Astrid also looked at Snotlout speechlessly; not to mention Snotlout looked a head taller than Hiccup, and his muscles were indeed much stronger than Hiccup.
However, Hiccup was recognized by all the villagers on Berk Island as the weakest person.
If Snotlout were to duel a strong person, Astrid might have thought highly of him, but dueling a weak person, she could only think of him as an idiot, with no other thoughts.
So Astrid also gave him a disgusted glance, but in Snotlout's eyes, this was clearly the goddess giving him encouragement, which made him shout even more wildly and brazenly: "Hiccup! You are the Chief's son!"
"In the future, you will bear the heavy responsibility of protecting Berk Island, so don't you dare accept my challenge?! Be a man and duel the great Knight Snotlout!"
Hiccup sneered, thinking: "This idiot insists on choosing someone he thinks is the weakest to challenge, clearly wanting to use me as a stepping stone!"
"Since this imbecile delivered himself to be a stepping stone, I can't be blamed!"
Just as Hiccup was about to speak, Iron-worker Gobber came swaying into the Dragon Jail, perhaps because his prosthetic limb had been used for too long, so he walked up and down, like a puppet on strings.
Iron-worker Gobber glanced at them, then shouted in a raspy voice: "Young warriors of Berk Island, welcome to the Dragon Jail for new recruit training!"
"I am your devil coach, Gobber! Young warriors, are you ready to face a Dragon up close?!"
Snotlout clearly hadn't given up on his plan to duel, but now he could only endure and wait for the training to end.
After all, Iron-worker Gobber looked honest and old, but his strength should not be underestimated, and he was a warrior from the same era as Chief Stoick, so anyone who dared to disobey his will would definitely not end well.
Gobber could see the conflict between Snotlout and Hiccup, and when he arrived, he also heard Snotlout wanting to duel Hiccup, so at this moment, he could only pretend not to know anything.
After all, new recruit training was about to begin, so they needed to maintain their best condition to face the Dragon, and after the training ended, he could just find an excuse to take Hiccup away.
This would also protect Hiccup, and when that guy Stoick came back, he would have a good explanation.
Thinking of this, Gobber shouted even louder: "Young warriors, are you ready?! It's coming!"
He didn't know when, but Gobber had already walked to the door of a Dragon Jail, and without giving them time to prepare, he directly opened the first cell door.
"Clang clang clang~~~"
The sound of chains being pulled rang out, and warm sunlight shone into the damp Dragon Jail.
A brownish-red Gronckle flew out sickly, its eyes unusually listless, as if it hadn't woken up yet.
Although it was rapidly flapping its short wings to stay airborne, it still looked like it could fall at any moment.
Hiccup looked at this Gronckle and somewhat helplessly complained: "This is simply a toad with wings that has become a spirit!"
"Short wings, short limbs, covered in small warty lumps like a toad, and if you remove its mouth full of sharp teeth, it's just a winged toad!"
Gobber glanced at the Gronckle beside him and proudly said: "Young warriors, when facing a Dragon, what should you do first?!"
"Hide first!"
"Kill the Dragon directly!"
"No! You should find a weapon first!"
Hiccup didn't have time to answer Gobber's question, he just casually grabbed a shield, knocked it twice heavily, and then threw the shield on the ground!
Gobber's eyes immediately lit up, and then he thought with some disappointment: "Hiccup shouldn't have thrown away the shield!"
Then he looked at the new recruits who were in a daze and quickly shouted: "Young warriors, are you scared silly by the Dragon? Hurry up and get a shield!"
In reality, they were just confused by Hiccup's actions!
After being awakened by Gobber's voice, they quickly grabbed shields at the fastest speed, and then hid themselves; the Twins, however, were fighting over the same shield.
"I saw this shield first!"
"I clearly got this shield first!"
"Impossible, this shield has a warrior's bloodstains on it, it's more suitable for me!"
"Nonsense! The patterns on this shield are clearly for a girl!"
"Boom!"
Perhaps the Gronckle was annoyed by watching, and directly eliminated the Twins with a fireball.
After Gobber shouted 'eliminated', he continued to watch the battle like a spectator, while constantly muttering: "Watching these young people, it really makes one miss the days of bravely fighting Dragons!"
"Back then, I also scrambled for shields like them, but now I don't need them at all!"
At this moment, the chubby Fishlegs shouted: "Quickly hit the shield to interfere with the Gronckle's blind spot!"
Gobber also reminded: "The Gronckle will spray out a total of six fireballs, young warriors, good luck!"
No sooner had he finished speaking, the Gronckle sprayed out another fireball, but Astrid skillfully dodged it.
Hiccup, on the other hand, just sat directly on the shield, watching them scramble to dodge.
The reason was simple: this sickly Gronckle had been caged for an unknown amount of time, so after coming out, it would definitely attack the humans who provoked it first.
It wouldn't attack Gobber because it couldn't beat Gobber; after all, it wasn't stupid. Secondly, this Dragon also had a mischievous streak and liked to play tricks on those scrambling humans.
However, Hiccup's act of sitting still, in their eyes, clearly meant he was scared silly and dared not move.
Snotlout even thought this was a good opportunity to perform in front of Astrid, so he held up his shield and came to Astrid, excitedly saying: "Don't be afraid, Astrid, let the great Knight Snotlout protect..."
He hadn't finished speaking when he was directly sent away by a fireball from the Gronckle; although he only suffered minor injuries, it also meant he was eliminated.
As time passed, all the little companions on the field were sent away by the Gronckle, leaving only Hiccup sitting cross-legged on the shield.
The Gronckle had also noticed him and slowly flew over.
Gobber even shouted: "Hiccup, quick, get out of the way!"
While shouting, he ran frantically, because he knew in his heart that Dragons really kill people!
"Bang!"
Everyone was incredulous; the Gronckle actually fell directly in front of Hiccup, looking as if it was at his mercy.
Hiccup, holding a large axe, jumped onto the Gronckle's head and proudly said: "It seems I'm going to be the youngest Dragon slayer!"
As he spoke, the large axe in his hand was already raised above his head!