Catelyn and Robb looked at the dragon scale in Arya's hand, and then looked at Drogon flying high into the sky. They didn't expect that Drogon not only did not blame Arya for being reckless, but also gave her a dragon scale.
Of course, they were happy to see Arya get along well with the black dragon, as this would also indirectly help her get along well with the queen.
It would take several days for the army to reach the Twins. Drogon brought Rhaegal here just to let her get to know Robb and learn the way, and then fly directly to the Twins in a few days.
Not long after Drogon returned to Dragonstone, he flew to Storm's End, where Viserion and Daario had already set out.
He knew that Cersei was asking Qyburn to design a scorpion crossbow that would be more powerful than the Gith ballista.
Although he had been training Rhaegal and Viserion with the crossbow, he was not completely confident in letting them act alone until he was sure of the specific power of the scorpion crossbow.
It's not just that he's afraid that they'll get hurt or die, which will make Long Yunfei sad. Drogon also doesn't want anything to happen to them.
Not to mention that they were born and raised together, just because of the care they gave him during his transformation, Drogon would not allow them to get hurt or die.
Storm's End has high walls and is one of the most difficult castles to conquer in the Seven Kingdoms. It has also been the home castle of Shireen's family for hundreds of years.
However, no matter how strong the city walls are, they are no different from ordinary castles in front of the dragon. Even the steep Eyrie, which had never been breached, was breached by Aegon the Conqueror using the Black Death.
After the army arrived at Storm's End, they quickly launched an attack, with Viserion leading the charge and Drogon quietly observing from high in the sky.
In order to maintain the integrity of Shireen's keep, Drogon has instructed Viserion to burn more people instead of the city.
Looking at the city wall that was fifty meters above the sea, Daario couldn't help but feel fortunate that Viserion had joined.
Otherwise, even if they had twice as many troops, they would not be able to break through this sturdy castle that has stood in the storm land for thousands of years.
Above Storm's End, Drogon sensed an aura on the city wall that was similar to that of the Wall. He knew it was the aura of magic.
It is rumored that the reason why Storm's End has been able to stand in the Storm Land for a thousand years is because it was blessed with magic. It seems to be true.
Drogon still remembers that in order to let the Red Lady assassinate his brother Renly, Stannis specially asked the Onion Knight Davos, a smuggler who had retired for more than ten years, to return to his old business and row a small boat to send the Red Lady Melisandre into the walls of Storm's End.
Perhaps it was to prevent the magical power on the city wall from interfering with her birth of the Shadow Child to assassinate Renly.
While feeling the magical power of the city wall, Drogon also observed the defenders of Storm's End. They were obviously under-manned and most likely had been withdrawn to defend King's Landing.
At this moment, he suddenly saw the soldiers on the city wall pushing out a crossbow cart from behind the battlements. It was much larger than the crossbow cart used to train Rego and his men.
Cersei had indeed developed the scorpion crossbow, and when Drogon saw the ballista, he immediately became alert.
Viserion, who was busy burning people, discovered the crossbow one step later than Drogon. When he saw it, the scorpion crossbow was already loaded with arrows.
Just as he was about to turn and go around the side of the crossbow cart, he heard a crisp sound of a crossbow string, which made him very sensitive. A black dot was approaching rapidly, and its speed was nearly one-third faster than the crossbow they were trained with.
Determining the flight trajectory of the crossbow arrow, Viserion raised his wings to avoid the crossbow attack.
After long-term training and being ambushed, Viserion and Rhaegal had already learned their lesson. When they went to fight in unfamiliar places, they would first observe and beware of the ballistae, so it would be difficult to hurt them by sneak attacks.
After dodging the crossbow arrow, Viserion flew towards the ballista, while observing whether there were other ballistas on the ground.
The first shot missed, and the soldier operating the crossbow quickly adjusted the angle of the crossbow and shot at Viserion who was getting closer and closer.
Being prepared, Viserion would of course not be hit, and he flew to the side as soon as the crossbow string sounded.
After dodging the crossbow arrows again, Viserion did not give the soldiers on the city wall another chance to shoot and pressed down towards the crossbow cart.
It spat out a mouthful of fiery red dragon flame, burning to death the soldiers far away from the crossbow. It then flew over the crossbow, using its wings and claws to grab and kill the soldiers operating the crossbow or sweep them off the city wall.
Drogon had told them in advance that if they encountered a crossbow cart in the future, they should not burn it unless it posed a threat to them.
Seeing Viserion landing on the city wall, some soldiers threw spears at him, but he blocked them with his claws and wings. Of course, his usual hand-to-hand combat with Drogon was not in vain.
After clearing out the soldiers around the crossbow cart, Viserion flew to other places and burned a circle before flying towards the city gate.
Three bursts of dragon flame burned down the city gate, and Daario led his army to rush in. It didn't take long for him to control the entire Storm's End.
Drogon flew away from Storm's End when Daario broke into the city gate, hiding his aura throughout the journey and was not discovered by Viserion and the soldiers.
Five days later, Rhaegal flew to the Twins.
The Twins, whose defense was far inferior to Storm's End and had no scorpion crossbows, were captured by Robb without any surprise. The Freys suffered heavy casualties, and almost all the survivors were captured.
The Northern Army temporarily occupied the bridge heading south to Westeros on behalf of the Freys.
After conquering the Twins, Robb looked towards the North again. He already knew that Winterfell was occupied by Ramsay the Flayer, and he wanted to lead his troops to take it back.
However, it would be difficult for him to capture Winterfell with such a small force, and he could not ask Daenerys to send another dragon to help him recapture Winterfell.
The Southland is now in the process of using troops. Although he has captured the Twins, half of the credit should be attributed to the dragon Rhaegal.
He didn't make much contribution after joining Daenerys, and of course he couldn't make too many demands for his own selfish reasons. He could only let Ramsay occupy Winterfell for now and find a chance to take it back later.
After Robb captured the Twins, Arya, who had settled down for a while, looked at her mother and sister who were chatting happily, and took out a silver iron coin from her pocket.
This was a gift given to her by Jaqen the Faceless Man, whom he met while being captured by the Gold Cloaks in King's Landing and forced to do hard labor.
When she is ready, she will go to Braavos, one of the nine free cities, give the iron coin to any Braavosi, and say the words in High Valyrian - "All men must die", and he will bring Arya to Jaqen.
Arya has fulfilled her wish to save her mother and plans to pursue her past dreams, but only Jaqen can fulfill her wish.
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Dragonstone, Daenerys' room, Barristan walked in with a letter and handed it to her.
Unfolding the letter, she found some basic information about King's Landing, but there was one piece of information that Daenerys didn't understand.
"Watchman Sam arrives at the Citadel of Oldtown."
Who is Sam?
Daenerys had never heard of it. Did his going to the Citadel have anything to do with her? Just
as she was wondering, Drogon on her shoulder suddenly grabbed the letter from her hand and flew out of the room.
Could it be that the news about Sam was related to Drogon? Daenerys followed out curiously, and saw that Drogon flew out not far and turned into Shireen's room.
Daenerys was standing in the corridor of the pyramid, hesitating whether to go in with Drogon, when she heard a happy cheer coming from Shireen's room.
Then the door was opened and shireen walked out quickly.