Dragons, due to their physiology, possessed extraordinarily strong defenses.
Adult dragons in particular could grow over a hundred meters long, and the scales covering their bodies were astonishingly thick. Many records therefore claimed that they were immune to most physical and magical attacks. In truth, "immune" was not entirely accurate. Their defenses were simply so incredible that ordinary physical and magical attacks could not penetrate their scales and harm them, having almost no effect at all.
Even adult dragons would be injured if they faced the magical attacks of a tenth-level mage. Thus, so-called magic immunity was merely a relative state.
Gu Ding was now a seventh-level mage, with attack power comparable to that of a ninth-level mage. Dealing with a few young dragons less than ten meters long was no trouble at all.
Gu Ding took less than two hours to fly from King's Landing to Pentos.
When he arrived in Pentos, Daenerys was giving a speech at the harbor with several dragons beside her.
Gu Ding entered a small clothing shop, took a black robe, left silver coins beside it, and departed. After walking into an alley, he used transformation magic to turn himself into the size of an adult man. He then changed into the black robe, its hood burying his head deep within its folds.
Wearing the black robe, Gu Ding returned to the harbor. He passed through the crowd and walked toward Daenerys, only to be stopped by several guards.
With a wave of his hand, Gu Ding froze all the guards into ice sculptures.
The sudden turn of events caused many people to cry out. Jorah and Daario stepped in front of Daenerys, shielding her behind them as they watched Gu Ding with wary expressions.
The three dragons, each seven or eight meters long,