Chapter 9.5- The Seadragon's Roar
Added 2025-07-10 04:49:19 +0000 UTCI watched as the rest of Corlys’ plan had come together almost perfectly. The three chasing fleets had reenforced to group together, becoming one larger fleet that chased the much smaller Velaryon fleet but found themselves unable to catch up to us with our superior speed. Igneel and I shot higher and higher in to the air until we were completely covered by the clouds themselves. From this high, I couldn’t see more than tiny dots to represent the ships themselves. By contrast, Igneel could see them perfectly— dragons had involved to hunt prey from high in the air so their eyesight was phenomenal.
He positioned himself perfectly before we dove straight down. I closed my eyes, taking a breath as I felt the wind rush past me and push against my body. This was it. This was what it meant to be a Dragonlord. Supremacy over the skies themselves. We passed the clouds and kept going, accelerating even further the lower we got. I heard echoes of the pirates screams as they finally caught sight of us, but it was both too little and too late.
Just when Igneel seemed like he would crash into the ship at the very edge of the fleet, his wings spread, slowing us down, nearly bringing us to a complete and abrupt halt. “Dracarys” I shouted, feeling the euphoria of the power take a hold of me. Igneel had been waiting for those words, and unleashed his fire straight at the ship in front of us. It was gone, almost instantly, catching fire. We sharply banked left, going further towards the rest of the Pirate fleet and setting the ships on fire as we flew.
“Loose” I heard some of the pirates scream and arrows screamed through the air right at us. Igneel, knowing what to do in this situation entered a perfect barrel roll with his wings right in front of him. The hard scales on his wings deflected the arrows and placed us just in position to incinerate near a fourth of the fleet with one pass. “Up Igneel” I ordered as I saw them begin to wheel scorpions around in our direction.
