Chapter 69 2.27 The Afterglow of the War

Severe pain was the only feeling Loki had at this moment. His entire body was almost tied up like a dumpling, with white linen bandages wrapped around his head and feet.

Sitting next to him was a storm monk wearing black fur and with black paint on his face. Loki had seen this man before. This was the storm monk "Grand Scholar Loima" stationed in Blood Pigeon Town.

"Don't move," he said in a low voice. Judging from his voice alone, he was probably older than "Generalist" Ahai.

"I just applied whale fat oil mixed with "Chicken Blood Vine" and "Saffron" to your wound, which can stop bleeding and help your injury recover."

Seeing that Loki had regained consciousness, Grand Scholar Loima opened his eyelids to observe his pupils. After seeing that his eyeballs could move with the light, the Grand Scholar showed a satisfied look and got up and left. Watching this black-robed weirdo leave the room, Loki immediately began to remove the bandages on his body with his hands and feet.

In the medieval times when disinfection and personal hygiene did not exist at all, he would never believe the so-called "medicine" given to him by these barefoot doctors. Grinning, Loki scraped off the layer of ointment that obviously smelled of decay, and endured the pain to greet the maid.

However, it was Blind Mountain and Green who came in after hearing his voice.

Seeing Green, Loki breathed a sigh of relief. He grabbed his sister-in-law's hands and looked at her legs.

No missing limbs! God Odin bless you, I owe you a big favor this time!

After the battle began, Green guarded the second floor of Hanshui Castle. Loki dismantled the stairs and fought alone on the first floor. During the whole battle, he didn't care about protecting his sister-in-law. He didn't expect Green to survive this bloody battle.

"How many people are left in Hanshui Village?" Loki asked the first question he urgently needed to know.

"After the battle, there are only 32 people left in the village." Blind Mountain patted his shoulder vigorously, and there was even some respect in his words, "You have presented a wonderful performance for God Odin in this boring winter. 29 of the remaining 32 people have broken through and become the Chosen Ones!"

"Haha! I guess your Hanshui Village is now the village with the highest concentration of 'Chosen Ones' in the entire Scandinavian Peninsula! The names of 'Blood Axe' Loki and 'White Robe' Jerome are being praised throughout the river valley!"

Blind Mountain Blood Pigeon is a purebred Viking. From the moment he was born, he has been accompanied by death almost every day. He can't see the large number of deaths experienced by Hanshui Village at all. He can only see 39 awakened Chosen Ones.

This is a huge fortune!

But Loki doesn't think so. A village of 170 people, only 32 people left after a battle. Even if the children taken away by Wenzov are included, more than two-thirds of the population in the village have died.

These people are all blind dates who have accompanied him growing up, and he is more familiar with their faces than his father. But after a battle, they all turned into bones.

This battle was not very exciting.

"There is a lot of hustle and bustle outside the window. It feels like a lot of people have come to the village. What's going on?"

"Haha!" Blind Mountain laughed, "Do you know how long you have been unconscious?"

Loki shook his head.

"You have been unconscious for a month!"

"During this time, my father transferred troops from Blood Pigeon Town to help you clean up the bodies in the village. At the same time, he went to Fog Duck Town in the mountains and tied up all the civilians in their village!"

"Haha! Do you know how many people there are in Hanshui Village now?! 372 people! Isn't it more than twice as many as before you left?!"

Loki frowned.

Blind Mountain is a heartless person who only knows how to fight and giggle. Don't look at his virtue, his father Hummel is an out-and-out old fox.

In the more than 30 years since he served as the mayor, he was able to run a very ordinary seaside salt field in Blood Pigeon Town to the scale it is today. He did not rely on helping others for no reason.

Every step this old fox took was for a purpose.

With a slight turn of his mind, Loki immediately deduced the first conclusion——

——Hummel wanted to rebel!

Capturing the villagers of Fog Duck Town to Hanshui Town was a test of Duke Bernard with the help of Hanshui Village.

Hummel wanted to test how strong Duke Bernard was.

At this time, there were still two months before the beginning of spring next year. Two months later, when Bernard saw that Fog Duck Town was dead silent and only an empty city was left. He turned his head and looked at Hanshui Village, and was surprised to find that the population of Hanshui Village had doubled.

He would inevitably ask Hanshui Village what was going on.

If Duke Bernard's troops were very strong, he could still crush Blood Pigeon Town. He would send troops to destroy Hanshui Village without hesitation!

The reason is very simple: when one's own strength is strong enough, losing one Fog Duck Town is not a big deal, and losing another Cold Water Village is not a big deal.

If this is true, Hummel will just sit there quietly. Although the lion king in the lion group is old, he is still powerful.

He can't afford to offend this living Buddha.

But if Loki answered: "I don't know, maybe Fog Duck Town encountered a blizzard, and everyone went to Valhalla"

Duke Bernard turned a deaf ear.

This situation only shows one thing: Duke Bernard is old. He can't afford to lose more vassals, because he is afraid that the neighboring "Dragon Breath Plateau" and even the farther "Wolf Creek" province will compete for his territory.

In this case, as the leader of the largest town in the "River Valley", Hummel will undoubtedly have more say. He could ask for lower taxes, lease more ships, be more involved in the duke's decision-making, etc.

He could also take the opportunity to observe whether Duke Bernard would garrison troops in the deserted Foggy Duck Town. Garrisoning troops means further dispersing the strength of Storm's End Castle.

instead of garrisoning troops

Blood Pigeon Town, which is closer to Foggy Duck Town, will one day take this town as its own.

From beginning to end, he only needed to keep Hanshui Village in front, and he could reap a lot of benefits without paying any price.

Twenty years of life experience told Loki that even though these bearded lords did not take a shower for three months, they could not read a lot of Chinese characters. But when it comes to Game of Thrones they're both smart.

But having said that, for Hanshui Village, which urgently needs to replenish its population, this step is also in Loki's own interests.

There are only more than forty people left in the village. Even if everyone is the Chosen One, he is not running Alibaba and the Forty Thieves. What he seeks is to find a stable place to rest in this troubled world.

Too small a population can cause many problems.

First, there is a huge lack of reproductive capacity.

It takes a full 18 years to train a baby from crying for food to being able to pick up an ax and fight. Even if Loki tried his best to plunder women and all the men worked overtime and worked night and night, he would be almost 60 when Hanshui Village could gather an army again.

Secondly, production, logistics, and education require more than 40 people to maintain the daily production of Hanshui Village. This is almost a fantasy.

At this time, these people plundered from Foggy Duck Town gave Loki a new life. It is also what he must have if he wants to continue to survive in this game.

**

"Where's Jerome?"

"Haha! The Viking warriors now call him the 'Fire Angel in White Robes'! He should be leading the newly joined residents in morning prayers in the church right now!"

"This new pagan you recruited is really good! My father personally discussed with him for several days and asked him if he wanted to go to Blood Pigeon Town. My father even promised to build him a better church, and even Help him promote the Holy Bishop”

"But this person still didn't agree!"