The early morning mist still shrouded the docks of East Hamar, but the long horn sound had already sounded. When Ulf led the fleet to leave, the people of East Hamar were not idle either. A section of the wall has almost been built.
"It's the lord, he's back." The fisherman was the first to discover the longboat fleet. He immediately put away his fishing rod and shouted to the people in the village.
"Oh oh oh~~." Looking at the long boat coming back, people crowded to the pier to welcome it. They waved in the direction of the long boat, and the people on the long boat also looked at their relatives on the shore.
"Back." A smile appeared on Ulf's lips. He looked at East Hamar in front of him like a large construction site. People were building wooden walls according to his orders, and now there were twenty-five plundered people. The addition of adults and thirty children to the workforce should speed up the construction of the territory.
The longship docked at the pier, and the North warriors took the slaves off the ship, but Ulf asked Pahena to take good care of the children. These children will be regarded as East Hamar people, as long as they are in In a few years, they will become very good warriors.
"There are a lot more mouths to eat." Pahena patted her leg helplessly. She was not blaming Ulf, she was just telling him the truth.
"It doesn't matter, we have enough food and supplies. If those slaves do well, we can also let them join the tribe." Ulf was deeply troubled by the population of less than 200 people in East Hamar. In that world Population is a bottleneck that restricts development. There are very few civilizations that dislike too many people. Well, some just pretend I didn't say it.
The East Hamar people also welcomed these new arrivals. They took the initiative to pull the Kamal people from the boat to the dock. Although these Kamal people were temporarily slaves, they knew that as long as they behaved well, they would soon be will be absorbed into this new tribe.
"Who is he?" But some Kamal people looked at Ulf who landed on the beach in confusion. They only knew that this bard named Tok deceived them and made them prisoners.
"He is the lord here, Lord Ulf." A Norseman from East Hamar said to them as he tied the longship's rope to the ship's anchoring post on the pier.
"What lord?" These Kamal people were very shocked. They didn't expect that the bard who lived with them day and night was actually the lord here. But when they saw a little slave girl holding a wolfskin cloak and putting it on Ulf's body, At that time, it was determined.
"Smolanyar really deserves it!" The Kamal people who heard the news were helpless. Smolanyar was hiding in his own territory and actually fell into the trap. These Kamal people didn't hate Ur very much. Husband, on the contrary, he believed that Smolanyar, who could not protect himself, was an incompetent lord.
"Creak, creak." Ulf stepped on the snow and walked towards his lord's house. The house where Hrov lived was actually old, not even as good as Smolanyar. The lord's longhouse was spacious, and some people suggested that Ulf renovate the lord's house so that it would be worthy of the new lord, but Ulf smiled and refused.
"Lord, the black wolf brought back from Upland also arrived two days ago." The little slave girl Heide pulled the hem of Ulf's wolfskin shawl and then said to Ulf.
"Black Coal is back?" Ulf stopped. The Black Wolf King stayed with Iron Bone Bjorn at that time. This was supposed to be a gift to the Earl of Gotland, but because he bit Hrolf, It was returned as an incarnation of the gods.
"Yes." The little slave girl Hyde told him that the Black Wolf King was being sent to the hunter Thorle and was now under his care. After all, it would be bad if such a big wolf was released and hurt people.
"I'll go take a look." Ulf really wanted to see the black wolf king who helped him. Although it almost bit him to death, in the end, this was just the instinct of the beast.
Ulf walked in the direction of the hunter's cabin. When he passed among the people who were cutting down trees, they greeted the lord enthusiastically, and Ulf nodded slightly.
Thorler is actually the adoptive father of Shieldmaiden Ange. He is withdrawn and taciturn. He lives in a hunting cabin on the edge of the forest. His duty is to bring fresh game and rare animals to the lord. The last time lord Hrolf tried to let him He introduced Ulf and Vargas into the wolf pack, but Thorler let Ulf go because of Anger.
"Lord." Toller stood in front of his hunter's cabin, waiting for Ulf in a dull manner. In his opinion, it didn't matter whether the lord was Hrov or Ulf. He just had to do his job well. .
"Toller, where is the black wolf?" Ulf asked Toller.
"Here." Thorle glanced at Ulf in front of him. At this time, Ulf was wearing a wolfskin cloak and a gold pendant around his neck that symbolized the rights of the lord, making him look even more noble and handsome.
"Take me and have a look." Ulf immediately ordered Thorle.
Toller turned around, picked up an axe, put a Viking longbow on his back, and walked towards the bushes. This made Ulf very curious. He originally thought that Heitan would be locked up in the hunting cabin. After clearing the bushes, in an open space, Ulf saw an iron chain tied around the neck of the Black Wolf King on the snow. Lying there, his expression looked extremely decadent, and his tail was weakly drooped. He looked up, his eyes full of exhaustion and loneliness.
"Didn't you feed it food?" Ulf said to Toller with some dissatisfaction. In the process of training the Black Wolf King, a friendship between Ulf and the Black Wolf King that transcended the species was born. , he couldn't even tell whether it was a conditioned reflex when he put his arm into the Black Wolf King's mouth, or whether the Black Wolf King deliberately fulfilled himself, because its eyes were really spiritual.
"Of course I fed it, but it refused to eat." Toller sighed and pointed to a piece of venison next to the Black Wolf King. There was already snow on it, and the meat was frozen to a very pale color, but But the Black Wolf King didn't eat a bite.
"Maybe it's sick." Ulf stood not far away, looking at the curled up Black Wolf King. He couldn't imagine that it was commanding the wolves to attack him at that time. His calm and kingly demeanor was like a Lost old man.
"The wolf king loses his wolves, just like a tree without roots, it will die sooner or later." Toller held his Viking longbow and said calmly to Ulf.
"You mean it will die?" Ulf looked at Thorler in surprise, and then looked at the Black Wolf King. Suddenly, the Black Wolf King weakly raised his head and made a whining sound, and in the distance, The same wolf howl came from the mountains, but the voice of the Black Wolf King was so weak that it quickly disappeared into the whirring of the north.
"Yes, it was born to belong to this vast Nordic land, and we cannot keep it in captivity forever." Toller explained to Ulf.
Ulf remembered that in the animal world, there had been some captured animals who would rather be killed on the iron railings than be kept in captivity by humans because they had free and wild souls. Thinking of this, Ulf Wolf reached out and snatched the ax from Toller's hand, moved involuntarily, and walked towards the Black Wolf King.
"Lord." Toller was taken aback. He hurriedly tried to stop him. No one could guarantee that the Black Wolf King would suddenly rise up at this time.
But Ulf walked slowly in front of the Black Wolf King. The Black Wolf King became alert instinctively when it sensed the human aura. It stood up. Even though it was weak and lost, when it stood up, it was still full of a kind of feeling. King style.
"Huh." White mist came out of Ulf's mouth, and he clenched the ax in his hand. He felt that his fingers were a little numb in the cold wind, but he still looked directly into the eyes of the Black Wolf King, who also stared in front of him. Ulf, the sharp edge of the ax reflected light.
"Oh woo woo~~." The Black Wolf King instinctively arched his body, showing his sharp teeth, and let out a threatening growl from his throat.
"Lord, be careful." Thorler immediately bent his bow and arrow, aiming at the vital part of the Black Wolf King's eyes, but he was still worried that if Ulf couldn't kill the Black Wolf King with one axe, he might be killed by the wolf's mouth. .
"Hey." Ulf raised the ax without hesitation and struck down hard.
"Kang." There was a clear sound of metal collision, and the chain locking the Black Wolf King was cut into two pieces. This result was beyond the expectations of the Black Wolf King and Thorler.
"Oh woo?"
"Lord?" Thorler looked at Ulf in surprise, but his fingers on the strings did not loosen.
"Woooooo." But the Black Wolf King seemed to understand what Ulf meant instantly. It sniffed hard, turned around and ran into the forest without looking back, followed by a long wolf howl. , the howl echoed across the vast world.
