Harald climbed out of the steaming bath, dried himself, pulled on a white toga, and relaxed on the stone seat.
In the big bath in front of him, there were about fifty people taking a bath. And this is just part of this public bath. The bath here is divided into warm water and cold water and two halls. The two halls combined can accommodate 200 people.
All kinds of people come to bathe in the bathhouse, including nobles, businessmen, bricklayers, and farmers. None of them could resist the lure of a public bath.
In addition to bathing, there are also leisure, entertainment, sports and other functions here. Harald's favorite thing to do was play chess with someone after taking a bath. He stayed in the bathhouse for seven consecutive days and achieved a hundred consecutive victories, earning the title "King of Gotland".
During this period, Harald discovered that the Gotlanders never privately referred to Ella as "Shield Maiden", "Purple Robe", "Triumpher" or "King of Sweden". In their mouths, Ella has a special nickname.
A man came over mysteriously and whispered in Harald's ear: "The 'Bathhouse Master' returned to the city today."
"Are you sure it's the 'bathhouse master' himself?"
"Following him are 'Loki' and 'Fenrir'. It is definitely the 'Bathhouse Master' himself."
Harald nodded. So the man straightened up and went to take a bath in the bath as if nothing happened.
That's right, "Master of the Bathhouse", this is what the Gotlanders currently call Ella Cornelius Scipio.
And from what the Gotlanders said, Ella herself didn’t seem to hate this nickname.
Harald lifted his chin with his hand and began to think seriously about his next move. Although the public bath was bustling with people, he couldn't hear it at all.
Harald's time in Gotland was not wasted.
Since meeting Glahid, his affairs in Gotland are no longer a secret. In order to hide himself, he had to soak in the bathhouse every day. However, his men spent this time getting to know the environment around the Swedish King's palace and the situation of the guards.
At night, three masked men carrying sacks evaded the guards and sneaked into Ella's palace quietly.
Even inside the palace, there were very few guards. The three of them didn't see a single person along the way, and they didn't see any decorations such as carpets and flowerpots. There were only a few bags scattered by the window, containing powder of unknown purpose, with steel pipes inserted into them, leading out of the window.
The three successfully reached the King of Sweden's bedroom and opened the door——
A tongue of flame spurted out from the door, igniting the strange powder by the window.
People throughout Gotland first heard a "boom", and then saw a shining object shot out from the palace of the King of Sweden. Sparks of various colors bloomed in the night sky, looking like flowers. .
Harald saw the fireworks as soon as he came out of the bath. He heard a businessman next to him sigh: "Hey, another outsider who is not afraid of death has sneaked into the house of the 'bathhouse owner'."
Harald was startled and asked: "What does the 'Bathhouse Master' have at home?"
"There's nothing inside." The businessman leaned into Harald's ear mysteriously and said, "I just heard that the 'Bathhouse Master' never sleeps at her house at night. More than one person has seen it, She comes from the shore early in the morning and then quietly returns home."
There was a sound of armor clashing in the street. When Gotland's guards saw the fireworks going off, they hurried to the streets and went door to door to check on the outsiders in Gotland. Realizing that the plan had failed, Harald had no choice but to run out of Gotland with a few followers overnight.
"A majestic king of Sweden, who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people, never lives in his own palace. This city is too deep!" Harald complained as he ran away. They climbed into their boat in the dark, took up the anchor, and left the port in a panic.
Watching the city of Gotland fading away, Harald calmed down. He tilted his head in thought, exploring the future with his deep eyes: "This person is unfathomable, and we must not easily become her enemy. Maybe I shouldn't choose the King of Heroes, but should side with the King of Sweden?" "
Since he left the meeting early, Harald didn't know what Ella gave Hestein. In his perception, the war between the King of Sweden and the King of Heroes was about to break out. In order to maintain his position in the pirate kingdom, he must side with the side most likely to win.
"However, the King of Sweden is completely a foreigner, and there must not be many people supporting her... Can she really win?"
Just as he was thinking, the soldiers on the ship suddenly exclaimed: "Look over there! What is that!"
Harald looked up following the sound and saw more than a dozen green flames floating on the sea in the distance. The strange flame vaguely reflected a huge black outline. The behemoth was nearly three stories high, like a small city wall. But judging from the trajectory of those flames, the "city wall" is slowly moving on the sea.
"It's Najirfa!" Harald was the first to react. This is a legendary battleship belonging to the King of Sweden. It once appeared during the "Twilight of the Gods" and Harald also heard about it.
The soldiers around him became even more frightened when they heard that this was Najirfa. They had all heard that this large ship carried countless undead soldiers and used burning human heads as weapons.
However, Harald was extremely excited. His intuition told him that the King of Sweden, whose dragon had never seen its head or tail, was probably on board this big ship.
Regardless of the objections of his men, he let the ship move closer to this black shadow. The closer he got, the clearer the outline of the ship became, and the more certain he became that it was Najirfa. When the two ships could no longer get closer, a burst of red flames suddenly appeared on the deck of Najirfa. A girl covered in flames appeared on the deck and asked sternly: "Why are you chasing us? Who are you?"
Harald heard his soldiers begin to whisper in panic: "'Loki', it's 'Loki'!"
Loki is the god of fire and trickery in the mythology of these northern tribes. However, after Ragnar failed, "Loki" became a nickname, specifically referring to the strongest magician in the Seven Hills Empire next to the King of Sweden.
"I am Harald, a lord from Norway, specially come to visit the King of Sweden!"
Harald shouted to the ship. After seeing the strength of the King of Sweden, he was determined to ignore the past grudges and stand on her side.
"Ah, is it the hairdressing king? I'll go report to the King of Sweden."
The girl responded and walked off the deck. After a while, she came back and said:
"You've been waiting for a long time. Come up. The King of Sweden has agreed to see you."
