Chapter 204

Smalljon's eyes burned with anger at that and he pushed the steward aside and ran out of the room, not caring about the pain he felt in his arm as he did the.

The others followed him quickly to the other dungeon where the wight was being kept till now.

A crowd of men had gathered outside the dungeon door. Smalljon pushed them aside and entered to room one to be overcome by the stench of the smoke wafting off from the burnt rotten meat of the dead which had stopped moving after being burnt.

On the other side of the room, he could see a man wildly fighting against two others who were holding him off with a lot of effort.

Lord Mormont entered the room and recoiled at the stench before he took a look at the situation and then moved toward Jaremy Rykker.

"Why?" he said through gritted teeth "Why did you burn the Wight?"

Jaremy stopped fighting the two brothers and gave a maniac smile to the Lord Commander.

"It was a travesty against the living. Against the seven that are one. I killed it to purge the sin from this world. For the gods themselves favored me with this holy task."

"It was our only solid evidence for the White Walkers you fool!" Lord Commander said and Jaremy let out a cold harsh laugh.

"No… no, no such things as White Walkers. They can't exist. They don't exist. Those fuckers are lying. THOSE FUCKERS ARE LYING!!! NO SUCH THINGS AS WHITE WALKERS!!! NO SUCH…"

A punch knocked him out of his senses.

The Lord Commander looked at Smalljon who looked like he wanted to punch the unconscious man a few more times and was barely holding himself off from doing so.

Lord Commander looked at the two brothers holding the unconscious man and ordered "Take him to the Courtyard. And assemble everyone in the castle." Then he turned to another one of the brother "Go to my steward. Tell him to bring my sword."

The men left the room and Lord Commander stared at the dead Wight while Lord Greatjon and Lord Rickard did the same.

"Don't think anyone in the South will know the difference between a burnt wight and a burnt human carcass?" Harrison Karstark asked.

No one replied.