One day later, Ragnar and his troops appeared at the gates of Upland City. Five thousand people, this number may not sound like a lot, but it looked like it was already a dense mass of darkness.
Ragnar stood out among these five thousand people. He was much older than Hestein, and similar to Hunter Misterteen. The years had turned his long beard white and stained his face.
It left indelible marks. Despite this, he still looked full of energy.
He was sitting on a majestic white horse, wearing a set of extremely delicate yet extremely heavy armor. But the armor was draped on his burly body, but it made people feel that it was just light and airy.
A piece of paper, his horse is also covered with heavy armor. It has been carrying Ragnar for a day with heavy armor on its back, but now it is still eager to jump out of the military formation, as if all the energy in its body is gone.
There seems to be nowhere to vent.
Obviously Upland City is much higher than him, but when he stands under Upland City, it feels like a big mountain is pressing down from above.
The soldiers following Alfred saw Ragnar for the first time. But many of them had seen Sigurd, Halfdan, Ivar, the lords of Great Britain in the Pirate Kingdom.
They almost fell under the invasion. Although Alfred turned the tide after he came to power, the fear of those three lords still remained in everyone's hearts. Ragnar was the father of those three people. According to rumors in England,
He has always been a demigod.
Ragnar approached Upland step by step, and the troops ambush on Upland became more and more nervous. Fortunately, Ella had taken precautionary measures long ago - she asked the soldiers to pile all their bows in one place in advance. Otherwise, now,
There must have been many people shooting arrows at Ragnar out of fear.
However, Ella and Amy did not feel that kind of pressure - probably because Ragnar was already old, and they both felt that he was not as good as Hestein. Although he did seem to be quite strong, it seemed that
It's not as scary as the legend says. Ella was even curious about why Hestad lost to him despite a huge advantage.
Bjorn came out, followed closely by Rurik. Rurik's expression seemed a bit unnatural to Ella, and Bjorn's expression was serious, probably because he was afraid of his father's relationship. This made the atmosphere
Becomes more boring.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. Ragnar and his troops walked in openly without noticing anything unusual in the city. Ragnar's soldiers were taken to the square to revel, and Ragnar and his troops
Several of his cronies walked into the lord's hall - Bjorn had prepared a banquet for them there.
Ella breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Amy, how is the poison?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, it has been mixed into the wine. But because the quantity is not enough, there is no way for the soldiers in the square to drink it."
"Did Rurik get the antidote?"
"Of course, but -" Amy sneered, "I made the mistake of telling you that the antidote was fake."
Ella was taken aback and was about to say something when Rurik came over with a few people. He winked at Ella. Ella immediately understood and asked everyone to wait for the order, and then brought
Enter Amy and follow Rurik out.
"Something is not right." Rurik said to Ella while walking on the way to the secret passage. "I have been paying attention to the movements of the hundreds of people brought by Bjorn. But just now, they
disappeared."
"disappeared?"
"Yes, they are missing! Bjorn must have noticed something abnormal and asked these hundreds of people to protect Ragna! But they are in the dark now, and we have no idea about their deployment!"
While they were talking, they had already arrived at the mouth of the dry well. Rurik stopped, stared at Ella and said:
"The situation has become a bit dangerous. I can let your people sneak away from Upland quietly, which will be beneficial to both you and me - even so, do you still insist on staying to assassinate Ragnar?
"
"If there is a better opportunity in the future, I will definitely give up this plan." Ella also stared at Rurik and asked: "But, will it really happen? Rurik, do you want to back down again?"
"No, seeing how determined you are, I feel a little more confident."
Rurik moved his gaze from Ella to the well.
"This secret passage has been dug for many years. If I don't use it anymore, I will be old. I won't say any more, just go in."
After passing through the secret passage, Climber Ella quietly lifted up the floor in the shaft and observed the situation in the room: Ragnar was sitting on the stone seat where Rurik sat, taking in a panoramic view of the entire hall. Than
Jon was sitting on the lower right side of him, and there were about seven or eight other people sitting on both sides of the same long table.
Ella could only see the feet of these people from her perspective. But she could feel that the atmosphere in the room was extremely heavy - there was no noise that should have been caused by the banquet, and she could only hear people drinking heavily.
After a while, Bjorn's drunken voice sounded: "Father, why don't you drink at all?"
"Why don't you drink?" Ragnar's voice sounded a little irritable, "Your eldest brother, second brother, and third brother are all dead, but Hestein ran away. I would like to ask you why you can still drink.
Drink?"
"Father, you know that third brother Sigurd has robbed my territory... Brother Ivar has been acting strange since he became ill and lost his legs. He no longer pays attention to me..."
"Halfdan! Your second brother Halfdan is also dead! He was supposed to inherit the position of King of Heroes!"
Ragnar's roar shook the tableware on the table.
"Ivar, Halfdan, and Sigurd are all dead! Only you, the most useless one, are left! Without me, you would still be locked in a cage by Hestein! You, a waste, don't even have a piece of territory.
You want it from me!”
Bjorn suddenly laughed.
"So in the eyes of my father, have I always been a waste? But father, you are wrong this time - the eldest brother, the second brother, and the third brother are all dead, and they have no sons. According to the ancient and sacred law
France, I am now the joint lord of Frisia, Scotland and Ireland! Moreover, father, you sent troops to attack the vassals under your protection, which completely violated the ancient law, so..."
Bjorn's words stopped here. At the same time, a wine glass fell from Bjorn's hand, fell to the ground, and broke into pieces. With this sound, hundreds of people suddenly