The dragon’s roar instantly alarmed everyone across both the old and new islands of Dragonstone.
The busy crowds immediately began frantically searching for shelter.
“The Dragon is here!”
“The Dragon is here!”
The bustling streets of Fishing Village and White Sheep Town became completely deserted within mere moments.
This was a survival instinct the people of Dragonstone had cultivated long ago.
After all, large gatherings of people could easily attract the attention of dragons.
Especially wild dragons.
Wild dragons ate people.
On Dragonstone, it was common for livestock to be snatched away and devoured by dragons.
In earlier years, shepherds and fishermen had also frequently been attacked or accidentally eaten by wild dragons.
Over time, the islanders gradually developed methods of survival through bitter experience.
When facing a dragon, one must immediately seek cover and avoid drawing attention.
And if escape was impossible, one must never turn their back on a dragon.
Instead, they had to face the dragon directly.
This was because dragons instinctively viewed fleeing prey as provocation or weakness, which could easily trigger a violent attack.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Guard knights quickly escorted Viserys and Aemma into a nearby natural cave.
“Viserys, Daniella will not be in danger, will she?”
“That is the Cannibal, the fiercest dragon on Dragonstone!”
Aemma tightly gripped Viserys’s hand.
Her voice trembled with anxiety as she both questioned and desperately hoped for comforting words from her husband.
Viserys gently held her hand and softly reassured her,
“Do not worry, Aemma.”
“Dreamfyre is also an exceptionally powerful dragon.”
“And did she not already battle the Cannibal once before without suffering harm?”
“This time will surely be the same.”
“Besides, Dreamfyre is much faster than the Cannibal.
Even if she cannot defeat him, escaping will not be difficult.”
This time, Rhaenyra reacted intelligently.
Instead of recklessly remaining nearby, she immediately rode Syrax toward Driftmark at full speed.
Princess Rhaenys’s dragon, Meleys the Red Queen, was among the most powerful living dragons of House Targaryen. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
She was one of the few dragons capable of contending with the Cannibal.
If Meleys and Dreamfyre joined forces once more, they should be able to force the Cannibal to retreat.
After Daniella mounted Dreamfyre and ascended into the skies, she did not recklessly launch an attack against the Cannibal.
Instead, she intercepted the ancient dragon directly while having Dreamfyre fly above him in order to intimidate and restrain him from advancing farther.
Her goal was to buy enough time for the young dragons to retreat into their caves safely.
At the same time, she wanted to provide sufficient evacuation time for the people living on Dragonstone’s two islands, preventing innocent civilians from being caught in the coming dragon battle.
However, the Cannibal completely ignored Dreamfyre’s furious and piercing warning roar.
The ancient dragon accelerated directly and lunged toward Dreamfyre without hesitation.
Although the Cannibal’s body size did not match the terrifying age rumored in stories, the dark scales covering his body were even older and harder than Vhagar’s.
Furthermore, his comparatively lean and less bulky body granted him flexibility far surpassing Vhagar’s.
Combined with his vicious and cunning temperament, this made the Cannibal widely acknowledged as the most terrifying dragon on Dragonstone.
Facing the Cannibal’s charge, Daniella wisely had Dreamfyre retreat rapidly instead of confronting him directly.
She never intended to engage this terrifying old dragon head-on alone.
Instead, her plan was to delay for as much time as possible while waiting for support from other dragons before launching a counterattack together.
At the same time, Daniella dared not let Dreamfyre move too far away from the Cannibal.
Otherwise, the old dragon might suddenly turn around and attack either the young dragons or the people below.
Fortunately, Dreamfyre’s current speed exceeded the Cannibal’s.
Because she enjoyed abundant food every single day, Dreamfyre’s physical condition and stamina far surpassed those of the old wild dragon.
Thus, she possessed more than enough endurance to continue circling and maneuvering around him.
Unfortunately, the weather was not on Daniella’s side.
Dragonstone had always been a place prone to storms.
After the brief oppressive heat from earlier that morning, thick storm clouds had already begun gathering rapidly overhead.
A violent storm was quickly brewing.
As Dreamfyre continuously circled around the Cannibal, the thick clouds rolled across the sky and soon swallowed the heavens completely.
This instantly created an extremely dangerous situation for Daniella and Dreamfyre.
Cloud cover was perfect for dragons to conceal themselves and launch ambushes.
Realizing the danger, Daniella quickly directed Dreamfyre toward the volcanic slopes of the Dragonmont.
The terrain there was complicated, and Vermithor along with Silverwing both resided nearby.
Perhaps the Cannibal’s arrogant intrusion would provoke those two dragons into action.
If that happened, simply driving the Cannibal away would no longer be difficult.
Moreover, the winds near the Dragonmont were stronger, preventing thick clouds from lingering too heavily there.
This allowed Daniella and Dreamfyre to maintain clear visibility and constantly keep the Cannibal within sight.
Unfortunately, even after Dreamfyre repeatedly skimmed low across Dragonmont several times while luring the Cannibal around the volcano, reinforcements still had not appeared. This story is hosted at NovelPing.
“Damn Daemon!”
“He chooses this moment to go whoring around Essos again!”
Inside the cave, Viserys saw no sign whatsoever of Caraxes the Blood Wyrm.
He instantly understood that his younger brother had undoubtedly run off somewhere for pleasure again.
The worry in his heart immediately transformed into burning anger toward Daemon.
At the same time, the determination to ride a dragon once more finally solidified completely within Viserys’s heart.
He no longer wished to remain helpless inside a cave while his loved ones risked their lives in the sky above him.
He refused to continue being powerless.
What Daniella never expected was that just as Dreamfyre once again skimmed low over Dragonmont, a yellowish-brown dragon suddenly lunged out from the volcanic cliffs.
The dragon instantly unleashed a stream of blazing orange-red dragonfire toward the Cannibal.
Caught off guard, the Cannibal staggered violently.
Enraged, the Cannibal released a deafening roar that shook apart the surrounding clouds.
Then he abruptly changed direction and charged directly at the dragon.
Unfortunately, the dragon was too slow.
Before it could evade, the Cannibal viciously bit down onto one of its wings.
Seeing this opportunity, Daniella immediately commanded Dreamfyre to dive.
“Dragonflame!”
The brilliant sky-blue dragonfire instantly engulfed the Cannibal’s head.
At the same time, Dreamfyre’s momentum did not slow in the slightest as she crashed directly onto the Cannibal’s back.
Her sharp claws tore viciously into his scales and flesh.
The Cannibal roared in pain and was forced to release his bite on the yellowish-brown dragon.
Then he violently twisted his body, attempting to throw Dreamfyre from his back.
However, Dreamfyre’s claws had already ripped deeply into his flesh.
As the Cannibal twisted, Dreamfyre firmly hooked her claws into his wounds and used the momentum to tear two horrifying gashes across his back that exposed both flesh and bone.
Finally, as she was flung away from the Cannibal’s body, Dreamfyre fiercely ripped across one of his wings and tore open a massive wound over ten meters long.
The Cannibal completely ignored the blood pouring from his wounds and immediately entangled himself with Dreamfyre in midair.
The two dragons clawed viciously at each other’s scales while unleashing dragonfire repeatedly at point-blank range.
However, because Dreamfyre currently occupied the superior position, she could attack and maneuver more effectively during the close-quarters struggle.
For the moment, Dreamfyre actually held a slight advantage.