As Daenerys flew over the shadowy Ghost Shadow Forest, she witnessed countless bloody scenes.
Under the dark shadows of the forest, the Beyond the Wall struggled to gather wild fruits and hunt beasts for survival.
But more often, people would choose to plunder from other tribes; the already small number of Beyond the Wall seemed to never stop their infighting.
There were no rules or order here; everything was for filling their stomachs, for survival.
Flying over the snow-capped mountains, numerous First Men ruins, with only faint traces remaining, silently recounted the long and arduous history of the First Men descendants.
The First Men's Fist, once a fortress Beyond the Wall, had now completely weathered into a perilous, icy peak, with only the waist-high stone walls and observation platforms showing a hint of their former existence.
The steaming, milky-white Milk River not only nourished many resilient Beyond the Wall tribes but also harbored tall Mammoths and the rare Children of the Forest nearby.
Most of the beasts Beyond the Wall were exceptionally fierce and brave.
Whether wild deer, wolf packs, or giant bears, they were all much larger than their counterparts south of The Wall.
The harsh environment not only tempered the Beyond the Wall tribes but also subjected the beast populations Beyond the Wall to an even more rigorous selection process.
In the northernmost region outside The Wall, the Thenns Kingdom was nestled in a warm valley within the mountains, hidden in a small corner of the world at the far north of the Frostfangs.
The inhabitants of Thenn were called Thenns.
The Thenns believed they possessed the purest First Men blood; their primary language was the First Men language, and most only knew one or two words of the Common Tongue.
The leader of the Thenns was Magna; they regarded Magna as a god, not merely a chief.
This was very similar to the Stoneborn of Skagos, where Dax's family used Magna as their surname.
At this time, the Thenns still had a relatively high degree of civilization and were closer to the people south of The Wall because they possessed laws and lords.
Precisely because of this, the Beyond the Wall never dared to bother them.
There was also a saying that all the Beyond the Wall who offended the Thenns had already become their food.
In everyone's perception, the Thenns were out-and-out cannibals.
The Thenns were also fierce warriors, but because they regarded Magna as a god, they were absolutely obedient to commands and had much higher combat discipline than other Beyond the Wall.
Their equipment was usually better than that of the Beyond the Wall, including bronze helmets, axes made of bronze or stone, short spears with leaf-shaped tips, leather shirts sewn with thin bronze plates, and crude leather shields with copper edges.
Northeast of the Thenn Kingdom, there were several large lakes that never froze, which were the best hunting grounds for the Thenns.
Giants who could not build shelters or wear clothes and rarely used technology lived in the caves near the great lakes.
They subsisted on moss, wild vegetables, and wild fruits near the great lakes, relying on instinct.
In combat, the Giants only knew how to wield large wooden clubs, which were almost raw logs, completely unprocessed.
Therefore, even though they were strong, they had been driven to the brink of extinction by humans.
Some of them tied round stones to one end of a log to use as a hammer.
Some Giants could tame Mammoths and use them as mounts.
Continuing to fly north, Daenerys could only see a vast, pale expanse of ice.
After an unknown duration of flight, a colorful curtain of light suddenly appeared, connecting heaven and earth.
This massive colorful light curtain added much brilliance to the monotonous white surroundings.
Driven by some mysterious energy, Daenerys flew towards the light curtain without hesitation.
From the light of the curtain, Daenerys felt a rich natural aura, which made her feel very comfortable.
In just the blink of an eye, Daenerys passed through the light curtain.
However, the sight before her made Daenerys gasp.
Because beyond the light curtain, as far as her eyes could see, were densely packed wights.
Among these wights were ragged Beyond the Wall, skeletal warriors clad in bronze armor, stiffened various fierce beasts, and warhorses and wild wolves reduced to mere skeletons.
Their eye sockets, however, all burned with icy blue flames, and they stood silently outside the light curtain.
Daenerys instinctively wanted to retreat into the light curtain, as the scene before her was simply too disgusting and terrifying.
But her body uncontrollably continued to fly forward.
Passing over a hundred kilometers of wights, a massive, pitch-black Weirwood appeared before Daenerys, its branches obscuring the sky.
This black Weirwood was the most majestic and tall Godswood she had ever seen.
It was more than ten times larger than the one in the Winterfell Godswood.
Directly in front of the Weirwood, thousands of ice spikes shot up from the ground.
And on each ice spike, a person was impaled.
The most numerous were the Children of the Forest, followed by the First Men in bronze armor, and then the members of ancient families who worshipped the Old Gods.
Their blood had drained, and the black crystals on the ice spikes were clearly their dried bloodstains.
"They are all failed Green Prophets!"
Daenerys suddenly had a realization.
Just then, the pitch-black Weirwood suddenly emitted a strange, icy white light.
The massive tree trunk split open, revealing an enormous, icy blue heart.
A swirling, icy mist swept in from behind the Weirwood; as the mist dissipated, hundreds of Others in exquisite ice armor appeared around the Weirwood.
Some rode ice-armored warhorses and Direwolves, some rode giant ice spiders and various fierce beasts, and the three Other leaders in the center rode several Ice Dragons over a hundred meters long.
These Others were tall, with faces as pale as ice.
Their exquisitely cold and beautiful faces, carved as if by knife and axe, were very different from the Others Daenerys had imagined.
"Lvohxianohzhion~"
The leading Other spoke a strange language that Daenerys could not understand at all.
However, their language was somewhat similar to the source language of the Children of the Forest.
But while the Children of the Forest's source language sounded like singing, the Other leader's language sounded like a biting curse, sharp and piercing.
All the Others, at his command, raised their hands; it was clear they were about to unleash a magical attack.
Daenerys did not want to be impaled like those failed Green Prophets on the ice spikes.
In her urgency, she quickly chanted with all her might the Valyria attack magic she knew.
Although in reality, Daenerys was still unable to cast fire magic attacks, in this dream state, Daenerys felt that the magic power within her body was much stronger than in reality, so she could only try her best.
However, even with all her might, Daenerys could only barely summon a circle of fire barriers around herself.
As for fireballs or explosion spells, those were completely out of the question and only imaginary.
But at this moment, those Others had already finished casting their spells, and dozens of huge ice spikes shot directly out of the ground, quickly stabbing towards Daenerys.
This left Daenerys, whose movements were already severely restricted, with no chance to dodge at all.
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