Outside the Isle of Wight barracks, King Edgar looked across the channel, across the white shore, across the whale-infested blue road, and in the northwest of France, a vast Norman domain was taking shape.

After decades of rivalry, in northwestern France, the battle for supremacy in Normandy, Anjou, and Brittany finally came to an end, and the Duke of Normandy captured the Duke of Brittany, the father and son, and the poor captives may soon suffer the fate of Duke Conan. The Normans' ambitions never ended, and who else could stop William after seizing this vast principality? King Philip of France was defeated at the hands of Count Robert of Flanders, and the Capetian royal family was left to protect itself. Anjou's power has long since declined, and like Flanders, it has experienced civil war, and is in dire need of recuperation before trying to regain lost territory.

At the moment, the only one that could move freely was Normandy, a duchy with deep roots and strong armour, and after the annexation of Brittany, the military grew even more dramatically. When England was first invaded, Odd, Count of Ponthierville of Brittany, offered the Normans 5,000 horsemen and 100 ships to cross the Channel under the command of Alain Loufus and Brian to take part in the battle of Hastings. The Normans themselves were not to be underestimated, and now they were not only fighting in the north, but also in the south, and were now leading the Normans in Sicily. These warriors on horseback were steadfast in faith and brave in battle, and Edgar had already seen the power of these knights on the battlefield. The Kingdom of England now has a limited army, and the Danes may invade again at any time, and the large army in this battalion is Edgar's greatest support.

"Lord Ulf, we need to inform the Earl of Mercia urgently, so that he can immediately settle in Cornwall in case the enemy lands from the west." The king said to the Danish guards beside him.

Edgar felt that the Brittanyes were no less of a threat to Cornwall, and that the Britons of the two places had a long history of contact and deep roots, and even in Brittany there was a Cornwall country, whose inhabitants were mostly immigrants from the British Isles. Throughout history, William the Conqueror has been working with the Britons of Brittany, controlling Cornwall through them, and even briefly dividing a Breton, a descendant of the ancient Cornish royal family, as the Earl of Cornwall. In the event of an attack by the Bretons on the southwest coast of England in this volatile situation, it is highly likely that the inhabitants of Britain, who had hatred for the Anglo-Saxons, would begin to rebel.

In Chester's fort, Moka, Earl of Mercia, is still keeping an eye on news in Wales that a new Welsh civil war has recently broken out, between two uncles and two nephews, with Bredeen of Boas and Ryvalen of Gwyness defeating Maredu and Idval, sons of King Grufiz. Evaren was killed along with his two nephews, and now both Boas and Gwinnes had fallen into the hands of Bradin.

After Harold defeated King Grufiz that year, both Bredding and Revaron swore to submit to Edward the Confessor, and now with the end of the war, the English ally has won, meaning that Mercia's western front is safe for the time being.

However, this peace was soon broken by the king's messengers, who, upon hearing that the Normans had taken control of Brittany, could not help but sigh that it was necessary to expel the enemy at such a terrible price and the blood of many of the Maharaja that they had spilled their blood on the field. However, in the blink of an eye, the great enemy was back in strength, and soon the English might go to the battlefield again, piling up a mountain of bones.

Putting on their robes and bidding farewell to their families, the Mercians began to move southward in this season of life, crossing vast lands, trekking through valleys and forests, and finally crossing the mouth of the River Avon to the northern frontier of the ancient kingdom of Wessex. After entering Devon, the Earl of Moca received reinforcements from Winchester, and the king's order was very simple: hold the harbor.

The English militia had been on the southern coast for the summer and autumn, but the seas were unusually calm, and after the summer farming season, the Danish ships did not appear, and the enemies of Normandy and Brittany seemed to have forgotten about the island nation. During the summer, the king trained in the barracks, and the only unusual thing that happened in the direction of the Channel was when a Basque whaling ship from south-west France ran aground off the coast of Sussex and was rescued by patrolling English militia. When the fishermen from Bayonne saw the King of England, they thought they were dreaming, but King Edgar was interested in their cause, and even listened to the other man describe the scenery of the sea and all kinds of strange monsters.

"Your Majesty, why do you care about those fishermen?" The Danish guards were puzzled.

"Ulf, we have been plagued by invasions at sea for hundreds of years, and violent waves were once a nightmare for all the English, and you probably won't understand this thinking of the English." Edgar patiently explained, "But there are not only cold waves at sea, but also the song of swans, and I think that the appearance of these whaling ships may give the English people a different life." In the future, we will make sturdy longships out of oak to reach the sky where the feathers of all migratory birds have touched, and turn the sea into a banquet for the English. ”

"Your Majesty, do you want to make the English Vikings?" The Dane seemed to understand, but he still couldn't believe it.

"Have you ever heard the poets of Exeter sing about the sea monster Fastito Cuarón?" The king asked suddenly.

"Of course, the Danes are familiar with all the monsters of the sea." Ulf replied.

"Do you believe that we can ride the horses of the sea, cross the icebergs, and hunt these strange things?" There seemed to be a spark of life shining in the king's eyes.

"That would be the work of a warrior, and Beowulf, a virtuous man who is a good swimmer, may be able to do it."

"No, this is the business of all ordinary people of England, and our Sein and Quell can venture like the Basque fishermen, and our fate lies at the end of the seven seas, not on the rocks of this shore, and the island nation of the North Sea will henceforth rejoice in the sound of the waters. When we cross the whale road and punish Leviathan in the sea with steel and vines, will not those who have invaded us be like Pharaoh's army, fearing the majesty of God and avoiding our seas? ”

"Your Majesty, you want to attack the Normans from the sea?"

"And not only that, but God has opened the way in the sea, and has delivered great fish into our hands, and our people will have abundant harvest from this pasture, and one day this abyss will be full of goods of gold and silver, and the treasures of the nations will gather here." The king, like a prophet, described this vision to the Danes.

In the autumn of that year, the King of England issued an official edict allowing any freeman to take part in whaling, and erected watchtowers throughout the English Channel to observe the whale sightings of the North Sea, known as Salda, to provide information to the whaling ships of England.