Rebirth of the Viking King

"boss"

"boss"

"Get up, something doesn't seem right."

Feeling a pair of huge hands pushing his shoulders repeatedly, Loki opened his eyes, turned over and sat up on the bed.

"What's the matter?" Loki rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the porthole next to him. Outside the window, it was gray and white, and fine snowflakes were falling in the sky.

After a day and two nights of sailing, they should not be far from Hanshui Village at this time.

"Boss, you'd better go to the bow and take a look, something seems a little wrong!"

After getting dressed, Loki hurried to the bow of the ship. Only then did he realize that the building boat had sailed into the bay, and Hanshui Village was about ten kilometers ahead.

But the whole village was quiet, there was no sound at all.

wrong

It’s really not right!

This brightness of the sky this season. It should be around 5:30 in the morning. Normally, the chefs in Hanshui Village should get up and work. In medieval times, the brick ovens used to bake bread and meat took a long time to heat up. At this time, bursts of smoke should come out of the chimney of Hanshui Castle.

But not to mention the black smoke from the castle chimney in the distance, not even the water vapor heating up in the bath was seen.

Taking three steps at a time, he rushed to the top of the ship. Loki rummaged through the cabinets and took out the glass telescope in the captain's cabin. This thing was produced in the Byzantine Empire and can probably have a magnification distance of about six times.

Looking at the village carefully with a telescope, he found that no one was moving in the village.

This is even more wrong!

Because this time should be the time for the villagers to feed their livestock.

After putting away the telescope, Loki paused to think.

First, he ruled out the possibility of foreign invasion.

If a battle broke out in a Viking village in Scandinavia, it could only come from other Vikings. Among the "River Valley" nobles under Duke Bernard's rule, even if a civil war broke out, no one would rob the poor and weak Hanshui Village.

Because everyone knows that this is a poor village with nothing to do.

Secondly, it took more than half a month from the departure to the return of his trip. If a large-scale epidemic breaks out in the village, all the people in the village will be killed within ten days.

This is not realistic either.

After all, Hanshui Village is equipped with a large bathing pool that is open all day long. It is not easy to compare with other Loki villages, but in terms of sanitary conditions, Hanshui Village is almost the best in Scandinavia.

Excluding these two items, the only possibility is this

Just imagine——

If you want to rob a fully loaded cargo ship. Before the cargo ship docked, everyone stood on the dock fully armed and waiting, fearing that this would not have a good outcome.

When he sees something is wrong, the captain can immediately turn around and stay away. So the vast majority of people who try to loot cargo ships don't do it.

They will quietly lurk in the village and control all residents silently.

When the village chief was about to return home after being at sea for several months, he found that his village was as quiet as a tomb. Most people would immediately put their boats on full steam and head to the village as quickly as possible to see what was going on.

Once on shore, the boat is no longer yours.

There is only one such boss who can subdue everyone in Hanshui Village with almost no resistance.

That is the only lord of the river valley, the real owner of Hanshui Village

Duke Bernard!

**

"Brothers, is the boat docked?"

"Stop firmly, boss!"

"Okay, listen to my order! Throw all the valuables from this operation, including gold bars, silver coins, and steel obtained from the Sunken City, including the blood-colored stone statues, into the sea!"

"Ah? Boss, this"

"Don't be so ink-stained, just throw it to me now! We don't have much time!"

Turning his head, Loki showed a stern expression to his subordinates for the first time.

"I don't know who leaked the news to our Lord Duke, but our Lord Duke Bernard is in Hanshui Village right now!"

"If we sail back a ship full of gold and silver, we are courting death! So everyone must take out all the gold and silver they have! Isn't there a spare sail under the cabin?"

"Use the sail to wrap the gold bars, silver coins, steel and statues found in the sunken city. In a few days, when the storm subsides, we will organize people to go to the sea to salvage. This is a shallow sea, and this huge sail is on the bottom of the sea. It’s big, you should still be able to find it.”

"If we just approach the shore in such ignorance, all these things will become the Duke's!"

"Be quick! Don't hesitate!"

Loki's face was solemn, leaving no room for discussion.

With these 10 axes, there is absolutely no chance of winning against Duke Bernard's private army. This risk should not be taken at any cost.

"Remember! The most important thing is that no one should leave a single silver coin on their body! One silver coin was seen by the Duke, and we can't explain it at all!"

"Boss, where's the food?" Sartre asked in a deep voice.

"I don't want the food anymore. If you throw it into the sea, it won't be edible once it soaks in sea water. Give it to the Duke!"

"But wrap these explosives in oil paper and throw them down!"

"Quick, we only have 15 minutes!"

"If we wait too long and the Duke on the shore sees it, we will be in trouble!"

After explaining the powerful relationship to his subordinates, he ran into the bottom of the boat and found Jerome and several other holy bishop monks.

"We have a little trouble for the time being."

"I didn't report to my duke before I went out to sea. I don't know who told my lord the secret of my going out to sea. Now he is waiting for me in the village ahead."

Loki didn't abuse them these days. Instead, he fed them well and treated them respectfully, serving them hot tea and hot meals every day.

The monks didn't feel scared when they saw him.

"According to the Vikings' rules, if a vassal goes out to sea privately, 70% of the proceeds belong to the lord. And I didn't report to him before going out to sea, so I might have nothing left."

"If you go out to see him in this monk's robe, it will be difficult for me to explain, and it will be difficult for you to save your lives. So, I need you to change into Viking clothes"

"The most important thing is that I need you to take off the cross on your chest and throw it into the sea!"

When Loki said this, his voice even trembled a little. He knew how difficult it was for the people in front of him, but in his heart, the value of these "teachers" was no less than the gold and silver that sank to the bottom of the sea.

"My village reported 170 people to Lord Bernard. Ten died in the last looting. There are seven of you in total, so the number is about the same!"

"He is the Lord, and he has four vassals under him. Hanshui Village is the smallest one. He doesn't have the ability to remember everyone clearly! So if you want to stay alive, please cooperate! Once any cross is found by the Lord's ship, it will be a disaster for all of us!"

Several monks looked at each other, and Jerome was the first to take the Holy Cross off his neck. Only then did everyone around him see that his cross was quite luxurious, and it was actually made of silver.

Putting the cross given to him by the "Saint" Euseubi on his forehead, Jerome whispered a few gospel prayers

-then threw it into the vast sea outside the window.