Rebirth of the Viking King

The cunning Swain Gonk knew that this was an action that could change the fate of Mistduck Town. In order to keep it secret, he stayed up day and night, braving the cold of minus 50 degrees Celsius and led his subordinates on a walk for seven days and nights.

Finally, before the sun rose on the eighth day, he quietly walked into the Wind Breath Fortress.

Except for a few guards at the gate, no one knew they had ever entered the city.

However, after the group of people entered the city, one of the new guard guards hid from everyone's sight and rushed into the hut on the pretext of having diarrhea. With trembling fingers he took out a letter written in sheepskin.

"Mr. Haas, I am the 'Siren' Gelin from Blood Pigeon Village. You should have heard of my name."

"Along with this parchment is sent to you a silver coin of Aele III. This is a silver coin from the English Islands west of the North Sea. This one is my meeting gift to you."

"If you want to get ten more coins, you can report all the noble troops entering the village to me. I will give you 10 silver coins immediately after getting the information!"

"Of course, ten is too few. It will only last a year."

"If you get an extra hundred silver coins, try to find out which lord this is, how many troops he leads, and what exactly he discussed with Duke Bernard. I believe you must have your own way."

"The more detailed information we get, the more silver coins the generous Miss Green will give you. Even next fall when we sail west on a ship to the English Islands, we will take one with you, so that you can grab it with your own hands. Opportunity for gold bars!”

"You don't need to ask me how I got to the English Islands. The silver coins in your hand are proof of that."

Think carefully and don't let me down.

——Ge Lin.

The guard squatted on the latrine and carefully observed the silver coin in his hand under the bright moonlight. The silver coins and the roll of sheepskin in my hand were given to me by a merchant driving a carriage on the roadside when I was going home yesterday. He was tempted for a long time after returning home, but he didn't expect that just one day later, he would see a large number of troops entering Wind Breath Fortress at night!

what to do? Do you want to betray the Duke?

The veteran only felt that his hands were shaking slightly. As a Viking, who doesn’t love silver coins? The heavy silver coin in his hand is obviously different from the rough Slavic silver coin. Not only is it big, but the forging process is also obviously much better.

The king's portrait was engraved in the middle of the silver coin, and there was a circle of letters he didn't recognize on the edge, as well as wheat-ear-shaped decorations.

He had never seen such a delicate silver coin in his life. With this silver coin in his hand, he was convinced of the existence of England.

After squatting for a while, my legs felt a little numb. He stood up and just opened the door, but at this moment, the door of the hut opened, and a group of guards came in from the door. They all held sheepskins and silver coins in their hands.

"you"

"you also"

The doormen looked at each other, but within a few seconds they squatted by the window and betrayed Duke Bernard.

"Damn it! I've been looking at the gate all my life, and I've seen enough! I'm here every day like a sand sculpture. I don't have time to practice martial arts and swordsmanship. You don't even take me with you when you go to sea to rob!"

"It has been ten years, and I have become one with this gate so quickly!"

"Yeah, I've been watching it for five years too."

"I'm three years old"

"Damn it, who would want to guard the door here for the rest of their lives when they have this opportunity to make a fortune? I have seen through this old guy Bernard. Who among our brothers is more loyal to him than the old captain! But what are the consequences?! "

"I informed him diligently and faithfully performed my duties, but in the end, I was killed by the lord with an ax from behind? Damn it! That bastard didn't even have the confidence to duel with the old captain head-on! What kind of hero is he? !”

The leader, a stout guard, said these words indignantly, and the other companions around him nodded in response. Lord Bernard doesn't look like a warrior at all. Many people in Wind's Breath Fortress didn't like him.

"There are four of us. Simply sending the message and getting 10 silver coins won't be enough for us. If we want to do something, we might as well do something big!"

"Are there any relatives who work in the palace?"

After several doormen looked at each other for a long time, the wooden door of a latrine in the deepest part of the latrine creaked open, and a trembling old man walked out.

"I have!"

The guards recognized the man. This is an old Viking man who lives outside the city and often spends the night near the city gate after drinking heavily. They sleep on the streets in summer and often in huts in winter.

"My daughter works as a maid in the palace, and my son-in-law is a cook in the kitchen. If neither of them succeeds, my father-in-law is a trumpet player in the Duke's banquet hall."

"These three people will definitely help you get the information you need, but if you get a hundred silver coins, you have to give me at least 10, oh no, 15!"

"Haha! It's more than a hundred. When next spring I get on a boat to England and come back with dozens of fucking gold bars!"

The guards laughed.

It takes no effort to get there even if you wear iron shoes. Faced with a large amount of silver coins, these low-level workers in Storm's End instantly abandoned their loyalty to the Duke.

What they didn't know at this time was that these five people who would never be recorded in the history books turned out to be the first cornerstone on the road for the new Viking king to ascend the throne.

**

After Swain Gonk led the private army into the city, the winter sun slowly appeared from the horizon. The mountain warriors in Wuya Town have fallen asleep, but Gonk and his son cannot sleep.

They need to meet with Duke Bernard urgently to understand the Duke's will.

Duke Bernard met the two at the breakfast table. The maids lined up in a neat row holding silver trays with smoked chicken, grilled fish and white bread that had been toasted until slightly browned.

On the other side of the table, there is another row of maids holding copper trays with milk, black tea, honey and other condiments.

"Brother Gonk, how long have we known each other?" Duke Bernard reached out and opened the shell of an egg and gently placed it on Swain Gonk's plate opposite.

There were only two of them sitting on the dining table, with Darth Gonk standing behind his father. He is not a lord and is not qualified to serve at the table.

"Let me think about it, the first time we met was 37 years ago! That year, the previous generation of Emperor O'Sullivan sent troops to capture the Frost Ridge on the back of the peninsula and ruled the continent."

"If I remember correctly, you were 14 and I was 12."

"Haha" Duke Bernard chuckled and took a sip of black tea, "Didn't the wound on my head come from that battle?"

"I was only 14 years old at the time, and I couldn't even hold an axe. My father took four of our brothers to the battlefield in order to plunder silver coins. After the battle, I was the only one who survived to the end."

"When I was cleaning the battlefield to search for silver coins, a dying Frostman on the ground grabbed my head with a big fist. His claws were cold and hard. I felt like my head was going to be scratched to pieces. It wasn't thanks to Brother Gonk that you suddenly Show up and hit him with an ax from behind!"

"The servants always say that the scars on my face were left when I fought with a giant bear. Haha, the servants are in awe of me! But only I know in my heart——"

"Among the four great vassals in my river valley, aren't you, old Gonk, the closest relative to me?"