Chapter 122 The Reliance for Daring to Provoke
Most of the inhabitants of New Gith migrated from Old Gith and settled on a small island where merchant ships traveling between the nine free trading cities and Qarth frequently stopped for supplies.
Drogon left Meereen and flew over the land for less than an hour before he saw the somewhat dilapidated walls of Old Gith.
Its height and sturdiness were far inferior to any of the walls of Slaver's Bay, and Drogon couldn't understand what gave them the confidence to resist Daenerys's army and his three dragons.
Zhuo Geng was spotted by guards on the city wall as soon as he approached Old Jis City, and shouted for his companions and leader.
After Old Gith refused Daenerys's request for submission, he tightened the defenses of the city walls. They did not expect that before they even saw the army, the dragons would arrive first.
Flying above the city wall, Zhuo Geng unleashed a torrent of dark red dragon flames, quickly burning the soldiers who were drawing their bows and hurling spears at him to ashes. Zhuo Geng showed them no pity whatsoever.
The Banshee's Son showed no mercy as she assassinated the Unsullied and the new recruits in the arena and slaughtered the arena spectators.
Zhuo Geng spewed black flames along the city wall, leaving scorched earth in his wake. The already fragile city wall was burned by the black flames, and it was hard to say whether it could still be used.
The soldiers on the city wall discovered that the arrows and spears that had been shot at Drogon had all been deflected by his scales. They dared not continue their attack and ran away, for not running meant certain death.
Zhuo Geng burned down a section of the city wall and collapsed a gate tower. Just as he was about to continue burning, he suddenly noticed a huge arrow shooting towards him.
Ballista?
Drogon was surprised to find that Old Gith had ballistae. No wonder they dared to provoke and attack Daenerys repeatedly; that's where their confidence came from.
Although the crossbow bolts were incredibly fast, that was only in terms of speed for ordinary people. In Drogon's eyes, they weren't that fast, not even as fast as when he used them to ambush Rhego and Viserion.
Easily dodging the arrows shot at him, and observing their trajectory, Zhuo Geng flew in the direction from which the arrows came.
The soldiers operating the ballistae panicked when they saw that Drogon had dodged the giant arrow, and hurriedly reloaded the arrow and fired it at Drogon.
This time, Zhuo Geng did not dodge. He was still unsure how strong his defense was after his transformation, and he could use the ballista to test it out.
He aimed at the direction from which the arrow was coming, slightly turned his body, and took the arrow with his back.
bite!
The powerful arrow struck Drogon with a sharp crack and fell to the ground.
Without breaking through the scales' defenses, Drogon didn't even flinch.
The soldiers who saw the spear hit Drogon were about to cheer when they realized that the spear had fallen off after hitting Drogon. They didn't know what had happened and thought that the spear hadn't penetrated Drogon's body with enough force. So they reloaded the arrow and fired again.
Drogon could have easily burned the ballista before they reloaded the arrows, but he didn't; he couldn't let such a good testing opportunity slip by.
It flew forward for a while, getting close to the ballista, and moved its body in the air, using its abdomen to meet the incoming giant arrow.
With another clang, the giant arrow only caused Zhuo Geng's flying body to pause slightly before he fell down again.
The soldiers operating the ballistae were completely dumbfounded. Even at such close range, a direct hit had failed to penetrate Drogon's body. Only then did they realize how powerful the scales on Drogon's body were.
Having learned the exact power of the ballista, Zhuo Geng stopped the test, first burning the soldiers who operated it to death, and then observing the ballista up close, discovering that all the parts of the ballista were extremely worn out.
I wonder if it was made up of ballista parts left over from when the Geth Empire fought against the Valyrian dragons.
He feared that Giss had developed new ballistae, which would become their standard weapon and be mass-produced, posing a great threat to Rego and Viserion.
After confirming the condition of the ballista, Drogon destroyed it with a burst of dragon flame.
Then he circled the small city wall, burned several ballistae, and collapsed two city gate towers before flying into the old city of Gis.
The city was already in chaos. Seeing the fires burning on the surrounding walls and Drogon's enormous figure, the residents thought Daenerys had led a large army to attack Old Geth.
Knowing that their lives would be miserable after the city fell, they busied themselves packing their belongings and fleeing.
Like Ghis Khan, the three cities of Slaver's Bay also liked to build pyramids; in fact, it could be said that the three cities of Slaver's Bay built their pyramids after Ghis Khan.
Drogon swept through the panicked crowd and arrived at the tallest and largest pyramid, spewing a burst of dragonfire onto the top of the pyramid.
He wasn't so heartless as to burn down the pyramid and all the people inside. He only burned the top to let the people inside out; otherwise, if they had been burned to death inside, he wouldn't have been to blame.
Daenerys's intention in making the two cities of Gith submit was not to force them to surrender or surrender, but rather to make them consider themselves Daenerys's subjects, becoming her vassal cities and offering them money and valuables.
Slave Bay was already giving Daenerys a huge headache, so she had no intention of taking over two more cities, Gith.
The walls and pyramids are burned, so be it. It's not theirs to care if they're not theirs. Drogon won't be polite to old Geese.
If they don't burn more things, the nobles of Old Gith won't know how powerful Drogon is. This is the consequence of thinking that having a few ballistae means they don't take dragons seriously!
Standing atop the pyramid, after most of the people inside had fled, Drogon circled the largest pyramid in Old Giss City, drenching it from top to bottom with black dragon flames.
The entire pyramid burst into flames as if doused with kerosene, and all the old residents of Giza saw the pyramid burning fiercely in the city like a torch.
They also saw the enormous black figure atop the pyramid, bathed in flames.
hold head high!!!
Looking at the old Gith residents and nobles who were gazing at him from afar, Drogon let out a terrifying dragon roar that resounded throughout the old Gith.
It contained not only his dragon might, but also a trace of divine power revealed by the rounded divine light.
Hearing Zhuogeng's dragon roar, filled with anger and warning, and the divine power within it that made them tremble with fear, the timid were even so frightened that they knelt on the ground.
After giving the old Gith nobles a warning, Drogon flew towards New Gith on Hahn Island, opposite the old Gith.
According to Daenerys and her companions' analysis, most of the Banshee's children who launched the attack likely came from New Gith.
The soldiers of New Gith were far more skilled in battle and better equipped than those of Old Gith, but none of this made much difference in front of Drogon.
He flew to New Gis and used the same trick again, only this time using more dragonfire to burn even more stubborn soldiers to death and collapse even more fortified city walls.
They burned down another tall pyramid than Old Gissovic did, leaving behind a mess of black ash and chaos before leaving.
Back in Meereen, Daenerys had already begun mobilizing troops for the attack on New and Old Gith, leaving enough soldiers to defend the three cities.