Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Faced with her brother's questioning, Lyanna fell silent, and a rare look of regret appeared on her pale face. This matter had always been a knot in her heart that she could not untie.

"How...is he?"

Lyanna remained silent for a long time before asking in a hoarse voice.

"Who?"

Benjen saw that Lyanna's resentment, which had been building up for so many years, suddenly dissipated. He took a deep breath and then asked in return.

"My son."

Lyanna answered without hesitation.

"How is he doing now?"

What's his name now?

Even before Lyanna gave birth to that baby boy, she already knew that her husband Rhaegar had died in battle. Therefore, after her resurrection, her only concern was for their child, her and Rhaegar's child.

She entrusted the child to her brother Ed, asking him to take good care of him.

However, Lyanna knew very well that her child could not be called Targaryen, but had to be given a different name, otherwise Robert would surely kill him.

"Your son?"

Benjen was filled with questions when he heard Lyanna's words. During the public trial, it was confirmed that Rhaegar had not raped Lyanna, but they had never mentioned that they had a son together.

However, Benjen was also a clever man. After hearing Lyanna's words, he only pondered for a moment before realizing something.

"When Ed returned from the south with your body, he also brought back a baby boy, claiming that he was his illegitimate son."

Banyan stared wide-eyed and said in disbelief.

Eddard never mentioned any of this to him; it was a secret buried deep in his heart. The only time he spoke of it to anyone else was during the Battle of Winterfell, when Eddard told his wife Catelyn about their bastard son's birth.

Because Eddard wanted to live and die with Winterfell, he wanted to tell his wife this secret before he died to ease her mind, and also hoped to tell Jon Snow when the time was right in the future.

"Jon Snow".

"That's the name of Ed's illegitimate son."

Benjen looked Lyanna up and down. He had never noticed it before if it hadn't been pointed out, but after this one glance, he immediately noticed that Lyanna and his brother's illegitimate son looked very similar.

"Don't worry, Lyanna."

"He is now in King's Landing, being raised by our sister-in-law, Lady Catelyn."

“Jon is doing very well. He has grown tall and strong, and he is very talented in horsemanship and swordsmanship. He has been learning swordsmanship from me since he was just learning to walk. Robb is no match for Jon in swordsmanship.”

Benjen had a good relationship with his nephews. He taught Robb, Theon, and Jon Snow swordsmanship, so he was very familiar with the boys' skill levels. Jon Snow was the best, followed by Robb Snow, and then Theon Snow.

"Jon Snow..."

Hearing that her son was doing well, Lyanna felt much relieved.

She lived in the north and knew very little about the human world. Moreover, considering her age, her son was only a teenager, so it was perfectly normal for him not to be well-known.

Then Lyanna looked at the necklace that Benjen was holding and spoke.

"Let's continue with what we were just talking about."

"Rega gave me this necklace back then."

"He claimed that he dreamed about things in the future and told me that 'dragons have three heads.'"

"Does a dragon have three heads?"

Banyan asked with a hint of doubt, but Lyanna ignored him and continued speaking.

"And Rega then told me that the necklace was made of a very precious material that could play a vital role in the future."

"It is also what helped me preserve my memories from before I was alive, allowing me to remain conscious after I was revived."

Chapter 705 Oily Black Stone

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Lyanna's words, Benjen couldn't help but look down at the unassuming black stone necklace in his palm.

"But I can't see anything."

In Banyan's eyes, it was just an ordinary stone necklace, except that its surface was slightly oily, as if it could absorb luster.

He tried adjusting the angle; the aurora in the northern sky was magnificent, but any light shining on it would be completely absorbed.

The black stone absorbed the light and seemed to become even purer and darker, as if facing an abyss. As Banyan stared at the small black stone up close, he couldn't help but feel an uncomfortable sense of dizziness.

Logically speaking, his body was already a corpse; he was dead, only still able to control his movements. However, he could no longer feel cold or heat. Yet, when he looked directly at the small black stone, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable and wanted to vomit.

Therefore, this is a discomfort that directly affects Benjen's soul, which he cannot escape even now that he is dead.

"This feeling...it's so familiar."

Banyan suppressed the dizziness and nausea in his head, then abruptly removed the small black stone from his sight.

Then he gasped for breath, knelt on one knee, and became extremely weak, as if his soul had been sucked away.

"Don't stare at this stone for too long, Benjen."

"Because it will even devour your gaze."

Then Lyanna's voice rang out.

She hadn't stopped Banyan from giving her little brother a hard time because she had suffered the same fate before, though without any real danger.

Therefore, Lyanna didn't say anything to remind him, so that letting Benjen suffer a loss would help him better understand the magic of the small stone.

"I know what that feeling is like!"

"Leanna!"

"I've seen it before!"

However, kneeling on one knee, his ruptured lungs twitching like a broken bellows, Banyan held the black stone necklace in his hand, then raised his head and spoke.

"Ok?"

Lyanna was slightly taken aback when she heard Benjen's words. She hadn't expected that Benjen had seen such a mysterious and terrifying little thing.

"Yes, I remember now."

"I've seen it before!"

Benjamin remembered where he had felt this familiar feeling before. Not long ago, he had followed the White Walker all the way north and finally arrived at an ice altar.

However, the White Walker seemed to be escorting something important. It dismounted and walked step by step toward the icy altar.

Benjen was tempted to stop him, instinctively believing that the other must be preparing to do something important, something that would be detrimental to humans for the White Walkers.

Unfortunately, Banyan hadn't fully made up his mind at that time, and in the end, he let the other party come to the ice altar, then take out a black stone that was much larger than this one from a package and place it on the ice altar.

Then the black stone placed on the huge ice altar began to burn with icy blue flames. Banyan was also looking at the other at that time, and then he felt dizzy and lost his mind, eventually becoming a dazed ghoul, until they were far away from the range of the flames.

Is that so?

When Lyanna heard about her brother's ordeal, she looked thoughtful.

She wasn't near the altar at the time, so she didn't witness it, but as a 'high-level spy' infiltrated among the White Walkers, her knowledge of the Blackrock was clearly more than that.

"This oily black stone is different from the black stone structures forged by the Valyrian Dragon Kings, which are dry and forged by fire and magic."

There are several Blackstone structures built by the Valyrian Dragon Aspects across Westeros. The castle on Dragonstone is built of Blackstone, and the foundation of the towering tower of House Hightower in Oldtown is also made of Blackstone.

Although they are similar to the black stone necklace that Rhaegar gave to Lyanna, they are not made of the same material.

"I don't know what its specific function is, nor do I know if they are distributed in other parts of the world."

"But without a doubt, it is extremely important to the Night King."

Lyanna spoke thoughtfully, then asked a question.

"Benyan, do you know why we suddenly decided to attack the Iron Islands?"

"Ok?"

Banyan paused for a moment, then nodded. Although he had been trapped in the cellars of Winterfell, he had heard about the incident after escaping.

The White Walkers bypassed the main battlefield of the Neck and launched a surprise attack on the Iron Islands, suddenly appearing behind the Allied forces, which directly led to the Allied forces being attacked from both sides and almost being wiped out.

If His Majesty had not driven the Night King away in battle while riding a dragon, perhaps after that battle, the Long Night would have enveloped the entire Westeros, utterly extinguishing all hope.

Because at that time, the main force of the human alliance in Westeros was gathered here, and if the Battle of the Green Fork was lost, it would almost mean that humanity had lost the ability to resist the White Walkers and could only wait to die.

"In order to cut off the enemy's retreat and launch a surprise attack from behind."

Benjen Stark began to speak, but Lyanna shook her head, denying his answer.

"No, he doesn't actually value the Human Alliance."

"He just wants us to find something on the Iron Islands."

Lyanna was among the White Walkers who led the army of the dead to raid the Iron Islands, and Victarion had seen her before, so she naturally knew why the White Walkers were attacking the Iron Islands.

The "he" that Lyanna refers to is the Night King, although the Night King is not actually called "Night King" among the White Walkers.

But Lyanna spoke very cryptically, even lowering her voice when mentioning 'him,' as if afraid the other person would hear her.

Looking for something?

"what?"

This answer completely surprised Banyan, and he frowned slightly.

He hadn't expected that the White Walkers were attacking the Iron Islands in search of something. What could be so captivating to the Night King?

His gaze then fell on the black stone necklace, and a thought flashed through his mind: Could this be it...?

"It's this kind of oily black stone."

Lyanna didn't keep them in suspense and spoke directly.

"He led us to this oily black stone that could absorb all light, and he seemed to be able to sense that there was such a stone on the Iron Islands."

"And we found this oily black stone in the Greyjoy family's castle after we landed on Pike Island."

"It is the Sea Stone that the Iron People call the symbol of the Iron King."