Embers of Embers

Chapter 521 Willente
The sky is a cold ice blue, cloudless. The naked eye can see all the way to the end of this ice blue, which is a glow with a little green light. They are all over the sky, hanging upside down on this cold country.
The crew members of the Morning Glory Advance all put on warm and thick clothes. They never expected that after entering the waters of the Viking countries, the temperature dropped so quickly that a layer of condensation formed on the guardrails at the edge of the deck. Light frost, they are like vines growing wildly, wrapping around the metal and freezing it.
There were constant dull crashing sounds, and there were a large number of ice floes floating on the sea. They were knocked away by the Morning Glory Advance one by one, opening up a new road.
"Finally... it's here."
In the command room, Lorenzo let out a breath of white air and looked at the blurry shadow in the distance with tears in his eyes.
After drifting on the sea for more than a month, he finally saw land, just ahead. With the witcher's vision, Lorenzo could even vaguely see the rising smoke and those rising from the ground. buildings.
"How does it feel to be back in human society?"
Shrike's mood rose slightly at this moment, and his face was filled with unbearable excitement.
"Great! Speed ​​up! Tell Notar to speed up! Go faster!"
Lorenzo roared excitedly.
His current mood was more than just joyful. Lorenzo could see those floating ships, all of which proved the existence of human beings. After all, humans were still social animals, and it didn't feel good to be far away from the crowd.
Notar, who was standing in front and controlling the steering wheel, ignored the nervous Lorenzo. At first, he felt a little afraid of Lorenzo, but after getting along for a long time, this fear was diluted by Lorenzo's nervousness, and Notar Tarr was finally able to view Lorenzo as a relative equal.
"According to the charts, that should be our primary destination this time."
Seleu stood next to Lorenzo. She looked at the chart on the table, her fingers followed the carved route and stopped at the first red dot.
"The capital of the Viking kingdoms, Welrent, we will stop here for a while to have a good rest, and then go to Lingbing Bay to discuss with the lord."
Lan Jade said, she was like a caring housekeeper, taking care of everything.
"Vellent... I'm quite curious about what the cities in the Viking countries would look like."
Lorenzo looked into the distance and said slowly.
"Compared to old Dunling, Velenert seems to be much behind. The city's lighting still uses kerosene, which is much worse than Maruri in Nalo, Gaul. At least Maruri has gas pipelines."
Lan Jade explained in time.
"In addition, the civil war has only ended not long ago, and the Viking countries are in a state of exhaustion waiting to be revitalized... But before they have had time to develop too much, war is coming again."
"This can be regarded as their battle to rise. As long as they successfully plunder land, the Viking countries will be able to complete their colonization and transport their excess population out."
Notar has been drifting on the sea for a long time, and he has some understanding of these things.
"Compared to war, many Vikings actually died every year due to cold winter and hunger. It was a cold and barren land. Sometimes the fighting was to consume the internal population so that more people could have food and firewood. Live this."
The others looked at Notal. He felt the gaze and turned around to look at everyone with some surprise.
"Tell me something." Lorenzo motioned for him to continue.
"oh oh."
Notar paused, feeling a little uncomfortable with so many looks.
He could feel that this was not a curious look. For such a serious action, they must have known the relevant information about the Viking countries in advance. Notal guessed that perhaps one of his words had aroused his thoughts.
"This is what I learned when I was dealing with some Vikings. People outside think they are just a group of warlike lunatics, but in fact most of them are forced to be warlike. The frozen land cannot grow food and graze. There are not many weeds that can withstand the cold wind. In order to let more people survive, the men will go to sea to plunder. They gradually become lords and then attack each other."
Notar felt a sense of sadness as he spoke.
"The Viking kingdoms only have a few months of warm weather every year, and the rest of the days are full of cold winds. I think you all have realized this."
Shallow thin ice has already appeared in the porthole. It is hard to imagine what it will be like after going deep into the end of the world.
"We have heard such words," Lorenzo said, which reminded him of a friend. "He told us the reasons for the war, which are probably similar to what you said. Internal war cannot change the problem, and they finally chose to go to war with the outside world. , plunder the warm lands.”
"We might meet him again in Valente."
Shrike added that he remembered who the friend Lorenzo had spoken of was, and although they had only met for a short time, he still remembered the Viking.
"Mainly the most interesting thing is the explanation of faith."
Lorenzo thought, recalling what Hebold told him later.
On the way back to Yin Erweg, Hebold talked about the dead Ivar and Ivar's understanding of Odin's belief.
Lie, Odin is a lie.
"It is precisely because of this harsh environment that forces people to plunder and fight, speeding up the consumption of personnel, so as to save more supplies for young people to survive... Death is a cruel thing, and no one wants to die unless someone It can beautify death. After death, it is not darkness, but a beautiful light."
The command room became quiet, everyone listened to Lorenzo's words.
"Hebold told me that this is what Ivar thinks. He thinks that Odin is just a lie that the Vikings deceive themselves. The same is true in Valhalla. They drink their hangovers and then fight before the morning sun rises. Resurrect again and enter the scarlet reincarnation.”
Lorenzo looked at the others and asked.
"Do you think it's really good to go to such a ghost place after death?"
Without waiting for anyone else's answer, Lorenzo gave his own explanation.
"I can't stand it. I've been fighting for my whole life and I don't want to have anything after death. As a result, I have to continue to chop endlessly. No matter how I think about it, it's hell. Probably only a lunatic would yearn for this kind of place."
The other people's eyes were a little strange, and they looked at Lorenzo in unison. Lorenzo also noticed this, looked at each other, and fell into an awkward silence.
"you……"
"Nothing! Nothing!" Shrike said repeatedly, blocking Lorenzo's mouth.
Lorenzo looked at Shrike suspiciously, almost wanting to say something, as if he wanted to attack everyone's stereotypes, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.
"I'm thinking, belief in this thing, maybe it does have a reason for its existence."
Lorenzo's expression was very serious, he wasn't joking.
"I was thinking before that the evangelical church is so ignorant, but it does help us get through the most difficult moments...perhaps it has the meaning of existence, but it just fails to make the changes it deserves with the changes of the times. , just like the belief in Odin, beautifying death so that more Vikings can live on, but now is not the age of blood and swords."
The shadow in front of the sea is getting bigger and bigger. It is continuous and spreads across the entire sea horizon. One spike after another is raised. The tall buildings are like swords and halberds stuck on the body of the monster. Wei Lun Erte is about to arrive.
"Times have changed, and everyone should make changes, otherwise they will only be eliminated."
……
"Is this the military power of Inrwig?"
The man stood on the high platform, looking at the end of the sea. The figure of the Morning Glory Advancing had burst into his field of vision. Although it was far away, he could still distinguish its appearance.
His face already looked a bit old, his cold eyes were full of exhaustion, and staggered scars were spread all over his skin, like a beast that had gone through a bloody battle together.
"My previous thoughts were too naive," the man shook his head helplessly as he witnessed the large ship breaking through the sea fog, "I have thought about going south to plunder various countries, and I have also thought about what to do if I encounter such an armored ship. "
“I thought that our Viking sea battle experience could make up for the technical gap. Our longships would quickly approach their ironclad ships, throw out hooks, rush onto the deck, and kill all the enemies.
But now it seems that this is too ridiculous, Haybold, there is no need for these armored ships to fire at us, they can knock over our longships as long as they run over all the way. "
Compared with ironclad ships, Viking longships look like ants, suppressed by an absolute technological gap. Over the years of technical support from Inerweg, there are also a large number of ironclad ships in the Viking countries, but they are different from the early morning ships. Compared with the Hui Jinjin, it really seems to be lagging behind and has no ability to fight at all.
This is not a gap that can be filled with technical support. In terms of basic industry, the Viking countries have already started too late. The new era has already arrived, but they are completely unaware of it.
"Don't worry too much, Your Majesty. We have made changes in time. Lengbing Bay has begun to produce iron-clad ships, and mutual assistance between the various territories is also proceeding in an orderly manner. These are obviously much worse than those in Ying Erweg. , but at least it proves that we have indeed taken that step, instead of continuing to be trapped in this bitter cold land and attacking each other."
Heibald also looked at the big ship on the sea. If nothing else, several guys he was familiar with were also on that ship.
"But how long will this situation last? We and Yin Erweg are not one and the same. It is just a temporary alliance. After the problem of Gaul Naluo is solved, we may become a new problem."
The King of Ice Sea was troubled that this was an alliance between countries, not two people making friends. He knew very well that this was a mutual use, but he did not have the ability to refuse.
This is the last chance for the Viking countries. If they don't rely on Yin Erweg, the gap between them and the world will only become wider and wider.
"But as long as the Silent Sea is stable, we have the ability to negotiate with Yin Erweg."
Haybold said.
If you look at the Silent Sea as the core of the map, you will find that most of it is covered by the islands of the Viking countries. The only place without islands is intercepted by the Caucasus Mountains. It can be said that if Inverg wants to explore the Silent Sea, he will There is no way around the Viking kingdoms.
"Jinghai, have you heard the legend about Jinghai?"
Mentioning the Silent Sea, the Ice Sea King remembered the rumors related to it.
"The treasure that changed the world. It is said that Yin Erweg was able to win the Glorious War because the Victoria family went deep into the Silent Sea to obtain part of the treasure. The reason why they were able to obtain it was because of the Wilgdason family." Highbold explain.
"The treasure of the gods... I heard such a legend about ten years ago. Not many people knew about it at that time, but recently there have been more and more of these words. Do you think this is true or false?"
The King of Ice Sea turned to Heibald and asked Heibald. Heibald thought for a while and gave an uncertain answer.
"I don't know, but judging from the fact that Yin Erweg attaches such great importance to it, there may really be something in this sea of ​​silence... But you also know that judging from the knowledge Yin Erweg shared, the sea of ​​silence is full of those people named Demonic monster.”
Thinking of those ferocious monsters, Haibold felt chills in his heart.
"So whether this is a treasure or a magic box hiding disaster, who knows?"
"But I always feel that the emergence of such rumors may also be related to those conservative lords. Odin's devout believers, you stopped the civil war and chose to cooperate with Yin Erweg. In their eyes, it is considered a violation. The honor of the Vikings, let alone letting them go to the Silent Sea."
Haybold recalled and continued.
"In the eyes of those believers, the end of the Silent Sea is the sacred Hall of Valor. It is the greatest blasphemy for a group of outsiders to dare to disturb it."
"The End Society?"
Listening to Heibald's words, the Ice King thought of these believers traveling in the Viking countries.
"Yes, they have misinterpreted the faith of God Odin and are expanding rapidly. I think we'd better deal with them, otherwise it will only become more difficult in the future."
"This is not important. The Evangelical Church can rule the Western world with its faith. Doesn't it still rely on the powerful Knights Templar and Demon Hunting Order?
It has never been faith that determines everything, but gunpowder and steel. Now, these things are firmly in our hands. "
The Morning Glory Advance had already approached the coast. All this was reflected in the eyes of the Ice Sea King, and he smiled slightly.
"Why don't you leave all this to your friends? We are just assisting in this operation and opening the way for them. They will handle the rest by themselves. They should be able to perfectly solve the troubles that come to them, right?"
"Is that so? It's not impossible."
Hearing the Ice Sea King's answer, Heibald felt a little sad.
"Are you worried about him?"
"No," Haybold denied, "I'm just worried about those guys who are looking for trouble."
The pitch-black scales reflected pale fireworks, and the sharp blade cut the steel, cutting the twisted flesh into fragmented limbs. The burned ashes rolled into the sky and fell into gray-black snowflakes.
Haybold shook his head, took a deep breath, relieved the pressure in his memories, and spoke slowly.
"That ship carries more than just giant cannons and soldiers."
(End of this chapter)