Chapter 13 Cruel and ruthless
"The dragon is our dragon!"
"Brothers, reinforcements have arrived! Kill these bastards from the Third Daughter Kingdom!"
"Long live Prince Jacaerys!"
Looking at the huge black shadow whizzing across the sky, the soldiers of the entire Velaryon fleet instantly became excited.
The originally shaky defense line on the right deck of Queen Rhaenys became extremely solid due to the boost in morale.
There are even signs of a counterattack.
The commander of the front half of the Three Daughters Kingdom fleet was Forrest.
He and Coleman, one a warrior and one a scholar, are Rachelino's right-hand men.
The moment he saw the giant dragon appear, he ordered all the archers in the fleet to aim at the saddle on the dragon's back and shoot.
Therefore, the large crossbows loaded on the warships also changed their angles and began to string the bowstrings.
When using Dragon Breath, the dragon usually flies at low altitude, so the covering rain of arrows is very threatening to the dragon rider.
The green-scaled dragon, whose true form was revealed under the blazing flames, completely ignored the enemy's rain of arrows.
He flew straight over another large warship of the Three Daughters Kingdom and released his tightly clenched dragon claws.
call!
Then, with the light of the fire, everyone discovered that what the dragon's claws had dropped were several sealed wooden barrels tied together.
Hey!
Boom!
Just like before, the orange-red dragon flame detonated the sealed wooden barrel.
The brilliant sparks scattered all over the sky ignited the second large warship of the Three Daughters Kingdom.
But when the green-scaled dragon swooped down at low altitude without any hesitation, dense rain of arrows had already covered its entire back.
Dangdang Dangdang!
Forester, who had been staring at the green-scaled dragon, saw countless arrows being bounced off by the dragon's scales.
And the place where the dragon saddle was... was empty!
What? There is no Dragon Rider controlling the dragon!
So how does this dragon accomplish these precise attacks?
Forrest didn't have time to think too much, as the situation on the battlefield changed again.
woohoo~~
As the melodious horn sounded.
A long dragon of fire suddenly appeared on the dark sea behind the Velaryon fleet.
A fleet flying the silver seahorse flag, like flying fish on the sea, broke through the rough waves and headed straight for the battlefield.
Oops, it's a trap!
Damn, didn’t the reconnaissance fleet just patrol the nearby waters today?
Where did this Velaryon fleet come from!
Forester's face turned pale and all kinds of random thoughts popped up in his head.
After hesitating and struggling for a while, he finally gave the order to launch an all-out attack on the two Velaryon warships behind him that were dividing the battlefield.
Boom boom boom!
The heavy sound of war drums conveyed Forrest's orders.
The soldiers of the Kingdom of the Three Daughters aboard Queen Rhaenys retreated in panic, and Valmond wanted to lead his troops to leave more enemies behind.
However, most of his soldiers had been killed or wounded. If it were not for their own dragon to boost morale, they would have jumped into the sea and fled.
Forrest's judgment was correct!
The two Velaryon warships were originally using the advantage of the terrain to barely resist the second half of the fleet of the Kingdom of the Three Daughters.
Under the pincer attack from the front and back of Forrest's four warships, they were defeated one after another.
But the sound of the war drums he ordered also exposed his position as the commander of the warships.
Hey!
The scorching dragon flame ignited the mast and sails of Forrest's command ship, turning it into a huge torch.
Bang, bang!
He commanded the two large crossbows on the warship to fire at the giant green-scaled dragon in the sky.
The long crossbow arrow, as thick as an arm and as long as a spear, was shot towards the dragon with huge kinetic energy.
Hooray, hooray!
The green-scaled dragon flapped its wings quickly to adjust its direction.
At the same time, he tilted his head and sideways, and nimbly dodged the two threatening long crossbow arrows.
This operation once again made Forrest feel unbelievable.
Although they had never actually fought a dragon, they had personal accounts of their experiences from veterans who had fought against Daemon and Lanino in the Stepstone Islands.
Without the dragon rider, a dragon is just a larger beast that can fly and breathe fire. But this green-scaled dragon not only attacks its target with the same precision as a human, but is also extremely agile and nimble.
Bang!
As the green-scaled dragon flew forward, attacking other warships of the Three Daughters Kingdom and re-adjusting its direction.
The previous Velaryon reinforcement warships rammed heavily into the four warships under Forrest's command.
Different from the other Velaryon warships flying the silver seahorse flag.
The large warship that crashed into the warship commanded by Forester was flying a black three-headed dragon flag.
Click, click, click!
One by one, fully armed Velaryon soldiers rushed onto the command ship via the gangplank.
"Brothers, the two enemy ships in front of us will soon collapse.
If you want to survive, stay on the warship with me and return to Bloodstone Island together!"
"Yes!"
With a shout from Forester, holding the sharp axe in both hands, the battle on the warship began.
Wearing a black dragon-scale armor and a dragon-headed round helmet, Jacaerys stood on the deck of the Lannino, which was named in memory of his former father.
Fourteen personal guards holding swords and shields protected him and Benilla, who was also dressed in military uniform.
“Send an order to withdraw all the troops originally planning to rescue the two large warships.
Let us surround and destroy these four enemy warships with all our strength."
When Jacaerys, with his sharp eyes, saw the enemy troops on the command ship holding their ground, he guessed their plan.
Then he gave orders to Stone beside him.
The reason why Jacaerys did not ride on Vermax to participate in this night attack.
One reason is that it is difficult to see arrows clearly when fighting on a dragon at night, and there is a danger of being hit by stray arrows.
The second reason is that he is unable to command his fleet while flying in the sky.
As his first battle after taking control of the military, he had to win beautifully.
Of course, the most important point is that he can control Womacks through telepathic connection.
Remote control of the dragon!
In terms of practicality, it is more important than the combat power increase brought by the entry.
Since Jacaerys saw through Forrest's strategy, he naturally had a plan to deal with it.
It was seen that Womax turned in the opposite direction in the sky but did not return to attack the command ship.
Instead, it flew towards the two Velaryon warships behind, which were mostly occupied by soldiers from the Kingdom of Three Daughters.
Hoo ho ho!
Vermax, who had been restrained before, now opened fire at full force, and sprayed his dragon fire breath with maximum force directly at the Velaryon warship.
what! ! !
The huge dragon body of Womax swept past at high speed, turning all the soldiers in sight into human torches without distinguishing between friend and foe.
The battle was already very fierce, and the large Velaryon warships were filled with corpses.
With sufficient fuel, the scorching dragon flame spread rapidly.
The two Velaryon warships, along with the Three Daughters Kingdom warship that they pierced, burst into flames.
Three large warships, with basically no living people on them, stood on the sea like a huge wall of fire.
Recharino, who was on the flagship of the rear part of the Kingdom of Three Daughters, looked at the giant green-scaled dragon soaring in the night sky with gritted teeth.
In the end, he chose to take drastic measures and issued an order to withdraw to Bloodstone Island.
There was no way out. Their Third Daughter Kingdom fleet was about to converge to stabilize the situation.
Who knew that the dragon knight was so cruel and ruthless that he would burn his own warship with both the people on it and the ship.
You know, there are still at least one or two hundred Velaryon soldiers left on those two large warships!
(End of this chapter)