When the people of Scandinavia finally recovered from the fear caused by the total solar eclipse, they received such news.
At first, everyone sneered at them. But as time went by, defeated troops began to appear in various villages one after another. Covered in dirt, they limped to the stones in front of the village and sat down.
In shock, he told the surrounding villagers about the progress of the war: Odin had died in the battle, Loki sent his followers to devour the sun. Fenrir, Jörmungandr and Nidhogg had all woken up.
.With trembling voices, they described in particular detail the nail boat they had seen with their own eyes, as well as the group of devils who got off the nail boat and used human heads as weapons.
If such a story were told by only one or two people, they would probably be laughed off.
However, the number of the defeated army was nearly ten thousand. Each of them was crazy, telling similar stories. At the end of each story, they all repeated the same sentence:
"The twilight of the gods has come."
Panic spread among all the tribes in the north. When the news reached Siful, which had been shrouded in black mist by Sigurd and dispersed by Halfdan with flashes of light, the lord there, Harald "The Wild Hair", ran away in disbelief.
I went outside the city to try out Tyr's protection. He was a "natural" person protected by Tyr. There was a boulder half a man's height outside the city. He often lifted it for exercise. However, this time, he
Even though his face turned red, he was unable to lift the boulder, and he even fell down because his foot slipped.
Harald was not the only one who became weak. As this terrible rumor spread, the strength of all the protected people in this group of northern tribes became much weaker than before.
For this reason, Hestein went to Ella with his eyes wide open and complained: "It's all your fault for playing Twilight of the Gods! Well, all our protections have become weaker!"
However, Ella's reaction was just to scratch her head and said: Has the protection become weaker? Otherwise, will you convert to the gods of our Seven Hills Empire?"
Hestein's eyes widened even more: "Convert to your god??? Even if I agree, the priests in the territory will not agree!"
Amy listened and laughed: "Priest? How many divisions do they have?"
Forest near Uppland.
Glahid took several knights from England and pirates from Zealand, and tortured the two unlucky guys who fell into the trap in various ways, and finally convinced that the words that came out of their mouths were true: Scipio is true
Ragnar has been defeated.
They were left behind by Ella to cut off the rear. Under the command of Glahid, they made full use of the woods and traps. Although they suffered heavy losses, they miraculously survived in the enemy's hinterland. They even managed to catch up with some of the troops who escaped from Uppland.
Archers come out.
"Did you hear that? You are about to become little lords."
With a smile on his face, Glahid patted the shoulders of the survivors, regardless of whether they were knights from England or pirates from Zealand. In the past few days of survival, they had already formed a deep friendship.
"However, there is one more thing I want to do, and I hope you can accompany me to complete it."
To the dozen or so warriors who survived and the hundreds of archers who were rescued by them, Glahid said amazing words: "Follow me to fight back to Upland and seize our ship!"
In fact, people in Zealand didn't have much expectation that Ella could win.
In the past few days when Hestein sent troops, they each packed their luggage and planned their way out in the future. Bags of grain and pieces of bacon had been carried to the ship in advance, so that if news of the defeat came, they would
We can set off immediately and evacuate Zealand.
However, what came back to Zealand was the news of victory. When people were sure that the soldier who sent the message was right, a burst of cheers rang out. People retreated like a tide, and then quickly gathered again
——With the meat and wine brought from the ship, they lit a bonfire in the center of Zealand and celebrated for three days in a row. The poets wrote an epic poem praising Ella on the spot and sang it day and night in the ears of the drunken people.
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The people of Zealand are celebrating, but in Gotland, the capital of Ragnar, there is a completely opposite scene.
Hestein is personally leading the infantry to attack this last fortress. Ella and Alfred are leading the navy to support Hestein.
This time, Ella's trebuchet didn't just throw away. It continued to throw stones at the Gotland city wall, and almost every shot could make a hole in the weak wooden wall. Hestein
He led the soldiers and rushed straight in through the opening, and easily occupied the tattered city wall.
However, the defenders relied on the inner fortress for their last desperate resistance - until a wolf howl sounded in the city, and Fenrir appeared on the streets of Gotland carrying Ella and Amy.
"It's Scipio...Scipio herself has come!"
The panicked shouts soon spread throughout the defenders. Ella wanted to use a speech to persuade those people not to make fearless resistance, but she just cleared her throat in front of the castle and before she could speak, something happened on the castle.
A white flag was raised. The defenders threw away their weapons and squatted down in front of Ella one by one with their heads in their hands. This made Ella a little confused.
It didn’t take long for what happened in the Pirate Kingdom to spread all the way to the Alemanni Federation.
"Have you heard? The Pirate Kingdom has changed hands."
In the streets and alleys of the Alemannic Federation, you can hear people talking about this topic everywhere.
Of course, there are also people outside the situation. A middle-aged man emerged from the dark cabin. His hair was dirty and in clumps, like a lot of black cotton pieces covering the
As soon as he came out, he waved his ruler and shouted to the people gathered in the yard: "How many times have I told you not to touch the circle I drew on the ground! If you break it, I will curse your business."
Each team encounters pirates from the Pirate Kingdom!"
People seemed to have become accustomed to his complaints and ignored him. A younger man in the crowd shouted to him: "Gottfried, did you know that Ragnar of the Pirate Kingdom died in the battle!"
"That Ragnar is dead? Who did it?"
Gottfried hit his head with a ruler, seemingly forgetting that the circle he had painstakingly drawn on the ground was being stepped on by a group of people.
"I heard that it seems to be called Scipio!"
"Scipio? Isn't that the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire? You should make up stories that look more like them!"
"Hmm...actually I'm not sure. Because everyone prefers to call her by her nickname rather than her name..."
"What nickname?"
"Because she miraculously defeated the 'Invincible' Ragnar and returned triumphantly from a mortal war. So people now call her that - 'The Triumphant'."