Alien Knights

Standing in the longhouse of the "Blackhead" tribe, Todd looked at the decorative shield hanging on the wall near the firepit in the middle of the house.

These wooden shields are made of high-quality birch and iron, and the surface is also painted with paints of different colors to depict the major events of the clan over the years.

The longhouse is dark and damp, with no floor, just muddy ground. In the bitter cold of the North Island, there are few trees, but stones are rare. These "Black Skull" people used grass bricks (Turf) to build their walls, that is to say, the mixed embryos of grass and soil were slightly fired. This kind of bricks is very warm in winter. In such an important place as the tribal hall, the "Blackhead" clansman made another sandwich wall with wooden boards inside the brick wall, deliberately leaving a distance in the middle, and knocking on it with their knuckles, you can hear the echo.

Huggins led Morgan into the longhouse. The latter looked more honest. After entering the house, he didn't say a word, but the expression on his face still looked a little resentful and ashamed.

Listening to the knight's whispered report, Todd had a little understanding of the recent situation of the "Blackhead" tribe.

In the heyday of the tribe, there were 500 people, including 160 warriors and 14 berserkers. But as the tribe's food dwindled and the Southern Expedition failed, the population plummeted. Now there are less than 200 people left in the entire tribe, 46 fighters, and only 5 berserkers.

And the Morgan in front of him is the leader of the entire "Blackhead" tribe, and his father is the previous leader who disappeared - Sakru.

Todd now fully recalled his fight against the pirates back then. The pirates who fought against the church troops at that time seemed to be from "Blackhead", and the berserker who almost changed the situation of the battle was Sakru.

"Morgan, tell me, how are your people living now?"

Hearing the high-ranking question, the voice of the Blackhead patriarch sounded helpless and sad: "What else can we do?! We have no food, no medicine, mothers don't have enough milk to raise their children, soldiers haven't tasted wine for half a month, and even the handles of their weapons are rusty and rotten! A week ago, several old people in the clan quietly exiled themselves in order to save food in the village, and never came back..."

Morgan raised his head, his eyes full of doubt and pain: "Outsider! Why do you want to disturb the life of 'Blackhead'? If you are here to plunder, then I will disappoint you. There is no property to plunder here."

The patriarch pointed to Lev next to Todd: "Why don't you try your luck at the 'Claw'? I heard that they teamed up with the barbarians to go south and snatched a lot of good things."

Lev was still translating the other party's language, but after hearing Morgan's words, his face turned pale with fright. He quickly took a look at Todd's expression, and quickly refuted loudly: "Don't talk nonsense! The coalition of Claws and Barbarians is just a group of worthless losers in front of Lord Todd!"

"You mean, the coalition of Claw and Barbarian was defeated?!" Morgan opened his mouth wide in surprise, looking at the young man sitting on the high seat and the armored knight beside him: "Outlander, I think I need to rethink your strength..."

Todd looked at the "shield painting" on the wall again, and said slowly: "Chief Morgan, I came to North Island not to plunder, and not to make enemies... I came here to make some friends."

Morgan laughed: "Make friends? It's really interesting to say that."

Todd nodded towards Huggins: "I will allocate some medicine and food to your tribe."

The patriarch was taken aback, then narrowed his eyes and looked forward: "There is a saying in Bei Dao that the more fragrant the wine, the more poisonous it is. Tell me, outlanders, what do you want? Do you want my people to be your thugs?"

Todd smiled and shook his head: "I don't have any conditions, just treat it as a gift."

Morgan couldn't believe it, and he looked puzzled: "I don't know the purpose of your move, but if you do it out of goodwill, I think we might be friends."

Todd glanced at the sky outside the house, and said to Morgan: "I will rest here for a whole day, and then visit your neighbors."

The patriarch of "Black Head" glanced at the panicked Lev, and asked strangely: "The "Claw" tribe? Are you planning to make friends with them?"

Todd laughed: "No, I'm going to collect the debt."

The next day, when Todd woke up from the tent with a sore back, the Muxi Expeditionary Force had already completed preparations for departure.

The patriarch of "Black Skull" waited on the beach with six soldiers early. Last night, watching his people eat their first full meal in several months, watching the soldiers under his command drink the long-awaited wine, Morgan officially changed his address to Todd from "outsider" to "friend".

"I brought my own translator." Morgan pointed to a soldier beside him, and glanced at Lev viciously.

Seeing the latter shrinking his head, Todd smiled indifferently.

Huggins came to Todd's side, lowered his head and said, "Commander, everything is ready and ready to go at any time."

The latter looked at the vast sea in front of him, nodded and said: "Notify everyone, let's go, the target is 'Claw Island'!"

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As the warship braved the wind and waves, Morgan looked at the increasingly clear outline of the island in the distance, walked up to Todd, and said to him, "There is Claw Island."

The latter thought for a while and said, "Why is the island where Claw lives is called 'Claw Island', but the island you live on is called 'Nieper'?"

Morgan clapped his hand heavily on the ship's side, and said in a deep voice: "The island where the 'Blackhead' tribe used to live is called Blackhead Island, but now it has fallen into the hands of the claws, and we have also been driven from that island to our current residence."

Todd nodded, and said again: "I once heard Lev say something about the customs of the North Island. About the fighting and obedience of the North Islanders, can you explain it to me?"

After thinking for a moment, Morgan said: "In general, two words can be used to describe, faith and tradition. Let me talk about faith first. North Islanders believe in gods. They believe that gods live in a place called Asgard, which is equivalent to heaven. There is also hell in the underground world, called Niflheim. North Islanders firmly believe that if a man dies in battle, his soul can enter Valhalla, the shrine of Asgard. The spirits of warriors will feast, sing and tell legends there. If a warrior dies in bed, he is only worthy to go to the underworld to endure eternal torment."

"About tradition, North Island people live a family life. Parents, children, grandparents, aunts and nephews live under the same roof. They are loyal to each other. If a member of the family is bullied, the whole family will go to the tribal meeting to demand justice. If a man is killed, his family will probably ask for compensation in money or land. If the tribal meeting thinks they really have the right to make such a claim, and the murderer's family readily pays the compensation, then everything will go on as usual; One member, then retaliation, endless feuds may become additional traditions of ancient families."

"If enemies meet at sea, then the Beidao people will abide by the ancient tradition. We will tie the boats together, build a springboard on the bow, and then go out one by one. Everyone who walks on the springboard will face this fate: either kill all the opponents, or die in battle, and the companions behind will avenge themselves. If you feel scared, you can turn around and jump into the sea. No one will chase deserters, but those who give up their qualifications to fight are no different from the dead. From then on, even the family members will ignore his existence. Usually the most elite fighters in the tribe."

Todd listened to the other party's narration, and nodded slowly.

"Chief commander! In the woods on the shore, there are a group of fully armed soldiers ambushing!" Edgar's shout interrupted the conversation between the two.

Morgan looked into the distance with some surprise. Claw Island was still 10 kilometers away from the ship, and the scenery in the distance was blurry. How did they find those ambushers? !

Todd glanced back at Lev, who was holding his head and shaking like a sieve, and turned his face to Huggins with a blank expression: "Just follow the original plan."

The knight nodded, and loudly ordered his men to bring out a sealed wooden box from the cabin.

I opened the wooden box, and then opened layers of oiled paper and lime powder, and finally took out six folded cloth bags with a square of 40 centimeters.

Huggins pulled out the retractable belt of the cloth bag, waited for the warship to sail to a place only 150 meters away from the coast, and ignited the fuse of the explosive bag. The knight grasped the elastic belt of the cloth bag with both hands, and started to rotate his feet on the spot. Using the strength of the back of the "keel" and the high-speed centrifugal force, he threw the ignited explosive bag into the woods on the shore in the form of "throwing a hammer".

Just when Morgan was at a loss, the sound of an explosion came from a hundred meters away. The huge shock wave uprooted the trees and blew the sea water backwards towards the warship.

The patriarch of "Black Skull" couldn't stand and fell on the deck. He watched a "mushroom cloud" of flames rising from the forest in the distance. A dozen warriors dropped their weapons and shields and ran out with their bodies on fire. After burning for tens of seconds, they finally landed on the beach motionless.

Todd signaled the warship to move forward and lowered the gangplank.

The commander-in-chief of the Knights looked at Morgan, who was lying sideways on the deck, terrified, and said calmly, "It's time to collect debts."

I was in bed last night, coded with my mobile phone, and suddenly fell asleep while coding~囧, this is the first update today, and I will update the second later. (My full attendance!!!)