Bab 50: Complicated decision

In a small cave, Elof awakened Ansgar, who looked at him with a downcast face.

"What's wrong, Elof."

"Kaj just passed away, he just started shaking as he grabbed his chest, and after that, he stopped breathing.

I could not do anything."

Ansgar sighed and leaned his head against the cave wall. "Bring Derick; we have to decide what to do from now on.

As for Kaj's body, I think it is best to cover it with large rocks and leave it in this cave. "

Elof turned around and went to find Derick, who was guarding the cave entrance.

Derick, who was looking at the beautiful snowy landscape at the cave entrance, heard someone heading towards him, so he turned around and could see Elof.

Who was visibly down, so he could assume that Kaj had died.

"Kaj should be enjoying Valhalla; he was a great warrior and companion; you should be happy for him instead of being down Elof.

Better tell me if there is something I have to do; I don't think you came just to get some fresh air. "

Elof scratched his beard. "Ansgar wants us to meet to find out what we should do, and I would like to ask your help to bury Kaj's body with some stones.

The last thing I want is for his corpse to be desecrated by the white bears. "

Derick took a deep breath and turned his head to see the snow moor before heading into the cave along with Elof.

Inside the cave, Ansgar looked at his two companions. "With Kaj's death, we lost our only person who could safely take us to the forest.

Now we are completely alone and lost in this place. "

Using his sword, Ansgar began to draw three drawings on the stone floor of the cave. "I was thinking about it, and we have three completely dangerous options.

But they are better than staying in this cave and waiting for our death, like cowards who decided to starve.

Our first option is to go to the sea and find our ship; once on the ship, we will only have to endure in that place until the arrival of the rest of the expedition.

The second option is to start looking for the forest, while the third option is much more dangerous, but we could be the first to achieve it or die trying.

I mean walking across this island of ice until we reach our home on the other side of the island.

Whatever our decision, we will have to follow it together to the end. "

Derick and Elof closed their eyes for a few minutes, and when they opened, they both pointed to the third option at the same time.

Ansgar, who had also chosen the third option, saw his companions with a smile. "We will take care of Kaj's body and leave in the afternoon.

Because the center of the island is an ice desert, we will continue along the periphery until we reach the coast, which we will have to travel.

As for food, we will have to kill a bear and smoke its meat to prevent it from rotting.

If we survive, we will be the first to achieve this great feat; perhaps even Einar and Sven can reward us as we can tell what is in this place. "

While this was happening in the cave, in the forest, Max was breaking a bolt to obtain the metal tip.

Which once had it placed on the tip of a kind of trident that already had two other metal tips.

"With this trident, we will be able to kill dying bears without having to be near them or waste a bolt."

Sven, who was sharpening a piece of wood, looked at the white bear carcasses in front of them. "But who would have thought that just this morning we have already killed three white bears.

At this rate, I think if we don't start using other weapons, we will run out of ammo very soon. "

Max gave the trident to his father. "I think the increase in white bears was perhaps due to an iceberg which must have detached from Greenland, or perhaps it is something more cloudy.

How the lack of food of the white bears so they began to migrate, and that is why they came to our island.

But in this place, since there are no large mammals like reindeer, they can only depend on cannibalism and fishing. "

Sven stopped and looked at his son. "Greenland is the place you mentioned a long time ago, that new world that will belong to us."

Einar rested his head in his hands. "Greenland is a gigantic island that, for the most part, is a wasteland of ice where no one can live.

But its importance is that we can colonize its coast and make it a refueling point so that our ships can go to the new continent without problems.

We have so many good opportunities, but we could achieve everything we want if we just had a larger population. "

Eskol, who was listening to the conversation of Einar and Sven, heard the war horn's noise, so he got up from the log where he was sitting.

Running as fast as he could, he climbed onto the small log platform they had built, and when he raised his head, he only gulped.

Because he could see a group of ten white bears that were running towards the traps that had meat.

From the platform, he took his crossbow and shouted with all his might, "Prepare your crossbows; we have a group of ten bears on the way."

As the battle for survival in the forest was about to begin in Hegebak's village, Kassia found herself stroking her stomach while enjoying the warm water of the hot spring pool.

"You think Einar and the rest of the expedition are fine? The snowfall two days ago was quite strong."

Helmi, who had her eyes closed, only smiled. "I think they will be fine since Einar is with them; besides, it has only been a few days since they left.

We just have to relax and wait for Einar to come back, but by the way, Kassia, could you give me some tips to cope with the seasickness ... "