The three khals learned wisely and knew that Viserys was looking for him. They hid in the crowd without revealing any flaws, hiding it from Viserys's eyes.
Then he looked at the dazzling pillar of fire falling from the sky behind him, and cold sweat fell from his forehead.
Although the Dothraki are not afraid of death, they are just words to encourage the tribesmen. As a Khal, he still hopes to live one more day.
"Is this a dragon? This is simply a devil!"
"Although the Dothraki warriors are brave, how can they deal with such a devil?"
As for Jacoka, who emerged from under the horse's belly, he was still a little frightened. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but speak.
When the terrifying behemoth quickly swooped close to him, he could even smell the pungent smell of sulfur on the opponent's body.
He really thought he was going to die.
Fortunately, the dragon did not breathe fire above their heads.
Khal Giacomo spoke out the thoughts of everyone present. Even Khal Pono, who had no dealings with him, rarely agreed with his point of view.
There is no way this battle can be fought.
Although the Dothraki war horses are well-trained, they will still be frightened when faced with fierce beasts such as tigers and leopards. This is an instinctive reaction of animals.
And letting the war horse face the terrifying dragon will be even more difficult to control unless you are already familiar with it.
More than half of the strength of the Dothraki is on horseback. If the horses are unable to use against the dragon, then the threat of the Dothraki will be eliminated a lot.
"Dear Horse King."
At this moment, a man with neatly trimmed short hair and plain gray robes followed the three horse kings and spoke in High Valyrian.
He had just been frightened by the dragon's swooping figure, and he thought he was about to die.
He had even seen the dragon knight sitting on the dragon's back.
However, now he can no longer recognize the figure of the other party.
The boy who came to Braavos for the first time eight years ago looked calm on the surface, but in fact there was panic in his eyes that could not be concealed.
Warning, walking on thin ice.
but now.
Viserys rode on the back of the dragon, and swooped down toward the thousands of horses. The dragon's flames burned the earth, and the Dothraki Horse King, who was famous for his bravery, was shocked and got under the horse's belly.
Cleon raised his head and looked at the dragon's retreating figure in the sky and sighed slightly.
He was the Alderman of Braavos who welcomed Viserys off the ship eight years ago.
Then Cleon withdrew his gaze and looked at the three Dothraki horse kings in front of him and their bloodriders.
"Dear Dothraki Horse King."
"Remember the weapons Braavos gave you to fight the dragon?"
"Now is the time to use them!"
The Dothraki did not engage in production, and the siege weapons they built were ugly and shoddy. Therefore, Braavos gave them weapons to deal with dragons, giant crossbows that can be called 'dragon killers'.
However, due to the hit rate, it is actually not that easy for a giant crossbow to hit a fast-flying dragon.
And with the dragon's body, as long as it doesn't directly hit a vital point such as the eye, it can survive a few hard blows.
Braavos mainly hopes to use the giant crossbow to limit the performance of the black dragon under Viserys, at least not so unscrupulously.
However, despite being poor and possessing nothing, the Dothraki were arrogant and did not want to use these weapons.
They believed that Dothraki warriors could defeat any enemy.
Although they finally accepted these giant crossbows, they had no intention of putting them to use. They just dragged them with horses at the rear of the army together with the baggage carts.
And now the words of Cleon, the messenger of Braavos, were translated into Dothraki and spoken to the Khals.
Then these Khals looked at each other in confusion, and then they remembered that the people of Braavos seemed to have given them weapons to use against the dragon.
Khal Giacomo and Khal Pono, who had long braids, looked at each other, always feeling that they were a bit embarrassed.
The gray-haired Mosokao pondered for a moment, and then spoke in Dothraki.
"Just do as the emissary of Braavos says."
Old Kaa has already understood some truths after living for so many years. He doesn't care about the so-called face, and then waved his hand.
"Bring out those giant crossbows!"
"Yes, the blood of my blood."
Mosokao gave an order and his bloodriders stood up, got on their horses and turned their horses' heads, ignoring the unextinguished dragon flames behind them, and rode towards the place where the giant crossbows were stored.
The bloodriders of Khal Jako and Khal Bonno did not move a step, but just watched indifferently.
Although the three khalasars have now cooperated and formed a coalition to attack Pentos, it is impossible for these Dothraki who usually fight against each other to put down all their grudges at once.
They only listened to the words of their own Khal, but their Khal did not speak and would not move a step.
And in the sky, the wind was still howling.
Viserys sat on the back of the dragon and lay down to avoid the arrow rain below. After the Dothraki overcame the initial panic, they gradually launched a counterattack under the orders of their respective Cascos.
The Dothraki are good at scimitars, short bows and long whips. The short bow is a double-curved bow suitable for riding and shooting, and is made of bent animal horns, wood or animal bones.
Both the Dothraki and the Dornish were particularly fond of this bow, as they could easily use it from horseback to deliver a deadly hail of arrows at their enemies, rather than hitting targets one at a time.
Bang bang bang——
The bowstrings sounded one after another like raindrops hitting the ground.
An overwhelming rain of arrows was fired at Balerion as he swooped down, but the dragon's hard scales could block these ordinary arrows.
clang clang clang.
The arrows thrown by the Dothraki bows fell on Balerion's scales, making a sound of metal collision, and fell to the ground one after another.
And at this time.
Bang!
There was a sudden loud sound from the bow string, covering up the sound of other bow strings shooting.
A spear that was two meters long flew out, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and flew straight towards Balerion in the sky.
"Ho--"
The black dragon has sharp eyes and high intelligence.
He saw this threatening spear at a glance, then let out a low roar and tilted his head slightly in mid-air.
Whoosh——
The spear fired by the giant crossbow shot straight into the sky from a dozen meters away from Balerion's head.
"Giant crossbow."
Viserys was lying on the dragon's back and his heart sank slightly when he saw this scene.
Although the hit rate of the giant crossbow is extremely low, the opponent can actually pose a threat to the giant dragon.
"Balerion!"
Viserys shouted in a low voice.
Balerion seemed to be enraged, and sprayed dragon flames down at the place where the giant crossbow had just been launched.
Rumble——
The fire cleanses the earth again.
The Braavos soldiers who fired their giant crossbows let out a shrill scream.