Chapter 71 Singing an Elder Scroll
Ulf's singing of poetry made the people of Møller feel happy. In the long winter, there was only the howling north wind and endless loneliness. Even though the Vikings invented some games, they tried to fill the bored cats with these games.
Winter, but in this era when there is not much entertainment, only the adventure stories of bards about great warriors are the most popular, even if those stories are bizarre and weird.
"Are you a bard?" When they saw Ulf playing the bone flute, the guards put away their spears with joy on their faces.
"Yes, I am a bard from Sigtina." Ulf put away the bone flute, inserted the flute into his waist, and said to the guards.
"Great, we have a bard in our territory."
"Welcome, what's your name?" The guards cheered and said to the people around them. Some people also asked Ulf's name.
"Tok, my name is Tok." Ulf blinked and replied mischievously to the person who asked.
"Hahaha, Tok, his name is Tok." The person who got the answer couldn't help laughing, and there was laughter all around, because in the Viking language, Tok means fool.
Ulf also pretended to bow to everyone, played the bone flute and jumped on his feet, swaggering into the city gate of Kamal. Many children followed behind him, laughing and doing business.
The people also stopped what they were doing. They listened to the melodious sound of the flute and couldn't help but laugh from the bottom of their hearts when they looked at the farce-like scene.
"What happened?" Smolanyar walked out of the lord's house. He looked at the scene in front of him and asked curiously.
"It's a bard, a bard from Sigtuna, who came to our territory." A guard who came to report replied to Smolanyar.
Smolanyar was very happy to hear that the bards were coming. Like all other Vikings, he also liked to listen to stories. Of course, compared to being unable to go out on adventures in person, his desire for stories surpassed others.
people.
"The people of Kamal have been working hard for a long time in preparation for the winter. We are holding a banquet tonight to soothe people's tired hearts." Smolanyar announced.
When they heard that there was a banquet going on, the people of Kamal were very happy. They looked forward to the night coming quickly, and Ulf was sitting on a stone in the center of the village. He played his flute and played with some things tied with straw and linen.
small toys placed at the feet, surrounded by children.
"Hmm." While playing the bone flute, Ulf glanced around inadvertently and found that in the shadow of the street corner, there was a man with a strong body, wearing leather armor and carrying a Viking iron sword, staring at him. It was obvious that
Although he had sneaked in, the ruler of Kamal did not take it lightly.
And Ulf was not in a hurry. He still played the bone flute and teased the children with toys. He didn't even look at the defense of the city wall. He was like a fisherman with the presence of an old god, laying out sweet bait and waiting patiently.
Just like a fish takes the bait.
In the sky, stars are arriving as expected. On the vast land, Kamal is like a small light, sitting on the coast. Rows of torches are inserted outside the lord's longhouse, lighting up the snowy road. People join together.
Walking out of his round house, he came to the lord's longhouse.
"Ah ha ha ha ha~~." Laughter and laughter came from the gap in the heavy cedar tree door. The Norse people of Kamal gathered together. They moved the large barrel of ale to the center of the hall. If anyone wanted to drink, just take it
Just pick up the wine glass and scoop it out.
"Valhalla is nothing more than that." Smolanyar sat on the wooden chair, looking at the scene in front of him contentedly, and said arrogantly.
"Hush, Odin doesn't like conceited humans." But Smolanyar's wife Alfred hurriedly pressed his lips with her fingers and said to Smolanyar.
"I understand." Smolanyar quickly said to his wife, while his eyes searched the crowd, and finally stopped at the end of the seat.
Kamal, the heir of Ulf, did really well with the mead and food. He chewed the food and drank the wine, because he knew that he might run out of time after a while. Sure enough, the sound of Smolanyar sounded in the hall.
the sound of.
"Bard, bard from afar, what kind of story will you bring us tonight?" Smolanyar stretched his neck and shouted loudly to Ulf.
The noisy sounds in the hall gradually stopped, and everyone looked at Ulf. Their eyes were full of desire and excitement. Ulf nodded slightly. He patted the crumbs on his hands and stood.
Standing up, his yellow clothes stood out among the crowd.
"Dear Lords, people of Makar, I, Tok, will bring you the most wonderful story in the world. It is the most wonderful and beautiful story that has never been heard from Northern Europe to the Mediterranean." Ur
Fu said loudly to everyone.
"Hahaha, don't brag about Tok, we are not ignorant country bumpkins." Smolanyar smiled and said to Ulf. He did not believe that a bard could have such wonderful and magnificent stories, although he did not
He likes adventure, but he has heard the story about the gods and Beowulf a hundred times.
"Tell a story about Odin!" someone suggested.
"There are too many stories about Odin, let's go with Thor!"
"How about Loki, the cunning god of fire."
"I would rather hear the stories of those great warriors."
The people in the hall were noisy. They all wanted Ulf to tell more stories they wanted to hear, but Ulf raised his hand and took out his bone flute and played it. The harsh sound of the flute made everyone quiet.
Come down.
"What I want to tell is a magnificent, beautiful and enduring story." Ulf began to tell slowly, his voice became deep and long, occasionally mixed with the sound of the flute, gradually bringing everyone into a new world
world.
Legend has it that in a distant world, which is different from the world that the Nordics are familiar with, there is a huge universe called Nien and the Realm of Chaos.
This universe is filled with all kinds of embarrassing magic and the groans and gasps of countless species, and all of this is witnessed by beings in another world. They have such powerful spiritual power that they affect our world through physical reactions alone.
The changes of grass and trees.
They call our world "the ancient world" and we call them the "gods of the new world."
At the beginning of the world, there were only Anu and Padume. Later, Neil appeared. Anu and Padume both loved Neil, but Neil only liked Anu. Later, he gave birth to many children and created the world for Anu.
Many things created twelve worlds, so Padume, who was jealous, turned from love to hatred, so she killed Neil and destroyed the things in the twelve worlds.
Afterwards, Anu exiled Padumé outside of time and space, but he had no intention of saving the twelve worlds anymore, so he used a simple method to reassemble the remains of the twelve worlds, and Nion was born.
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Ulf began to recall the backgrounds and story missions in the "Elder Scrolls" games he had played, and weaved them into his own narrative. Of course, in order to match the unique mythology of the Nordics, he deliberately included some of them
The name of the god was replaced by the Nordic gods, and the ancient world was also described as one of the mysterious worlds on the world tree in Nordic mythology.
The Norse people of Kamal were a little uncomfortable at first, because it did not conform to their understanding of traditional stories, but they were soon attracted by the grand world view and wonderful stories in the Elder Scrolls, and the magnificent wars of the warriors.
, the strange appearance of elves and other monsters is far beyond their imagination.
"Odin is the best." Even Smolanyar was shocked. He felt that his imagination was so mediocre, and at the same time sighed at the powerful vitality of the bard's story in front of him.
"He must not be a mortal." Smolanyar's wife looked at Ulf who was telling the story to everyone in the hall, and couldn't help but said with emotion. Such a magnificent story cannot be told by a mortal. At the same time,
Chapter completed!