Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 40 War Leader: Wild Boar Olaf
"This is the end?"

Jecam's face was full of disbelief, and then he said depressedly, "I haven't killed anyone yet. It would be great if there was another wave of thugs."

Of the three thugs who had just rushed towards them, two of them had their throats wiped by Kaysen, and the other had his heart stabbed by Rayleigh.Compared to the two friends next to him, he started much slower.

"Stop being so cynical, go find out if there is anything valuable in this stronghold, and pick off any useful things from your three corpses." Bassomo walked over and said after placing his head on the warship.

Seeing that other soldiers were searching for corpses, Lei Li and the other three also started searching for the three corpses in front of them.However, these three guys are all poor people. Not to mention silver coins, they don't even have a few iron coins.

After the search was completed, he followed the example of others and piled the corpses in the middle of the field, and then followed the old soldier into one of the nearby caves.

The old soldier introduced: "Prisoner Island has countless caves, which are the residences built by the exiles in the past. Often such a residence has two exits for small ones, and three or four for large ones. exit."

There are candles lit along both sides of the cave. If you look carefully, you can see a lot of bats lurking on the cave walls.

After walking more than ten meters, we came to the first wider room.There were two bed frames in the room, with a fire burning in the middle, but it was empty.

It is obvious that this is the residence of ordinary soldiers.

After walking a few meters further, they bumped into Bassomo and others who entered from another cave.This room is two or three times larger than the previous room.The most eye-catching thing is a couch covered with wolf skin, and there are several empty cages underneath, which seem to be used to imprison slaves.

Everyone quickly stepped forward to put away the wolf skin, opened the couch, and took out the treasure box hidden inside.

After opening it, seeing the few silver coins inside, some soldiers couldn't help but complain: "What a poor man. Not only does he not even have a slave, but he only has about twenty silver coins."

"Those who are rich will not be taken down by us so easily. We are afraid that we will just pick up the treasure box and run away with them."

"Well, only these newly arrived exiles on Prisoner Island would be stupid enough to see the raven circling by and dare to come out to fight."

The warriors chatted with each other for a few words, then picked up the wolf skin and the treasure box and left the cave.

Returning to the shore, I picked up some dry branches and placed them on the pile of corpses. I lowered several torches and the pile of corpses burst into flames.

"Let's go."

Bartholomew took Rayleigh and others onto a warship, and then ordered six people to board the small warship that originally belonged to the Skull Splitter and return to the Fern Strait.

After sailing less than a hundred meters, a black spot appeared at the end of the line of sight, coming from the direction of Fern Strait.In the sky above the black spot, there is a faint raven circling.

"Commander, should we take a detour or continue sailing..." a soldier asked.

"Don't worry about it and keep sailing."

Bassomo replied without hesitation. If the opponent only had one ship, the strength of the Mistcrow warriors would basically be enough to deal with it.Besides, if he took a detour without even knowing who the other party was, then he, as a war commander, would be too inferior.

The two warships headed straight towards the black spot, seemingly fighting, and the black spot also rushed over without giving way.

The distance is getting closer and closer, within 400 meters, it is almost certain that the opponent is a medium-sized warship, but the number of people cannot be clearly seen.

"There are not many pirate groups with medium-sized warships on Prisoner Island." The old soldier said.

"Well, slow down a bit."

Just in case, Bartholomew ordered the two ships to start slowing down and get closer to each other.

Within 300 meters away, you can already see the approximate number of people on the other side, there are at least 20 people.

Within 200 meters, when he noticed the faint outline hidden behind the dragon's head on the bow of the ship, Bartholomew's expression changed slightly, and he immediately shouted to another ship beside him: "Everyone come up, we have to withdraw the prisoners." island……"

what happened?
Although the soldiers on the other warship were confused, they did not pause at all and immediately jumped onto Bassomo's warship.

The warship began to turn around quickly. At this time, the distance between the two sides was closer to more than twenty or thirty meters. Many soldiers also saw clearly the familiar figures on the other side's warship, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Wild Boar Olaf, and One-Eyed Yum... How come people from the Black Fish Tribe are here?"

"Come on!"

The soldiers had no time to be surprised. They began to paddle with both hands, and the small warship returned to Prisoner Island like a sharp arrow.

Although Olaf's nickname is not very good, he is a true war commander.One-Eyed Youmu is the only one who survived the Contract War in the past, and his strength is at least at the quasi-commander level. Coupled with the more than 20 Blackfish warriors who are not weaker than the Mist Crow warriors, the gap between the two sides is visible to the naked eye.

The Blackfish tribe in the rear noticed this scene, and Olaf no longer hid his figure, joined the rowing team and followed at full speed, constantly closing the distance between the two sides.

"Don't we have an armistice agreement with Blackfish?" Kaisen asked doubtfully.

He remembered that after the Contract War, the two sides had ceased fighting, and the treaty was jointly concluded under the witness of the Chicken Tribe and the War Whale Tribe.If the two tribes did not formally and publicly declare war in advance, but instead raided each other's personnel to break the truce agreement, there would be a heavy price to pay, which the Blackfish tribe cannot afford.

"There is an armistice agreement, yes, but it is only within the scope of the Northern Tribe Alliance. It does not include outside the Northern Territory, as well as Prisoner Island and the waters surrounding Prisoner Island." Bassomo explained, sighing that he was a little careless. .

These six or seven years of peace had made him less vigilant.Although the plunder in Western Europe was outside the northern border, both sides had warriors dozens of years older. The cost of starting a war was too high. Even if they bumped into each other, they would only jeer at most and not really start a war.

The man who was currently carrying only a small warship was caught red-handed.

Bassomo visually measured the distance to the coast of Prisoner Island. With the speed of the medium-sized warship behind him catching up faster, even if he could reach the coast, he would directly enter a hand-to-hand battle. The situation was not optimistic.

"When we reach the shore, everyone will run separately. If they can survive, they will gather at or near the stone building."

Bassomo finally made a decision. Under the current circumstances, staying and fighting to the death would only lead to annihilation of the entire army.Besides, there are three future geniuses of Mist Crow, Rayleigh, so it would be a pity to die here.

The Mist Crow warriors on the warship all felt a sense of shame. It would be shameful to escape, let alone face an old enemy like the Blackfish tribe.However, they also knew that they knew each other well, and there was no chance of defeating the opponent with twice their own number.

Not to mention that even high-level warriors are not as good as the other party.

The old enemy warship behind him didn't taunt or shoot arrows. He just rowed with all his strength and chased after him, obviously determined to fight to the death.The distance soon got closer, only a little over 100 meters left.

"I'll take precautions. Just hurry up."

Within 50 meters, this distance is already dangerous, and the opponent may drop the spear at any time.Bartholomew stood on the stern of the boat, allowing the warriors behind him to paddle forward without any worries.

Within 40 meters, one could already see the bloodthirsty eyes on the opposite ship, but the warrior in sight still did not move.

The less the opponent moves, the more suffocating danger the fogcrow warrior feels.

The two ships were within 20 meters of each other and only a dozen meters away from the shore. With such a small distance, they could reach each other quickly by relying on the inertia of the ships.The silhouettes of the Black Fish warships finally showed their fangs, and stood up together to draw their spears.

"Be on full defense, shield..."

Bartholomew reminded him loudly, and at the same time he raised his shield and stepped back a little, bowing slightly to maintain the best point of exertion.

huh, huh...

More than twenty spears fell like a rain of arrows in an instant. Most of the spears were not strong enough to penetrate the shield. The most threatening one was shot down by Bartholomew's sword.However, two or three spears still passed through the gaps in the shield and injured people.

The most serious case was that of a soldier, his whole calf was shot through and nailed to the deck.

No one had time to think about it. The warship rushed to the coast with a wave of shaking. Suddenly there was an even more violent vibration. The Blackfish warship in front directly hit their stern.

bang——

"Run separately..."

Hearing the voice of Commander Bartholmore in their ears, Rayleigh and Kayson each took one of Jackham's shoulders and took their slightly unresponsive friend directly out of the ship.

Several axes flew over at the same time from behind...

Bassomo jumped out like an ape, and accurately shot down these axes with his sword. He shouted to the three of them: "Run, don't look back!"

Rayleigh, who had already opened his eagle eyes, noticed the Blackfish warriors behind him. One after another, they roared and jumped off the warship, killing everyone.Without the help of Commander Bashomo, several soldiers were injured by axes and had no choice but to fight.

The soldier who was nailed to the deck was killed in an instant.With a numerical disadvantage and even the current morale, the Blackfish people had the upper hand.

Compared to the warriors of the Mist Crow, the Blackfish Man is slightly shorter in height and has a wider body shape.The combat power is completely different from that of the previous thugs. Even in one-on-one situations, Mist Crow's warriors have no advantage, let alone being beaten with more than at the moment...

"go!"

Rayleigh no longer hesitated, and reminded the red-eyed Jecam and Kayson, and they quickly ran towards the forest ahead with all their strength.

Behind him, a figure holding a giant mace, with a bulging belly like a big ball, and a body covered only with a few armors, faced Bassomo like a humanoid pig.

"That's enough for me here, Youmu, you go hunt down those three people."

Olaf ordered that the three geniuses from the Mist Crow tribe could not stay.

"They won't survive."

One-Eyed Youmu led two elite raider warriors, bypassing Bassomo who was blocked by Olaf, and chased towards the mountain forest.

(End of this chapter)