In the sky over the Massey's Hook along the Narrow Sea, Lucerys sat upright on Arrax's saddle, observing every deserted island below with a special telescope.
He was the only witness on the day of the decisive battle in King's Landing who saw the direction Caraxes and Sheepstealer flew away.
However, because the distance was too great and the two dragons were flying very fast, Lucerys lost sight of them as soon as he reached Blackwater Bay.
Since learning that his mother had been killed by Aemond, Lucerys had tirelessly ridden his dragon every day along the flight path Caraxes had taken, searching for Daemon.
Even though Jacaerys had talked to him several times, he couldn't make him stop this needle-in-a-haystack search.
Lucerys knew his Arrax had little combat capability.
And finding Daemon as soon as possible to help his brother in battle.
Was the best way he could think of to get revenge on Aemond with his own strength.
And returning to King's Landing for supplies today, after hearing the news that Jacaerys had ridden his dragon to the Twin River City area to look for Aemond, Lucerys felt even more anxious.
Because he couldn't imagine how heartbroken and miserable he would be if something happened to Jacaerys as well.
Hmm?
Suddenly, Lucerys, who had found nothing for half a month, saw two huge dragon shadows, one red and one brown, through the special telescope.
But they were not, as Lucerys had previously thought, heavily injured and trapped on some island due to a life-and-death battle, but were flying together very harmoniously from directly ahead.
No wonder I couldn't find them!
Judging from the flight paths of these two dragons, they must have already flown to Essos across the Narrow Sea long ago.
After seeing Daemon on the back of the fiery red dragon, Lucerys didn't think much about how these two dragons had turned from enemies to friends and directly controlled Arrax to fly towards them.
The news of Aemond killing Rhaenyra naturally enraged Daemon.
He immediately instructed Lucerys to return to King's Landing, while he himself rode Caraxes alone, heading north along the Narrow Sea.
Ricinus, who had always prioritized her own safety, looked at Caraxes's retreating figure with a worried face, then gritted her teeth and urged Sheepstealer to follow.
Lucerys did not stubbornly follow secretly, but obediently returned to King's Landing.
Because he knew that even if he went, he would just be a burden causing trouble.
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Twin River City, also known as the River Crossing, is the Frey Family's fortress at the river crossing in the Riverlands.
It includes two castles located on either side of the Green Fork River and a stone arch bridge connecting them.
The arch bridge in the middle is wide enough for two four-wheeled carriages to pass side by side and is guarded by a tower in the middle of the bridge called the 'River Guard Tower'.
Before Twin River City was built, if merchant caravans of the Seven Kingdoms wanted to travel to the western Riverlands or the westerlands,
They would need to travel hundreds of miles down the Green Fork River to reach the Crossroads on the Trident River before they could cross.
So when the Frey Family spent three generations building Twin River City over four hundred years ago, merely by charging high bridge tolls, they quickly became wealthy.
The family castles of the Frey Family on both sides of Twin River City used to be wooden structures, but now they have all been rebuilt with stone.
It can be said that besides House Tully of Riverrun, the Frey Family of Twin River City is the wealthiest and most powerful family in the entire Riverlands.
And in this war between the Blacks and the Green Party, earl Forrest frey spared no effort in supporting Queen Rhaenyra.
Given that Twin River City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, he even took ninety percent of the Frey Family's forces to King's Landing.
In the combined forces of the two families, totaling around 3,400 men, the Frey Family's troops numbered as many as 2,800.
This also meant that after Aemond destroyed the Eyrie, the first enemies he thought of, and the closest ones, were the Frey Family of Twin River City.
Hmm, woo, ah~~
From the top floor room of the River Guard Tower in the very center of the Twin River City bridge, sounds that made one's blood boil were coming out.
But witnessing it in person would make one feel disgusted.
Aemond was seen indulging himself without restraint, having an orgy with three or four Frey Family women.
But these women were not slender young maidens in their prime, but rather plump, somewhat bloated middle-aged and elderly women.
Frey Family soldiers and servants stood guard on the bridge deck to the left and right of the River Guard Tower, not daring to make the slightest unusual move.
Because Vhagar's massive dragon body was lying in the ruins of the Twin River City East Bank castle, which had been turned to scorched earth.
Its ferocious dragon head lay on the bridge deck to the right of the River Guard Tower, its cold dragon eyes looking directly at the top floor room where Aemond was.
If one looked down from the sky above the Green Fork River, they would find patches of scorched earth around Twin River City, burned by Dracarys.
Those were Frey Family members who had attempted to flee during this time, or unlucky merchant caravans from the Seven Kingdoms who had come to cross the river.
If Cregan Stark hadn't accidentally seen Vhagar in the sky while heading south.
No one would have known that Aemond was rampaging in Twin River City, where the Rookery had been destroyed and all communication cut off.
Swish swish swish!
Suddenly, Vhagar lifted its enormous ferocious dragon head from the Twin River City bridge deck and looked towards the downstream area of the Green Fork River.
A strange ripple appeared on the river surface, where the water was deep and rapid, wide enough for three large warships to sail side by side.
This ripple was moving at an extremely fast speed, against the rapid current of the Green Fork River, coming from downstream towards the Twin River City bridge upstream.
Roar~~
Feeling the danger, Vhagar immediately let out a huge dragon roar.
This immediately made Aemond in the top floor room of the River Guard Tower stop his procreative activities, and he ran to the balcony naked, holding only the Valyrian steel longsword blackfyre.
Whoosh!
As Vhagar's massive dragon body, nearly 150 meters long, slowly stood up, it opened its bloodthirsty maw and spewed bright yellow Dracarys towards the downstream Green Fork River.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!
The bright yellow Dracarys, with its fan-shaped attack range, instantly covered most of the river surface downstream of the Twin River City bridge.
The high temperature of the scorching dragon breath directly evaporated large amounts of Green Fork River water, and plumes of white steam immediately rose up, obstructing the view of the Green Fork River surface.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Suppressing with Dracarys, Vhagar flapped its huge dragon wings, full of broken scars, and glided towards the River Guard Tower in the middle of the Twin River City bridge.
Likely to make it easier for Aemond to jump onto the dragon saddle, Vhagar deliberately lowered its altitude while gliding, submerging the lower half of its dragon body into the Green Fork River.
Splash!
Just as Vhagar glided near the River Guard Tower, a huge, soaking wet dark green dragon shadow suddenly burst out from the surface of the Green Fork River.
Bang!
Surprisingly, the entire section of the river was now shrouded in white mist, with almost no visibility.
But the dark green dragon shadow precisely pierced the river mist and crashed violently into the lower left side of Vhagar's dragon body.
Although the dark green dragon shadow was only about one-third the size of Vhagar, the powerful momentum it carried directly pushed Vhagar towards the River Guard Tower.
And how could the River Guard Tower in the middle of the Twin River City bridge withstand the impact of these two behemoths?
Crash, crash!
Clatter, clatter!
The stone-built River Guard Tower was as fragile as glass at this moment, instantly shattered into pieces by the two dragons.
The humans inside the River Guard Tower clearly could not have survived under these circumstances.
And the guards and servants who had been guarding the bridge deck on either side also screamed and fled, covering their heads, dodging the scattered tower debris of various sizes.
Aemond, whose swordsmanship was among the best in the Seven Kingdoms, had always reacted quickly.
Although he couldn't jump precisely near Vhagar's dragon saddle, he successfully jumped onto the back half of the dragon before the River Guard Tower was shattered.
Hmm? No one?
Aemond used Vhagar's wrinkled dragon hide, like a Ravine-like, to steady himself, looked down, and found Womax's dragon saddle empty.
Roar, roar~~
At the same time, two dragon roars sounded almost simultaneously on the left and right banks of Twin River City.
Seasmoke, like a white ghost, was launching a surprise attack on Vhagar by flying at ultra-low altitude, skimming the ground on the west bank of Twin River City.
And the reason Womax was able to accurately crash into Vhagar from the mist-shrouded Green Fork River just now.
Was because Jacaerys, unable to hold his breath for long in the Green Fork River, was sitting on Silverwing's saddle, controlling it remotely from high altitude.
At this moment, Silverwing was rapidly diving from above the Twin River City East Bank castle, which had become scorched black ruins, completing the final corner of this carefully prepared three-dragon encirclement and hunt.
The effect of the three-dragon encirclement and hunt was indeed good!
Vhagar is huge and can gain an absolute advantage in one-on-one fights with other dragons.
But in the current situation, its massive size hadn't had time to adjust its flight posture from Womax's impact,
When Seasmoke, flying from the left side of Twin River City, bit its huge left dragon leg.
Grinding, grinding!
Because Seasmoke had no trait bonuses, it couldn't break through Vhagar's tough greenish-bronze dragon scales at all.
But it just bit down on this left leg and wouldn't let go, then vigorously flapped its wings and flew backwards.
This way, Vhagar would have to continue flying in Seasmoke's direction.
Otherwise, flying in any other direction would mean dragging Seasmoke, who was constantly flying backward, along with it.
Without Aemond controlling it, Vhagar also knew it couldn't let Seasmoke keep biting its left dragon leg like this.
It turned its thick, long dragon neck, intending to spew bright yellow Dracarys at Seasmoke, who was sticking to it like a piece of toffee.
Splat, splat!
Silverwing, descending from the sky, launched the final attack on Vhagar.
Its pair of silver-gray sharp dragon claws were seen deeply piercing the top of Vhagar's dragon head, where the scales were burned off by Womax's Dracarys in Shipbreaker Bay.
Owoah~~
With its head, whose scales had not yet regrown, injured, Vhagar couldn't help but let out an angry dragon roar.
But its dragon head was firmly controlled by Silverwing, making it unable to spew scorching Dracarys at these two enemies.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The only part of Vhagar that could move now was its seventy to eighty meter long dragon tail.
Its thick, long dragon tail, like a telephone pole from a past life, swung fiercely with a heavy whistling sound towards Seasmoke, who was in the most easily attacked position.
However, Vhagar seemed to have forgotten that it had another enemy.
Thwack!
Recovering from the initial powerful impact and readjusting its flight posture, Womax flew straight towards Vhagar's dragon tail.
Relying on the Hard Skin (Defense +50%) and Masochist (Defense +20%) traits, it forcefully blocked this dragon tail strike for Seasmoke.
Crunch, crunch!
While using its dark green dragon body to withstand the tail attack, Womax's bloodthirsty maw, filled with sharp dragon teeth, also bit fiercely into the middle section of Vhagar's dragon tail.
The tearing force of its dragon mouth was different from Seasmoke's, which was like a mere tickle.
With the bonuses from the Dragon Slayer (Damage to dragon creatures +50%) and Valyrian Dragon Lord (Dragon creature attack damage +100%) traits,
The greenish dragon scales covering Vhagar's dragon tail were instantly covered in numerous spiderweb-like cracks.
Rip, rip!
As Womax's dragon mouth continued to apply biting force, its sharp dragon teeth gradually penetrated the broken scales and sank into Vhagar's dragon tail flesh.
In the air about fifteen meters above the Twin River City bridge, four dragons with a combined length of over three hundred meters were tightly entangled, in a stalemate.
At such a crucial moment, Jacaerys, who advocated attacking instead of defending, could not remain idle.
Clatter clatter clatter!
Jacaerys, who had already drawn vigilance, strode along Silverwing's long dragon neck to the top of its head, covered in silver-gray scales.
And then... he leaped!
Aemond, who was on the back half of Vhagar's dragon, had been watching Jacaerys closely since he got up and started running.
When he saw Jacaerys jump down from Silverwing's head without hesitation, he was so shocked that his mouth hung open without him even realizing it.
It was indeed very exaggerated!
When Silverwing stood on the ground with its wings propped, its height was already nearly twenty meters.
And now, in this hovering state of flapping wings, it was at least fifty meters high.
Jacaerys actually just jumped down like that, completely unprotected.
To compare it to a commercial building from a past life, this was equivalent to jumping from a sixteen or seventeen story building.
If it were an ordinary human, death would be certain!
But in this world with dragons, magic, and gods, could Jacaerys, who had a trait panel, be an ordinary person?
Thud!
Rip!
Jacaerys, falling from high altitude, used his body to forcefully withstand this impact.
vigilance in his hand also Pierce the scales on the front half of Vhagar's dragon back, using it to steady himself.
Damn it, he has new magic again!
Looking at Jacaerys, who landed on Vhagar's dragon back unharmed, Aemond couldn't help but curse under his breath.
But relying on his superb swordsmanship, which was among the best in the Seven Kingdoms, plus the Valyrian steel longsword blackfyre, which had magic-breaking ability, he was still very confident in his heart.
Tap tap tap!
These two arch-enemies thus walked towards each other, swords in hand, meeting on the wide middle section of Vhagar's dragon back.
"Jacaerys strong, do you know?
Before Rhaenyra died, she knelt down and begged for mercy in a very pathetic state, saying she was willing to do anything for me to get a chance to live.
And after I was done with her, I had Vhagar swallow her alive!"
As soon as he got close, Aemond shouted at Jacaerys with a frantic look.
Trying to provoke Jacaerys with words, so that he would reveal weaknesses in the upcoming battle due to anger.
However, his scheme did succeed!
Grinding, grinding!
Jacaerys's forehead veins bulged, and his teeth ground together, making a grinding sound.
Then, he replied in a chillingly sinister tone: "Don't worry, you won't die today.
Because I will use every torture I can think of on you..."
Swish!
Before Jacaerys could finish speaking, Aemond suddenly attacked with his sword, disregarding martial ethics.
And while swinging his sword, his eyes were fixed on Jacaerys's shoulder movements.
After determining that Jacaerys intended to clash swords with him head-on, Aemond's mind lightning-fast planned how to launch his next attack.
Clang!
The two Valyrian steel longswords clashed together, and an irresistible massive force surged towards Aemond through vigilance.
As a top swordsman, Aemond actually couldn't hold blackfyre in his hand at this moment.
The Valyrian steel longsword flew out of his hand, hit the edge of Vhagar's dragon back, and then fell towards the Twin River City bridge below.
With just this simple sword strike, Aemond's confidence instantly collapsed like a castle built of blocks.
Thump!
Jacaerys kept his promise; he did not use vigilance to continue attacking Aemond, who was without a weapon.
Instead, he raised his right foot and with a light kick sent Aemond, who was standing dazed, seven or eight meters away.
Pfft!
Perhaps to Jacaerys, this kick was very light.
But Aemond, who was struggling to get up from Vhagar's dragon back, directly spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
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