"So this is it." The King said as all three of them along with Ser Barristan Semly and Ser Meryn Trant looked at the box of Weirwood kept on top of the table.
"This is a box made of wood from Heart Tree." He said before pointing at the various runes running across the box in red colors "The Children of the Forest carved runes on it with the sap of the Weirwood tree to contain it's energy which made it easy to transport."
Looking at the confusion in King Robert and Ser Barristan's face, he explained "The room in which this Ice sword was kept in Castle Black had temperature below the point in which water freeze into ice. The whole room was covered with a sheen of ice, the locks had to be unjammed with heat as they stopped functioning and it was very hard to remain in the room for very long."
"A load of rubbish." Ser Meryn Trant snorted.
"The last man who thought something similar tried to pick up the sword." He said "He got frostbite as soon as he touched the sword and later the frostbite became so bad that we have to cut off his arm. If you believe this to be a load of rubbish then I'm sure you won't hesitate from trying to weild the sword. Right Ser Meryn."
The pedophile gulped and even Ser Barristan looked annoyed. "Ser Meryn, please keep your thoughts to himself." Ser Barristan said and the pedophile nodded.
"Well, get ready for some cold then." He said and when Lord Stark nodded, he used a steel bar to remove the wooden lid.
There was a hiss of cold air that left the wooden box as soon as he opened the lid a little bit. He continued to push and a moment later, the box was open they were all shivering in the cold.
"By the gods." Ser Barristan Selmy said and he pried the whole lid open and revealed the Ice sword to the King at last.
"Fucking hell Ned, you knew you wouldn't lie but…" King Robert said and moved toward the Ice sword
"Robert." Lord Stark said and moved his hand to stop the King who instantly came to his senses and then chuckled to his senses.
"Almost forgot about the frostbite thing." He said and chuckled to himself "Still… how did you kill the… White Walker holding it."
"We didn't." He replied. "Even when me, Varko and Benjen Stark fought it, it had no trouble defeating us all. It killed Benjen Stark, kicked Varko away with the ease of a child kicking away an insect and was about to kill me when Ygritte fired a Dragonglass arrow at it. The arrow pierced it's head where it had no protection and it shattered into hundreds of Ice Crystals like these." He said and showed an ice crystal which was much colder than normal snow but not as cold as the Ice sword and could still be held by human hands.
The King picked up the Ice Crystal and instantly put it down on the table, rubbing his hand from the cold experience.
"This is… still hard to believe." King Robert said as he looked intensely at the Ice Sword, his brow and bread already gathering a thin sheen of snow on top it.
He may not like King Robert but the man had a damn good beard.
"Would you like a demonstration my lord?" he asked.
"Demonstrations? Of what kind?" King Robert asked.
"To prove that no weapon except those made from Valyrian Steel and Dragonglass work against the White Walkers." He said and took out leather gloves from his pocket along with a dragonglass holder.
He picked up the Ice Sword with the help of the Dragonglass holder, kept it at a distance from himself and took it out of the box.
"Ser Meryn. Strike the Ice Sword with your own." He said.
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