Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 99 Black Coffin!Monsters come to Cambridge
"Let's go!"

The warship began to leave the shore, and the light of the flames in front reflected in the depths of the Laughing Man's pupils, pulling him back to his longhouse, with the shadow of a sword shining on the wall.

Moving his eyes, he saw that it was a sword with a scabbard, and the whole sword looked like a black coffin board.

Must be fake!

Until the opponent threw the sword directly over, he touched the sword and fell to the ground with a plop.

The sword was so heavy that he had no time to react and was brought down to the ground.

Holding the hilt of the sword, he slowly pulled out a tiny section of the heavy sword body from the scabbard, and stared at the sword body, which was also as black as ink——

At that moment, his heart was struck by lightning!

This sword is real. Just the moment it is taken out of the sheath, it gives people a special feeling that is rarely seen in the world. It is unmistakable...

What he holds in his hand is the sword of the past fogcrow leaders, named 'Black Coffin'!
……

The old leader would actually hand over the black coffin to Rayleigh!
With the wisdom of the old leader, it is impossible not to notice the contradiction between Rayleigh and Gorton from the Bastian family's signal to sell the sword, but still choose to do so.It also means that the old leader recognized him as the future leader of Mist Crow, and he must have obtained the permission of the prophet.

Gorton is very good, but he is not so arrogant that he thinks his vision is better than those two.

As he said before, Gorton does not have a good chance of winning.Being alive was better than being dead, so he could only choose to side with Rayleigh.

In this duel on the ship, facts also proved that Reilly stood at the end and even captured Gorton unscathed.

If it weren't for him, the outcome would probably not be any different. At most, the battle would be more brutal.

Reilly couldn't be killed in a death-defying battle on Prisoner's Island, nor could a whole shipload of elite Iron Guards at Ivington Abbey, and Gorton wouldn't be much different.

Because he was facing an unprecedented fog-crow monster!

A funny thought suddenly occurred to Ginat:

Now that the old leader gave the black coffin to Rayleigh, what Commander Dawn will use in the future may be to recreate a symbolic fake sword.

Obviously, the old leader had no intention of taking it back. If he just wanted to help Rayleigh, there was a better way. For example, he could come home in person, and there was no need to give him the famous sword.

At this moment, a flash of realization flashed through Jinat's mind:
The real purpose of the black coffin is not at all now, and dealing with Gorton is just a small test, but in the future. It is the handwriting laid in advance by the old leader for the future of Mist Crow.

I wonder where Rayleigh will put that sword?
If such a valuable thing is accidentally stolen... it's really worrying!
……

Ten days later, Calitch Stronghold, Norfolk.

The arrival of the large wave of fogcrow warriors also filled the Vikings in the stronghold with doubts. According to past practice, the fogcrow warriors would not come to Western Europe at this time.

"Commander Daun, I didn't know you were here this time?" The blond Kalic came up with several soldiers.

"Get something." Dawn replied.

"What?" A light flashed in Kalic's eyes.

Could it be that the news spread from the Iron Guards that the wealth worth 3 silver coins plundered by the Mist Crow people last time was not groundless.

Such a huge amount of wealth is really exciting, but this wave of nearly hundreds of powerful Mist Crow warriors in front of us...

The result of greed for money is that the gains outweigh the losses.

A deep voice came into my ears: "Cambridge City Wall, the bones of our people."

Dao En brought so many people here not only to get back the wealth, but also for an equally important purpose, which was to welcome the bones of the Hui people.

As long as the heads and bones of Staff and Old Sam are retrieved, the hearts of the warriors who originally belonged to Bartholomew can be conquered. At that time, one's own prestige will reach its peak, and it will be a matter of course for him to take over the position of leader after returning.

"Commander Daun is so courageous!" Kalic said with emotion.

It is not an easy task to get back the medals belonging to the Iron Guard's Wall of Merit from the Dawn Sword.

The old leader of the Mist Crow is already old. Perhaps the next time you see him, you should call him Leader Dawn.Just like Gorton, who he thought was very good a few years ago, became the captain soon after.

With his peripheral vision, he glanced around and was slightly confused: "By the way, where is your Captain Gorton? Didn't he come this time?"

"There will be no more Captain Gorton, now he has been replaced by Captain Reilly." The Laughing Man replied.

"Captain Reilly?" Kalic looked at Hawkeye, one of the leaders of Mist Crow, in astonishment.

It's been less than two months since the last time, and this guy is already the captain?
I remember that he seemed to be only 15 years old. It was really surprising that a 15-year-old captain was still in a tribe like the Mistcrows.

"Captain Reilly, nice to meet you." Kalic smiled and went up to say hello.

His eyes glanced at the warriors beside Hawkeye and the smiling face in front of him. These were all Gorton's men. As expected, a battle for power took place.

The original Gorton was not much worse than Earl Hurricane when he was young, but now...

The guy in front of me is a bit scary.

"As before, call me Rayleigh."

"That goes against my manners and manners, don't you think, Captain Sophia?"

"Lori, you're sorry, hurry up and tell your people to get ready to eat..." Sophia was not polite.

Everyone chatted and walked into the stronghold. They each found a place where the bonfire was burning and sat down. They put their hands above the flames to bring some warmth to their bodies.

Rayleigh also asked Genat and Raup to lead the crew to find a seat, while he and Itia walked towards an acquaintance, an old priest who was chanting to a group of slaves.

The old priest opened another page of the gospel: "The earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the face of the abyss, and the Spirit of God was moving on the waters..."

"Then let me ask you, is it the spirit of God that sails faster on the water, or the speed of our Viking longships?"

Who sails faster, the Spirit of God or the Viking longship?

It's all about what! !

The old priest was stunned after he reacted, and looked in the direction of the sound. When he saw the unattractive female Viking warrior from before, his face turned slightly dark:

Such deadwood Vikings are really insulting to culture!

The Hawkeye Viking next to him is pretty good.

The female Viking's voice continued to come to my ears: "Old priest, you are lying here again."

The old priest took a deep breath, ignored it, and looked at the Hawkeye Viking warrior: "Rayleigh, why did you come back to Western Europe so quickly?"

"Of course we are here to rob and kill, otherwise do you think we are here to do charity?" Itia replied in a very proficient Western European language.

Her language talent is very good, much better than Rayleigh's. Although she has problems with comprehension, she has no problem with speaking.

"Sin, sin." The old priest sighed and shook his head.

Seeing the two people approaching, the slaves around them timidly stood up and moved out of their way.

"How have you been lately?" Rayleigh found an empty seat and sat down cross-legged, and Itiya also sat down.

"Since you left, I haven't been able to find many Vikings willing to learn the Kingdom's language. Occasionally, there are a few who ran away after only two days of learning." The old priest complained, and then sighed, "Oh, I don't know. In my lifetime, can I ever see a day when the two lands coexist peacefully?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to do it for the rest of your life." Lei Li replied seriously.

"What happens next?" the old priest asked.

Reilly did not hesitate: "It will happen naturally in the future, and there will always be a day when we can live together peacefully."

"That's also a gratifying thing." A smile appeared on the old priest's face.

……

After eating and drinking enough to recover, the warships stopped at the stronghold early the next morning. Mist Crow and his party took five medium-sized warships and headed for the rivers around Ivington Abbey.

Britain has a temperate maritime climate, which is much warmer than the north.Even in the coldest season, the temperature rarely drops below 01 degrees, and the current river is not frozen.

According to the information obtained from Kalic, after the last battle at Ivington Abbey, the Iron Guards had already withdrawn to Cambridge, and the place was almost deserted and occupied by some bandits and refugees.

In the evening, the fleet arrived at the river where the treasure chest was thrown and blocked both sides.

The river was turbid, and the warriors needed to rely on the touch of their hands to search for the treasure chest. It was not that easy to find it for a while.

After searching for more than an hour, until nightfall, we finally found two treasure boxes in the river.

"The last one is..."

After confirming that it was correct, Rayleigh was interrupted by the commander.

"Two are enough, let's keep the last one first." Dawn naturally had his own considerations. If he inquired about information from Kalic and rented a guide, he would inevitably find out the truth about finding the treasure.

It is not appropriate to bring too much money with you.

There is another reason. The War Whale tribe is now very powerful. Leaving a treasure chest may also provide a way out for the future.

Now that the treasure has been recovered, there is only the second purpose left: the remains on the Cambridge Wall of Merit.

The Divine Sword of Dawn has no wife or children, so we can only start with the people around him. The Chapter Leader of the Iron Guard may not be powerful enough.

But for one person, the portion was more than enough.

Dawn already had a detailed plan running through her head, with only four steps to take.

The first step: first occupy a stronghold for the fleet to train. Ivington Abbey is a very suitable choice. In the winter, the Iron Guards would not have thought that such a powerful wave of Vikings would come again.

"Go out and occupy the monastery."

Five warships sailed along the river to the monastery with high spirits.Along the way, the sentinel point we saw last time had not been repaired and was in ruins.

The distance of two 300 meters passed in an instant, and the fleet arrived at the monastery.

"I will take some people to sit in the main church. Shurut, Victor, Sophia, and Rayleigh. Each of you will take a team of people to clear out the entire monastery."

Daun gave the order, "Kill all those who resist and escape. Keep the others and sell them to Kalic as slaves."

After getting off the boat, the soldiers lit torches and pressed towards the west door. Sophia struck a big ax and cut a big hole in the wooden door.

"There are enemies..."

Two nearby night watchmen were killed on the spot by axes as soon as they yelled.

The west door opened and people rushed in.

The four captains and Commander Daun led the soldiers to rush from their respective fighting areas, and screams soon sounded in the monastery.

After more than an hour, all the bandits and refugees entrenched here were cleared away, and those who were alive were tied up with ropes and imprisoned in the Baptism Party, with several soldiers guarding them.

The four gates were closed again, and crows were perching on the trees in all directions.

The main church was brightly lit with candles, and Dawn spread out a map: "The first step is completed, the second step will be carried out tomorrow. The target is here, the Manor of Baron Collins. Its location is in a basin surrounded by woods on three sides, which is convenient for us to update It’s easy to hide, and the guard force consists of hundreds of soldiers..."

After all the instructions were issued, everyone in Mist Crow entered their rest time.

Ivington Abbey in the night is deep and silent, like a man-eating monster.

……

At dawn, the forest north of Collins Manor was handed over to the weakest Rayleigh fleet because it was the closest to the south gate of Ivington Abbey.

"Beware of ground traps."

Raop reminded that a total of sixteen Mist Crow warriors were lurking into the forest silently.

After walking for a while, using the trees as cover, we soon saw three soldiers on guard standing outside the fence chatting in a simple wooden shed.

Reilly signaled, Genat lurked over from the left, and Raup lurked over from the right.

Itiya drew her bow and arrow, took aim, and with a whoosh, an arrow shot through the neck of one of the soldiers.

Rayleigh threw the spears in his hands at the same time. Facing the stationary target, like a target, a spear shot through the chest of the warrior in the middle.

Before the last remaining warrior had time to react, Jinat, who lurked from behind, covered his mouth and stabbed his heart with a knife.

Defeat one sentry point and move on to the next one.

Half an hour later, a total of seven garrisoned soldiers were eliminated, along with the two surrounding sentry posts.Reilly ordered Genat and Raup to lead four men each to guard the sentry points on the left and right sides, and he himself led five men to guard the middle sentry point.

When the sun's rays became brighter, through the grass on the fence, I saw three more soldiers walking up the path, apparently coming to change their posts.

The three soldiers yawned and walked towards the tent without paying attention. They sniffed their noses and smelled an unpleasant smell.

Bloody smell?

The moment the three soldiers reacted, the three Rayleigh men who were ejected from the tent and the two crew members who appeared from behind the tree were all killed instantly.

The corpses were dragged to the forest behind and piled up behind trees, while everyone continued to hibernate.

At this time, the outposts on the river east of Collins Manor and in the mountains to the south and west were also occupied by three captains, Victor, Sophia, and Shurut, and their soldiers.

Daun was sitting at Ivington Abbey and did not come over. That was their retreat. All five warships were there, and the strongest one had to stay there.

……

The morning light is getting harsher, Collins Manor.

The captain of the guard, Gray, felt a little strange. None of the soldiers who should have returned from the forest sentry point had returned.

Mysteriously missing!

Then the more I thought about it, the more something was wrong. If the soldiers in a forest were missing, it might be an accident, but the soldiers in three woods and the river to the east all disappeared.

This manor is probably in big trouble!
(End of this chapter)