Rebirth of the Viking King

Severe pain was the only thing Loki felt at this time. His entire body was almost tied into a rice dumpling, covered from head to toe in white linen bandages.

Sitting next to him was a Storm Acolyte wearing jet black fur and his face covered in black paint. Loki had seen this man before. He was the Storm Acolyte "Grand Maester Loima" who was stationed in Blood Pigeon Town.

"Don't move" his voice was low. Judging purely from his voice, he is probably older than Ahai, the "Learned One".

"I just applied whale blubber oil mixed with 'chickenblood' and 'saffron' to your wound. It can stop the bleeding and help your injury recover."

Seeing that Loki had regained consciousness, Grand Maester Loimar opened his eyelids and looked at the pupils. After seeing that his eyeballs could follow the light, the Grand Maester stood up and left with a satisfied look on his face. After watching the black-robed weirdo leave the room, Loki immediately began to remove the bandages on his hands and knees.

In this medieval era where disinfection and personal hygiene did not exist at all, he would never believe the so-called "potions" given to him by these barefoot doctors. With a grin on his face, Loki scraped off the layer of oil that obviously had a rotten smell, and endured the pain to call the maid.

However, it was Blind Shan and Ge Lin who came in after hearing his voice.

Seeing Ge Lin, Loki breathed a long sigh of relief. He grabbed his sister-in-law's hands and looked at her legs.

No missing arms or legs! God Odin bless me, I owe you a big favor this time!

After the battle started, Ge Lin stayed on the second floor of Hanshui Castle. Loki demolished the stairs and fought alone on the first floor. While the entire battle lasted, he didn't care about protecting his sister-in-law. He didn't expect that Ge Lin could survive this bloody battle.

"How many people are left in Hanshui Village?" Loki asked the first question he urgently needed to know.

"After the battle, there are 32 people left in the village." Blind Mountain patted him hard on the shoulder, and there was even a hint of reverence in his words, "You gave a wonderful performance to Odin in this boring winter. Of the 32 people left, 29 people broke through and became the Chosen Ones!”

"Haha! I guess your Hanshui Village now has the highest concentration of 'Chosen Ones' in Scandinavia! The names of 'Blood Axe' Loki and 'White Robe' Jerome are being sung throughout the valley. !”

Blind Mountain Blood Pigeon is a purebred Viking. From the moment he was born, he has been with death almost every day. In his eyes, he could not see the large number of deaths experienced by Hanshui Village at all. He could only see the 39 awakened God's Chosen Ones.

This is a huge fortune!

Loki didn't think so. In a village of 170 people, only 32 people remained after a battle. Even if the children taken away by Wenzov were included, more than two-thirds of the village's population had died.

These people were all blind dates that I had grown up with, and I was even more familiar with their faces than my father. But after a battle, they all turned into bones.

This battle was not a wonderful one.

"There's a lot of people outside the window. It feels like there are a lot of people coming to the village. What's going on?"

"Haha!" Blind Mountain laughed, "Do you know how long you have been unconscious?"

Loki shook his head.

"You were in a coma for a month!"

"During this period, my father dispatched troops from Blood Pigeon Town to help you clean up the corpses in the village. At the same time, he went to Foggy Duck Town in the mountains and kidnapped all the civilians in their village!"

"Haha! Do you know how many people there are in Hanshui Village now?! 372 people! Is that more than double the number before you left?!"

Loki frowned.

Blind Mountain is a heartless person who only knows how to fight and giggle. Regardless of his virtues, his father Hummel is an out-and-out old fox.

During his more than thirty years as the mayor, he was able to manage an extremely ordinary seaside salt farm in Blood Pigeon Town to the scale it is today. He did not rely on helping others for no reason.

Every move this old fox makes has an ulterior motive.

With his brain spinning slightly, Loki immediately deduced the first conclusion——

——Hummel wants to rebel!

Capturing the villagers of Wuya Town and taking them to Hanshui Town was a way for him to test Duke Bernard with the help of Hanshui Village.

Hummel wanted to test how strong Duke Bernard was.

At this time, there are still two months before the beginning of spring next year. Two months later, when Bernard saw that the town of Foggy Duck was completely silent, with only an empty city left. He turned to look at Hanshui Village, and was surprised to find that the population of Hanshui Village had doubled.

He would inevitably ask what was going on in Hanshui Village.

If Duke Bernard's troops are very strong, he can still crush Blood Pigeon Town. He will send troops to destroy Hanshui Village without hesitation!

The reason is very simple: when one's own strength is strong enough, one less Wuya Town is a small thing, and one less Hanshui Village doesn't matter.

If that were the case, Hummel would just keep squinting. Although the lion king in the pride is old, he is still powerful.

He couldn't afford to offend this living Buddha.

But if Loki answers: "I don't know, maybe there was a snowstorm in Foggy Duck Town and everyone went to the Hall of Valor"

Duke Bernard turned a deaf ear.

The occurrence of this situation can only mean one problem: Duke Bernard is old. He couldn't afford to lose more vassals because he was afraid of the "Dragon's Breath Plateau" next door and even the farther "Wolf Creek" province that would compete for his territory.

In this case, Hummel, as the leader of the largest town in the "River Valley", will undoubtedly have more say. He could ask for lower taxes, lease more ships, be more involved in the duke's decision-making, and so on.

He could also take the opportunity to observe whether Duke Bernard would garrison troops in the deserted Foggy Duck Town. Garrisoning troops means further dispersing Storm's End Castle's forces.

instead of garrisoning troops

Blood Pigeon Town, which is closer to Foggy Duck Town, will one day take this town as its own.

From beginning to end, he only needed to keep Hanshui Village in front, and he could reap a lot of benefits without paying any price.

Twenty years of life experience told Loki that even though these bearded lords did not take a shower for three months, they could not read a lot of Chinese characters. But when it comes to Game of Thrones they're both smart.

But having said that, for Hanshui Village, which urgently needs to replenish its population, this step is also in Loki's own interests.

There are only more than forty people left in the village. Even if everyone is the Chosen One, he is not running Alibaba and the Forty Thieves. What he seeks is to find a stable place to rest in this troubled world.

Too small a population can cause many problems.

First, there is a huge lack of reproductive capacity.

It takes a full 18 years to train a baby from crying for food to being able to pick up an ax and fight. Even if Loki tried his best to plunder women and all the men worked overtime and worked night and night, he would be almost 60 when Hanshui Village could gather an army again.

Secondly, production, logistics, and education require more than 40 people to maintain the daily production of Hanshui Village. This is almost a fantasy.

At this time, these people plundered from Foggy Duck Town gave Loki a new life. It is also what he must have if he wants to continue to survive in this game.

**

"Where's Jerome?"

"Haha! The Viking warriors now call him the 'Fire Angel in White Robes'! He should be leading the newly joined residents in morning prayers in the church right now!"

"This new pagan you recruited is really good! My father personally discussed with him for several days and asked him if he wanted to go to Blood Pigeon Town. My father even promised to build him a better church, and even Help him promote the Holy Bishop”

"But this person still didn't agree!"