The first method is the easiest and anyone can use it.That is to use your own nails to pick off any pattern on the surface of the exploding fruit.After picking it off, you must throw it out within eight breaths, otherwise you will blow yourself up.

The second method must be a user with magic power, using his own magic power to call it.When it responds to your call, after the same eight breaths, it will explode. "

Leaf handed the black mud ball in her hand to Robb, and at the same time answered his questions in great detail.

After seeing the production process of the explosive fruit, coupled with Ye Zi's explanation, Robb processed it in his own mind in a way he could understand.

In his opinion, the core of the explosive fruit is the magic power stored in the black mud ball.And the pattern on the surface of the black mud ball is the texture circle engraved on the black mud ball when the magic power is infused, which is used to stabilize the magic power.

Therefore, after the user destroys the pattern with his nails, the pattern circle is no longer stable, and the magic power will explode after a short period of brewing.

The same principle is used to echo with magic power. After the magic power structure in the black mud ball loses its stability, it will produce the same explosion effect.

"Well, I understand roughly. Ye Zi, your daily limit is two exploding fruits, can't you continue to make it?"

"I can't help it, my magic power is almost dry. If I want to continue making...unless I find another singer with magic power to assist me."

Hearing Robb's question, Ye Zi decisively shook her head and rejected it, and then proposed a solution that she thought was completely impossible.

"Singer with magic power, with magic power...Can Blood Wind do it?"

Robb repeated Ye Zi's words twice in his mouth, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, pointing to Blood Wind who was lying lazily beside him and said.

"It does seem to have magic power. However, I have only drawn the magic power of the Song of the Children of the Forest before. I have never tried other races."

"Then give it a try, you will know the specific answer only after you try everything yourself! Blood Wind, come here!"

After listening to Ye Zi's words, Robb made a decision, then turned around and called Blood Wind over.

When Blood Wind's huge body came to the small wooden table, Ye Zi nervously started making explosive fruits again.

Leaf repeated the production process just now, but before the wet mud started to pile up, she opened her mouth to let the blood wind put her claws on her body.

When Robb heard this, he immediately sent a message to Blood Wind in his heart, and Blood Wind stretched out his huge right front paw, and gently put it on her back.Ye Zi's stature was indeed too short, and the claws of Blood Wind almost covered her entire body directly.

When Blood Wind's claws came into contact with Ye Zi, a different white light appeared on Ye Ye's hands.As she kept rubbing, the white light completely merged into the black mud ball.

Emerging from the white light, Robb kept staring at Bloodwind.When the leaves were finished, he found that the blood wind's original 23 points of magic power had dropped to 21 points.

"This exploding fruit... is different from the ones I made before!"

Ye Zi's voice sounded, and Robb immediately shifted his gaze from Blood Wind to the black mud ball in her hand.

Compared with the previous two, the biggest difference between this black mud ball is that instead of patterns on its surface, there are many hexagonal snow pattern patterns engraved on it.

"It doesn't look like much, Sam, make a fire. Dry them out and we'll test them out."

Comparing the two explosive fruits, Robb turned to Sam and ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Sam heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement, and together with Gendry, he picked up many dry branches around and built a bonfire.

The three explosive fruits were placed next to the fire, and they were baked for a long time before they were completely dried.

"Sam, let me throw it, you all stand back!"

Looking at Sam who was about to conduct his own exploding fruit experiment, Robb stopped him directly.

"Your Majesty, let me do it! After all, we have never used this thing before."

Sam looked at the two explosive fruits in his hands, and he replied to Robb with some concern.

"Okay, I've seen something similar to an exploding fruit before. Give it to me, and I'll test it myself!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Robb was determined to test it himself, Sam walked up to him and handed over the explosive fruit.

Robb took the first explosive fruit handed by Sam, and after picking off a pattern with his nails, he threw it forcefully towards the empty space in the wasteland.

Bang!
The explosive fruit that turned into a blue meteor in the air exploded directly on the wasteland.A mass of orange-red flames appeared with the sound of an explosion.

This time, Robb threw it himself, and he clearly felt that the way the explosive fruit was used was very similar to the grenade in his previous life, but it was even more powerful.

After testing the normal explosive fruit, Robb took the one handed by Sam, which was made by the magic power of blood wind.The same fingernail chipped off a piece of snow pattern, and then Robb threw it out quickly.

呲!
This explosive fruit emitted a dazzling white light in the air, but it did not explode when it fell to the ground.Instead, spiky ice crystals were born out of thin air to cover the wasteland, and the visual effect was very shocking.

"This should not be called an explosive fruit, it should be called an ice crystal fruit!"

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