"Hello Dear Master Essestan, I think you understand what we're here for?" Brian opened his mouth, but finally couldn't say the words of his king's refusal to pay the ransom.

"A hundred gold coins, and this is only a minor punishment for ignorant mortals who offend the will of wizards. Please tell me that you have come to pay the reparations on behalf of your mortal sovereign!" Balin held the witch staff in front of him, directly cutting off the other party's back from paying the debt. As a wizard, no matter what oath he has made to mortal monarchs, the will of a wizard must be upheld by all wizards.

His brows furrowed deeply, and Bahrain's words gave Brian a headache. The strange wizard's reasoning seems unassailable, at least for now, and he has no direct evidence that the barbarians are directly related to the wizard.

Brian didn't know what to say for a moment, his eyes wandering around, hoping to come up with a breakthrough. Suddenly, his eyes swept over to Floki, who was standing not far away and playing with a dagger, and the soldier's confession mentioned that a man with extraordinary strength had launched a direct attack on them. That person can turn their arms into flames.

At an emergency meeting in the middle of the night, everyone agreed that as long as the wizard denied that he had anything to do with them, the decree of the Continental Inspection Committee would be helpless against him. But if he retreats as advances, and threatens him with the lives of these barbarians who everyone knows to have a close relationship with wizards, will he be able to regress?

Brian, who had been cornered by Bahrain's language, could only try to use this as a breakthrough: "Yes, the will of wizards cannot be blasphemed. Your Majesty is naturally willing to pay the ransom according to your will, and this is understandable. But......" Brian looked at the barbarian behind Bahrain and said, "We have great trust in the news from Your Excellency. There is no reason why a noble wizard can be implicated with a barbarian on the Scandinavian ice field. Therefore, while Your Majesty has entrusted me to come and pay the ransom, you also need us to bring back the heads of these barbarians who dare to violate the laws of the Kingdom of Wessex!"

"Mortals are the cornerstone of wizards, and I believe that Lord Ethestin, who also adheres to the creed of wizards, will not stand idly by and watch the heinous crimes committed by this group of barbarian butchers!" Brian became more and more confident, and he suddenly came up with a brilliant idea, it was not enough to threaten the strange wizard to cut off the heads of these barbarians, he even directly asked the other party to participate in the execution of this group of barbarians.

"Yes, mortals are the cornerstone of wizards. However, while I am waiting for you to arrive, I have officially hired them as my servants. You know, a wizard is always not good at living in the wild!" Balin smiled at this: "It is important to maintain the normal order of the mortal world, but the contract made by a wizard is also sacrosanct!"

"So, the talk fell apart?" Brian frustrated a direct showdown.

"It's up to you, Your Excellency!" Balin cautiously stepped back, "My decision will not change!"

In such a situation, unless one party compromises, the negotiations will inevitably not proceed.

"I think it's clear to you that I'm here to grab the fortune of building the Wizard's Tower. My interests are tied to those of His Majesty Alfre, so I will have to take extreme measures against your demands when necessary! Of course, I do not wish to get involved in a needless battle, and I will do my best to persuade Your Majesty to accept your terms!"

"Two months at most, and in two months I will come again, and if I can't get the ransom I need, then I will go to the palace in person. At that time, what I will take will not be just a hundred gold coins!" Balin was also not confident enough to start a war at this time, and he had not fought a single wizard in witchcraft so far. He needed enough time to think about his own sorcery before going to war.

Brian sighed, he knew how difficult it was to change the will of a wizard: "Okay, I will pass your words to His Majesty Alfre!"

Nodding his head, Bahrain breathed a sigh of relief after watching Brian leave with the Knights. Before he asked for the ransom, he had no idea that it would provoke the intervention of an official wizard. Turn back to the Vikings: "Take him with you, and we'll go back!"

The Vikings, who were not willing to fight another wizard and the knights he had brought with him, but only wanted to go home with their plundered wealth and enjoy life in comfort.

Not far from the rear, they naturally heard the wizard's threat two months later, and it would be interesting to see if they would follow in the wizard's footsteps again at that time.

The group followed the rope back to the beach below the cliff, and boarded the dreadnought to anchor with a large amount of loot.

Lindsay curled up in the stern of the ship with a decadent face, watching the pirates happily load the bloodstained loot onto the ship, and the deep powerlessness made him feel ashamed!

"My lord, your devout believers ask for your guidance, may your holiness give me the strength to fight against all evil!" Lindsay closed her eyes and prayed silently in her heart.

Catros Bay

Several children playing on the beach suddenly let out excited cheers: "Look, there is a boat." They're back!"

The adults heard the child's words and looked up, and sure enough, a dreadnought was heading here.

"The men are back!" the women who stayed behind put down their farm work and rushed to the beach. How many years have passed, and the Viking ships have returned from the other side of the ocean again, only this time they have brought back bad news or victory?

"Whoa!" Floki, who had always been a bit out of character, climbed onto the bow of the boat and let out a cheerful cry as he looked at his homeland.

"The Raven is Odin's messenger, we have fed its appetite with victory and blood, and we are determined to resist the temptation of the Valkyrie!" the Vikings on the ship stood up, and the ship slowly approached the dock.

The pirates raised their spoils of war to show off their wives what they had gained.

The docks erupted in laughter, a savage and bloody tradition of the Vikings. They never mourn for the innocent deaths of the original owners of wealth, they only cheer for the victory of the moment and enjoy the wealth that victory brings!

Bahrain was lying on the side of the boat, still seasick, his face was pale at the moment, and he couldn't lift any strength in his whole body. Rollo reached out to help the wizard up and slowly stepped onto the deck of the docks.

The wizard who finally stepped on land had a smile on his pale and wilted face.

"Wizard, wizard, wizard, wizard!" the crowd on the docks greeted the wizard warmly.

"Is the wizard hurt?" asked Henus softly as he leaned over Ambine's side.

"No, sweetheart, the wizard is just seasick!" the woman greeted her husband with open arms, the glittering treasures already dazzling her eyes. What a wonderful victory!