Sealand was gloomy under the weight of a dark cloud. Hestein stood on the shore and watched Ella's fleet dock alone. Before the boat could stop, he stepped onto Ella's side.
The force of the boat was so great that it almost overturned the entire boat.
He first found Alfred on the boat. At this time, Alfred was already awake, but he was still seriously injured and his face was pale. He relied on Mellie to take care of him. Seeing Hestein coming, he feebly walked out of the boat.
Getting up from the bed, Hestein nodded in greeting.
Hestein didn't return the favor. He strode over to Alfred's bed with a sullen face. Without saying a word, he grabbed his collar and lifted him up. Mellie was shocked and was about to use magic.
He attacked Hestein, but Alfred stretched out his hand to stop him. He looked at Hestein's rough face, smiled, and said:
"King of Beasts, if you want to duel, you have to wait for me to recover from your injuries first."
Hestein snorted, roughly put him back on the bed, and said: "Very good, you still have the strength to speak. If you are a brave man, just get off the ship yourself and discuss the next plan."
Then, he pushed through the crowd and came to the cabin where Ella was. Seeing Ella's disheartened look, he shouted rudely: "What are you doing lying here? Were you slashed? Or were you stabbed?"
A sword?"
Amy hurriedly spoke for Ella: "The King of Beasts, she..."
"If you are not injured, get off the ship immediately and come to hold a combat meeting!"
Hestein dropped these words and walked out of the cabin without any explanation. Amy cursed behind him angrily: "This beast! Your Majesty is fighting for his territory! He didn't show any sign of it at all.
No?"
Gan, who got on the boat with Hestein, heard Amy's voice, stopped, turned around and said: "Boss Hestein has actually been waiting on the shore for several days. He has always hoped to get help from the shield girl sister.
A good news can be sent back. When he saw only a few ships coming, I thought he was about to fall down."
"Hestein...is he waiting for my good news?" Ella raised her head slightly, but soon lowered it again, and shouted self-defeatingly, "What good news can I bring? The one on the other side is..."
Ragnar the Undefeated! He thinks highly of me too!"
She thought she had gotten rid of Ivar, Halfdan and Sigurd, but Ragnar's magic made them his warriors again. She thought she could use strategy to make up for the magic gap, but the brutality of those berserker warriors
Powerful enough to shatter all schemes.
In the end, she couldn't accomplish anything.
"...Sister Shield Girl, you are very powerful."
Gan, who only thought about fighting and killing, unexpectedly began to comfort Ella.
"When we were confronting Ragnar, news came one after another that Halfdan and Ivar had been defeated. Ragnar's soldiers' belief in victory was obviously shaken, and Odin's protection
Their influence has become less great. As a result, the pressure we face has been reduced a lot. Although we are defeated, the entire army will not be annihilated..."
"The influence of Odin's protection has become smaller?" Ella suddenly raised her head and asked loudly, "What's going on?"
Mellie's voice came from outside the cabin: "Odin's protection is an extremely rare type of protection. Its effect is divided into three parts: one is to give the protected person a magical power similar to the protection of the God of War; the other is
It can summon heroic spirits who are willing to fight for the protected person; thirdly, it can bring certain blessings to the troops commanded by the protected person."
Ella looked outside the cabin - Alfred, who was seriously injured, had already stood up and was walking with the support of Mellie.
"I have already seen these three effects." Ella said, "But what happened to the influence of the protection that I just mentioned has become smaller?"
"The beneficial effect of Odin's protection on the army depends on the army's belief in whether the protected person can win. If there is no doubt that the protected person can win, Odin's protection can
It will exert an exaggerated effect. If it is the opposite, the influence of Odin's protection will be weakened until it is completely ineffective."
Mellie explained methodically, but then the conversation changed: "It's a pity that Ragnar is called the 'Invincible' by them."
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Hestein, Ella, and Alfred sat around a wooden table. Gan, Amy, and Mellie stood behind them respectively. Listening to Ella describe in detail what they met in Upland.
Due to the situation, especially after Ragnar's men all transformed into "berserkers", Hestein held his head in pain, and the majestic and intimidating aura completely disappeared.
He had a chance to defeat Ragnar.
Sigurd, Halfdan, and Ivar died in battle, and Ragnar's troops were divided and defeated by him. This caused Ragnar's undefeated reputation to be significantly shaken. That was Ragnar's undefeated reputation for decades.
When Na is most vulnerable.
However, he was unable to withstand the attack of thirteen elves and was defeated.
Ragnar, who prevailed under such adversity, has become almost a myth as to his undefeated reputation. Odin is the king of the gods and the most powerful god. And presumably in the eyes of those soldiers, Ragnar
Na is almost the incarnation of Odin.
Then, Ella also lost.
Even if she could defeat Sigurd, Halfdan, and Ivar at an extreme disadvantage, she could not defeat Ragnar, who was protected by Odin. This is bound to further increase the soldiers' trust in Ragnar.
.
All of Ragnar's soldiers will become berserkers under the protection of Odin. Moreover, even in terms of numbers, Sealand is at a disadvantage. Ragnar returned to Upland just to gather the remaining troops and replenish supplies. Wait for him
After resting, he will surely come back with a stronger military force.
"Scipio..."
It was the first time Hestein called Ella that.
"...Is there any way you can defeat Ragnar like this?"
Looking at Ella who was silent, Hestein already understood the answer. He slammed the table, stood up, and said to Dan behind him: "Let all the tribes and everyone pack their things, we will immediately
Just evacuate Zealand!”
"Evacuate Xilan?" Gan asked with some confusion, "Isn't this the boss's home? If we evacuate here, where should we go?"
"Go grab a piece of land, away from Scandinavia, away from Ragnar."
Hestein looked at Alfred, thought for a while, shook his head, then thought for a while, and said: "...On the other side of England, there is a land called Normandy, which belongs to the Alemannic Federation.
