Chapter 168 4.28 Preparations Before the War

"My dear father-in-law, I appreciate your kindness, but I doubt whether the Slavic king will show me mercy. I can bet my own life, but I can't bet your life, or the life of your unborn child.

You must make this decision yourself. Stay in Hanshui Village and bet on whether we Vikings can survive this catastrophe, or go to your king and see if he can become the new master of this continent."

The audience was buzzing with discussion again.

"The world is so big, where is home? Even if we return to the king's rule, so what? Aren't we still treated as workers by the lord? We work hard every day and can only get a little meager reward at the end of the year!"

"I have lived a lifetime, and I have never seen a more comfortable place than Hanshui Village! Here, we can live the way everyone wants through hard work! Our children can go to school, and women can choose a decent job. You can leave if you want, but I won't leave anyway."

"Yes! In troubled times, where home is, there is the country!"

"In another year, I can buy the house I live in, but I won't leave! At worst, I will die with Lord Loki into Valhalla after I die, and continue to work for the Lord."

The total number of all Slavs in Hanshui Village and Wuya Town is close to 800. After a long conversation, a total of nearly 200 people decided to leave Hanshui Village and go to Longxi Plateau to join Bakambusi.

This number is far lower than Loki expected.

He still overestimated the weight of the word "country" in the Middle Ages. In this era, especially in the wild northern tribes, most civilians would only introduce themselves by saying where they were born, from a certain lord's castle.

For example, Loki would introduce himself by saying, "I am Loki Starrag from Hanshui Village." He would never say "I am a Viking."

Because the "Viking Country" did not allow him to enjoy any benefits. In this country, he could be robbed by his compatriots in the neighboring province at any time, oppressed by the duke of the province, and even have to solve the invasion himself.

This kind of country is simply a mere formality.

For those who wanted to leave, Loki showed sufficient sincerity. He not only took out food, horses, and carriages, but also weapons. He stood at the entrance of the village and respectfully wished that each of them could give birth to healthy children and live a long life.

Of course, he also did not forget to tell them that they would most likely be enemies when they met next time. If he had to fight with the other party, neither side should blame.

This is the "human nature" of this era and this land.

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After dealing with these Slavic slaves, the next step is to deal with the holy bishop monks from the English Islands in the Hanshui Village Cathedral.

When they followed him to the Scandinavian Peninsula, they were just ordinary monks, but now, the worst ones are already Sequence 7, and the strong ones like Jerome and Lawrence have even risen to Sequence 3, just one step away from the realm of demigod.

Loki can understand their determination to fight to the death to defend the church during the defense of Hanshui Village. After all, the barefoot are not afraid of the shoes. At that time, they had nothing and could fight as much as they wanted.

But now, the situation is different. The troops coming to attack this time are not only Slavs. According to Loki's inference, the English are very likely to join the war in the later stage. If several monks continue to stay in Hanshui Village, they are likely to take up weapons and chop at their fellow holy bishops on the other side of the North Sea.

He doesn't know whether these monks can accomplish such a rebellious thing for him.

On both ends of the scale, one side is England returning to civilization, being promoted to higher positions and enjoying glory, especially Jerome and Lawrence, who would find no use in finding a king in any of the seven countries of England and becoming a national master.

On the other side, they would stay in Hanshui Village with him, and there is a great probability that they would need to slaughter their fellow saint bishops, and it is more likely that they would die in this catastrophe.

In Loki's opinion, this question does not seem to have much room for choice.

It is true that this group of saint bishop monks is a valuable fighting force, but it is undeniable that the "freedom of belief" in Hanshui Village is also a double-edged sword. When the wind is favorable, multiple beliefs can allow him to quickly harvest a group of God's chosen. But when the disaster comes, if this group of saint bishop monks rebel on the battlefield, will the Viking pirates in the village who tend to believe in the saint bishop follow suit?

This is a question that no one can say for sure.

Based on this consideration, he would rather let those who want to retreat leave now. In this way, everyone who stays in the village is a person who lives for death.

Only in this way can it be beneficial to his next layout.

The monks understood what Loki meant, looked at each other, and within 10 seconds, they shook their heads at him at the same time.

"Lord, we won't leave!"

"You may not understand the relationship between the Holy Bishop Church and the church, which is roughly the same as the relationship between the Viking lords and lords. Although they all belong to the Holy Bishop and are under the leadership of the Pope, monks from different churches must always represent the interests of their own churches."

"Because fundamentally, our strength comes from all the believers in the church."

"Yes, Lord." Jerome had just finished speaking when Lawrence took over. He was busy building the Hanshui Village Hospital recently. Seeing that the outline of the building had been gradually improved under Sangji's intensive construction, his work began to become easier.

"Before coming to Hanshui Village, we were just an ordinary drop of water among the vast number of monks. It was because we came to Hanshui Village and built the Hanshui Village Gospel Church that we were given families, children, a life of respect and love by the Holy Lord Christ. And the power of the Chosen One that is unimaginable in a lifetime."

"As monks, each of us is faithfully fulfilling the will of the Holy Lord. The Holy Lord Christ has given us such amazing fortunes one after another. I think he must want us to stay here. This route is what the Holy Lord wants, and it must be what we want."

"If there are monks from other churches who come to offend, I don't mind taking up arms and continuing to defend the church!"

Nodding slightly, Loki gave the silver broadsword that Old Gore found in the frozen ship to the other few Holy Bishop monks.

"Since you have made up your mind, from today on, we are friends for life and death. In order to survive this disaster, I have come up with this plan."

In the slightly shocked expressions of the six holy bishops, Loki slowly told them the battle plan he had drawn up.