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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
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After two days of unconscious call wakes up, his head aches and was very hungry, he saw a plate filled with meat with cup of water by its side, he totally forgot he was in the boat alone he rushed the meat and ate it all and drank the cup of water, them he was a bit satisfied , he then remembered he was on a boat he thought about what had happened to him, what he only remembered was when the eagles speaks, then tries to remember what happened after then, but he can't, he looks around to see if he can find the eagle , he searched everywhere, he looked under the boat as he was about to look down, he felt a hand touch him at the shoulder he hopped into the sea, with the pressure he wasn't able to swim or carry himself, he tries to swim and raise his head up but was difficult for him as it was like someone was holding him and drags him down, he struggles to lift himself but all to no avail, then he became weak to struggle he left himself to be drawn as theirs nothing he can do, as he wa
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The forest was silent, only the sound of trees and birds, Carl still looking around with his sword already out for action. Carl was walking slowly, trying to observe everything. He was caught by a rope trap; it caught his leg and lifted him up to a tree. His sword fell on the floor, and his arrows were all shattered on the ground. He was helpless. Just there until the afternoon, when the cannibals arrived, Carl was already down; he was unconscious. The cannibals threw him away and locked him up in a cage.They are three men in the cage; Carl made them four; three men were from England. When Carl got himself at night, the cannibals were doing their rituals, singing songs, dancing around a burning fire."Oh, my head hurts. Where am I?" Carl asks, his voice very low."Finally, you're awake; how did they get you?" the first man asked."I don't know; I was caught up in a trap. Where am I?" Carl asked the man."You are in the cage; this is the land of the cannibals; they kill and eat human b
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Carl stood up immediately, pointed his arrows towards the opening at the cave, in alert to shoot anything that'd come out of the cave, but nothing came out. He waited for some time, and nothing showed up—no sign of the tigers."Can we just leave here, Robin? I think we have lost them." Harry cried out."Wait, how did that come out? I chased them away," Lodin said."No, you didn't; you made them run after us." Carl shouted Lodin and Carl start arguing about who and who made the tiger come to them. Harry was at a place looking at them."Oh, oh, I think we have a deep problem," Harry said to Lodin and Carl.Lodin and Carl stopped arguing as they looked around. They had been surrounded by the English Warriors."On the floor, all your weapons, put your hands up!" a voice shouted.Carl dropped his sword, archers, and Harry dropped his own. The English warrior tied them up and bundled them to the cage; they were about to be taken to the king. On their way to the king, the warriors were in r