"What about you then? From your attire, you must be a native of Dragonstone, right?!"
Daenerys looked at the middle-aged silver-haired man again, her tone cold as she questioned him.
"Reporting, Princess… Princess, this humble one, Garmon, is a native of Fishing Village."
Garmon kept his head bowed low, not daring to let Daenerys see his face.
"Garmon? Interesting! On Dragonstone, you dare to bear this name. I'm quite curious about your story."
Silver-haired Garmon naturally heard the sarcasm and displeasure in Daenerys's tone, so he quickly prostrated himself, kneeling before Daenerys and saying,
"This humble one… This humble one is a descendant of Garmon Targaryen, the second head of House Targaryen after they arrived at Dragonstone."
"Oh! So you possess Targaryen Family blood. No wonder your attire is much more presentable than an ordinary person's."
At this point, Daenerys's tone grew even colder,
"Since you are a descendant of the Targaryen Family's bastard bloodline, why would you collude with outsiders to attempt to steal the Tankrian Family's dragons?"
"A traitor like you is even more detestable than those bandits from outside!"
Daenerys's sudden rise in pitch startled Garmon, who quickly begged for mercy,
"Princess, Princess! Please be merciful!"
"This humble one merely saw their wealth and acted as a guide for them. I truly didn't know they would be so audacious as to attempt to steal the Targaryen Family's dragons!"
"This humble one is wronged, Princess!"
"Princess!"
Daenerys, having already confirmed the full story, was too lazy to continue watching Garmon's feigned act. She waved her hand, ordering her personal guards to take them all away and lock them in the dungeon.
She then instructed Cameron,
"First, settle Princess Senira's three bastards in the manor. Guard them properly and don't let word leak out."
"As for Garmon and the others, lock them all in the dungeon. Send people to arrest Garmon's family and then thoroughly investigate who he has been in close contact with."
"Yes, Princess!"
After Cameron had led everyone away, Harold Darklyn, who was leading men to salvage the three three-masted ships, had already extinguished the fire on the ships and dragged them to the shore.
It would still take them a lot of time to inventory the supplies on the ships, so Daenerys, with the remaining people from Skagos Island, walked towards Glutton, preparing to check on Glutton's condition.
"Princess, that dragon is currently in a state of rage. We still shouldn't get too close."
Dax couldn't help but advise.
"It's fine. We just need to stand outside of her Dragonflame's range."
At this moment, Glutton was devouring the people burned to death by her Dragonflame, the metal chains binding her clanking as she struggled.
Dragons are indeed intelligent creatures; their Dragonflame can actually slowly melt the metal chains on their bodies.
However, the metal chains binding the dragons were all made of special alloys, with melting points reaching two to three thousand degrees and above. By the time a dragon could melt the metal chains, the high temperature of these chains would be enough to cause fatal damage to the dragon.
Although the youths from Skagos Island, coming from the wild northern islands, had witnessed various bloody and cruel scenes, this was probably their first time seeing a dragon burn people to death and then eat them! So, while they didn't experience any uncomfortable physiological reactions, they all felt a sense of sorrow!
This caused the sacred image of dragons in their hearts to be somewhat diminished.
This must be the psychology of empathy for one's own kind!
Therefore, no matter how powerful you are, if you continuously commit unjust atrocities, you will sooner or later suffer a backlash from those you oppress!
Whether it was the Dragonlords and dragons who survived the Great Valyria Disaster, or the dragons in the original history who were slaughtered by the King's Landing mob in the Dragonpit, the fundamental reason was that people's hatred and fear were all guided and transferred onto them.
The Valyria Freehold enslaved the people of the entire Essos continent for countless centuries. The resentment accumulated during this period was tolerable when the Valyrian Dragonlords had enough power to suppress it. But when the Great Cataclysm provided an opportunity, they immediately spared no effort to eliminate all dragons and descendants of the Dragonlord Family.
The Dance of the Dragons plunged the Seven Kingdoms into years of war and chaos, causing immense suffering for the common people. Moreover, the successive fall of dragons made them no longer consider dragons as untouchable divine beings, which led to the mob's assault on the King's Landing Dragonpit.
The reason Daenerys disregarded all the gossip and brought Dreamfire to participate in the construction of the tourney grounds was to show people that dragons are not only powerful weapons of war but also have significant uses in other areas.
"Oh?! Princess, look, that great axe also seems to be made of Valyrian steel."
Watcher suddenly pointed to some scattered weapons dozens of meters from Glutton and said to Daenerys.
Daenerys didn't have as good eyesight as Watcher, and that area was still within Glutton's Dragonflame attack range. Even Daenerys wouldn't dare to easily go over to investigate!
"Dax, hurry to White Sheep Town and have someone drive a herd of discarded yellow oxen and old horses over."
Hearing Daenerys say this, Dax immediately understood and quickly led people towards White Sheep Town.
And Glutton, though busy devouring, had long since noticed Daenerys. This fierce old dragon had never been tamed by the Tankrian Family. She had shown no mercy to the Targaryen Family bloodline.
Especially towards Daenerys, the culprit who had bound her here, Glutton loathed her immensely.
As long as Daenerys dared to approach, she would undoubtedly breathe Dragonflame at her without hesitation.
By the time Harold and his men had moved more than half of the supplies from the ships, Dax and his group finally drove over a dozen old oxen and horses.
To attract Glutton's attention, Daenerys directly rode Dreamfire above Glutton's head. This immediately enraged the old dragon, feeling greatly offended.
Meanwhile, Dax and his group blindfolded the old oxen and horses, then fiercely cut them on their hindquarters, causing them to madly rush towards Glutton.
The swift-moving Wolford brothers and Kai took advantage of the chaos to quickly rush over and collect all the scattered weapons.
By this time, Glutton had already roasted all the old oxen and horses that had rushed to her side into charcoal.
"Alas! What a pity for those cowhides and horsehides."
Seeing that the task was successfully completed, Daenerys immediately rode Dreamfire down.
She eagerly took the great axe that Watcher had mentioned,
"So heavy!"
Although Daenerys's strength was considerable now, she still had to use all her might to barely lift this massive axe.
Its dark color and unique, beautiful ripple pattern all indicated that this was indeed a great axe made of Valyrian steel.
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