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2024-10-29 19:42:56Erik is having a discussion with his brother Janssen about the battle at hand, and Carl walks in looking awful."What is the issue, Carl?" Erik asked"Can I see you for some minutes, Lars?" Carl calls on Lars.Lars excuses himself from the small meeting he is having with his father and his uncle; he follows Carl out to some distance."What is that?" Lars asked"I need you to lead the archer during the battle," Carl said."What, how can I lead the archers? Where will you go?" Lars asked back.He doesn't understand why Carl will tell him to lead the archers, and Lars is also not too confident in his ability to lead. Lars is very good at archery; he is second best after Carl."Just go lead the men; I will join you later in the war." Carl was trying to convince Lars without revealing what they had discussed with Ina.Lars nodded his head in a bit of dissatisfaction."Go on, Lars, you can do it. I give you my word, "Carl said.Carl tapped Lars to encourage him to take up his task. Carl left him to arrange for some warriors to join him in the special mission sent to him by Ina.Martin is making his arrangements on how he will split his warriors; he got his commander to take the swordmen on the battle while he worked on his special mission.Kristen is assigning his men and preparing to leave for the land of Zeus, according to the war leader.Erik, on hearing the warriors would leave for the land of Zeus late in the night, didn't like the idea."What are you saying? You can't leave this night, leaving the land open." Erik Sparks "My king, we have a plan for that, "Ina said.Martin was standing beside her, and Jansen was sitting next to the king."I assure you, my king, the land won't be left open; we have everything under control; we have a plan of attack and defence," Ina added."What is your plan? Can you let us know? We want to hear it," Janssen asked."The formation of the defence and attack is with us; we leave for the land of Zeus with a small, certain number of warriors; our major warriors stay back here at the land; and dad, you have to trust the war leader; Ina here has all the plans," Martin assured.The king is not afraid; he agrees with Ina and wants to have a personal conversation with her. He orders everyone to leave him and Ina all alone. Janssen and Martin leave the room for Ina and Erik to do their discussion."I know of your relationship with Martin," Erik said."I don't." Ina tries interrupting Erik."You wait till I finish," Erik shunned Ina.Ina kept quiet and looked at Erik as he continued speaking."This is a very crucial battle; you won't just risk it out of love; you make your plan and let it work perfectly. I will definitely be with you if the battle is lost." Erik gave a string warning to Ina.Ina was stunned; she nodded in silence."I owe the Vikings my dignity. Odin, we fight for it, and the war will be won," Ina assures.Ina leaves the king. She walks past Martin and ghosts him. Martin wonders what his father has told her."What have I told her?" Martin shouts at his father.Erik kept quiet as he continued to drink from the cup he had in his hand."That's not how you talk to your dad; if you want to talk to me, bring your voice down," Erik said to Martin."What are you doing? You said something to her." Martin is still worried about Ina."I warned her about the war; she needs to be very careful, I think." Erik said as he made a funny face at Martin.Martin had heard enough, so he angrily left his dad.The Easterners had marched to the land of Zeus; they had more than four thousand men; they were fully armed; and with the arches with them, they reached the land of Zeus at night, built a small camp where they would pass the night, and waited for the battle the following day. The generals had a brief meeting within themselves, and as they didn't get any feedback from Berg, they assumed he was being caught or killed by the Vikings. They generals discuss an unaware attack on the Vikings, but the Vikings are the last people you attack unaware; they are always ready; if you attack their territory, they will slaughter everyone. It's going to be a bad idea for the Easterners. They thought of splitting the group; some will attack the territory while the battle is going on at the land of Zeus, then assume they (the Vikings) are all on the battle field, then they can conquer the territory and maybe surround the Vikings in such a way. The general argued and brought up so many points about how they could attack the Vikings. The group debated until they agreed on a final decision on splitting the group to attack the territory while the battle was on.The Vikings had also marched to the land of Zeus, camped, and waited till morning. Martin had followed Ina to the land of Zeus, trying to know what made her keep ghosting him."We are in the middle of a battle; all you do care about is me, Martin. You are more than this; your heart is soft, Mart." Ina finally responded to Martin after a long day of ghosting him."I think I have to disobey your command if you continue ghosting me," Martin said."This is not the Martin I know; you have been a strong man; don't let your emotions down raid you; we have to focus on our mission; you have to carry out your task perfectly; we have to fight to save Vikings," Ina said, kissing Martin passionately.Ina was forcing herself to ghost Martin; she loves Martin as well but has to keep it within her. Martin, after getting a kiss from Ina, went back to his warriors and back to the territories of the Vikings.In the early morning of the following day, the Easterners marched on to the battle field, and the Vikings marched on as well. They faced themselves, giving themselves a five hundred-metre gap. They stayed there for some time; King Erik had come along with his brother. Two of the Easterners, one of the generals and one of the captains, ride in a horse to the centre, then Ina and Kristen ride to meet them."You have brought a war to us; we humbly accept it. Do you wish to return to your homes to meet your wife's and children?" Kristen says.The general laughed out loud."Your people killed our people, took our gold, and destroyed our settlement. You talk about bringing war; you first stated this," the general said back."This happened years ago, many decades ago; why come now to fight it?" Ina asked."Injuries get healed, but the scars still remain; we didn't forget; we were waiting for the right time, were the general answers."And you think the right time is now. Good luck on that then," Kristen said angrily."We have a proposal that will end this without sharing blood," the general said."What night will that be?" Ina asked."You go tell your king to give us ten thousand tonnes of gold and five thousand pieces of silver and give us a settlement in your land where our people can farm and live," the general said.The negotiation was taking enough talk; Erik wasn't comfortable with that. He sent Lars to go their tell Ina to return and let the battle begin. As the general made the proposal, Ina laughed at it, then Lars rode to her and delivered what the king said."Okay, the king has his own proposal. The king said you should leave now or else no one will be left alive, "Ina said.The general got angry over what Ina said as she turned down the offer without thinking about it or maybe consulting the king."You have one hour to discuss with your king or else we attack, "the general said."We have thirty minutes; if you don't retreat, we shall attack, "Ina warns.Both parties return to their groups, and Erik awaits Ina to come tell him what she had discussed with the Easterners."What happened over there? "Erik asked."The Easterners want ten thousand tonnes of gold and five thousand pieces of silver and a settlement in our territory for them to back off, "Ina said.Lars, Erik, and Jansen laughed at the proposal."What was your proposal, Ina? "Janssen asked."They have thirty minutes to retreat or they all die. "The whole Vikings cheered on hearing the whole Easterners would be murdered.The Easterners general had returned with a failed proposal; they only had to fight the battle; they always wanted to destroy the Vikings.
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ICE HELLchapter 10 Carl and his fellow archers had hidden themselves on the tree, all wrapped in green leaves, while Martin had hidden themselves within the walls of the Vikings. They stayed there some times, waiting for the Easterners to attack the territory."I think they aren't coming; they are all focused on the battlefield," one of the warriors said.Martin made him a shhh sound. They should keep quiet. Not long enough, the Easterners start creeping into the territory. They were very careful to avoid making noise. Carl had seen them from the top tree. He made a sign that his fellow archers should follow his lead. They will only attack if he gives them the go-ahead. They kept silent as the Easterners all walked into the territory. They divided themselves into two to look for a Viking that had remained in the land to kill, not knowing that they had been surrounded. Carl made a ready sign, the archers ready their bow to the Easterners from the tree. On the count of three from Carl,
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The Vikings were victorious after defeating the Easterners. King Erik, his brother Janssen, his two sons Carl and Martin, and Janssen's son Lars were celebrating with other prestige men from the Vikings. They were drinking and eating, while the head of the Easterners general was placed on the table."Greetings everyone! I want to use this opportunity to give credit to our new war leader, Ina!" Martin said The rest clapped for her and cheered her up."Calm everyone, it was a tough test for her to have a battle to face just two days after she became the war leader. She brought so much intelligence and tactics to fight the battle. May Odin bless her." Martin praised Ina.The rest clapped once more, and King Erik coughed to draw the attention of everyone."I am pleased with the battle won; Ina did a great job; the tactics were perfect; I asked for the head of the general, and you brought it to me; this is the head of the coward who had come to fight the Vikings; his head will be used to
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A great wind blows, the cloud is muddy, everyone in the market is holding and guarding their products, the tax collector in the market has gone to find a shelter, the wind is taking many things away, and people are wondering why the wind is in the middle of the day. The wind had pushed the towel bell to ring. King Alfred in his room, hearing the bell, got surprised. Who might hit the bell without his consent? He didn't know about the wind. He wore his clothes and came out of his room to know what's going on. The wind almost pushed him back inside the room."What is this?" King Alfred muttered.He held himself and walked out. He asked one of the guards standing beside his room door."What's happening? This is summer. Why the wind?" King Alfred asked his guard.His palace guard can barely hear him. King Alfred left the guard at the tower bell, and his personal guard followed him up. As he was going, he saw his son, the prince."Dad, where are you going? It isn't safe out there; the wind
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The elders were confused; they had never heard of Frey. But Frey is a story that had been hidden a long time ago. It was rumoured that Frey died after some years of banishment, which made her story go into extinction. The true story stayed between the thrones; Luke told his loved son about Frey, and the story was kept secret in the house of the king."If truly Frey is alive, how can we stop her?" Sir Jim asked."She is very powerful, and I don't think she is stopable," said sir Fredrick."I don't think she's unstoppable; there must be a way," King Alfred said.The other elders looked at themselves and turned to the king to hear what he had to say about the solution to stop Frey."First we are going to banish the witches in the city; Frey might be getting information from them; we will build a wall around the country; there will be a stone given to every citizen's of the country; if you must leave, you will leave the gate with your stone; if you fail to return to the country with the s
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Carl has made a boat and is building one to his standard. Arne walked to Carl as he was building the boat."What great work are you doing out here, Carl?" Arne askedCarl took out his sword and pointed it in the direction he heard the voice, not knowing it was Arne."Oh my world, you scared me. You're lucky I didn't cut your head off," Carl exclaimed."Maybe you're lucky," Arne responded."You have pride, Arne, and I thought you were blind. You should be careful how you walk around so you don't get yourself in danger," Carl said.Carl continues hitting the hammer on the nail as he is building his boat."The gods had given me an inner sight; they walk with me, and I have come to give you a message from the gods," Arne said.Carl paused as he heard the message from the gods."Wait, a massage? Carl asked "Yeah, you heard correctly," Arne answered.Arne sat on a big piece of wood, which was cut by Carl."Be careful so you don't fall; it's kind of rough." Carl tells Arne"Can you stop wor
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Erik was walking alone with his sword to meet Arne. Along the thin road, he saw a cheetah, a black one. Erik was shocked. He paused and brought out his sword."Ehhh, little one, I don't know how you got here, but it will be wise if you get out of my way," Erik tells the cheetah.The cheetah still stood looking at Erik. Erik was still looking at the cheetah straight to the eye. Erik swung his sword for the cheetah to leave the way. Erik got angry and threw a small stone at the cheetah. The cheetah got angry and ran towards Erik. Erik knew it was not going to be cool on him. He maintained his stand and waited for the cheetah to approach. He did a flip flap over the cheetah and landed at the back of the cheetah. He pierced his sword at the back of the cheetah. The cheetah cried and struggled with Erik over the sword. The cheetah fought with Erik with a little cut the cheetah had on Erik's arm. Erik took out his dagger and cut the cheetah's eck. The cheetah died immediately."Hahahaha, O
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It was getting dark; the sun had gone out. Janssen, Martin, and Ina got into the house where Erik was lying down, still sleeping. His wound had already been covered."What happened to him?" Martin asked"He got into a fight with a cheetah; he was cut by the cheetah; the wound was infected but has already been taken care of by Jane, "Janssen answered.Ina went close to Erik and touched his forehead. It was very hot."His head is very hot; his temperature is very high; we need to bring it down," Ina says, worried."Everything is under control; the wound was infected; it had gotten into his body, but with the early treatment, he will be fine," Jane said.Lars walked into the room and saw Martin and Ina."Hey Martin, your father will be okay," Lars said."Where, Carl?" Ina asked"Uhhhhm, I will go look for him now," Martin said."I will go with you," Lars proposed, following his search for his brother Carl."Me too," Ina said.Martin looked at them both."No, I go alone; I will be fine,"
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After two days, Erik regained himself completely after being ill. He was sitting with Martin and Carl."What are you talking about, Carl?" Martin asked."I have made up my mind; it is just that I want to go. This is my decision," Carl said.Martin was surprised by Carl saying he wanted to give to England, while Erik wasn't shocked at all; he just kept looking at them argue. Martin wasn't literally arguing to go to England; he was anxious to know what triggered Carl to make the move to England."So when are you ready to leave?" Martin asked."He will go with one of the Viking boats," Erik said."No, no, no, I have my boat already built; I will leave on my own time," Carl said."It is quite disrespectful that you will leave the country without letting dad know; at least that is the reason you are leaving," Martin tells Carl."Oh yeah, I am doing for Father, huh, so what then? Come on, tell me," Carl Sparks out."Is it alright, Martin? Calm down, Carl. We're into this together. You can l
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There's someone for everyone. Selene could flash back her mama 's stylish friend always said Where was her someone? In all the death and fear. Where was her someone. Selene opened her eyes. To see the sun, the face the world. She had passed outon.on the Lord. He'd come for her. She had watched through vague eyes as heslew.adead.what it was she was not sure. But he'd killed it again. transferred it to the grave yet again. It had turned someone differently. A youthful girl with unheroic hair and rotting skin. A clear mark of the pest. " What worries you" came the voice at her side. Selene jerked down. Her eyes settling on the Lord by her side She looked into his eyes. The dark balls brimmed with life. Experience. Wariness and worry. Was he bothered over her? She was certain this was the Sol king. stable. Alive. His eyes didn't stay into perpetuity nor did her ignore her. He was by her bedside. Selene pulled down, unintentional to let him see how glad that she was he was back to
