On the sea of Shipbreaker Bay, the Dragonstone Fleet came riding the storm.
Bad weather hindered their progress, but it also obscured their whereabouts.
Wow——
The warship broke through the wind and waves and was hidden in the storm, while the heavy rain was still pouring down, and big raindrops pattered on the deck.
The sky was gloomy and terrifying, and countless warships were lined up on the sea and emerged from the fog.
He was elusive, as if he had emerged from under the sea, and seemed to appear in the sight of the sentinels of Storm's End out of thin air.
The soldiers of the Baratheon family stood on the watchtower and rubbed their eyes fiercely, watching the huge fleet hidden in the storm approaching quickly.
"this…"
"This is…"
He even couldn't believe his eyes, and after reacting, he hurriedly sounded the alarm bell.
However it was too late.
The fleet has already sailed through the wind and waves towards the port of Storm's End.
Storm's End is one of the strongest castles in the Seven Kingdoms. The castle is surrounded by thick outer walls.
The thickest part is about a hundred feet high and forty feet thick. The side facing the sea is about eighty feet thick. It is extremely strong. The city wall is composed of two layers of rock and a sandwich of sand and gravel.
The wall is in a smooth arc shape, and the stones are so compact that not even a breath of wind can escape.
There are even legends that Storm's End Castle was built by the ancient Storm King using magic to withstand the harsh climate of Shipbreaker Bay.
Storm's End actually has no port itself. There is a cliff next to the sea. There is only one waterway that can lead to the interior of Storm's End, but it is blocked by a fence gate.
The harbor at Storm's End was built for Stannis to train the royal navy.
Because of its superior geographical location and deep offshore water, it is not difficult for Storm's End to build a port. Not far from the castle is the place where the Wang family's naval forces are currently hoarded.
And now.
These newly launched Royal Navy warships were all huddled in the port, with ropes fixed and blankets covered, making full preparations to withstand the storm.
Stannis has lived at Storm's End since he was a child, so he is naturally very familiar with the bad weather in Shipbreaker Bay.
In addition, we received a warning from the Citadel not long ago, and the east coast of Westeros is about to experience an unprecedented huge storm in the near future.
Although Shipbreaker Bay was not the center of this storm, the impact was not great, maybe just a heavy rain.
But the cautious man is still fully prepared.
Therefore, Stannis had long ago ordered that all warships were prohibited from leaving the port, the navy's training plan was temporarily shelved, and all soldiers stayed in the barracks and were not allowed to board the ships.
Therefore, before this storm came, not even half a sampan could be found in the entire sea area near Storm's End Castle, so it was naturally impossible to detect the quietly approaching Targaryen fleet.
Now the Targaryen fleet was hidden in the storm that had just started, riding the wind and waves straight towards the port of Storm's End.
Although the fleet also suffered some losses in the storm, these losses were still within an acceptable range.
After all, the straight-line distance from the center of the storm in Blackwater Bay is more than 600 nautical miles, and this is just the edge of the storm.
Just because the storm kept moving, Storm's End was also affected by the disaster.
The Targaryen fleet arrived suddenly, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, catching the soldiers of the Baratheon family by surprise.
No one would have thought in advance that the Targaryen fleet would arrive in a storm. The Royal Navy at Storm's End did not even launch a single sampan into the sea, leaving them completely defenseless.
Then this fleet, which had just taken shape and had not even fought a single battle, suffered a devastating blow.
Boom boom boom——
The trebuchet on the fleet's flagship, the Black Death, roared, and the stone bullets made a dull sound as they broke through the air, directly hitting the densely packed Baratheon fleet huddled in the port in the distance.
There were even many stone bullets wrapped in kerosene cloth bags and then ignited. The kerosene would not be extinguished by the violent rain. The flying charcoal stone bullets severely bombarded the warships of the Baratheon fleet.
If they were deployed in a formation on the sea, perhaps the accuracy of these large-scale siege weapons would not be so high, but now Baratheon's fleet is all densely huddled in the port.
The anchors were even firmly fixed to the shore with ropes, and the ships were tightly packed together. The ropes also connected the warships together to prevent them from being scattered and hitting each other in the storm and suffering serious losses.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with Stannis's order, because it was indeed the best way to withstand the storm.
There was no way for the warship to be pushed ashore or carried into the castle. It could only use its strong body to carry it through the wind and waves. Fixing the ship together could effectively increase the damage it could withstand the storm.
But now that they have been attacked, the connected warships have become a target for the Targaryen fleet.
The soldiers responsible for controlling the trebuchets and ballistas did not even need to aim at all. They only needed to pull the rope to project the stone projectiles to hit the target.
Boom boom boom——
The newly built royal fleet of the Baratheon family howled in the storm. The stone bullets smashed through the deck and the billowing black smoke of kerosene ignited the covering cloth, and then ignited the warships in the storm.
Phew~
The flames blown by the wind spread in the cabin below the deck. The flames gradually rose, and the fire snakes flew, igniting the food and grass stored in the cabin.
The pillars supporting the deck were engulfed in the fire, and then collapsed with a roar. The entire warship was wrapped in red fire, and then finally separated from the sea water and gradually sank.
However, more warships were hit by fire oil stone bombs, and later the Targaryen fleet even directly launched fire oil barrels through trebuchets, further fueling the fire.
In an instant.
A port not far from Storm's End.
A fire burned raging in the heavy rain. The Baratheon family's fleet was completely engulfed in flames. Thick billowing black smoke rose straight into the sky, and the firelight reflected the entire sky red.
And on the second deck of the Black Death in the distance.
Viserys stood in the heavy rain and strong wind, without shrinking into the cabin, because he wanted to feel more intuitively what the war was really like.
As a result, the boy was soaked in the rain. His long silver-gold hair was stuck to his fair face, and water droplets kept sliding down his cheeks.
However, Viserys's lavender eyes were exceptionally bright, reflecting the sea of fire in the distance.
"This fire burned away the usurper's ambition to invade Dragonstone in the next five years."