Chapter 144

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I continued to dodge the endless assault aimed at me, struggling to dodge each attack, my stupidity had been my own outdoing. The night king had the terrain advantage on this duel, his ice powers were feeding off the terrain. Making his attacks exponentially stronger than they were supposed to be.

Each attack was stronger than the last, leaving a trail of destruction behind, I had no idea for how long I would be able to continue dodging, I knew that I had to retreat, it was more than obvious that if I stayed fighting on his domain, I would die, and dying was no at option.

"Having problems?" The dark echoing voice of the night king asked, as he continued his deadly assault.

��Not at all," I answered, as I dodged a spike of ice that was about to pierce my leg, "This is nothing but a good workout," I lied.

The strain I had been until now putting on my muscle was starting to show, my arms and legs were screaming in pain, agony. I had never worked them out to such extent, and the worst part was…. that if I was feeling pain it meant the runes were starting to go off, and the moment that boost I had gained thanks to the runes disappeared I would with certainty die.

The wall was around a mile and a half away, meaning that if I took a run for it, I would be able to reach the wall within the minute, that was, of course, taking into consideration the current physical boost the runes were giving me.

Dodging three spikes, all aimed at my vitals, I blasted towards the wall, deciding… I had all the information about the Night King I needed, and a general idea of how to defeat him. Staying any longer… was not a good idea.

"Going back so soon?" The night king asked, speeding up his attacks, "You can't leave the party yet…"

Creepy motherfucker… "I'll invite to my own party later…." for now fuck you.

The closer I got to the wall…. the slower my movements got… little by little the shining rune in my hand started to glow less and less, and the pain that it was holding…. started to spread, invading every corner of my body.

This… sudden decline of physical prowess allowed the Night King to start connecting attacks… that I was now barely dodging, making sure no vital areas were struck, but that didn't mean getting pierced in the legs, arms and other parts of my body was not painful.

"Feeling a bit down?"

I looked at the night king, who was walking towards me… with an evil grin… he was enjoying my suffering… at least before he became this asshole… he was just following his purpose, he wasn't truly evil before… now, he was, "Fuck you," I spat as I struggled to stand up, cursing my situation… I was but a few dozen meters from the wall… so close, yet so far away.

"I told you… didn't I? I cannot be defeated…"

"Would you stop sucking your own dick… I swear… I can hear you gag every time you talk about how great you are…." I sighed, as I held my sword ready to fight, though the pain… coursing through my body was making this simple task a living hell.

It took a few minutes for the monster to be in front of me, minutes I dragged my almost limp body closer to the wall, while keeping an eye on him, but now he was standing in front of me, holding his blade, about to strike me down.

"You fought well… Ronard, but I was beyond your human chance…" with that, the monster brought the sword down, covering the snow with my blood.

So this was it… truly pathetic… everything I did…. and it was for nothing… I died by the edge of my own arrogance.

*NOOOOOOOOO!*

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

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[Daenerys POV - 10 MIN earlier]

I was so close to the wall, in a few minutes I would be there to save Ronard, alongside me my dragons and the red witch that Rhaegal had decided to pick up after going back for her.

"I feel his fire… and the cold… close to him," Melisandre muttered, shaking in cold, "The cold is overpowering his fire… freezing his flames,"

In the distance I could see Neltharion, on the edge of the wall, and while I couldn't understand him… I knew he was shaking for his father.

"Where is my husband!" I shouted as I landed on the wall, with my dragons, "Where!" I shouted once again turning around, to see Ronard practically dragging himself to the wall, limping his way to the wall… to me.

Inches behind him, the monster that had been haunting our lives, the culprit behind our current suffering, the Night King, with his sword raised, and an evil smirk… directed at us...just before he brought his blade down on Ronard.

Ronard's blood splattering everywhere… "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" I cried as Rhaegal, Qrow And Neltharion roared in pain, as they all descended to the other side of the wall, making a triangle of fire around his father.

"I will kill you!" I shouted in hate, as I held Ronard's body close to me, "I won't stop until you are dead!!!!"

"I have bested your champion… enjoy your last month of living…" the creature said, ignoring our pain.

*I will end you!!! * Neltharion roared, shattering the ice cold floor beneath his claws.

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[Melisandre POV]

Ronard was… not alive… and not dead, he was between the two worlds, I could feel it, the fire within him was weak, but it was there.

"There has to be something you can do… please," Daenerys cried, "I don't care the price,"

I better than anyone understood her pain, "I… I have already asked the lord to bring him back, now all we have to do is wait,"

For once… I begged my god… with all my heart… as I saw Ronard's broken body, "All we can do is wait,"

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[Ronard Mormont POV]

Darkness… what a stupid end… I died… and I didn't even make my demise worth something.

No! Fuck this! I refuse to die! "God of fucking nothing! Bring me back!"

•I will•

Huh… that was fast, and anticlimactic, "Thanks,"

•You acted rash…. You let him win… you were stupid•

"I was…." there was no point of denying it… I was overconfident, and this was the price.

•But so was the night king…. for as long as an ember remains… the fire will always come back... stronger than before•