"Roar."
The Dragon Horde roared shrilly, seemingly venting their anger at being unable to hunt down the Sea Dragon.
Bright Dragonfire poured forth simultaneously, streaming down from high above onto the Iron Fleet's battle line. The billowing Dragonfire could half-melt steel, let alone wood and men.
Black smoke rolled across the sea. Neither the longships nor the Iron Fleet's warships could withstand the Magic Dragons' repeated bombardments of Dragonfire.
The Magic Dragons had also discovered that the longships posed little threat. The longships were nimble and suited to landings; the Iron Fleet was more powerful.
The Dragon Horde circled high in the sky, gathering above the Honeywine's broad channel and targeting the Sea Dragon and the Iron Fleet.
Under the Magic Dragons' relentless bombardment, the Iron Fleet was overwhelmed. They could not fully occupy the entire channel outright, much less support the longships fighting along both banks with impunity.
The Iron Fleet's usual way of fighting also revolved around boarding actions, closing in for hand-to-hand combat.
Now, constrained by the waterway, the Magic Dragons, and the Sea Dragon, they could not overturn the Iron Throne army's longships.
"Field of Fire!"
"Field of Fire!"
The Iron Throne's soldiers shouted Storm's house words, their morale soaring.
The most brutal boarding battles unfolded along both banks of the Honeywine. No one paid attention to the feud between the Magic Dragons and the Sea Dragon anymore.
Bang!
Bang!
Waves surged, and the decks pitched wildly.
Longships collided with longships, and men fought for their respective kings.
Seawater had flooded the square of the Starry Great Sept, turning it into a shallow expanse of water. It was now the bloodiest place in the battle.
Ships crashed together. Men staggered, then leaped aboard enemy vessels and began swinging their weapons.
All the ships had collided into