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Carl was wearing a trouser, bare body, working on his boat. Arne met him there."You are not done with this little boat of yours," Arne asked."Look who is talking; I have been doing this all alone for days now. You expect me to be as fast as the others were; they had so many helpers," Carl said."Since you decided to build your own rather than taking the Viking boat, that would have been easier," Arne said."Ok fine I will be done a few days from now; I am almost done," Carl says.Arne walked close to the boat and started touching the body of the boat with his hand. He used his hand to know how far Carl had gone with the project."Your still far, boy; you still have a long way to go; you need to find a helping hand; otherwise, you will be on this for a very long time," Arne says, reburst."What are you saying? I am almost done, Arne. I will be done in a few days," Carl calmly said."Whatever, you will be needing this." Arne gave Carl a necklace."What's this, and what for? I don't li
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It is very early in the morning, the breeze is very strong, and the cold is very strong. King Erik got up feeling so cold that he covered himself with his big duvet."Oh sh*t, is it morning? What's going on outside?" King Erik said.He was hearing some voices outside. He got up from his bed and went outside to check what the noise was all about. On getting outside, he saw someone kneeling on his knees with blood all over his face."Kill him!Hang him!Burn him!" the people were shouting.King Erik came out and was confused about the noise in the early morning, why the people were shouting to execute someone, and who had been beaten up."Greetings, my king!" Lars greeted"What's going on here?" Erik asked."His a traitor, his a foreigner, from an unknown location, he was caught by the Vikings vigilant group," Lars explains.Erik went close to the foreigner."I am not friendly, but I will ask politely, who are you and where are you from?" Erik asked.The foreigner is black in complexion, v
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Carl was done with the boat and was very happy to finally finish his building."This is very beautiful; I am now ready to raid. I love you, baby," Carl joyfully said as he hugged the boat.Carl rushed to Arne's place to let him know he was done with his building. He took his bag with him. On reaching Arne's house, Arne was outside, taking some fresh air, with his dried meat on his left hand, which he was taking slowly to busy his mouth."Wow, old man, are you really having a good time out here?" Carl said."You can join me. It is very tasty, and the meat is wonderful." Arne gives out the meat to Carl.Carl took a piece of the place and chewed it."Hmmmm, who prepared it? This is very good." Carl compliments"Ha ha ha, you haven't heard about it; I am a good cook; with the gods eye, I cook more than those that have sight." Arne brags Carl took a seat and sat down, still putting on a smiling face."What is it, Carl? You're very happy today. I haven't seen you happy for a long time," Ar
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It's already night, and the warriors are ready to march to the east. Everyone was waiting for King Erik."What about your father?" Ina asked Martin."I don't know, probably somewhere, but he will be here soon," Martin replied.The warriors were with their light fire, which enabled them to see through the dark. Not long after they heard the horse noise coming from behind, the king was with his brother Janssen."We have come together to achieve the greatest feet; the easterners have touched a lion by its tail, which is not acceptable because the lion is sleeping. A lion is more dangerous than an awakened dog. We march to east land, destroy all of them, take their wives with us; their treasure now belongs to the Vikings; leave no soul alive, warriors," Erik shouted.The whole group of warriors cheered, hit their swords with their shields, and marched their legs on the ground. They began to travel; they were marching slowly. Carl was missing. Erik was looking for Carl with his eye contact
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It's midday, and the king and his council were having a talk on how they would attack the Easterners, while the Easterners were just relaxing and doing their normal day activities, not aware of the Vikings coming to attack."We can't just go in there at once; that's one stupid way to attack." Martin argued with Lars, who said they should attack once."We going with all our warriors is quite risky and dangerous. What if they are waiting? They may know about our camp and are already waiting. You see, we are just entering their trap," Janssen says in agreement with Martin."The warriors are all prepared; we will attack with every strategy that we have: the archers, the horsemen, and the swordsmen. The question is, Who moveses first? H can we get past the gate of the Easterners?" Carl asked."I have an idea." Ina raised her hand; all eyes were on her to know what she had to say on the way to break into the Easterners territory."This is what we did first: Carl with the archer will go with
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The warriors were ready; it was already getting dark; it was time to attack; the camps had been brought down; and everyone was ready to move."I can't believe it, your sleeping; that's ill of you," Janssen yells at Lars.Lars couldn't believe everything that happened was a dream; he was slightly happy that he wasn't dead after all. Lars was still worried about why he was so frightening in his dream and about the disbelief of not achieving success. He stood up and took his sword. He drank water from his water can."I wasn't sleeping; I just had a bad dream," Lars tells his dad."What's the dream all about?" Janssen asked."It was about going in with Ina, Martin, and Carl without getting a view of the inside territory; it sounds like suicide, and we all got killed in there," Lars said."I don't understand the fear; you literally wanted the attack to be first done between you, Ina, Martin, and Carl. I don't understand the dream; Erik and others opposed the plan, but you insisted on carry
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The city of the easterners has been destroyed; the houses were set ablaze; the general was caught alive; while the king was killed by Carl through an arrow, none of the easterners were left alive except the general, who was taken along with the Vikings.King Erik tied the hand of the general and made him run after his horse. Erik punished the general until they reached the Vikings. Erik told his warriors to tie the general up at the gathering square. The children of the Vikings were made to throw dirt and waste products at the general. One kid will come to his face and urinate, while others will throw faeces at his face.Erik and his council, along with his sons, were celebrating their successful raid, drinking and eating, and having fun."The easterners are no more; the eastlands now belong to the Vikings," Janssen shouted."Yeahhhh," everyone cheered."The easterners had been a threat to the Vikings and a pin in the ass for us; we have been the stronger side, but they vow not to bac
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Erik had rushed to Arne's house to ask him about Carl. He has been worried about Carl missing since their return from the east."Hello, old man, you never cease to amaze the king. What are you doing?" Erik asked Arne was trying to put out a fire and cook some food. He was struggling with wood, and his pot of water had poured away without him knowing."This wood is hard. I am trying to get it into pieces so I can make some food for myself." Arne responded "Okay, don't you think it's high time you got a wife or someone to take care of you? At least be helping you with the chores; you don't have to stretch your weak veins," Erik said."Well, I have to correct you there; my veins are not weak; I am very strong, like a twenty-four-year old boy; I can take care of myself; I make a good meal more than you; hopefully you will wait; I will finish this meal; you will like it," Arne urged.Erik laughs. Arne pauses and wonders why Erik is laughing—is it about his meal?"Hey, you have to apologi