The roar of dragons echoed in the sky, and Daenerys arrived riding one. The four dragons cleared away the minions, while the two of them faced the Night King directly.
"Be careful, I have a feeling something's off about this guy."
In the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, the Night King is generally referred to as the servant of the God of Cold. Therefore, the main storyline of the entire A Song of Ice and Fire universe is essentially a war between representatives of several gods. The TV series deliberately downplayed this aspect, renaming it Game of Thrones. To save on special effects, it focused on the petty squabbles and infighting among humans.
In fact, looking at the main storyline as a whole, the internal strife among the Seven Kingdoms and the humans on Essos is meaningless. The Night King's problem is the real core issue.
It's just that the author might have gotten caught up in the Game of Thrones plot while writing. They got so focused on killing off the main characters that they forgot the core of the story. As a result, they couldn't continue writing the later parts...
If possible, Lu Xuan would love to relive the events of the TV series. To him, it was like a game. But the reality was that Arya Stark still hadn't returned from her training. The Night King was nothing like the simple-minded character from the original story. Lu Xuan couldn't find any way to kill him through any trickery.
Daenerys jumped to Lu Xuan's side. Here, only the two of them were qualified to fight the Night King.
"teacher."
Lu Xuan responded and then gave instructions.
"Be aware that we are now in the Night King's territory. Keep your entire body protected by magic at all times. Do not let your guard down for even a moment."
Two laws are subtly clashing in the air: one is the protective magic from the Great Wall, and the other is the icy law from the Night King.
Lu Xuan casually stuck his sword into the ground and then pulled out his long saber.
Daenerys also took off her cumbersome cloak and helmet, revealing her long golden-silver hair.
She leaned forward slightly, a move Lu Xuan used to begin a fight. Daenerys was greatly influenced by him, consciously or unconsciously imitating him, and eventually adopted this gesture as well.
The moonlit sword energy and Daenerys's fiery sword energy struck from opposite sides simultaneously. The Night King also attacked at the same time, and the three forces collided amidst the blizzard.
Endless snowflakes danced in the sky, shattered by sword energy, melted by flames, and then turned into ice crystals by the cold air. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen cycles had passed.
The two soldiers managed to leave several wounds on the Night King, but in the blizzard, they couldn't inflict any fatal damage. The Night King, on the other hand, remained completely silent, unlike any traditional movie villain. Valyria's attack didn't have any special effects to instantly kill the Night King!
A flock of crows flew overhead, circling above Black Castle. The Night King noticed the crows, hesitated slightly, but made no move to react. This surprised Lu Xuan slightly. However, given the Night King's unwavering actions, Lu Xuan dared not be careless. Only when the crows formed a massive vortex did the Night King finally attempt to shift the battlefield. But by then, it was too late.
Lu Xuan looked up and then spoke to Daenerys.
"Dani, step back a little."
Before this, Lu Xuan had a conversation with the Three-Eyed Raven. He said he would not pursue the matter of the previous ambush, but in exchange, the Raven had to provide assistance in the war against the Night King.
Dealing with the Green Prophet is difficult, as it is a perfect possessor capable of possessing almost any animal. Therefore, it is practically impossible to truly kill it.
However, limiting or weakening it isn't actually difficult. Simply cutting down all the weirwood trees would greatly reduce the Three-Eyed Raven's control range. Although it can possess ravens and fly around the world, it still needs the weirwood trees to truly unleash its divine power. The last ambush on Lu Xuan was also carried out near a giant weirwood tree.
The Night King's body suddenly froze; this was the very move the Green Prophet had used to ambush Lu Xuan. After Daenerys retreated, Lu Xuan also quickly entered the Green Prophet's mysterious space.
What puzzled Lu Xuan was that this time, the aged figure of the Green Prophet appeared before him simultaneously with the Night King. And it seemed the two showed no sign of hostility. Lu Xuan was startled, thinking he had fallen for a trap again. But then the Night King suddenly spoke.
“We don’t have much time, so to make a long story short, human, you must defeat us out there. Before I die.”
Lu Xuan: "...???" He was completely bewildered and had no idea what it meant.
The Three-Eyed Raven thought for a moment and said, "Let me explain."
As he spoke, a vision appeared before Lu Xuan's eyes, like a movie, flashing through a large number of images.
It appeared to be from some ancient era, where a group of short, creatures dressed in vine and leaf fabrics were binding a human to a tree trunk. Beneath the human's feet was a complex magic circle. Clearly, they were a group of children of the forest.
A child of the forest plunged a dagger made of dragon spirit into the man's chest.
Accompanied by the man's agonizing screams, the surrounding Forest Children began to chant an ancient incantation rapidly. The Dragon Spirit Dagger at the man's chest, as if melting, slowly flowed into his chest, enveloping his heart.
Lu Xuan suddenly remembered that when he fought the Night King, he had slashed open the other's chest and seen a strange black heart. It seemed that the scene before him was the process of the Night King's birth.
Lu Xuan had known all along that the Night King was created by the Children of the Forest. He just hadn't seen the details.
"What does this mean? I know the Night King was created by the Children of the Forest. But what does that have to do with our topic?"
"You know?" The Three-Eyed Raven's focus was on this. Lu Xuan realized he had let something slip; it seemed no one in this era should know this.
"This speculation can be found in Valyrian records."
"Is that so? That's a truly terrifying race. You should know, then, the purpose for which they were created."
"It must be for the war with humanity."
"That's right, they were originally the weapons of the Children of the Forest. Does that make any connection?"
Something flashed through Lu Xuan's mind, but he didn't grasp the core of it. He thought for a moment and then asked.
How did they get out of control?
"It seems you've already grasped the connection. Yes, how did they get out of control? Or rather, how did they become the Night King?"
Lu Xuan finally grasped the key point. How could the Children of the Forest create a creature like the Night King?
Ice and death—these two laws are completely outside the domain of the children of the forest who revere nature.
“Did you notice? The Night King wasn’t always the Night King; he was just a magical warrior. A stronger, more agile magical warrior, immune to pain. They were supposed to help the Children of the Forest win that war.”
"But they still lost in the end!"
"That's right, because some beings don't like to see the Children of the Forest win."
"Because they know magic?"
"It can be said that every magical race possesses immeasurable potential. The outstanding individuals among them sometimes touch upon, or even surpass, the limits of the human world. This is something that those in power cannot accept."