The Sage of Einar

Chapter 90: Memories in distant lands

In the snowy forest, Anders and his group of warriors were searching the remains of the battle for the loot that was there.

Everything valuable, they began to gather in the small camp that they had set up right there.

Among what they had found were painted cloth, gold and silver coins, some important objects such as armor or swords.

However, the most valuable that had been found were some fabrics that were of a very strange and transparent material that had some gold threads.

These were even kept in a chest that had numerous gold figures adorning it.

Another thing they found was a small group of wolf cubs. These caught Anders’ attention.

Because among the group of puppies there was one of them, which was completely white.

When Anders approached the cubs, the little white wolf walked with his little paws towards him, while the other wolf cubs simply ignored Anders or stayed in his place as they were afraid of the human.

Anders, noticing the bravery of that puppy, took it by the hide of his neck and raised it to his face.

With a smile on his face, he looked at the little cub who didn’t seem very surprised.

“Little wolf, you are either very stupid or you just have the courage not to be scared like the rest of your brothers.

Be that as it may, you have caught my attention so I will be responsible for taking care of you; I have not had a dog for a long time.

Because of your white color and bravery, I think I’ll call you Fenrir. “

With a look, it would be Anders used his finger to touch the puppy’s nose “But if you happen to betray me or do something that I do not order.

I’ll take care of making you a good shoe protector or anything else that requires leather.

Do not think that because you are small, you have no value. “

All the warriors who had seen Anders’ strange behavior said nothing, as they feared to anger the Berserker.

But before Anders left where the other cubs were, he turned and pointed at the wolf cubs.

“Do what you want with those animals, but if any of you pieces of shit dare to touch Fenrir, I will take care of making him suffer.”

After this small event, the warriors began to pack all the loot they had obtained and with the order of Anders, they began the walk towards one of the villages that had burned where they had established their main camp.

The road through the forest was somewhat bumpy, but they found absolutely nothing to prevent their passage.

When they finally arrived, the first thing they could hear in the camp were the cries of some women and the crying of children, whose fate was worse than death.

While this was happening Aldous who was riding through the snow moor felt his vision start to blur.

This is because the wound on his shoulder was bleeding, making him in a desperate act of staying alive.

He tried to remember where there might be a town or area where he could seek refuge, for this and forcing his eyes he began to look at everything around him.

With the intention of being able to find an element that was recognizable to him and with which he could guide himself to seek the refuge he most longed for.

For his part, the duke who was much more serious than his chief of knights began to remember part of his children’s childhood, as if he was somehow trying to lose himself in the memories.

The horse, after galloping for a long time, began to foam from the mouth this as a sign that it was already quite tired.

But Aldous could not stop himself, so using his hand he stroked the head of the horse, who looked like he could faint at any moment.

“You have accompanied me during this time friend and I know that perhaps you will die when we stop.

But you have to be strong as we cannot stay in this place if you can guarantee that the Duke and I will reach any town safely.

I promise you that I will reward your sons by turning them into studs. “

The horse that had understood absolutely nothing kept riding for the simple fact that who it considered being its friend had not asked it to stop.

The difficulty of breathing, the pain in his body, and the feeling of wanting to give up, did not prevent the horse from continuing to gallop to a small fortified town.

The guards who were guarding the door saw a jet black horse approaching in the distance that was carrying two people.

In the little time, they had to decide whether to open the gate or stop him, the village chief nearby told them to keep it open.

This is because the color of the horse could not be obtained in the cold lands where they were, not to mention that because of the fur that he could see and the clothes of the people who were above him, he seemed to be a noble.

When the horse entered that wooden door, his life came to an abrupt end, but he did so with a sense of peace because he had achieved his mission.

Aldous and the Duke who were on top of the horse fell to the cold ground of the village where they were quickly taken to the small church that was in the place.

The priest who was praying to a wooden cross was interrupted abruptly when the doors of the small church were opened.

“Priest, we need your help. These two men have come a long way.

From the clothes and the horse where they were, they seem to be noblemen who were attacked by some group of bandits or perhaps by those damn Danes. “

The priest ran to where the two wounded men were. When he saw the face of one of them, he crossed himself and looked seriously at all those present.

“This man is Duke Bogdan, you better prepare a messenger to be sent to the capital of the manor.

From the weapon on his back I am sure this was not an attack by a bandit, but something worse and if they know that the duke is still alive we will be the next to be attacked. “

The village chief, almost afraid of wetting his pants, quickly gave orders for someone to take the only horse in the village and ask for help so they could send some troops to defend the place.

Since it was almost impossible for the Duke to move in the state in which it was.

At night Anders, who was looking at the fire of a campfire, did not pay attention to his surroundings because he was more focused on watching the flames burn.

This brought back an episode from his childhood as a memory.

“Anders!

You have learned that our king has surrendered and agreed to be baptized by the Christians.

We have to get out of this damn place before we are caught by them. They will never allow two sons of Berserkers to live in this place.

My father told me stories of how monks and priests murdered anything that had to do with our Gods. “

Anders was looking at the lifeless body of his mother who had been killed by a stray arrow on the outskirts of the village.

He got up from where he was sitting and walked to the wall from where he took a torch which illuminated his house.

With the torch in her hand, she burned her mother’s clothes, setting them on fire.

Seeing his mother’s corpse burn, Anders promised himself that he would fight any Christian regardless of whether he was a farmer, a nobleman, or a priest.

Nor would he hesitate to kill anyone who was considered unworthy, especially those traitors who decided to kneel and change their Gods for the false promise of being able to keep their lives.

His friend who was seeing how the fire was about to get out of control pulled Anders by the arm and took him out of his house.

Before he could continue remembering he felt his hand being licked, so he lowered his head to see the wolf cub who seemed to want to play with him.

Anders with a sincere smile stroked the boy’s head, “Fenrir, I won’t tell you how you should live your life, but you have to remember that when you show compassion or mercy.

Your enemies can use it against you or even worse your friends can betray you … “

In a wooden hut, Anders looked at the corpse of his daughter lying on the ground while the corpse of his wife was gutted on the bed.

“How about my job Anders, you should thank me for allowing your family to be accepted into heaven.

For a long time, I followed the orders of that damn demon Odin.

But now look at me, I received the baptism of our Lord, with him I listened to his orders that asked me to save your family!

Now it’s your turn to accept God’s blessing… “

Anders did not allow the one he considered his friend to continue speaking as he beheaded him on the spot.

He wanted to cry at that moment but something inside him had simply broken. Seeing his family lifeless, it was only a reminder that his path had to be done alone.

Determined to abandon everything, he set fire to his house and prepared to continue his journey, now with the mentality of being a true Berserker like his father.

The wolf cub did not understand why the human in front of him had stopped, as if he were thinking about something.

But he decided not to give it importance and simply approaching on the human’s feet he closed his eyes, falling asleep in this way.