Ch 69 Voyage

(One Day Later)

I bid my goodbyes to Jarl Borg and Rollo as we stood in front of the Large Hall.

Aslaug and her shieldmaidens had left earlier in the day for their lands, She promised to reunite with Ragnar once she got her affairs in order.

Ragnar wanted to go with her and then move on to join King Horik but I convinced him to go home first and see his family.

I was sure an envoy from Horik would make hours way to Kattegat soon enough anyway.

"Take care Thenn, I pray that your children are born healthy and strong this Winter." Jarl Borg spoke and I shook his hand.

"Good luck on your endeavors Jarl Borg and I thank you for your hospitality." I spoke and he smiled, then I turned to Rollo who stood beside him.

"May you find what you are searching for Brother." I spoke and patted his shoulder.

Rollo nodded but didn't look me in the eyes, he was a bit ashamed he was leaving my group so suddenly....but I told him there were no hard feelings between the two of us in the end.

"Farewell." Rollo spoke, I simply turned and mounted Ignu then pulled Skade up onto the saddle.

Soon enough we headed on out of the western gate back to Göttenburg, my men were all excited to finally be going home just in time for winter.

Each of them had plans with their families and a few had weddings coming up which they were excited for.

Skade turned back and kissed my cheek softly. "Will they like me?" She asked nervously.

"Aye, you have nothing to be scared of my love....if you have any questions ask Althea or my mother Alfhild and they'll let you know." I spoke and kissed her cheek.

"O...Okay...I can't wait to meet your daughters too..." Skade spoke excitedly, she never had younger siblings and my daughters were close enough in age.

"I can't wait to see them as well, it won't be too long." I spoke and wrapped my arms around her soft warm body to keep the cold wind from affecting her too much.

The sound of horse hooves and blowing wind filled my mind for hours as we slowly made our way one mile at a time.

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(One Day Later At Dusk)

We had made a fortified camp at the foot of a large cliff beside a forest and my men were nearly finished with their tasks.

"My Love...Do you want to go Hunt?" I asked Skade who was cuddling beside me as we sat near a fire.

She looked at me with stars in her eyes.

"YES!!! LETS GO!!! I'VE WANTED TO HUNT FOR SO LONG!!!"

Skade spoke excitedly and scurried to the tent for her Bow and Quivers.

Soon she stood in the campfire smoke and twirled to cover her scent from any prey we might run into.

I moved into our tent and began to strip down naked as I always did until the only thing on me was the wooden bangle carved by Althea, my dagger strapped to my wrist and a dark wolfskin cloak over my shoulders.

I walked out and felt the cold breeze on my skin before walking to the smoke and bathing myself in it.

Once we were done Skade and I walked into the forest.

I noticed that Skade made almost no noise as she walked, her skill in the woods was seemingly second only to me.

Even though it was quickly becoming dark her Glimmering Gray Eyes saw everything clearly as if it were daytime.

I walked behind her with a spear as I spread my senses around and looked with my Odin's eye everywhere.

We both continued deeper and deeper into the woods as it quickly became completely dark and the distant howls of wolves began to be heard.

Then I sensed a herd of deer bedding in a bunch of mulberry bushes, they were resting silently but my senses picked up their breathing.

I gently placed a hand on Skade and leaned in closely so she could hear.

"Fifty paces in that direction is a patch of mulberry bushes, Seven deer are laying down there." I whispered and her eyes grew wide in surprise.

"How did you fucking know? I can't hear or smell anything...." She whispered back but I just responded by kissing her deeply and giving her bubby ass a firm squeeze through her tight leather pants.

She didn't like that I didn't answer but she disregarded it and bit a bunch of pine needles from a nearby tree, she chewed them to hide the scent of her breath before advancing completely silently.

I did the same and walked behind her skillfully while keeping my gaze on the bushes.

Before long Skade reached a spot twenty paces from the bushes and stopped dead in her tracks while adjusting her posture and preparing her arrows skillfully.

She glanced over at me and mouthed silently.

'On Your Throw' She mouthed and I nodded before raising my spear and eyeing the large Buck that lay alongside it's does with my Odin's Eye, even through the bushes I could see it perfectly.

*SWISH

*SQUELCH

"REEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

The terrible baying of the buck was heard for a few moments as it writhed on the floor.

Immediately Skade launched arrows at the does which leaped out of the bushes to save themselves from whatever was going on.

*SWISH

*THUD

Skade fired four arrows in the pitch darkness and four deer dropped mid stride like a sack of potatoes, each had an arrow lodged in their eye socket.

Two more deer were heard bounding away as fast as they could deeper into the forest after it was all done.

Skade looked over at me cutely as if begging for praise.

I walked up to her and wapped my arms around her and kissed her deeply for a few long moments as my tongue and hers battled a slow and lewd fight.

Then another sound was heard and both of us immediately stopped.

*CRUNCH

The sounds of four or five men rushing through the dark forest were heard.

The faint glow of a torch was seen through the trees, Skade and I immediately moved into a dark area between two trees and watched for whoever was noisily trodding through the forest.

Before long their voices were heard.

"Damnit Farnas!!! I told you I heard a buck screaming you cunt." One man spoke.

"So fucking what? That doesn't mean anything, they scream all the time!!!" Another man spoke angrily.

Before long the group of five men broke through the treeline and immediately saw the dead deer strewn around the forest floor.

They all saw the arrows and a long spear sticking out of them, immediately the smarter one of the group stopped and looked around.

"Guys, they are fresh... someone hunted these....we should go." The man spoke while looking around but the others just laughed at him.

"So fucking what!!! Finders keepers!!! And I'll kill for these fucking deer." One man spoke and a few others laughed.

"Whoever was out there probably got scared and ran off so stop whining and help us with the deer!!!" Another man yelled.

While this was happening I leaned close to Skades ear and whispered.

"What do you want to do?" I asked Skade and she turned to me with a wickedly evil smile...that was all I needed to know.

Immediately I rushed forward in complete silence and smashed my fists against the five men while holding back my strength significantly.

The five of them were busy gutting the deer so they never even saw me coming and simply slumped down hard upon impact.

Skade scurried forward and found a lengthy rope on the belt of one man.

"Tie them up while I gut the deer My Love, You can have your fun." I spoke while kneeling down and beginning to gut one of the does with my dagger.

"Okay~....I Can't Wait~" Skade spoke with a dreamy voice while trying the men up like hogs, her bindings were so tight that their hands started to turn bright red and purple almost immediately.

As I continued gutting and preparing the deer Skade had moved toward the first man who had awoken and began cutting off his ears slowly.

"AHHHHHHHH!!! YOU FUCKING STUPID BITCH!!! JUST WAIT TIL...AHHHHHHHH!!!"

The man whailed out in pain as she began cutting off his lips with a sadistic grin on her face as the man squirmed and writhed in pain.

Before long she shoved both her thumbs into his eye sockets and began pressing down hard.

"NO....PLEASE....NOT MY EYES!!!"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

*POP

Both eyes burst and Skade giggled cutely at the screaming man, it was now that the rest of the men began to awaken and saw their friend being mutilated by a cute girl.

Skade turned to them and her crazy Gray eyes almost glowed in the dark as they began to squirm and panic while trying to free themselves.

Skade jumped next to another man and used her dagger to cut off his woolen tunic before starting to skin him alive as he screamed for mercy but that only made Skade enjoy herself even more.

Beofe long she had a long strip of flesh that she had cut off the man as he screamed and cried while pissing himself.

She cut off a chunk from the skinned flesh and held it up while looking at it closely before turning to the screaming man.

"If....If you eat this....I'll be merciful~" Skade spoke with a dreamy smile.

"Y....YES!!!.... I'LL EAT IT!!!...PLEASE NO MORE!!!" The man screamed out in a panic and Skade nodded before moving the chunk close to his face.

The man devoured the morsel from the tip of her dagger and began chewing frantically to swallow the piece down as best he could as blood gushed out of his open wound.

Skade giggled at the sight then slit his throat and moved on to the next man happily.

He screamed and cried nonstop while pissing himself, the sheet terror in the mans eyes was like catnip to Skade....she only wanted to see more of it.

Before long she neared the dagger to his face and he shuddered while tears ran down copiously from his eyes.

"P...P...PLEASE...M...MERCY..... I'LL DO ANYTHING!!!" The sobbing man cried out and Skade smiled softly.

"I only want to hear your screams though..." Skade spoke softly and neared her dagger to his face and began cutting around his forehead.

*SLICE

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

*SLICE

*PEEL

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Skade continued on peeling the mans face down and completely cut off his nose so she could continue with her macabre pastime.

Before long the man screamed and cried but his face was something of nightmares as he writhed and fainted occasionally from the shock.

By this time I had finished with the last of the deer and walked over beside Skade who turned to me with a beautiful blood spattered face and blushed cheeks.

I walked up and kissed her deeply as the blood intermingled in our mouths.

"I'm feeling a bit hungry my love." I whispered in her ear and gave it a small nibble as she let out a small squeal.

She nodded cutely and brought her dagger forward and began cutting into the man's belly and chest.

She reached inside and struggled to take out the heart for a few long moments, to help her I reached forward and snapped the sternum open just as the man took his last breath.

Now that his organs were out in the open, Skade cut out the heart with her dagger and held it in her small soft hands as she brought it to my face meekly.

I took one large bite and tore off half of it as a chill of excitement ran down her back and up her thighs.

Immediately I smelled her arousal as she neared the rest of the heart after I finished tasting it.

i are the entire thing with my next bite and swallowed it whole.

Skade stared at me with ever reddening cheeks before dropping her dagger and jumping onto me like a facehugger as she locked her lips to mine and began grinding her pussy on my waist as she sloppily kissed me with a burning desire.

my cock was already hard and throbbing as I pulled off her leather pants and stood with her in my arms.

I stomped on the rest of the men's heads as they writhed in pain and they burst like watermelons which made Skade even more excited as I lined my cock up with her dripping pink pussy and pushed inside.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH~" Immediately she let out a loud desperate moans as she orgasmed strongly and squirted all over my waist.

I didn't wait however as my cock immediately found itself deep inside of her as I held her in the air and began thrusting deep and hard as her cute moans and squeals filled the night air.

*CLAP

*CLAP

"AHHHHHHHHH~"

After an hour I buried myself inside of her and unloaded all my seed as her eyes rolled back and her little warm pussy tightened and squeezed my cock as if to milk out every last drop of my seed.

She squirmed and moaned for a few minutes before panting heavily as I sat down with her still on my cock as it plugged up her pussy to keep all my seed inside.

She snuggled up to me and spent fifteen minutes recovering before being able to stand although with shaky legs.

I cleaned her off before helping her into her Pants and boots as her legs trembled cutely.

I tossed two deer over each shoulder and had the buck tied to my back before making my way back to camp with a weak legged Skade walking behind me.

My heavy cock swayed with every step and soon enough we found ourselves back at camp.

I tossed the deer down and my men immediately began skinning and cutting off their favorite parts as I walked off with Skade into our tent to clean up.

After an hour we all sat around the campfire as Skade began telling the tale of the men we ran into.

Upon hearing about the 'fun' she had mutilating the men they all made a mental note to be even more respectful....she was not only a Seeress but a psycho as well so keeping her on their good side was of paramount importance.

Bt we continued Feasting without restraint for a long while in good spirits.....

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(Days Later)

My warband rode down the dirt road and we spotted the large town of Göttenburg in the distance.

A horn Resounded upon spotting our party and guards lined the gates as we came out of the woodline.

But soon they realized it was me and they relaxed visibly.

The gates were flung open and we were permitted inside without issue.

All of us were glad to be back in town and my men couldn't wait to hop on our ships and sail away already.

I spotted Yarlian standing in front of the large double doors of the hall with a happy smile on his face upon seeing Me and Skade riding together lovingly.

He was worried I'd regret taking in his unruly daughter but now his worries were put to rest entirely.

We dismounted and Skade ran up to her father and hugged him as he cried a little bit.

"How have you been, have you behaved?" Yarlian asked while wiping his eyes with a handkerchief as I gave my men their orders.

"I've behaved I promise....Thank you father for giving me to him...hehehe" Skade giggled happily and her father nodded.

"I'm just glad you are happy...I was worried I'd never find a good match for you... Your mother would have been so happy...." Yarlian spoke as more tears ran down his face.

I walked up behind Skade toward the two of them as my heavy armor jingled, each step was a heavy thud which made Yarlian turn to me as he cleaned his face.

I smiled and brought the emotional man into a hug as I patted his back.

"Have you been well father in law?" I asked the man.

"Aye Thenn, I see you've been taking care of Little Skade and I couldn't be happier." Yarlian spoke.

"Aye, I am most pleased with her... Jarl Borg asked me to deliver this message to you." I spoke and handed over a wooden tube from my pouch.

He took it but looked into my eyes instead of breaking it open. "What should I expect?" He asked with a serious tone.

"War is inevitable now, but I shall not interfere and Borg stands equal chance in this matter.... Although beware of Horik I'm sure he will try underhanded means to gain victory." I spoke and Yarlian nodded before stuffing the scroll into his clothes.

"Will you all be staying?" He asked wondering if he should have a feast prepared.

"No, my men are eager to reach home already... Although our preparations will take an hour so you may speak with Skade on the meantime." I spoke and he nodded before I walked over to my men who were greeting the ones who had stayed here in Göttenburg.

I walked over to the ships which were dry docked on wooden logs.

I inspected them both thoroughly and found them to be in good condition with no issues to speak of so we'd start immediately.

"ALRIGHT CUNTS!!! LETS GET TO PUSHING!!!" I yelled out and immediately my men swarmed forward beside me as a few others moved the rollers ahead of the ship.

We spent ten minutes sliding them down the beach on rollers until they were in the water.

"TEN OF YOU TO A SHIP, ROW THEM AROUND TO PORT!!!" I yelled out and both ships were quickly filled.

I watched as they began to row them around to the wet docks so we could load our supplies.

After that the rest of us moved to the barracks where they were stationed and began moving out crate after crate of supplies onto the ships while a few others headed into town for water and dry foods we'd need on the journey.

After the supplies were loaded it was time for the horses which were walked on with ramps and tied into stalls with long sections of cloth to keep them from going overboard.

Ignu walked on board my black flagship by himself and laid down without issue as Skade and her Father walked up to us.

Yarlian had talked Skade to visit the shrine of her mother one last time before sailing away to live her new life.

"Take care of yourself Father in Law."

I gave Yarlian one last hug then picked up Skade into a Princess carry and walked over onto my ship.

My men were all seated and ready to depart.

I sat beside Balgrud and blew the warhorn to signal out departure.

"~~~~~~TOOOOOOOOOOOOOT~~~~~~~"

We pushed off and began rowing steadily before one man began a song.

"~!!!MY MOTHER TOLD ME!!!~"

He yelled out loudly and immediately we all responded.

"~!!!SOMEDAY I WOULD BUY!!!~"

"~!!!GALLEYS WITH GOOD OARS!!!~"

"~!!!SAIL TO DISTANT SHORES!!!~"

"~!!!STAND HIGH UPON THE PROW!!!~"

"~!!!NOBLE BARQUE I STEER!!!~"

"~!!!STEADY COURSE FOR THE HAVEN!!!~"

"~!!!HEW MANY FOE-MEN!!!~"

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(Days Later)

We'd been sailing the coasts of Norway for a few days until finally arriving at the Kattegat Fjords which each one of us knew so well.

The cold winds blew and the freezing water splashed occasionally but every single man felt fantastic under their waxed tarps and a bit of cold water and bad sleep wouldn't bring their mood down.

We were finally home, and although most winters were hard times I'm the time of Haraldson, now Kattegat was unbelievably rich so we'd not suffer as before.

None would starve or freeze now that our Larders were stocked to the brim with grain, meats and oil, we all expected an easy winter in our homes.

All would be comfortable with their families even if the snows were heavy for months.

I gave the order and our sails were raised slowly as we neared the bay.

We all moved and sat on our benches before setting up our oars skillfully and beginning to row as we had so many times before.

Upon entering the bay a loud low pitched horn was blasted from one of the watchtowers at the mouth of our bay which was heard throughout all of Kattegat.

This was the horn which signified the return of their Lord so all of Kattegat now knew that I had returned.

As we neared the docks we spotted hundreds of people clamouring at the return of their Lord and family members although I could see the sickness which has been running rampant throughout my towns population.

All my men had wide smiles on their faces upon seeing their families and lovers standing on the docks but a few noticed some of their family members were missing.

Before long we reached the docks and threw our ropes to moor the ships tightly as my men moved off the ships to greet their loved ones.

I was greeted by Tostig who stayed as my Steward/Second in command and his Son who seemed excstatic to see me but kept it in as best he could.

"Good to see you Tostig." I spoke and brought the man into a hug as I patted his back.

"And it's good to see you Thenn, I see you brought someone back?" Tostig spoke and gestured toward Skade.

I smiled and brought her I'm close as I kissed her cheek.

"This is Skade Yarliansdottir, A Seidr of the Three Nornes and My new Woman." I spoke and she blushed deeply with a sweet smile on her face.

"Nice to meet you Skade, it's an honor to meet a Seeress." Tostig spoke seriously and bowed his head with utmost respect.

"Nice to meet you as well Tostig, Thenn has told me lots about you and the Nornes have told me more..." Skade spoke nonchalantly but I saw a chill run down Tostigs back at her seemingly innocent words.

"Good things I hope?" Tostig spoke and Skade just smiled Cryptically.

"You will know when the time comes....Follow your fate as you were destined..." Skade spoke in a strange tone before snapping out of it and smiling sweetly at me once more.

Tostig nodded seriously then turned to me. "There's been disease in the Town, we've lost sixty people so far....the old and weak took the brunt of the damage but some men and their children have also perished.." Tostig spoke seriously.

I nodded grimly then turned to the crowd around us.

"THE SICKNESS WHICH HAS BEEN RAVAGING KATTEGAT SHALL BE NO MORE IN MY LANDS....IN AN HOURS TIME COME TO MY HALL FOR THE TREATMENT WHICH HAS BEEN GIFTED BY THE ALLFATHER HIMSELF...." I spoke and a loud cheer Resounded throughout the crowd who was excited for the feast.

I turned to Tostig and spoke. "Send riders to all the farms and homesteads in my lands, tell them to send at least one person to retrieve the cure for their families." I spoke and Tostig nodded before calling his assistant over and giving the orders.

After that was done Tostig turned to me.

"Where's Rollo? I don't see him..." The bald man spoke curiously while tugging on his long white beard.

"He was tempted by Borg to enter his service." I spoke and Tostigs eyebrows furrowed before he smiled faintly.

"That doesn't seem out of character for him, Did you part in good terms?" Tostig asked.

"Good on my side but you've known him longer than me and I could see the bitterness in him." I spoke and Tostig nodded.

"He always was a black hearted man, his smiles always seemed fake to me..." Tostig spoke and I nodded.

"You're more than right, Ragnar shall depart soon enough as well, Into Horik's service." I spoke and Tostig nodded.

"Both Borg and Horik are too ambitious, they might seek to place your brothers on the seat of Kattegat instead of you..." Tostig spoke wisely.

"They might try." I spoke and Tostig chuckled loudly.

Soon after I left Tostig to oversee the ships while I walked with Skade hand in hand toward my Great Hall... ....

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