“My lord, we don’t need to worry about them now. They can’t climb up. We should be preparing for an attack at the main gate.” Jon was right. A vertical ice wall over two hundred meters high was indeed not something that could be climbed in a short time.
"The city gates were made of cold-rolled steel, four inches wide; they simply couldn't have breached them."
"Look down there, that's a giant riding a mammoth. Ten inches of cold-rolled steel can't fucking stop that thing."
“There are no giants at all; it’s just a bedtime story for children.” No matter how Jon tried to persuade him, Slynt wouldn’t even take a single step forward to look at the giants below the walls. He was afraid that if he showed his face, he would be hit by a wildling’s arrow. But in reality, most of the arrows didn’t even reach the walls.
Lu Xuan also noticed the giants at the main gate. Unlike the two or three giants seen in TV dramas with minimal special effects, Lu Xuan could see at least a dozen giants from afar. There were also eight mammoths. The giants riding the mammoths were like moving mountains. No wonder Jon Snow could feel their pressure even from over two hundred meters above the city wall.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Xuan said to Daenerys.
“Those giants and mammoths are extremely rare species. If we can tame them, we will have a powerful army of weapons. Just imagine what it would be like to dress these giants and mammoths in heavy armor and let them lead the charge? I guarantee that even the Golden Company's elephant army would turn into a rabbit army.”
Barristan understood Lu Xuan's meaning and gave him a grateful look. Daenerys, on the other hand, finally made her decision.
"Let's go."
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Chapter 287 Descending from the Sky (One more chapter to come)
The number of Night's Watchmen on the city walls was far too small. Combined with the extremely high winds at that altitude, the arrows fired were scattered wildly by the wind, failing to provide sufficient suppressive coverage. As a result, large numbers of wildlings charged unchecked into the tunnel entrance at the main gate.
Several giants, wielding heavy wooden shields, constructed a simple dome beneath the city wall to block the arrows from above. Below, a large number of savages began a frenzied attack on the city gate, wielding hammers and axes. Several other giants even carried tree trunks approximately ten meters long, inserting them into the base of the gate, preparing to pry it open.
Meanwhile, even more Thane soldiers stormed through the south gate. Instructor Thane and his Night's Watch were already in retreat. In less than a quarter of an hour, half of the thirty-odd men had perished.
"Sir, the south gate can no longer be defended."
"Shut up! I'm not dead, the gates won't fall, get back to your positions!" Instructor Thorne shouted desperately, but he still couldn't stop the Night's Watch's retreat. There was no way around it; the Thane were one of the most formidable tribes among the wildlings. These Night's Watch members, with only rudimentary training, were completely outnumbered and unable to engage in direct combat.
Seeing a tall Thane man charging towards him, wielding a massive axe, the exhausted instructor Thorne drew his sword and charged. Thorne had received formal knightly training, and his swordsmanship was quite good. After all, he was an instructor for the Night's Watch.
However, the opposing Theron warriors were warriors who had earned their position as cannibalistic chieftains through countless battles. They were superior in both strength and skill.
On the city wall, Jon Snow had already hurled all the barrels of oil. Unfortunately, a sudden gust of wind veered the barrels off course, preventing them from landing in the heart of the giant army. They only ignited on the outer perimeter, engulfing the lives of hundreds of wildlings. Only two wildlings on the edge sustained minor injuries.
More wildlings charged forward, attacking the gates and scaling the walls right in front of the Night's Watch. In an instant, the entire wall was swarming with wildlings. They neither dodged nor retreated; their sheer numbers filled the Night's Watch with despair.
Inside the south gate, Sir Thorne's longsword clashed with the giant axe once more. The inferior axe was chipped in several places by his longsword. However, the difference in quality caused his longsword to snap in two with a clang. Seeing the giant axe hurtling towards him, Sir Thorne could only close his eyes and await his death.
But death did not come. Instructor Thorne, after waiting a few seconds, opened his eyes. Standing before him was a figure clad in black armor. He didn't know when the figure had appeared, because that wasn't his focus. His focus was on the figure gripping the axe of the Thorne warrior with one hand.
Lu Xuan suddenly twisted his right hand. The Seren man, who was only holding his axe, had no time to react. He was thrown back four or five meters away.
Lu Xuan turned around and looked at the dumbfounded Instructor Thorne.
"Gather your men and do your best to keep them alive. I'll take care of the enemy here."
Lu Xuan didn't have any particular prejudice against the savages. Although these people were barbaric and ferocious, and many of them made a living by raiding, to be honest, the people inside the Great Wall weren't much better. It was just a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Instructor Thorne hadn't even realized what was happening when he saw the Thorne warrior get up from the ground and charge forward again. But what happened the next second made him wonder if he was hallucinating.
He only felt the young man in black armor suddenly sway. Then he abruptly appeared in front of the Seren man. He didn't use any weapon, but simply gently 'pushed' the Seren man's chest with his right hand.
The next second, the nearly two-meter-tall Thane was sent flying like a child's doll. His speed didn't diminish at all when he collided with the two Thane behind him. Instructor Thorne even saw some kind of translucent ripple spreading from between the three, instantly transforming into an invisible storm that sent more than twenty Thane behind him flying.
The scene was like a mischievous child wildly sweeping away fallen leaves with a broom. A sudden gust of wind cleared the area, scattering the leaves in all directions.
This magical attack plunged the entire South Gate into a brief silence. A few breaths later, an arrow whistled through the air. Lu Xuan raised his left hand and steadily caught the arrow. Turning his head, he saw a savage woman staring at him in astonishment.
"Your archery skills are quite good," Lu Xuan casually complimented.
Ignoring Jon Snow's wildling woman, Lu Xuan headed straight for the remaining Thern people. Don't assume the Thern people are fearless. Faced with Lu Xuan's unreasonable power, they too retreated in fear, many even jumping out through the gap they had just crawled in through, sending the group climbing in from the outside crashing down...
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Outside the Wall, as countless savages roared and attacked the walls, some faintly heard an even more powerful howling sound. But most dismissed it as the wind. Until two flames, illuminating the entire Wall, descended from the sky.
Drogon and Viserys crossed paths in the sky. The flames from their mouths streaked across the countless wildlings, drawing two lines of death along the outer perimeter of the Wall. The wildling army, which had been roaring madly, fell silent instantly.
Even the giants who were trying to breach the city gates stood frozen in place. When the two dragons descended from the sky and landed outside the city walls, countless savages even knelt down, calling out the name of the dragon gods.
Mansred, who was stationed far behind, was also bewildered by the scene before him. Mansred was undoubtedly a great ruler. After all, he was able to unite thousands of tribes, large and small, across the Icefield as a traitor to the Night's Watch, forming a wildling army that claimed to number one hundred thousand. His abilities were beyond question.
But no matter how meticulous his plan was, the dragon was not within his consideration. Especially since the dragon descended from the sky when the barbarian army was at its peak of morale. In just a few breaths, it completely shattered the barbarian army that he had spent more than a decade building.
Daenerys jumped off Drogon, turned her back to the flames, and stood at the entrance to the Wall.
The hundreds of savages surrounding the city gate scattered in all directions as she swept her gaze across them.
With the blessing of Daenerys's magic, her voice echoed throughout the entire city walls.
"Open the city gates!!"
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Chapter 288 The True Dragon Empire
The people on the city wall had a heated argument, almost coming to blows over whether to open the gate. That is, until Jon Snow said something.
"She has a dragon, so what's the point of us opening the city gates?"
Everyone suddenly realized. Their prized city walls were utterly meaningless before the dragon!