Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

They then stood up in unison, each pounding their chest with one hand.

"For the King!"

...

A storm is brewing on the continent of Essos.

All the free trade city-states turned their attention to the war that was now breaking out on the Great Plains.

The ancient Valyrian Road was even cut off, severely impacting trade routes to Norfos and Kohol.

It is important to know that the ancient trade route from Pentos to Norfos to Kohol has been maintained for countless years and has long been the economic lifeline of several inland cities.

Meanwhile, in faraway Westeros.

The end of the world.

King Robert led a coalition of nobles from the seven kingdoms on a two-month journey and arrived at Winterfell long ago.

Robert Baratheon and Eddard Stark, two brothers who are not related by blood, finally meet again.

They then headed together to the Wall of Despair.

As more and more wildlings have gathered there, the conflict between the free people and the Night's Watch is intensifying.

The Night's Watch unexpectedly sent a troop of rangers to wipe out a small tribe, killing everyone, regardless of age or gender.

However, a group of northern troops who were also out clearing the area were ambushed by wildlings.

The cruel Thane even skinned and gutted these prisoners of the Northern army, then roasted and ate them on a barbecue grill visible from the Wall.

Over time, deep hatred accumulated between the two sides.

However, it was against this backdrop of heightened tension that...

The king of the savage kingdom suddenly sent an envoy. They had heard from the captives that the king of the south seemed to have arrived, so they sent the envoy to negotiate with the king of the south.

The messenger identified himself and was then ushered into Castle Black, where he met Robert Baratheon, the Southern King who had just arrived at the Wall.

The messenger didn't waste any words, stating directly that the White Demons were getting closer and closer behind them, and that the real winter had not yet arrived, but it was not far off.

The envoys from the Wildling kingdom demanded that Robert open the gates to let the free people from beyond the Wall pass through, or their people would all die.

Moreover, Mance Rayder's messengers said that they had found the legendary 'Winter Horn' on the Fist of the First Men.

Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, King Joman of the Frontier blew the 'Winter Horn' to awaken the sleeping giants underground, and if the 'Winter Horn' were blown, the Great Wall of Despair would also collapse.

If the kings of the seven kingdoms were not prepared to allow hundreds of thousands of free people to cross the Great Wall and live in the warmer south.

So Mance Rayder prepared to blow the magic weapon to cause the Wall to collapse, and to destroy the Seven Kingdoms and hundreds of thousands of free people.

Chapter 264 The Horn of Winter

However, the savage's envoy was all bark and no bite.

It seems they wanted to intimidate the king in the south. In the eyes of the savages, these 'kneeling people' living behind the Great Wall were all cowards who would be frightened if they were threatened.

However, the savage messenger never expected that he would run into a brick wall this time.

His threat did not frighten the round, fat king before him; instead, it enraged Robert Baratheon.

Perhaps this envoy had no idea what kind of person his negotiating partner was before arriving at the Wall.

After all, King's Landing was too far away for them; to the Wildlings, everything south of the Wall was called the South.

"You'd better get the hell out of here before I decide to cut your tongue out and shove it up my ass!"

King Robert, however, was not swayed by force. He glared at the messenger with his large, round eyes and then drove him away.

He simply did not believe that some winter horn that came from somewhere could cause such a magnificent wall of despair to collapse when it was sounded.

Although Robert was furious, he was not a cruel tyrant; if it had been Aerys, the messenger would probably have been burned to death.

He drove away the savage's messenger and told him to relay a message to that so-called King of the Frontier.

“Tell that bastard who betrayed the Night's Watch oath!”

Robert spoke loudly, his voice booming throughout the meeting room.

"If you thieves and rapists living in the borderlands want to cross the Great Wall, you must kneel and submit to the kings of the seven kingdoms!"

"And pray to the seven gods for forgiveness for his sins, and then make a choice between the gallows and the black robes!"

King Robert roared, his beard bristling and eyes wide, knowing that those savages were lawless criminals.

They called themselves Freemen to distinguish themselves from the 'kneelers' south of the Wall who knelt before lords and kings, whom the Freemen considered to lack freedom.

But Robert is now determined to make them kneel.

Then, the fat king with a full beard picked up his wine glass, drank a glass of wine, grunted twice, and continued speaking.

"of course."

"This is for ordinary savages."

“That guy who betrayed the Night’s Watch oath… what’s his name, Mance Red? He’s lost his chance to wear the black coat. He has to be sent to the gallows.”

King Robert may forgive other wildlings, but that doesn't mean he can forgive the guy who calls himself 'King Beyond the Wall'.

“Mance Red should be punished according to the rules of the Night's Watch.”

"His Majesty."

And at this time.

Eddard Stark, sitting to the side, spoke up. He had dark brown hair, gray eyes, and a serious expression on his face.

“I will give him a fair trial and hear his reasons.”

Eddard Stark is a man of honor and integrity, and he will listen to Mance Rayder's reasons for betraying the Night's Watch.

Then he personally used his family's Valyrian steel greatsword, "Frost," to behead the "King Beyond the Wall."

The savages' messengers were then driven out of Black Castle.

...

After the wildlings' messengers were driven away, the Night's Watch and reinforcements from the North and other regions hurriedly set up defenses.

They had expected the savages to be enraged and attack, but after waiting and waiting, they received no news.

Where is that winter horn that could blow down the Great Wall of Despair?

Where are the supposedly hundreds of thousands of wild men?

The Wall, 300 miles long and 700 feet high, gave the Allied forces and the Night's Watch ample confidence.

Everyone relaxed considerably. In their view, no one could breach such a magnificent wall—not even hundreds of thousands of wildlings, nor even those so-called White Walkers.

Subsequently, news of the failed negotiations was brought back to Ghost Forest by the messenger. Among the savage army, the arrogant words of the southern king caused an uproar among all the savage tribal leaders.

They refused to kneel before the so-called king in their pursuit of freedom, and Mance Red united hundreds of tribes, ending the infighting among the wildlings.

Therefore, he enjoyed unparalleled prestige among these free people, which is why he was elected as the King of the Frontier.

They could not possibly kneel before the king of the south, much less hand over their king to be beheaded by the lord of the south.

Hundreds of tribal chiefs and leaders were clamoring to launch a full-scale assault on the Wall of Despair.

However, Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, who was mentioned, appeared very calm and did not show any anger.

He stopped all the tribal chiefs from requesting to fight and told them to calm down.

Because he knew very well that with the support of the king and nobles who possessed the Great Wall, it would be impossible for them to breach the Wall of Despair.

However, Mance Rayder did not want to sound the Winter's Horn unless absolutely necessary.

If the Wall were to truly collapse, humanity would lose its only barrier against the White Walkers, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences.

but.

If the king of the South is determined not to let the free people pass, then there is nothing Mance Rayder can do.

He had a responsibility to his people, and he didn't want his head to be chopped off.

At that time, all he could do was sound the winter horn to make the Wall crumble, and then lead his people out.

Whether humans live or die is no longer his concern.

therefore.

Not wanting a mutually destructive outcome, Mance Red restrained his anger.

Then, calmly, another envoy was sent to negotiate frankly with King Robert.

The free people's kneeling before the king of the south and demanding their own heads are absolutely unacceptable conditions; this is Mance Rayder's bottom line.

Subsequently, the envoys for the second round of negotiations were brought into Castle Black.

However, this time the Free People's messenger was much more humble. He didn't immediately clamor to sound the Winter's Horn and cause the Wall to collapse so that everyone could perish together.

Unfortunately, although the Free People's messengers were very sincere this time, after the previous farce, King Robert no longer believed in the Horn of Winter.

In his view, if the other side really had such a divine artifact, wouldn't they have already sounded the horn, killed the allied forces of the seven kingdoms, and directly invaded the northern border?

It was obvious that the other party was trying to scare him, using something that didn't exist to deceive him into opening the city gates and letting them into the territory of the seven kingdoms.

In fact, the conditions that King Robert mentioned earlier were not just empty words; they were also his bottom line.

If he could, he wouldn't want to keep hundreds of thousands of wildlings outside the Wall and watch them be wiped out by the White Walkers.

However, if these hundreds of thousands of savages are unwilling to submit to the king and lord, unwilling to lay down their weapons and stop plundering, and unwilling to pick up farming tools and settle down to cultivate the land.

If they were put into the Wall like that, it would probably be a disaster.

Robert could not agree to it, and the North, being the most directly affected by the Wildlings, was even less likely to agree.

Eddard Stark sat in the side seat, looking down at the wildling messenger with an icy expression.

Chapter 265 Allied Forces

And as the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch.

Jor Mormont was now seated in a more distant position, his seat previously occupied by King Robert.