The Sage of Einar

Anders who was running was covered in blood hid behind a tree and holding his ax to his chest.

He relaxed his breathing as much as he could, making him able to hear the noise of the horse that was chasing him.

So enduring the pain in his legs, he prepared to kill the damn knight who was hunting him.

When the horse was crossing close to Anders, he waits it will advance a little and although it was a few seconds for Anders was eternal.

But when at last the knight's back was fully in view, Anders raised his ax with both hands and threw it.

The ax then flew out and ended up penetrating the chainmail armor of the knight who, by the force of the ax, ended up falling from the horse.

Making his body stamped on a tree, breaking his spine, and causing a large part of the knight's intestines to remain on the snow.

Anders then walked over to the corpse and started kicking it until he got tired, after which he raised his ax and I know he started laughing.

"You did very well to be a son of a bitch to the emperor, it's a shame you ran into a real man.

You know I liked the boy Fritz, but you had to kill him in the most shameful way possible.

But I guess it doesn't matter now to see if you have something of value.

I hate to do this but you can be Christian or Danish, but damn money is always necessary. "

Anders began to examine the corpse and after putting his hand in the bloody clothes he took out a small leather bag that had some silver coins and a gold coin.

Looking more carefully at the coin, he realized that it had drawn the face of Emperor Ludovico.

"Even in coins, it is still too ugly. How I look if I have a coin with my face.

But now that I remember ... "

Anders lowered his head and looked at the armor on the corpse so a smile formed on his face.

"If I want to leave this place, the first thing I have to do is make a false identity and you, my friend.

You will help me, although I do not know your name, your horse and your things should be enough to be able to enter some coastal town or city.

My only regret is that all my men were killed in that ambush, but I will get out of this place before this place becomes a true killing ground. "

Anders then took all the things from the corpse and put them on the horse to later get on the horse and start riding towards a stream that he had seen on his way where he could wash the armor and clothes.

After riding for a while he managed to see the stream, so he got off his horse and tied it to a tree while he took off his clothes and entered the cold stream.

Enduring the sensation of the icy water, Anders lifted his head and spread his hands as he felt how his body was cleaning itself.

'Let's see if you can catch me in the eastern islands, in your continent you have power but far from it, you are only an emperor.

I'll wait for you wherever you come looking for me. '

After this and enduring the cold, he ran to the horse from where he took the armor and the clothes with which he would change.

While shivering with cold, he watched as the water from the stream washed the blood from his clothes and it was not until everything was clear that he came out of the water and prepared to light a fire.

After picking up some dry leaves and branches from nearby trees, Anders who was controlling the numbness in his hands used stones to light a small spark.

With which he was able to light a small fire, which he used to light a fire.

Feeling the heat return to his body, Anders stayed near the fire until he felt his skin burn. It was then that he walked to where his clothes were and put them near the fire.

Looking at the fire, Anders began to remember the death of Fritz.

"Fritz! Run with all your might and don't stop, those bastards must have more cavalry nearby."

Fritz who was running looked with some anger at Anders "Damn Anders that you hadn't said that those damned ones wouldn't send a contingent against us later.

It seems to me that this time you failed and condemned everyone. "

Anders began to laugh, "As you can see I am also among the damned you say, it seems to you that I knew this was going to happen.

The best we can do is run and find a way to get out of this place, luckily we were able to get out of the blockade they made but they won't take long to come looking for us.

By that time, we should have already left this area. "

Fritz sighed and continued running close to Anders because he was sure that if there was something Anders had in common with a rat, it was that he could survive anywhere.

As they were about to leave the forest, they looked at three soldiers who immediately drew their swords and prepared to run towards them.

"Fritz, take your weapon and fight by my side, if we can kill those bastards they won't be able to track us down for a while."

Anders took his ax and Fritz who couldn't run did the same and got ready to fight.

When the first soldier arrived, this attempt to cut Anders but his attack failed because Anders dodged him by moving a little to the left, the soldier, seeing that he had failed, wanted to prepare to try again.

But he could not do it because Anders in a very reckless way pulled him by the sword, causing him to lose his balance, so Anders took advantage and buried his ax in the soldier's skull.

This killed the soldier immediately and left a horrible face on his head as the eyes were as if they were a toad because Anders' blow had broken the bones that supported the eyes.

With the first soldier killed, the other two soldiers did not attack as recklessly as their partner.

So they decided to keep their distance. It was then that Anders and Fritz exchanged a silent look so the two prepared to attack at the same time.

When the soldiers were impassive, they gave a cry and rushed. It was then that Anders threw his ax, killing the soldier in front of him.

For his part, Fritz, who was not as good at fighting as Anders, dodged the sword that was heading towards him and managed to cut the soldier's neck, leaving him on the ground convulsing.

Fritz just looked at him with disgust and ended his life in the fastest way possible, Anders who was looking at him laughed and cleaned his ax.

"You should have let him suffer, it's the least that these emperors hunting dogs deserve.

I can't believe the son of a bitch didn't take revenge on that bitch first, but I guess it doesn't matter we're just a secondary target.

Well, what danger can we represent at this moment with everyone dead? Anyway, we have to move. Fritz, I don't know when the cavalry comes and those damned run on all fours with their horses.

After this the two left the forest where they were and began to run, only to stop every time to use a branch to throw the footprints in the snow that they were leaving.

After a while, the two men who were quite tired rested on a rock.

"I think we've run long enough, I don't think they're following us right now ..."

Fritz stopped talking because an arrow pierced his neck, Anders at that moment shouted in anger and ran towards Fritz's body.

Where he once arrived he could see how Fritz who was in his arms seemed to be afraid as he tried to speak.

'Anders, Valhalla calls me ...

I'll be waiting for you, son of a bitch ... '

After understanding a bit what Fritz was trying to say by reading his lips, he felt Fritz's body become much lighter.

From what Anders knew he was dead, he angrily prepared to kill the bloody Christian soldier who had taken Fritz's life.

After remembering all this, Anders made a face and his face showed some sadness because he was alone again.

With the danger that a group of damned Christians could find or kill him. But despite this Anders continued to look at the fire for a while.

Before he got up and started to change her clothes, which fortunately were already dry.

Anders, when he finished changing and after putting on his armor, approached the stream and looked at how his body looked.

In the reflection, he could see that he looked like a Christian soldier, but he still had two things to fix, so with his ax, he began to cut his great beard.

As a berserker losing his beard and hair was a sign of weakness, but Anders who was alone and trying to survive did not mind cutting his beard and hair.

For he knew that these could grow back, after cutting his beard completely and fixing his hair in a style similar to that of the knight he had killed.

He walked his horse and mounted it, as he had to go to the nearest city to be able to take a boat that will take him off the continent.

Giving the horse a blow, he left behind the lit fire as it was burning the clothes he had, thus leaving his past behind because he would start over wherever he will go in the future.