Northmen - A Viking Saga Page #2

And he says we want

to bring her back alive.

Dunchaid is an old man.

Have you considered what will happen to us

when Inghean and her husband succeed him?

That's why we can not

bring her back alive.

The reward will still be large enough.

I will tell the men tomorrow, it was

the King's decision to murder his daughter.

Then he said,

Come to me...

...all you who are weary

and carry heavy burdens

...and I will give you rest.

- Who said that?

- Son of God.

The man who died on the cross?

See it as a symbol

The way I see it,

is that your God is weak...

...and our gods are

strong, so...

What brings you to this land,

Northmen?

We were banished

from our homeland.

Then our ship founded off

the coast not far from here.

Now we have to buy our way

into one of the Viking settlements in the south.

So, your plan is get the bounty

for your prisoner.

You're not that dumb

for a Christian.

And you are not that clever

for a pagan.

Do you have any idea

who she is?

Of noble birth

...perhaps a daughter of...

King?

Yes. You fools have

captured the Lady Inghean...

...daughter of King Dunchaid.

Good.

Now we can command a

bigger bounty.

There will be no bounty in hell.

Because that's exactly

where he will send you all.

You will leave in the morning.

So, do try to get some sleep.

Only a rested Northmen

can plunder and raid.

Stop!

I have nothing!

I know nothing!

Did we ask you yet?

The direction which

you came from...

...perhaps you saw a

few northmen.

If I tell, will I be let go?

The loch by the Auldrun Tower!

That's where we found them.

But we were defeated.

The Christian monk

...killed most of us.

Did they have a girl with them?

- Aye!

But they at the end of they're strength!

Perhaps the monk

took them with him.

Up his in tower.

Perhaps indeed.

Am I to be let go?

There lives a beast deep in the wood

Crazed to drink a thousand Viking's blood

In fact with men

how still he roared...

And screams that he

could eat a thousand more.

But I was one

that could not yield...

So, I took my trusty

axe and shield.

I found a beast

deep in the wood...

Now I drink

the monster's blood.

The rest lies in the hand of God

Or whoever you believe in.

What are you doing?

- He will recover.

- He will not.

And you know it.

Why don't you just let me go?

You have no idea what

my father is capable of.

He's certainly capable of

paying for you.

Your father isn't the first king

I've dealt with.

# I found a beast

deep in the wood...

# Now I drink the monster's blood.

Asbjorn...

...come and drink with us.

I thought you didn't

trust the monk

We don't.

But he has mead.

He gave them mead?

They did not ask.

Gather your weapons

we leave today.

Little bride,

Still with us?

Save your breath.

You will need it when

you head to your Valhalla.

I have been on many conquests.

I've heard many beliefs.

Why should ours be true?

Why not?

Why not, indeed?

So you are outlaws?

Yes, we are the last of them.

At last not yet under King Harald's

fine hairs reign.

See when Harald

conquered Thor,

...my father did not give up

like the others, he fought.

When he was murdered,

I took his ship...

and what was left of our men

and we left home.

And now the King has put

a price on your heads.

Yes.

And what will you do with the woman

when King Dunchaid does not pay?

What kind of father would not?

Give me your word...

...that you will not touch

a hair of that girl.

Why do you care?

Don't believe the rumors.

Not all of us,

pagans are that bad.

From the fury of the Northmen,

release us.

May Bjorn, the son of Ovarr,

be already on his way to Valhalla.

We shall meet there,

my friend.

Where are we going now?

- Into the tower!

- We'll be trapped inside!

Then die out here.

- Come in! Come in!

- No, No!

If I be a man of God,

"said Elijah to the captain and his fifty men,"

What is that crazy monk up to?

Then let fire

burn down from heaven

and consume thee!

That will hold them

for a while.

Men!

Bring in him.

Put him out!

Who are you?

We came for her.

Her loving father

ordered us to kill her.

You are lying,

You are lying.

Tell me the truth.

Tell me the truth!

No!

This does indeed

not look like a rescue mission.

We have to get out of here.

Thanks to this monk,

we're trapped.

O ye of little faith.

Get as many weapons

as you can carry.

Come on.

Follow me.

We don't have much of a choice now.

I need to see their bodies.

Where are they?

Clever.

So, what you know of our pursuers?

We have to know

who our enemies are.

You should be

feeling honored.

He sent his best men on the hunt.

His wolf pack.

There said to come from the wild mountainous region

somewhere far in the east.

The Carpathians.

And still just a bunch of murderers.

If it were up to me, they would never

have set a foot on our land.

And if it were up to me?

...you stay here and

out of our way, birdie.

She is useless.

Her father will not pay for her.

He wants her dead.

Let's just hand her over to these mercenaries then...

...at least we have chance

of making out of this country.

Jorund, are you really

that stupid?

Perhaps her father will not pay...

...but any his enemies

certainly will.

Now, move.

Where are you taking us, monk?

Have patience.

What does it mean?

It tells of the path of the serpent,

the ancient Pictish route to the south.

- To the Danelaw.

- Danelaw, what is that, a town?

What?

It's not a town. But a group of Viking

settlements where we can find safety.

What are these, boats?

Your knife.

This is the coast line.

That was my tower.

The highlands...

the moor...

...the Danelaw.

- Is that simple?

- That simple. Except for here.

The King Dunchaid

still has a line of fortifications

Then we break through them.

Not even your great army

was able too.

But there is another way.

With boats, as in painting...

...we can sail around

the fortifications.

Hold it. So now

we will be led by a monk?

Who's to say he is

not luring us into a trap

He is not leading you.

I say we have no other

option but to accept his help.

Asbjorn, the monk

is not one of us...

...he is a Christian,

you should think again.

Who gave us a shelter,

who helped us to escape?

If he wanted us dead,

or caught he's had opportunity enough.

Your decision.

But I shall have my

eye on this monk.

The Path of the Serpent.

The Pics used it for scouting

and hunting.

Goes across the entire highlands.

...and ends,

down at the sea.

And that's where the boats are

hidden in openings in the cliffs.

But at the next full moon,

the winter storms begin.

And the openings will be

flooded until spring.

That's only in a few days time.

One moment.

What's in it for you, monk?

Thanks to you...

...I also have to

reach safe haven.

Not the reason it would be

a big bounty for some Vikings?

- You're one to talk Hird.

- Stop it, All of you!

You have no idea

what you are up-against.

The more time we waste

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