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It took me a couple hours to arrive, to where Ned Stark was, getting a closer update of the situation, and it seems the others were coming toward the wall as we speaked, Ned also informed me he heard a powerful roar in the distance, a roar that could be heard miles away from the wall.
I had to act fast, I had to stop them… so I had to organize the information I had, for one they had a dragon, but for some reason the Night King had decided to march on the ground, meaning either he is confident in his victory, or the dragon is incapable of flying. If so, I had an advantage against him.
I needed to see up close how strong was his army, to get a general idea of what to expect, on how to move, but the little I knew was not enough, my ravens had information about the army, but their information had a lot of blanks, I needed numbers, formations, and more.
*We need to scout his army,* Nick Fury offered.
And while tempting, the idea was absolutely out of the table, if the chance of survival was one out of ten, I didn't want to increase his power even more, but I still needed to know.
Maybe I could wait for the Night King in the wall, that way I would get a better look, of course by all means I had no intention of fighting the army alone, this plan was for me to simply get a peek at the enemy forces. After that I would fly with Neltharion out of the wall, with more information about what to expect.
"I will go to the wall," I decided, getting worried looks for everyone around me.
"You can't go alone!" Ned Stark protested.
"I won't fight alone, rather… I won't fight at all," I sighed, "I just want to get a general idea of what we are actually facing, fighting the unknown is a double edged sword, if our strategy is ill suited for their power… we will lose…" I knew that much, I won the crown because I was an unknown, a mystery. One that no one solved in time.
"It's still too risky!" Ned Stark protested once again, "If you die… humanity will fall right behind you," fear, huh… I didn't expect to see him like this.
"I won't die… not right now," I said, realizing that this was the first time since I reincarnated, that I was actually afraid of dying. Because, it was a possibility.
"I can't change your mind… can I?" Ned Stark muttered in defeat, with his head low..
"No," I shook my head.
"Then… I wish you the best," Ned smiled, "Don't disappoint us now…" he added.
"Have I ever?" I chuckled.
"No," Ned sighed, "No you haven't,"
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With my mind set on seeing his army, I flew with neltharion to the wall, on the way, worry clouded my mind… I didn't have much of a plan, all I had was a goal… to kill the bastard, but without a plan, that seemed unlikely. But I was not about to give up, right now, I didn't know anything about the enemy, nothing about its power, military speaking.
But once I got a general idea of what to expect, I would surely find a way to defeat the monster, ending this once and for all.
*We are close to the wall,* Neltharion informed me.
"Good," I sighed, "Good,"
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[Three Eyed Raven POV]
The time of reckoning was near, the last song was waiting to be played, and we all had to play our parts. Me included. Right now I was accompanying Leaf and the wildings in my raven, while my body stayed on the sacred tree to observe the Night King.
"We have to move faster, we have to get to the wall," Leaf muttered, her magic being the sole reason we still were alive, "We can't keep this shield any longer,"
"We are a few days ahead of the Night King, and he no longer has an interest on us… not since he found that old dragon," I sighed, as I ruffled my wings, "We will get there,"
"I know… but the sooner we get there the more time we will be able to buy Ronard," Leaf sighed.
"And what exactly do you plan to do to buy him more time?" Tormund scoffed, "I don't know if you saw, but that bastard has a monster for every pair of bear titties in the world,"
…Bear titties? "I plan to atone… we all do," Leaf answered, getting nods of confirmation from the few members of her species that remained.
"How?" Ygritte asked.
"All magic comes from life… you can't create anything without giving anything in return… you have to give… to receive, unless the magic you have is a gift from the gods… otherwise, you have to pay a price, everytime you use magic," Leaf answered, "The bigger the sacrifice, the bigger the result, so… we will sacrifice all we have… our lives… to buy humanity some time,"
"You plan on dying… how long? How long will you buy with your life?" I inquired.
"Me? A week or two," Leaf answered, "All of my people? A month, maybe a bit more… I can't really tell, the Night King is stronger… so in the end, I don't really know,"
"I see," I nodded, my feather ruffling in concern, "Is there any other way?"
"No… I must atone… for what I have done," Leaf smiled, "If my death can change the tides of this war… even a bit, it will make all of this worth it,"
"I see… we all must play our parts, we all must do our absolute best, if we want to win," I didn't want her to kill herself, but in the end, she was right, even a day was valuable right now.
"Is this Ronard that important?" Ygritte inquired, "Do you two really think he can stop that… thing coming?"
I looked at the girl, who was trying with all her might to conceal her fear, all her life she had been fighting alone, to survive, she never showed weakness before, and was trying hard not to… right now.
"I can't really tell, I don't see the future… only the past and the present," I answered, "But I can tell you, that in all history. There has never been a man more capable of facing this… if he can't, humanity never stood a chance…"
"Way to lighten up the mood," Tormund grumbled, "Well… he better fucking win, or I'll kill him mahself!"
"All we can do is trust him… and help him every way we can," I added.
"I see," Ygritte sighed, "Well.. if I have to die… I rather die fighting,"
"Me too," Tormund nodded.
"Then let's make haste, we can waste a second here… we must arrive at the wall as soon as possible," Leaf said, and once again everyone started marching.
"Let's go and meet the fucker…" Tormund chuckled.
"Yes… lets," Ygritte nodded with a soft smile.