Since Dreamfyre absorbed part of the Everwinter Heart's energy last time, her dragon scales' defense, Dragonflame power, flight speed, and stamina have all greatly improved.
Now, Dreamfyre's combat power among the dragons is such that even Vhagar might not be able to completely defeat her. After all, when dragons reach a certain size, they become too large, which significantly impacts their flexibility.
Dreamfyre, Vermithor, Glutton, and Silver Wing are all at the peak of their dragon lives in terms of various metrics. If it weren't for direct close combat, they might not be unable to contend with Vhagar.
Daniella departed from Runestone City in the afternoon and arrived at the Seaslinder Peninsula early the next morning. Daniella spent the night directly on the dragon's back. It seemed that only this way could she be free from the torment of nightmares.
Unexpectedly, after flying continuously for an entire night, Dreamfyre still didn't show any signs of fatigue, which shows how much she has improved.
The Ice Bay is much warmer now than when Daniella last visited, especially the Seaslinder Peninsula, which is already a lush green. The distant Frozen Coast has also revealed yellow-green tundra areas.
In fact, it's not just the Ice Bay; the temperature throughout the entire North has warmed up considerably, perhaps this is the benefit brought by the end of the Long Night and the Winter. It's just unknown how long this long summer will last!
Sensing Daniella's aura, Little Balerion and Grey Shadow immediately soared from beneath the cluster of tall Weirwood trees, excitedly flying towards Dreamfyre.
"Ang Ga~"
Grey Shadow was the fastest, arriving first beside Dreamfyre. After just over a month apart, she had actually grown another size. Little Balerion and Vagharana, who followed closely behind, were also the same.
The eldest, Little Balerion, had grown to almost the size of Sea Smoke. He truly lives up to being the dragon whose appearance is closest to the Black Dread—Balerion.
However, after absorbing the Everwinter Heart's energy, Grey Shadow and the others' bloodlines should have long surpassed Balerion's. So, if they grow to adulthood safely, their combat power will definitely exceed that of the three founding dragons.
This is also why Daniella keeps them by her side. With Dreamfyre, Meraxes, and Little Balerion around, even if the dragons in Sevan's dream are real, Daniella has nothing to fear.
During this period, Little Balerion and the others have had to hunt for themselves to fill their stomachs, so their combat skills have improved significantly.
On the bodies of Little Balerion and Vagharana, there were still many freshly healed scars. It's unknown what kind of prey they were hunting when these were caused.
As long as the dragons in this world don't die, their bodies can continue to grow. Moreover, their healing ability is incredibly strong; each injury only makes their scales tougher and thicker.
And ever since Daniella mastered the method of establishing a connection between dragons and Weirwood trees, they have been able to continuously obtain magic power gathered from the world through the Weirwood, which has made their physiques extraordinarily strong.
And clearly, the magic power gathered from the distant North by this Weirwood on the Seaslinder Peninsula is the most concentrated, far exceeding that of other Weirwood trees marked by Daniella. This shows how powerful the magic power in the distant Eternal Winter Lands must be.
Since the Holy Flame fleet arrived at the Seaslinder Peninsula, Grey Shadow and the others can finally eat delicious livestock again. However, with their increased intelligence, they had already grown accustomed to the previous mode on Holy Flame Island.
Under the guidance of the Dragon Guard, even without Daniella's control, they still helped the stonemasons forge a lot of Dragonstone.
However, most of the livestock brought to the Seaslinder Peninsula this time were for breeding. The amount available for the three dragons was limited. So, Mederick has already arranged for people to procure more from the North.
The abundant basic supplies brought by the Holy Flame fleet were only a small portion for ensuring the lives of the new immigrants. The majority were for trade exchanges with the various territories in the North.
After all, the North was most affected during the Long Night and Winter last month. Therefore, it naturally urgently needed a large amount of basic supplies. And the trade goods they could offer were only livestock, furs, and timber.
Although Seaslinder's buildings are made of Dragonstone, the demand for timber is not small. Fortunately, many Northern families live along the southeastern coast of the Ice Bay.
Especially the Glover family of Deepwood Motte, relying on the Wolfswood, has extremely rich timber reserves. Mederick's first noble visit after visiting Bear Island was to them.
Therefore, due to the development of Seaslinder, trade throughout the Ice Bay has now flourished. Many nearby lords come to exchange basic supplies.
Although the Seaslinder Peninsula has a cold climate, its geothermal conditions are excellent. After Mederick arrived with the artisans, they immediately cleared out the Sea dragon Cave below the Hot Spring Waterfall and transformed it into an underground fortress.
With Little Balerion and the others helping to forge Dragonstone, plus the Sea dragon Cave itself being relatively deep and vast, the space in this underground fortress is now sufficient to accommodate tens of thousands of people.
Moreover, they used hot springs and geothermal heat to lay out a large number of pipes, so that the temperature inside the fortress can be maintained even in the coldest season.
However, because the coal mine in the cave is of great importance, it has not been opened to the public, except for the artisans and Dragon Guard from Holy Flame Island. And in this past month, large furnaces and forging workshop facilities have already been installed.
Master Orn rushed here immediately after King Jaehaerys's Valyrian armor appreciation event concluded, and began leading the artisans to forge Valyrian equipment.
After all, Daniella had already smelted enough Valyrian steel in Oldtown to make five hundred sets of Valyrian armor and weapons. Now, with the addition of two sea dragon skeletons, another thousand sets can be smelted.
So, upon arriving here, Daniella immediately led the dragons into the underground fortress to smelt new Valyrian steel with Master Orn.
Because of the sacrifice ceremony in Oldtown, enough semi-finished Valyrian steel had already been accumulated. Now, it only needs to be smelted together with the two sea dragon skeletons and the semi-finished product.
So, over the next two days, despite being very tired, Daniella persisted until both sea dragon skeletons were completely consumed. At this point, the Valyrian steel in the fortress is enough to forge fifteen hundred sets of Valyrian armor equipment.
Finally, Daniella and Master Orn decided to use this Valyrian steel to forge five hundred sets of cavalry gear, including horse armor, cavalry armor, spears, and shortswords. Because such equipment could create an invincible army in this world.
Valyrian steel possesses only the properties of indestructibility and invincibility, and its weight is much lighter than ordinary steel. Coupled with Daniella's newly mastered bronze runes, warhorses and soldiers wearing these armors can not only be fearless of blade and spear attacks but also of fire attacks.
After all, Valyrian armor engraved with runes can even withstand a Dragon's Dragonflame.
However, such armor, when there is not enough magic power to absorb, will drain the wearer's energy, which is a big problem. But if such equipment is used to harm one's opponents, it would be a good, insidious trick!
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