In addition, the breach in the Great Wall had already come at a great cost, and a small battlement was built in a very short time.
King Robert then led many of the allied generals and nobles to the newly renovated Castle Black.
The main force of the Allied forces was stationed here, with tents stretching as far as the eye could see, adorned with all sorts of family banners. The massive army trained hard every day, preparing to snipe at the enemy and fight the White Walkers to the death.
Although King Robert was not very good at governing the country and could not be considered a qualified good king, many people even described him as a drunkard and a fool.
However, Robert was quite brave and skilled in warfare, and could be considered a formidable general.
"A good commander will not abandon the advantage of defense. We only need to hold the Great Wall, and I believe..."
King Robert's younger brother Stannis remained the same stubborn rock in the latrine, both smelly and unyielding.
Although the two brothers briefly reconciled, it was Robert's unexpected joy at Stannis's resurrection, which he believed was dead.
Then Stannis miraculously turned the tide and captured Mance Rayder as he returned to Winterfell.
Now that the brief warmth of that time has been forgotten, the two brothers' tempers still clash.
Donal Noy, the Night's Watch blacksmith who was familiar with the three Baratheon brothers, once compared the three in this way.
"If Robert is steel, then Stannis is iron, black, hard, and strong, but also easily damaged, and like iron, he will break before he can bend."
"As for Renly, he's like shiny copper, he looks good, but he's not actually worth much."
The blacksmith was right.
Stannis stubbornly refused to let his brother risk his life, like a rock, believing that as long as they held the Wall, even a small breach would stop the army of the dead.
Eddard Stark also advised Robert that the snow outside was already falling heavily, making it unsuitable to launch an attack.
However, Robert ultimately defied all opposition and personally led an army of elite knights drawn from the Seven Kingdoms to bypass the main force, departing from Eastwatch-by-the-Sea, passing through the Ghostwood Forest, and advancing along the Deer Horn River towards the rear of the army of the dead.
The White Walkers who commanded the army of the dead never imagined that the human army would dare to launch a preemptive strike.
They then circled around from behind, catching them off guard.
With intelligence as their support, all the knights coated their longswords with oil before setting out, and the archers' arrows were also stained with oil.
The main force then charged out and annihilated this army of several thousand undead, suffering only minimal losses.
The leader of this army of the dead, a white-skinned, moon-like creature with cold, beautiful eyes, engaged in a one-on-one duel with the human king.
His body was covered in reflective armor that changed color as he moved, somewhat like the armor worn by the legendary children of the forest.
His swordsmanship was superb; he wielded a longsword that emitted an eerie blue light and resembled a thin crystal shard.
The White Walkers were incredibly fast and powerful. The elite knights of the Seven Kingdoms routed the disorganized army of the dead, burning them to ashes, and then surrounded the White Walker.
Ohhh!
"Kill him!"
"Kill him!"
Knights from the Seven Kingdoms swarmed forward, attempting to kill the terrifying White Walker.
However, these elite knights were unable to defeat their opponents. Instead, several of them were killed by the White Walkers, who swept them away without any resistance.
The knights' flaming longswords shattered like glass at the slightest touch, while the White Walkers' swords were so cold they could crush anything, including the knights' bodies.
At this moment, King Robert stepped forward.
Before leaving, he took the Stark family's greatsword, Frostfire, with him to prevent encountering the real White Walkers.
"Get out of my way!"
A tall, bearded man wielding a two-handed greatsword let out a roar.
Then it charged forward fiercely and engaged the White Walkers in a one-on-one duel.
clang--
The Valyrian steel greatsword, Frostbite, slammed down hard on the White Walker's Frostbite.
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"kill!"
The two then engaged in a fierce fight.
Ding ding ding—
The white snowflakes continued to fall from above, while the weapons of the two combatants below clashed violently, even sparking out.
"You son of a bitch! Get the hell out of here and go back to your seventh level of hell!"
Robert Baratheon roared, sweat streaming down his round face.
However, even King Robert, known for his strength, seemed to be overwhelmed when facing the real White Walkers.
The White Walkers appear thin and frail, merely skeletons, yet their power is unusually terrifying, seemingly imbued with magical enhancements.
The White Walkers seemed to realize that the strong, fat man in front of them was no ordinary person, so they desperately tried to kill him.
A terrifying shriek escaped his lips, like the sound of ice cracking, or like some ancient language that had long been lost.
The White Walkers wanted to kill the human king, but Robert instead seized the opportunity.
thump--
The fat king fell to the ground, panting slightly.
clang--
Then, somewhat clumsily, he rolled on the spot to dodge the White Walker's pursuit, as the opponent's icy sword struck the ground.
"Go to hell!"
Robert then seized the opportunity, wielding the greatsword with both hands, and plunged it deep into the man's chest.
click -
The Valyrian greatsword pierced the White Walker's chest, but there was no sound like a sword cutting into flesh; it was more like slicing through a block of ice, producing a grating, teeth-grinding scraping sound.
The White Walker was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting to be defeated by a weak human.
And then the next second.
bang——
The White Walker’s body suddenly made a loud noise, and then it exploded like ice shattering.
It turned into shards of ice scattered all over the ground.
...
King Robert became the first person to kill a White Walker with his own hands, and led the elite knights of the Seven Kingdoms to a victory in their first battle, which greatly boosted the morale of the allied forces.
For a time, everyone in the allied forces was praising the king's bravery, even calling him the 'White Walker Slayer,' while some were subtly mocking the two dukes for their cowardice.
King Robert's plan to launch a preemptive attack on the White Walkers, against the advice of many, was strongly opposed by the Duke of Winterfell and the Duke of Dragonstone. They believed that the king should stay in the safe city of Winterfell and not risk his life.
But in the end, it proved that His Majesty the King was wise and mighty, easily winning the war, annihilating more than three thousand undead legions of ghouls, and suffering minimal losses.
And they burned all the corpses, including the wights and human soldiers, to prevent the White Walkers from using any means to resurrect these soldiers and prevent the number of wights from increasing.
After all, this place is home to the best commanders and soldiers from all seven kingdoms. The Baratheon dynasty at its peak and the Baratheon dynasty that later disintegrated after the War of the Five Kings were naturally vastly different in strength.
A unified king can unite the nation's strength and the people's hearts, enabling the entire country to face the enemies of all mankind with one mind.
Before this battle, a nobleman from the Reach even suggested that they could seek help from Viserys across the Narrow Sea.
After all, the Targaryen family had been kings of the Seven Kingdoms for nearly three hundred years, and now they were militarily strong. How could they stand by and watch them die?
However, this idea was immediately rejected by King Robert with a fierce expression.
If he hadn't been unwilling to kill his own people before the big battle, he would have even wanted to send this cowardly fool to the gallows.
Even if he were to suffer a defeat, he would never bow down to the remnants of the Targaryen family for help.
Even the usually aloof Lord Eddard Stark showed displeasure inside the hall.
However, he seemed to think of his illegitimate son and his complicated background, and then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
This proposal came to an end with the allied forces' initial victory and the king's displeasure.
And the White Walkers did indeed begin to appear beyond the Great Wall, and news of the allied forces' initial victory quickly flew over the Neck Marsh and reached the south.
Nobles from all over the country, enjoying the warm climate of the south, raised their glasses in celebration, praising His Majesty the King's bravery and thanking the soldiers for their lives.
Feasts were held in Casterly Rock, King's Landing, the Twins, and other cities to celebrate this moment. A small victory was touted as a great one, as if the moment when mankind defeated the White Walkers was just around the corner.
However, the nobles in the south had never actually seen this monster, and they didn't take it seriously at all.
Anyway, His Majesty the King is there to protect us.
The news reached the savage tribes deep in the Mingyue Mountains, who were entangled with the Gaoshan clan.
The chief of the savage tribe scoffed at the celebrations of these 'kneeling people'.
These people had no idea what the White Walkers were, let alone how terrifying these monsters were.
They even warned the mountain clans who had become their friends that they should be prepared to continue fleeing south should the situation turn against them.
What is the farthest south?
His name is Dorne, right?
"The White Walkers are impossible to kill!"
"Their bodies are so cold they can freeze any weapon, and they are covered in ice armor that makes them virtually impervious to blades and spears!"
The wild people had a very wide range of activities outside the Great Wall, including some cold-resistant tribes that lived in snow-covered areas year-round.
They encountered the real White Walkers much earlier than humans, and their intelligence was far more complete than that of humans.
At that time, the wildlings fought many battles with the White Walkers, and it was precisely because they couldn't defeat them that they turned tail and ran south.
"The White Walkers are impossible to kill, and those they kill will be resurrected in a bizarre way, then rise from the ground and become walking corpses, monsters."
"The servants of the White Walkers are wights, and the wights constantly kill other humans to create new wights."
"This cycle repeated itself..."
As he spoke, the chief of the savage tribe shuddered slightly, seemingly afraid to continue, for he had already imagined the terrifying scene.
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