Chapter 128 Wounded
Moving and shooting, as well as dodging, are different kinds of training for both the Unsullied and Viserion, and they are also more difficult.
With Daenerys watching from the side, the three Unsullied were even a little nervous, afraid that their shot might miss too much and displease their queen.
With the near-sonic speed and reaction time of Drogon's juvenile form, it can anticipate the direction of crossbow bolts and Viserion's evasive maneuvers, deciding whether to shield Viserion from the arrows. This training method is both safe and practical.
This will also allow Viserion and his men to adapt to ballista attacks more quickly, preventing them from being caught off guard by similar attacks in the future.
Daenerys only began to feel relieved after seeing Viserion dodge several ballista attacks.
At the same time, he secretly thanked Drogon. If he hadn't trained Viserion and the others since birth, how could Viserion now be able to dodge even ballistae specifically designed to deal with dragons?
Seeing Viserion undergo training, Rhego's initial worry turned into eagerness to try it out. Especially after seeing Daenerys applaud Viserion, he couldn't contain himself and wanted to immediately try dodging crossbow bolts.
Drogon had long known about Rego's impatience, so after having Viserion train a few more times, he replaced him with Rego. Rego was excited as soon as he arrived above the ballistae, looking at the ballistae on the ground with great eagerness.
"This is a little female dragon who loves to show off," Drogon thought to himself, looking at the excited Rego.
However, despite being a female dragon, Rhaegal's performance was in no way inferior to Viserion's, and Daenerys below was extremely satisfied, applauding Rhaegal's performance once again.
There was no rush to go back, so she stood there with Zhuo Geng and the others, watching Rego nimbly dodge crossbow attacks.
Once Rogue had gotten used to the ballista attacks, Drogon let him rest for a while and replaced him with Viserion.
Viserion excitedly stepped onto the field, eager to play another dodgeball game, unaware that Daenerys, who had been looking at them with a relaxed expression, was now on edge again.
Easily dodging the incoming crossbow bolts, Viserion was about to circle around to receive the next one when he suddenly caught a glimpse of another familiar little black dot rapidly approaching him.
Before he could think, he leaned back and a huge crossbow bolt grazed the scales on his neck.
Viserion: "???"
He glanced down carefully and saw that the Unsullied on another ballista, which had been doing nothing before, was now firing new bolts onto the slide.
He instantly remembered why Drogon had flown back to the ballista and gestured a few times with the Unsullied who was operating it before his turn to go on stage, and then flew back again. It turned out that he wanted both ballistae to attack him at the same time.
Thinking of this, Viserion secretly cursed Drogon while immediately becoming extremely alert, staring wide-eyed at the two ballistae below.
Soon, another bolt from the newly loaded crossbow came flying at him. He dodged it by sidestepping, but another bolt was shot at his abdomen.
Viserion flapped its wings and narrowly missed the crossbow bolt as it approached.
After dodging the arrow, he had just adjusted his dragon body when another crossbow bolt flew in. The two crossbows fired at an increasingly faster rate, and despite Viserion's left and right dodges, he still couldn't completely evade it.
"Ouch!" A scream escaped his lips as a huge crossbow bolt grazed his back, leaving a gash that wasn't too deep but was still excruciatingly painful.
"Viserion!" Daenerys cried out in alarm upon hearing his scream.
Daenerys clenched her fists nervously from the moment the dual crossbows began firing in rapid succession.
She knew that Drogon had high defense and speed, but the ballistae were also fast, and she was afraid that Drogon would not be able to come to Viserion's rescue if he was in danger.
As expected, Viserion was unable to dodge the continuous fire from the two ballistae and was hit.
After Viserion was shot, the Unsullied stopped loading the crossbow bolts. Not only Daenerys was tense, but even the Unsullied's thick nerves were starting to feel the strain from the continuous attacks.
They were afraid that Viserion might not be able to dodge in time and would be wounded or killed by their men.
"hiss!"
As soon as they stopped fighting, they heard Zhuo Geng's slightly angry roar coming from high above.
Viserion showed no sign of landing, and the Unsullied glanced at Daenerys.
They guessed that Drogon was angry that they had stopped, but they had already hit Viserion, so they dared not shoot again and could only look to Daenerys for help.
Looking at Drogon and Viserion still hovering high in the sky, Daenerys realized that Viserion's injury earlier was not because Drogon failed to rescue him in time, but because he probably never intended to.
Perhaps he thought that the injury wasn't serious for Viserion, and that he could even continue training.
Daenerys knew that Drogon was training Viserion so rigorously so that he could avoid injury or even death when facing ballistae in the future.
Thinking that Drogon faced more ballistae than these two on the ground when he burned Geese, Viserion and his companions might encounter a similar situation in the future.
Daenerys could only grit her teeth and nod to the Unsullied. Just as the Unsullied was about to load his arrow, Daenerys became a little worried and instructed, "Lengthen the interval between shots."
Viserion was already injured and his movements were not as agile as before. If he continued to shoot at the same rate, he could have been injured even more seriously.
With Daenerys's approval, the Unsullied continued to load arrows and fire, and Drogon, in the sky, naturally noticed that the firing rate had slowed down.
However, he did not fly down to correct it, and he knew that it must have been Daenerys who made the Unsullied do this.
The reason I didn't rescue Viserion earlier, and why I'm letting him train with his injury now, is, of course, to let him fully experience the feeling of real combat.
When they actually went into battle, it was inevitable that they would get injured; they couldn't just leave the battlefield because they were wounded.
Having been trained by Drogon since birth, Viserion has pretty much figured out Drogon's training methods, which are to make them uncomfortable.
After his cheerful dodges, he was met with a barrage of fire from two ballistae, keeping him constantly on the move and further confirming this point. Viserion could only endure the pain and continue to carefully dodge.
However, no matter how careful he was, his energy and concentration were declining over time, and with his injuries, he was still somewhat powerless to deal with the crossbow bolts aimed at his wings after narrowly dodging them twice.
Just as he was about to be hit, Drogon flew over like lightning, blocking the crossbow bolt between Viserion and the bolt, his four claws catching the incoming bolt.
However, the immense impact of the crossbow bolt still managed to slam his small body against Viserion before stopping.
Although the juvenile has two-thirds the strength and defense of the adult, and its density is not small, it is still a juvenile after all, and the impact of the impact is still very significant.
Seeing that Drogon had shielded Viserion from the attack, Daenerys breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the Unsullied soldiers to stop training.
Seeing that the Unsullied had stopped attacking, Drogon knew that Viserion was nearing his limit, so he let him land and rest, and replaced him with the little female dragon, Rhaegal.