The hammer that Rurik was about to swing stuck in the air. The facial muscles of his entire face were twitching violently.
"Afraid of Ragnar? I'm not afraid!"
"No, you are afraid!" Ella took it directly. "You once agreed to Alfred's persuasion, but you were not loyal to Ragnar. Now you are regretting it because you are afraid of Ragnar who has returned victorious! You He is an Elf-level protected one, right? The same as Ragnar, and the same as Hestein. It’s ridiculous, Hestein dared to use that little force to fight against Ragnar, but you directly attacked Ragnar The tail is wagging!"
"How dare you tarnish the honor of a warrior!"
"I have not tarnished your reputation, I just want to wake you up - if you give up this opportunity today, you will never be able to get ahead in the future! When Ragnar dies, no matter what great deeds you have done, future generations will Everyone will comment like this: Although Ruri is powerful, when he meets Ragnar, he can only surrender obediently."
Realizing that Rurik was hesitating, Amy helped Ella and said:
"What are you afraid of? We are in the dark, using daggers instead of swords to kill Ragnar. Does it have anything to do with whether he wins or loses, and how many troops he brings back?"
As soon as Amy finished speaking, Ella took over the words again. This time she said to all the Upland garrison:
"Since you have already boarded this ship, don't even think about going down halfway - kill us and then be killed by Ragnar as a rebel, or kill Ragnar together with our help, you only have to decide Both options.”
Rurik glared at Ella, who stepped forward without fear and glared at Rurik.
Soon, Rurik was defeated by the sight of him. He sighed, threw the hammer to the ground, and then said to the soldiers behind him: "Stop it. We were defeated in the war and should obey the winner. Let's discuss how to get rid of Ragnar. "
Ella laughed: "In that case, just follow the plan I told you. Bjorn is responsible for preparing the banquet, and we can't find a chance for Ragnar to fight you. So it's best to Poisoning in food - can you find any powerful poison in Upland?"
After thinking for a while, someone replied: "There is a medicine that can make people lose their strength for a short while... I wonder if it is considered poison?"
Rurik shouted again: "Even if there is no poison, I am sure to kill Ragnar!"
"But Rurik, how can you guarantee that you can stand in front of Ragnar?"
After a moment of silence, Rurik stretched out a finger and said, "There is a secret passage. Follow me."
The entrance to the secret passage Rurik mentioned was a dry well. Climb down the rope and you will see a locked wooden door on one side. Rurik opened the wooden door and took the lead in getting in, letting Ella and Amy follow.
"Upland is a territory directly under the jurisdiction of Ragnar, but he spends most of his time in Gotland, the capital. I have always taken care of this castle and the garrison on his behalf. I ordered the digging of this secret passage."
In the long and narrow passage, Rurik said to Ella and Amy behind him while crawling.
"Did you dig it?" Ella was surprised. This kind of sneaky thing didn't seem like Rurik's style.
"Yes, I have been looking for a one-on-one opportunity with Ragnar. For this purpose, I dug this secret passage."
"Have you been preparing to deal with Ragnar a long time ago?"
"Shield Girl, you should have seen it before - from the Seven Hills Empire to this remote Scandinavia, the vast grassland and coniferous forest in between."
"Um"
"I want to take my people there for adventure and build a country that belongs to us on that land, but Ragnar has never allowed it. He believes that it is also poor there, and to develop there is equivalent to giving up the ocean. .”
Rurik's face cannot be seen in the secret passage, but from the tone of voice, it is obvious that Rurik is very dissatisfied with Ragnar.
"Ragnar is the pirate king, and he can't see the infinite potential in that grassland! He can't even imagine that such a country exists - its territory can extend all the way eastward on the grassland, adjacent to the Seven Hills The empire, the Tianfang Empire, and finally the dragon that connects the east. It will go from the North Sea to the unknown ocean in the east, penetrating the east and west sides of the entire continent!"
Even Ella was shocked by the huge ambition revealed in Rurik's words. There were many nomadic peoples on that prairie, and Rurik's words seemed to mean that he wanted to unite them all.
“This is really a grand idea,” she exclaimed.
"Are you laughing at me? You don't need to tell me to know that this is even more ridiculous than a story told to a child. No one can achieve such a great feat..."
"No, I think this idea is great. I don't think it's absurd at all - because I know that my ancestors started from a small city and built an equally great empire."
"Do you really think such a country could exist?"
"Rurik, there is a motto in my hometown that I think will be of some use to you."
"What?"
"The Empire of Seven Hills was not built in a day."
At this time, they had come to the end of the secret passage. There was a shaft with a soft ladder for people to climb up and down. Rurik climbed up, and then lifted the lid on top - there was a hall. Uppland's court meetings and banquets will be held here.
“The Empire of Seven Hills was not built in a day – a great motto.”
When Ella and Amy climbed up, Rurik was already sitting on the stone seat in the middle of the hall, facing the door - that should have been Ragnar's seat.
Ella heard him murmuring: "Yes, it's time. Let's start building it today."
"But, judging from the current situation, our plan will fail." Ella poured a basin of cold water on it. "Ragnar will not be the only one here during the banquet. For example, Bjorn - he is also an elf."
Rurik interrupted Ella: "I know you want to persuade me to poison again, but if I do that, no matter what career I do in the future, people will point fingers at me like this: Don't look at Rurik. Rick is powerful, but when it comes to Ragnar, he can only resort to such despicable methods as poisoning!"
This was a tactic that Ayla used to anger Rurik before, but now Rurik used it to reject Ayla. Ella didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Just when the atmosphere was frozen, Amy spoke:
"Since there is poison, there must be an antidote, right? Let's poison everyone first. If you still want to prepare for a duel, just feed Ragna the antidote alone, right?"
Rurik moved slightly - obviously, Amy's plan moved him.
