Do it yourself Ernak

“Casualties?” Ernak asked and looking down he just knew it wasn’t good, “We could possibly withstand one more, possibly two more wars, but this isn’t an conquest anymore, this is just survival!” “It was never about conquest, just settling but you’re right we’ve won and yet lost so much more!” “I thought it’d be more proper to cremate Ivar and Björn...” he nodded watching as the others were lowered into the mass grave dugout by their comrades. “Do we stay here?” “No. Scouts say there two other but smaller armies forming on the border, not as well equipped but still are intent in fighting. We should be prepared to meet them!” “Of course! But then what?” “We change our tactics. Clearly an full on offensive won’t work; it’ll either waste more lives or land us in a war where we can’t win. What I know from Bernia is this land is nowhere united as it should be. There’s a lot mini kingdoms who are most of the time dealing with mini squabbles with each other and often within itself with claimants fighting over other claimants. We just need to back the right horse. We also need to keep a low profile. They know we are here but if we can get some distance between us and blend in, maybe it will provide us with enough time to get reinforcements!” “So what’s first?” “We win this next battle and find somewhere to camp. We then find an local dispute in a kingdom and help whatever side looks more promising. We help them and they owe us... or we kill them if they refuse to work with us. It’s all we can hope for!” she nodded watching the longboat with the body of Ivar and Björn get pushed off the shore and passing him the arrow, Ernak spoke, “Thank you for always being on my side even when it was wrong and stupid to. I hope to see you both in Elysium or wherever we go after this life!” “Valhalla!” Torvi muttered he nodded before drawing his bow aiming it to the sky fired the arrow sending it up in the night sky and land onto the ship that almost immediately began to burn, “Come on let’s go!”