"Anghga~"
The copper-red dragonfire and the flames in the surrounding defensive trenches lit Urrax's reddish-brown scales until they looked like fiery red steel.
In just a few blinks, he had reached the cliffs of Prince's Pass. Searing copper-red dragonfire poured straight down, destroying several small catapults in an instant.
The Dornish near the catapults also caught fire. Howling in agony, they leaped off the cliffs to end the torment of burning alive. The dragonfire splashing in all directions also ignited the bags of venomous snakes and scorpions piled near the catapults.
Driven mad by the flames, swarms of venomous snakes and scorpions attacked the nearby Dornish indiscriminately.
"Archers, spearmen, attack the wicked dragon at will!"
"It's only a young dragon! It can easily be killed!"
Most adult Dornish were skilled at mounted archery, and expert spearmen were countless among them. They were also tenacious, never readily admitting defeat in war. Even though this was their first encounter with a great dragon spewing dragonfire, they soon recovered from their shock and fired their arrows and hurled their spears at Urrax.
But after breathing his dragonfire, Urrax had already vanished into the darkness under cover of night.
Meanwhile, several bags containing venomous snakes and scorpions had burst open amid the Reach army. The creatures soon recovered from their daze.
The sharp pain of the fall and the drugs the Dornish had sprayed on them sent them straight into a frenzy, and they lunged at the crowd without hesitation.
Yet the moment they landed, the Reach soldiers had already brought out the special powder Ser Roxton had issued to every man before their departure. Danyla had made it by adding large quantities of realgar and poisonous minerals to the powder the maesters had developed to repel venomous creatures.
The newly awakened snakes and