Chapter 422 Legion Era: The Emperor's Dream
The sea breeze blows from the towering ridges on both sides of the strait. The biting cold wind swept from the cold wind belt of the Arctic Ocean roars down the mountain cliffs. The wind blows across the undulating sea surface, and the wind clings to the constant waves. The razor-edged waves blew forward, then hit the edge of the hull and rose upward again.
The cold wind rose from the shield on the side of the ship, blowing the raised sail upwards. The sail dragged the entire long ship forward and sailed with the wind. The bow of the ship kept rising and falling among the waves, and the dragon's head The bow of the ship was also constantly surging in the splashing waves.
The sea water rose up as the hull flapping again, and the splashing waves hit the face of the person sitting at the stern. He raised his hand and wiped his face with the thick fur coat he was wearing, but this time it made his His face was even dirtier, and the clothes were covered with ashes. Such rubbing made his face covered with ashes.
"You look like you climbed out of the ruins, Constantine, like a goblin." Floki said as he sat on the side of the ship. He leaned there, the cold wind blowing the hair on the back of his head, Looking at Vito with that trademark sarcastic expression.
"I did climb out of the ruins, Floki, but have you seen such a handsome goblin? Or rather, you have never seen a goblin at all." Vito smiled and stretched his hand down the side of the longship. , took a handful of cold sea water and slapped it on his face. In an instant, all the dust on his face disappeared, and the biting cold sea water also made him sober.
Vito stretched out and leaned against the raised stern of the Viking long boat, while Floki in front of him shook his head. His eyes were wide open, looking quite nervous. "I've seen it, in England, on the Saxon farms."
"That just refers to a dog that jumps when frightened, Floki." Korver, who was sitting on the other side, said this and waved his hand, but Floki beside him didn't seem to care at all. He raised a hand on the side of the ship and looked at the fingertips with wide eyes.
"Only those chosen by God can see mythical creatures. They can see many things that ordinary people cannot see." "Okay, whatever you say."
Korver sat on the bench on the side of the ship and said. He turned to look at Vito and raised his head, "Do you know what you are looking for? The artifact of the Asa Protoss."
"Yes, I found it. I spent a lot of effort to find it. Wow, actually, it took a lot of effort."
"Indeed, there was a lot of noise in the longhouse. What happened inside?" Floki raised his head and asked with his eyes wide open. That made him look particularly nervous. Vito stared at him and fell silent for a while. , then raised one leg and stepped on the wooden board behind him, raising his head and looking forward.
"I had a fight with that guy with a stinky mouth, and the noise was a bit loud." Vito said casually, while Floki turned the fingers in his hand with a smile, and his cigarette-coated fingers Xun's eyes were still looking at Vito, with a sarcastic smile on his lips.
"You brought down the longhouse. What did you use to knock it down? Thor's hammer?" Floki asked. Vito was silent for a while and then shrugged. "The house was on fire. The support burned out and then collapsed. ”
"I think I saw lightning, a big lightning, like Thor descending to earth." "Could it really be that Thor came down to do it himself?" "It's hard to say, Constantine, after all, your It has Thor in its name, doesn’t it?”
Vito and Floki looked at each other in silence for a moment, and then he suddenly smiled and pointed at Floki in front of him with his finger, "You also have Loki in your name, don't you? So you are?"
"Maybe it is, maybe it is not. God's things are always beyond the comprehension of mortals." Floki leaned on the side of the ship and said with a faint mocking smile. Korver on his side stared at him in silence for a moment. Then he turned to look at Vito, who was also secretive.
"What about that thing? You found it, right?"
Vito smiled and took out the exquisite box from his arms. He threw the thing in his hand and weighed it, then pointed the box at Floki, "As promised, this box is yours."
"Where are the things inside?" Korver asked while sitting on the bench. Vito smiled and threw the box up again, then caught it and shrugged, "I'll think about it later. How to deal with it, maybe find a place to hide it, Floki, maybe you can use Loki's expertise?"
"Hmph, of course, just like Thor and Loki, brother." Floki chuckled in a high-pitched voice. Vito glanced at him and fell silent for a moment. He seemed to see something in him. Something familiar, but Vito smiled at him quickly, then raised his head and looked forward.
"Then, let us return to our "Asgard" first." Vito said. Korver and Floki both looked back. They saw the land not far from the strait. The towering dragon-headed arch stands on the pier, and the flags hanging below it buzz in the air.
"Get ready to dock, everyone, get ready to dock." Korver stood up and shouted loudly. The crew behind him began to get busy. The people closest to the sail stood up and started to pull the rope to lower the sail. Others lifted the huge oars from within the hull.
As the sails dropped, the oars on both sides also extended into the sea water. Vito leaned on the mast at the stern and put the box into his arms. He held his arms and looked at the getting closer and closer to the coastline and other places. Go to Asgard
The oars slid in the sea water, and they raised waves under the push of the crew. With the rowing, the whole boat quickly turned sideways and slowly approached the dock on the coast. The edge of the hull slid forward and soon collided with the boundary of the dock, and the long boat stopped.
The crew members sitting at the stern immediately stepped onto the dock. Vito grabbed the rope beside him and threw it to them. Then they quickly and skillfully tied the hull to the anchor on the dock.
While they were busy, Vito was the first to board the dock. He stood there with his hands on his waist and looked at the entrance arch at the end of the long board of the dock in front of him. It was a dragon head door carved out of wood. The prototype on it was obviously a ferocious dragon, but the sculptor carved it. Not very ferocious.
Vito looked at the slightly funny dragon head and smiled, "Wow, as the gate of "Asgard", maybe we should change the door frame."
"How about it? Floki, I leave it to you, can you handle it?" Vito smiled and watched Floki step out of the boat. He hummed and walked towards the dragon head door. From there, he walked up to see the women and children, brothers and fathers who came to greet the returning crew members after the longship docked.
"You owe me again, Thor." "How about paying you with good wine? I still have a few bottles of good wine brought back from Kiev, top-grade vodka. I remember you like this wine, right? Better than mead." "Hehe, then I will make a tap that matches that good wine."
Floki smiled and walked towards a woman. He suddenly hugged the woman's shoulders and left. They passed through the crowd surrounding the dock and quickly disappeared there. Vito smiled and looked in that direction. Soon, the other crew members on both sides behind him also carried bags or swords and axes and walked towards the exit.
They walked together with their wives, sons or daughters, fathers or brothers. Many people hugged each other and laughed, while others carried their children on their shoulders and walked into the town with their wives in their arms.
Vito stood on the dock beside the longboat with his arms folded, looking at them and smiled. He glanced at Kovor who jumped down behind him. The latter carried a battle axe on his shoulder and walked with Vito.
"Once again, everyone came back intact." Vito said with a smile, and Korver beside him also chuckled, "Indeed, no one died, and no one was injured. Their wives and parents will be relieved, and so will yours."
"Are you still going to drink with Floki tonight? Not to your wife? Go to Laelia, you married the most beautiful woman in Norway."
Vito smiled jokingly and reached out to press Korver's shoulder beside him, "Then you can't forget your good brothers, right, my good brother, I will go to find your sister later."
"Huh, you have been married for two winters, maybe you should consider having a child?" Korver said with a joking smile, and Vito beside him put his hands on his hips, raised his head and sighed with a smile.
"She's not ready yet." "You're not ready either, are you? Constantine, my brother." Korver said. This time it was his turn to hold Vito's shoulder. He smiled. "Legend has it that Thor died in a bloody battle with Fingris without leaving any offspring. I don't want you to be like that."
"Fight to death with the giant wolf that devours the world?" Vito said with a smile on his face. Korver beside him smiled and patted his shoulder. Then he looked at the two children who came out of the crowd not far away. One boy and one girl ran over with smiles.
"No matter what my sister is like, you should be ready first. Maybe you can bring new life to this settlement in the spring." Korver said and walked up. He greeted the two children, put the battle axe on his belt and picked them up at once. He carried the two children on his shoulders and walked towards the gantry exit in the distance.
Vito was silent for a while as he watched Korver leave. His eyes drooped. He didn't tell them that he was an immortal, and not an ordinary immortal. This also meant that he was destined to be alone forever, like the legendary Thor, until he died alone in battle at a glorious moment, if that moment was really glorious.
But at least now, he can still enjoy the peaceful life here, return to his wife, and live like an ordinary person. Vito lowered his head and shook his head and smiled, then raised his head. He looked in the direction ahead. A man came from Korver, who was carrying his playful children and playing and laughing with them.
He was wearing a cloak that covered his whole body, and the hood covered his face. He walked out of the crowd holding a long staff. Korver passed by him and seemed to have completely ignored this guy who was different from everyone around him.
In fact, not only Korver, but everyone seemed to have not noticed him. Vito looked at him in silence for a while. The man came over and walked from the steps of the dock. As he approached, a familiar feeling surged from Vito's mind, like a memory.
Many things emerged in that memory, the Milky Way, the Human Empire, Holy Terra, the Warp and the endless war, and at the end of the dark galaxy that was always shrouded in war, the Emperor sitting on the golden throne in the palace.
Everything in front of Vito's eyes began to blur, and a human outline appeared in front of him, a human face with only a skull left, and a circle of iron halo burning behind the head.
Suddenly, the Emperor's face froze, and the skeleton gradually became human-shaped, with eyes and skin gradually appearing on it, and long hair falling down from the dark brown skin, and the face stopped.
Vito looked at the mysterious man who walked up to him. He was no longer mysterious. When he slowly took off his hood, Vito recognized him, and he smiled at him, "Hello, my marshal, long time no see."
"Fuck." Vito understood everything at once, and the curtain between dreams and reality was instantly pierced, and the illusion was finally replaced by reality. Everything around him that was so real just now became blurred, like an illusion made up of lies.
"You are dreaming, Vito, one of the few beautiful dreams you have had in a long time, without being tortured by the painful memories of the past." The Emperor said so, he stood in front of Vito holding the scepter, and the golden halo appeared behind his head.
Vito covered his face and sighed deeply. He turned his head and didn't even bother to look at him. "And you came and interrupted this dream, turning it into a nightmare like that broken universe. Thank you so much."
"You know, this is the only way I can come to see you in person, in your dream." The Emperor raised a hand from under his robe. He and Vito talked on the side of the longboat, and the crew members holding the thin rope beside them seemed to have not heard their conversation at all.
"Why did you come to me again, you bastard? To assign me more tasks? Isn't it enough that I give you 24 hours of overtime all year round? Besides the fucking task of saving the Empire and finding all the Primarchs, what else do you want me to do?"
Vito said with great annoyance. He turned sideways without looking at the Emperor, who stood aside and gently raised his hand and clasped it on the side of his cane. "I met Guilliman and we talked."
"So? What does this have to do with you coming to me in my dream?"
"I need you to kill Guilliman."
After a moment of hesitation, Vito put down his hand in front of him and looked at the Emperor blankly. There was no humanity in those golden eyes.