Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 146 Red Sea Monster, Thunderous Thunder
In the Stepstones, a small, narrow rowing boat was rapidly approaching the ruins of the harbor on Grey Gallows Island.

Logically speaking, this port has long been abandoned and these ships should not be able to dock normally.

But the narrow little rowing boat ran straight onto the shallows of the harbor ruins.

Then thirty or forty sailors wearing light leather armor and with long swords and short axes on their waists jumped off the boat.

From the squid family emblems on the leather armor of these sailors, we can know that they are the Iron Men who are famous for their iron farming (qiang) and planting (jie).

And that long and narrow little rowing boat was the famous Ironborn longship.

The group of Iron Men shouted a few times, then lifted the longship together and walked towards the ruins of the port.

The highly maneuverable ironborn longship has a pure wooden hull structure with an extremely shallow draft in salt water, and is built specifically for optimized speed.

So this group of iron men can easily carry this long ship that can accommodate up to a hundred people.

When they moved the boat to a distance from the coast, they covered it with branches and other debris prepared in advance.

After doing all this, they walked to a nearby ground, lifted up a camouflaged baffle and crawled in.

If Jakaris were here, it would definitely feel familiar.

Because his first battle in the Stepstones was an air raid on the Dornishmen hiding on Grey Gallows Island.

The tunnels where these sailors are hiding now are the ones left by the Dornishmen.

This tunnel is not only deep but also very wide, so walking in it does not make people feel cramped.

There are wall lamps hanging every few meters on the surrounding walls, so the lighting conditions are relatively good.

Moreover, the tunnel is designed with many hidden ventilation holes, so there is no need to worry about lack of oxygen.

After walking around in the winding tunnel for a while, the view in front of me suddenly became clear.

Those Dornishmen who are good at fighting dragons actually built a huge bunker underground.

Inside the bunker, hundreds of Iron Men were eating meat and drinking wine.

A group of women with disheveled clothes and bruised faces stood obediently by the side, pouring wine for these iron men.

They were the concubines abducted by the Ironborn. Judging from their facial features and hair color, most of the women were from Essos, with a few from Westeros.

The status of these concubines was very lowly, almost the same as that of slaves.

Moreover, they were all recently captured and did not have a simple salt-concubine wedding presided over by the Drowned God's priests, so they could still be bought and sold among each other.

Some drunken Ironmen became interested in other people's salt concubines. After negotiating a price, they bought them and then rudely pulled them to an empty passage.

The concubine who was originally serving wine suddenly screamed and received rough acupuncture service from the drunk Tiemin.

On a stone chair in the center of the bunker, a burly young Iron Man, probably in his twenties, was sitting on it, holding a young and beautiful concubine.

On both sides of the stone chair were kneeling two young and beautiful concubines, one of them holding fine wine and the other holding delicious food.

There was also someone holding a black cross sword whose hilt was twisted like a pretzel in his previous life.

This young ironman is the commander of the Iron Fleet, King of the Iron Islands, Dalton Greyjoy, the 'Red Sea Monster'.

And that strange black cross sword is not simple either, it is a Valyrian steel weapon called 'Nightfall'.

Seeing the Ironmen who had gone out to search for prey return, Dalton immediately threw the salt concubine he was playing with aside and asked, "Vellen, why did you come back in person?

Looks like there's a big fat sheep that's worth my effort, right?"

Dalton's brother, Veron Greyjoy, immediately responded upon hearing the voice: "It's not a fat sheep, but a dragon!
The Iron Throne's Conqueror Fleet has entered the Stone Islands. It seems that the dragon king is preparing to take back the Stone Islands.

By the way, my first sentence was not a description.

A giant dragon about ten meters long is now hovering in the sky of Mijie Island.

Brother, should we first take the gold, silver, treasures, grain and salt we have harvested during this period and go back to the Iron Islands?"

"The Iron Throne's Conqueror Fleet is coming? No wonder the Free Cities mobilized their fleets so frequently recently.

At first I thought they were here to encircle and suppress us. It seems a big battle is about to happen here!
Well……

More than half a year ago, I had planned to take advantage of the Lannister family's involvement in the Targaryen family's civil war to plunder the West.

Who knew that the civil war would end so soon, and that the Lannister family would successfully surrender to the dragon.

This resulted in our Iron Islands having no harvest during that period, which directly affected the lives of all Ironmen.

And if we weren't worried about the dragons in King's Landing, why would we go so far to plunder?

Humph, go back to the Iron Islands.

This time we will transform from an invincible sea monster into a group of hyenas. If one side is seriously injured, we will pounce on it and tear it into pieces!"

Dalton was not surprised but delighted when he heard the information reported by Veron. After a little hesitation, he made the decision to reap the benefits.

"Brother... King Dalton! Please think about this carefully!
The dragon king had already wiped out the Hightowers of Oldtown, the Martells of Dorne, and the Mountain Clans from Westeros.

Let’s not talk about the possibility of us successfully looting in front of the dragon, even if we successfully return to the Iron Islands.

When the evil dragon king receives the news, he will surely come in person to take revenge.

From the intelligence we have collected, it seems that he not only has seven dragons that can fight, but he may also be a transcendent! "

It can be seen that Weilon is obviously more rational.

When he heard his brother's words, his face suddenly changed and he admonished him in a very serious and formal tone.

"Haha, a superhuman? It's not like I haven't killed one myself!
But the dragon is indeed a bit tricky, and there is no way to deal with it now.

Velon, from now on you should take most of your brothers out to conduct a thorough reconnaissance of the waters around the Stepstone Islands.

We will then choose how to act based on the situation on the battlefield!"

The red sea monster sneered at first, then thought that his brother did have some truth in what he said, so he slightly changed his decision.

The reason why he was so confident was that he had started paddling at the age of five, and had followed his family to the Basilisk Islands to plunder at the age of ten.

At the age of fourteen, he became a battle-hardened iron captain and led his team on a voyage to the ruins of the ancient Ghis Empire.

It was there that he acquired the Varsteel sword Nightfall and slew several transcendents with strange abilities.

Rustling!

As soon as Dalton's order came, the Iron Man drunkards who had been lazy just now immediately took action.

They poured out of the bunker's exit, carrying the hidden ironborn longship and began to go to the sea.

Moreover, the Ironmen not only have this bunker. There are at least five or six thousand Ironmen carrying hundreds of longships from the ruins of the port of Grey Gallows Island into the sea.

If you only look at it from the sea or the sky, you would never imagine that this ruined island could hide so many people.

Because Jacaerys has been focusing on Westeros for nearly a year.

Except for Dumidjie Island, which has always had a garrison, the other islands in the Shijie Archipelago have long become a paradise for pirates.

Lys and Volantis, who had been on the defensive since the failure of their last ambush, seemed to be happy to see this happen.

But this time, just as the Ironborn had discovered, the combined fleets of the two cities began to move frequently.

It is clear that it is not just Jakaris's Dragon Claw organization that has extended its claws to Essos.

The Free Cities also sent many secret agents to lurk in King's Landing, and they knew the movements of the Conqueror's fleet very well.

Fortunately, large and organized pirate groups like the Iron Men in the Stonehenge Islands noticed something was wrong early on and took timely countermeasures.

Most of the small and medium-sized pirate groups are like praying mantises blocking the carriage.

They were directly crushed by the Conqueror Fleet and the Allied Fleet, which had terrifying combat power, and turned into ship fragments and countless corpses on the sea. It was unknown whether it was a coincidence or a specially selected location.

The place where the Conqueror Fleet and the Combined Fleet met head-on was exactly the Bloodstone Island where Jacaerys was first crowned king.

Whoohoo!
Burning barrels of asphalt were hurled out by the conqueror fleet's catapults.

The splattered hot asphalt instantly burned the soldiers of the Combined Fleet, causing them to scream in agony.

The boiling hot asphalt spreading on the decks and sails will also be ignited by the attacking warships of the Combined Fleet, causing thick smoke to billow.

shhhhhh!
Spear-like arrows shot out from the large crossbows of the combined fleet.

The Frey soldiers on the Conqueror's deck were like a string of candied haws, pierced by spears and arrows one after another, and finally nailed to the outer wall of the cabin.

Moreover, those large crossbows were obviously modified to target dragons, with their penetration and lethality greatly enhanced.

Even if it didn't hit the Frey soldiers, it would still make holes in the hulls of the Conqueror's fleet's warships.

The Dalton brothers, hiding near an unnamed island nearby, were observing the situation of the warships through a telescope.

Judging from the current situation, the two sides are fighting back and forth and can be considered as evenly matched opponents.

But they obviously had not yet used their full strength, and at least half of the warships on the Combined Fleet's side had not yet been put into battle.

And on the Conqueror Fleet's side... there are still dragons that have not joined the battle!

As time goes by, the first war between the two continents has entered a white-hot stage.

Countless ship wreckage and floating corpses appeared in the waters near Bloodstone Island.

Woo! ! !
But unexpectedly, the first to lose patience was the Combined Fleet.

Accompanied by a long horn sound, the remaining half of their warships suddenly moved forward at full speed and broke into the battlefield of Bloodstone Island.

The Dalton brothers who were watching the battle immediately discussed in a low voice, guessing that the commander of the combined fleet wanted to directly break the defense line of the Conqueror Fleet with a thunderous force.

If the enemy is put into a state of great defeat, even the participation of a dragon will be of no avail.

After all, no matter how powerful the dragon is, it can only burn warships one by one, while the improved crossbows on the combined fleet's side are not just for show.

When the combined fleet went out in full force to attack, a portion of the warships were reserved to keep the improved crossbows on board idle.

Then, the soldiers of the combined fleet who were responsible for operating the improved crossbows stared at the sky, guarding against possible sneak attacks from the enemy dragons.

But they never expected that they would still be ambushed by the other side!
"Huh? What is that?"

"where?"

"The sea at four o'clock."

Hearing Veron's exclamation, Dalton immediately moved the telescope in his hand to observe.

I saw a huge black shadow crossing the battlefield from the sea at a very fast speed. Looking at its destination, it was obviously the flagship of the Combined Fleet.

Wow!
The water surface where the Combined Fleet's flagship was located suddenly exploded, and a pearl-white dragon swooped down to the bridge of the flagship.

Oops! ! !
The slender but deadly dragon flame exploded directly at the most important part of the flagship.

The commander of the Combined Fleet who was in charge of commanding the entire army was instantly burned to charcoal.

Lusris took off the sealed jar on his nose and threw it away, then took big gulps of fresh air.

Although the air tank invented by his brother for the Conqueror Fleet was useful, the diving time was too long and it became increasingly difficult for him to breathe.

However, this raid was very effective and directly destroyed the enemy's flagship.

Woohoo! ! !
Before Lusris could be happy for a few minutes, a horn sounded from a large warship in the joint fleet.

The other warships around the flagship received the signal and immediately launched an attack on Araxes.

Realizing something was wrong, Lusris took a deep breath and then directly controlled Araxes to dive into the sea.

Puff, puff!
The flagship, whose bridge was ablaze, was pierced directly by dense spears and arrows, turning into a sea hedgehog.

It turned out that after several battles, the top leaders of the Combined Fleet had already learned their lesson.

The large warships giving orders now are all cover. The commander of this fleet is hiding in some warship and quietly conveying orders.

There will be some delay in such orders going through layers of circulation, but it is much better than a sudden attack by a giant dragon and the entire joint fleet being left without a leader.

After Lusris controlled Araxes to leave the center of the enemy fleet, he couldn't help but flap his wings and fly out of the sea to breathe.

shhhhhh!
Upon seeing this, a nearby warship of the Combined Fleet immediately adjusted its modified crossbow and launched an attack on Araxes.

But with Araxes's flexibility, he will not be in any danger unless he is targeted by the enemy's improved crossbow.

Since the decapitation operation failed, Lusris began to ride the dragon to burn the enemy warships, weakening the enemy's attack power as much as possible.

“Tsk tsk, that giant dragon doesn’t seem to be of much use.

Brother, the situation is similar now.

Which side should we deal with?"

Velon, who was concentrating on observing Araxes through a telescope, saw that the dragon was not as scary as he had imagined, so he casually asked his brother.

"Yeah, no use fighting him, hurry up and run away!"

But then he heard Dalton's rather flustered reply.

Weilon immediately put down the telescope in his hand and turned to him.

Dalton was seen swinging the telescope left and right with a look of panic on his face.

Since he went on a long voyage with his brother, Weilon had never seen his brother lose his composure like this.

He immediately reacted and looked in the direction his brother had just been observing closely.

He first looked to the left, and saw a 'purple coastline' that had appeared behind the Conqueror Fleet that was engaged in fierce fighting.

Velon, who knew the forces in the Narrow Sea like the back of his hand, immediately responded. The purple-sailed and purple-hulled fleet that looked like the coastline,

It is the King of Braavos' fleet, which is known to be unrivaled and the strongest in the world.

But if that were all, it would not have made her brother so panicked.

So Veron immediately moved the telescope significantly and looked to the right.

As if it had been agreed in advance, there was actually a large fleet behind the combined fleet.

However, this fleet is not as pure-colored as the Poseidon Fleet, but is composed of half gold fleet and half blue fleet.

The golden fleet flew the angry lion flag, while the blue fleet flew the grape family emblem.

None of this matters. What matters is the area above the fleet.

Four terrifying dragons that looked like monsters in legends were flying towards the battlefield with their wings spread out to cover the sky and the sun.

The pearly white dragon compared to any of the four dragons was like an adult compared to a baby.

Veron was horrified at the sight, and Dalton dragged him back to his longboat, muttering something.

“I said the previous battle was intense enough, but now it seems like shit!
They are just bait used by both sides to fish.

The collision between these two fleets would be absolutely devastating and earth-shattering!

Run away, run away! "

(End of this chapter)