Rebirth of the Viking King

"My dear father-in-law, I appreciate your kindness, but I doubt whether the Slavic king will show me mercy. I can bet my own life, but I can't bet your life, or the life of your unborn children. You must make this decision yourself. Stay in Hanshui Village and bet on whether we Vikings can survive this catastrophe, or go to your king and see if he can become the new master of this continent." The audience was buzzing with discussion again. "The world is so big, where is home? Even if we return to the king's rule, so what? Aren't we still treated as workers by the lord? We work hard every day and can only get a little meager reward at the end of the year!"

"I have lived a lifetime, and I have never seen a more comfortable place than Hanshui Village! Here, we can live the way everyone wants through hard work! Our children can go to school, and women can choose a decent job. You can leave if you want, but I won't leave anyway."

"Yes! In troubled times, where home is, there is the country!"

"In another year, I can buy the house I live in, but I won't leave! At worst, we will die together. After I die, I will follow Lord Loki into the Hall of Valor and continue to work for the Lord."

The total number of all Slavs in Hanshui Village and Wuya Town is close to 800. After a long conversation, a total of nearly 200 people decided to leave Hanshui Village and go to Longxi Plateau to join Bakambusi.

This number is far lower than Loki expected.

He still overestimated the weight of the word "country" in the Middle Ages. In this era, especially in the wild northern tribes, most civilians would only introduce themselves by saying where they were born, from a certain lord's castle.

For example, Loki would introduce himself by saying, "I am Loki Starlag from Hanshui Village." He would never say "I am a Viking."

Because the "Viking Country" did not allow him to enjoy any benefits. In this country, he could be robbed by his compatriots from neighboring provinces at any time, oppressed by the duke of the province, and even have to solve the invasion himself.

This kind of country is simply a mere formality.

For those who wanted to leave, Loki showed sufficient sincerity. He not only took out food, horses, and carriages, but also weapons. He stood at the entrance of the village and respectfully wished that each of them could give birth to healthy children and live a long life.

Of course, he did not forget to tell them that they would most likely be enemies when they met next time. If he had to fight with the other party, neither side should blame him.

This is the "human nature" of this era and this land.

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After dealing with these Slavic slaves, the next step is these holy bishop monks from the English Isles in the Hanshui Village Cathedral.

When they followed him to Scandinavia, they were just ordinary monks, but now, the worst ones are already Sequence 7, and the strong ones, such as Jerome and Lawrence, have even risen to Sequence 3, just one step away from the realm of demigod.

Loki can understand their determination to fight to the death to defend the church during the defense of Hanshui Village. After all, the barefoot are not afraid of the shoes. At that time, they had nothing and could fight as much as they wanted.

But now, the situation is different. The troops coming to attack this time are not just Slavs. According to Loki's inference, the English are very likely to join the war in the later stage. If several monks continue to stay in Hanshui Village, they are likely to take up weapons and chop at their fellow saints on the other side of the North Sea.

He doesn't know whether these monks can accomplish such a treasonous thing for him.

On both ends of the scale, one side is England returning to civilization, being promoted and enjoying glory, especially Jerome and Lawrence. It is estimated that there is nothing to do if they find a king in the seven countries of England and become a national master.

On the other hand, if they stayed in Hanshui Village with him, they would have a high probability of slaughtering their fellow saints, and they would be more likely to die in this catastrophe.

In Loki's opinion, this question did not seem to have much room for choice.

Admittedly, this group of saints were valuable combat power, but it was undeniable that the "freedom of belief" in Hanshui Village was also a double-edged sword. When the wind was favorable, multiple beliefs could allow him to quickly harvest a group of God's chosen. But when the disaster came, if this group of saints rebelled on the battlefield, would the Viking pirates in the village who tended to believe in the saints follow suit?

This was a question that no one could say for sure.

Based on this consideration, he would rather let those who wanted to retreat leave now. In this way, everyone who stayed in the village was a person who lived for death.

Only in this way could he plan for the next step.

The monks understood what Loki meant, looked at each other, and shook their heads at him in less than 10 seconds.

"Lord, we won't leave!"

"You may not understand the relationship between the Holy Bishop Church and the church. It is roughly the same as the relationship between the Viking lords and their lords. Although they all belong to the Holy Bishop and are under the leadership of the Pope, monks from different churches must always represent the interests of their own churches."

"Because fundamentally, our strength comes from all the believers in the church."

"Yes, Lord." As soon as Jerome finished speaking, Lawrence continued. Recently, he has been busy building the Hanshui Village Hospital. Seeing that the outline of the building's perimeter has been increasingly improved under Sanji's intensive construction, his work has begun to become easier.

"Before we came to Hanshui Village, we were just ordinary drops among the monks. It was by coming to Hanshui Village and building the Hanshui Village Evangelical Church that we, the Holy Lord, could be given families, children, and a life by the Holy Lord Christ. A life of being respected and loved by others, and a life of unimaginable power as the Chosen One.”

"As monks, each of us is faithfully fulfilling the Holy Lord's wishes. Holy Lord Christ has given us such amazing creations one after another. I think he must want us to stay here. This route is what the Holy Lord wants. , which is certainly what we hope for.”

"If any brother monks from other churches come to offend, I don't mind taking up arms and continuing to defend the church!"

With a slight nod, Loki gave the silver broadsword that Old Gore found in the frozen ship to the remaining Holy Bishop monks.

"Now that you have decided, from today on, we are friends of life and death. In order to survive this disaster safely, I have come up with a way."

In the slightly shocked expressions of the six Holy Bishop monks, Loki slowly spoke out the battle plan he had formulated.