Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 211 No Successor
The news of Robb Stark's defeat in the first battle, no matter how reluctant he was, went round and round, and came to Winterfell, the capital of the northern border.

The first time she saw the news, Madam Catelyn Tully almost fainted, but thanks to Maester Luwin's support, she didn't immediately fall to the ground.

Caitlin had such a big reaction. On the one hand, she was worried about her son, but on the other hand, or more seriously, she understood how much damage this defeat had caused to the North.

This is not a river bend with fertile land and sufficient sunlight. In terms of per capita food output, the northern border may not even be as good as Dorne.

Therefore, the population problem has always been a bottleneck that has plagued the development of the northern border. Even if there are millions of people scattered over such a large area of ​​land, no brilliant civilization can develop at all.

As for this battle, in Caitlin Tully's opinion, if Clay Manderly hadn't lied in the letter, then the Northern Territory would have been severely damaged, and it would be impossible to organize another battle of the same scale in a short period of time. army.

What Clay Manderly said in the letter was not serious, but the actual situation was clear to Caitlin, and she believed that Clay would not lie to herself about this kind of thing.

When he thought of his eldest son, the heir of his late husband Ed Stark, and the current king of the North, he was surrounded by [-] Lannister troops at Harrenhal, and his life was in danger at any time.

Catelyn Tully felt dizzy and regretted why she hadn't talked Rob out of the fight.

But there is no regret medicine in the world, it is too late to say anything now.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid we can only do what Lord Clay said. After all... he doesn't have any soldiers in his hands now. Only by giving him all his strength can His Majesty Rob come back alive."

In the main castle of Winterfell, Maester Luwin said to Catelyn Tully who was sitting blankly in front of the fireplace, clutching the letter paper and saying nothing.

He could see that the current Mrs. Caitlin had no idea. She suddenly heard the bad news, even if she used to be a duchess and is now the Queen Mother of the North.

After all, in the final analysis, she is just a woman. She used to have a husband who sheltered her from the wind and rain, and now her son has grown up and led the army alone, but now, all her pillars have collapsed, and this woman has no idea what to do.

Hearing Maester Luwin's voice, Catelyn Tully seemed to grasp some life-saving straw, she turned her head abruptly, her voice trembling and sobbing, she asked:

"Master Luwin, tell me, if I summon all the forces in the North and give them to Clay Manderly, can he do it?"

Looking at the panicked Catelyn Tully in front of him, Maester Luwin shook his head and sighed:
"I don't know, ma'am, I really don't know. Who can guarantee a complete victory on the battlefield? But now, Lord Clay is the best and only choice."

"Except for him, I can't think of anyone in the northern border who has the prestige to convince everyone and dare to go south to save people."

After Maester Luwin finished speaking, he stood aside, quietly waiting for Catelyn Tully's decision. As for the current titular city lord, Bran Stark, he has recently suffered from a strange disease, and he keeps talking about gods and gods. If he talks about it, he can't perform his duties.

The firewood in the fireplace was burning in the orange flames, making small and sharp crackling sounds. After a long time, Catelyn Tully finally made up her mind. She stood up, looked into Maester Luwin's eyes, and said in a low voice: :
"Master Luwin, do as he said. Immediately send a letter to all the nobles in the northern border, telling them that they are all coming to Winterfell. This time, it is time for our northern border to live and die."

Maester Luwin nodded, and Low also responded in a low voice:
"I believe that the adults who are still alive in the northern border will understand Madam's meaning and will not let you down Madam."

While they were talking, no one noticed that on the window sill, a pitch-black crow was quietly staying there, its dim eyes staring at everything that happened in the room.

It just watches, without emotion, without evaluation, and its only duty is to record everything with its eyes.

When Maester Luwin left the room, it also flapped its wings and left the main castle, turned around and flew towards Winterfell, the largest weirwood tree in the north, it stayed on the top of the tree, its dim yellow eyelids slightly squinted.

The power invisible to others connects it to the whole heart tree through its feet on the branch. After a long time, over Winterfell, a murmur sounded faintly, as if it was not like this time and space:

"Interesting, it seems that the arrangement of the Ability God agent in the south is not going well, do I need to help him?"

It seems to be talking to himself, because no living thing will answer his question.

"Forget it, let's deal with the little guy in front of you first. As for you, agent of the gods, don't die in the south. In this case, R'hllor's power will be uncontrollable..."

The voice dissipated, as if it had never existed in this world.

……

Things in this world, the bad thing is that things always happen together. When the maester of Dragonstone Island, the raven released before his death, arrived in King's Landing, Stannis was furious.

This piece of iron stone that has never melted for thousands of years has been broken, and the face that seemed to be completely frozen in the past is now overflowing with monstrous anger.

News from the maesters of Dragonstone that pirates have attacked Dragonstone.

This is no wonder for the bachelor who persevered until the end, because he really thought so. The Tass family did not wear their own family costumes, and the guards below spread rumors.

But as the former naval commander of the kingdom and the commander of King's Landing's garrison fleet, Stannis Baratheon knew very well that the pirates on the Narrow Sea would not have the guts to attack Dragonstone Island.

Besides, the pirates launched their attacks to seek money. Dragonstone Island has nothing but guano stones that can improve the fertility of the land. It is not worthwhile for the pirates to spend their lives on the city wall.

Therefore, as soon as he saw the letter, Stannis confirmed that this incident was definitely not done by pirates, but a premeditated and well-arranged attack among nobles.

Under the current situation, who else has the ability to do this?

Stannis knew that the Manderly family in White Harbor had a fleet, but the Manderly family had never turned against him. The North was currently considered a half ally of him, and they had no reason to deal with him.

Excluding Mandalay, the rest, the entire eastern part of the Narrow Sea, only the Tarth family controls a small fleet, a small fleet that Stannis has never seen in his eyes.

After figuring this out, who is the mastermind behind this incident, the answer is ready to come out.

And this is why Stannis is so angry.

Renly and him went to war, after all, it was an internal struggle in the Baratheon family. Stannis had thought countless times if Renly would kneel and surrender to him, would he kill him.

Every time I would grit my teeth and scold the traitor countless times, but Stannis knew in his heart that he would not do anything to Renly, after all, he was his own brother.

The eldest brother Robert is gone, so he has to take this responsibility and discipline this younger brother, even if the methods and methods are a little rough.

But today, Renly actually attacked his family, Selyse Florent, that woman Stannis is not sad, but Celine!Celine!That's also Renly's own niece, how can she do it!

Stannis didn't understand why Renly did this, was he trying to force him to surrender?

Doesn't he know his own character?The more this is the case, the less likely he is to give up, and he will fight to the death with him.

However, the Onion Knight, who knew about this, suddenly said this quietly after thinking carefully:

"Your Majesty, if something happens to the princess, who will be your heir?"

In a word, Stannis fell into an ice cellar.

(End of this chapter)