Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 96: The Fearless Queen
"Lord Larys, what did your spies say?" Tyran Lannister was dressed in gold and red armor. He led the Lannister family guards, only 20 people, but everyone had armor and a warhorse. After Vhagar blew down the walls of Duskendale, it was he who led this armored westerland cavalry into the town and chopped down Lord Gunthor Darklyn's city guards.

Larris was tied to the horse's back and rode over unsteadily. Of course, his hands were not tied, but his lower limbs were fixed to the horse's back. After all, one of Crooked Foot's legs was severely deformed and he couldn't ride a horse at all. Tyran was worried that he would have problems if he stayed in King's Landing, so he and Earl Jasper brought him out. Earl Jasper also had a cavalry squad of his own, which was well-equipped, but unfortunately they couldn't snatch Tyran's Westerland cavalry.

"My spies saw Rhaenyra's Syrax flying south." Larith said, "I have no spies in the Marches, but I can guarantee that there are no reports of dragons heading north." The intelligence master has faster channels than ravens, of course, he never shared with anyone where his intelligence came from. "Prince Daemon and Korax left Harrenhal. He is leading Lord Petyr Piper, Lord Trystane Vance, and Lord Forrest Frey to form a defense of the Red Fork. Riverrun did not stop them, but it did not stop my people from sending messages. The Darrys, Butterwells, and Roots are besieging the king's supporters. Prince Longzier and Jacaerys's dragons were not found crossing the Neck to the south."

"Vormithor would be hard to stay undetected over long distances, just as Vhagar would be easy to spot without the help of darkness and clouds," Larris said.

"That means there is nothing wrong with our strategy." Aemond said, "Sir Criston, organize the army, and we will set out for Raven's Roost immediately."

"Yes." The Acting Hand of the King nodded. Although his army was small, with only 900 people brought from King's Landing, plus 1000 soldiers obtained from Rosby and Stokeworth with dragons, and more than 1700 surrendered soldiers from Duskendale, with the assistance of two dragons, it was more than enough to capture a small castle.

While Christon led the troops to rush to Crow's Roost, in the Stormlands in the south, two dragons were heading north to Dragonstone. The yellow dragon and the silver dragon were one in front and one behind, with a huge forest rapidly retreating below them. At this moment, Rhaenyra suddenly noticed something. Valar saw Syrax suddenly dive down and rush towards the ground, and before he had time to wonder, he quickly followed him.

Ser Davos Crichton and Ser Desmond Cullen were responsible for protecting Lady Cassandra Baratheon and Aemond's dowry. The 200-man Stormtrooper army headed north. Most of these men were farmers around Storm's End, hired riders, mercenaries, and nobles who supported King Aegon. Among them, there were only knights. Stormtroopers rarely fought such a shabby battle.

"Lord Borros is unwilling to take sides." Desmond Cullen sighed. His family was now in a dilemma. As an enclave of the Stormlands, the Cullen family's Nightsong was completely surrounded by the princedoms of the Reach and the Marches. After the coronation of Aegon II, he was granted the Prince's Pass by Dragonzir. He built Longsky Castle on the site of Sky and City, and Lynn Vartarken, who used the dragon-headed griffin as his emblem, led his army to station at the border of Nightsong's territory. He did not take any action, but only stationed there. However, Earl Royce Cullen understood that this was forcing him to express his position. However, the Cullen family was different from the Tully family. The Tully family and the Dragonzir family were not only in-laws, but also feudal lords and vassals. Therefore, the Tully family could ignore his marriage with the Hightower family - after all, Samantha Tully was only the second wife of Earl Mond. And Diana Tully was the mistress of the Vareses family - the mistress of the family with six dragons.

But the Cullen family is different. His family has very close relations with the Baratheon family. The Miss Cassandra they are escorting now is Desmond's niece, so he can't escape at all.

"What's that in the sky?" Davos Clinton suddenly pointed to the sky, and Desmond couldn't help but look up.

"Dragon! Run!" Desmond rode away without hesitation. While running, he rushed to the carriage, pulled his niece out and threw her onto his horse.

"What happened, uncle?" Cassandra was shocked. "Don't talk, run." Desmond Cullen ignored his niece's doubts, took off his cloak, and ran to the forest. The knights of the Cullen family were stunned for a moment, and immediately followed their second young master into the dense forest.

It was not until this time that Davos Clinton realized what had happened: "Put up the golden dragon flag, and everyone retreat to the woods!" Before Davos finished his words, a yellow dragon flame fell from the sky, burning Davos and Aegon's golden dragon flag to ashes. The blazing flame sprayed across the long team like a waterfall, and many soldiers were engulfed by the flames before they could react. After Syrax sprayed a wave of flames, he turned the dragon's head and sprayed at the fleeing soldiers who had not yet had time to run into the forest.

The army collapsed when Syrax blew out the first burst of dragon flame. Everyone tried to take off their armor or anything that might hinder their running. Even Valar hovering in the sky could feel their fear. But Rhaenyra just commanded Syrax to spit out dragon flames again and again with a cold face. The whole road was instantly filled with wailing, and even the woods on both sides of the road began to catch fire, with thick smoke billowing. Even Storm's End could see it.

When Boros saw the thick smoke rising into the sky from the north, the Stag Duke's legs softened and he collapsed on his Storm Throne. "I didn't expect that I would eventually fall at the hands of a woman." His wife, Elena Karen, came to her husband cautiously and said, "Sir."

"Shut up, it's all your fault!" Borros slapped his wife to the ground. "If you hadn't spoiled Maris, how could she say such a thing? Now my daughter is gone, and Strong the Bastard is dead too. The bitch on Dragonstone must hate me to death. If I hadn't directly hung up King Aegon's banner, she and Valar would have burned Storm's End together."

Elena Karen covered her stomach in some pain, and Boros realized something was wrong, and hurriedly helped his wife up: "Master, where is the Master?"

Queen Rhaenyra probably had no idea of ​​the consequences her revenge in the Stormlands would bring.

Dragonstone.

There was no queen in the Queen's Council, Prince Joffrey and Baena Targaryen attended on her behalf. Although the 11-year-old Prince Joffrey was not as steady and polite as his brother, he still sat upright. On both sides of the table sat the members of the Queen's Council, the Queen's Hand, Lord Corlys Velaryon, the Minister of Finance, Lord Bartimos Celtigar, Princess Rhaenys, Ser Alfred Bloom, the fat but loyal Ser Robert Kanes, and three of the Queen's Iron Guards. And Maester Gladys.

"It's a request for help from Lord Simon Staunton." Maester Gladys placed the letter on the map table at the location of Raven's Roost. "Just now, an army of about 1000 people appeared at the foot of Raven's Roost, and a large number of troops are pouring in. Raven's Roost has only 200 defenders. If we don't rescue Lord Staunton, his castle will fall today."

"Should we wait until Her Majesty the Queen comes back?" Earl Bartimos suggested, "Her Majesty the Queen will most likely bring back a giant dragon from Dragon's Nest City. Then, we can attack with three dragons together and solve any plan of the usurper."

"Normally, Her Majesty the Queen should have returned by now." Sir Alfred stood up and said, "But she still hasn't returned, and we can't even see the shadow of Syrax's dragon."

"Alfred, sit down." Ser Robert Chase interrupted his complaint. "It is not right for us to criticize the Queen at will."

"We need to rescue Raven's Roost." The sea snake looked at the map for a while and said, "If the queen cannot rescue her vassals, her supporters will think she is incompetent."

"So, I'll go." Princess Rhaenys stood up. Only then did everyone realize that the old princess had put on leather armor. She was ready when she got the news. "Meliyas has the fastest speed among all the dragons. She is big and old enough. No matter which dragon of the Green Party comes, I have the strength to fight."

"Granny, I'll go too." Prince Joffrey also stood up. "We don't know how many dragons the usurper has, so I'll go too."

"Prince, you can't go." The sea snake said patiently, "Terexu is too young. If you go with me, grandma will have to be distracted to protect you." Count Collis sighed in his heart. Rhaenyra hasn't come back yet, which really delayed too many things.

"Be obedient, Xiao Qiao." Rhaenys patted her grandson's head. "I will definitely come back with victory." After saying that, she immediately walked out the door. "Pay attention to everything, ma'am."

"Don't worry," Rhaenys said. "Even if it's a trap, I will drag their dragons to hell." The old princess said in her heart. She had dreamed of riding a dragon to fight since she was a girl. Unfortunately, the world has been peaceful for a long time. Even if Melias has experienced many battles, he is useless. Rhaenys's dream of Visennia has been dormant for a long time. But today, it is burning again.

The Red Queen roared as she took off from Dragon Mountain and flew towards Raven's Rest, which was only a few hours away from Dragonstone.

At this time, Queen Rhaenyra was still chasing the fleeing Baratheon soldiers. Valar couldn't leave or stay, so he could only follow behind the queen to protect her.

Crow's Rest.

Simon Staunton looked at the soldiers surrounding the castle with a gloomy face. The front row was the Darklin family soldiers, followed by the Rosby and Stokeworth family soldiers, and finally the King's Landing soldiers hiding in the woods. He could only sigh and command the longbowmen and crossbowmen to shoot down the arrows, shooting and killing the waves of infantry rushing towards the castle on their way forward.

But the enemy outnumbered the defenders of Crow's Rest several times more than them. They withstood the rain of arrows and quickly pushed their siege weapons towards the castle.

"Dragon!" The defenders of Raven's Roost suddenly pointed to the sky behind them and shouted. Simon turned around and saw a huge scarlet dragon with thorns passing over their heads like lightning. The blazing dragon flame instantly sprinkled on the heads of the soldiers besieging the castle. The soldiers immediately scattered and ran to the woods to avoid the Red Queen's dragon flame.

Princess Rhaenys sighed and fastened the straps of her dragon saddle. Two dragon roars sounded simultaneously from the woods.

As soon as she arrived, she and Melias discovered something was wrong. It turned out that he was waiting for her here.

It's okay, come on.

Yangyan was the first to rush out of the woods. The young dragon flew much faster than the slow old dragon behind it, and it rushed in front of Melias in almost the blink of an eye.

"Dracarys! Kagero!"

Yangyan blew a mouthful of dragon flame at Melias, but the Red Queen dodged it deftly. Princess Rhaenys screamed excitedly, "Come on! Old girl, attack!"

Melias roared and pounced on Yangyan. The scarlet dragon pierced through the dragon flame without slowing down her speed at all. She bit Yangyan's wings before she could dodge. Yangyan roared in pain and her claws kept waving wildly. Melias didn't tolerate it and tore it off with her dragon claws. It only took a few claws, and the huge dragon claws almost tore Yangyan's belly.

"Let go of Yangyan, let go! Yangyan, Longyan, Longyan!"

Yangyan spewed dragon flames in pain, but its head was shaking around and it couldn't aim at the Red Queen at all. Finally, Yangyan was forced into a corner and bit Melias's spikes.

"Well done, Aegon, hold her back!" Aemond finally arrived late with the slow Vhagar, and the huge old dragon pounced on Melias who was biting Yangyan from above. Melias immediately released his mouth that was biting Yangyan's wings, trying to avoid Vhagar's attack. But Yangyan immediately bit Melias's spikes and dragged it to the ground.

"Melias, focus on attacking Yangyan." Rhaenys looked at Vhagar falling from the sky and knew that it would be difficult for Melias to escape if he was held back.

Then take one away.

"No, no, what do you want to do?" Great Aegon watched in horror as Melias turned his head and tore off the sharp thorn that was bitten, and bit Yangyan's neck. Great Aegon could clearly see Melias's dragon fangs biting deeply into Yangyan's neck. Almost instantly, the golden dragon scales shattered and the hot dragon blood poured out.

And Vhagar, who fell from the sky, also bit Melias' neck, and the huge dragon claws almost tore the body of the scarlet dragon apart in one go.

The three giant dragons rolled and fell from the sky. Simon Staunton stared with wide eyes, watching Melias's head being torn off by Vhagar. He also saw Yangyan's head and flesh being torn off by Vhagar's tremendous force.

Until this time, Melias was still biting Yangyan's dragon head tightly.

Three dragons fell to the ground, and instantly flames rose up and thick smoke filled the air. The fire swept through the forest where the three dragons fell in the blink of an eye, and even a section of the wall of Crow's Rest Castle was collapsed.

The thick smoke gradually dissipated, and only flames shot up into the sky in the forest.

Second update, 4000 words.

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(End of this chapter)