Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 98 Ending: Captain Raleigh

"stop!"

The warship roared past the sea, and the middle-aged man's unbelievable deep pupils reflected the light of the sword and the splash of blood.

wow...

The warships of Shurut and Sophia followed closely, staying on both sides of the warship, watching the scene on the ship in front, which was also a little unbelievable.

The air around was quiet and suffocating, leaving only the sound of the night wind and the undulating waves.

what happened?
The three warships staying on this side, with a total of more than 70 warriors, had surprise in their eyes and expressions. In the short time they were chasing the two pirate ships, something happened to Captain Gorton's warship.

"Who died?"

"I don't know, I can't see clearly."

A torch was lit on the warship ahead, and the first thing that caught the eye was a pair of sharp eagle eyes.Scanning the ship's figures again, Captain Gorton, who was supposed to prevent this from happening, was not seen.

Until I noticed a body hanging down from the half-broken dragon head. The two sides of its body were illuminated by the light of chain armor in the candles...

Captain Gorton has been defeated!

What happened! !
Commander Daun's angry voice came into his ears: "Reilly, why did you do this? Why did you kill your own clan and kill Gorton?"

Captain Gorton is dead, killed by Raleigh?

Countless soldiers were filled with extreme surprise at this moment, and such news made them feel a little confused.

Let’s not talk about why Reilly did such a thing. Even with Captain Gorton’s strength and years of control over the ship, this should not be the result. Even if internal strife did occur, Captain Gorton’s chances of winning would be Clearly far more than Raleigh.

But the results presented in front of you are completely different.

At the same time, there was a thunder in my ears: "Commander Dao En, Gorton collaborated with the enemy and rebelled against the clan, and conspired to assassinate you. I have executed him on the spot. The accomplice and the bearded Tom have been killed... "

"You're so presumptuous!" Dawn interrupted those eagle eyes directly.

He felt that such anger had not arisen in his heart for many years. When Rayleigh asked for Thom's life, he agreed to him.However, he requested that the fleet should not be turbulent before arriving in Western Europe, and he agreed.

As a result, not only was the fleet already in turmoil before it reached Western Europe, but not only Thom died, but Gorton also died, and such a ridiculous reason was made up.

Dawn suppressed the boiling anger and looked directly into those eagle eyes: "Even if it's like you said, you shouldn't take action without permission. You don't have me as the fleet commander in your eyes?"

This is already a very serious question!

The warship was filled with the smell of blood, and Raup and others were worried. Even Jinat stopped smiling.

Eagle Eyes looked back and said, "I can't make the final decision on the soldiers on this ship. Gorton signaled the soldiers to slow down their oars. By the time I reacted, it was already too late."

Gorton signaled the warriors to slow down their oars?
This sentence made Dawn calm down, but her mood became worse:

Gorton has been in control of this warship for several years, and most of the warriors on board do not side with Rayleigh.In other words, Gorton did not listen to him and was also preparing to take action on this ship. It was just a matter of who would win.

What two stupid people! !
Ignoring the endangered tribe, they still choose to fight here.

It seems that I am really blind. This kind of trend cannot grow and must be dealt with seriously.

Dawn calmed down, looked into Eagle Eyes and said, "What else do you want to say?"

Listening to this low and suppressed voice, Raop quickly shouted: "Commander Dawn, Rayleigh launched a captain's challenge in the presence of everyone, and accidentally killed Captain Gorton during the battle..."

"shut up!"

Dawn interrupted him directly. Rayleigh could not have missed the stop he made just now, but he did not stop his sword at all. It was obviously impossible for him to miss.

But a captain’s challenge?

A faint doubt arose in his heart again. The captain's challenge meant fighting alone. How could the man in front of him defeat Gorton at his current age?
Such a talent is really difficult to deal with. If it is handled lightly, it will not be justified. If it is handled seriously, it may make this rare general in the tribal world dissatisfied.

Victor beside him was also stunned. He had competed with Gorton many times some time ago. Although he was still not as good as himself, he was already a genuine berserker.

Both physical strength and swordsmanship skills are very good. Logically speaking, it is impossible to defeat Rayleigh, who has just turned 16 years old.

Not to mention the scene before his eyes: Rayleigh seemed to be unscathed and killed Gorton without any blood.

This is simply unimaginable, and even I am far from being able to do it.

Victor couldn't help but asked the leading figure in front: "Rayley, was it really you who killed Gorton in the captain's challenge alone?"

"Yes, but he was injured before that." Rayleigh replied and took out a piece of parchment from his arms, "Commander Daun, please take a look at this."

The parchment flew into a ball from the night sky towards the battleship, and was accurately caught by Victor and handed to the man beside him.

Dawn opened the parchment and recognized at a glance the handwriting written by Chief Barnard. The content inside...

His deep eyes changed color slightly, and he glanced at the two warships beside him: "Shrut, Sophia, come here."

"Yes." The two captains responded.

Sophia jumped into the big ship with one ejection, while Shurut stepped forward steadily and was pulled by the big ship warrior.

The soldiers around him had some vague guesses. It seemed that the commander was going to discuss with the captains how to decide on Rayleigh's punishment.

At this time, on the warship, Shurut, Victor, and Sophia took the parchment and looked at it. They were surprised. It read:

The raid on Prisoner's Island was caused by Gorton's collaboration with the enemy. You can come back and ask the Prophet and I for the specific details. It was my decision to let Rayleigh find an opportunity to deal with it privately.

"It's the leader's intention!" Dawn sighed with a flash of eyes. If there was no certain evidence, the leader would not write like this.

Not only the assassination of the girl with strange eyes, but also the incident on Prisoner's Island was related to Gordon. After all, he had misjudged the person.

"Victor."

"Ah."

After receiving the signal from the commander, Victor raised the parchment and shouted around: "There is enough evidence to show that Gorton collaborated with the enemy and rebelled, and contacted the Blackfish people to raid the baptism team in Bartholomew a year ago... His death There will be no prosecution.”

The sound spread throughout the four ships along with the sea breeze, causing everyone to start a slight uproar. Shurut and Sophia also returned to their respective warships.

"Captain Sophia, is this true?"

"Yes."

"Captain Shurut, who wrote the parchment that Rayleigh took out? How does this prove that Gorton is a collaborator?"

"The parchment belongs to the prophet, and the writing belongs to the leader. You can ask it yourself after you go back."

"what?"

Victor's loud voice came to everyone's ears again: "Rayleigh was credited with killing Gorton. Commander Daun made the decision to replace Gorton and become the new captain of the tribe."

"After cleaning up, follow me."

Dawn looked away from those eagle eyes and ordered the fleet to move forward.

'In the blink of an eye while chasing a pirate ship, I have become a captain. It's incredible! '

Sophia also looked away from the rear, feeling slightly emotional in her heart, and ordered the warship to start setting off.

'The future of the North! '

A flash of light flashed in Shurut's eyes. It might not be that easy for the Rainbow Bridge to remain across the northern sky.

Although he didn't know how Rayleigh defeated Gorton with the weak, he would always know the long journey and would not be in a hurry.

"The captain who has just turned 16 is no less powerful than Sparrow, the martial arts idiot from back then."

"Reilly's growth is really amazing. He defeated Gorton alone in the captain's challenge. Although Gorton had been injured before that, it was not easy to injure him."

"Well, I don't know how."

Accompanied by the faint sound of conversation, the three warships left first.

……

Raup in the stern raised his ax and shouted: "Captain Raleigh!"

Several soldiers around him raised their axes, and the smiling man at the front of the warship raised his sword at the same time:

"Captain Raleigh!"

"Captain Rayleigh!" Seeing the turbulent situation on the ship, one soldier after another raised their weapons and followed the shouts.

Several of the warriors who were a little sad about Gorton's death also raised their axes even though they didn't make a sound.

This captain's challenge was not fair, because Gorton had been stabbed in the back by the Laughing Man before, losing half of his hand.

But this duel on the ship was extremely fair. Gorton even had the advantage because it was his ship after all.

In the end, Gorton was defeated and died, and Raleigh stood at the end.

Judging from the methods displayed in the confrontation between these two bosses, it was obvious that Rayleigh was superior, and the former captain's loss was not unjust.

"Captain, their bodies?" Genat walked over and asked.

"After all, they are from the tribe. Find a place to burn them."

A trace of regret flashed across the eagle's eyes. He originally wanted to ask Gorton about the cause of his brother's death and whether the dried cod was really poisonous, but Commander Dawn arrived too quickly, so he had to take action immediately.

Of course, even if you don't ask, Gorton may not tell him the truth, but he may be confused by it.

"By the way, take his sword."

Reilly stepped forward and picked up the fine long sword that Gorton had rebuilt after he got rich, and handed it to Genat beside him, "Keep this in mind."

The eagle eye was still open. Although he was standing with his back to him, he was always paying attention to the movements of the soldiers behind him. He naturally noticed the sadness of the Laughing Man because of Gorton's death.

It seems that the Laughing Man is not a cold-blooded person at heart!

Genat paused, took the sword, and his eyes trembled.

He turned his head and put on his smile again, ordered everyone on the boat to return to their respective positions, and sailed towards the land on one side.

When they heard that the new captain was going to burn the two men, everyone felt warm in their hearts. The new captain was not entirely an inhumane person: while he was cruel to his enemies, he also gave them corresponding respect as opponents.

Itia walked to the bow of the ship and handed out a stack of parchment, with a hint of expectation in her eyes: "Are these true?"

I remember that when I returned from the Ash Tribe, there was no parchment painting about 'Memories of the Water Rat Man and Puffin'.

"You didn't kill them, did you?" Hawkeye looked at the dark sea.

"Of course I didn't." Itia sighed, thinking that she could go back to Puffin to clear herself of being wronged, but it turned out that she was happy for nothing.

Obviously these parchments about Puffin's memories were drawn by Rayleigh himself.

"Then these are true." Reilly replied.

Who can find out the past events clearly, and besides, they are in another tribe.After this winter, it is hard to say whether there will even be a tribe of puffins.

Perhaps the stepmother's children were killed, as I suspected, by the hidden water rat who always liked to sow discord and have fun, or maybe it was just an accident...

As for Itia, he had naturally had doubts, but finally gave up.

Mellie's sense of danger is very sensitive. If she has not been able to detect a crisis from a woman for so many years, then there must be no crisis.

While thinking, the warship docked and two corpses were carried off.

More than a dozen soldiers went to collect some firewood, piled it on the corpse and surrounding areas, and poured some flammable resin on it.

"Captain, Gorton's chain armor?" Genat asked.

"Let's burn it together."

Rayleigh didn't want it, and he felt comfortable wearing it. After becoming the captain, he would get more dividends from the fleet, and he would soon be able to build his own chain armor.

Staring at the blazing flames, everyone retreated and began to return to the warship.

The dragon head of the warship raised his eagle eyes and looked in the direction of the tribe.

……

Mist Crow Territory, Thom Farm in the night.

"Tom, why are you back?"

“Take care of Dennis…take care of Dennis…take care of Dennis…”

The woman who was sleeping soundly by the fire pit suddenly opened her eyes and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. It turned out to be a dream.

Dennis?
The woman glanced around and felt relieved when she saw the young man sitting by the campfire.

"Mom, are you awake?" the young man asked.

"Well, Dennis, why don't you go to bed?"

"I can't sleep, I'm a little worried about my father." The young man replied.

"Your father will be fine, Odin, the King of Gods, bless him..." the woman read.

ga-

A burst of crows suddenly came to the ears of the two of them.

It seemed that the crow on the spruce tree outside the door had flown out for some unknown reason.

"Mother, I'm a little scared." The young man shrank.

"Don't be afraid, I'll go out and have a look."

The woman picked up the hatchet at her side, walked to the door, and opened the door with a creak. A gust of cold wind rushed in, and the flames in the fire pit kept swaying, flickering brightly and dimly.

In sight, it was dark outside and there was nothing.

The woman breathed a sigh of relief and was about to close the door when, out of the corner of her eye, a looming figure seemed to appear in front of her.

I swung my eyes and saw that it was heading towards the longhouse.

boom--

The woman quickly closed the door and fastened the bolt, and heard a strange and harsh sound next to her ears.

Cluck...cluck...cluck...

Creepy sounds penetrated from all directions of the house, including the door, chimney, mezzanine, and cracks.

The woman quickly shouted to her son: "Dennis, hide..."

Pfft!

A thin sword as white as a corpse suddenly penetrated the wooden board, stabbed into the woman's stomach, and came out.

"Mother!" the young man shouted loudly, watching the white thin sword disappear in an instant.

"Dennis...cough..."

The woman coughed out a mouthful of blood, and the thin sword outside the door penetrated the wooden board again and stabbed out of her heart.

"Run..." The woman opened her mouth and could no longer speak. As she withdrew the rapier, she slowly fell to the ground.

"Mother……"

Tears rolled out of the young man's eyes, and with a snap of a branch, the door of the house was pushed open, and a shadow enveloped him.

"Devil, you are a demon..."

"Hey!"

The light from the fire pit shone on the wall, reflecting the image of the sword slashing at the young man's neck, and blood sprinkling into the air.

After dozens of breaths of time, the crackling flames burning in the long house strung out fire snakes, turning the place into a sea of ​​fire.

The girl walked out of the long house in the sea of ​​fire, stopped, raised her eyes to the western sky, and opened her mouth:
"Hey—"

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Volume Name: Pirate Captain

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