The cold experienced on paper and the cold experienced in person were two different things.
"Prepare for positional warfare!" Gendry returned to the earthen hill in East Sea City. "The Horn of Ice will sound again."
"The Ice Dragon will come again?" Eddard Stark and the others were all startled.
He had just witnessed the Ice Dragon's power. If it bombarded them a few more times, would the Human Alliance have any chance of survival?
"Not the Ice Dragon. It could be another creature," Gendry said. "But the next time the horn sounds will be its last. I'll kill the one blowing it."
Gendry took off his heavy white Snowbear cloak, revealing gold robes and the Dragon Protector Armor underneath. At this point, it seemed he could only take Lady Justice and the Supreme Sword and hack away to either side.
"Duke Eddard, protect Daenerys," Gendry told Eddard and the others.
Still, who would protect whom was uncertain. Daenerys was also half a transcendent warrior, having learned fire magic and runes, and Gendry had left two Queensguard with her.
But she was pregnant, and Gendry did not feel comfortable letting her follow him.
"Be careful," Daenerys said with deep concern.
"I have to silence that Horn of Ice."
"Woooo."
"Woooo." The low, grating sound of the Horn of Ice rang out again.
But this time, it was not an Ice Dragon that appeared. Towering Giants emerged from the white mist, dug out from some unknown place.
The giant Wights' eyes had turned into icy blue stars. Their skin was pale, but they still retained their appearance from life.
These hairy Giants walked forward, looking like enormous fir trees on the move.
The Subterranean Giants had more hair below their waists than on their upper bodies, and their eyes were very