Chapter 1193

With the evacuation of Winterfell, there were less than six thousand people left out of the original twenty thousand.

Most of the women and children had evacuated, and most of the men chose to abandon their homes at this juncture of life and death. Only about eight hundred people remained.

Including the five thousand guards in Winterfell, there were less than six thousand people left.

The Lord's wife, Catherine, had insisted on staying, but under the persuasion of Lord Ed and the Scholar, she left with Bran, Rickon, and Sansa and Aria to King's Descent City.

Ed's eldest son, Robb, and his illegitimate son, Jon, stayed behind. Both of them had just had their rites of passage at the age of fifteen. At first, Ed did not agree to let them stay, but the two of them challenged two of Ed's personal guards and won, proving their strength.

With the support of the Lord's wife, Ed had no choice but to agree.

On the fifth day after the evacuation, not long after night fell, the sentinel on the tower rang a warning bell.

Gu Ding turned over and sat up. He had been staying in the blacksmith's shop for the past few days.

The blacksmith had prepared half a month's worth of food for him before he left. The blacksmith had also told him that if he survived and ran out of food, he should go to the Lord.

After becoming a mage, Gu Ding's need for food had greatly decreased. This was because food provided energy to the body, and Gu Ding's body could absorb elemental energy. The half a month's worth of food left by the blacksmith could last Gu Ding for at least two months.

Gu Ding had not been idle for the past five days. He had developed a few new spells, including defensive and evasive spells, and had been practicing them. Almost every day, his strength was improving.

The improvement in his strength gave Gu Ding a good feeling. At least he had a certain level of confidence in his own safety.

The sentinel's alarm bell rang, and Gu Ding appeared on the street in a flash. Then, he cast the wind magic and anti-gravity magic that he had developed over the past few days on his feet and leaped onto the roof.

This new spell could even allow him to glide in the air for a short period of time. However, gliding consumed a lot of spirit.

After jumping onto the roof, Gu Ding still could not see far enough. With a few leaps, he climbed up a tower not far away.

That was the Scholar's Tower, but it was empty.

On the second night after the people in the city had left, Gu Ding had just developed the new magic when he sneaked in. All the books and materials were gone. He didn't know if it had been destroyed or taken away. However, Gu Ding clearly remembered that the dozen or so scholars had left empty-handed, and he did not see any soldiers moving books or other items from the Scholar Tower.

According to Gu Ding's speculation, the books and information had either been completely destroyed or taken away by someone using a dimensional technique. However, Gu Ding was more inclined to the latter. If it was destroyed, it was impossible to leave no trace behind.

Gu Ding climbed to the top of the tower and looked out of the city gate.

He finally saw the appearance of those so-called deviant ghosts.

Those deviant ghosts looked similar to humans. However, they were all tall, each of them more than two meters tall. Their bodies were haggard, and their skin seemed to have been dried up. One could even vaguely see the veins of their muscles. The most special thing about them was that their eyes were a deep icy blue, as if they were burning with blue flames.

There were more than ten deviant ghouls, and behind them were ghouls with pale skin and stiff movements.

There were at least seventy to eighty thousand of those ghouls, if not a hundred thousand.

Gu Ding only needed one look to confirm that the city could not be defended.

Even without the deviant ghosts, the number of ghouls had already exceeded the number of people defending the city. In addition, ghouls themselves were extremely strong, three to five times the strength of ordinary people. They could not be killed by ordinary methods, and could only be killed by fire.

On top of that, there were more than ten deviant ghosts with intelligence no less than that of humans, and unknown terrifying power.

There was no suspense in this battle.

Just as Gu Ding frowned slightly, Jon, who was next to the thane, saw him at the top of the Scholar Tower.

Jon was standing behind the thane on the right. When he looked to the right, he caught a glimpse of the Scholar Tower from the corner of his eye. When he realized that there was someone there, he immediately turned his head.

When Gu Ding saw that he had been discovered, he did not panic. He just waved at him and made a gesture of silence.

Jon frowned slightly, but when he saw that Gu Ding was just a child, and remembered that his brother Bran also liked to climb the tower ladder, he immediately turned his head away and did not say anything.

However, there was still some doubt in his mind. 'Whose child is this? Didn't all children under the age of sixteen evacuate?'

This question lingered in his mind for a moment before he threw it aside. His attention was now on the deviant ghost army.

It was the first time he had seen such an inhuman army, and they had a murderous aura about them. His heart raced.

At that moment, Lord Ed's attention was completely on the deviant ghost army outside the city. His eyebrows were full of worry. With his many years of battle experience, he knew very well that this battle would definitely result in the destruction of the city. There was no other possibility.

"Catapults!"

Ed saw that the army was getting closer and closer. He turned around and gave his first order without hesitation. "Light up! Attack! "

The catapults' heavy stones had long been replaced with flammable materials that had been doused with kerosene. All they needed was a spark to ignite them.

After receiving the order, all twelve catapults' projectiles were ignited and launched out of the city.

After the flammable materials hit the ground, they splattered in all directions. Soon, the bodies of the ghouls were covered in them.

Many of the ghouls were set ablaze and fell to the ground, turning into ashes.

However, this did not stop the fearless army of ghouls. These ghouls did not seem to know what fear was, much less what pain was. Many of the ghouls that were not completely burned completely ignored the parts of their bodies that were already on fire. They did not even know how to extinguish the flames. Instead, they did not stop and ran in the direction of the city gate.

"The so-called ghouls are really undead puppets. They don't have their own consciousness. Therefore, they can't feel pain, fear, and other emotions that a living person should have … Fortunately, these things have almost zero resistance to fire. It's not difficult to deal with them. "Gu Ding's eyes were fixed on the situation on the battlefield as he made various judgments.

"However, according to the books, the ghouls leading the army have intelligence that is no less than that of a human. It seems to be true now. They're also observing the lord and the others on the city wall … "Gu Ding's gaze fell on a few ghouls.

Suddenly, a ghoul seemed to have noticed Gu Ding's gaze and looked in his direction.

Gu Ding was not surprised that the ghoul had noticed him. This was because he had seen too many powerhouses. Before he stepped into Reincarnation, he could crush tens of thousands of ghouls on this continent with one finger, let alone ghouls.

Gu Ding looked into the ghoul's eyes without the slightest hint of fear.

The gaze of the ghoul quickly attracted the attention of Ed and the others. They followed the ghoul's gaze and saw Gu Ding at the top of the tower.

"A child? Whose child is this?! " Ed frowned slightly and said to Jon, "Take him to a safe place and hide him. Whether or not he survives depends on his luck."