Rebirth of the Viking King

On top of the frozen living sacrifice, several people once again made do with it all night. That night Loki smashed a wooden box off another sleigh. Two nights consumed much of their food. There is also no need for so much storage space on the sled.

Relying on this last wooden box, 4 people and 12 dogs found a reef sheltered from the wind. They raised a bonfire under the reef to cook food that was almost frozen into ice cubes to fill their stomachs.

After the food was in their stomachs, everyone fell to the ground and fell asleep. Only Loki was still awake, staring at the flames that seemed to be extinguished at any moment.

By the time the box was burned, they had burned all the wood they had brought on the sleigh. If you burn it again, you can only burn the sleigh.

Even if they return here, they will need to sleep with the sled dogs for one night to avoid freezing to death.

If they continue to move forward, the dangers they will face will increase exponentially.

Although Xiao Lu's fleet should be docked not far away, without the howling of the living sacrifices to guide the way, he did not know the specific location of the fleet.

If he wanted to find the fleet when he lost navigation, he could only use the oldest and stupidest method again: directing the sled dogs to run along an S-shaped route to expand the search area as much as possible.

But the risks of doing so still exist.

There were no trees in the frozen sea, and there was no way to light a fire for warmth. Even relying on the body temperature of the sled dogs, everyone can barely resist the cold. Sooner or later, there will be times when a sled dog cannot resist. After all, the 12 dogs brought on board were used to living in Scandinavia, and the colder Arctic Circle was not their hometown.

Secondly, even if Xiao Lu's fleet is found, what if their ships are buried under the ice like this "living sacrifice"?

What if they don’t have any supplies in their ships?

What if Loki could come up with more than ten thousand possibilities at this time, each of which could easily kill them all.

If he were a carefree loner like in his last life, he would regard this adventure as a game and try his best to solve the final mystery.

But now he is a lord.

Behind him, there were more than a thousand poor Vikings and Slavic serfs working for food.

He cannot die.

What's more, the team also has a hot potato called Emma Waldorf. Even if others die, it's okay. She is a noble in Constantinople, a distinguished guest in the house of the Viking princess "Mechlandine O'Sullivan".

If this living Buddha dies on his ship, I am afraid that he will definitely face a wave of anger belonging to the Viking royal family after returning.

This is something he absolutely cannot bear.

He reached out and stabbed the burning firewood with a stone ax. He looked towards the dark sky in the distance and sighed helplessly.

During the next day, Loki had just expressed his desire to return, but unexpectedly he encountered unanimous opposition from his three companions.

"I object!" Emma is the one with the strongest will to resist among all the people. "If you want to leave, I won't stop you. Leave me some supplies and six sled dogs. I can complete my mission alone!"

"Now I am the person in the Royal Academy of Constantinople who has penetrated the furthest into the "Polar Ice Zone". I need to find a way for future generations of explorers!"

"At the same time, I also need to bring back a token for the Byzantine King 'Mikhail III' so that he can continue to support the work of my Academy of Sciences! What I shoulder is not just my own life, but the responsibility of all the explorers of the Academy of Sciences. honor!"

"Haha, I'm not leaving either!" Mr. Gore said in a rough voice while spitting out snow-white mist.

"I finally got out, vomited acidic water on the boat for half a month, and froze in the ice and snow for several days. This kind of adventure is not the heroic story I want to tell the gods after I die. Little sister, if you want to move on, I can be your bodyguard or something."

"Don't underestimate the hammer in the old man's hand. I am now the one who can summon thunder and lightning!"

What surprised Loki the most was the Holy Bishop, Lawrence Nightingale. After carrying the heavy cross behind him for days, it could be seen that he was very tired now, but even so, he did not want to leave.

"I am a representative sent by the Hanshui Village Evangelical Church. It is through me that our church declares its existence to the Holy Lord. No matter how difficult the road ahead is, I must complete the mission of the church."

"I came with a mission, so I will never leave!"

The subordinates expressed their beliefs one after another. Loki sighed, with mixed feelings in his heart. He originally thought that if Emma was the only one who refused to leave, they could knock her unconscious and tie her back to the ship.

But now he is really unable to do this. If they really wanted to take action, it might even be possible that these three people would work together to tie themselves up and put them in the car.

What's more, in a corner of his heart, Loki was not willing to let this adventure end here.

**

The road ahead is undoubtedly much more difficult.

Loki was almost certain that Xiao Lu's fleet was not far away. But as several people began to search along the S-shaped road on the ice, this way of traveling, which was destined to waste a lot of time, began to torture his soul.

One day later, the 12 sled dogs were exhausted. Several people found a sheltered reef and slept with the sled dogs hugging each other.

There's nothing we can do, there's really nothing to burn.

Another day passed, and fine snow powder like sugar began to fall from the vast expanse of ice. Loki looked worriedly at the road they came from, and found that the ruts made by the sleigh on the ice were mostly covered by snow powder. Everything as far as the eye could see was darkness, not to mention ships, not even the shadow of land appeared on the empty frozen sea.

Loki felt like retreating again. The reason is very simple. At this time, the living sacrifice is driven to howl, and they can still hear the cry of the one buried under the ice.

If they go further, when they can no longer even hear the cry of this living sacrifice, they are afraid that they will not be able to find their way back to the ship because they have lost their sonic positioning.

As a time traveler, Loki has always been a person who seeks stability. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, he will not want his time travel to end with "frozen to death in the Arctic Circle."

That night, because the four people had eaten most of the food, Loki chopped a sleigh into half with a blood axe. There is only room for two living people. The last half was chopped into firewood for the fire. The crowd and the 12 sled dogs gathered around the flames to eat warm food and feel the feeling of being a living person again.

(Wandering aimlessly on the frozen ocean is not the answer.)

(We have burned the last of our firewood!)

Nothing more to say

Tomorrow, we must return!