Patirius proved quite efficient. In less than a month, he sold all his ancestral property and his shares in the Iron Bank to Otherys and several other families.
Of course, they drove a hard bargain. The sale brought in only a little over sixty-five million gold dragons in total.
After handing thirty million gold dragons over to Utherys, he finally obtained the three dragon eggs.
He spent fifteen million gold dragons on eighty three-masted sailing ships. Together with the ships his family already owned, they formed a fleet of more than a hundred and twenty vessels, which departed Braavos in grand procession and sailed toward the Sunset Sea.
Meanwhile, Danyla received word that Oldtown had been attacked by the Iron Islands fleet and a sea monster.
She immediately left affairs in Braavos to Cameron and Walda, then rode Dreamfyre back toward Oldtown with the other dragons.
After flying for an entire day and night, Danyla finally reached Oldtown at noon the following day.
More than ten days had passed since the attack on Oldtown, and the sunken ships in the bay had all been salvaged. Sixty-eight largely intact longships stood at the Oldtown Docks, undergoing refurbishment and repairs.
The buildings destroyed in the disaster had yet to be rebuilt. The docks, however, had already been cleared, and normal trade had resumed.
"Aaargh~"
Sensing Danyla's presence, Amoros and Antheros immediately took flight from the ruins of the Lookout Tower and gathered excitedly around Dreamfyre.
Danyla could hardly believe her eyes. Six young dragons, each about the same size as Hognara and the others, were following Amoros!!! And two more were sprawled across his back!!!
Amoros led her to the ruins of the Lookout Tower, where Himolos had fallen. Perhaps because she had absorbed the golden energy, her body showed no signs