Ch 50 I'll Take This...And That.

"We'll see, can you walk now?" I asked while strapping the blade and it's scabbard to my belt...

"I think so, that gel you put on my butt helped make the pain go away...." She spoke and stood from the Table and stretched her legs out.

Immediately she moved to the girls corpse and began pulling off her jewelery and solid gold arm ring.

I walked up the stairs with Lagerta and called out to my men.

"TREASURY OVER HERE!!! COCKS IN YOUR PANTS AND LETS GO!!!" I Bellowed out over the Cacophony of crying bound up women and slaves.

Immediately my men scrambled out of the various rooms while tightening their belts and rushed down the stairs by the dozens.

I heard their loud cheers upon finding the dozens of chests of coins and valuables.

Before long I heard the jingling of coins as they marched up the stairs while hauling the chests and other valuables.

I helped Lagerta walk to the Great Hall and found a huge stack of valuables in the center of the room beside dozens of tied up crying women, most had already been fucked numerous of times by dozens of my men and they had a thousand yard stare as tears rolled down their faces.

I walked along outside of the Hall and saw the sun was already out and the screams had mellowed down as my five hundred men spent their time stripping homes of their wealth and riding the village women beside their husband's dead corpses.

Lagerta and I headed out with four of our Men to oversee things down in the town.

As we walked along I found Balgrud slapping the daylights out of one man tightly while holding him in the air as others watched on.

"What'd this one do?" I asked and Balgrud growled at the poor sod then set him down.

He immediately stumbled around and slumped onto the floor while mumbling incoherently and vomiting a belly full of Mead and this mornings stew.

"I TOLD THE CUNTS WE'D GET TO CELEBRATE AFTER WE LOOTED!!!! AND THIS SLIMY BASTARD GETS PISS DRUNK!!!" Balgrud roared and I nodded then turned to the hundred or so nearby Men.

"Orders are simple, if you don't follow them I have no use for you."

I spoke then grabbed the drunken man by his Chainmail Hauberk and dragged him to a nearby water trough and shoved his face into it.

He tried in vain to free himself but to no avail, he just flopped around for a few moments before going completely limp.

I let him go and his body slumped down and dropped to the dirt.

"NEXT PERSON WHO DISOBEYS THE FEW SIMPLE ORDERS WE HAVE IS ENDING UP ON A FUCKING HOOK!!! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!!!"

I roared out and everyone in the crowd trembled and nodded meekly, even with all their armor and weapons they cowered before me.

"GOOD.....GO RAPE....GO PILLAGE...KEEP THE MEAD FROM YOUR LIPS UNTIL I SAY SO...." I spoke and waved them off.

Immediately they scurried away in fear of what might happen to them if they didn't behave.

I had very few rules but broken ones were strictly enforced.

Lagerta and I continued on and found one house where my men were being kept at bay by two armored men as children cried inside.

I pulled my new sword and walked forward after telling my men to back down.

I slashed at a spear aimed for my leg and blocked an axe aimed for my head then rushed in and shoved both armored men aside.

The axeman tumbled hard against a table but the spearman pulled a sword and charged at me angrily.

I swung overhead hard and he moved his sword to block. 

*SWISH 

*SQUELCH 

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!" 

My new blade sliced through the mans sword and cut into the man's shoulder down to his belly.

I pulled my sword away as he collapsed then charge at the Axeman who bellowed out a warcry.

He swung hard and I stabbed back before making a slash at his hands with the sharp blade.

It sailed through one armored forearm, then the axe handle, and then through the other forearm surprisingly easy and he fell to the ground as his stumps sprayed blood in all directions while the children and women in the home screamed loudly.

I stomped on his skull and his helmet dented as it was crushed into goop.

The Men rushed to the remaining family and dragged them out kicking and screaming.

I bent down and removed their solid silver Arm Rings then their coin pouches before beginning to comb through the house and snatching anything made of silver since there was no gold to speak of before moving to the next place.....

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(Two Hours Later)

I stood on the docks as my small army moved sack after sack of loot onto the boats, the weight saved from leaving the chests at home would fit more slaves and supplies.

I looked back at the city and smiled inwardly....my men wanted to burn the place but I thought leaving the thousands of corpses to rot and stink would send a better message.

I'd stabbed a letter into the young Earl's chest after setting him up on his high chair for whoever found this place first.

The sobbing of women and cries of young children were heard as they were led onto the ships while clasped in ropes or irons.

Soon after everything was loaded I stood atop a cart and motioned to Balgrud who stood nearby.

He sounded his warhorn and shouted loudly. "ALRIGHT CUNTS!!! GATHER ROUND!!!" He bellowed out and hundreds of Men circled around me and listened closely to what I would say.

"I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR A GOOD DAY OF RAIDING!!! WE PLENTY OF TREASURE AND GOLD FOR EVERY MAN TO DRINK HIS FILL FOR THE ENTIRE WINTER!!!" I shouted loudly and a booming roar of celebration was heard from my Men.

Then I raised a hand and everyone quickly quieted down to hear what I would say.

"THE ALLFATHER HIMSELF HAS GUIDED ME DIRING THIS RAID TO A LONG LOST TREASURE....." I SPOKE AND THEIR EYES ALL WIDENED IN ANTICIPATION OF WHAT IT WOULD BE.

I reached to my hip and slowly drew the shimmering long Norse sword.

I held it high in the air and all eyes were drawn to it like mouths to a flame as it's twelve glowing rubies sparkled.

 "THE BLADE OF KING HRÓLF KRAKI....." I spoke aloud and immediately their eyes went out before one shouted.

"ITS....ITS.....SKOFNUG!!!" At the man's words a loud cheer soon the earth as men pushed each other to get closer to the legendary blade. 

I asked them to see it for a minute then I sheathed it and waited a few moments for them to calm down.

"BEFORE WE DEPART I WILL ASK ANY WHO HAVE HIDDEN TREASURE TO DEPOSIT ALL OF IT INTO THE GROUP PILES.....I UNDERSTAND WE ALL WANT TO GET AHEAD BUT THESE AREN'T TIMES OF FAMINE WHERE OUR FAMILIES WILL STARVE IF WE DONT POCKET WHAT WE CAN.....ALL THOSE WHO RETURN THEIR PRIVATE PLUNDER MUST DO SO NOW, AND WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY ME OR ANYONE ELSE I SWEAR THIS BY ODIN'S NAME AND MY VERY BLOOD."

I spoke out and I heard nods of approval and hundreds of men stepped forward and pulled arm rings, coins, and jewelry that they had hidden on themselves inside their Armor.

They all had shy and embarrassed expressions as they did so but everyone just laughed it off and playfully chastised each other but none of it was with bad intentions.

After everyone had dropped the treasure I looked around with my Odin's eye and inspected the crowd.

I'd never had to do anything with my personal crew back then but these peasant fucks were trying to cheat me, normally I'd want to put them all on hooks but there were hundreds of them.

I pointed out seven men of the crowd and spoke.

"YOU SEVEN WALK FORWARD..."

I ordered coldly and everyone felt the temperature of the air become cold as if death loomed above them.

They looked at the seven men who walked forward....three young men with barely any hair on their chests and four older men grizzled with age.

"STRIP."

I ordered and none moved before my personal crew drew their weapons and approached threateningly....I didn't need to give orders or signals, after so many years together they could practically read my mind.

The men trembled in fear and began removing their armors as Gold and Silver Arm Rings, Pouches of coins, and other trinkets fell out of their clothes.

Immediately those in the crowd snarled at them and cussed them under their breaths.

"I BANISH YOU FROM KATTEGAT.....I BANISH YOU FROM MY LANDS...MAY YOU NAME ANOTHER LAND YOUR HOME BECAUSE KATTEGAT NO LONGER IS....." I spoke coldly and the Men around them looked at them with pity before snatching away the treasure, then their weapons and armor while cussing them.l out.

We soon boarded and left the naked men on on the port as they stared in disbelief at what just happened....

We rowed away steadily as every ship was full of happy men who'd get a decent cut after it was all said and done.

The waves of the cold sea blew and rocked our ships hard during sailing but we continued on with favorable winds which made our ships glide over the waters easily.

I sat under a waxed tarp with Lagerta tightly wrapped in my arms, we had placed my bearskin cloak around us and we chatted while another man steered our ship.

"Husband you must take me on these raids more often or I'll not forgive you." She spoke and nuzzled her head back onto me.

"I will my Love, but but there is a pilgrimage to Upsala that I must make arms I will not be able to take you." I spoke softly and she hummed.

"That's fine, is not want to waste my time with those damn priests after all..... But who will take care of your monster down below~" she spoke and rubbed her Ass on my crotch.

"I'll take Jarra with me and a few others who wish to make the pilgrimage." I spoke and she nodded.

"What is the deal with that woman? She's so strange but fights even better than me....I am prettier though right?" Lagerta asked a bit insecurely.

"You are beautiful.... From The first day I met you I knew you'd be mine, all those years ago when I saw my two brothers trying to win your heart the day before the Thïng."

I spoke then hissed her soft cheek, she blushed while remembering those embarrassing times.

"Don't make me think of that husband~ Or I'll pinch you~" she spoke in a strange tone.

"Remember the toasts and cheers of. 'TO THE SECOND WIFE!!!' After you made an oath at the feast....."

I spoke then she turned even more red and tried in vain to pinch me through my armor but didn't get anywhere.

Then I grabbed her soft face and moved it so she looked into my eyes. 

"I Love You Lagerta Gunthorsdottir....I always have and always will."

I spoke softly and I saw tears of joy form in her eyes and she buried herself in my chest and cried tears of joy as the waves moved if around gently.....