Chapter 60: A dragon's layer
Standing on the deck of a powerful war ship as it draws near Hard home, the man saw the imposing structure of the port which surprised him greatly. In his life, he has traveled around the known world and have seen many port cities but he likes this one.
Even from such a distance it exudes a majestic aura that is not easy to suppress. He hopes this means the women here are superior in quality like he heard from their spies. A jolt of excitement made him unable to hold back his laughter.
It is not only very large but also secured. Through the far eye, he can see people of the city being evacuated into the massive wall that looks like glass in great numbers. He is not worried because he has a plan.
These people will be handed over by their queen once she realized how formidable their drowned god is compared to her flying lizards who only know to spew fire. He turned to his captain.
"Remember to follow my instructions. Enter the city as fast as possible, sacrifice some soldiers if you have to. She will be powerless once this happens no matter if she has dragons. She can't burn her own people can she? Hahaha.."
"What if she decides to burn everything than to see it in someone else's hands?" The captain asked because they are essentially entering a dragon's layer and hoping it will be soft hearted.
The plan is very simple, enter the city and take control of it, their spies will let them enter the rest of the kingdom smoothly from the inside. Once they hold the people hostage, Olivia Snow will have to surrender her city into his hands.
It will be easy to take over the territory of the Starks from here. Soon, the entire North will be in his hands and it all begins with the Hard home harbor. He shivered in excitement. His captain turned to look away when he saw his king suddenly getting a hard on in the middle of a conversation.
"She is a woman. Can she bare to see us terrorize her people without doing anything she can to save them?" Euron Greyjoy smirked when he saw the saw depraved expression on the captain that is no doubt also on his own face. He turned to look at the evacuation through the far eye.
The entire port city is locked down with the city guardians evacuating everyone smoothly into the Haunted city.
The air crackled with tension, all the residents of the port city are accommodated in the lower floors of the white castle. Here is where all the workers who constructed the entire city resided all those years ago.
This place has single rooms, two bedrooms and those that can host with an entire family complete with a single bathroom having both a shower and a bath tub, a kitchen with warm cooking stove. These are privileges of official workers with high status in the kingdom.
Those in single and two bedrooms have a cafeteria, joined bathrooms and common areas with relaxing furnishings.
The food is enough to keep them fed for a few years if they are careful. The place is furnished with single beds except for the family places where double beds can be found. This is the basic furniture used by the workers that time but when they moved out they were asked to leave everything behind.
This shows how extravagant Olivia can be to have furniture including utensils and bedding waiting for times of war. A wise king should never seek war, but must always be ready for it.
Outside the soldiers and archers have finished preparing for the enemy to approach.
They have large arrow dispensers with larger arrows which they released as soon as the ships were in range. The arrows rained of the several ships from the kingdoms wall like a dark gloomy rain.
These are heavy arrows with smoke bombs tied on each arrow that explodes as soon as it lands heavily on the ship deck.
A disorienting smell permeated and filled the entire ship with aggression. Many passed out while others were not aware of what the smoke bombs do. These are designed by the weapons and ship castle it knocks people out for several hours after it contact the skin in large amounts but there is still another surprise hidden in the smoke bombs.
A captain shouted for everyone to avoid the smoke and cover their mouths but many of them kept dropping. In any case their here in great numbers so this trick won't stop the up coming invasion.
The arrows continued to rain down but the invaders saw their ships with smoke before suddenly catch fire. The kind that doesn't stop no matter what you do to put it out. It turns out the smoke bombs have wild fire powder as well. The flames follows the location of the smoke bomb, all those smeared with the smoke bomb will be chased by flames as if it has eyes.
After they fall asleep from the knock out smoke, they will be incinerated by the wild fire powder. They had come to attack in great numbers and now a third of their fleet is on fire burning some of their men along with it.
Some were not exposed to the gas enough to be knocked out so they are being chased by massive relentless flames. Even if a small spark lands on the place with wild fire powder, it will turn into a blazing flame that burns with vengeance.
Ghastly screams came from the ships as if they are screeching ghosts. Some were pushed into the ice cold sea while others died in agony on the burning ships.
This invasion was going to be Euron's welcome back to the kingdoms and his introduction as the new king of the iron Islands. It is not going very well so far.
The men who had jumped off the ships got out of the water and started running towards the city zigzagging through the pathways to avoid the onslaught of arrows coming from the wall.
Soon more of the ships are close enough for the men to come out and run holding ladders to climb the wall.
Osora walked towards the main gate to ensure no mishap happens but as he approaches, a painful scream sounded behind him only to seem a man who had been jumping to ambush him with a sharp dagger from a nearby restaurant balcony fall on the ground clutching his heart and soon dying from what seems like a heart attack.
He gave the man a knowing smile. As the commander of the harbor city's guardians he was briefed on the fate of traitors in this kingdom. Shaking his head, he continued to the main gate and found four more dead men in guardian uniforms.
He had trained some of these men himself. He wonders if they had disguised themselves as refugees getting citizenship only to turn around and betray the city. He is not a fan of magic but he must admit that ever since coming here he is very welcoming to the existence of magic.
Human greed and treachery is what gives birth to evil in the world not magic. Magic, like any other weapon is just a tool they use to commit evil. These men had obviously come to the main gate to open it for the enemies which is why they died.
As the main commander of the guardians he is ashamed to have been deceived so blatantly. If they had succeed he would have been a sinner of his kingdom.
The men from the enemy army put ladders against the smooth walls and tried climbing. Soldiers on the wall turned their attention on them and threw small bombs that exploded on impact and released green wild fire melting the shields they are using to block the attacks from the wall.
Many fell down the ladders due to flames suddenly engulfing their entire bodies. The thing about wild fire is that once lit, it is relentless. Many ran back to the water and jumped in. The peculiar thing is the fire doesn't seem to linger on the walls or even the ground of the city.
The scene is very discouraging for the leaders who are now scared out of their minds. Their king had told them this city will be theirs and not even dragons can stop that from happening. But now, they are in disarray even before the dragons made an appearance.
What in the world is this fire? It is terrifying to say the least. Minutes later non of the invading soldiers had successfully reached the top of the wall. When they looked haggard enough, the gates suddenly opened and hordes of men in black gold armor poured out of the city holding gleaming black steel running towards the enemy with great speed.
"Shit!"
"The fuck!"
"I thought they are cowards."
"On me, what is dead may never die!"
"What is dead my never die!"
"Aaaaaaaah!"
"Aaaaaaaah!"
The iron born met the guardians in the middle of the path because they had been going back to recuperate in the ships. Metal clashed against metal and the iron born realized the real terror is not their strange fires or the incredibly powerful arrows but the men themselves.
Fighting against an enemy whose weapon cuts through your own like it is butter is a terrible thing to happen during a life and death battle such as this one.
Not long after a little over half of his men died did the iron born commander call out for retreat. Guardians are about to follow them into the sea being pushed by the momentum of their Victory when their own retreat signal sounded.
Without delay they rushed back entering the city. Osora is uneasy about the fact the main fleet hasn't approached from the time they saw many getting distroyed by fire. The real attack hasn't started yet and he wonders what does the Greyjoy 'king' intends to do. Just as he is wondering, a blasting sound coming from what sounds like a horn reverberated all over the kingdom.
The uneasy feeling that has been gnawing at Osora became intense at this time.
Feeling annoyed, Euron Greyjoy took out a large horn and started blowing it making sounds all around the North kingdom. The ground started shaking after the first blow into the horn. Everyone looked around in panic, it seems something big is coming for all of them.
"Such magnificent structures this far away from the rest of Westeros. Amazing. I must thank your queen for her hard work." Euron said with crazed laughter as he suddenly stood on top of the ship holding the massive horn.
The sea started boiling bubbles as if something is coming from the depths. In front of the largest ship, a huge smooth round head popped out of the sea. Euron Greyjoy jumped from his position and landed on the large animal.
After he landed on it, instead of shaking him off it surfaced even more of it's colossal body. When everyone saw it they all gasps in horror.
"Holly mother..."
"What the hell is that?!"
"A monster, that is for sure." The men from various ships knelt when they saw this and started chanting their slogan prostrating in reverence to their sea god.
The massive beast swam closer to the shore and everyone finally saw how hideous it looks with all those sharp looking fangs and a mouth large enough to swallow an entire fleet.
Those who didn't see the night king an his army began shaking while others even peed themselves. With good reason, that thing sends shivers up the spines of seasons veterans. They watched with bathed breath as the stuff of nightmares slowly approached with a man riding on its head.
Thump!
Thump!
Tension thickened, the thing seems to be enjoying the smell of despair in the air. Taking it's time to savor the distinctive flavor. The closer it got to the city, the more excited Euron became.
However before it can reach the shallow waters, all the water near the docks became frozen ice moving closer to the two approaching the city.
Everyone is surprised by the sudden appearance of the massive white snake several meters long.
"It is the the queen's white snake."
"Are we saved?"
"Shhh...lets watch."
The massive creature halted its movements but the ice approached nonetheless. Upon feeling disrespected, the ancient creature raised a single tentacle smashing the ice into several floating ice shards and continued moving forward.
On the dock Lola's massive body entered the freezing water slowly swimming towards the approaching enemy. She intends to stop them from advancing any further no mater what.
Euron never in his dreams did he think he would meet such a massive ice snake but she is still very small compared to his beast. He brought the horn to his mouth and sent an instruction to destroy the enemy. He means to bulldoze his way into the city with the beast, then the men can enter and he can strong arm the queen to surrender the kingdom.
This horn was found by him in the ruins of Valyria. It can only control one powerful beast at a time and this is very taxing on his mental energy. He is very careful not to over use it because he will lose his mind but the price is worth it.
Those valerian dragon lords used this horn for commanders who are no dragon riders to control wild dragons in battle. At least that is what he thinks. But now, there is such a beautiful snake that can control ice and it is protecting this city. Just how many beasts does the Northern Snow have under her control?
He smiles a gleeful smile knowing all of these will belong to him when he conquers her and make her his own submissive little bitch. All he needs is to destroy this city and show her he means business. If she wants to keep her people safe from the power of the drown god, she has no choice but to open her legs and let him fuck her into submission.
He is deep into his plans when his ride started getting unsteady. Before he can say anything, he is thrown into the sea as the beast rushes to attack the massive ice snake.
The large horn threatens to pull him deep into the sea but he will not let it go no matter what. The fight between a massive kraken and a little ice worm shouldn't last for too long. But he hopes to see what other surprises does the North bitch have before he begins the main attack.
He is soon pulled on the ship because the water is freezing his ball sack.
Lola is fast and her attacks are precise. She froze the area around them closing them in so that her attacks are not avoided by the sly creature. The end of her tail has a sharp edge added by the invisible wooden armor, she uses her tail like humans use their weapons to make an attack.
The sharpness of her tail is enough to make deep cuts as she stabs the large creature several times. But the thing is so big, it would be surprising if it felt the cuts at all.
Its large and menacing tentacles wrapped around Lola, it used its strength to attempt ripping her into many snake parts but the armor around her body made it seem like the kraken is trying to cut iron with its meaty tentacles.
Surprise flash on its face but it decided to use the sharp fangs on its mouth. It has lived for centuries and its body is almost as powerful as any awakened beast at level five. It is a shame that it hasn't had a lethal power except for the hallucinating purple liquid which it uses to draw pray under the ocean. It's liquid doesn't seem to affect the snake which is unfortunate because the frost poison the snake uses is very affective against itself but not lethal because of its size.
Seeing the fierce battle, Euron's blood began boiling and he couldn't wait to take over the city and fuck a powerful queen. He gave the command to move around the two beasts and attack the city when two powerful roars sounded from the behind the fleet.
Taking a look, he felt his knees buckle in fear. "So big!" Two dragons approached from behind the fleet, one white one black both large creating massive shadows that covered the sea.
They unleased their flames as soon as they made it to the fleet. "Fuck! Scorpions!" The commanders on several ships shouted and many large weapons are aimed at the two dragons.
They soon realized the speed of the dragons is not Something they can track with the slow massive scorpion weapons. The fact that these two beasts are so large but they are still hard to shoot at should say a lot about their speed.
Euron became angry and told them to distract the beasts while others aimed the scorpions to the harbor. Even if they don't take the city, they should at least destroy it.
"We should retreat." A capable commander said.
Euron became angry and grabbed the man, with a swift movement, he retrieved a sharp dagger and started stabbing him to death right there in the middle of all the chaos. His face is now covered in blood stains making him look deranged as he looks to the rest of the people to see if someone else wants to give a suggestion. Others had sharpened their ears to hear if they will be allowed to leave this hellish place.
But their king's action told them that is not going to happen. Aeryn dived into the sea and burned their ships from the water causing considerable damage in a single attack. Her flames are so hot, the ice cold water of the sea is not enough to slow them down.
Above ground, massive spears are headed straight for the harbor city walls repeatedly smashing against the colorless paste which covers the wall and falling on the ground.
"The fuck?!" Euron touched his beard and squinted his blood shot eyes. What the hell did the bitch use to fortify her city?
"More!" He shouted and ran towards one of the scorpions Aiming to towards to wall, he shouted and released the spear just as a torrent of black flames engulfed his ship killing may while others dived deeper into the ice water trying to put out the fire only to meet Aeryn with her white flames.
The two beasts stopped fighting when the kraken broke out from the control of the horn and separated immediately. Their fight left the kraken beast with many open wounds and sharp ice thorns piercing its large body from several parts.
The enemy is devastated leading to the remaining ships retreating with haste but Morph didn't give such an opportunity and burned everything to smithereens. The two dragons were worried about Lola and rushed to her position as soon as she separated from the kraken.
At that time, they couldn't intervene lest they burn their mother's first companion along with the enemies. Aeryn sank into the sea chasing the hastily descending beast with her fire but she lost it soon enough.
They carried her towards her cave and started reciting healing spells. The entire ordeal was very existing for the snake she got to battle another beast, one that is far stronger than her and didn't lose horribly.
"Ssss thank you."
These words left the two dragons stunned. Lola can speak?