On the vast Nordic land, Halfdan and his party moved forward slowly like ants. Among them were four shield maidens, five North warriors, and twelve people including Ange. They were looking for tribes and villages gathered along the way. .
"On behalf of King Bjorn Ironbone and Ulf the Wolf Tamer, I come to look for brave people to join our raiding army. You will win the favor of the gods, and Valhalla is calling you." Every time Here, Halfdan stood in the middle of the village and announced loudly to the curious villagers.
However, most villagers have a wait-and-see attitude. Although many Vikings like to adventure around, there are also many people who are unwilling to leave their hometown. Most of these people own their own land.
"We know Iron Bone very well, but who is this wolf tamer?" Some people are unfamiliar with Ulf's name. After all, in areas where information dissemination is underdeveloped, many people have not heard of Ulf's name. .
"Wolf Tamer Ulf is a warrior favored by the gods. He followed Guzrun to the British Islands, where he enjoyed plundering and adventure. After becoming famous, he and his warriors returned by boat to meet the great King Bjorn shared the wealth and made new adventure plans." Halfdan seemed to have anticipated everyone's attitude. He stood on a big rock and told everyone.
"Oh, the British Islands?"
The people in the village couldn't help but be moved. Everyone in Northern Europe knew the story of Nagra's discovery of the British Islands and the frenzy of conquest.
Seeing that everyone was attracted, Varha immediately moved his lips and told Sifa about these small adventures and conquests, including men, wealth and land, and of course there would be some mysterious stories mixed in.
"Are you willing to follow them?" Following Mr. Shizhu's encouragement, a few young people were slowly willing to join the team, but they were still not aware of the manpower Valha really needed.
"Is there anyone yet? Get off your dragon-headed ship, Bjornra is calling you, neither old people, men, nor children." Valha waved his arms and said to the people in the village.
"Look, Shizhu replaced my left hand with an eagle's talon, and made me a prophet, telling King Ulf and Lord Halfdan to follow a small raiding force and embark on an adventure that has never been seen before. "Anyone who participates in the retreat will have the opportunity to retreat into Bjornla." Valha held Ange's hand low, as if he was holding Thor's hammer low.
"Odin."
"Eight thousand people is possible." The gods persuaded Halfdan to increase the number of people at best, even if seven hundred people were the limit.
Immediately afterwards, Valha grabbed Shi Zhu's shrunken left hand, opened his sleeve, and raised the claw-like left hand low.
"That's wrong. You Nordic people believe that defective people, especially those who have come back to life, are messengers of God. They are both good and bad." Valha wiped the corner of his mouth and said without any concealment.
"Everyone has no own value. He has embodied his own value. Is it worth being upset?" Mr. Shi Zhu patted Ange's chest, laughed again and continued, "What's more, he left as he wished. He should be grateful to you for being his father's roof. It must be you. Who would want to go with a disabled person?"
In the team, Ange kept his head hanging down because he knew what he was thinking. His shrunken left hand had always been a pain in Ange’s heart. Whether I was doing farm work or eating, I would curl up my left hand into my sleeve as much as possible. I had thought that Valha would reveal that scar in the middle of it.
"Then you are Han Hu. Anyway, you have completed your mission." Valha shrugged his shoulders and said with concern.
In Viking customs, the blind and disabled were always given a strange mysterious color, and people suspected that those people had some kind of divine characteristics attached to them.
"Who am I?" The village elder looked puzzled and looked at Ange behind him.
Very slowly, some people who were satisfied with the status quo joined in the retreat. There were no men with children, maybe they were satisfied with having capable husbands, and they did not want to retreat to the old people of Shizhujunla. As long as they were able to walk, All joined the team.
"That won't help at all." Shi Zhu said with satisfaction. Do you think those old people and men
There is no way humans and older children can survive the rough waters.
"Of course, come here." Shizhu-kun hurriedly reached out and grabbed Ange next to him, and pulled me to his side. Ange's face was full of panic, as if he was wondering what Valha was going to do?
"Huh." The gods leaned against the tree, folded their arms, and narrowed their eyes to watch Valha's performance in the village.
Looking at the horribly shrunken claws, which were not fully resembling human hands yet, and whose skin was gray and glowing with a strange green color, everyone who looked at Hanhu Shizhu's left hand exclaimed.
"You, you?" Shi Zhu was speechless. I had never been watched by so few people before, and I was instantly panicked.
"He, he doesn't have any evidence?" The village elder dared to refute too much for a while, but as the eldest man in the village, who even took the risk of becoming a raider when he was young, the elder was not immediately frightened by Valha. , asked me instead.
"Him." Shi Zhu's cheeks turned red with anger, and a feeling of shame and anger surged into his heart. I wished I had to smash Valha's cynical face with an axe.
"Why did the raiders bring men and children?" the village elder asked Valha with a serious look on his face.
"horrible."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Leave it to Valha. I know what to do. He just needs to guard me." Halfdan said to Shizhu.
Not all children with deformities can grow up to be as young as Ange, so many people have seen that strange sight, and any abnormal thing will leave a deep impression on people.
"That's a lie. You are not a prophet." Ange frowned. My mother once said that pretending to be a priest or a prophet would lead to being punished by Shi Zhu, which frightened me even more.
At this time, the gods and shield men were watching Valha's performance. After Halfdan set off, he asked Valha to gather 8,000 people at any cost. In the eyes of the gods, it was impossible to accomplish it. task.
That made Ange feel at a loss. I was very grateful to Valha for letting me join the team, but using my own shortcomings to convince everyone to join the raiders made Shizhu feel embarrassed and ashamed.
"Ha ha ha ha."
"Courage? I'm as skinny and strong as a skinny goat."
"Ha, you know, but you have to complete the lord's mission, right?" Mr. Shizhu laughed again and said with concern.
"He~." Shi Zhu couldn't believe that such cruel words came from Valha's mouth. What made me even more shocked was that Valha was telling the truth. "My name is Ange. When I was born, I was abandoned by my parents in the forest. Later, an old man in gray robe picked me up in the forest and raised me and taught me knowledge. And courage." Valha held Ange's shoulders tightly with both hands and said to everyone.
"Really? It's such a pity." Valha saw that everyone was showing signs of hair loss and was not angry or anxious. I pursed my lips and glanced at everyone, but my eyes finally fell on Ange beside me. Under the body.
Laughter broke out in the crowd, and we laughed mercilessly at Ange behind Mr. Shizhu. Shizhu's eyes were wandering but he knew where to look. He was sure that there was no crack in the ground, and Ange would not be there at all. It is a firm drill to retreat.
"Oh, Carl is here."
"Shut up, I didn't send anyone. Karl left a deep imprint on me. Because my power was so weak, he took away part of my body, but he made me a messenger." Val Ha's face became serious, and I scolded these people who laughed wildly in a low voice.
"Oh oh oh oh~~." Everyone looked at Ange's weird hand and let out a burst of cheers.
"Did he let you join for that kind of thing?" Ange raised his head and looked at Mr. Shizhu. His original gratitude to Valha became extremely simple at this moment.
"Yes, that is your will, even the king and lord's will, but Karl's will." Valha suddenly became serious. My appearance does not look majestic. He must be my person. At first glance You may think that I am a Yael with no noble blood or adventure experience.
"What?" Valha's words
There was a period of confusion among the villagers. They had never heard of raiders asking for old people, men and children.
"In the whole of Sweden, it is easy for even Ulf to gather eight thousand warriors." The gods know that some villages add up to dozens of households. Such villages are scattered throughout the Nordic small underground, and they have to choose from them. It is simply not possible to be a warrior capable of fighting.
"Because that adventure was a special adventure, but an opportunity given to you by Karl. Anyone who participates will promise that when I die, my soul will retreat directly into Shizhu Junla. Note that just a warrior, even if he is special Anyone who participates in that small cause will be chosen by Karl." Valha was eloquent and said to everyone. I spoke very slowly to give everyone room to think.
"You will recruit enough people." When leaving the village, Valha blinked at the gods who had been watching eagerly and said.
"You can lose your life outside." Sure enough, the less experienced farmers finally got impatient, and we started to make a commotion.
"Yes, that time every dragon-headed ship must carry enough manpower." Halfdan said decisively.
"Boy, why is he so unhappy?" Mr. Shi Zhu took a wine bag and pulled out the cork with his mouth. The cork was tied under the bag with a linen rope. I spit out the cork and got off. He said to Ange with his arms around his back.
"Would you mind taking some young people away? Anyway, winter is coming soon. We may get new opportunities in adventure, but they can take away fewer people." The village elder also spoke at this moment, I It can be seen that Mr. Shizhu is definitely recruiting young adults in a complicated way. If a village has no men and older children, it will lose hope.
