Chapter 426: Extinguish and burn
Wiglaf's foreboth was fulfilled, and he and his army did not see the sun the next day, as if the Aesir gods had left the Jeats with them when Beowulf died, and they had not had good fortune ever since.
The king of the Jeats leaned against a pillar with a gloomy face, his body showing no signs of injury, his chest still rising and falling slightly, the berserker who had been protecting him as a guard had fallen in a pool of blood, and not far away lay the corpse of the Jeat shaman.
The corpses of the shamans, some of them turned into ice sculptures, some of them turned into stone statues, and some of them were still stained by acid, and these noble spellcasters did not bow their heads for survival like the druids of Barusenga, and they lived up to the name of Yaat, and fought to the last moment of their lives.
Around Wiglav, a group of Goth berserkers with weapons in their hands and cold eyes stared at Wiglaaf, silent without saying a word, and they still showed superficial respect to the king of Yeat.
A few minutes later, the berserkers made a gap and Siegel, dressed in clean clothes, appeared in Vigraaf's sight, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, walking briskly in front of Wiglaaf, looking down at him condescendingly.
"Wiglaf, the king of the Yeats, I thought what a great fellow Beowulf was as his successor, but now he seems to be nothing more than a fool who cannot see the situation. ”
Without waiting for Wiglaf to reply, Siegel continued to speak in a contemptuous and smug tone.
"Kill him, cut off his head, show the Yeats who are still resisting, their king is dead, their country is gone, there is no point in continuing to resist, if they surrender now, I will mercifully give them the opportunity to become Scandinavians, to fight for the great Scandinavian emperor. ”
The Scandinavians that Siegel is talking about are not the people of Scandinavia as he used to refer to in general, but the people of the new empire he founded, the Scandinavian Empire.
"No hassle. ”
Wiglaf spoke in a hoarse accent, flipping his right hand, and a dagger that still shimmered in the night appeared in the palm of his hand, and then his eyes glared, and he sent the dagger into his heart.
"The gods will abandon Jeat, and they will abandon Goth. ”
The king of the Jeats committed suicide, not heroically fighting his enemies, but ending his life with a dagger as if he were a weakling, to the surprise of all, including the victor-like Siegel.
The surrounding warriors made a noise in unison, because as Scandinavians who believed in the Aesir gods, suicide was an act of cowardice, and they would not receive Valkyrie's invitation to Valhalla Palace.
In the legend, no matter how noble his identity is, no matter how much wealth he has during his lifetime, after death he will be spurned by all people, discriminated against by the gods, the god of death refuses to accept his soul, Valkyrie will also turn a blind eye, and the soul of the suicide can only linger at the root of the world tree forever, and there will never be a day of liberation.
"What a coward......"
"Boom"
The words of defiance were halfway through his mouth when he was choked by the sound of a sudden explosion, and the moment Wiglaf lost his life, the [Flame Traps] that connected his heart around the palace were immediately triggered.
Then the royal palace, which symbolized the splendor of the Yeats, the glory and majesty of Beowulf, was completely engulfed in flames, along with a large number of Gothic elites, as well as the material treasures that were piled up in warehouses and difficult to transfer in a short time.
The fire burned for three days in the stone-themed city, billowing smoke could be seen faintly even on the island of Orland on the other side of the sea, and news of Jeat's capture by the Goths spread throughout the main plane.
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The fleeing Jeats, a total of twelve large ships, propelled by magic, against the currents and the sea breeze, spent three days along the coastline of Scandinavia to the island named Les, which Alice had arranged for them.
Unlike cities that are already large below the surface of the sea, the small island above sea level is still a very barren island, bare only a few scattered ferns swaying in the wind, and there is no trace of human activity on it.
The island is very safe, there are no large creatures on it that can pose a threat to humans, except for some of the rock walls where seabirds can nest and breed each summer, and in the winter they cross the strait south and go further south to spend the winter.
The size of this small island is not very large, only more than 100 square kilometers in Manda, which is about the size of a city of Upplan, and it also includes cliffs and beaches and other areas that are not suitable for human habitation and activities, and the remaining habitable area is actually not large.
There is no fresh water on the island, and the only source of fresh water is rain from the sky, but relying only on that little bit of rain cannot support the daily life activities of these Yeats, which is why Alice arranged these Yaats here, as long as she controls the delivery of fresh water, she can easily grasp the lifeblood of these Yaats.
If the Yeats were going to break the agreement between Alice and Wiglaf, they would simply have to ask the Kraken to seal off the surrounding seas, and the Yaats above would die due to lack of fresh water.
Alice was not carried away by the surrender of the Yaats, and she remembered very well how Beowulf had died, and it was because of her design that Beowulf had died in the battle with the Attila army.
The truth will always be revealed one day, especially in this world of gods and magic, and there is no guarantee that the news of Alice's killing of Beowulf will circulate among the Yeats, so such a defense is not superfluous, but necessary.
Of course, the people of Yaat, who had come to the Isle of Lace, did not know so much, and they were satisfied that Alice had placed them on this small island in the Baltic Sea, and all of them were underage children, except for a few learned shamans and experienced berserkers, and even if they wanted a better environment, their group of lost dogs did not have that strength.
Coupled with a quiet and disconnected environment, they can nurture the spark and hope of these Yaats, who believe that as long as these children grow up, they can continue to reproduce.
They believed that one day they would be able to reclaim all that had been taken away from them by the Goths, to return to them the pain they had inflicted on the Jeats, and to become the Jeat that the Scandinavian tribes could not look up to.
Due to the lack of a pier on this small island, Yeat's ships could only dock in the sea near the island, and then use small boats to transport personnel and materials to the island.
There was nothing on the island, and after Wiglaf had contacted Alice and negotiated their bargaining chips, Alice had a vampire maid come to the island with a team of rhinoceros men, and using the wood brought from Jutland, they simply built enough wooden houses for the Jeats to live in, which were not beautiful, but still had no problem sheltering from the wind and rain.
The huts also contained enough drinking water and food to live for a month, as well as other necessities, which were not very valuable, but were what the people who had fled from Upplam needed the most.
The boats kept moving from island to boat, and a young Yeat was transported to the island, and then led by the rhinoceros people, they drank a bowl of warm mutton soup to dispel the chill in their bodies.
Mutton is a small part of the Yayat diet, and they prefer to eat the food of ferocious beasts, as it is more nutritious and makes them as strong as beasts.
The current Yeats don't care so much, a bowl of mutton soup makes them feel very satisfied, because they clearly know their identity, a group of refugees whose country has been ruined and even their honor has been lost.
When the Yaats on board the ship arrived on the island of Lyth, countless dark shadows appeared at the bottom of the ship, and then the ship slowly moved towards Jutland to the west, where they would be transformed and finally used as merchant ships.
This was also part of the agreement between Wiglav and Alice, and when the Jeats reached Jutland safely, the ship and the precious items on it were to be handed over to Alice as a token of gratitude and reward for her help.
All the Jeats, young and old, stood by the sea, with the soft golden gravel under their feet, watching the ships they were carrying gradually disappear from view, and now their fate was completely in the hands of the Jutlands, and the only thing left for them was the legacy of the Jeats and the flames of vengeance.
By the time they arrived on the island and made contact with Jutland, they knew the outcome of the Battle of Upland, which had turned the city into a huge furnace with burning flames and magma.
They knew that the Jeats who lived in Upland would never survive such an environment, and they knew that only Wiglaf would give such cruel orders, but they did not hate Wiglaf, for the culprit was the Gothic king, a man named Siegel.
"Let's go, it's time for us to check out our new home. ”
An old shaman said in an old voice, he was the oldest of these Yaats, and he had a lot of knowledge in his brain, so he had been arranged by Viglaf to be the leader of them, and along with several other adult Yaats, he was tasked with revival and revenge.
The children silently and reluctantly withdrew their gaze at the sea level, quietly followed behind a few adults, and orderly marched towards the wooden house not far away, which had allowed them to grow a lot in a few days, and no longer cry like when they first left their hometown.
There were already rhinoceros people preparing food for tonight, and the rich smell of food filled the tips of the children's noses with the breeze, making them can't help but speed up a little.
This dinner on the Rhine Island was very rich, with beef, lamb and cheese from Schleswig, fish from Jutland, and some delicious fruits, plus the excellent cooking skills of the rhinoceros people, which slightly diluted the grief in the hearts of the Yeats and made them look forward to the future life.
After dinner, the children quietly went to their respective houses to rest under the guidance of the rhinoceros people, and the series of accidents and days of running at sea in the past few days have made these minor children very tired.
After all the children had entered the house, the adults chose a wooden house and began to communicate with the representative of Jutland, the vampire maid, because according to the agreement between Wiglav and Alice, they would all be the children of Jutland in the future, but they would be able to retain the Yeats race, and they would be able to obtain a place to thrive and have some autonomy.
Therefore, more details need to be discussed by both parties, and the agreement will be finalized, and only after obtaining the binding of magic can the two parties really let down each other's guard (Alice will never forget how Beowulf died).
This vampire maid has a nice name - Bambi.
Originally an orphan, she became a slave to a goblin because of a piece of bread, and then in Charelle's team, she was attacked by Alice, became the opponent's trophy, and was turned into a vampire.
But she didn't resent all this, and although Alice made her lose her human identity, she gave her more and patiently taught her magic, making her one of those high spellcasters.
In addition to magic, vampire maids also need to learn other things, such as learning how to manage a territory and how to get more benefits when communicating with other people.
Bambi was the best of all the vampire maids, and studied with Semiramis for a long time before assisting Skaha in Jutland as an adjutant.
Both Alice and Semiramis were very relieved of her abilities, so they put her on this barren island to manage the Yeats, helping to abandon everything in the past and start learning to become a Jutland again.