Seeing Todd's eyes, Crofts shook his beard, moved his steps back, and kept saying, "No! I won't participate! It's not fair, this honor duel should be terminated!"

Todd took a few steps forward, looked at the fear and cowardice in the Talon Chief's eyes, and laughed loudly, "Patriarch, you are different from the people of the North Island I have seen! I am their enemy, and I hate and hate them, but I have to admit that they have warrior blood in their bodies and ancestral marks in their souls. In my heart I also exclaimed in my heart their bravery and fearlessness......"

"And you're different! You're like a fox mixed in with the wolves!" Todd pointed his finger at the pale-faced old man and rebuked him sharply: "You sent the warriors of your tribe to the battlefield and used their lives to satisfy your desires! You obviously accepted the honor duel, but you hid behind the clansmen for life and death, and when it was your turn to fight for the tribe, you shirked and feared in every way! You betrayed the trust of the clansmen, and you violated the teachings of your ancestors and gods. It seems to me that you have even tarnished the glorious name of the North Islanders!"

The people of the Talon tribe looked at their patriarch who was high up but kept retreating. People began to whisper, and more and more people laid down their weapons.

Todd gave Huggins a look, and the latter and his men, following the example of the Northerners, struck their shields with their longswords and let out a defiant battle cry.

Todd took this opportunity to say loudly again: "Crofts, come on, tell me! Do you continue the tradition of your ancestors and continue this duel of honor?! or choose to be like a coward and turn your back on the glory of the North Islanders?!"

The Talon Patriarch grabbed the warrior beside him with a trembling hand, pointed to the 'Flesh Mill' in the center of the square, and roared in fear: "You guys, for the sake of the tribe!"

The samurai looked at the old man, who had lost his mind, and shook his hands away from his shoulders, writing distrust and contempt directly on their faces.

Crofts stumbled back into the crowd, looking at the old and weak women and children of the clan, he grabbed a half-grown boy, pushed the latter into the center of the square, and said, "The tribe has given you food, given you protection, now is the time for you to fight for the tribe!"

The boy's mother dragged her son back and spat a mouthful of phlegm at Crofts' feet.

The Blackhead Patriarch Morgan looked at Crofts's words and deeds, stunned in place, and muttered in his mouth: "Crofts was a great warrior when he was young. He is rumored to be brave and good at fighting...... Why...... He's going to be like this now?!"

"Power is the strongest corrupting agent of the human psyche. Behold, his blood has long since been worn out, and his greed has made him forget his courage. Todd looked at the old patriarch who was shouting in the crowd of the tribe and said softly, "The more things a person has, the more things he fears. ”

The Talon people stepped back, and the tribal warrior threw a sword and a shield in front of Crofts.

The patriarch who was pushed to the dueling arena by his clan seemed to be standing not an ordinary wooden plank, but a burnt red iron plate.

Amid the loud boos of the crowd around him, Crofts jumped off the plank and turned to flee into the woods deep in the village.

Looking at the runaway's distant back, Todd shook his head and raised his hand forward. The soldiers of the Twilight Expeditionary Force raised their crossbows and aimed them at the back of Crofts.

"Stop!" (Northernaughen)

A crisp woman's voice reached the plaza from deep in the woods.

Later, the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded.

Todd frowned, and scolded in his heart, this is not a TV series, how can someone always make trouble at such a critical moment?!

He made up his mind, ignoring the distant dissuasion, and jerked down his arm.

The sound of crossbow strings breaking through the air sounded again, and a dozen crossbow bolts flew towards Crofts.

At this moment, something unexpected happened, and the sound of bowstrings like rain sounded in the woods. The arrows that came back slid in a strange arc in mid-air, bypassing the fleeing old man and shooting down the attacking crossbow arrows one by one.

"How is this possible?!"

Todd straightened up, his eyes wide open, and stood still.

Five sturdy and beautiful warriors rode from the woods, dressed in armor woven from the furs of wild beasts and bird feathers, with bright golden crowns on their heads and two fifteen-centimeter-long wings behind their temples.

Morgan hurried to Todd's side, leaned down and whispered, "Those people are Valkyries, the spiritual leaders of the North Islanders! Legend has it that they were all handmaidens chosen by the gods, and some even said that they were the daughters of the king of the gods." They are tasked with finding the souls of the brave and warlike on the battlefield and leading them to Valhalla. The North Islanders also like to call them Valkyrja. ”

Todd rubbed the bridge of his nose with a headache, this other world made him more and more incomprehensible, if the religious history is similar to the previous life, then the appearance of the Valkyrie will make this connection more and more confusing.

Morgan's words became urgent: "Listen to me, friend, your troops will never be able to defeat the Valkyries, not only are they skilled and invincible, but their lives are blessed by the gods, and no weapon can hit them!"

Todd looked at the female warriors sitting on the horses and frowned.

The leader of the five Valkyries, a young woman with moonlight silver hair, looked at the cross on Todd's chest and said loudly, "This is a mortal realm ruled by the gods, heretics are not welcome!"

Huggins lifted his sword and stepped over to the Valkyries.

Todd, who knew what he wanted to do, hurriedly stopped the knight's advance.

Todd's ultimate goal was to break the alliance between the Northerners and the barbarians, rather than officially go to war with them. If here, if he ordered his troops to attack the Valkyries, it would mean that the Knights of the Twilight West would enter a state of endless war with all the North Island tribes, which was definitely not the result he wanted to see. But, on the other hand, the Talon Patriarch - Crofts must die, otherwise it will affect the overall plan in the future, and the current situation is really a dilemma.

Todd raised his head to look at the Valkyrie and asked, "The patriarch of the Talon tribe ordered an attack on my territory and killed my people, but in the middle of a duel of honor, he chose to turn his back on his people and flee from the battle!"

The silver-haired Valkyrie, led by the leader, glanced at Crofts's dodging eyes, and immediately understood that what Todd said was the truth.

She put away her bow and arrows, sat on her horse and thought for a moment, then said, "My sisters and I, from a long time ago, were given the mission to protect the believers of the gods of the North Island in the event of an invasion by foreign enemies. Other than that, we don't interfere in anything else. ”

The meaning of the Valkyrie couldn't be more obvious. When there is a dispute between the North Islanders and the Strangers, they will side with the North Islanders, and when there is a fight between the North Islanders, they will ignore it.

Morgan happily raised the axe, pointed the blade at Crofts, and said with a smile: "Old fellow, it's time to settle the account between us!

The Talon patriarch watched Morgan get closer and closer, and shouted at his own people, "You guys, come and help me!"

No one moved.

Crofts turned around and tried to run away again.

The silver-haired Valkyrie pulled the reins and drove his horse to block his way, the sharp blade of the spear pointed at the throat of the patriarch, and the woman's voice was colder than the ice that would not melt for ten thousand years: "North Island people, your actions are dishonoring the gods! Pick up your weapons!