Boom! Boom! Boom!
Compared to the battlefield in the north, the main battlefield in the south of Shipbreaker Bay was grander in scale and vastly different in intensity.
As soon as they entered the attack range of the military machinery, the ballistae of the Hightower Fleet roared out their fury.
Thick, long bolts whistled through the air, shooting towards the Valyrian warships closest to them.
These ballistae had been improved by the scholars of the Citadel, increasing both their range and power.
Boom! Snap!
A thick, long bolt, flying from who knows where, accurately struck the broadside of the sea snake.
Carrying immense kinetic energy, the thick, long bolt directly pierced through the hull, sending splinters of wood flying everywhere.
If a hundred-meter-class large warship like the sea snake was affected like this by a thick, long bolt attack, there was even less need to mention human flesh and blood.
A Valyrian soldier, who was unlucky enough to be transporting weapons and supplies, was struck by the thick, long bolt.
He was instantly carried away by the powerful inertia, pinned to a section of the deck, struggling and screaming.
Rien, the Commander of the Valyrian Fleet, had a grim expression and felt a secret urgency.
Because in terms of fleet size, as well as the number and power of the ballistae, they were far inferior to the Hightower Fleet.
More importantly, Jacaerys had loaded most of the food supplies onto the Valyrian Fleet.
This caused them to lose their Agile maneuverability, forcing them to clumsily engage the Hightower Fleet head-on.
But they were not fighting alone. After enduring the assault for nearly twenty minutes, the Conqueror Fleet, located in the third row, finally arrived as reinforcements.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Jacaerys's positioning of the Conqueror Fleet's main warships was for fire suppression.
Therefore, these modified large warships did not have a single ballista, only ship-mounted trebuchets.
One by one, the shells of specially enhanced pitch barrels were ignited and immediately hurled out by these trebuchets.
Crash!
Whoa!
The burning pitch barrels drew a perfect arc, shattering upon hitting the Hightower Fleet warships.
The wildfire ointment, wrapped in small sealed clay pots within the pitch, also shattered, and green flames immediately surged up.
However, without the magical chemical reaction with dragonflame, these green flames, although difficult to extinguish, did not possess the terrifying effect of devouring everything and spreading rapidly.
Nevertheless, their destructive power was still quite strong!
Ah!!!
Soldiers of House Hightower and Dorne soldiers were splashed with pitch carrying green flames, and immediately let out heart-wrenching screams.
Even if these soldiers managed to extinguish the flames and survive, the pitch attached to their bodies was difficult to remove, and they would still die from deep burns and infection.
Judging solely from the exchange of military machinery, the Conqueror Fleet could be considered to have the upper hand.
But this was nothing; the fire suppression of the Conqueror Fleet was fully displayed when the two sides drew closer.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Upon entering the attack range, the fifteen hundred range troops equipped with special crossbows began to unleash their power.
Unlike the previous random shooting based on feeling, the crossbows equipped with aiming scopes could lock onto attack targets with relative precision.
Four thousand five hundred arrows shot out in quick succession in a short period, like swarms of bees of various sizes, surging towards the forefront of the Hightower Fleet warships.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Plop! Plop! Plop!
The saturated, covering rain of arrows instantly turned many Hightower warships into pincushions and caused considerable casualties.
As most soldiers hid behind cover to avoid the arrows, many of the Hightower Fleet's ballistae immediately fell silent.
The special crossbows on the Conqueror Fleet's side did not rely on arm strength to shoot, but used a lever to cock and load the arrow.
Therefore, before their arrows were depleted, they possessed absolute range suppression.
Subsequently, like the House Lannister Fleet in the northern battlefield, most of the Conqueror Fleet's warships stayed put, showering the area with pitch barrels and arrow rain.
A small portion of warships carrying the The Unsullied Legion merged with the Valyrian Fleet and charged towards the Hightower Fleet for close combat.
The current situation on the entire Shipbreaker Bay battlefield, except for the western battlefield where they were feigning action, saw the Conqueror Fleet gaining the upper hand in both the southern and northern battlefields.
Ugh!
In the northern sky, Lucerys was sitting on Arrax's saddle, throwing up profusely.
This was his first time riding a dragon in war, and his first time taking a life.
And his first kill, even if indirectly, resulted in the deaths of nearly four thousand people.
He hadn't felt it just now because he was focused on Jacaerys's task.
Now that he had free time, his mind was filled with the charred corpses he had seen earlier, with their various ways of death, and the screams that seemed to constantly echo in his ears.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Just as Lucerys was distracted, a golden dragon shadow suddenly pierced through the thick clouds in the sky, swooping down towards Arrax at high speed.
Whoa!
A pillar of orange-red dragonflame spewed from the golden dragon shadow's mouth, shooting towards Lucerys on the saddle.
Arrax, sensing danger, immediately flapped its wings and darted forward, attempting to dodge the attack.
Bang!
Crunch, sizzle!
The pillar of dragonflame exploded at the junction of Arrax's rump and tail. The intense high temperature instantly shattered all the scales in that area, directly scorching its flesh and blood.
Wail~~
Arrax, heavily wounded, let out a mournful cry, but thanks to its timely reaction, it pulled Lucerys back from the brink of death.
Lucerys, still shaken, looked down and found that the one who had just attacked him was none other than Aegon, riding Sunfyre.
They had now adjusted from a dive and were chasing him from below, moving upwards.
I can't beat him, I'll go find my brother!
Since Arrax was already half the size of Sunfyre, plus it had a broken tail and had just suffered a dragonflame attack.
Lucerys made a judgment in an instant and immediately controlled Arrax, who was flapping its wings with all its might, to fly towards the eastern sky.
Behind him, Aegon gritted his teeth, urging Sunfyre to fly faster.
Ever since his youngest son Maelor was stillborn, his wife Helaena had been locking herself in her room all day, talking to herself.
The originally lecherous Aegon had become more steady and reliable because of this, but at the same time, he had also become more prone to irritability and rage.
Aegon now only wanted to kill Lucerys as quickly as possible, then take his body back to King's Landing and hang it high, to provoke his sister Rhaenyra, who was hiding somewhere.
From the beginning of this battle, Aemond and Aegon had acted according to Ser Otto's battle plan.
Aemond was responsible for luring away Jacaerys and tying him down, while Aegon hid in the clouds, waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to Lucerys, and then go assist his younger brother.
It seemed that although the best effect had not been achieved, the heavily wounded Arrax was basically considered to have lost its combat capability.
Seemingly understanding that it was facing a life-or-death situation, Arrax pushed its entire physical strength to the limit, flying towards Womax's location at the fastest possible speed.
Sunfyre was not a dragon known for its speed, so it was completely unable to close the distance between them.
Soon, these two chasing dragons entered Jacaerys's field of vision.
The reason he had been entangled with Aemond was actually because he was guarding against the unseen Sunfyre in his heart.
Because with the personalities of Aegon and Aemond, they would definitely prioritize flanking and attacking him, whom they hated so much.
But he didn't expect that the other party could be patient enough to deal with Lucerys.
It seemed that after the Battle of the Dragons at the Red Keep, everyone had grown quite a bit compared to before.
Without the slightest hesitation, Jacaerys immediately abandoned Aemond and went towards Aegon.
Womax's speed was faster than Vhagar, and he would definitely be able to approach Lucerys and the other before Aemond.
Using the time difference of a two-on-one, he might be able to instantly kill Aegon.
Whoa!
Lucerys's mind was also very Agile. Seeing his brother charging directly towards him.
He immediately cooperated by having Arrax hover in the air and turned to spray dragon breath at Sunfyre, who was charging head-on.
Boom!
Sunfyre was not to be outdone; it also opened its mouth and spewed a pillar of dragonflame.
The two streams of orange-red dragonflame instantly collided, but Sunfyre's dragonflame had significantly more impact than Arrax's.
After a brief stalemate, Sunfyre's pillar of dragonflame was directly pushed back towards Arrax.
Whoosh!
A large stream of black-grey dragonflame with even greater impact spewed from above Arrax.
It directly scattered the two opposing streams of orange-red dragonflame and then shot towards Sunfyre with irresistible force.
But the moment Aegon saw Jacaerys arrive, he had already controlled Sunfyre to turn and dodge.
He had already suffered a loss at the Red Keep before, not to mention Womax's size had inexplicably doubled compared to Sunfyre now.
The tables turned in the blink of an eye.
Womax and Arrax chased behind Sunfyre, continuously spewing dragonflame. Sunfyre, which had been so imposing just now, could only flee in a panic.
Hmm? Vhagar didn't chase!
Jacaerys, with a wide field of vision on the battlefield, immediately noticed that Aemond had not ridden Vhagar to follow behind him as he had expected.
Instead, he had turned around and was flying rapidly towards the southern battlefield of Shipbreaker Bay.
Queen Alicent's sons were different from Rhaenyra's sons.
Aemond and Aegon did not have a good brotherly relationship; Aemond even had the idea of replacing Aegon on the throne.
Jacaerys saw Lucerys in danger and immediately chose to come to his rescue.
Aemond, on the other hand, made the choice most advantageous to his side based on his assessment of the situation.
That was to follow his grandfather's instructions and prioritize cutting off the enemy fleet's retreat.
The Jacaerys' army appeared powerful, but in reality, it was like duckweed on water, without any foundation.
As long as their retreat was cut off, they would not be far from death.
Jacaerys's mind turned, and he instantly understood the meaning of Aemond's action.
But it was already too late for him to turn around and chase.
He simply decided to seize this opportunity to kill Aegon and Sunfyre, cutting off one of the Green Party's arms.
Whoosh, whoosh!
With the Agile trait (Agility +50%) bonus, Womax, which was twice the size of Sunfyre, continuously closed the distance between them.
Whoa!
Black-grey dragonflame once again spewed from its dragon's mouth.
This time, Sunfyre couldn't completely dodge the dragonflame attack, and the tip of its golden dragon tail was hit by a ball of black-grey dragonflame the size of a head.
Under the Dragon Slayer (Damage to dragon creatures +50%) and Divine Dragon (Dragon creature attack damage +50%) bonuses,
Womax's black-grey dragonflame was far more damaging than the Glutton's eerie green dragonflame.
Crunch, crunch!
Sizzle!
Sunfyre's beautiful golden scales on its tail were scorched and cracked in a very short time.
The black-grey dragonflame, like a maggot attached to bone, continued to burn its flesh and blood.
Wail~~
Sunfyre, in pain, let out a loud dragon roar and increased its flying speed.
Aegon turned his head and saw the black-grey dragonflame slowly burning at the tip of its tail. Even in the whistling wind, there was no sign of it extinguishing.
But he couldn't afford to think about how to extinguish the fire on Sunfyre now.
Because Lucerys had not, like Jacaerys, controlled the dragon to pursue from the rear.
Instead, after predicting Sunfyre's flight path, he had detoured ahead in advance to cooperate with his brother in a pincer attack.
Whoa!
The orange-red dragonflame spewed by Arrax came towards Aegon, and he had to control Sunfyre to turn and dodge.
But by doing so, Womax seized the opportunity to close the distance.
Due to the large attack range of Womax's black-grey dragonflame, Jacaerys, worried about accidentally injuring Lucerys, chose the most brutal close-quarters combat.
Bang!
Womax's massive dark green dragon body heavily collided from behind with the latter half of Sunfyre's golden dragon body.
Rip, rip!
Womax's thick and sharp hind claws fiercely pierced through the golden scales at the junction of Sunfyre's wings and hind legs, embedding themselves deeply into the flesh and blood.
Its blood-filled maw, covered with sharp dragon teeth like sword blades, fiercely bit down on the bone of Sunfyre's right wing.
Wail~~
Sunfyre let out a scream and turned its head, wanting to spray dragonflame at Womax behind it.
But due to the angle, the orange-red dragonflame it spewed could only scorch the surrounding air.
Jacaerys also couldn't see if Aegon on Sunfyre's saddle had survived the collision due to the angle.
But it didn't matter; no one could survive a fall from this height.
Snap!
With a thought, all the muscle groups near Womax's dragon mouth exerted force simultaneously. The thick dragon bone of Sunfyre's right wing shattered directly under its powerful bite force.
Tear, tear!
Womax, biting the bone of Sunfyre's right wing in its mouth, turned its head and lifted it violently to the side.
Sunfyre's entire right wing membrane was torn off from the break.
Wail~~ Wail~~
Swoosh!
Sunfyre, heavily wounded, wailed continuously, and bright red dragon blood rained down like heavy rain onto the sea below.
Jacaerys looked at the dragon with the broken wing expressionlessly, secretly regretting that the Glutton trait was still on cooldown and he couldn't devour it.
As he still had to rush to the southern battlefield, he did not torment Sunfyre any further.
Womax, receiving the mental command, opened its mouth and spat out the golden dragon wing in its mouth, while also releasing its pair of dragon claws.
Whoosh~~
Whoosh!
Sunfyre, covered in wounds, immediately plummeted in freefall, raining dragon blood. Unwilling to die like this, it desperately flapped its left wing and the mostly broken right wing.
Although it couldn't stabilize itself again, it could flutter a few times like a wild chicken, slowing its descent.
Splash!
After drawing an undulating curve in the sky, Sunfyre finally plunged into the seawater.
Dragons can move freely in water, but they need to surface to breathe within a certain time.
Sunfyre, with its right wing torn off, could not fly out of the water, and was destined to be buried at the bottom of the sea.
"Lucerys, Arrax is seriously injured. This is close to Tarth.
Land on the island, find a hidden place to rest, and I'll come back for you after the battle is over!"
Jacaerys shouted a command to Lucerys, who was hovering beside him, and directly controlled Womax to fly towards the eastern battlefield.
Lucerys looked at Womax, which was quickly getting smaller, and turned to look at the area where Sunfyre had fallen into the sea.
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I update the next day's content every day at midnight. The update now is also for today, not that I'm updating two days' worth today.
Also, these two chapters total over nine thousand words, and I will update one more chapter in the afternoon and evening.
If this hadn't happened yesterday, I would have finished updating the Battle of Shipbreaker Bay all at once at midnight today.
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