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Chapter 23 – Adventures in the North 20.

  "Chapter Size: 2245 Words."-------------------------------------------Jon SnowNorth Kingdom, Wolfwoods, Glover Territory, 289 A.C., 3 moons ter.--------------------------------------------"e on, Jon! You do better than that!" Du said, lifting and pointing his sword at Jon.

  "I'm trying here..." Joed, attempting to catch his breath, which was u the moment, while trying to keep his sword raised.

  "Let's keep going!" Jon said after regaining some breath. He stood a few meters from Du, who waited for the child in front of him to take the lead in attag. It happened as expected.

  Jon unched his attack with style and firmness in his cut, even though it was made by a child at the end of his 8 namedays. The sword collided with Du's other sword, easily stopping the child's attack.

  Jon didn't wait another sed to withdraw his on and unch a side attack, which was equally stopped by Du. But Jon persisted, vertical and horizontal cuts with good footwork, were made in the few minutes. However, the boy never mao break through the defenses of the adult man in front of him, who seemed to be pying with the boy.

  "I think that's enough for today, Jon," he said to the boy, who sighed. He could barely catch his breath while being quite sweaty from the two-hour training.

  "I know you want to get stronger, Jon. And damn, your movements and footwork already humble me if you pare them to my skills. But you're still a child; your potential is limitless, but you have to grow first. So, don't rush..." Du said as he looked at the boy. He had been training him for many moons, but no matter how much the boy improved and dispyed a bde skill he had never seen before, he still o grow, absorb real bat experience, and create his own muscle memories, which could only develop over the years.

  "I guess I uand..." Jon sighed as he sheathed his ade sword with William's help.

  "I'll deal with the giants then," Du said, leaving the area with a slight nod to Jon. The training location was a bit away from the old structures; with the help of the giants, they mao create a space after removing some stones and cutting down some trees.

  While Jon watched Du attend to the spectators who had just arrived, he prepared to return to the main area. While Du would be using that same space to train the giants, Jon vihem to train as human warriors.

  Giants usually didn't reach their full potential, as they cked i in and the development of an art fhting, much like most of the Free Folk. They were more ined to showcase their strength and ability as they fought in their lives, without any training since a very young age.

  Seeing this hidden potential, because better than a giant who could swing a log, was a heavily armed giant who could fight with a giant sword and a colossal shield more effectively. While 15 men could deal with a traditional giant, I doubt a group of 30 armed men could effectively hahe same using this set of ons.

  After teag Du keywords in the a nguage fiant training, he began training them with 4-meter wooden swords, which would be exged for steel once Jon and William fiheir projects. Sihe training began two moons ago, Du has been edug them rigorously every day. As the giants learn to follow the training, the man Jon asked to be their ons master has lost some of the fear of angering a giant with this training.

  Just as Du learned a bit of the a nguage, Jon is teag the giants in the on tongue, but the most dedicated are the small twins and Seryna, who always apany him after the boy Snow's physical training.Arriving at the ter of the location, he saw some wolves roaming freely. The she-wolf, Bckarrow, was o her mate, Shadow, as she y with her huge pregnant belly exposed, with a toig out between her massive fangs. She seemed to be enjoying the forest breeze alongside her mate as a cool wind blew over them.

  "I 't wait to see these pups, Bckarrow! Shadow!" Jon said as he approached her, gently stroking the giant she-wolf and her partner. Meanwhile, both wolves, who were several times rger than their masters, let out a joyful whi his touch. He only saw this couple here, as the other wolves had gone hunting in the forest at this time.

  Leaving the wolves aside, Jon walked over tiants seated on a massive bench, waiting for him. Seryna could be training with the iants right now, but she preferred to take her time learning Jon's nguage. And the girl was difficult to viherwise when she decided on something, so the boy sighed.

  "Let's go over some words again, as we reviewed yesterday." Jon annouo his youudents.

  "JON...I...AM...LEARNING!" The young giant spoke with a bit of difficulty.

  "I see, Seryna, gratutions..." He said with a small smile.

  "I...WILL...MARRY...JON!" She excimed after that.

  "HEHEHEHEHEHE"

  "HEHEHEHEHEHE"

  While Jon shook his head at Seryna's antics, the giant children, Carruuyi and Tuuuxy, ughed along. The lesson tinued until Luffy was quite satisfied with them and cluded the session after teag some ways to unicate and words.

  The young Stark-blooded boy went te fe, pared to the old pce; it was a much better location now. Jon, in addition to fixing the p the broken parts with William's help, redesigned many things to build rger equipment for the giants.

  "JON! You're finally here." William said as he saw Joering the fe.

  "William, how are things?" The child asked.

  "I'm doing well. Why don't you help me level this 3-meter sword?" William couldn't help but pin; it was quite borious for him, at a size of 1.6 meters, to deal with a on that came out of the fe almost twice his size.

  Jon approached William, grabbing a hammer. ing beside William, they looked at the powerful sword without its edge, with the metal glowing red from the high heat.

  "Are we going to make it this time?" Jon asked casually.

  "I hope so, Jon; this is our third attempt..." William grumbled.

  "Okay, let's start. I'll hahe bottom, you level the top..." Jon said as he went to the base and began hammering the lower metal. William also struck the tip of the sword. This sted until the hour.

  *Crack*

  In the area where William was hammering, a crack was heard and seen growing.

  "Not again!" William grumbled.

  "Alright, it's not like we're going to learn to do this quickly." Jon said so that the young man didn't feel too bad.

  "But we've been at this for a week!" He protested.

  "And it'll take another 10 weeks if necessary, William, patience..." The boy said.

  "Sometimes it doesn't feel like I'm talking to a child..." William muttered, but Jon ig with a smile.

  "Anyway, I'm heading to my b; you reshape the swain, and we'll try again tomorrow, okay?" Jon said.

  "Yes, leave it to me..." Once he received his answer, Johe fe ao one of the abandoned houses. The giants didn't use this side for housing, so Joed his own b there.

  Entering the pce, he saw various vials of different colors on shelves and may vials as well, as they would be used for new formus.

  o it, there was a garden with various types of pnts, many of which he created with the seeds he had in his bag. There were some that he geically modified to create specific effects in his potions.

  Jon mao create a healing potion, something that never existed in this world, thanks to his knowledge and power. He could ge the entire alchemical knowledge of the world.

  "I'm making progress, but it's still not enough..." He muttered as he looked at his filled vials.Jon had been w on something for a long time that could temporarily increase his strength because he was still a weak child, dying in any fight in a frontal bat, regardless of how skillful he might appear holding a sword. In the end, he was still quite physically weak...

  The rest of the day, Jon worked on his potions, trying to develop his research. It was te iernoon when he felt something from his winged scouts. A bird that had goo FrostRoar returned, catg his attention. He quickly accessed his memories remotely. Jon had beeing more skilled with his powers i few moons as he trained.

  "I see, so it has begun!" Jon murmured. He had been monit the city for a long time because after his reports directly to his father, he wao keep an eye on the moves of Lord Carlen Frotniid.

  A lot had happened sihen. Firstly, the lord was infuriated by the annihition of all his soldiers when he pursued Jon and the others. This made most of his men feel hesitant to follow orders to track Jon and his camp in WolfWoods.

  But not only were his revenge pns going awry, but they alsered an iigation led by Llover himself into his vassal after the Lord of Winterfell requested it. Two moons ter, evidence was discovered regarding human traffig.

  With no way to escape, Carlen Frotniid and his son were senteo impriso until the public trial i moon. The day, their trial would be ducted by Deepmott's lord himself, but Jon wasn't ied in that now.

  Not that he wouldn't be afraid to return to the city. He had returo the pce a few times in these moons to pick up some books. Unfortunately, most on people were illiterate, so the book trade was very limited, with only a small store iy. But the boy mao get some iing books to read during this time.

  In addition to going to get the books, Jon had to interfere with an order from Carlen Frotniid to try to extraformation from William's aunt's family, which resulted in his fury. It didn't take long for a swarm of birds to attack all the men whoing to use William's aunt to try to harm him.

  It resulted in a bunen shouting that it was the witchcraft of little Jon, truly making them fear the boy, as his reputation among Lord Frotniid's men was extremely intimidating. There were reports of his men being devoured by Jon's giant wolves and seeing a flock of birds attack them, leaving perma scars on their faces, didn't help much.

  Even Carlen Frotniid couldn't escape his wrath. The birds attacked the man in his office as well, leaving a huge scar, proof to him that he should no longer interfere in Jon's affairs, as the boy showed him that he could die at any moment. This truly scared him, no longer meddling with William's aunt's family.

  Jon could have killed him, it would have been easy, but even breaking many beliefs since leaving Winterfell, Jon still believed that it wasn't honorable to kill a man like that, and it would only paint him as a murderer without giving the lord a trial.

  However, even though Jon no longer interfered with House Frotniid and focused on his goals, soon the iigation began to bear fruit, and many human traffig schemes were being uncovered.

  Johat besides the execution of Lord Frotniid, his son was senteo the Wall. The boy looked like a scared child, but no one had pity after all he had done. Many guards were also sentenced, and some had trials to apany their master in the beheading.

  Jon also learhat his father was leadio end not only one pce where sves were kept but several throughout the North. He was going to Bear Isnd to judge Lord Mormont, Jorah Mormont, who was also part of the scheme. From what he heard, his father summoned many lords to attack the svers' bases as soon as he returned from the isnd. So the North was in turmoil at this moment.

  But Jon didn't care much about that. Things were happening because of his intervention, but he couldn't do much, choosing to focus only on his duties, which were training with Du, teag Seryna and the others, w with William in the fe, dug alchemical experiments, and helping the giants in the iron mine.

  He had po stay a few moons in the location, but ended up having to pn more time here. He also kept some tact with his siblings in Winterfell but had to stop once Lady Stark tried to kill the raven, which left him infuriated, almost causing him to return the favor with some scars on her face. But he refrained because he didn't find that right, even if the woman was a dog.

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