Draeger had already escaped far away on Alpha, while Skadi remained sprawled on Iceland, unwilling to move.
Hiccup was presented with two choices: either subdue the million-strong fleet or conquer the dozen giant warships.
Although conquering the dozen giant warships seemed easier, that was only if he directly destroyed them with Hellfire and burned the soldiers on board.
If he wanted to subdue these well-armed soldiers, it would require a lot of effort, and even if they were trapped on the ships, they probably wouldn't starve to death from lack of food within a month.
As for the million-strong fleet, they had already begun to flee desperately when Alpha let out its retreat roar.
Moreover, these individuals seemed to be experienced in escaping; each person fled in a different direction and at a different speed, perhaps believing that as long as they outran one ship, they could survive.
Although Hiccup wanted to subdue the million-strong fleet, he didn't have enough manpower and hadn't captured Draeger, so he could only watch the million-strong fleet leave.
Therefore, Hiccup focused his attention on the dozen large ships! As he flew over the large ship on Toothless, hundreds of Bows and crossbows immediately shot towards him, clearly intending to take his and Toothless's lives!
"Roar~!"
Toothless dodged the incoming Bows and crossbows in the sky, then spat blue-purple fireballs towards the large ship from within the clouds.
"Boom~ Boom~~"
Toothless discovered that even when his fireballs accurately hit these people's Bows and crossbows, they couldn't shatter them; instead, his own fireballs scattered.
Moreover, those soldiers didn't even bother to dodge; they simply watched the sparks land on them and casually patted them out.
Hiccup waved his hand, instantly trapping the dozen warships at sea! A bowl-shaped cage made of ice instantly formed around these large ships!
Overall, it looked as if they were covered by an inverted ice bowl, with a large hole left at the top to provide oxygen to these soldiers.
He wondered if it was his imagination, but these soldiers felt less cold after being covered by the ice.
However, these soldiers would never give up hope of escape; they all set up trebuchets and then furiously attacked a single point, but unfortunately, the stones they threw only left a white dot on the ice wall.
As time went on, the stones on their ships became fewer and fewer.
Suddenly, someone suggested, "Why don't we first use Bows and crossbows to pin down the ice surface! Then use stones to hit the Bows and crossbows! This will definitely break this ice cage!"
Unfortunately, the ideal was beautiful, but reality made them miserable; even if they really used Bows and crossbows to nail into the ice wall, and managed to hit the Bows and crossbows with a trebuchet with great difficulty.
The Bows and crossbows were directly embedded in the ice wall, and the ice wall still didn't have a single crack.
In desperation, they could only slowly move their ships closer, then take turns using hammers and chisels, preparing to break out of the ice.
Hiccup rode Toothless at the very top of the ice bowl, watching the soldiers below struggle, a slight smile on his lips as he shouted to them, "Don't waste your energy! You can't get out!"
Although these soldiers wanted to jump into the sea to escape, if such a large part of the ice was exposed on the sea surface, then the area beneath the sea surface must be even larger.
Secondly, the sea surface with ice would have a lower temperature. As soon as they jumped in, they would instantly be frozen into ice sculptures!
Moreover, even if they truly escaped from the sea, after getting out, they would face the vast, boundless ocean and unbearable low temperatures. Therefore, the only way to leave safely was by boat.
This ice wall was so sturdy because Hiccup had made the ice surface uneven. No matter how they tried to hit it with trebuchets, it was difficult to open. It wouldn't even leave a crack.
Secondly, because the ice wall was very thick, they wanted to chisel through it manually. It would be impossible without two or three months.
So after Hiccup trapped them, he rode Toothless directly back to Iceland.
He had originally thought of using Alpha to stimulate Toothless's potential, but now it seemed completely unnecessary; Alpha ran away after only a few rounds.
After Hiccup returned, Stoick immediately asked impatiently, "What do you plan to do with these soldiers?"
Hiccup smiled indifferently and said, "These people were dragged by Alpha with chains! That's enough to prove their strength definitely exceeds that of ordinary soldiers!"
"So I want to domesticate them, make them soldiers of Berk Island, and fight for our Berk Island!"
Stoick's eyes widened in disbelief, saying, "How is that possible? These are Dragon Knights who kill without batting an eye! How could they pledge allegiance to Berk Island?"
Hiccup smiled and said, "Did those pirates before pledge allegiance to Berk Island for no reason?"
Upon hearing this, Stoick immediately understood Hiccup's plan and smiled, saying, "That's right, if they can submit to the Divine Envoy, they will certainly be honored!"
"But these people will definitely put up a stubborn resistance! And their ships have many powerful weapons! How can we make them..."
Hiccup patted Stoick's shoulder and said, "The Dragon Knight of Berk Island is coming soon! You'll know then!"
After saying this, Hiccup went directly to Skadi's side. After all, continuous explanations would definitely not work; he would only understand if Hiccup demonstrated it once in front of Stoick.
At this moment, Skadi was looking at Hiccup with admiring eyes, because she could feel that Hiccup's ice magic was purer and more powerful than hers.
If Hiccup had acted earlier, Alpha would have had no way to escape, and she also felt a hint of guilt; if it weren't for her exhaustion.
She would definitely have captured all the enemies alive!
Hiccup rode Toothless in a circle around Skadi, then stood in front of Skadi and clapped his hands, saying, "Only a few dragon scales fell off! There wasn't much damage!"
"Roar~!"
Skadi exhaled a faint mist of ice towards Hiccup, expressing her gratitude to Hiccup.
Each species has its own habits, and Hiccup didn't find it strange; instead, he smiled faintly and said, "It's just a pity! Toothless didn't grow in this battle!"
Hearing Hiccup call his name, Toothless's eyes immediately widened, and he bounced over to Hiccup's side, then playfully extended his head...