At this moment, everyone present had to accept the fact that Hiccup had sacrificed himself.
In their eyes, Hiccup had no breath left and had returned to Odin's embrace.
Night Fury carefully licked Hiccup's face; every time he licked him like this, Hiccup would jump up in disgust.
But this time, Hiccup had no reaction, not even a change in expression.
Night Fury showed no sadness; instead, he licked Hiccup's face even more playfully, as if he had finally found an opportunity to lick him to his heart's content.
The Dragon Knights around them all had red eyes and spontaneously tied the scattered wooden stakes together in a row.
Stoick patted Night Fury's head and said, "Thank you for protecting Hiccup. Now Hiccup's face is clean! It's time to send him on his way!"
"May Hiccup be blessed and embraced by Odin!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Stoick directly picked up Hiccup horizontally, looking at his son's face with great reluctance.
Despite trying to control his emotions, he still couldn't stop the old tears from flowing! His mind couldn't help but recall memories of Hiccup from the past!
Whenever Hiccup caused trouble, he would shrug his shoulders helplessly at him.
Looking at Hiccup in his arms, Stoick's eyes were blurry with tears; the feeling of a white-haired person sending off a black-haired person was truly heartbreaking.
Stoick kept repeating "I'm sorry!" to Hiccup.
"I'm sorry! I didn't protect you well! I failed your mother's trust in me! I'm sorry! My child! I'm truly sorry!"
All the wooden stakes had been tied together to form a simple raft, with a bed made of dry wood on top!
They were just waiting to place Hiccup's body on the dry wood and then push it into the sea, with Stoick personally sending Hiccup on his way!
Everything was ready, but everyone remained silent, watching Stoick, the bravest Viking on Berk Island, with tearful eyes, all moved by his grief.
Stoick refused to believe it, calling Hiccup's name while checking Hiccup's breathing and heartbeat, as if trying to convince himself that Hiccup was not dead.
He was just asleep, so his breathing would be very light...
However, in reality, Stoick felt nothing! In the end, he could only reluctantly and unwillingly place Hiccup's body on the raft!
Watching his son about to drift away, Stoick tightly grasped the raft's edge, unwilling to let go. As the waves surged, the raft continuously swayed, and Stoick's grip tightened.
He was afraid that if he let go, his son would drift away from him.
Night Fury looked at Stoick from the side, then shook his head and looked at Hiccup, not understanding why Hiccup was placed on the raft instead of on his back.
And Night Fury tilted his head, looking at Stoick with a blank, adorable expression, his large eyes full of questions.
If Hiccup were to wake up at this moment, he would definitely think of the expressions of those people waiting for a feast in his previous life!
Finally, Stoick let out a long sigh, and then pushed the raft in front of him into the sea.
"Roar~!"
Night Fury watched the raft drift away and immediately tried to chase after it, but was blocked by the other Dragon Knights.
A Viking warrior handed Stoick a bow and arrow!
The Viking warriors behind them prayed devoutly for Hiccup. Stoick nocked the arrow and then bent down to light it!
Watching the flames rising from the arrowhead, Stoick drew the bow to its full extent, aiming at the raft where Hiccup was, at a forty-five-degree angle.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for successfully integrating the dragon's secret scroll! Your mental power has increased tenfold!"
"Ding! Reminder, Host! It is detected that the Host is about to encounter a life-or-death crisis!"
Upon hearing this prompt, Hiccup immediately awoke from his joy of becoming stronger, subconsciously thinking that the Red Death was not dead.
However, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw an arrow with a flame flying towards him.
"Holy crap!"
Hiccup quickly sprang to his feet and then swung out the miniature retractable shield on his arm.
"Clang~!"
A crisp metallic clang sounded, and the arrow immediately bounced away! However, it still ignited the entire raft.
"Toothless!"
Hearing Hiccup's call, Night Fury quickly flapped his wings and flew rapidly towards Hiccup.
It was precisely to prevent Night Fury from being unable to fly independently after separating from him, so its tail fin had long been meticulously designed!
Not only was it fireproof, but even without Hiccup, he could fly independently, just not as flexibly.
Now that he had mastered the Dragon Potion, he could start collecting materials after returning to make exclusive healing potions to help Night Fury regenerate his severed limb.
"Roar~!"
Night Fury completely ignored the flames on the raft, falling from the air to Hiccup's side, and then affectionately licked his face.
"Alright! Alright!"
He wiped his face in disgust, then rolled over and sat on Night Fury's neck.
Before leaving, Hiccup stretched out his hand towards the flames on the raft, and then, using his mental power combined with his fire element affinity, the flames on the raft visibly shrank.
With a thought, the flames on the raft instantly grew larger, directly covering the entire raft, and in a very short time, burned the raft to ashes.
It was just a small experiment, which made Hiccup extremely satisfied.
However, those people on the shore had all their attention on Hiccup, completely unaware that he could use magic, and certainly wouldn't care why the raft was instantly burned to ashes.
After all, a person coming back from the dead was far more curious to them than a raft turning to ashes.
"Oh my god...~"
"My goodness, am I seeing things? Hiccup actually came back to life?"
"It must be a miracle! It must be a miracle! Odin has once again given Hiccup new life!"
"Yes, yes! It must be that Odin couldn't bear to let Berk Island's hero die young, so he didn't take his life!"
"Thank Odin for his grace! Let our guardian of Berk Island, the young hero Hiccup, return to us!"
"Thank Odin for his grace! Let us once again have Berk Island's greatest Dragon Knight!"
The people on the shore watched Hiccup return riding Night Fury, all unable to help but exclaim, and kept praying, thanking Odin for his grace!
After all, for them, the best explanation for something like coming back from the dead was Odin's doing.
And among this group of people, the most excited and shocked person was none other than Stoick; seeing Hiccup in mid-air, he almost fainted.