Chapter 397: Conquering Dragonstone

"Roar—"

The dragon's roar made Dragonstone tremble. The servants in the castle were scared into a frenzy, shivering and hiding. The mother and daughter of Dragonstone also hid in the dining room, not daring to show their faces.

The guards of Dragonstone were also somewhat panicked. Then, seeing the overwhelming warships sailing towards Dragonstone from the sea, their faces finally showed signs of despair. They dropped their weapons one after another, kneeling to surrender.

Rhaenys, leading the Golden Company herself, easily took Dragonstone without a fight. The guards of Dragonstone did not resist at all and surrendered without a fight.

Then, the soldiers of the Golden Company successfully landed and took control of the entire Dragonstone.

"Princess Rhaenys' divine might is unparalleled," said Myles Toyne, the commander of the Golden Company, clad in heavy plate armor and a black cloak.

He stood on the muddy land of Dragonstone's coast, looking up at the volcano spewing white smoke, and couldn't help but sigh.

The dragon was flying in the sky, the volcano of Dragonstone was emitting thick smoke, the endless warships, and the soldiers ready to fight. For a moment, Myles Toyne felt as if he was in the grand scene of Aegon preparing to conquer Westeros three hundred years ago.

Rhaenys, the dragon knight, also stood on the coast. She was wearing a custom-made lady's armor, her brown hair flowing, a black and red cloak draped over her shoulders, a dragon head badge, and a long sword at her waist. She looked heroic.

"Thank you for your praise, Lord Myles Toyne, but I'm still far behind my brother," she said humbly after hearing Myles Toyne's praise.

Myles Toyne glanced at her when he heard her words. He knew that sometimes Princess Rhaenys would call the king 'brother'.

This was not strange. After all, Princess Rhaenys was a few years older than the other regent princess.

"What does your Highness plan to do next..."

The commander of the Unsullied, Grey Worm, stood beside Rhaenys with his hands behind his back, listening to the conversation without saying a word.

In this expedition, Viserys led the Dothraki to the front line, and the fleet escorting them was Euron Greyjoy's Iron Fleet.

Rhaenys personally led more than ten thousand soldiers of the Golden Company, and also drew two thousand Unsullied as her personal guards, protected by her side, escorted by the Dragonstone fleet of the Master of the Sea, Jeffrey Bracken.

Viserys arranged this plan with consideration. His side was a hellish difficulty level.

Not only were the enemies they faced terrifying, but the soldiers under his command, whether they were Dothraki or the Iron Fleet, Euron Greyjoy, were not easy to deal with.

He was worried that Rhaenys could not deter these people.

Therefore, he commanded all of them, and what he left to Rhaenys were relatively simple beginner-level tasks.

With the dragon Rhaegal, the loyal Unsullied protecting her, and old man Jeffrey Bracken, compared to the Dothraki and Euron, the Golden Company was as gentle as a little lamb.

Rhaenys' first major task after capturing Dragonstone was to build a supply line between Pentos and Dragonstone to ensure that the army had no worries about advancing.

"Over here!"

"Be careful!"

The soldiers of the Golden Company were busy unloading war supplies.

Then, led by the Unsullied soldiers wearing new dragon scale armor and full weapons, Princess Rhaenys walked in the front, with Myles Toyne, the commander of the Golden Company, following behind her. They climbed the long stairs to the black castle on Dragonstone.

Rhaenys had spent her childhood here. Every flower, every stone, every tree, every stone, she was extremely familiar with. However, as time passed, the memories of the past became blurred.

"Things have changed a lot."

Since Stannis ascended to Dragonstone, all items and brocades related to the Targaryen family in the castle were taken down and replaced with the banners of House Baratheon.

"Your Highness."

Outside the castle gate, two fully armed Unsullied soldiers were on guard.

Rhaenys' Unsullied guards had already taken control of the castle. Now all the guards of Dragonstone had their weapons confiscated and were detained by the soldiers of the Golden Company.

The Unsullied soldiers saw Rhaenys and her party coming, slightly bowed their heads in salute, and then turned around to open the castle gate for Princess Rhaenys.

Boom—

The metal castle gate made a dull sound and slowly opened.

If it weren't for the guards of Dragonstone seeing the dragon landing and immediately kneeling to surrender, it would probably take some effort to break this castle.

However, Rhaenys, standing outside the city gate, did not rush in. Instead, she stood still, looking at the banner of House Baratheon fluttering above her head.

Then she reached out to take it down and looked at it in her hand, then threw it to the ground and said to the Unsullied soldier.

"Clean up all these things, but don't waste them. Distribute them to the people on the island to make some clothes."

"Compared to the emblems on the brocade, the people know better who is really good to them."

"Understood, Your Highness!"

The Unsullied soldier, wearing a helmet, bowed his head and promised in a serious voice.

Rhaenys also nodded in satisfaction, then continued to walk into the castle.

Everything in the castle was extremely familiar to Rhaenys. Every room, every corridor, the empty hall, and the stone throne in the middle.

Rhaenys remembered that Viserys had met the envoy of Braavos here before leaving Dragonstone, and she had also sat on it. It was cold and hard, not very comfortable.

But she never thought that one day she would return here as a conqueror.

The brown-haired girl, clad in bright armor, stood in the hall, looking somewhat dazedly at the throne in the middle, her eyes complex.

Because of being too familiar, Viserys didn't notice that with the passage of time, the two once carefree girls had gradually grown up and each had their own thoughts.

And Grey Worm stood with his hands behind his back, and Myles Toyne was silent, fearing to disturb Rhaenys.

After a while, Rhaenys came back to her senses and gave a slightly apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry."

Then she looked around and asked.

"I heard that we've captured the wife and daughter of Stannis Baratheon, the usurper's brother. Where are they?"