A king floats on the sea, holding his wife and children, an old servant, and his clerk.

They were going to take refuge in the Franks.

But when the waves come, it doesn't matter who you are,

They separated from the rest of the flotilla and headed north.

There was also an infighting on the ship, and both the servants loyal to the king and the traitors died.

The clerk clung to the stack of "The Book of Kings of Britain" on his body,

With his feeble hands, the old servant swung the water from the boat down.

The princess and her son were already frightened and indifferent.

And King Æthelred was ready to give up and go into the sea to become food for the fish.

As a "noble one", the king never thought that there would be such a day,

He succeeded to the throne in the civil war and fought valiantly, but since his body weakened, he has become less and less courageous.

As he stepped onto deck, the clerk suddenly threw away the book and pulled him back.

And the sea breeze swept away, blowing these paper drafts into the sea.

"This is a draft that is more precious than your life."

"Your Majesty, as long as you live, I can write more books, don't give up."

The clerk looked at the king, the weak princess and prince, but still relented and saved the king, not wanting his sweetheart to lose her husband.

They waited another day, a cold and hungry day.

Don't know where to take a broken sail?

As soon as a person is weak and hungry, all kinds of negative situations arise.

The old servant was the first to leave, and fell on the deck with his eyes wide open.

I don't know what I thought before I died?

Then came the king, whose body was already seriously ill, and who had been struck by the psyche, and soon also died, quietly leaning against the pole, with less and less air in and more and more air out.

The little prince was also dying, hungry to the point of dehydration.

Only the clerk and the princess are still conscious.

"Hug me."

"Your Majesty!"

"Don't call me Your Majesty, the one who should be called Your Majesty, flee like a dog, and you leave the Franks, give up your estate, and commit yourself to being a little nobleman who writes decrees for so many years...... The last time the Vikings called, he left me and only took the child on the boat, and you brought someone to help me get back......"

The princess didn't have the strength to speak, so she could only express her hatred for the unconscious king with her eyes.

She is a marriage tool given to Wessex by Frank.

A marriage without love, only the shackles of responsibility,

If the responsibility is gone, then the marriage is an ugly bond.

The Vikings attacked twice, and they were left by the king twice,

Is such a man still a husband?

The clerk was touched by these words, and he stepped forward nervously, wanting to hug the princess at the last moment of his life.

Let's die together.

At this moment, there is no one else in their eyes.

But the princess's eyes suddenly stopped, and she raised her fingers vigorously, and the clerk took a look.

Black spots appear in the sea fog in the distance......

Half a day later, they were rescued because there was a box of documents and jewels on board that would prove the king's identity.

They were swept up by the wind and waves off the coast of Northwest Francia and onto the soil of the island of South Ireland.

It eventually fell into the sea area off Münster.

Although the king had visited Münster one year and had some contact, he never thought of escaping here to seek refuge.

Because Ireland is also in chaos, and Münster is too weak, it is at risk of being wiped out by the Vikings at any time.

The clerk was the first to wake up, followed by the princess, the king.

And their children have ..... been called by the grace of the Lord!

If a person escapes death, he often has to change his temperament drastically.

Ethelred's body is already weak, and the existence of this legitimate child can consolidate the power of his cronies and give them a place to rely on.

So when the situation was dangerous before, he also abandoned his wife and kept the heir.

Now that the son is dead, who will go with a monarch who is about to die at any time and abandon the kingdom?

After recuperating in the Kingdom of Münster for a while, the news of Alfred's fierce battle with the Danish leader Guthrum also spread to the island.

After the capture of the Viking kings, the Viking power has changed dramatically!

The original clan leader of Denmark did not get along well with the emerging members of Havedan's camp.

On the Irish side, Yinwal annexed the members of Uba, intending to dominate the island.

After making peace with Northumbria and Gallowe, Scotland turned to reclaim the outer islands occupied by the Vikings.

Hestein's old tribes, beginning to miss the richer South,

Even the Crescent heresy of Yomberia has a lot of gold.

It's not a group of poor ghosts who want to fight to the death.

Some of the nobles gathered from Finland have earned enough, they come from a bitter cold background, and their vision is small.

Wessex's wealth was enough for them to achieve short-term financial freedom, freedom to drink, freedom to play.

They didn't want to drag it out any longer, and finally died for no reason in a distant and lonely foreign country.

Some of the more ambitious Swedish and Finnish tribes, who had captured many of the artisans on this expedition, were to take people back to develop their clans and then open up new territories to the east.

Their goal is to go south along the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, to the gentle steppes, to join the people there.

Since decades ago, Ragnar has led Viking pirates to rob Western Europe.

But there was also a Viking that went to a different development,

They don't want to look for the unknown, but instead hope for the known world of wealth

They wanted to open a golden route from the north to the Arab world and Constantine.

First, they crossed the Baltic Sea, starting from southern Finland and establishing trading posts along the ports and shores.

They want to make money, which is a little different from the behavior of Ragna's group of "money people want it, and white women are justified".

So the Eastern Slavs on the continent called these Vikings Varyags (merchants), or Rus (rowers).

When the Viking dragon ship sailed in the land of Charlemagne, the land of the Seven Kingdoms of Anglo-Sa, it was death and tribute.

But here, that's wealth, goods, women, hope.

Of course, there is beautification in this, no one will be disgusted with money, they also make cameo appearances as robbers,

They even brought slaves to Kingcastle to trade.

Any exploration of a new world, described in the language of scholars and poets, is wonderful and adventurous.

From the perspective of the person concerned, it is difficult and violent.

This Viking force has carved out a new situation.

Beginning in 862 A.D., a brave Varyag chieftain led a group of soldiers,

On the shores of Lake Ladoga, near the city of Novgot, a castle called Ladoga was built.

The man's name was "Rurik." ”

The leader here has the title of "Prince".

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"Rurik?"

Oran's last meal before his expedition, served with Halfdan.

It's rare to have a guest of the Viking king, Oran directly treats Hafdan as a "Viking encyclopedia",

I often ask him about Viking traditions and culture.

Hafdan is secretive about Danish power, but the Viking clan in the distance has nothing to do with him, he is happy to introduce to Orlan, and even draws a big pie for Orlan.

Speaking of Eastern Europe, where many prosperous Viking towns have now been built, let's see if this bastard will one day bring the Crusaders over?

"Bembor had heard a little bit before, but I remember that the Viking Grand Duke over there was not driven away by the native Slavs?"

"There's empty land over there, there's no order, and Rurik goes back and brings order to them."

Orlan didn't believe this, and the Viking put gold on his face.

The Slavs, unable to control the chaos of their native tribes, invited outsiders to come and watch, let outsiders ride on their heads and beat themselves with whips.

He believes that there are only two possibilities,

The first is that Rurik led people to kill them and use violence to establish order.

The second is the infighting among the local Slavs, asking these Viking mercenaries to help, and as a result, they are mainly anti-guest.

Either way, Orlan had to memorize the name first.

The rise of "Rurik" in Eastern Europe,

In the Mediterranean Castle, a traitor named "Basil" also rose.

How long will you have to wait?