When Yinzcoatl arrived, Dast was in the audience dressed as an Aztlan warrior. As soon as Yinzcoatl said these words, he knew that the Aztlan people were still doubting Ella. They probably came up with this method because of Ella's physical weakness. After dancing all day and all night without eating or resting, even the strongest samurai would fall down from exhaustion. Judging from the appearance, Ella's physical fitness would be difficult to last for an hour.
But Dast couldn't help but said: "Isn't this asking for death?"
As expected, Ella accepted it readily: "I know! I was just thinking about dancing together! Come on, you all follow me!"
While everyone's attention was on Ella, Dast turned around secretly. Ella's spirited voice came from behind: "Learn like me to jump like this! Raise your knees higher, so that every step you take must be at the same level as your waist!"
——Yinzikoatl didn’t know that Ella’s body was strengthened by the dragon’s contract.
Ella's body was thin and underweight. Compared to the strength Drague gave her, she was like a little rabbit being pulled by eight horses. Dast discovered this when he was training Ella: Although her strength is comparable to that of a sheep when wrestling, her physical strength can support her to wrestle a sheep until it is exhausted, and then go to harm the next one with full energy. sheep.
Maybe it was due to the influence of the pirates, or maybe she was too depressed when she was not physically strong before. If Ella didn't tie a few sandbags on her body now, she could knock all the sheep in the sheepfold to the ground. , and then run a marathon along Gotland’s coastline.
Therefore, when he heard Inzkoatl saying that they would stay with Ella as long as she could dance, Dast wanted to praise them for their determination to die. He had no intention of dying heroically here, so he sneaked away while no one was paying attention.
When Tesosomoc and Chimalpopoka came to observe the ceremony, the group of Aztlan warriors dancing around Ella were almost out of breath. Only Ella was still dancing energetically in the center of the altar, lifting her feet so high that she almost lifted her body to the sky. But she was still urging Yinzikoatl and others dissatisfied: "How many times have I told you, raise your feet! Raise your feet! Every step you have to raise your knees to the height of your eyes! If you are lazy again, I will miss you." I’ll whip you!”
Seeing Tesosomok coming, Yinzikoatl suddenly fell to the ground and crawled to his side with a pale face. Ella saw Yinzikoatl's behavior at a glance on the altar, and shouted dissatisfied: "Hey! What a snake! I said it can't stop, what's the matter with you? Come back to me immediately! !”
But I saw Yinzkoatl hugging Tesosomok's leg and crying: "Telatoani, please put this girl back in prison quickly. If you want to dance like her, let alone a day and a night." , we probably won’t be able to see the sun tomorrow!”
"What?" Tesosomok frowned, "Your physical strength is not even as good as this little girl's?"
"I...she...she is a complete monster!"
"You brought it upon yourself." Chimalpopoka looked at Yinzikoatl with gloating, "You are the only one who is smart and insists on testing me. Are you the one who can test the messenger of God like this?"
"Messenger of God? Chimalpopoka, do you just believe in her?"
"It is true that she cured the disease brought by Texcatpolica. And judging from the current situation, her body and wisdom are indeed extraordinary." Tesosomoc said, "I'm afraid it's just because Quetzalcoatl is not the god of war. That’s why she can’t defeat you, Chimalpopoka. But that’s only on the battlefield, your current appearance is embarrassing enough.”
"I...I...!" Yinzikoatl suddenly pulled out the knife and shouted, "I will chop off her head now. If she can grow another one, I will believe that she is a messenger of God. !”
"Enough! Yinzikoatl! How long do you want to test for? Why don't you chop off the head of the Sun King to see if he is the spokesperson of the Sun God of War?" Tessosomok's face darkened. , "The fifth era is about to be destroyed. Finding Quetzalcoatl is one of the only ways. You just cut down the messenger of Quetzalcoatl? Take ten thousand steps back. Even if she is not the messenger of Quetzalcoatl, we are now She needs to be cured. You cut her and you do it yourself?"
"Hey, what kind of snake is that!" Ella shouted towards Yinzkoatl from a distance, "If you can't jump anymore, bring in another team! You have more than just these 250 people. Bar?"
"Tratoani, I have never seen any disease that needs to be treated like this!" Inzkoatl argued, "When our doctors use herbal medicine, only the doctor himself can dance, and the patient can only pray and fast. Food. I have never seen such a big battle!"
"Then have you ever seen any disease spread so quickly and kill so many people?" Tesosomok shouted, "Stop arguing, have you forgotten? This ceremony cannot be stopped midway! Answer immediately, yes Do you want to dance by yourself, or do you want someone else to do it?”
"First... let's change to someone else." Yinzikoatl collapsed to the ground with a pale face, "I really can't jump anymore."
…
An army of thousands of men was marching towards Winchester. They were all scarred and exhausted. Bjorn sat on the horse, looked at the scorching sun in the sky, wiped the sweat from his face, and then turned on the kettle.
There was not much water in the kettle, so he didn't dare to drink more. He just took a small sip in his mouth to moisten his dry mouth.
"Boss!" A soldier ran over, "In front, we found water in front!"
"Really?" Bjorn wanted to rush his horse out. But he quickly pulled the reins and said cautiously, "Don't drink it casually. Try it first to see if there is any poison in it."
They set off from the Scottish border and headed straight for Winchester, the capital of England. Their allies, the Aztlans, numbered only three hundred men and could not control Winchester for long. Only when Bjorn arrives with his army and secures Winchester can this attack have practical significance.
They did not encounter an organized British army along the way, but every time they tried to rob a village to obtain supplies or rest in a certain town, they were always raided by unknown small groups.
Bjorn commanded his men to engage in several battles with enemies of unknown origin. Both sides had victories and defeats. Generally speaking, Bjorn's side had the upper hand. But this has greatly slowed down their advance, causing them to not see the city of Winchester yet.
Deeper into English territory, such attacks became more frequent. Winchester is already in sight, but one of their logistics transport teams was robbed by an enemy of unknown origin not long ago. The experience of countless raids has made them afraid to station themselves randomly in cities and villages. The experience of being poisoned again and again made Bjorn suspicious of the source of water.
"The King of Knights should have been arrested, otherwise we would have faced his army long ago. But these attacks don't look like unorganized actions. Who is commanding this battle?"
"Boss!" Another soldier ran over, "Our reconnaissance team encountered the remnants of our navy on the coast. They have been defeated and their structures are gone!"
"Why panic? It was expected that they would not be able to stop the King of Sweden. The task I gave them was to delay it for a month as much as possible." Bjorn said, "Tell me specifically, when they were defeated, how many days ago ?”
"It's been so long that they can't even remember it. But from the time of the battle to the defeat, it didn't take more than a week in total!"
"One week? Oops!"
Bjorn rode out and shouted in front of everyone:
"Hurry, it's too late! The infantry will follow up, and the cavalry will follow me immediately! We must not let Winchester be recaptured by the enemy!"
