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Chapter 14 - chapter 14(THE BOARD SHIFTS IN THE SHADOW)

SYSTEM ALERT — NEW MAJOR REWARD

After weeks of surviving the capital, sabotaging plots, and training Jon Snow through dreams, the system flashed again.

MISSION COMPLETE: 'Establish the First Network'

Reward Granted:

1 × High-Grade Healing Potion

1 × Spatial Travel Stone (Teleport Stone)

A description appeared:

[HIGH-GRADE HEALING POTION]

Heals severe wounds, poison, fractures, internal injuries.

Almost instant recovery.

[SPATIAL TRAVEL STONE]

A rare magical tool.

Rules:

Can teleport Leo to a place he has seen or visited.

The destination must be clear of people, rubble, or obstacles.

Leo must write the location's exact name or description on a flat stone.

Then he must touch the Teleport Stone and the inscribed rock together.

Cooldown: 30 days.

Leo smirked.

"One shot. One perfect escape."

This world might kill him one day…

but now it would have to work harder.

LEO'S SHADOW ROLE IN KING'S LANDING

Leo watched the capital from the rooftops like a predator waiting for his moment.

Below him:

Jon Arryn, coughing blood, still alive because Leo intercepted assassins.

Ned Stark, not Hand yet, staying in the North but already being targeted by spies.

Littlefinger, weaving plots with threads Leo kept cutting.

Varys, whispering about a foreign shadow moving unseen.

Leo had three missions:

1. Sabotage Littlefinger

2. Protect Ned Stark and Jon Arryn in secret

3. Prepare for the White Walkers

He handled all three with deadly speed.

SABOTAGING LITTLEFINGER — ROUND TWO

Leo struck deeper than before.

1. He replaced key ledgers

Causing Baelish's accounts to appear disloyal to the crown.

2. He exposed several bribes

Disguising them as Varys' findings.

3. He erased three of Littlefinger's best informants

Quietly.

Without a trace.

Leaving Baelish blind in multiple districts.

Littlefinger smiled politely in court…

But at night?

He raged.

"Who is this ghost?"

"Who strikes without leaving a footprint?"

"Who dares play in my game?"

He swore to find Leo.

PROTECTING NED STARK — BEFORE HE EVEN ARRIVES

Leo knew something:

The Lannisters already considered Ned Stark a threat.

He intercepted their first moves:

• Assassins hired to kill a northern messenger who carried letters to Ned.

Leo killed them.

• A Lannister spy preparing fabricated evidence accusing Ned of treason.

Leo destroyed the letters and killed the spy.

• A sellsword hired by Cersei to travel north and "observe" the Stark children.

Leo crushed the man's throat in Flea Bottom and hid the body.

By the time Ned eventually comes south…

half the threats meant for him no longer exist.

BUILDING THE HIDDEN ARMY — "THE NIGHT FORT PROJECT"

Leo explored the Crownlands until he found an abandoned fortress once used by Maegor.

Deep tunnels.

Old barracks.

Perfect hiding space.

He began stockpiling:

Swords

Arrows

Armor pieces

Dried rations

Barrels of water

Medical kits

Forged spears

Improvised explosives

Winter clothing

And from the system:

Blueprints for enhanced armor

Fabrication tools

Upgraded melee weapon molds

Reinforced shield designs

This cache would grow into:

a private army invisible to Westeros.

Not for the throne.

Not for war.

For the Long Night.

DREAMWALKER — JON SNOW'S TRUE TRAINING BEGINS

The moment Leo accepted the mission, Jon Snow's dreams changed forever.

Jon stood in a frozen wasteland.

The shadow-warrior appeared—Leo's silhouette wearing the Winter Soldier armor.

Jon lifted his sword.

"You again."

Leo's dream-voice echoed like wind:

"Your enemies will not wait for you to grow.

We start now."

And Jon trained.

His footwork sharpened.

His strikes grew precise.

His stamina nearly doubled.

He learned to read opponents.

He learned discipline older than any Westerosi style.

By morning, the Winterfell soldiers whispered:

"Jon Snow fights like he's lived two lifetimes."

"He moves like a hunter."

"He's different."

Robb noticed.

Ned noticed.

Even Cat noticed—and feared it.

Jon felt it too.

Whoever was guiding him…

cared about him.

And protected him.

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