954 A.D.
As time went by, I started going on raids with my father, with Ulf and Njal, after my father said I could go on raids by myself now, in my thirteenth winter.
I went to get Sven, Evior, Ivor, Bjorn, Axel, Jasper, and Asher.
I told Ulf to stock the ship as I walked into the clearing, seeing an intense fight between all the guys, but if any random person had seen what I was watching, they would have thought they were all trying to kill each other.
Not long after I started watching, the fights were over, with everybody sweating bullets and breathing heavily as I started talking, "Nicely done, guys, but it's time to go on our own raids, but if you're all too tired, you can stay here."
As I finished talking, everybody stood up and said, "Let us change and we will be ready to set sail," As I listened and said, "You have five minutes before we set off." I finished talking and went inside my cabin, which had become my home for the last twelve winters, and picked up my custom-made weapons and started walking back to the docks.
As I walked up to Ulf and asked him if everything was stocked and ready, he said, "Yes, we are ready to set sail, little friend," with a big grin on his face as he looked behind me, seeing all the boys he had personally trained over the 12 winters finally start to become men.
As I said to Ulf, "Are you coming with us, Ulf?" as I slapped his back, and he said, "Sure am, little friend," as we all finally started getting on the ship and set sail with father and mother, with the whole war band sending us off.
We set off west to raid, and as we spent a whole winter in the west raiding, we were about to leave as we were walking to our two ships already loaded up when we saw an army of twenty-five Saxons as they charged at us.
The War Before Going Home
As we were charging at them without fear, with fifteen thousand Vikings, we started slaughtering them. By the end, we had only ten thousand men left, and we were tired, so we picked up all the weapons and armor. We picked up our dead as I ordered a couple of men to cut down trees, and we set them on fire with their weapons in hand. As they entered Valhalla, we set off and were on the sea for the next six moons.
As we finally docked in the settlement, everybody welcomed us back. As we were unloading, my parents were walking up to us. My mom spoke, "Son, you have gotten so big; you're almost the same height as your father," as she kissed my forehead. As I spoke to my son, "It's great to have you back," as he yelled, "Tonight we celebrate my son's return home and his great haul," as everybody started yelling as the crew took everything to the haul.
As my parents and I headed to the longhouse, my crew went to see family and some went to drink. As Ivor followed me over the winters, he had become my bodyguard over time. As we entered the longhouse, my father spoke, "Son, I need to send you and your war band to go raid the slave owners and go talk to a jarl near Kattegat."
As I responded, "Okay, father, but in the meantime, while I am still here, let's celebrate," and as we finished talking, the hall got full and the celebration started as everybody started drinking and eating, and a couple of fights happened, and people were arm wrestling for gold, and a couple of people were fucking. As it got late into the night, the party was still going on for the last three days.
955 A.D.
As we were at the docks loading our ships and setting off to raid a couple of slave owners and bring the slaves back to the settlement and we finished a whole winter later
965 A.D.
As we stood on the docks of the jarl my dad said to come see for talks and we walked to the longhouse and the guards stopped us and said who are you and why do you wish to see the jarl as I respond I am Arkyn Gunnulfson and I am here at the request of ur jarl as I finished talking
A guard sent somebody to inform the jarl as he walked in and spoke to the jarl telling him to let us in as they tried to take our weapons as Ivor put him on his shit for trying to take his weapons as I say, Ivor let him up, and he let's go and stood behind me as I spoke you will not be taking any weapons from us now get tf up and take us to ur jarl now and he moved quick with fear in him
As we walked in, he told the jarl what just happened as he looked at me and asked who are you and why did ur, man lay hands on my guard as he finished speaking I talked I am the son of The Bloody Wolf and my father said you wanted to talk so he sent me instead as I stood with the confidence of a warrior and asked who are you as I raised an eyebrow at him I am Jarl Borg
Image of Borg
Pov Borg
I want to speak of joining the raids west and having an alliance with your settlement and it will benefit us both
Pov Arkyn
As I look at him and ask him how joining forces with you will befitting us as Ulf says something in my ear lord it's nothing he can offer us why not just leave and as I was about to respond to Ulf the Jarl spoke
Pov Borg
If we join forces we could raid with a great fleet and take even more gold and silver and be even wealthier or help one another if anything ever happens it's always good to have a friend instead of an enemy as he finished speaking
Pov Arkyn
As I listen and think about it as I remember we would be leaving soon and we already have enough wealth even though we could always use more I do not trust the man and as I responded we are okay Borg and we will take our leave since our business is done we start to leave before he starts talking again and said at least stay for the celebration as I heard him and said no we have business else where
As we all got on the ship and left for Kattegat and after three days at sea we finally made it to Kattegat and were brought before the jarl of the settlement and we had a disagreement and he warned us not to cause trouble as this is the man my father told me to watch out for and as we went to drink mead before going back home as we already had the other crew members restock the ship as by time we was about to leave it was night
As I was standing by the door, I saw a beautiful woman walking to the side of a house, and I turned back and downed the rest of my mead as I heard somebody fall and it was the woman with a split-open lip and two seconds later it was a man holding her up choking her to death as another woman looked beaten with broken ribs and a red hand mark on her face tried to plead for her life as he didn't listen
As I got up and walked over and kicked the man in his chest to the ground, Ivor was right behind me with Ulf and Evior and Bjorn standing there watching from the sidelines, and as the man got up coughing some blood up and said who tf dares kick me and as he looked at me with my five ten height as we were almostthe same height as he stood up standing at six foot and he asks do you know this woman as I respond no but she will be my woman as he lookedat me like I was a dumb lil kid as he tries to walk pass me to grab the woman again while saying lil bitch come here I am not done with you yet
As I grabbed his arm and slammed him on the ground and choked him out as he smelled of piss and mead and as I let go and stood up and asked the two women if they were okay and if they wanted to join us for a drink and as I finished talking and they both said yes as we walked back to the inn and I made the three brothers get up from the table as they went to the bar and drink as the two women introduced their selfs
I am Aslaug and that person you beat up is my slave master, sir, and I am 24
I am Saga and I live in the forest with my panther and I am half Native and Norse also 20
Pov Saga
Thank you for saving me Stranger and What did you mean when you said I will be your woman
Pov Arkyn
Nice to meet you two beautiful ladies and it's no problem and if you want to be my woman that is Saga and if you don't it wouldn't happen as I said with a smile and as I look at Aslaug if you don't want to be a slave anymore you could join us on our way back home as she looked at me with hope as she said really as I said yes
As Egil woke up now sober as hell with revenge on his mind, his pride was just hurt as he walked into the inn, and he saw us talking as if nothing happened, and tried to walk up on us Ulf grabbed his arm before he could get to me as I saw it, and then went back to our conversation
Pov With Ulf
That's far enough leave them be it would be for ur own good if you turn around and just leave as Egil looked at me in rage, he responded get ur fucking hands off me I have business with that boy and as I let him pass and said I warned you
As Egil walked up to the table and slammed his hands on the table scaring the girls and says boy I want Holmganga and as those words left his mouth the whole inn went quiet and looked at us and I stood up and said let's go outside with my sword in my hand as we went outside and a coward was circling us watching as people placed bets and everybody bet on the older man as Ulf bet on me
Holmganga Outside the inn
As he came at me with an axe and shield trying to drive his shield into my stomach while swinging his Axe at my head as I dodged and used my left foot to kick the back of his leg in as he hit the ground on one knee and as I raised my sword by his neck and asked are you done and he smacked the sword away and continue on
On the sidelines, the girls were having a conversation he is a strong and skilled Saga did you see how easily he brought Egil to his knee as Aslaug said with a smile as she looked at Saga who was watching the whole fight while staring at the man with longing in her eyes
Pov in Saga's mind
Why is he fighting that man for me doesn't he know he could die for a random girl he just meet but he is skilled and powerful as she continues looking at him as they both lock eyes together for only one second but to her it felt like forever and as she was looking at him she felt somebody tapping her and as she came out of her day dream
Are you in love with him already as Aslaug said with a fox-like grinas she made Saga blush covering her face like a shy little girl
Back to the fight
As I parried his fourth strike and as I already broken his shield a while ago and as I parried a strike for my heart and then in a quick movement I swung my axe into the side of his head and he dropped dead as I walked over to another fight seeing Sven cut off some man's head as the head rolled to the feet of the Jarl and his men
Back in the Bar as Asher and Axel saw Arkyn outside fighting and started walking towards the fight and Sven saw them going and he started following them outside he bumped into a drunk Knut and made him have mead fall on his clothes and as he was walking outside and was at the door all of a sudden he was sent flying face-first into mud and as he stood up and pushed his brothers back he said get ur Axe and make the square as he and knut started it fight one of the jarls men saw that and ran to the longhouse and told the jarl as he and his guards ran there before it was too late but when they arrived it was to late with his brother head at his feet
Back into the Present Time
As I walked over to Sven and asked what happened and he told me and I just said come on as we all went back into the inn and the rest of the crew started appearing as the jarl and his men walked in
As we all sat and started drinking we heard guards grab him as I looked up as the jarl pointed at Sven, and as they tried grabbing him I told Ulf and Ivor to kill them, and in a second
Five bodies lay on the ground with no heads
As I looked at the jarl and said who gave you the authority to take one of my men as I looked at him
Pov Jarl
Boy you are in my settlement and dare to kill my brother and my guards as he looks at me with rage in his eyes
As I looked at him and said we were leaving anyway, I asked Aslaug and Saga if they were coming with us or not
As they followed behind us as we tried to walk out but they had two guards in front of the door as I pulled out my axe and killed them and said if you have a problem take it up with the Bloody Wolf as his blood went cold with everybody else and as we set off home
Pov Jarl
As he found out what happened from the people and found out about Michael's man being killed by that boy he had to tell him what happened, and now he wants revenge and plans on taking with Michael
Back on the ship we finally made it back home as I took the girls to see the city, and I sent Ulf to tell my parents what happened
We were at a tavern eating and talking about our adventures in life and as I asked do both of you want to be shield maidens and they both said yeah so I took them to the women's trainer and told them where they can find me if they ever look for me in the woods where five cabins are at
As I finally walked into the longhouse, everybody was waiting for me, and my father said something
You know we might have two new enemies thanks to what happened with the two jarl's as I look at my son with a crazy grin and my wife looks at me with the same look as when we first met and we sent people to dig a deep ditch around the gates and put spikes in them and covered them with grass and started training more slaves into warriors
Meanwhile at a meeting with Michael and another Jarl as they were talking Borg walked in as he was invited by Michael as the talks started as they had been talking for over five hours, and at the end of it they were in a free way alliance to kill the Bloody Wolf as they went home and started training and getting more warriors, they found out Micheal has been planning to attack for a while now
Meanwhile in East Mongolia in the last 5 years, a baby girl named Ingrid was born and a bunch of deaths were happening, and nobody could findout who was doing it, and as they just gotten out of war with their neighbors and just assumed it was them and
It started the war back up also with all this happening Gorm was still picking up homeless kids and having them join his army
By the time it was time for an all-out war with his father, his army would be big enough for his last fight in Mongolia as he heads to Norway and his bounty kept going up now at five hundred gold as he spent time being a father and a loving husband as they got married a couple of years after the baby was born
Back with the Blood Wolf
He got word from his merchant that the 2 jarls had a meeting with Michael and are planning to attack him but he doesn't know when so lately everybody has been stuck on the island as there have been some people watching all three jarls as he found out Michael is planning to hire a mercenary group from Mongolia that has a bounty of five hundred gold on their head and as time went on his wife was pregnant again and he spent most his time training his eldest son and getting everybody ready for a great war
Time Skip 979 A.D.
As Gorm knew his father only had ten thousand men left and I have an army of four thousand it was time for the close of a chapter of his life as he watched his eighteen-year-old daughter training with her mother, and he called them both over as he told them it was finally time for him to go and kill his father as he and his army left
On the battlefield
Gorm was killing his way to the castle as he been tired of waiting and sent his people ahead of him and he came from the rear and by the time he got through the gate his father was already in armor and Gorm was tired as he was ready for the fight of his life and they started a long-awaited fight between father and son as his father is well passed his prime and his age has caught up with him as it didn't take that long before he killed him and as he felt a weight leave his shoulders as he said, mom I finally did it as the war was over and he only had five hundred men left after this war and he became King of the castle as he spent the next 2 years fixing what he broke
As 2 years went by in a flash, his daughter was now twenty and a blood-soaked warrior now and inherited his title as Slaughter on the battlefield but she used dual swords instead of two axes as her main weapons, and as they stocked five great ships they bought with enough food and water to last them as he gave the throne to the merchant who owned the port and left him half the his fathers wealth as they in bark on a new journey to find his brother as he also accept a job to help a man destroy a settlement and he had year to make it to Norway as they took their time and enjoyed the peace and his wife was pregnant with another girl so they was happy and they made it to Norway in ten days
As he met up with Michael and they went over the plans, he was supposed to attack their port with him while the two other jarls were supposed to attack the gate
End of Chapter