In front of Ulf stood a North warrior. He opened his mouth to shout, but no sound came out. The North warrior suddenly pulled out a sharp Viking ax and struck it. His head was chopped off.
"Ah~." Ulf cried out. He sat up suddenly and found that he was sleeping on a soft big bed, and his linen clothes were soaked with cold sweat. A ray of sunlight shone in through the window.
"Damn it." Ulf stood up and got dressed. After the banquet last night, they rested in Snake Eyes' lord house, but Knut's words gave Ulf a nightmare. , in his dream the killer sent by Snake Eyes attacked him.
"Good morning, Lord Ulf!" Seeing Ulf coming out, Knut greeted him enthusiastically. Snake Eyes didn't seem to get up, but Ulf was preparing to bring the fifty warriors supported by Snake Eyes. Returning to the Nestleway Territory, he boarded his fleet of longships to continue his journey to Britain.
"Goodbye, Lord Knut." Ulf led his people out of the lord's house, hugged each other before setting off, and said to Knut.
"Be careful with your people, there are spies there." Just as the two hugged and prepared to leave, Knut whispered in Ulf's ear.
"Oh?" Ulf frowned slightly, but still acted as if nothing had happened. He nodded, turned around, mounted his horse and left, while fifty soldiers supported by Snake Eyes wore armor and held weapons in two long lines, following Behind them, just when Ulf turned back, he saw a figure with snake eyes flashing in front of an open window above the lord's house.
"There are spies, what do you mean?" Ulf, who was riding a horse, was thinking about Knut's words. He was referring to the spies with snake eyes hidden among the fifty soldiers supported by Snake Eyes, or was he referring to them? That there are spies in my entourage?
After thinking for a while, Ulf didn't even think about the meaning of Knut's words. Finally, he decided to give up temporarily. Maybe this was just a knot that Snake Eyes and his son deliberately buried in their hearts. If he just thought about it blindly, , maybe he would fall into their trap. Anyway, after Roskid's dinner, he had no good impression of Snake Eyes and his son.
"Wow, wow." When he returned to Nestway, looking at the scene of the waves crashing and the busy people on the longboat, Ulf felt much better. He jumped on the longboat and couldn't wait to think about it. To leave Zealand.
"Let's go." Ulf waved his hand, a dull horn sounded, and the longship slowly left the pier. Looking at Nestwayz going away, Ulf breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh wow." Hei Tan's cry came from inside the cage. Ulf smiled, stepped forward and took out a piece of dried meat and fed it to Hei Tan in the cage.
"Ulf, what did Snake Eyes' son tell you?" At this time, Ange seemed to see the worry in Ulf's heart, so he asked him curiously.
"It's nothing. When we arrive in Britain, everything will be no problem." Ulf did not tell Vargas. He looked at the sea in the distance. His fleet became larger, but when they sailed away When we arrived at Zealandia and headed towards the North Sea, we saw many Viking ships on the sea heading in the same direction.
"I don't know how many of these people will arrive smoothly." Wayside, who was standing next to the mast, said to Ulf with a sad look on his face.
"What is it?" Ulf was a little confused. He didn't know that he would soon face a real test.
The clouds are like a huge pot lid, pressing hard on the sea. The low air pressure almost makes everyone breathless. The wind is blowing the rain, and the rain is mixed with the wind and slaps on the sea surface. The waves under your feet are Huge waves were set up one after another. The longship of Ulf and others was like a small leaf, torn by the storm and ruthlessly teased by the huge waves.
"Oh Odin, please protect us."
"Thor~~."
The North warriors on the ship could only pray to the gods they believed in in the face of the nature that they could not resist. The black sky and lightning flashed across the sky, like golden snakes crawling past, and drum-like thunder exploded in the sky. It was hovering overhead, as if it was about to be struck down at any moment.
"Woooooo." Sigrid, who was usually fearless, was like a frightened bird at this moment, clinging to the rope on the mast and curling up under the ship's plank.
Vargas and Ange also lay firmly on the left and right sides of the ship. The shaking of the ship made Ulf vomit several times. The waves hit them, and the salty sea water made everyone wet. .
"Don't be afraid, this is the dinner of the gods, and we are the lucky ones to participate." Just when everyone was afraid of this terrible storm, the old slave Wayside sat calmly on the bow of the ship, and he tore open his own The top of his clothes revealed his tattooed body. The wind and rain soaked his beard and hair, but he didn't care. He pointed at the thunder and lightning above and the roaring waves, and shouted loudly to the people on the boat, There was a look of joy on his face, as if this was not a big storm but a pleasant dinner party.
"Don't panic, paddle hard." Encouraged by the old slave Wisad, Ulf also rekindled his fighting spirit, loudly encouraged everyone, and pushed a slave aside and sat on his He started paddling vigorously.
"Crack~~~." A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and the golden light shone on Wayside's old face. At this time, he did not age at all, but instead showed an ancient and sacred look. He sat firmly on the bow of the long ship, facing the wind, waves and heavy rain. This long ship, which seemed to be destroyed in an instant in the huge waves, was rising and falling tenaciously in the waves.
"Pull together." Vargas roared angrily when he saw Ulf taking action and Wayside sitting on the bow. He grabbed the wood pulp and started paddling.
"Wuwuwu, wuwuwu." The girl Sigrid huddled in the cabin. She felt that her body was thrown high into the air by a terrifying unknown force, and then was violently hit again. She fell into the abyss of the netherworld, and even when she looked at the wind and rain around her, she had an hallucination. The huge Jörmungandr raised its head from the bottom of the sea, its scaly body passed through the wind, rain and waves, and then got under the longship. The situation in the deep sea made Sigrid, who was originally fearless, tremble all over.
Just when she was sobbing softly while being unable to care for herself in the storm, she suddenly felt that the wind and rain in front of her seemed to have reduced a lot. She raised her head in surprise and saw Luther sitting in front of her, just in time for She blocked the wind and rain, and her broad shoulders were like a rock wall, thick and reassuring.
"You?" Sigrid wanted to ask Luther in confusion, but she opened her mouth but no sound came out. She didn't know whether the big berserker did it intentionally or not.
"Come on, what the hell~~." Ulf looked at the turbulent waves, boundless anger ignited in his chest. His destiny had never been under his control, as if he was suddenly pulled into this world. The huge waves in front of him seemed to mock his unknown fate, which made him curse angrily.
"Hahahaha~~~." The rain wet Vargas's hair. He shook his head and tossed the wet hair to one side, and watched Ulf curse at the huge waves with eyes full of anger, Feeling funny, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahahaha~~." Vargas' laughter infected the others. They may be helpless in the face of this irresistible force, but it does not affect them from facing it proudly and laughing.
The wind and rain came and went quickly. When the dark clouds overhead quickly left, everything returned to calm, and the sea returned to its quiet side, but the sky was still gloomy and the sun could not be seen.
"Oh wow." Everyone lay exhausted on the boat, and the longship was still pushed forward by the waves. Even Ulf felt the pain in his arms, but he was the commander of this longship, so he stood up and fought hard The spirit came to the bow.
"Verside, are we on the right route?" Ulf raised his head and looked at the sky. Generally, during the day, they can know the east, west, north, south, and south by relying on the position of the sun. At night, they can know the direction of the sky. stars, but it is impossible to judge on a cloudy day, and the Vikings did not know the guiding role of magnets at this time.
"Don't worry, Lord, I have prepared the sun stone a long time ago." Viside smiled. The wind and rain wet his whole body. At this time, he returned to the appearance of the old man. He took out a crystal clear stone.
"Calcite." A smile appeared on Ulf's lips. The so-called sun stone was a stone given to the Vikings by the gods for navigation in legends, but in fact it was the Vikings who discovered transparent calcite, even if it is dark. As long as the sky is aligned with the sky, the position of the sun can also be found. This is precisely the principle of polarized light.
"I will find the sun." Verside lifted the calcite and pointed it at the gloomy sky. Soon, the position of the sun appeared on the crystal clear calcite, and their voyage did not deviate from the channel.
And just as Ulf and others were sailing in the direction of Britain, war broke out again on the British islands. A rebel army of the Mercians encountered the army of the white-shirted Halfdan, and the two sides were at war with each other.
"Woo~~~." A horn sounded like a deer's roar, and Mercia's army walked out of the dense woods. After several years of dealing with the Vikings, the fear of these Eastern people had gradually faded. alleviate. Because the North European Norse people came from the east of the sea, the British Ansa people like to call them the Eastern People.
"These damn Dongmin, we must let them know how powerful they are." The county chief said angrily. Several of his relatives died in the plunder of the Vikings. No one hated these Viking pirates more than him.
"The javelin team is ready~~."
"Spearmen prepare~~."
"Swordsman~~~."
Following the Sheriff's order, his soldiers began to slowly advance forward, led by the low-ranking nobles.
"Crack, bah." The Viking leader on the opposite side was not in a hurry. He picked up an apple and rubbed it on his body. He took a bite and found that it was bad. He threw the bad apple away.
"They are coming." The soldiers beside him said to the leader.
"Get ready to fight." The Viking leader's eyes were smeared with dark dye to make his eyes appear deeper. This was also a way for the Vikings to intimidate each other.
"Wow~hu~~."
The Dongmin soldiers under their command were holding bucklers and axes. They raised their bucklers and axes high and let out a Viking roar. Hundreds of people shouted in unison, and the dust beneath their feet seemed to be shaking.
"Woooooo~~~." The horn sounds and Viking roars got closer and closer, and the men and horses from both sides began to engage in battle.
"Cavalry~~." The Sheriff of Mercia ordered his cavalry to take action. These light cavalry equipped with leather armor and spears can come and go freely and can quickly enter the battlefield. However, because the Vikings came across the sea, Therefore, it is rare to bring war horses with you.
"Swish, swish, swish~~~." The Mercian County Sheriff's javelin soldiers took the lead. They looked at the Vikings coming with shields and immediately threw javelins at them.
"Doo doo doo~~~." The javelin pierced the thick round shield. Some unlucky Vikings did not raise their shields and were immediately knocked to the ground by the javelin.
"Hmph~." The Vikings raised their axes and cut off the javelins stuck on their shields to prevent these javelins from blocking their actions.
"Shield wall." The leader commanding this small group of Vikings immediately ordered.
"Wow~~Hu~~~." After a Viking war cry, the Vikings immediately raised their bucklers. They leaned closely together and fought against these Mercians through the close unity between tribes.
"Ahhhhh~~~." The Mercian cavalry roared wildly and rushed towards the shield wall. This large livestock stepped on the ground and made a roaring sound.
"Hold on~~." The Vikings grabbed the shield firmly. When the war horses rushed in, a gap immediately opened in the originally unbreakable shield wall, but the second shield wall stopped the group. The path of the cavalry.
"Wow~~." A Mercian cavalryman was just about to lift his spear and poke the Vikings downwards when an ax on his side hit the horse he was riding. The horse neighed and the cavalryman was thrown away. He was thrown off his back, and before he could stand up, an ax hit him hard on the head. The iron helmet looked like it was made of paper, and blood flowed from the top of his head like a waterfall. .
"Ahhhh~~~." The Vikings shouted in battle, waving their axes among the soldiers of Mercia, blood and minced meat splashed everywhere, and the originally green grass was stained with a strange color.
"Retreat, retreat." In less than half a day, the Mercian Sheriff's army collapsed. The nobles abandoned their helmets and armor, and the light infantry fled in all directions.
