"Your Royal Highness, please be seated. Nelson graciously invited Akali into the cabin.

Akali walked in slowly, and suddenly a mixture of various smells came to her face, Akali frowned, it was obvious that the smell was not good, and then, her gaze rested on the candle on the wall of the cabin.

"Nelson, have you been using this candle?" Akali picked up a candle and looked closely, revealing that it was made from animal fat, and emitted an unpleasant smell when burned.

"Yes, we've been using this candle for thousands of years. ”

Akali put the candle back in place and continued on her way, unconsciously having an extra plan in mind......

After entering the hall, the two sat down separately and began the conversation.

"Tell me, what kind of trouble are you in here?" Akali asked, straight to the point.

"Actually, it's due to the sudden onset of the cold wave and the attack of mysterious monsters. Nelson explained. "It was the height of summer, and although the temperature was not as high as here, it was also very suitable for farming, fishing and hunting, but not long ago, a sudden snowstorm hit our home, destroying countless houses, and all the farmland was not harvested, and then we fell into the bitter cold of winter, all the animals disappeared, the rivers, lakes and seas were all frozen, even the wild fruits withered, and the famine hit our people, and countless people were starved to death and froze to death, especially the elderly and children, even my father and little daughter......”

At this point, Nelson let out a long sigh, his face filled with indescribable grief.

"How can this be? a snowstorm in the middle of summer, something that has never happened before?" Akali didn't expect it to be like this.

"We didn't expect anything like this to happen, a snowstorm in this season is something that has never happened before, so my people were caught off guard and caught in a dilemma. ”

"By the way, didn't you say that there was an attack by a mysterious monster?" Akali continued.

"After the blizzard, the northernmost settlements lost contact with us, and when our men got there, they found that all the people had been killed, only the buildings remained, and ...... All of them were frozen to death in ice. ”

"What kind of terrible thing is this, to have such a powerful ice spell?" Akali couldn't imagine what kind of guy could freeze people into ice cubes.

"After that, people and livestock often went missing, and in order to avoid further casualties and escape the cold weather, I had to order the abandonment of the towns and villages in the north and let everyone move to the northern shore of the Baltic Sea, but even so, the cold weather still made our grain depots go to the bottom, and in order to prevent everyone from starving to death, we had to go out and loot......"

"I see......," Akali said to herself, "as I thought, they have a hard time looting supplies, in this case, let's help them solve this problem, if we can't win them over, how can we build a strong navy?"

"In that case, I can promise you now that my men will deliver food, furs, timber, coal, and other necessities to your station as quickly as possible, and I will lead an elite team to the northern shore of the Baltic Sea with your ships to assist you in investigating the culprits of this weather anomaly. Akali thought about it for a moment, and felt that the current plan was the most secure.

"Thank you so much, I thank you on behalf of every Viking for your kindness!" Nelson excitedly wondered what to say.

"However, I am not doing this unconditionally, and I hope that your tribe will be able to do me a favor once the shadow of the cold wave is freed. Seeing that the time had come, Akali made her own terms.

"This is perfectly normal, we all understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch, please tell us. ”

"When things are settled, I hope you can help me fight Trist's tyranny. Akali said slowly. "Now that Europe has been usurped by my uncle Trist, I am recruiting all those who are unwilling to submit to tyranny to fight against his perverse ways, but our strength is still very weak, especially in the navy, which is almost zero, so I hope that when the time comes, I can get the Viking warriors to help us fight until Trist's fall. Moreover, this year's grain harvest is already doomed, and it would be a good idea to bring young men to the Continent to avoid further famine, wouldn't it?"

“...... Well, you have a point, and if you can save my people, we are all willing to serve you, not just against Trist, but for generations to come!" Nelson said gratefully. "And, you have taught us a new glory, a new way of being, and I hope that we will be able to teach this new culture to every Viking so that they will no longer shed blood in vain. ”

"Okay, that's settled. ”

Akali smiled secretly in her heart, although this Nelson is a good hand on the battlefield, but at the negotiation table, it is too much worse. First of all, with a single aid, in exchange for the most scarce powerful navy, this has earned more than much, moreover, the Vikings have a strong individual combat ability, each of them is an excellent warrior, if they can take it for their own use, the combat effectiveness of the army does not know how much it will increase. Moreover, through this series of acts of kindness, it is an epoch-making thing to be able to ally the Vikings, and even make them loyal to their kingdom, in the past history, no one has been able to tame this ancient people, but such an opportunity is actually placed in front of their eyes!

Actually, there is another point that Akali has not yet raised, and that is to control the economy of the Vikings.

Judging from the primitive grease candles just now, as well as the ships made of wooden planks of generally poor quality, and the poor quality of weapons, their various productions are still in a very primitive state, and people are just struggling on the edge of survival.

Although Akali did not have the concept of a colony in her mind, she was already implementing it, and her first target was the most powerful sailor of her time, the Vikings.

However, there is another very serious problem that haunts Akali's mind, and that is about religion.

Judging from the conversation just now, Nelson, as the leader of the Vikings, is very much in favor of abandoning some deformed things in the ancient Viking culture, and taking the various spirits of mainstream Christianity in Europe as the new standard, with these, there is a basis for his conversion, but she must first understand what kind of role the Norse myths passed down by the Vikings and a series of other Norse aborigines play in their lives, is it a legend or a religion?

"Nelson, I'm still a little curious, how did you get the power of thunder and lightning, was it really given to you by Thor the god of thunder?" asked Akali.

"When I was eight years old, I was struck by lightning and was in a coma for two months, and when I woke up, I had the ability to control lightning, and this bizarre experience was, in the eyes of us Vikings, the result of a divine inheritance. ”

"Can you tell me a little bit about your mythology?" Akali wanted to get some clues from this to determine what Norse mythology meant to the Vikings.

"The myths about Odin and other gods have been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, and whenever the cold winter comes, we will hide in the house, around the campfire, eat barbecue, and tell these ancient legends, these stories have been sung from generation to generation, and have become a part of the spiritual life of our Vikings, every Viking warrior wants to shed the last drop of blood on the battlefield, and be connected to the hall of the Heroic Spirit by the Valkyrie, where they are engaged in eternal revelry. ”

"I see......"

Akali nodded secretly, and after hearing these words, she felt a trace of joy and a trace of helplessness. Happily, for the ancient Vikings, Norse mythology was not their belief, but more similar to the ordinary people of China, a legend and habit. But what makes her helpless is that the Vikings, who have no quarrel with the world, have sung such stories for a thousand years, and the influence of this kind of thinking is deep-rooted, and it is only difficult to erase it for the time being, which can only be proved by time.

After the meeting, Akali returned to the Mariana, and the three of them immediately greeted her.

"How is it, has everything been settled?" Yun Hai saw Akali's red face, and he had already guessed the answer in his heart.

"This princess is out of the horse, naturally there is no problem. Akali patted her chest. "The purpose of their voyage south to plunder the ships was also found, because a snowstorm broke out in the middle of summer, and the people fell into famine and had to live by plundering. ”

"Blizzard? It's the height of summer, and I can't breathe when it was hot yesterday!" Fluttershy says.

"I guess I met some monster that caused the blizzard in Northern Europe, otherwise it wouldn't be so abnormal. Yun Hai judged.

"That's true, because with the coming of the blizzard, there are also unknown deaths, and there are many people who are frozen alive into ice, which is very cruel. ”

"Oh my God......" exclaimed Eve, who had always been kind.

"This is not something that ordinary people can do......" Yun Hai's brows furrowed. "By the way, are we going to go to the Vikings to investigate the truth of the matter?"

"That's right, it's worthy of a sea of clouds, but there is a tacit understanding~" Akali grinned.

"Woo......" Fluttershy puffs up her smug eyes and pinches the sea of clouds.

"It hurts!" Yunhai jumped. "Why are you pinching me! I didn't say anything!"

"I can't pinch her, I'll just pinch you!" Fluttershy says, pouting.

"It's always me who gets hurt for something......"

In the cabin of the Mariana, there was a faint wail of the sea of clouds.