Chapter 19.4- The Seadragon's Roar
Added 2025-08-14 05:37:52 +0000 UTCThe next ‘castle’ we came across was barely worth its name. This one had clearly not been built by the Valyrians. I found it difficult to conclude even that the person building this had more than two brain cells to rub together even. Not with the way the thing sprawled. Three different types of stone had been used ins its construction. Almost like whenever they ran out of one type, they moved on to another.
Saying it stretched to the sky would be a dire overstatement of events, so I would say it pointed at it. It had a domed roof that covered Alright then four of its floors. Four towers— one in each direction— framedfthe castle’s edges. It looked like two of the towers had been built first and then the others added later on. The second I formed that thought, I could see it everywhere now. The castle was like a group project, but instead of multiple collaborators working in the same space and time, it was like they were collaborators stretched across history. One person added something to the castle, and another came on and added something else. That was probably why the castle’s top floor was made of a different sort of stone that looked a fair bit newer.
Someone had come along, seen the three floors, and then decided to add another. This castle— I had no doubts that it would burn. Because for all the stone it had, massive sections were made of naught but wood as well. If stone could burn, then how much more wood of all things.
This time, there was no need to have Laena begin to test the waters. By an unspoken signal, all four dragons, five ups the castle and unleashed their rage. Almost like they were using this castle to take revenge for the other one that refused to burn, the dragons kept going of longer than it was necessary. Over an hour, Igneel and I flew this way and that, working to set every inch of it on fire. None of the pirates even managed to make it out of the castle. It was probably because Vhagar had decided to open things up by landing atop the domed roof and smashing inwards with claw and flame.
