Chapter 295 6.43 Negotiation (3)

After 2 days, the two men, who were unable to convince each other, chose to split up.

This was a taboo in military strategy, but Loki had no choice.

At the bottom of the city wall, he made his final farewell to the Viking king.

"Your Majesty, time and history will tell you that my choice was correct!"

"It is true that Wessex is extremely powerful, but there are always people who want to be dragon-slaying warriors. I am willing to serve as a pioneer to pave the way for the king. When I cut off all of Ecbert's followers and he becomes weak, I believe that you will be able to seize this rare opportunity to attack."

After 2 days of careful consideration. Loki made the decision to attack Wessex alone.

First of all, he must not follow Ecbert.

Following him to plunder seems to make a lot of money, but once he returns to the Scandinavian Peninsula, he will immediately become a soft persimmon for him to squeeze at will.

Secondly, he cannot fight a decisive battle with Ivar in the English Isles.

Although he lost a lot of men in the rush after landing, he still had as many as 7,000 saber-toothed mercenaries under his command.

Even if Loki could win, it would be a miserable victory, and he would be immediately destroyed by the English coalition forces that came to reinforce him.

In this case, he could only attack Wessex alone.

Wessex was as rich as the other six countries combined. He knew that as long as he made this decision, Ivar would definitely wait and see from behind with the mentality of "the mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind".

First of all, he couldn't let Loki die. Because the portal key to Asgard was still in his hands.

Secondly, he would definitely have illusions about Loki's fighting ability.

You know, Wessex is a rich country that can afford to raise dragons. There are not many lords with such national strength in the entire Western Continent. If Loki can really fight this country to a loss, with Ivar's ability to grasp opportunities, he will definitely stretch out his fangs and bite hard.

Just like Hummel Blood Pigeon, who harvested the battlefield in the "Battle of Cold Water Village".

Although he was dressed in brocade, spoke elegantly and was well-informed, he was still essentially a pirate leader.

This was a gene that ran deep into his spinal cord, and it was a mark of his ancestors that he could not erase.

In Loki's plan, it would be the best policy for him to go on the expedition with him, but this man was very smart to avoid the hook, so he could only settle for the next best thing.

As long as Ivar was still in the game, he had not reached the point where he needed to admit defeat.

"Brother Loki, I admire your bravery. Since you have decided to risk everything to expand the territory for my Vikings, I will not say anything more."

"You are a warrior admired by Odin. All the gods in Valhalla and the ancestors of the Starrag family must be looking at you in the sky. I sincerely wish that your seemingly stupid decision will bear fruit."

"I wish you and I can see the fruits of the harvest this autumn."

Outside the city gate, Ivar said polite words of blessing for the prosperity of military fortune like every king who blessed his beloved general to go on the expedition. Loki lightly nodded his forehead and accepted it all.

He could see the respectful eyes of all the Viking warriors looking at him.

It was like they were looking at a hero heading for destruction.

"Duke Loki, the gods in Valhalla must be watching you. I will look at the stars in the sky, just as all the warriors of Wolf Creek will look at your axe."

"I wish you a perfect hunt!"

Duke of Wolf Creek "Casker Wolf" stretched out his big hand and hammered his chest hard. Beside him, a huge dire wolf more than one person tall howled to the sky.

Behind him, two thousand wolf knights spoke in unison to see him off.

Lord "Wonnar Striker" of the "Bayland", which is separated from the valley by a mountain range, handed him a cannon that could be fired after being pulled. As the best shipbuilding clan among the Vikings, the "Bayland" has the largest shipyard in Scandinavia.

More than half of the timber produced in the forest farm of Fog Duck Town is sold to the shipyard under Wonnar's command every year. Therefore, this duke and Loki can be said to be old acquaintances.

"My dear friend, you must leave a few fires and bring back your stories to the Vikings in the bay!"

"Whenever, as long as you evacuate to the coastline and pull the cannon barrel, the 'ship slaves' hiding near the coastline will definitely pick you up. And try to bring you back safely!"

The last person to step forward was Turaf, the Duke of "Sky Island" in the four provinces northwest of Tianduan Mountain. This is the smallest province among the seven Viking provinces, and the area where they live is also in the frozen sea of ​​the far north.

The Frost People are not a race that likes to talk. He looked at Loki silently, and finally handed him the axe in his hand.

Ivar looked at all this indifferently.

No Viking can resist a death as brilliant as fire. This is the survival code he has instilled in all the "Sabertooth Mercenaries" since childhood. It is precisely because they believe that their lives should be like this, so Loki and his 5,000 warriors are like gods in their eyes.

In the eyes of everyone, Loki left the Seawatch Fortress. He headed south, heading straight for Wessex in southern Mercia.

After walking a few dozen kilometers and confirming that the Sabertooth mercenaries had disappeared from his sight, the first thing Loki did was to walk to the prison car at the end of the team, open the prison door, and release all the English nobles imprisoned under his command, as well as several kings and nobles captured from the apple orchard.

"My fellow English friends, I'm sure you all know that if I execute you here and your kingdom falls into civil strife, it will save me a lot of trouble."

"But it happens that I don't want to do that today."

"Today is your lucky day."

"I will temporarily detain you in a special place. You will enjoy humane treatment here until the end of this war."

Then Loki took out the "blood stone statue", opened the portal, and put them into the "Water City".

Last fall, almost all Viking pirates had entered the Water City for refuge. So many people knew this secret that it no longer needed to be kept secret.

"I promise you that when you walk out of this city, the war will be over."

"When you show up here, I will also capture Ecbert and gather your "family" together. By that time, Wessex will have been beaten to a pulp by me, and you can all take revenge and complain."

"You will call me "Generous Lord Loki"!"

"Because I know that Ecbert has been riding on your necks and showing off for many years!"

The prisoners lined up in a long line and entered the portal together. Loki did not put shackles on them. Because if you want to escape from the Water City, there is only one way to escape through the portal.

"Oh, by the way, as a friendly reminder, don't walk around after entering this city. Especially don't look far into the "sky."

"If you don't listen to my advice, don't say I don't have a big body if you have nightmares in the future."

Of all the hostages, he only left Ulysses Elan and Elizabeth to follow in the army.

At this point, Loki looked toward the unknown mountains to the south, knowing that he had done all that he could.

The dice had been cast, and no one knew what number would come out.

But by chance, it had come to this.

He had no choice but to go against the wind.