Chapter 1 1.1 AD793

The heavy axe wedged into the enemy's head, and a stream of bright red blood spurted out, splashing on Loki's pale cheek.

This was the last Slavic warrior guarding the village. Standing on the head that was like a broken blood bag, Loki pulled out the axe and then kicked open the door of the village!

Two exclamations came from inside and outside the door at the same time.

One side was cheering, and the other side was naturally screaming.

The cheers came from the Viking pirates behind Loki. They joined Duke Bernard's fleet and sailed through the wind and waves for tens of thousands of miles just for this moment. More than 20 fully armed tribesmen rushed into the village with their axes raised high. Only Loki turned his head and looked at his compatriots who fell in this brutal battle.

"One, two, three"

In order to occupy the village, he lost another 5 subordinates.

Since his father died two years ago, Loki has shouldered the responsibility of leading the village. His village, "Hanshui Village", is located in the cold mountains of Scandinavia. It is the smallest of the nobles in the valley led by Duke Bernard.

The whole village has only 42 households and more than 170 people.

The small number of people is only one aspect. On the other hand, the village is located on a rocky hill. There are only a few acres of barren saline-alkali land outside the village, and the wheat produced by the cultivated land can't feed more than 100 hungry tribesmen. In order to survive, the tribesmen can only go deep into the snow-covered mountains and rely on hunting to survive.

In a good year with sufficient rain, there are enough prey in the mountains. In addition to filling their stomachs, hunters can also exchange furs for weapons and clothes. If they encounter a disaster year like this year, they can only join the looting team organized by the Duke, and ride the Viking longship with the Duke's private army across the Baltic Sea to rob the land of the Slavs.

Whether they can safely survive this winter depends entirely on how much supplies they can rob on the land of the Slavs.

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The guards in the village are all teenagers. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, they dropped their pitchforks and hoes and fled.

The Viking pirates under Loki did not chase them. The god king Odin appreciated the fighting with swords and axes rather than the one-sided massacre.

Compared with the deserters, these tall blond looters were more interested in the women in the village.

"Look for gold, silver, copper, iron, wheat, food, cotton, linen, animal skins, and winter clothes! This winter is coming too early! We need everything that can keep out the cold and fill our stomachs, and"

"Move the women and children to the carriage! No one is allowed to hurt them, and those who disobey the order will be killed without mercy!"

He would repeat the same words several times every year.

Loki was a time traveler. However, after living in this poor and cold medieval age for more than 20 years, he seemed to have forgotten that he once came from a prosperous and civilized world.

In the previous life, killing strange men and robbing their women and children was a felony that ordinary people dared not even think about. However, in this new world, he was surprised to find that women and children did not seem to hate being carried away on the shoulders of strangers.

Good birds choose good trees to roost. Women look for men to get a better life. In this difficult era of scarcity and hunger, if these strong pirates holding giant axes can bring a better life for themselves and let their offspring grow up more safely

It seems that following them is not a bad idea.

"Damn, come to this place where no one lives every year, can't we change villages to rob?" In the dilapidated wooden house, the tall Viking warrior was rummaging through the kitchen and loading salted fish into the bear skin bag he carried with him. Next to him, another person was carefully observing whether there was a secret door in the room with deep blue eyes.

After being robbed so many times, the Slavic rough man also learned how to hide his property.

"My brother, you are dreaming! Before we set out, Duke Bernard had already marked out the territories of each family! What's the difference between you entering the hunting ground of another village and reaching into someone's wallet!"

"If you want to get more hunting grounds, you have to pay the earl! Not to mention that the guards of wealthy towns are also strong. We only have more than 30 axes. What if we run into a few "chosen ones"?"

"Haha, just wait for the genie to be exterminated!"

Loki shook his head gently. In the medieval world, feudal superstition was the mainstream thought. In this wild time where 95% of humans are illiterate, only the word "gods" can explain all the problems they encounter.

When there is thunder in the sky, they think it is Thor swinging his hammer to forge iron; when it rains, they think it is the gods mating; the arrival of winter is because the gods are dormant, and the beginning of spring is when the gods are awakening.

The god king Odin is the source of power for the Viking pirates. There are 12 gods enshrined in the Hall of Heroes controlled by Odin, and these gods have given the Vikings a total of 8 different upgrade paths.

Sea Giant, Siren, Thor, Sailor, Berserker, Fisherman, Raven, Valkyrie.

It is said that each path can have the power to destroy the world when it reaches a high sequence.

The Viking pirates believed it. However, Loki has lived for 20 years and always believed that all this is feudal superstition! On the one hand, it is certainly because there is no "chosen one" in the barren Hanshui Village. In these 20 years, he has never seen these "chosen ones" perform any "magic skills".

On the other hand, if you want to become a chosen one, you need to pay a considerable amount of property to the "Storm Monks" who guard the Hall of Heroes.

In the eyes of modern people, this matter looks like an ancient pyramid scheme farce.

The Viking warriors under Loki were of average combat power. It was even an exaggeration to call them Viking pirates. In the final analysis, these guys were just a group of temporarily organized armed hunters.

They were farmers when they picked up hoes, hunters when they picked up bows and arrows, and pirates when they took up axes and sailed across the sea.

While the two tribesmen were looting, a Slavic woman in coarse cloth behind them did not have any intention of resisting. She held the two children in her arms tightly, lowered her head and did not dare to make any eye contact with these robbers.

"Don't forget to take the women and children away after taking the things! Otherwise, they will die in this winter without food!"

"Just tie up the women, let them hold the children's hands, don't strangle the children!"

"Okay, boss, I will definitely not hurt the baby."

Loki left the room with an axe. More than 20 years later, he found that the plot of robbing women in the movie was simply fake! Only when you keep warm can you think about sex. When they can't even eat, these pale Viking warriors only have food in their eyes.

Even corn cobs that have been dried for several years are better than those thin and yellow women like dry firewood in their eyes.

One thing, what his subordinates said is right.

Duke Bernard, the lord of the "River Valley", owns more than 30 Viking longships, but he only knows one route to the east.

Going to the east is safe, but years of looting have made these Slavs poorer than the Vikings! Especially this year, seven or eight villages were robbed along the way, and many people died, but Loki didn't even see the shadow of gold, and the total silver was only one pound.

There are always dried corn and worm-eaten potatoes and sweet potatoes, but these things can only be used to fill the stomach. He needs real gold and silver to rent more ships from the Duke and buy a larger hunting ground.

With a larger hunting ground, he can rob more gold and silver, and with more gold and silver, he can build villages, forge weapons, and train an army of professional soldiers.

"Take what you need, and leave three or five tribesmen to escort the women and children to the ship! Too many people froze to death last winter, and we need to replenish the population!"

"Don't fucking forget the children!"

"Any child needs to eat a lot of food to grow up. These Slavic bastards have helped us complete half of the work. It is reasonable for us to help them complete the other half!"

"Deal with the elderly who cannot move on the spot, don't let them suffer! ”

In the medieval times when supplies were scarce, it was a life-or-death struggle. Perhaps he would still feel sympathy for the old man in the first few years, but he got used to it after killing so many people.

Walking slowly in this dilapidated village, he watched sack after sack of food being carried to the carriage by sturdy Viking men. However, just as he was about to leave the village, a tall Viking boy kicked the wooden door with a bang. He pulled out a skinny old man in a coarse robe from the empty barn.

The old man was not young anymore. He raised his hands and spoke a foreign language. However, these two sentences with ordinary pronunciation sounded like thunder in Loki's ears!

The old man spoke two standard English sentences: "please and don't"

Twenty years have passed, and this is the first time he has heard the language from his previous life in this alien world!

"Wait! "Loki roared.

The young hunter was about to kill the old man with a knife, but he immediately put down the weapon after hearing the leader's order. He walked quickly to the old man and gently grabbed the coarse cloth necklace around his neck and pulled it out.

He saw a wooden cross.

This white-robed monk turned out to be a missionary who believed in the Holy Bishop!