Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 100: Melting City and Slashing Tower, Human Face Woodcarving

Harrenhal is a huge castle built by Harren the Black before the War of Conquest. Until now, it is still the most magnificent war fortress in the Seven Kingdoms.

Harrenhal has five very large towers and equally massive walls.
These towering walls are built with incredibly thick structure, and the rooms in the castle are tall and spacious enough for legendary giants to live in.

However, after the Conqueror Aegon rode on the 'Black Death' Balerion and spit out dragon flames to wash the ground.

Most of Harrenhal is now a charred, melted, devastated, and charred ruin, with only a small part of it still habitable.

But this small area is also wider than most of the noble castles.

Da da da!
Daemon rode a black warhorse with a sad face, pacing in front of his own camp which was out of the attack range of Harrenhal.

Without the 'bloodworm' Korakshuu, he had no idea how to break through this majestic fortress.

Apart from other things, the walls of Harrenhal alone are as high as steep cliffs, and the large ballistas mounted on the top of the walls look as small as insects when viewed from the ground.

As the attacking party, it was impossible for them to build such a long siege ladder.

In Daemon's eyes, Harrenhal was like a thorn in the flesh, which did not cause much damage but was very disgusting.

Attack by force, but unable to take it down!
If we abandon the city and head straight for King's Landing, they will harass us from the rear and cut off our supply lines.

"Eh? What is that?"

"Dragon! Everyone, pay attention, two dragons are coming from the south!"

"Scatter, scatter everyone!"

Damon suddenly heard a commotion coming from the tent behind him and immediately turned to look south.

I saw two black spots the size of peanuts in the distant sky, which were getting bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye.

To the south of Harrenhal is King's Landing.

The possibility that it could fly here at this time was very high that it was a Green Dragon that came to help relieve Harrenhal.

Without any hesitation, Damon immediately rode back to the camp and loudly gave the order to evacuate.

He passed through the encampment of more than 3,400 Frey and Blackwood infantrymen and headed straight for the camp of 4,000 Vale cavalry.

After summoning all the valley cavalry to mount their horses in a hurry, Daemon wanted to order the main cavalry regiment under his command to be dispersed, letting them flee in all directions to increase their survival rate.

But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that the two giant dragons approaching at a very fast speed were swooping straight towards Harrenhal.

This sudden change not only stunned Daemon's side, but also caught the Harrenhal defenders who were watching the show on the city wall off guard.

Boom boom boom!
The Harrenhal defenders reacted and hurriedly adjusted the angle of the large crossbow.

He kept shooting at the giant enemy dragon in the front, which was over 60 meters long and had dark green scales.

Ding Ding Ding!
Unexpectedly, the dark green dragon did not dodge at all, and swooped down with the thick and long crossbow arrows from the large crossbow.

Hoo ho ho!
A large stream of dark brown dragon flame spewed out from the dark green dragon's mouth, covering the nearly ten-meter-long left wall of Harrenhal in a fan-shaped attack range.

Zizizi!
The Harrenhal defenders, large crossbows, swords, spears, and even rocks that were sprayed by the black-brown dragon flames melted quickly like candles.

At first glance, this scene does not look like being burned by dragon flames, but rather like being splashed with some super sulfuric acid.

The dark green dragon only made a low-altitude dive, and the terrifying dragon flame it spewed out completely covered the left wall of Harrenhal.

The dark brown dragon flame burned slowly, as if it would never go out.

Hooray, hooray!
When the large crossbow on the left wall was destroyed by the dark green dragon, another larger silver-gray dragon flew straight into the city of Harrenhal in the sky.

Hey!
The silver-gray dragon spewed out a gray dragon flame, which exploded in Harrenhal.

The gray dragon flame had a huge splashing effect and directly ignited half of Harrenhal.

what! ! !
Unlike the dark-brown dragon flame of the dark green dragon that would melt anything it touched, the defenders of Harrenhal ignited by the gray dragon flame could at least let out miserable screams.

Hooray, hooray!
After setting the right wall of Harrenhal on fire, the dark green dragon flew straight to the tallest tower of Harrenhal.

The former name of this tall tower is unknown.

Since the "Black-hearted" Heron family was burned to death by the Black Death here, it is called the Burning King's Tower.

On top of the charred King Burning Tower, there is a city lord's room that is about the size of a small castle hall.

Simon Strong, the acting Lord of Harrenhal, is arguing fiercely with Humphry Bracken, Lord of Stonehedge, over whether to surrender.

The elderly Sir Simon wanted to surrender the moment he saw the dragon, but Earl Humphrey believed that they should hold their ground to the end.

Hooray, hooray!
The heavy sound of dragon wings breaking through the air came from outside the room, interrupting their quarrel.

Earl Humphry and his companion immediately ran to the spacious windowsill and looked down where the sound of dragon wings breaking through the air came from.

He immediately saw a giant dark green dragon hovering in the middle of the Burning King Tower, and a young dragon rider holding tightly onto the dragon thorn on its body.

Feeling the gaze from above, Jacaerys looked up at Earl Humphry and the other man. He smiled slightly and shouted loudly, "Dracarys!"

Hey!
Dark-brown dragon flame once again spewed out from Womax's bloody mouth.

But its form was completely different from before. The black-brown dragon flame changed from a fan-shaped range attack to an extremely condensed fire column single target attack.

Zizizi!
The dark brown column of fire, which was no more than one meter in diameter, melted the solid outer wall on the far right of the middle section of the Burning King Tower in a very short time.

Then, it melted all the furniture and the body of the unlucky guy in the tower with unstoppable force, and went straight through the corresponding rear wall.

Chi Chi Chi!
Receiving the message from his master, Wormax continued to spit out dragon flames, and slowly flew from the right side of the middle of the Burning King Tower to the lower left area.

The dark brown pillar of fire that melted through the Burning King Tower naturally moved with Womax's flying posture.

Boom boom boom!
Wow!
The upper part of the Burning King Tower made a loud noise as it could not bear the weight when Womax moved halfway.

A large amount of wall fragments began to fall both inside and outside.

Clang, clang!
When Vomax flew to the lower left area in the middle section and stopped spitting dragon flames, the upper half of the Kingburning Tower began to dislocate and slide toward the lower left.

Rumble!
Bang! ! !
The upper half of the Burning King Tower was sliding down faster and faster. A large amount of debris, guards, and servants fell out of the tower and fell straight to the ground.

With a great roar that echoed throughout Harrenhal,

The upper half of the tower, like a mountain, fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a mushroom cloud of dust like a nuclear bomb explosion.

The remaining half of the Burning King Tower had its walls from the upper right to the lower left charred but with smooth cuts, as if it had been cut in half by an extremely huge flaming sword.

Sure enough, the effect of Dragon Flame can only be seen in actual combat!

Looking at Womacks' masterpiece, Jakaris nodded with great satisfaction.

The trees of the Royal Forest were previously unable to test the power of the black-brown dragon flame after Womax's transformation.

Today's battle is just a test of my skills.

With the terrifying power of the black-brown dragon flame, not even Vhagar, who had lived for nearly one hundred and eighty years, could withstand it.

As Kingsburner was cut in half by Vermax, the remaining defenders of Harrenhal completely lost the will to resist.

When they voluntarily opened the city gates and surrendered, Jacaerys called back Silverwing, who had been breathing dragon fire and had almost set half of Harrenhal on fire.

Soon, Daemon led the Vale Cavalry into Harrenhal.

Jacaerys exchanged greetings with Damon after a long absence.
Then he made up some mysterious excuses to deal with Damon's confusion about Wormax's sudden increase in size and his control of Silver Wing.

Damon naturally didn't believe most of what he said, but now was not the time to study this.

After all, the stronger Jakaris is, the better it is for the Black Party.

After dealing with this matter, Jakaris began to talk about the purpose of his trip.

"Father, the dragon pits on Dragonstone have been emptied by Aemond.

All adult dragons, baby dragons, and dragon eggs are in the dragon cave in King's Landing.

Perhaps Imond thought that doing so would enhance his strength, but in my opinion, he was planting a huge hidden danger for himself.

I have already discussed it with Grandma Rhaenys, and she will lead my Conqueror Fleet and the Velaryon Fleet to attack the Iron Gate.

My ground troops will attack Linhe Gate, while you will lead your troops to attack Julong Gate.

While the three city gates were being attacked at the same time, I took Wormax and Silver Wing to raid the dragon's lair from the sky and released all the dragons including Korakshu.

When faced with internal and external troubles, Emond will definitely make mistakes."

After Vermax had finished his transformation, Jacaerys rode him back to Dragonstone to install a new dragon saddle.

After learning from Rhaenys that Daemon was attacking Harrenhal, he immediately rushed to assist in the siege and act as a battlefield liaison.

In fact, Harrenhal had sent a letter for help to King's Landing two days ago.

But Aemond, who had lost his confidence after being beaten by Jacaerys, was worried that this was a trap set by the Black Party, so he chose to defend King's Landing.

This is also the reason why the defenders of Harrenhal initially believed, like Daemon and others, that Vermax and Silverwing were Green Party dragons.

"Hmm, very clever battle plan."

Damon nodded and praised him, then continued hesitantly,
"But...but Aegon is still in Aemond's hands."

“Dad, don’t worry.

I captured Criston Cole during the battle at the Wend River, and he should be very important to Aemond.

I would trade him for Aegon before attacking King's Landing.

Of course, if Aemond refuses to exchange prisoners.

Then I will go to the Red Keep immediately after the raid on the dragon pit and rescue Aegon!"

Upon hearing this, Daemon immediately realized that Jacaerys would do his best to rescue Aegon.

Give up attacking King's Landing for Aegon?

Rhaenyra might make that choice, but Jacaerys and Daemon would not.

"Well, father. We plan to attack King's Landing in seven days.

By then, Luciris will ride on Araxes and act as a messenger!"

“Okay, be careful when you raid the dragon’s lair alone.

And if Aegon cannot be saved..."

Damon didn't finish his last sentence, but his meaning was obvious.

Jakaris smiled when he heard this and replied confidently, "I will rescue her!"

……

King's Landing, Red Keep throne room.

Wearing the Conqueror's Crown, Aemond rested his right leg on the armrest of the Iron Throne and sat there in a utterly ungraceful position.

At the foot of the Iron Throne stairs, an Archbishop of the Church of the Seven, wearing a silver robe and a crystal crown, was talking.

“Your Majesty, from now on, summon all the civilians in King’s Landing to pray in the direction of the Starry Cathedral in Oldtown to gather the power of faith.

It is believed that in times of battle, the warriors among the Seven Gods will grant their soldiers the courage to defeat the enemy.

The Stranger grants eternal peace to enemy soldiers."

"Courage? Tranquility? Don't tell me these unreal things.

Now I just want to know how to break the enemy's invulnerability and the magic of enchanting the dragon!
Or, you, the Church of the Seven Gods, don't understand this at all, and have been deceiving the entire Seven Kingdoms with lies?"

Upon hearing this, Aemond frowned and began to question the archbishop loudly.

When he asked this, beads of cold sweat suddenly appeared on the archbishop's forehead.

After all, in this magical world of dragons and magic, the Church of the Seven is actually the most scientific religion.

There was no other way, so the archbishop could only bite the bullet and answer: “Your Majesty, you only need to pray sincerely to the Seven Gods for seven days and seven nights.

You will be able to obtain the power from the Seven Gods to break any evil magic!"

"Really? I'll find a chance to try.

If it were fake, you would definitely scream for seven days and seven nights.

Go down! "

Imond gave a doubtful answer and waved his hand to dismiss the somewhat distraught archbishop.

“Your Majesty, in addition to the Archbishop of the Seven Gods, I have also found many extraordinary people in King’s Landing.

They all claim to possess magical abilities that can aid you in your fight against your enemies."

After the Archbishop of the Church of the Seven Gods left, Laris, who was standing on the side with a cane, immediately began to report.

"Really? Then let them come up one by one!"

Imond immediately became interested after hearing this, adjusted his sitting position and answered.

Then the strange people mentioned by Laris appeared one after another.

There were performers who could breathe fire from their mouths, some who could bend their bodies to incredible degrees, and some who were mysterious and used crystal balls to predict the future.

Aemond was pleased with the performance and rewarded them with a trip to the Dragon's Lair to visit the belly of Vhagar.

However, panning for gold in the sand, three people with incredible magical powers really emerged among this group of "strange people".

Two of the foreigners were certainly powerful, but the one that really attracted Aemond was a northerner holding a bone-white wooden carving of a human face.

Because the other party guaranteed with his life right from the start that Queen Helena could return to normal.

Imond originally had a special feeling for Helena, not to mention that he urgently needed Dreamfire's fighting power now.

He immediately took the northerner to the Queen's chamber in Maegor's Holdfast.

Alicent had been with Helena and the twins every day since Aemond's coronation in the Dragon's Lair.

After seeing Aemond and the northerner holding the strange wooden sculpture, she immediately frowned and asked, "Aemond, who did you bring with you?"

"Mother, he can cure Helena's illness!"

After hearing what Aemond said, Allison immediately protected Helena behind her and replied: "Helena is not sick and does not need treatment."

Aemond didn't care about Alison's opinion at all. He turned to ask the northerner: "How do you want to treat it?"

"Just let Queen Helena touch the wood carving!"

"what!!!"

As the Northerner handed the wooden sculpture of a human face forward while speaking, Helena behind Allison suddenly covered her head with her hands and screamed.

woohoo~~
The twins who were playing in the house were frightened and started crying by their mother's scream, and the queen's bedroom suddenly became extremely noisy.

Allison immediately tried to comfort her, but it was of no use.

"Mother, please move aside. I'm willing to try anything as long as it can make Helena back to normal!"

Seeing Helena's appearance, Emond immediately spoke to Allison with concern on his face.

“Before you came, Helena was perfectly normal.

Get out, get out!"

Upon hearing this, Allison immediately started to scold with anger on her face.

Seeing this, Imond gritted his teeth and decided to cut the Gordian knot.

He pushed his mother away, walked forward, forcibly dragged Helena to the front of the Northerner, and pressed her right hand on the wooden sculpture of the human face.

As soon as she touched the wooden sculpture of a human face, Helena's eyes were covered with a grayish-white color and her screams stopped abruptly.

After a few breaths, the grayness in her eyes suddenly disappeared and her vision became clear again.

At this moment, Imond, who had been staring at Helena, suddenly felt that she was like an old man who had seen through the vicissitudes of life.

Helena said expressionlessly: "Jacaerys Velaryon is a demon that does not belong to this world.

Its future is so confusing that I can't see through it.

But in seven days, it will bring two giant dragons to attack the dragon pit in King's Landing!"

(End of this chapter)