Chapter 232 Castle Black

a few days later.

Several rangers in black cloaks lay on their horses and escaped from the ghost forest with scars all over their bodies, and came under the magnificent Great Wall of Despair.

"Open the city gate!"

"Open the city gate!"

The Sentinels of the Night's Watch on the Desperate Wall spotted them and spoke loudly, while the guards on duty in front of the gate below also pulled on the ropes.

wow-

The noose chain made a sound, the heavy solid oak gate was pulled up, and then several rangers who had fled back in a hurry entered the Seed of the Great Wall of Desperation on horseback.

"Hey bro, what happened?"

Some black-clothed brothers of the Night's Watch stepped forward and carried the Rangers who had fled back from their horses, only to realize how badly they were injured.

One of the rangers even had a large hole in his abdomen, as if a hand had pierced his abdomen and pulled out his bowels.

This Ranger has been dead for a long time, and even the body has lost its temperature and the joints are stiff, but his legs are still tightly clamped on the horse's back, so that the body is not bumped off the horse's back, and the war horse follows. The rest of the Rangers' horses fled back together.

Several brothers of the night watchman had to use their strength to lift him off the horse. The body was placed on the ground with a layer of wood, but he still maintained the posture of riding.

All the brothers of the night watchmen who came to hear the news fell silent when they saw this scene.

The rest of the rangers who escaped were also injured, and their faces were pale and sluggish. I don't know what happened to them, and they seemed to be stimulated a lot.

Chief Ranger Bunyan Stark was the best of the rangers who escaped, but he also had a shocking scratch on his back, and the tearing of his cloak left a long mark on his body.

"This kind of injury."

"Bunyan, what was this thing caught?"

A brother of the night watchman was surprised, and then asked.

However, Bunyan lowered his head and was silent for a while.

"call…"

Then he exhaled a long breath of white mist, shook his head slightly, and said nothing.

And at this time.

Hearing that the Rangers team, which had been out of contact for a few days, finally returned, Jeor Mormont, the 997th commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, lingered from the steps of the high commander's tower and came down to the scene.

On the old commander's already bald head, there were still a few lonely white hairs fluttering in the wind, and the fluffy gray beard swayed a few times.

This is the Valyrian steel sword of House Mormont - Longclaw.

"Commander-in-Chief."

"Lord Mormont."

Seeing the arrival of the commander-in-chief, the night watchmen onlookers stepped aside one after another.

And Jeor Mormont came to the scene and separated the crowd. Seeing the miserable state of the Rangers sitting on the ground, he frowned slightly and looked up at the Chief Ranger.

"Bunyan, what happened?"

Mormont knew that Bunyan was a mature and experienced commander, and he had never suffered such a heavy loss when he commanded the Rangers to go out to fight. Could it be that he was ambushed by the savages?

And the chief ranger heard the commander-in-chief's sharp cheeks still pale, took a deep breath, then took the hand that Mormont handed over, stood up from the ground, and exhaled the white mist.

"Commander-in-chief, let's talk about it alone."

"Call Maester Aemon too."

"Oh?"

And when old Mormont heard Bun Yang's words, a pair of dim old eyes suddenly condensed slightly, and looked at Bun Yang's eyes from a close distance.

After a long while, he nodded slightly and said in a hoarse voice.

"it is good."

"We'll talk about this when we get home."

Then Mormont turned his head again and spoke to Chief Affairs Officer Bowen Marcy next to him.

"Bowyn, go and call Maester Aemon over here."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."

The chief service officer, who was fat and red like a pomegranate, said in agreement, glanced at Bunyan Stark again, and nodded in greeting.

Then walk towards the direction of the crow's nest, the bachelor's room is directly below the crow's nest.

"Um."

And Bunyan Stark also nodded slightly.

Then he turned his head and glanced at the other Ranger brothers present, all of whom had been explained by Bunyan in advance, and nodded to indicate that they would keep it strictly confidential.

Then Bunyan followed behind the commander-in-chief and climbed the wooden steps of the commander's tower.

The old commander walked slowly in front, the chief ranger followed behind him, the two were silent on the road, the steps made a creaking sound, and when they reached the door, they took out the key and opened the door. .

"come in."

Mormont raised his head and gestured, and Bunyan followed into the commander-in-chief's room, then closed the door.

There was also a birdcage hanging on the wall inside the house, and in the birdcage was a raven looking at Bunyan Stark with its head tilted.

"Go ahead, Bunyan."

"What exactly happened to you?"

The commander-in-chief was so old that he was out of breath when he climbed the stairs, then sat on the chair beside the desk, picked up the water glass and took a sip of hot water.

He raised his head and asked.

The Chief Ranger, who was still very embarrassed, stood in the center of the room and lowered his head to organize the language slightly, then raised his head again and said in a hoarse voice.

"We've encountered the White Walkers, Commander-in-Chief."

When Bunyan's words fell, Mormont was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously shook his head decisively.

"impossible!"

What kind of reason he thought Bunyan would give, he didn't expect it to be such a poor excuse.

"Bunyan..."

Mormont was even a little disappointed.

He believed that Bunyan led the Rangers to an ambush by wildlings, and then fled back with heavy losses.

For fear of being punished, he reunited with all the Rangers who escaped before returning to Castle Black.

No one is immune to mistakes. Old Mormont also made a lot of mistakes when he was young, but it is the right way to admit and correct mistakes in time.

So he also gave the young man a face and went back to the room to talk alone.

But he didn't expect that what disappointed him was that Bunyan didn't take the initiative to admit his mistake, and even made such a poor excuse.

"I'm not lying, Lord Mormont."

And Bunyan was stunned for a moment, not expecting that the commander-in-chief didn't believe what he said, and immediately retorted.

And at this time.

A trembling figure appeared in front of the commander-in-chief's bedroom door.

"The White Walkers haven't been seen in thousands of years."

"Lord Stark."

"If you just say that, the Commander-in-Chief will definitely not believe it."

"You also need to prove that you are not lying."