"Have you already decided?"

Looking at Lena in front of him with some concern, old Edgar said softly.

The large longhouse was filled with weapons and beast skins, and a bonfire burning in the center warmed the room.

According to the habit of the Vikings, everything else is placed in the longhouse, and they do not have the habit of dividing the room, which means that a family is a house.

When his daughter got married, he should no longer have come back to live with his parents, but at this moment, old Edgar, who had a long beard, sat opposite Lena, watching his daughter with concern.

Looking at her father, who looked old in front of her, Lena nodded calmly.

Between the eyebrows, the lingering sadness has completely disappeared, replaced by perseverance.

"I've thought it through, father, please tell everyone the news. ”

Looking at the poor daughter opposite him, old Edgar looked at her with mixed feelings, and finally could only turn into a long sigh and said to his daughter seriously.

"Lena, Father will do anything to help you. ”

......

A few days later, a shocking piece of news spread throughout Rogner Island.

"Lena of good pleasure decides that whoever can help her kill the serpent Jörmungard, who killed her husband, she is willing to marry him, and take with her half of the old Edgar's fortune. ”

In this era of barren entertainment, in an instant, the news caused a sensation throughout Rognar Island, and even spread to some nearby islands.

When I heard the news, I don't know how many young people who were once decadent because of Lena's marriage shouted excitedly. And even people who don't have much affection for Lena can't help but be moved.

What is the concept of half of the old Edgar's family?

The old Edgar's family is a well-known family on Rognar Island, with hundreds of cows, thousands of sheep, and nine sons in the family, all of whom are tall and heroic, but only one daughter, Lena, has always loved her.

At the beginning, Lena didn't like anyone, but she had a soft spot for Kyle, a poor ghost who grew up since she was a child, and married him, and I don't know how many people I envied at the time.

And at this moment, the good news that fell from the sky was that as long as you succeeded, beauty, wealth, and the reputation of killing the giant serpent Jörmungard...... Everything will come.

This kind of temptation is enough to make countless people moved.

As for the serpent Jörmungard?

As the ancestors of the Vikings who were "indecisive and reckless", these Norseians said with self-confidence, regardless of whether it is the son of the god Loki, even if it is, we will peel it off and tear it off.

In this age of mixed human and god, it was not uncommon for people to have a connection with the gods, and because of this, the Norse people were not afraid of the serpent Jörmungard, who the prophetess spoke, but were eager to try.

For the Norse, who believed that if they died bravely, they would be brought into Valhalla, and that if they died on their beds, they would be taken to the land of death, and that dying in battle was not something to be feared, but the excitement of challenging the serpent was even stronger.

All of a sudden, when I heard the news, it rang in all directions.

Rognar Island, the many nearby islands, and even Midgard on the mainland, are flooded with suitors from far and wide just to get this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

And the Edgar family was unceremonious this time, and did not hesitate to cook cattle and slaughter sheep to entertain the suitors who came to entertain them.

Meanwhile, Lena travels to the temple of the Prophetess and tries to ask her about the good luck and the culprit in order to determine the time to go to sea for revenge.

It was the Norse custom to ask a witch or prophetess before acting, and in their opinion, these older women often held many secrets that ordinary people did not know.

However, when confronted by Lena, the prophetess simply replied, "It's not a good time to go to sea." ”

Every day, Lena would go to the temple and ask the prophetess when she would be able to go to sea to avenge her husband.

But each time, the prophetess simply replied to her, "It is not yet time to go to sea." ”

No matter how much Lena asked, the prophetess always answered this way.

In desperation, Lena could only arrange the residence of those suitors while organizing warships to be ready to go to sea at any time.

In this way, spring went to autumn, and it was not until the spring of the following year, that half a year had passed, and finally, when Lena asked the prophetess again, the prophetess's answer finally changed.

......

"That's it. ”

Looking at the mysterious rune of Rune that appeared on the white cloth when she was divining, the prophetess's eyes showed a bit of complexity.

She let out a long sigh and continued.

"It's going to sea now, it's going to be a good time. However, fate is always impermanent, and I cannot really predict what your future holds until the Goddess of Fate reveals her choices......"

"That is, fate, in our own hands, right?"

A cold voice came.

Turning her head, under the gaze of the prophetess, the once weak girl was now wearing soft armor made of leather.

In his hand, holding a spear and a round shield, the weakness between his eyebrows has long disappeared, replaced by a vigorous and heroic aura, and the whole body exudes the aura of a female warrior.

In the past six months, this girl, who was once under the protection of her father and brother and didn't know what a sword was, almost tried her best to learn combat skills, and even the Norse warriors who taught her to fight were smacked.

But the prophetess knew that a flame was burning in her body......

A flame called hatred.

Resentment, anger, love, memories, powerlessness, weakness, longing......

All the good and bad human emotions are intertwined, brewing, and finally turning into a raging flame.

The flame, burning all the time, scorched her and inspired her to keep moving forward.

Unless the serpent Jörmungard is killed, this flame will never be extinguished.

The prophetess nodded.

Lena waited for this move for many days and nights, tossing and turning every night, and it was difficult to sleep.

However, when this move really came, Lena felt that there was no surprise or excitement in her heart, and some ......

It's just endless hate.

......

Three days later, the group, consisting of more than 300 warriors with their own weapons and eight dragon-headed warships, including Lena herself, finally marched towards the vast sea in the midst of the cheering crowd.

At the same time, in the crowd, looking at the departing procession, the prophetess couldn't help but think of the rune she had when she divined.

"NAUTHIZ. ”

In the rune of rune, this cross-like rune, one horizontal and one vertical, is not a good sign in divination.

Resistance, grief, overcoming sorrow and doom, the development of willpower, understanding the unavoidable......

This rune, which symbolizes "the present of fate", represents Laxis, who is in charge of life and the present among the three sisters of fate.

"This ...... What does that mean?"

"Is it a sign that you are about to slip into a dead past, or is it a sign of a hopeful future?"

The prophetess thought to herself, but sighed.