Robb stopped and turned his gaze back to Ramsay. After seeing Theon's condition, he no longer had the urge to beat Theon.
He didn't know what method Ramsay used to turn Theon into what he is now.
Robb's strange behavior was soon noticed by Catelyn and Sansa. They turned their eyes to the second floor and were shocked when they recognized Theon at this time.
Seeing that Robb and others had discovered Theon, Jon came over and told them what he had learned about Theon from Bran.
Only a few people knew why Theon became Ramsay's cupbearer and became what he is now.
At the beginning, Robb asked Theon to return to the Iron Islands to deliver a letter to his father Balon, hoping to form an alliance between the two families. Unexpectedly, Balon not only refused to agree to the alliance, but also ordered the Ironmen to plunder the North.
Theon abandoned the Stark family who had raised him for many years, joined the looting team, captured the empty Winterfell, and killed Ser Rodrick, the head coach who had taught him martial arts since he was a child.
Killed Maester Luwin and nearly killed Bran and Rickon.
Later, Winterfell was captured by Ramsay, and Theon became a prisoner. He was repeatedly tortured and castrated by Ramsay, and his personality has changed into that of a Reek.
Theon, who was standing on the second-floor terrace, had already recognized Robb and the others.
He avoided the gazes of several people and tried to hide behind Ramsay, but Ramsay glared at him. He dared not dodge anymore. He could only tilt his neck and lower his head, continuing to mutter "Reek".
After learning the details of Theon's current situation, Robb no longer had the intention to retaliate against him, but he would not be kind enough to save Theon. This was the punishment he deserved.
Five days later, Dothraki cavalry and Tyrion and others who came by water arrived one after another, bringing with them a large amount of supplies and dragon crystal ore.
Sansa also met her nominal husband after Tyrion arrived.
Tyrion told Sansa that he had asked a priest to dissolve his marriage with Sansa before coming to Winterfell.
Sansa was relieved to hear the news, as she was still a free person in marriage.
Two days later, Daenerys and her generals held an emergency meeting. According to Bran's observation, the Night King's army of the dead was less than two days away from Winterfell.
It would take at least three or four days for the land infantry to reach Winterfell, and it would be difficult to resist the army of the dead with just the existing manpower and equipment.
Bran suggested that he go out of the city to attract the Night King's attention and temporarily lead away the Army of the Dead. After the infantry arrives, he will return to Winterfell. By then, the coalition forces will be ready to fight against the Night King.
After learning that the Night King was likely targeting Bran, everyone agreed to his proposal and sent a cavalry team of fifty people to escort Bran to attract the Night King's attention.
After the plan was agreed upon, Jon personally led fifty cavalrymen to escort Bran, and after leaving the city, they headed northeast of Winterfell.
The remaining troops continued to forge dragon crystal weapons and arrowheads and dig trenches to strengthen their defenses.
After Jon's cavalry walked thirty kilometers, Bran observed the army of the dead and found that the Night King had indeed turned towards him. Only then did Jon feel at ease to take Bran to make a detour to the northeast.
Half a day later, a hundred kilometers away from Winterfell, Bran, who was resting, sat under a tree and rolled his eyes again. He sent his thoughts into a lone eagle in the sky, flying towards the direction of the Army of the Dead.
He flew to the expected location and looked into the distance, but did not find any army of the dead. He flew forward for a few kilometers and still found nothing. He hurriedly controlled the Lone Eagle to fly directly towards Winterfell.
After flying more than 30 kilometers, he saw the movement of the Death Army and immediately left the alien's sight. Bran called Jon and told him his discovery.
"The Night King is heading to Winterfell again?" Jon was surprised. He didn't expect the Night King to suddenly change direction.
"Redy! You and Boorman ride down the White Knife for twenty miles and then turn back to Winterfell. Tell the queen that the Night King did not follow us all the way, but turned to Winterfell. It is still a day's journey away at most."
Jon called two of his men and asked them to run back to Winterfell to report the news. He and Bran followed closely behind them.
More than two hours later, Reddy and Boorman returned to Winterfell and told Daenerys what Jon had said.
It was beyond everyone's expectation that the Night King did not follow Bran.
The number of dragon glass weapons is seriously insufficient and the infantry has not arrived yet. If the Death Legion attacks at this time, not only will there be heavy losses, but it is hard to say whether they can stop the Night King's march southward.
If they cannot resist the Night King's army of the dead, no one will be able to stop the long night that follows winter.
[I'll go and lure the Night King away! ]
Just when the generals in the council hall were at a loss, Daenerys suddenly heard Drogon's thoughts.
In fact, it's not that no one has ever thought about letting Drogon lead the Night King's army away, or even wanted him to deal with the Night King directly.
Many people are well aware of how powerful Drogon is, and do not think that the Night King will be his opponent, but no one dares to make a suggestion without Daenerys's permission.
Daenerys had thought about asking Drogon to lead away the Army of the Dead, but Drogon always had his own ideas. He didn't make his own decision until he said he wanted to go. Now that she heard Drogon's inner thoughts, she said to her subordinates: "Drogon and I will lead the Night King away!"
[I'll go by myself…] Drogon didn't expect that Daenerys would go with him. He wasn't even sure he could escape unscathed from facing the Night King, so how could he guarantee Daenerys' safety if he took her along?
"Your Majesty, just let Drogon go by himself!" Tyrion had some unknown fear of the Night King and was worried that if Daenerys went to Drogon, he might not be able to protect her.
Daenerys felt a little embarrassed when she heard that Drogon and Tyrion both opposed her going with them.
She had already said it. If she didn't go just because of Tyrion's persuasion and some unknown danger, she, as the queen, would inevitably give the impression of being cowardly in front of her subordinates and the allied generals.
But she could ignore Tyrion's words, but she had to consider Drogon's thoughts.
At this moment, Drogon suddenly left Daenerys' shoulder and flew out the door.
Not hearing what Drogon was thinking, Daenerys thought he was going alone, so she followed him out of the room to see him off.
The others knew that Drogon was going to attract the Night King's attention, so they followed him out.
After leaving the room, Drogon did not fly away immediately, but slowly flew towards the city gate.
Seeing that Drogon did not fly away immediately, Daenerys understood what he meant and followed him out of the city gate.
When they arrived at the open space, Drogon transformed into his adult form and lay down beside Daenerys.
Since the Mother of Dragons said in front of the coalition generals that she wanted to lure the Night King away, it is impossible for her to give up just because of Tyrion's words of concern. If she did that, how would she, as the queen, win the support of the people in the future?
After Drogon went out, he could only stay away from the Night King as much as possible to protect the Mother of Dragons.
After stepping onto the dragon's back, Daenerys sat firmly and nodded to Tyrion and the others. Drogon spread his huge dragon wings and flew into the sky.
According to the Night's Watch who brought the news, the Night King's army was due north. Drogon flew for less than twenty minutes before he saw the overwhelming number of wights from a high altitude.