Chapter 212 5.4 Night Talk (Part 1)

Let a group of Vikings whose wives and children were all killed by the Slavs and whose castles and homes were all burned down by the Slavs go to worship these enemies with whom they have irreconcilable hatred as their teachers.

This kind of thing is difficult for normal people to accept.

But then again, can they not accept it?

The winter in the Scandinavian Peninsula seems long, but two months have passed. In these two months, the hunting teams of the three provinces combined have only made a dozen bottles of sequence 9 potions.

If the divine power bestowed by Odin is lost, the Viking pirates who are maneuvering in the Western Continent will instantly degenerate to a level that is not even as good as the "Saint Lord's believers".

All Viking lords know that if this kind of thing really happens, the Vikings who have just experienced the disaster will disappear from the territory of the Western Continent within two generations.

Therefore, they must try every means to obtain the potion.

On the other hand, "Asgard" can be called a paradise for Slavic hunters.

In terms of living habits, the Slavs are much more like workers than the Vikings.

Whether it is hunting, herding, farming, or raising children, the Slavs who rose from the bitter cold are much more "professional" than the Vikings. After all, compared to the Vikings who are "all robbers", they can be regarded as a group of "people who are just getting by."

Therefore, once they entered Asgard, when the real hunting competition began, the Vikings were immediately left far behind.

On one side, there are the Vikings who go out early and come back late, but often get nothing.

On the other side, there are the Slavic warriors who enjoy hunting these powerful beasts very much with the natural affinity with the beasts in the Hall of Hakkar.

Now it seems that only cooperation may be the most in line with the interests of both parties.

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That night, Loki met with the Duke of Dragon's Breath Plateau "Angus Moklash" and the current Duke of "Frost Ridge" "Phoenix Cold Stone".

The Duke of Andur of Dragon's Breath Plateau is a bald man in his 40s. This man is a rough-looking strong man with extremely rich combat experience.

4 months ago on the coast, when the longship was destroyed, he did not panic like other Viking pirates, but found a hidden tunnel closest to the coast, relying on all members to go out to sea to fish, and survived until the Sat came to rescue with the "bloody stone statue".

As for the 15-year-old girl beside him, there was no way she could become the Duke of Frost Cold Ling.

As the savior who led all the Frost People in Frost Cold Ling to make a fortune, the Cold Stone Family has an unrivaled prestige in the hearts of the Frost People. After the death of Letty Cold Stone, her sister, "Phoenix Cold Stone" who was born in the Apennine Peninsula, had no choice but to return by boat.

She knew that her sister died at the hands of "Bakambusi", so she had the deepest prejudice against the Slavs.

When the two sat down, Loki got straight to the point without any concealment.

"I know you are not feeling well now, but forgive me for being frank. The trouble we are facing now is much more complicated than you think."

"Little sister, you are from Byzantium, you know what the rich countries are like."

"Our biggest enemy is not these stupid Slavs who are used as knives, but the seven countries of England across the North Sea!"

Loki's eyebrows were frowned into a "川" shape. The awakened English were his biggest worry at this time. After all, he had been to Northumbria and seen their prosperous cities and almost crowded commercial streets.

If the GDP calculation is based on the later GDP, the per capita GDP of England, which advocates trade, must be more than 10 times higher than that of the Vikings!

This can be said to be a very conservative number.

In terms of pure national strength, Loki can't calculate how much stronger they are than the Vikings. Perhaps in terms of single combat ability, the Chosen Ones of the 8th sequence of Valhalla can beat the Saints, but the war between countries is not a battle between two lords for the chassis.

The competition between countries ultimately comes down to the word "national strength".

Recruiting soldiers, food, forging, endurance, logistics, and medical care, all aspects of the war require the productivity of the residents in the rear to support them.

In this regard, England is much stronger than the Vikings.

Last summer, Mr. Hummel of Blood Pigeon Town landed in England with 500 Viking warriors. It seemed that they looted it severely, but this behavior was similar to the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan in World War II.

His anarchist behavior made the seven countries of England, which were originally fighting each other, feel like thorns in their backs, and they united together in an instant.

This is very, very dangerous for the Vikings.

"Dear dukes, we must consider what we should do if England sends troops again next year! This year they can unite the Slavs, next year they can buy off the Celts, the North Saxons, and even the group of Avar Khans on horseback!"

"If this country is not destroyed, there will be endless troubles."

"So my distinguished friends, this war is far from over for us! If we can't give England a head-on blow, they will continue to use their huge financial resources on the other side of the North Sea to buy and hire all kinds of enemies to nibble at us."

Duke Moklash stared at the campfire burning between the few people and didn't speak for a long time. As an old pirate who has survived tenaciously in Viking for 40 years, he certainly understands what Loki means.

Every word this man said is true.

This war is far from over.

But opposite Loki, Phoenix, who was only 15 years old, raised her hand and said timidly: "Even if we really want to start a war, isn't it the duty of the Viking king? Do we need to..."

"Hehe, my sister." Before Loki could speak, the sturdy Duke Moklash spoke with a heavy breath.

"Don't expect the kid from the 'O'Sullivan' family to help us! We destroyed the Holy Mountain and Valhalla, which is equivalent to cutting off the foundation for the O'Sullivan family to make money by using the Vikings!

Not only will he not help us, on the contrary, if the O'Sullivan family finds out that we have taken the portal to Asgard, they will definitely find ways to take the portal back!"

"I have no intention of returning the portal to them and letting our people be enslaved by them again."

"No, I don't think so." Loki said lightly.

"According to my understanding of Ivar O'Sullivan, he is not a person who can only think with bandit logic."

"As for what bandit logic is, let me ask you a simple question."

"Imagine that if the Cold Stone family woke up and found that all your whaling ships had sunk. What was the first decree you issued the moment you learned the news?"

"Haha, there's no need to ask, of course, find the murderer who burned the ship and make him into a 'blood eagle' and hang him up!" Duke Moklash answered loudly.

However, Phoenix on the opposite side did not speak for a long time.

She hesitated for a few seconds before speaking: "The ships have disappeared. Finding the murderer and killing him will not bring the ships back. The most urgent task is to lead the people to find a new way to survive."

Loki gently made a color to Moklash.

What is bandit logic and what is merchant logic is obvious.

Merchants don't have so many hatreds in their minds. On the contrary, merchants will race against time to find ways to make money again while trying to keep their own tribe stable.

Like O'Sullivan and his sister, because their father was a mercenary, Letty Coldstone and Phoenix Coldstone were all born in the warm Byzantium. Living with the children of merchants since childhood, they naturally understand the way merchants think about problems.

Compared with temporary hatred, the first thing to consider after encountering an incident is to ensure that vassals and subordinates have enough food.

"So I don't think O'Sullivan will use troops against us immediately. Because he knows that if the Vikings fall into civil war again in this situation, our only outcome will be to be wiped out by the English who are watching from the other side of the river."

"Despite this, we also need to stay awake at all times. The Viking King is definitely not our friend."

"One day, he will definitely find a way to deal with us."

"To be honest, this is just the first trouble we are about to encounter. As long as we unite, this trouble is easy to solve for the time being.

But for the next trouble, if we can't work together, all of us will die in the near future!"