They put on a posture ready to attack, with their bowstrings half-stretched and their sword tips pointing in the direction where Dragons were.
But after they saw clearly that the people coming were King Ghidorah and Viserys, they all put down their weapons, and their originally tense expressions relaxed, and many of them even let out a breath of white air.
The leader of them, Rangers, was a middle-aged man in his thirties. His face was red and cracked by the cold wind, but his eyes were bright.
He walked quickly to Viserys and Daenerys, knelt down on one knee, and said in a respectful tone, "Your Majesty Viserys, Daenerys Princess, I am Rangers here." Squad Leader, my name is Davy. Waters, Rangers, formerly Shadow Tower, was transferred here to garrison three months ago."
"Your Majesty, we didn't know you two adults were coming at first. It's not peaceful here now, and we thought no one would come tonight." After he finished speaking, he waved his hand behind him to signal the others to move away.
"Get up." Viserys asked him to get up, and then asked some about the situation here.
"Your Majesty, Princess, let's go inside and talk." Davy also stepped aside to make way for the path to the castle.
Daenerys followed Viserys. When she passed by a young Night's Watch, she noticed that the man was secretly looking at Dragon behind them. His hand was still on the bow, but he was trembling slightly and his lips were white.
They walked into the castle. It was indeed much warmer in the hall than outside. There were some Night's Watch who had not gone out before the fire. Everyone became wary when they saw them coming in. After all, there was quite a lot of noise when the Dragons landed just now.
However, after seeing Viserys and Daenerys's eye-catching Silver-Haired Figure Violet Eyes, the captain's personal reception, and the huge dragon shadow looming in the darkness outside the door, these Night's Watchs quickly recovered from their initial surprise.
The originally vigilant expressions became slightly more relaxed. A few people stood against the wall. Rangers, who had already pulled out Longsword, also felt like putting his sword back into its sheath, and invariably leaned towards the fire to make room for the two visitors.
Davy guided them sideways and raised his chin towards a young brother in black. The man immediately understood and moved two barely sturdy wooden stools from the corner.
Although Caste's Castle was briefly repaired by Night's Watch, this place is located in Beyond the Wall and supplies are in short supply. Night's Watch cannot send too many people to help them transport materials, so the conditions here are really average.
There are only a few old swords and a few tanned furs hanging on the surrounding walls as decorations. There are even some small holes in the walls, and cold wind is constantly pouring in.
Davy and Viserys said that there are currently thirty Rangers stationed in Caste's Castle, all of whom are the most elite teams selected from Night's Watch. Each person is equipped with at least three Dragonglass weapons.
They would send out three teams to patrol every day, one team going east, one team going west, and another team heading north, monitoring the movements of Others and Wights who appeared in Beyond the Wall. If they found anything, they would immediately return to Caste's Castle, and then use fast horses to send the news back to Castle Black.
"Wights Are there any signs of increase recently?" Viserys asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty, but it is only Wights. Since we were stationed at Caste's Castle, we have not found any news about Others."
Davy's face darkened and he said, "When we were patrolling last month, we found a group of Wights on the edge of Haunted Forest in the northwest, close to Fist of the First Men. There were about fifty or sixty of them, more than we had encountered before."
"It's just that they didn't go south to get close to Wall, nor did they pursue us. They just wandered around the edge of the forest, as if waiting for someone. I suspect that they are a group of Wights controlled by Others, but we don't know what their purpose is."
After Davy finished speaking, the hall became quiet for a while. The wind squeezed in from the gap in the wall and door, blowing the Flame on the fire and shook it from side to side. A young Rangers stretched out his hand to add a few pieces of firewood to the fire, and the firelight also illuminated the back of his hands, which were red with cold.
After a while, Viserys finally spoke and said, "They have never left the edge of the forest?"
"No." Davy shook his head and said firmly, "Every time we get close to a certain distance, they will rush over together, trying to eliminate us, but when we retreat, they slowly stop and continue to wander around there."
Viserys's face also darkened. The behavior of those Wights showed that they were definitely not stray soldiers who got together by chance. They stopped there, and it was more like they were blocking the way into Haunted Forest.
But think about it from another angle, if Greenseer has really come together with Cold God, then the changes in this snowfield will not be noticed by just a few patrols. Their doing so just shows that Greenseer has not chosen to cooperate with Others.
But what is certain is that Night's King is definitely searching for Greenseer now, just like what happened in the original plot, but now more than a month has passed, and no one knows whether Greenseer can continue to hide.
"During this period, have any of you found any traces of Horn?" Viserys asked.
Davy was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, Your Majesty, we have been stationed here for three months and have searched the area around Caste Castle and Fist of the First Men. We haven't found anything special, and neither has Horn."
"What we found are some old weapons and tools, but those are all left behind by the previous Caste and some wild...Free Folk tribes, and have nothing to do with Horn. Except for those special large tribes, few Beyond the Wall will use Horn."
Viserys nodded and did not continue to ask. It seems that since the protagonists and supporting characters that were supposed to appear in the original plot have not appeared, the plot of the original plot has now become a bit unpredictable.
He originally thought he could make plans in advance based on his memory, but now without these people who will appear at key nodes, many things can no longer be judged based on plot points.
"However, since Horn is no longer in Fist of the First Men, the position of Greenseer becomes even more critical." Viserys said as if talking to himself.
Davy looked at the young king with some confusion, hesitated for a moment before speaking, and said, "Your Majesty, are you looking for the legendary 'Three-Eyed Crow'? Night's Watch's old brothers occasionally mentioned that legend, saying that he was deep in Haunted Forest, but no one had ever really seen him. Before, everyone thought it was just a scare story, but now..."
"Greenseer has never been a story. Like Others, he is real. At least it is not a story yet."
Viserys's voice seemed particularly deserted in the Great Hall, saying, "If he is still alive, he must still be in Beyond the Wall, but now Others's encirclement and suppression of him is more powerful, and he is hiding."