Chapter 147 The giant blue-gold shadow

Clay didn't know about the great changes in the North due to some strange combination of circumstances. When he left this time, he didn't leave any communication method like last time. He didn't even know where to find Daenerys, so how could he stay? Where is the communication place?

It took two days for Clay to approach the deserted Changjie Island in the dim sunset. Under the strict order of the old man, the Mandalay family had implemented the blockade of Changjie Island very thoroughly.

If it hadn't been for Clay himself, it would have been impossible for the ship to cross the blockade and reach the shore of Long Sister Island.

After getting off the ship, the ship immediately left according to Clay's order. At least until Clay came back, it was not appropriate for others to know the existence of Galesos, as this would cause unnecessary trouble.

Clay walked around the shore and found no trace of Galesos, but this is normal. At this time, the dragon should not go out to hunt. The small cave must not be able to accommodate the current dragon. Clay did not Don't know where it is.

Walking deeper into the island, Clay's demon hunter senses allowed him to see many suspicious traces on the ground. Among other things, the huge claw marks. If there were no strange species on the island, then It can only be left behind by Galesos.

Clay squatted down and pushed aside the overturned turf. The claw marks left on the ground were quite large, almost as big as half of Clay's body. If you extrapolate from this, Galesos' current size is probably not small. .

After wandering for a long time, Clay could not find the shadow of the giant dragon. Creatures such as dragons cannot be found by following the traces. If you look for it and just flutter its wings and take off, the traces will become useless.

Clay had no choice but to find a sheltered place, lit a bonfire, made a simple grill, and grilled the food he brought.

Night had arrived, and the sun rose over the Narrow Sea and set in the direction of Westeros, at least from Clay's current location.

But Clay didn't wait long. When the last ray of the sun set in the west, the majestic sound of flapping wings sounded from behind Clay. Obviously, something big was coming from there.

Turning around suddenly, he saw an extremely huge dark blue shadow passing over Clay's head in the sky. The figure of the dragon appeared in Clay's eyes again after more than two months.

Clay really didn't expect Galesos to grow so big. The old man's description to him last time was obviously conservative. This guy has grown from the size of a big cat to a wingspan of more than ten meters now. of behemoth.

That is to say, there is magic in this world of ice and fire. Otherwise, in another world, the cell division speed that is so outrageous without any basic laws would have been arrested and studied long ago.

Galesos obviously also discovered the bonfire on the ground. The giant dragon that has ruled this place for so long has seen humans for the first time in such an inland place. He just wanted to see which one is too long-lived. The guy came here, and then he sensed the presence of his owner.

Creatures like dragons have a very strong sense of dependence and trust on the people who raise them, especially people like Clay who have had magical communication with them.

Although it was only a little bit old when Clay sent it here, it still understood its owner's intention and hunted on the island by itself, grilling fish in the biting bay.

Its diet ranges from snakes, small lizards, to sheep, and all kinds of large land creatures. Up to its current position, it sees a water column with a whale breathing on the sea surface. If it dives down, the scorching dragon flames will roast the entire back of the unlucky whale. .

Relying on its sharp teeth and claws, if Galesos is closer to the shore, it will use its wings to drag the captured whale to the shore, and then slowly enjoy it.

If you stay far away, anyway, even if the whale dies, its body will not sink into the sea immediately. It will circle back and forth, spitting out dragon flames to roast a little bit at a time, and finish off its food one bite at a time.

Although the other hunters in the sea were tightened by the smell of blood, none of them dared to come up and compete with Galesos for food. Even if they did, they would be turned into snacks after the meal in the next mouthful of dragon flames.

Just kidding, in front of the ultimate predator, they only deserve to eat some leftovers. Although they were treated better this time, they encountered fully cooked food, which was a change of taste for them...

Seeing Clay again, Galesos hissed, his dragon wings vibrated, and his strong body drew a circle in the sky. He turned around and landed in front of Clay's bonfire.

Dazzled by the wind and sand stirred up by the dragon wings, Clay stretched out his hand to block his eyes. Losing his vision, he only felt a loud thump on the ground in front of him.

At the same time, a thought rang in his heart, which probably meant, Master, come and see!

When the wind and sand dispersed, Clay just put down his arm, and the huge dragon head was placed directly in front of his eyes. I have to say that Galesos's appearance is really good.

The dark blue scales have completely grown, extending from the tip of the nose to the back, and a golden texture still retains its charm even in the night.

Clay felt obvious heat, part of which came from the high temperature in Galesos's mouth, and the other part came from the extremely high body temperature of the dragon itself.

According to records, in winter, especially in cold nights, the heat from the dragon's body makes it look like its whole body is smoking, which is a strange sight.

Looking at the majestic creature in front of him, Clay felt proud. Can you see it clearly? Such a big dragon, so beautiful, mine!

The dragon's nose sniffed hard at the pancakes Clay placed on the grill. The twitching air caused the campfire to sway in all directions. Clay once again thought about what Galesos meant, but that meaning was not so friendly. .

"Is this food edible? I don't smell anything delicious..."

Regarding this, Clay could only roll his eyes. Although both dragons and humans eat cooked food, it is obvious that the dragon has narrowed its path when it comes to eating. It just has extraordinary pleasure in cooked meat. As for Others are ignored.

"Okay, okay, you eat yours, I'll eat mine, and neither of us cares about the other."

Clay pushed away Galesos's big head. If he didn't speak, Galesos's thoughts were already focused on sharing with him which part of the whale was delicious.

One person and one dragon were communicating like this. Galesos' huge body nestled down next to Clay, his slender neck resting on the ground, and the dragon's head resting in front of Clay's eyes.

Clay leaned against Galesos's body and looked at the twinkling stars in the cloudless sky. He knew that tomorrow was the day for his departure. Galesos and himself were about to start another journey on the Essos continent. journey.

He felt the temperature of the dragon's body. Perhaps it was due to the infusion of his own magic power. His dragon grew too fast. In his memory, Daenerys's dragon was probably slightly bigger now, but it was completely different from Galesso's. Si's size is incomparable.

That's okay, dragons are a proud race, and only stronger forces can tame them. If Clay only brought a dragon that was slightly larger than a war horse and could barely be ridden, it might not have much of a deterrent effect.

Clay doesn't know exactly where Daenerys is now. Because the current situation in Westeros has turned upside down due to his intervention, he can no longer tell when something happened in Essos.

This is the only window period for him to go to Essos. Now, the attention of all Westeros is attracted by the offensive and defensive battle under King's Landing. Living in White Harbor, he has the opportunity to leave Westeros for a while, and then After that, there will be no such opportunity.

The palm of his hand caressed Galesos's long neck, which was intertwined with golden textures. The part where the bone and membrane were connected, gradually sank with Clay's caress, which meant that the dragon was now in an extremely relaxed state.

It was probably because he had too much dinner. Although Galesos was very excited to see Clay and rubbed his big head against Clay's body for a while, he was still a little sleepy now.

The dragon opened its mouth, first burped, and then yawned very obviously, a unique dragon yawn. Galesos shrank his body and covered himself and Clay with huge dragon wings. It's ready to sleep.

"What a lazy guy. It's a pity that I still lack the complete dragon training skills of the Valyrian Empire. Look at what you look like now. Sleep after eating."

Clay touched the long dragon horns of Galesos, which are the two sharpest bones on the dragon's skull. The rest will have some small bone spurs of different lengths depending on the dragon species.

The current Galesos, in fact, has far greater symbolic significance on the battlefield than its military significance. During Aegon's conquest, the reason why the three dragons were invincible was because they were all adult dragons, and their bodies were as big as those of young dragons. Don't.

It is said that Aegon's mount, Balerion, the Black Death famous in the Seven Kingdoms, lived until the reign of Arbiter Jaehaerys I before finally being unable to withstand the limit of his lifespan and dying in the dragon's lair in King's Landing.

It lived for more than two hundred years in total. Dragons, magical creatures that go against common sense, will continue to grow until the moment of death as long as they have enough food and open space for growth.

It can be said that when the Valyrian Empire still existed, there would definitely be a dragon bigger than Balerion, the Black Death, in this world, not just one, but probably a group of them.

Perhaps, in the eyes of the Valyrian dragon kings who mastered the core dragon training skills, Balerion's size was just basic operation, and everything else might be considered stunted.

Speaking of the Valyrian Empire, this is another thing that puzzles Clay, because the collapse of this huge empire is really something that goes against common sense.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the survivors. Now everyone knows that of the more than fifty Dragon King families, only one Targaryen is left, and strictly speaking, they are not survivors, because in the Valyrian Empire Before the collapse, their family had moved away.

It is said that the Valyrian Free Fortress was built on fourteen fire peaks. When the end came, all the fire peaks erupted together. The once magnificent and great Free Fortress was reduced to dust, and the huge empire became history in an instant.

It’s all passed down like this, as if this is the truth of history, but you can’t stand to think about it carefully, because when you think about it, you will find that it cannot be explained in many places.

First of all, let’s not talk about how the leader of the Targaryen family at the time foresaw this catastrophe. Let’s talk about the other more than fifty unlucky dragon king families. These are dragons, not ones running on the ground. They are dragons that can fly with their wings. Can reach heaven.

The volcanoes erupted at the same time. Yes, the scale may be a little bigger and the continent was shattered, but this kind of thing can be done overnight. It really makes the whole floor look like paper.

Even if the disaster happened and all the dragons were sleeping in their nests, they wouldn't have any time to react, right? As long as they can fly into the sky, they can run away, right?

Clay didn't believe that the dragon kings of Valyria would do anything to coexist with the empire. Look at how smooth the Targaryen family escaped.

Also, the Valyrian Free Fortress conquered so many places at that time, and the borders were far away from the capital. In this case, wouldn't there be dragons and dragon knights stationed abroad?

The current situation is that the volcano under the Valyrian Free Fortress erupted, and then, overnight, all the dragons and dragon knights, along with most of the civilians, disappeared.

But judging from the degree of destruction, Clay felt that this was probably a direct hit from a thing named "Big Ivan" produced by Pinnacle Maozi in his past life memory, right?

No matter how you look at it, this cannot be explained by ordinary natural and man-made disasters. It is extremely unbelievable to die to this extent.

Clay believes that he needs to take a look at the ruins of the Valyrian Free Fortress. There are too many mysteries in it. He never believes that a volcanic eruption can turn a huge empire into this.

Nowadays, almost all records about the history of Valyria are gone on the market. There are only the corners of the city, and there may be some remnants in several large city-states in Essos.

These word-of-mouth claims are no longer credible. In Clay's opinion, it was the gods themselves who did it. This is probably the most ridiculous explanation, but it is also the most reliable.

"I wonder what I'll encounter in Essos again, what do you think, Galesos?"

Clay patted Galesos on the head, but the only answer he received was the dragon's even breathing and relaxed snores. Obviously, this dragon, which slept after eating, had completely fallen asleep.

Clay smiled. It seems that all the answers can only be found on the continent on the east coast of the Narrow Sea, whether it is his final meeting with Daenerys, the last Targaryen, or annihilation. The truth in history is waiting for Clay Mandler.

Go to sleep. You will definitely have a good dream tonight. I heard that people with the blood of the Dragon King will dream about giant dragons. This is called dragon dream. I wonder if I will dream about it tonight?

Clay thought, his eyes gradually became heavier and heavier as he looked at the sea of ​​twinkling stars in the sky.

I don't know when, he also fell asleep.