Chapter 33: Second System Reward

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(Lancel POV)

The moment I was relieved to get to the boat safely, I fell to the ground with pain in my chest. He was gasping and coughing in pain. Beside me, Oberyn clutched his left leg. The Captain quickly approaches us, and asks what happened to us.

I take a quick breath to tell him to pour hot water on Oberyn's wound, because his wound is frozen.

<The Host has fulfilled the mandatory mission, therefore, he receives a reward, from this moment on, he can use the fourth power as he likes for five times, without affecting his body> The System tells me in the mind

'System, what injury do I have?' I mentally ask the System

<The Host has a fissure in the Sternum, in addition to a blood clot, which makes it difficult to breathe> The System tells me in my mind

"How are you?" Ser Arthur asks me concerned when he notices my labored breathing.

"Bad... it hurts... my chest" I reply between gasps. Ser Arthur helps me up, and they take me to the cabin

'System, can you remove this injury?' I ask worried, since my breathing is slower from the pain

<Since the Host is in this state, the Host is allowed to vomit the blood clot, in addition, the system will take care of healing the injury> The System tells me in my mind

The next moment I vomit dark blood, I immediately feel relief before losing consciousness.

(Arthur POV)

After fighting those monsters, Lancel has been unconscious for two days straight, he also has a fever, so we take him to Castle Black, Prince Oberyn is recovering well from his wound, but he has been quiet since we got back to the boat

"Prince Oberyn, maybe you should stay on the boat, and not make this trip" I say watching him walk

"Let's continue" Oberyn tells me and continues "Those monsters fight well, although they seemed to be making fun of us" He tells me with a frown

"I noticed that at the beginning of the fight, but they attacked us more viciously after Lancel killed one of them" I tell him, analyzing the entire process of the fight

"Even though I didn't believe him about the fight with those monsters, it seems I was wrong again" Oberyn tells me looking at Lancel on the makeshift stretcher we made to carry him

"And the specters that fought against us, they are hard to kill with anything other than fire" I tell him remembering the number of cuts I made to one of them and their parts kept moving

"The Others are dangerous, since I heard the story about them, I thought they didn't exist and that they were an invented myth" Oberyn told me looking north

"I must train more, with the fight we had I felt inferior against them" I tell him remembering the moment of weakness I had

"I'll do the same, even if I talk about them, my brother probably won't believe me, so I have to train my apprentices so they don't have a bad time like me" Oberyn tells me recovering the wild look of a warrior

(Third person POV)

Castle Black is the main fortress of the Lord Commander. The castle is a collection of buildings on the south face of the Wall, with no defensive walls to the south. Many of the stone towers and buildings are crumbling and few are in use.

Upon reaching Castle Black, the gates opened and Lord Jeor Mormont, the current Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, receives them.

"What is Prince Oberyn doing here?" Mormont asks seeing his way of walking, and a young man on a stretcher carried by four people, one of them also covers his face

"I need your Maester to heal my apprentice" Oberyn tells the Lord Commander

"Take him to the Maester" Mormont tells them pointing to Lancel, then continues "Come with me Prince" he says leading Oberyn towards the castle hall

In the Maester's house, there is a bald elderly man, his face bears the bitterness of time, he walks shrunken and is almost completely blind.

"Who is this young man?" Aemon asks his servant

"I don't know Maester, but he came along with Prince Oberyn" Servant replies

"He has a fever, give me three wet cloths" Aemon tells his servant

...In the saloon...

"I got a letter from Cotter Pyke saying that he went through the Wall looking for an adventure" Mormont tells him looking at his left leg

"I found more than that" Oberyn tells him touching his wound

"Did you fight the wildlings? Prince Oberyn" Mormont asks curiously

"No, it was against the Others" Oberyn replies

"The Others don't exist, Prince," Mormont tells him, skeptical of Oberyn's response.

"Sooner or later you will know" Oberyn tells him seriously.

"I will have a place prepared for your stay," Mormont tells him, calling a servant to prepare the King's Tower.

In the Master's dwelling, Lancel was having a nightmare. In that nightmare the Others ran after him, he was unarmed and weak, his legs felt numb. After a while he fell to the ground, the Others approached him slowly with mockery in their cold eyes, they attacked him with spears in the body, the trench coat protected him from injuries, but the blows were so strong that his bones did not resist.

After enduring the torture, a dark shadow approached, his eyes so blue that the eyes of the Others paled with the cold emanating from them. The shadow began to laugh when he saw him in agony, he brought his hand to his face and felt an unbearable pain that wanted to control him. A moment before the shadow made him lose consciousness, he felt a jolt in his shoulders, as well as a distant voice telling him to wake up.

"Wake up young man" the Maester Aemon tells seeing him with spasms

Lancel stood up suddenly with cold sweat running down his cheek, gasping for air, when he felt a pat on his head

"Young man, it was just a nightmare" Aemon tells him patting his head to calm him down.

"Where I am?" Lancel asks turning to see the old man

"At Castle Black" Aemon replies getting up from his seat and going for water.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Lancel asks him, he stares at the oldest Targaryen in the history of Westeros, without putting Brynden Rivers who is still alive for being the Three-Eyed Raven

"What's your name young man?" Aemon asks him, passing him some water to cool his throat.

"I am Lancel Dayne, illegitimate son of Lord Dayne" Lancel replies after taking a drink

"Since you dare to say your last name, it means that he recognized you" Aemon tells him sitting on the seat near the bed

"Yes, where is Prince Oberyn?" Lancel asks changing the subject

"In the King's Tower" Aemon replies and continues "It seems you don't like to talk about your father"

"He's my father, but I have a family that has taken care of me since I was little" Lancel tells him remembering the faces of his parents

"Your fever has gone down, but I didn't discover its cause" Aemon tells him with a frown.

"It was a blow that made me vomit blood" Lancel tells him to know the Maester's diagnosis

"A blood clot, so it was an internal injury" Aemon tells him and continues "But I didn't find any damage to your chest"

"The injury healed before I got here" Lancel tells him so he doesn't suspect anything unusual

"Rest, until tomorrow go see the Prince" Aemon tells him leaning back in the chair. Lancel lies down on the bed and falls asleep.

(Lancel POV)

The next day I go out to look for Oberyn. In the King's Tower I find Oberyn and Ser Arthur conversing about the shortcomings of Castle Black.

"Finally you awake" Oberyn tells me when he sees me arrive

"Are you alright Master?" I tell him looking at his leg

"You don't have to worry about that, I can still fight you" Oberyn answers me with his characteristic smile

"We have to train more, When I fought the Other that I defeated, it seemed that he was not seriously fighting against me" I tell them with a bitter face

"The Prince and I are going to focus on training upon our return" Ser Arthur tells me looking north

"Let's train my apprentices, some of them will be the ones you saw fighting by your side" Oberyn tells me, and my face is hot with embarrassment at how gullible Oberyn is about my visions.

"Don't be mad if you don't have time to flirt with my niece" Oberyn tells me laughing out loud

"There is a time for everything as long as we are still alive" I tell them sitting down

"What are your plans against the Others?" Ser Arthur tells me and Oberyn pays attention to my answer

"We can't make plans, until we have full confidence that we can fight them without hurting ourselves" I tell them both, because they were on the verge of death

"We'll leave tomorrow, Brandon Stark arrived yesterday, and we can't stay here if you still want to hide that Ser Arthur is alive" Oberyn tells me seeing Ser Arthur's reaction

"It is not yet time for them to find out that he is still alive, we do not have the strength to protect ourselves from a war in Starfall" I tell them, refusing to reveal that Ser Arthur is alive