Chapter 643 Baron Hogwartsburg

At the same time, William, Duke of Normandy, was still in trouble. The army in Normandy began to doubt whether the Lord really supported their ambitions, and even spread rumors among the army that William was crazy, saying that he actually wanted to conquer a country of the same religion. The foreign lands of the country, think that the present situation is that even the Lord is against William's intentions, because he refuses to give the Normans a favorable wind.

For this reason, the Duke of Normandy had to order the remains of Saint Valery to be paraded in the streets, trying to inspire the army and the people to shake their hearts.

At the same time, he desperately begged the Lord to let the weather be better, because the spies who followed the north wind brought back news of the Viking invasion, and as Harold moved north, the south of England was almost gone. Fortified, but the wind is still raging, as strong as the Vikings occupied the northern lands.

On the fifth day after the Vikings took York, Harald and Tostey agreed to exchange prisoners at Stamford Bridge with the conquered English seven miles to the east, and to receive tribute from the surrounding noble villagers in exchange for their safety. guarantee.

At this time, the Castle of York, led by Lynch, who had been controlled by the Imperius Curse, made his mage's robe become the same medieval blue leggings and long leather jacket with a hat on his head. Allen, who covered his silver-white hair, swaggered in and followed the berserker leader who showed great power in the Battle of Richford.

The guards at the door obviously didn't dare to embarrass the leader of the berserkers, coupled with Alan's thin figure and age, and his attire that looked like aristocrats, he let them pass without even asking— Obviously, the guard came up with a reasonable explanation on his own. The Berserker captain came to see the king with another English nobleman who wanted to surrender privately to keep his power. The beautifully carved wooden box held by the attendants behind them was the best prove.

Before entering the hall, this time the leader of the berserkers took the initiative to go forward and explained a few words to an attendant chief. Zijia guards wearing Viking butterfly helmets pushed open a wooden door in unison - obviously, compared to other Vikings, as Harald's guards, they have received Varangian guard training and are very disciplined sex.

Stepping on the irregular stone floor, Allen followed Lynch, the leader of the berserkers, and walked in.

Once the capital of the Viking invasion of England, this castle hall was once the meeting place for the nobles of Northern England, but it has now returned to the Vikings.

In the innermost part of the hall, on the temporary wooden throne, the King of Norway stopped fanning himself with an axe. He straightened his body. As Lynch and Allen approached, the palace reverberated. The rough voice of the chief attendant of Beijing: "The person in front of you is the descendant of the blond king Haralda, the son of Sigurd Suo, the chieftain of eastern Norway, the king of Norway, and the son-in-law of Yaroslav I Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Kyiv. Chief of the Varangian Guards of the Byzantine Empire, Slayer of Pirates in the Mediterranean Sea, Conqueror of York, Legal Heir of the Kingdom of the Vikings in England, Harald the Ruthless, His Majesty Harald Hardrada!"

Such a long list of titles made Allen a little dumbfounded. When he came over, he ignored this point. He and the stunned Lynch looked at each other, and the other party alerted and announced the name of the wizard: " This is Lord Alan Harris."

Seeing the solemn appearance of everyone in the hall waiting for Lynch to continue speaking, Allen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he quickly told the Berserker leader the title he made up temporarily from the bottom of his heart.

Lynch was obviously stunned for a while before suddenly adding: "He is the master of Hogwartsburg."

The conqueror of York glanced at Allen with puzzled eyes. Before the attack, Harald was prepared to memorize the names of almost all the castles in England, so he was a little puzzled in his heart, why did Lynch choose such a castle that even he did not know? The little baron who knew where the fief was was brought to him, but out of trust in this confidant,

He lifted his chin slightly, motioning for him to continue the introduction.

"He came here with enough sincerity, hoping to get His Majesty's protection." Lynch recited his lines a little mechanically, but no one doubted—in fact, since the conquest of York, the former The mercenary king changed his previous vulgar habits, and the etiquette requirements for his subordinates suddenly became stricter.

The attendant holding the wooden box opened it, and the red gemstone added a touch of warmth to the dark and cold room, and the dazzling red light immediately attracted the Norwegian king's attention.

"Your boxes are full of real ones, too?" Hadadah couldn't help but stood up and asked. In fact, having been a mercenary for most of his life, he was very familiar with these treasures—but never once. I have never seen hundreds of gemstones of similar size, shape and purity.

"Yes, there are indeed real ones under my box, a total of 333 pieces, these are the treasures that my family got by chance—according to the relevant legends left behind, these stones may have been blessed by Odin, and If this is true, a real Viking warrior who just tries to stick it on his forehead will be personally blessed by Odin himself, and will no longer be affected by fear in today's battles, and his morale will never be affected. No longer low..." Allen boasted to the king about the false background of enslaving gems, and he habitually used the word "maybe", and then continued to add: "It's a pity that my family and I are obviously not Viking warriors , so I have always regretted that I have not been fortunate enough to witness this kind of miracle, and since I heard that His Majesty came across the sea to recover the capital of the Vikings in England, I think it is time to hand over these treasures to the warriors who really deserve them It's..."

"Oh? But your treasure is indeed a rare treasure..." The Norwegian king restrained the idea of ​​taking it up immediately. He turned his head and stared at the rubies in the box almost obsessively, feeling dizzy all of a sudden. . He clenched his hand into a fist, and barely restrained the desire to touch and play.

He closed his eyes to try to wake himself up—such dazzling treasures are worth a lot, and with them, more soldiers can be recruited, and the whole of England and even more territories will eventually belong to him.

Hadadah was excited inside, immersed in the joy of victory in his fantasy, but he obviously didn't try the idea of ​​putting gems on his forehead in public for the first time, because if he believed this kind of nonsense legend, it would be a foolish attempt. If there is no change, it will deal a blow to the morale of his subordinates.

Harald looked up at Allen. Although it was deliberate why a small baron has such wealth but is unknown, these real rubies made the king's tone obviously much more affectionate than before, "Then Baron Harris , what do you want from me? More fiefdoms or a higher title?"

"Your Majesty, I just hope to see that my choice is not wrong, to prove that my decision did not shame the family." Allen bowed slightly.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, let me try it first." Lynch, the leader of the berserkers, played against Allen under the instructions of Allen, and without waiting for Harald's consent, he directly picked up a gem and placed it on the on my forehead...

In the afternoon, hurried footsteps sounded outside York—the Vikings' mid- and high-level officers received urgent orders, and they were not released from everywhere they were stationed, even from the troops guarding the Viking warships by the River Ouse. was summoned.

This made ordinary Viking soldiers wonder if there was any emergency situation.

But completely different from their doubts and guesses at this time, when the officers came out of the palace again, each of them had a red gem on their foreheads, and the ruby ​​shone brightly in the sun. The faces of the officers were full of pride and joy—they were warriors and would be blessed by Odin.

The reason why Allen did this instead of just paying attention not to be discovered and allowing the Muggles to fight at will, like the Battle of Fulford, was because he had to ensure that Harold could win the next second war and let the group The Vikings, who were good at looting, would not give up fighting and flee when the battle was unfavorable.

Illusions and confusion spells may make Muggles ignore their own injuries and the magic they see, but in this case Allen decided that it would be safer to use the help of such external items.

In fact, it is also because history should have been carried out like this. During the Goblet of Fire in the fourth grade, Alan and Penello recovered the spoils presented by Bayer. When the demon hunter spider from the bottomless abyss, Alan It once stopped Penello's bold idea of ​​using enslaved gems. He had told Penelope that no wizard had used this easy-to-discover wonder of mind and mind control on a large scale since the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 - and he had discussed her with Rowena Ravenclaw before. In the last prophetic dream, he realized that the wizard who used enslaved gems on a large scale in the Middle Ages was himself, that is, Alan Harris himself.