War Maidens
Copyright© 2018 by Lapi
Chapter 8
It was not difficult to see the destruction and devastation wrought. Even Freya seemed impressed. It would not be until the time of Julius Caesar that more lay dead in a single battle.
The smell and sounds of the dying, became a scar on the landscape. The Angels of death gathered the emerging souls. Hastened those near death and provided the count to Dahlia.
A spell had been used to make time nearly stop around Regan as he was carried off to Freya’s realm of Fólkvangr, should he die, he would be hers not Odin’s regardless. Diana and Sigrid, now even Ingrid vowed his death from Loki’s treachery would not happen.
It would seem killing the enemy was not a difficult thing. Up until Loki’s attack, souls were gathered from those worthy and after a battle between opposing forces. It was both fascinating for the girls to see but quite boring to watch also, it was anticlimactic. There was little doubt who the victors would be. The screams, blood and guts spewing all over was a gruesome sight to most.
The girls found fighting a battle much easier than actually finding the next. Regan had stated he needed to defeat ‘the Rebels’. However the only clue as to where they were at was that both the road would lead there and their lands would bring Regan even closer.
The Black Riders were sent forth on winged mounts North to find such a place. Instead they found places, plural. Due north were several small towns, most else were villages and farms. To the Northeast the land was even sparser. There stood nothing that would brook much resistance let alone pose a threat to any invading army. Yet they looked.
Far to the North and Northwest grew a range of hills and mountains. It was over these the first of many towns and villages lay, surrounded by hundreds if not thousands of farms. The land looked rich and crops grew in abundance there. Several of the Black Riders reported seeing similar sights.
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