Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 85: Dragons on Dragonstone

When two horns sounded from the direction of the watchtower and the smoke from the watchtower gradually died down, Viserys's attention was only focused on the castle defenders coming out of the castle on the mountain.

By this time, the sky was already bright, the mist on the sea was slowly dissipating, and a faint reddish glow appeared in the eastern sky.

The first phase of the Dragonstone offensive launched in the early morning has come to an end.

The next step was to see whether the defenders from the castle would go down to the port town as Viserys wished.

Viserys looked out from the captain's cabin of the Joking Yoso at the port pier through the smoke-filled town and saw about a hundred defenders coming out of the castle, stretching from the castle gate on the mountain along the mountain road all the way to the mountainside.

At the front were three flag bearers holding three flags. They were so far away that they could only be identified by color. The first one should be the flag of the Crowned Stag King, followed by the flaming red heart flag of the King of Light, and the third was the flag of the Florent family. There was one person in each row, and there was another flag bearer for every twenty people.

When the rear of the column from the castle stopped coming out, Viserys saw that the castle had sent out 155 men. This was not the entire castle's guards. But the people who sent the troops down probably thought that these hundred or so armored guards would be enough to suppress the rebellion below the mountain.

Viserys kept his eyes fixed on the group, hoping that they would come down and engage in close combat with the hundreds of Unsullied in the town, and then see if they could draw out more guards from the castle.

This act of using Unsullied soldiers as bait is actually very cold-blooded, but Viserys must ensure that when he shows up, the morale of the queen and the garrison in the castle can be destroyed as quickly as possible, and they will not feel that they have any support by hiding in the castle's fortifications.

But in the end, not everything goes as planned.

When the vanguard of the guards coming down from the castle reached a high platform on a gentle slope on the mountainside, from which they could observe the situation in the town from directly above, the marching formation of the castle guards stopped.

Perhaps they noticed that although there was smoke and flames in the town, almost no house was burned - the reason why they said "almost" was that some houses were unfortunately burned in the chaos.

Perhaps the Unsullied's location has been discovered.

But no matter what the considerations were, the marching formation of the castle guards stopped moving downwards at the commander's order.

Viserys knew the time had come.

He made a loud voice: "Listen, crew members on both ships. When I get out, follow me and run towards the top of the town. I don't ask you to do anything, just run. Do you see that high hill where the castle guards are stationed? Run over there and wait there!" If there are enemy ships supporting the sea, these sailors will definitely not be able to defend the dock by themselves. It is better to go to a safe place, where they can act as a decoy and intimidate. After all, there are more than 600 people.

Speaking of which, Viserys actually doesn't like roaring with his dragon body. He always feels that it makes him look like an animal or a beast.

But today.

Viserys pushed through the wooden door of the captain's cabin with his feet.

Tear!

He flapped his wings, and his body suddenly became as big as the bow of the ship, and he immediately rushed into the sky with a howling gale.

"Roar!"

Three huge mouths let out a loud roar in unison that resounded through the sky.

He spread his huge wings and let out a loud roar to announce his arrival. He announced to the world that the dragon representing Targaryen had returned to Dragonstone after hundreds of years!
Tear!

Viserys flapped his wings and beat the air, heading straight for the castle guards who had stopped on the hillside.

It would take hundreds of steps to reach a place, but Viserys arrived in a flash.

"I am the Targaryen King! Surrender, lay down your weapons and squat on the spot!" Viserys's loud voice resounded in the sky, "Otherwise, die!"

Viserys only gave these words a moment to react. He did not have time to wait for the guards to hesitate.

"Dracarys!"

The next moment, Viserys gathered the huge amount of magic power through the magic organ constructed in the middle of the head and sprayed it out into powerful flame rays, like a flaming sword swung out from the mouth of a dragon, sweeping across the mountain path from the bottom to the top.

Guards were constantly being hit by the flames, and some fell to the side of the road or were swept off the road by the huge impact force and rolled down the hillside. Screams and exclamations were heard everywhere.

The mountain path was winding and the marching line was long, so Viserys couldn't sweep everyone away at once.

"Dracarys!"

By the time Viserys spewed out dragon flame rays for the second time and continued to sweep along the mountain path, some guards who had already reacted had begun to try to disperse away from the mountain path.

Some people were climbing up the mountain beside the road, while others were tumbling down the steep slope beside the road.

No one put down their weapons and squatted down.

By the third time, the effect of the flame ray had been greatly reduced. These soldiers had already scattered up and down the mountain path. Many of them even panicked and turned over too quickly, rolling down the hillside, with no telling whether they were alive or dead.

Continuing to eliminate the remaining soldiers here would give the people in the castle time to react.

Viserys knew that he had no time to care about them, so he ignored the scattered soldiers and swept them up the mountain path. Some soldiers wanted to turn around and run back to the castle, but they were treated the same as the first row of soldiers who were hit by the fire rays.

Finally, Viserys shouted loudly: "I am King Targaryen! Castle guards, put down your weapons, squat on the spot, and surrender to my soldiers! You will not be killed if you surrender!" Then he flapped his wings and flew straight to Dragonstone Castle.

Those soldiers who were still alive and unwilling to surrender after dispersing from the mountain road could only be handed over to the Unsullied who were going up the mountain road.

Tear!

With a flap of wings, Viserys had already arrived on the top of Dragonstone Castle.

Woo——dongdongdong——

Here, you can hear the constant sound of trumpets and drums from the castle.

Viserys remembered the castle's general appearance from his original self's memories.

For Daenerys, this was the first time she had seen the castle up close. She had only seen it from afar on the boat before, and she was very upset.

Daenerys had heard of it from many people, and knew it was the place where she was born. The terrifying dragon statue in the castle was slightly different from what she had imagined, but it was built by someone who wanted to make the castle look more terrifying. The dragon statue made her feel familiar and excited.

The year she was born, the Targaryen dynasty was destroyed by the usurper. Her mother, Queen Rhaella, and Viserys retreated to Dragonstone under the escort of Sir William Darry, the master of the Red Keep. When Daenerys was born, a severe storm hit Dragonstone, and many ships of the royal navy were destroyed in the storm, which is why she was named "Stormborn". Queen Rhaella died after giving birth to her.

After Queen Rhaella's death, the garrison on Dragonstone planned to surrender to the rebels and hand over the siblings, but before the plan could be implemented, Ser William Darry and some other members loyal to the Targaryen rushed to the nursery, took away Viserys and the newborn Daenerys, and sent them to the free city of Braavos.

Dragonstone.

It is the home of Viserys and Daenerys.

And today, they are back.

Daenerys was in mixed emotions, with tears welling up in her eyes.

Viserys didn't have so many thoughts. He flew over Dragonstone, and his mind was fully focused on fanning the hot wind to blow away the arrows shot from the hidden entrances of the castle and the top floor of the main castle.

At one point, a guard tried to shoot him with the huge crossbow on the roof of the arrow tower, but Viserys discovered it in time and sprayed flames in the direction of the arrow tower, destroying both the man and the crossbow.

There were many hidden holes in the castle from which arrows flew, but Viserys had no time to take care of those small holes. He fanned the wind and only needed to protect Daenerys on his body. He also only needed to protect the eyes on his head. They could shoot at the rest as they pleased.

Viserys had a clear goal and would not waste time elsewhere. He flew in the air, quickly circled the main castle, aimed at a large gap on the top of the stone drum tower of the main castle, flapped his wings, shrank his body, and flew straight to the room on the top of the tower.

There will always be people who see the ferocious three-headed dragon suddenly become smaller and sneak into places that it should not be able to enter. Let them be terrified by this.

On the top of the huge tower of the main castle is the famous Table Hall of Dragonstone Castle.

There is a huge map table in the hall, which is carved with a detailed map of Westeros. During the Conquest War, Aegon the Conqueror used it to make battle plans.

The "map table" is more than fifty feet long, with the widest part being about half of its length and the narrowest part being less than four feet. In the position corresponding to Dragonstone, there is a carefully designed chair on a high platform. That is the seat of the castle owner, who can have a panoramic view of everything on the table.

This is also the bedroom of the castle owner.

Logically, Queen Selyse Florent, the most powerful woman in the castle, should live here, but Viserys did not see the queen in the bedroom behind the partition on the side of the map table.

This is the embarrassing situation of “capture the king first” but not being able to find the “king”.

Viserys flapped his wings, blowing away the screens that divided the bedroom, the bookcases, the desk, and the dressing table. Even the king's huge bed was turned upside down by the strong wind he raised.

But the queen was not here.

Viserys made no move but headed for the opening he had entered, flapping his wings again and darting out of the keep and over the castle.

Ignoring the arrows that did no harm, Viserys surveyed the towers of Dragonstone from the air.

Viserys made a loud voice, which spread out from the top of the main tower and echoed inside the wall: "I am the King of Targaryen! Queen in the castle, listen up, come out and surrender quickly. Your guards outside have been wiped out. Thousands of Targaryen troops will arrive immediately. Hiding in the castle will only cause unnecessary killings!"

"Listen up, soldiers in the castle. You all know that I have already won this battle. If you surrender, you can save your life. Otherwise, you will die!"

"--court death!"

Viserys was trying to persuade him to surrender when two huge crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the castle gate wall and shot straight at his body. Viserys didn't even need to dodge, the crossbow arrows were not aimed at his head and eyes, and only he knew how thick the leather armor on other parts of his body was.

Viserys's wings whipped out a fierce wind.

Two crossbows struck Viserys's huge belly, scratching the skin a little, but doing little damage.

What followed was his counterattack. Two flaming bolts shot straight towards the hidden place in the city wall. Only a few screams were heard, and some soldiers fell from the high city wall.

Viserys's great voice echoed through the castle again: "Surrender, or die!"

For a moment, the castle's horns and drums stopped.

The next moment, all three heads of Viserys turned to look at the tower of the Dragon Tower.

There, he heard crying.

The author designed the main castle of Dragonstone with reference to the original novel, and also the Duke of Rivington's Wyrmgate castle in Baldur's Gate 3.

There are several floors of underground prisons under the main castle (there is a secret passage leading to the volcano, and the prison has another entrance and exit, the prison tower). The first floor is the hall and kitchen, the second floor is the main hall (the place for banquets and various ceremonials), the third floor is the table hall (which is also the bedroom of the castle owner), and there are various small doors and spiral staircases on the first and second floors leading to the material storage room, arrow slits, and secret sentry posts inside the fortress.

Different towers connect different floors of the main castle.

The Feilong Tower and Hailong Tower have arch bridges connecting to the second-floor main hall, while the others are connected to the first-floor hall.

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