Siegrud was left behind in Jutland in the Baltic Empire as part of the Empire's deal with Siegmund, and Siegmund himself had already traveled directly to the northern shore of the Norwegian mountains through the North Sea on a merchant ship, and because winter had not yet come, the sea was not frozen and ships were able to sail.

Siegmund stayed on top of the ship as a sailor, his face and blood veins were obscured, and his disguise was difficult to see through by ordinary detection methods, which was enough to allow him to successfully infiltrate the palace.

Because of his strange wisdom in the last war and the Scandinavian coalition army established by Gohm, the Scandinavian Empire was further weakened, and some of the tribes and lords who had originally joined the empire once again seized power and began to attack Siegel's power within the empire.

Of course, because nominally the state was still a whole, they still had to obey the orders of Emperor Siegel, but in essence these tribes and lords had been able to achieve economic and military independence, as the saying goes, "The vassals of my vassals are not my vassals." ”。

Emperor Siegel now has only the power of the original Goths, and the reason why the remaining tribes and lords have not completely become independent is only because the external environment is too harsh, and they still need Siegel as a king to unite their forces and deal with external threats, such as the threat of the Atila Empire, such as the threat of the Baltic Empire.

But this is only in terms of defensive warfare, if Emperor Siegel wants to start an invasion war with the outside world, then he must find a reason that everyone can accept, and this war has a certain chance of victory, and finally he needs to promise the distribution of benefits after victory, promising enough benefits.

That is to say, Siegel has lost control of the army below, he has no way to say the same thing as before, no one dares to oppose his orders, not only that, because the weapons of the army under his command are not unified, the system is not unified, and the logistics and supply are not unified, and the strength exerted in the battle will be weakened, if the army trained by Siegmund at the beginning has a combat effectiveness of 1, then the combat effectiveness of these armies in the heart is estimated to be only 0.1.

In addition, Siegel also needs to spend time and energy to reconcile the contradictions between his lords and tribes, because of money, territory, etc., there have always been contradictions between these lords and tribes, some of which have lasted for decades or even hundreds of years, and have become blood feuds that must be completely eliminated by one party.

It is conceivable that such an army does not have much combat effectiveness at all, and when it encounters a strong enemy, as long as there is a little twist and turn, there will be a large-scale escape, and finally sweep the entire army, leading to the defeat of a war.

Of course, this problem is not only in the Scandinavian Empire, but also in the coalition army controlled by Gohm, this problem is also very serious, but because he is the hero who defeated the Attila Empire, he has enough prestige to convince the public, he can use his prestige to suppress all the contradictions, and ensure that there is only one voice in the entire coalition.

Siegmund walked the roads of this small harbor, surrounded by people with dry hair, wrinkled faces, white lips, malnourished, thin, patched clothes, but on the whole, able to survive without utter hope.

The building is only made of wood, without any decorations, without any features, it seems very monotonous, this was originally just a small fishing village, because the relationship between the Scandinavian Empire and the North Sea Kingdom has improved in recent years, of course, now because of the weakening of the North Sea Kingdom, this development has entered a stagnation, and in a few years the population here will become smaller, and a large number of buildings will be abandoned because they are uninhabited.

However, if the war in the North Sea ends, then this harbor will be prosperous again, after all, the pirates who live on the sea all year round, they have too many things to purchase, such as those daily necessities, and the most important clean water on the sea, as well as the booty obtained by the pirates, they also need a place to dispose of, and the money they get also needs a place to spend.

The cities controlled by the Baltic Empire are indeed a paradise for pirates, as long as they can follow their rules in the Baltic Empire, but there are always some people who cannot go to the Baltic Empire, because their attacks on the Empire's merchant ships, even if they are not successful, they are turned away from all the territories of the Empire, and they are on the Empire's wanted list.

And these small ports on the northern shore of the Scandinavian Empire became the last choice for these pirates, which also gave these seaports the possibility of survival, just a little scraps left from the fingers of the empire, so that these seaports gained the possibility of survival.

Although Siegel's control over the Scandinavian Empire has declined very much in recent years, the various systems he has formulated have been successfully implemented, and those pirates will also restrain themselves as much as possible, if they offend the Baltic Empire and then offend the Scandinavian Empire, then they will lose their last supply point, and they will have no choice but to leave the North Sea and go to other more remote and poor seas to make a living.

It is difficult for people who are accustomed to being rich to adapt to poverty, and it is also difficult for the so-called pirates who yearn for freedom to get out of this category, even if they are pirates, they are not completely out of the scope of mortals, or because they are pirates, they will pursue the so-called freedom and wealth even more frantically.

Siegmund only stopped in this harbor for a while, and then with the help of some people, he went to other cities, and now the cities of the Scandinavian Empire were built in some steep places in the Norwegian mountains, which were used to defend against the invasion of the Attila Empire, and now only to guard against the beast tides that appear in the spring.

The closer you get to the capital of the Scandinavian Empire, the more depressed those cities become, and it is difficult to see pedestrians on the streets, with only a few shops still open on the bustling streets.

The perennial war has caused unimaginable suffering to the people of this country, and the harsh environment has made it even worse, and the animal tide in the spring is one thing, and the attacks of those wild beasts in normal times are also another.

As a result, a large number of Scandinavians chose to leave the land, preferring to come to the Baltic Empire and become a black household without any identity than to stay in their homeland.

If he hadn't been to Jutland and seen such a prosperous scene, Siegmund didn't think much of it, but after the comparison, it was more determined that his idea of revenge was even more convinced, and he was even more convinced that only by killing Siegel and letting this deformed empire collapse, Scandinavia would have a future.

Perhaps being ruled by the Baltic Empire was an acceptable option, because even the lowest people at the bottom of the empire who did not have any knowledge and culture knew how to work hard for a future.

Shaking his head, Zygmund put these thoughts in his mind, now was not the time to think about these things, he needed to make all the preparations to make sure that he could kill Siegel directly this time.

He knew that there was only one chance, and there was no chance of remedy, and the only reason why he was able to survive to this day, and to survive the persecution of Siegel, was only because that man loved Sigourney deeply.

He was now blending in with the crowd, being observed by the guards, and he was trying to breathe as smoothly as he could, making himself act like the people around him, nervous but not overly nervous.

This was already his final destination, a city surrounded by mountains in the deepest part of the Norwegian mountains, named after Siegel himself.

It is indeed a majestic city, which from a distance looks like a mountain peak in the Norwegian mountains, with dense towers reaching into the sky, and flocks of birds wandering through the cracks of the towers, making a crisp chirping.

This is a castle built by Siegel with the treasury of the entire Scandinavia, specifically to defend against the invasion of the Attila Empire, and in terms of firepower, this has surpassed the Attila Empire.

Those towers in the city are all magic towers, and they are inhabited by multiple spellcasters, and in the case of having magic towers, spellcasters will be able to exert several times more than ten times the combat power.

Looking at such a city, full of Scandinavian style, Siegmund couldn't help but compare it with Jutland City that he saw not long ago, and finally found that this Segal city was at a disadvantage in terms of defense and artistry, and the Scandinavians who were still intoxicated by the once glorious Scandinavians had been left far behind by the Baltic people who were bored with development, and they didn't know it.

Siegmund retracted his gaze and scanned the surroundings, he found that the flow of people around him, most of them had prey in their hands, and when he thought about it, it was actually not surprising, after all, there were only a few places in the mountains of Norway suitable for grazing and growing crops.

Most of the food of the people who live here is prey obtained by hunters from hunting outside, and food has been imported from the Baltic Empire by sea and money.

It can be said that ninety percent of the wealth created by the people of the Scandinavian Empire is consumed on food, so it is already very difficult for them to survive alone.

The long line soon became Siegmund's turn, and the soldiers were just doing routine checks, and it was impossible for them to detect anything unusual.

The soldiers who were able to live in the city were the Scandinavian Empire's army, all of which were the elite troops trained by Sigmund himself, but he found that in just a few years, these troops probably had forgotten how to fight.

Judging from the fat on their bodies, the way they held their weapons in their hands, and the way they looked, these former warriors no longer had any essence that could be called warriors, even as guards of the city, they were not qualified.

However, such a failure was a good thing for Siegmund that could not be better, which made it easy for him to enter the city, he followed the crowd, found a tavern, booked a room, and had a good meal.

The food is very expensive and doesn't taste great, but it's a pure Scandinavian taste.

He lived in the tavern for a whole week, disguising himself as an adventurer from afar, searching the taverns for tasks that would pay him, and spending the night in peace, drinking with other mercenaries and adventurers, and listening to the stories of the bards.

The bard of this tavern tells the story of Beowulf, a story he had heard in Jutland and did not expect to be able to hear it back in Scandinavia.

If you think about it, it's actually normal to hear the story of Beowulf here, no matter how much you want to forget, Beowulf is the hero of all Scandinavians, leading the coalition forces to stop Attila's attack twice.

There's a lot of glorification in it, after all, in the second war, Siegmund experienced it himself, and it was also the battle he really famous, using the life of the orc chief in Attila's army to make his name.

A week was enough time for Siegmund to obtain information about the city, and with the information developed by the Baltic Empire, a plan of revenge began to take shape in his mind.

There is no way to enter the palace by normal methods, because behind the outer walls of the palace is an orderly distribution of magic towers, and the magic towers are covered with all kinds of defensive magic.

Along with the underground waterways of the palace, there are all kinds of monsters, and there are even traces of the undead inside, which is due to the information of the Baltic Empire, so the way to enter the palace from the underground waterways is also blocked.

Thankfully, Siegmund had already contacted his sister, Sigourn, Queen of Scandinavia, who had already arranged for him to have easy access to the palace.

This was prepared a long time ago, Sigourney never forgot what his husband had done to her country, to her loved ones, even though she had already given birth to three children for Siegel, and the flame of hatred did not go out with time, but burned more and more.

Not only did she hate her husband, but she was also becoming more and more disappointed in the two children, not only because of the Gothic blood they carried, but also because there was nothing about them that resembled the Barusenge.