Chapter 2 Riddles
"Where am I?" Monk Erzhang Su Chen was confused. He was obviously staying at home playing games, and suddenly he appeared here.
But he suddenly thought of a question. Did he fall asleep unknowingly while playing games? Everything now was just a dream that seemed very real. Even the cold wind seemed extremely real. He endured it.
I kept rubbing my arms and found that my arms were much stronger.
"It's so good, I almost thought I had traveled through time." Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief. There was no way he, an otaku, could have such muscles. He patted his chest. His chest muscles were also good, but he immediately noticed that his hands were very thin.
He was rough, and his skin did not look like that of an Oriental. The clothes he wore were a dirty coarse linen shirt, and the pattern on his trousers was also very unique.
"This seems to be the totem of the Nordic Vikings." Su Chen raised his head and saw the head of Thor carved from wood on the top of the cowshed. The Vikings believed that the powerful God of Thunder could protect livestock from the plague.
This realistic architecture and environment interested Su Chen. He liked Viking culture very much. He didn't expect that he could dream about it in his dream. Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but step out of the bullpen, wanting to see his dream.
How outrageous can it be?
The door of the cowshed was just a wood door nailed together with several wooden boards. It opened with a slight push. When he stepped out of the cowshed, he was shocked. Everything in front of him felt fresh and friendly.
.
He was friendly because he had seen many paintings by modern illustrators. The imagined life of the Vikings in Northern Europe was just like what was shown in front of him. In the towns where the Vikings gathered, the air was filled with the faint smell of animal excrement.
The stinky houses built by the Vikings with straw bricks are scattered throughout the town, and the snow-capped mountains in the distance have stood for thousands of years.
"It's so real. Maybe I play games a lot, so I have this kind of subconsciousness!" Su Chen walked on the muddy streets of this town. He looked around curiously, not paying attention to the weird expressions of the working Vikings.
looked at him.
Suddenly, a burst of noise caught Su Chen's attention. He saw several tall Vikings surrounding a tall girl with silver hair and blue eyes wearing a brown dress. Her expression was indifferent, as if she didn't care.
Pay attention to these Viking men surrounding him.
"Why is no one taking care of it?" Su Chen was very puzzled. The people around him seemed to be indifferent and just watched from the sidelines. He couldn't help but walked up worriedly.
"Ange, I heard that you only marry the strongest Vikings. My name is Vargas. I am a warrior of the Asun tribe living on Akhwenan Island. I am the strongest man on the entire island.
I came here to marry you." Surrounded by his companions, Vargas stuck his thumbs on his belt. The golden beard braided in two braids on his chin hung proudly on his chest, and his chin was raised high.
"How do you prove that you are the strongest man?" The Viking woman named Ange tilted her head and looked at him, and said calmly. Her skin was fair and smooth, and her facial features were delicate and three-dimensional. She looked very much like the standard Nordic people of later generations.
The model's appearance, coupled with the cold and cold expression of the Nordic weather, invisibly adds a special charm.
"Proof." Vargas glanced around arrogantly. He was already very tall. Under his gaze, the Vikings who were watching were silent.
He smiled contemptuously, saw a big stone next to the big tree, strode over, then squatted down and lifted up the huge stone with all his strength, and then lifted it high.
"Oh wow." The surrounding Vikings all exclaimed. The stone was usually used to crush grains. It usually took three people to lift it, but now Vargas can lift it alone.
, looks effortless.
"Ah~." Vargas looked around with satisfaction, then threw the stone hard into the distance, and the stone hit the ground with a bang.
"How about, can I marry you?" Vargas proudly put his hands on his hips and said to Ange.
Ange slightly frowned her slender eyebrows. She seemed to be considering what the other party said, but Vargas was unwilling to wait in vain. He strode forward and stretched out his hand to grab Ange's arm, as if to force her.
After agreeing to become his bride, Su Chen remembered that the Vikings also had the custom of stealing brides, and if no one could protect her, she would be forced to become Vargas's bride.
"Wait, have you misunderstood?" Su Chen stood up involuntarily and said to Vargas who was being pulled. If it were normal times, he would probably just watch on the sidelines like everyone else, but now he is on his own
In a dream, who would refuse to be a hero saving a beauty in a dream?
"What?" Vargas turned his head and looked over in surprise. He was surprised that someone dared to stop him face to face.
"A slave actually dares to speak out. Do you want to die?" Vargas's companions' eyes fell on Su Chen's neck. The collar on it represented that the other party was just a slave.
"Slave." Only then did Su Chen realize that the reason for the discomfort in his neck was that he was wearing a collar. It turned out that the people around him looked at him strangely because of this. They had never seen a slave walking on the street so arrogantly.
, in fact, I don’t blame Su Chen, after all, modern people’s concept of hierarchy is not clear.
"Wait, I can accept anyone's doubts, even from slaves." Vargas interrupted the scolding of his companions. He was confident in his own strength and ability.
"Miss Ange said she was willing to marry a powerful Viking man, not a powerful Viking man, right?" Su Chen looked at Vargas, who was walking over. Although he was tall, he had at least one
She is about 84 meters tall, but she seems to be not short either, just a little shorter than him.
"Hey, isn't this that idiot Ulf?"
"Is he crazy?"
"Strange, why does he speak so clearly today?"
"I heard that he was kicked in the head by the lord's fierce horse a few days ago. He has been unconscious. The lord left him in the cowshed to die."
"It's really a fate. No one can survive under the hooves of that fierce horse."
The surrounding Vikings started talking, and they were even more curious about Su Chen's behavior.
"Then you tell me, how can I prove my strength?" Vargas folded his arms and pointed his chin at Su Chen in front of him. There was sarcasm on his face, and he decided that if this slave said something that offended him,
, he would unceremoniously split Su Chen's head open with an ax, even if he lost a little money.
Facing the other party's aggressive gaze, which was real and sharp, Su Chen felt as if he had returned to reality for a moment. His boss, who was only a few years older than him, but arrogant because of his background, took the fruits of his hard work for himself.
, and looked like he must be grateful for his charity, just like the Viking in front of him.
"Humph, let's end it in the dream today!" This unpleasant feeling made Su Chen determined to vent his anger and tease the other person in the dream.
"Strength comes from strength, wisdom, and leadership." Su Chen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, put on a faint smile, and said gently.
"Yes, not only am I the most powerful, I am also the leader of the team on the island. They all obey my orders." Vargas said even more proudly.
"What about wisdom?" Suchen raised a finger and said to Vargas.
"Wisdom, this kind of thing is just an old man's story in front of the fireplace. What's the use?" Vargas said nonchalantly.
"Then I will ask you a riddle. If you can answer it, sir, I will admit that you are a wise person. How about that?" Su Chen said quickly. He deliberately increased his speaking speed so that he could not give the answer.
Giving the other party time to think is a common tactic used by salespeople.
"Oh, okay." Vargas didn't expect that Su Chen would suddenly come up with a riddle, and riddle guessing was one of the Vikings' favorite games. Not only him, but other Vikings were also very interested and prepared.
Listen to the riddle of the slave in front of you.
"He eats everything, birds and beasts, flowers, grass, trees, gold, silver, copper and iron, rocks, sand and soil, killing kings, destroying cities, leveling mountains and turning seashores into streams." Su Chen thought about it carefully, and a familiar movie scene came to mind.
During the process, he immediately said to Vargas in front of him.
"Uh?" Vargas was stunned after hearing this. He widened his eyes and looked at his companions beside him for help. They all pursed their lips and scratched their ears and cheeks.
"I guess it's a bear. Bears can eat anything. I've seen them before." A bald Viking scratched his scalp and said.
"No, it only takes ten Vikings to deal with the bear. I guess it's a big wild boar. I once saw a huge wild boar that could collapse a house." Another Viking said.
"It's fire! Fire can burn everything, even kings can't defeat it."
"No, I guess it's a flood. The power of water is terrifying."
"Storm, no storm can do anything to the rocks."
The surrounding Vikings also participated in the riddle with great interest, but their answers seemed to be wrong, and Vargas finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"There is no answer to this at all. Are you lying to us?" Vargas stepped forward and grabbed Su Chen's clothes, trying to force him to tell the answer.
"Wait a minute." Suddenly Ange, who had been beside her, reached out and grabbed Vargas's arm, and then she kicked out quickly, hitting Vargas' crotch. Suddenly, the strong Viking
The soldier wailed and clamped his legs together, kneeling on the ground.
"Hahahaha." The surrounding Vikings laughed. They had no mercy for the Vikings who provoked Ange.
"I'm not just Ange, I'm the Shieldmaiden Ange, don't forget." Ange looked contemptuously at Vargas, who was kicked in the crotch, and said loudly to him.
"The lord is here." At this time, people heard the sound of horse hooves and saw dozens of Viking riders, riding tall Nordic horses, wearing leather armor and cloaks, surrounded by a man wearing a gold necklace.
Chapter completed!