Chapter 30

King Horrik had arrived and by the looks of it Thor could tell they lost majority of there men.Also both Lagertha and Bjorn had come,with Bjorn catching up with his half brothers and father.

Ragnar looking at Erlendur questioned"Tell us, Erlendur, what happened in England, after we left?"

King Horik decided to answer"Ecbert never meant to honor his promises to you. We were betrayed, taken by surprise; it was a great slaughter. Erlendur and I barely escaped with our lives."

Thor who was hearing everything knew Ecbert was snake and will sink his fangs even on his own allies.

King Horik added"What do you think, Ragnar? I intend on gaining revenge on King Ecbert. We should plan a raid as soon as possible."

Rollo decided to speak up"I would be very happy to take part in it."

Ragnar nodded and said"King Ecbert should certainly be punished. I agree. We should return to Wessex. But first, Jarl Borg must pay the price for coming after my family and to our people."

King Horik: I understand, completely, and if I were you, I would feel the same way. But we must remember our agreement and what it was for. We would sail west to raid and to colonize. That was your dream, Ragnar, and I have come to share it. But now we have neither the men nor the ships to realize our dreams. What are you saying? I think we should go back to Jarl Borg. He is licking his wounds. He is no longer as strong as he was. And, yet, we need him. We cannot go west without his ships. And so, once again, we should ask him to join our alliance.

Thor scoffed drawing attention of everyone as Ragnar was curious as Thor said"Did you forget the little fact,you were the one who asked to exclude Jarl Borg from the raids and it was because for that very reason Jarl Borg."

King Horik was really angry,but calmed himself and said"I know,it was my mistake.But Jarl Borg is great fighter and he has ships that we need to sail to the west."

Aslaug leans towards Ragnar and whispers quietly"It's is like Lord Thor said,don't listen to King Horik."

Rollo already knew Thor was ready to loan his ship to them and Rollo knew his brother really well,he already seen the anger in Ragnar's eyes to tell he wants revenge.

So Rollo with showing his emotions asked"But who should go to Jarl Borg?"

King Horik decided to give his suggestion" I think it should be you Rollo. After all, you know him better than anyone. What do you think?"

Rollo agreed,but Thor added"Maybe you should take Bjorn with you."

Ragnar was surprise at the suggestion,he heard about how Bjorn was able to fight of a rebellion in Hedeby,it was greatly handled the situation,so Bjorn had experience in battle.

Einar is one of Hedeby's warriors as well as the nephew of previous Earl Sigvard.He tried to start a rebellion with another warrior Half,

Since Einar is a member of a very influential and powerful family in Hedeby,he was able to gather quite to few people for his cause,bus it ultimately failed.

Bjorn who was quite happy looking his father"I can do it,Father."

Ragnar agreed and said"Go and be safe,son."

Thor gave Rollo a subtle nod,which was enough for Rollo.Both were in agreement with each other,Rollo will look out for Bjorn after all the boy is still not experienced enough.

Thus Rollo and Bjorn set sail to find Rollo,while King Horrik thought it was to make Jarl Borg join the alliance again,but the reality was clearly different.