"Back then, to find the iron ore needed to forge this dagger, I personally slew my first dragon! Bearing the glory of a Dragon Slayer, I offered this dagger to your mother!"
"It was precisely because of that, I was able to court your mother, and eventually marry her and have you!"
As he spoke, tears welled up in Stoick's eyes. He carefully caressed the dagger, then suddenly chuckled and said, "Gobber, that old fellow, always says he's the best blacksmith! But he still lost to my dagger!"
Stoick then carefully tucked the dagger into his embrace and patted Hiccup's shoulder, saying, "Don't worry. Your father here is a Dragon Slayer, the Chief of Berk Island, and I won't fall so easily!"
Hiccup, utterly speechless, shook off Stoick's hand and said, "What are you talking about? I said my mother is still alive! This is what she asked me to bring to you! Now! Immediately! Right now! Come with me to see mother!"
However, Stoick kept shaking his head, saying, "No, no, no! Hiccup, wake up. You are a Divine Emissary, you can see your mother, but I am just an ordinary person. I'm afraid I won't be able to be with your mother again in this life…"
"So much nonsense!"
Without another word, Hiccup directly tied the rope he had already prepared around Stoick's body.
"Woo woo~~ Woo woo woo~~"
Stoick struggled violently, but the more he struggled, the tighter the rope became. He could only obediently be carried on Hiccup's shoulder.
Night Fury saw Hiccup carrying Stoick walking towards him, and his eyes immediately widened in terror, instinctively backing away.
Just like that cat that only says no!
Hiccup smiled faintly and said, "Toothless! Do you want me to walk across the ocean?"
Night Fury immediately hopped and skipped to hide behind a rock, peeking out with a small head to observe Hiccup.
Hiccup could only tempt Night Fury, saying, "Come here, I'll give you extra food tonight!"
Upon hearing the words "extra food," Night Fury immediately perked up, leaping out from behind the rock. He pointed at his mouth with a claw, then put his two front paws on his hips and walked sideways.
Seeing Night Fury's strange behavior, Stoick thought he had gone mad.
Only Hiccup knew that Night Fury wanted to eat crabs tonight, and crabs as big as himself. So Hiccup smiled and nodded, saying, "Don't worry! After I send father over, I'll have Dragon King Skadi personally catch them for you!"
Hearing this, Night Fury immediately bounced over to Hiccup's side, then assumed a posture that made it easy for Hiccup to sit on his back.
He was just short of bowing like a gentleman in welcome.
"Roar~~!"
Night Fury excitedly let out a dragon roar! Immediately attracting everyone's attention.
"Oh! My goodness! What's happening? Why is the Divine Emissary kidnapping the Chief?"
"Is the Divine Emissary going to take the Chief to sacrifice him to Odin?"
"It's all our fault! We shouldn't have let Chief Stoick secretly train us! Now the Divine Emissary must be punishing Chief Stoick!"
Gobber naturally knew about Stoick secretly leading the villagers in training, so he subconsciously thought Hiccup was punishing Stoick. He quickly mounted his dragon and chased after them!
Hiccup felt someone following him from behind and looked back to see it was Gobber. However, because the dragon he was riding was very slow, he kept shouting behind Hiccup but couldn't catch up.
"Your father was just confused for a moment! Hiccup, quickly release your father!"
No matter how Gobber shouted, Hiccup had no intention of stopping, and Night Fury's speed was getting faster and faster.
As they flew over the sea, Hiccup's peripheral vision suddenly caught a dark shadow flashing across the surface of the water. He had a feeling something in the sea was watching him.
Moreover, what Hiccup saw beneath the surface of the sea couldn't possibly be a Hot Pot Dragon.
Even if a Hot Pot Dragon was fast, it would only leave a dark shadow when it swam past, but Hiccup could sense the aura of a dragon.
However, from that figure, Hiccup felt nothing at all.
Hiccup's mind immediately recalled the feeling of being watched when he led the Dragon Knights in underwater training.
Could it be that they saw him alone? So they couldn't help but make a move?
Hiccup didn't know the opponent's strength, so he could only have Night Fury gain altitude to avoid a sneak attack.
Although gaining altitude with the bulky Stoick was difficult, for tonight's big crab, Night Fury could only try his best to gain altitude.
And in the depths of the sea, the White-robed Siren's pale blue eyes were constantly fixed on Night Fury, thousands of meters above in the sky.
"Are you finally willing to leave the dragon pack? This time, I must catch you with my own hands and find out the princess's whereabouts!" While thinking carefully, the White-robed Siren applied magic to herself.
To make her speed faster in the sea, so as not to lose Night Fury.
And Hiccup knew that someone was following him from the bottom of the sea, so he naturally couldn't bring this danger to his mother.
If he weren't carrying Stoick, Hiccup would definitely have Night Fury lure that thing from the bottom of the sea to roughly test its strength.
Otherwise, he might be ambushed one day.
Hiccup patted Night Fury's neck, signaling him to fly through the archipelago ahead and to the side.
However, to Night Fury, this meant Hiccup was deliberately making him fly two extra circles, but for the sake of eating a big crab tonight, Night Fury could only silently endure it!
As they passed through the archipelago, the White-robed Siren deliberately left her magical aura at the location of the islands. Although she was careful when releasing her magic, Hiccup still sensed something unusual.
Fortunately, there were many islands here, and there were also traces of wild dragons living there!
Stoick looked at the unfamiliar environment before him, and his strong will to survive was immediately ignited.
Although his mouth was gagged, he couldn't help but think, "Could it be that Hiccup is going to sacrifice me to Odin so that my wife and I can be reunited, just so I can see his mother?"
"But I haven't lived enough! I haven't become the strongest Dragon Knight, and I still want to continue protecting Hiccup. Otherwise, even if I reach Odin's side, his mother would definitely blame me for not continuing to protect Hiccup!"
After circling this archipelago twice, Hiccup directly signaled Night Fury to land. Then he applied various paints to Night Fury's body, and also got some mud, which Night Fury used to mold a dragon horn…
And to Stoick, this clearly looked like Hiccup was performing some kind of ritual to communicate with the gods. It seemed that today he was truly going to be sent to Odin's side…