The conditions Lord Lynd offered were impossible for Stannis to refuse; he stated that he would depart for the Wall as soon as possible, and that Ser Davos Seaworth would send Shireen to Summerhall at that time.
Accompanying Shireen to Summerhall would be her mother, Selyse Florent, and some servants, including Patchface.
The nobles from the Stormlands and Dragonstone who were unwilling to join the Nights Watch would escort Stannis to the Wall and then depart.
As for Melisandre, she would follow Stannis to the Wall to fight the Others Beyond the Wall, and Melisandre also stated that the Red Temple in Volantis would send people to the North to participate in the war against the Others Beyond the Wall when needed.
After Lord Lynd finalized the details of taking over Dragonstone, he left, but he did not return to Summerhall; instead, he flew north towards the Wall.
Since a Commander had already been chosen for the Nights Watch, it was natural to inform them immediately so they could prepare for his arrival and avoid chaos.
When Lord Lynd arrived at the Wall, it was already early the next morning; before he even got close to the Wall, he clearly felt that the power contained within the Wall seemed to have greatly increased, and this sudden increase gave Lord Lynd a bad premonition.
As the bad premonition arose, Lord Lynd changed direction, not flying directly to Black Castle, but turning towards Icehold.
Because Lord Lynd had been to Icehold before, when he controlled Nessario to land inside Icehold, the guards of Icehold did not show too much panic, but they still feared the ferocious-looking Nessario and kept their distance.
Lord Lynd dismounted from the dragon and asked the approaching Commander of Icehold, "Bran and Rickon of the Stark family came here for refuge; where are they now?"
"Rickon and all the refugees who came with him have been sent to Black Castle, but..." The Commander of Icehold paused, turned his head to look at the ice cave, and said, "...but Brynden Stark is currently in the ice cave with Lord Willas."
Hearing this, Lord Lynd frowned and walked into the ice cave.
Upon entering the center of the ice cave, Lord Lynd saw Bran, and Bran's situation was as he expected; he, like Willas, had sealed himself in an ice pillar, and at this moment, he seemed to be entering some kind of Skinchanger state, his eyes turning white, his entire being completely merged with the surrounding solid ice.
Before Lord Lynd could speak, Willas preemptively said, "Stannis is very suitable to be the Commander of the Nights Watch; I will cooperate with him then."
"You should know very well that I am not here for this matter," Lord Lynd looked displeased at Willas, then pointed at Bran, who was currently possessing an animal, and asked, "What is going on? What are you and the Three-Eyed Raven up to?"
"With Bran's addition, the power of the Wall will become even stronger; even the winter horn from back then could not have any effect on the Wall." Willas calmly explained, "This is also the Three-Eyed Raven's decision; rather than going to that crypt to take over the Three-Eyed Raven's position and stop the Others for a period, it is better to stay here and unite with me to stop the Others, which will be more effective." As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, right! He also had the Forest Children there leave; now those Forest Children are heading south, you remember to have the Nights Watch take them in and then send them to me."
Just as Lord Lynd was about to ask about other matters, Bran suddenly showed a pained expression, followed by blood flowing from his seven orifices, his eyes suddenly returned to normal, and he said in a panic, "He's coming after me!"
Lord Lynd had already activated his special vision and saw a special magical power drilling in through a channel Bran had opened in the Wall's magic, attempting to directly attack Bran.
And Lord Lynd acted very quickly, directly drawing the Banished Knight's Greatsword from his waist and throwing it in the direction the magical power was moving, piercing the magic in one go, and the Dragon Rune power attached to the Banished Knight's Greatsword dispersed the pinned magic.
Lord Lynd only heard a shrill scream, several cracks appeared on the ice, and an extremely cold whirlwind appeared out of nowhere, swirling once inside the ice cave, and then everything returned to normal.
"I warned you not to go too far, but you didn't listen; not only did you run to the Eternal Winter Land, but you also ran into the city of the Others." Willas looked very seriously at the dispirited Bran and said, "Do you really think that just because you have the Green Seer's ability, you can be fearless? There are too many powers in this world that can directly erase you from the soul level; I hope you can remember today's lesson from now on and truly understand what caution means."
"Yes, Teacher," Bran said with a dejected expression.
Lord Lynd used his telekinesis to retrieve the Banished Knight's Greatsword, which was stuck in the ice, and then asked Bran, "What did you see?"
"I saw many Others, and they were all worshipping that female Other, just like worshipping a god; I also saw an Ice Dragon, a very large Ice Dragon, an Ice Dragon that could swallow a town when it opened its mouth." Bran narrated with a slight excitement, "Later, that female Other looked at me, and the crow I was possessing died; I was thrown back to the Wall, and then I felt something chasing me from behind, following me into the Wall. And then what just happened."
After speaking, Bran looked at Lord Lynd and said with a serious expression, "Lord Lynd, I will not leave the Wall. After coming here, I understood what my mission is; I need to fulfill the arrangements of fate."
Lord Lynd shook his head and said, "I just want to know if you are willing; if you are willing, then I will not go against your wishes."
Bran immediately replied, "Please rest assured, I am willing; no one is coercing me."
After hearing this, Lord Lynd said nothing more and turned to leave.
"Wait, Lord Lynd," Bran suddenly called out to Lord Lynd again and said, "Lord Lynd, if you see my mother, please tell her that I am doing very well and that she doesn't need to worry about me."
Lord Lynd was silent for a moment and did not immediately agree to Bran's request; instead, he asked in return, "Do you know the current situation of Lady Catelyn?"
"I know," Bran nodded.
Lord Lynd then asked, "Was she willing to marry Roose Bolton?"
Bran did not speak.
Lord Lynd did not continue to ask and walked out of the ice cave.
After leaving Icehold, Lord Lynd went to Black Castle. When he landed on the training ground, Samwell had already led everyone to the edge of the training ground. Jon Snow had successfully become a Ranger, dressed in Ranger clothing. Standing beside Sam was a young boy, who appeared to be Rickon, but what was puzzling was that Rickon was also wearing the black robes of the Nights Watch.
"Prince," Sam led everyone to bow to Lord Lynd when they saw him approaching.
Lord Lynd waved his hand, then pointed at Rickon and said, "He should be Rickon Stark, right?"
"Yes, My Lord," Sam nodded.
"Why is he wearing the black robes?" Lord Lynd turned to Jon beside him and questioned.
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