Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Mance Rayder seemed to be hiding in this dense forest, secretly directing the savages to cause destruction. Stannis discovered this and quietly left, then spent a long time finding his way back.

However, Stannis did not return to Winterfell at this time. Instead, he was bold and daring, and led his Royal Guard to continue wandering and gathering some soldiers who had fled during the Battle of Castle Black.

Then, leading these remnants of the army, they fought their way back to that dense forest.

The Duke of Dragonstone had bandages wrapped around his head, his clothes were tattered, and he reeked of a strong, rancid stench.

However, he was as stubborn as a rock.

Stannis drew his longsword and bravely led his soldiers into battle, personally charging ahead.

They stormed into the savage tribe hiding in the dense forest, and after a fierce battle, personally captured the King of the Frontier, Mance Red.

Mance Red was initially quite calm after being arrested, trying to conceal his identity, but he was exposed by a slip of the tongue from another simple-minded subordinate.

Mance Red was indeed really unlucky.

His proposed plan to disperse and cause destruction in various places kept the regular army busy, and in order to reduce his target and prevent the armies of the seven kingdoms from targeting him, he left only three hundred savages with him.

However, Mance Rayder never expected that hundreds of thousands of wildlings would be running rampant throughout the North, and that some of the more agile ones were already on the verge of escaping into the Riverlands.

But unfortunately, he was targeted and captured by Stannis.

Stannis didn't actually know Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall.

He was lying in the snow at that time, and through some clues and calm deduction, he guessed that this might be the place where the King of the Frontier had landed.

Even if we didn't kill these people, we wouldn't have suffered a loss; it would have been a way to salvage the defeat.

So Stannis went out and gathered some of his remaining troops, and then, with audacity, returned to fight again.

After a fierce battle in the dense forest, Stannis's side was left with only a dozen or so soldiers.

Although the savages resisted fiercely, some died and others were captured alive.

Seeing that the battle was going badly and that he couldn't escape, Mance Red surrendered readily, and his disguise when he was first captured was also exceptionally good.

He disguised himself as an ordinary savage tribe leader, even offering to surrender to the regular army and help them wipe out other savages.

Stannis was initially fooled by Mance Reid's superb acting skills.

He also thought he hadn't captured the real king of the borderlands and felt slightly disappointed.

However, since we didn't capture the King of the Frontier, but instead captured a 'traitor,' it's not a bad deal.

Chapter 290 Burned alive!

However, at this time...

Another captured savage next to Mance Red made a slip of the tongue while answering a question.

This allowed the meticulous Stannis to keenly perceive the other party's true identity.

He then confirmed that the seemingly honest and docile tribal chief who had kowtowed and begged for mercy and offered to lead the regular army to wipe out the savages was none other than the King of the Frontier, Mance Red.

Stannis then gave Mance Rayder no further chance to argue.

He led the remaining dozen or so soldiers to escort the King of the Frontier to Winterfell to reunite with his elder brother.

...

Stannis's return to Winterfell naturally caused a sensation.

His elder brother Robert personally came out of the city to greet him, and they embraced tightly with tears in their eyes, a rare occurrence.

Although the two brothers don't get along and often bicker and argue, they are, after all, brothers born and raised by the same parents.

Stannis, who was as smelly and hard as a stone in a toilet, also had slightly reddened eyes.

Everyone in Winterfell believed that Stannis was already dead.

And then.

Stannis then pulled out Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, and told everyone his identity.

At first, neither Eddard Stark nor his brother Robert could believe that the man before them was the King Beyond the Wall.

However, after repeated confirmations, the other party's identity was finally verified.

Mance Rayder was a wildling orphan raised by the Night's Watch and grew up serving in the Night's Watch for many years.

He then defected from the Night's Watch and returned to the Wildlings, eventually uniting all the Wildlings, quelling their conflicts, and was elected King Beyond the Wall.

Therefore, some veterans in the Night's Watch can still recognize him, such as Maester Aemon, a living fossil of the Night's Watch.

The old maester was not killed when the walls collapsed. He was highly respected in the Night's Watch and was therefore protected by many soldiers who risked their lives for him.

They were eventually escorted to Winterfell, as was Jeor Mormont, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch.

Robert was overjoyed when he finally confirmed that the other party was indeed the legendary King Beyond the Wall.

It is important to know that the current chaotic state of the North is all because of this man. If he had not sounded the Winter's Horn, the Wall would not have collapsed, and the Wildlings would not have flooded into the North.

However, at this point, Robert, Eddard Stark, Stannis, Yorne Royce of the Vale, and other self-proclaimed righteous individuals selectively forgot that the Wildlings had taken the initiative to negotiate on several occasions.

The wildlings kept lowering their demands and begging the kings of the seven kingdoms to open the city gates and let them come to the Wall to escape the White Walkers' pursuit.

However, Robert arrogantly rejected them all.

Robert didn't believe the wildlings possessed weapons capable of destroying the walls, so he dismissed the wildling messenger's words as nonsense.

This ultimately led to the current situation.

Forced by circumstances and in order to survive, the savages truly sounded the winter horn and caused the Great Wall to collapse.

They then fled into the North and wreaked havoc everywhere, believing that this was all the result of the arrogance of the people behind the Wall, and therefore sought to retaliate many times over.

Now, the true King of the Frontier has been brought to Winterfell, bound hand and foot.

Robert was overjoyed to see the captured King of the Wilds and immediately ordered Mance Rayder to order all the kneeling wildlings to surrender, or he would be burned alive.

Robert was now enraged by the wildlings. In all his years as king, he had never suffered such humiliation, and his personality had changed drastically from that of the dark-haired young man he once was.

Eddard Stark tried to dissuade Robert, arguing that the King Beyond the Wall was, after all, a man of respectable status, and that no one should be subjected to cruel punishments that primarily involved torture.

The king of the frontier who committed a capital crime could be sent to the gallows or beheaded, but burning someone alive was undoubtedly a replica of the behavior of the tyrannical mad king Iris II.

However, at this moment, Mance Red, who had remained silent since his identity was revealed, suddenly spoke up and mocked Robert.

He mocked them, saying they would all die at the hands of the White Walkers, and that the Iron Throne would eventually be taken by the Targaryen king across the Narrow Sea.

Although Mans Red had always lived beyond the Great Wall, he was surprisingly well-versed in the situation of the Seven Kingdoms.

Furthermore, Mance Rayder told Robert that he would not order the wildlings to surrender.

Because he had told all the savages long ago that he was not a 'King of the Frontier' and did not want to be a king; he had simply united them together to overcome difficulties.

"They are all free men!"

No one can force them to kneel!

Mance Rayder even spat in Robert's face, his expression one of utter despair.

Robert was indeed enraged by Mance Rayder's attitude and immediately ordered him to be burned alive.

Both Eddard Stark and Stannis realized that Mance Rayder was deliberately trying to provoke Robert and seek a quick death.

So they hurriedly tried to stop the king, but it was impossible for them to stop him.

Enraged Robert immediately ordered his soldiers to set up the stake, which was then piled high with dry grass, and tied Mance Rayder, the King of the Beyond the Wall, to the stake.

Holding a blazing torch, he asked the other party one last time if they were willing to kneel and surrender.

However, he still received ridicule from Mance Red.

In a fit of rage, Robert threw the torch into the dry grass, and a fire broke out instantly.

Mance Red remained unfazed amidst the flames, his eyes glaring at everyone around him as if he wanted to devour them. For the sake of his people, he was willing to face death calmly.

Because Mance Red knew very well that he had fallen into the hands of the kings of the Seven Kingdoms, and they would definitely use him to deceive other free citizens into laying down their arms, or to besiege and attack reinforcements.

He didn't want more free men to die because of his own actions, so Mance Rayder deliberately wanted to provoke Robert into seeking a quick death.

His scheme succeeded.

Robert Baratheon was indeed an easily angered man. He hated the King Beyond the Wall so much that giving him a chance to live was already an immense act of mercy.

After being rudely rejected, he demanded that he be burned alive.

However, Mance Red underestimated the agony of being burned alive. The savage man had initially remained unfazed, even glaring angrily.

However, when the flames reached his skin, the moisture in his body evaporated rapidly, his skin slowly withered and turned yellow, and his flesh and blood were exposed.

His expression changed.

Mance Red's face gradually contorted, and painful groans squeezed out from between his teeth.

Eventually, the pain intensified until he could no longer bear it and let out a piercing scream.

His entire body was engulfed in flames, his mouth was wide open, and flames kept pouring out of his eyes and mouth. His twisted and shrill screams echoed throughout the entire city of Winterfell.

The three Stark children stood in the second-floor corridor of the castle, looking down at the raging flames below.

Robb Stark's expression was serious and meticulous, while Jon Snow's face showed reluctance.

Sansa, the red-haired beauty, was so frightened that she burst into tears; she had never seen anything so terrifying.

The usually fair and just father stood behind Uncle Robert, watching silently as a man was burned alive.

Chapter 291 Absorption and Giving

distant Pentos.

Time flies.

More than a month has passed since Viserys's coming-of-age ceremony.

From the capture of the city on New Year's Eve in Aegon 291 to now, many things have happened, and almost another year has passed.

The morning sunlight streamed through the window and into the elegant bedroom.

Under the golden curtains, Arianne was still sleeping soundly. Last night, they had made love again, and even Arianne, who was in good physical condition, could not withstand such torment.

Viserys, on the other hand, continued to get up on time as usual.