The Sage of Einar

As Einar's army advanced through the plains of the barony of Ard Mhacha, on the way they came across what appeared to be the ruins of an old castle.

This caught the attention of Einar who was hugging Dreide while they rode on horseback. "It is a very solid castle because they have abandoned it?"

Dreide stared at it with some seriousness. "It should be a place where there are spirits, although it could also be some castle design problem."

Einar sighed. "It is quite curious that you mention ghosts, as Ansgar mentioned a long time ago that there was a barony completely full of them.

Because of many factors, I cannot deny that such an option exists, however luckily we have Erika with us. "

Dreide was surprised by those words because it was the first time that he heard from Einar's mouth the words about Erika, this because he had been listening to the soldiers talk about that name many times.

"You mean the Valkyrie Erika?"

Einar nodded and looked at the white deer that was walking beside him. "You can believe what I'm going to tell you, or you can think I'm just delirious.

But you should know that the white deer that accompanies us is Erika. That's why she is too nice to us.

As for why she behaves that way, I think we should wait some time before she explains everything to you because it is not an easy thing to do.

However, when I do, your point of view may change, but I think the most important thing now is to decide what we are going to do with this castle.

I think it is a waste to leave this castle in this condition because it can help us to establish a defensive zone.

But for our safety I will order the soldiers to enter first to search all the castle spaces for anything that could pose a danger to us. "

Einar at that moment raised his hand and, giving an order asked the soldiers to enter that castle. The soldiers slowly advanced through the snow until they reached the wooden doors of that castle.

When they got close enough, they realized that the doors were open, so they entered while aiming their crossbows.

Because it could be a trap, so they were very careful while entering that castle, while walking through the castle courtyard.

They could realize that there were many skeletons in the wooden buildings of the castle yard. That surprised them quite a bit because they could not understand why they had already left us in that place.

After reviewing the entire exterior of the castle, a group of soldiers opened the doors of the battlement tower and entered directly inside, this with the intention of being able to check what was inside.

The first thing they noticed when they entered was that there was a very strong musty aroma in that building. They could also see somehow many skeletons lying on the ground.

All of them seemed to have enough time, so they kept checking the battlement tower. For this they walked up the stairs to the top.

In that place, they could only find a large amount of wooden furniture completely spoiled. They had so much damage that they were simply useless.

However, something that caught their attention, and that made them feel a bit of caution was that there were blood marks on the walls, which seemed to be fresh.

The blood did not drip down the walls, it simply remained static in the places where it was, so the soldiers prepared their crossbows to be able to shoot anything they could find.

For the blood could only mean that there would be many enemies in that place, because it looked so fresh that it could only indicate that there were people in that place.

The soldiers continued up the stairs and searched the next floors without any problems, perhaps with the only exception that they could see skeletons of women who were still keeping the dresses in which they had died.

When they climbed to the top of the battlement tower, they placed a flag of the Nordic nation. At that moment Einar smiled because the castle was completely free.

In order to review that castle, Einar got off his horse and helped Dreide to get off the horse.

Once the two were in the snow, Einar caressed the white deer and looked at it with affection. "I don't know what things are inside that place but I hope you can help us to clean that place."

The deer, who was enjoying the caress on his head made an approving noise and started walking towards the castle.

So Einar and Dreide walked behind the deer. When the white deer entered the castle, the soldiers who were inside that fortress could hear some screams.

What came from the basement of the castle, so they quickly went down the stairs and headed towards the basement. When they arrived, one guard opened the wooden door.

At that moment, he could see a little girl with quite showy clothes, which were standing on many skeletons.

The Nordic soldier, who was a faithful believer in the Nordic religion, knelt before the girl because he knew that she was before an authority figure.

The soldiers, seeing his partner do something so extreme only looked at him curiously before leaning out the wooden door.

That's where they managed to see the girl who was standing. She just turned her head and vanished into thin air.

All the soldiers then prayed because they knew that they had seen the Valkyrie Erika. Although they did not know what she had done, they could feel that the environment in that place was much more comfortable.

It was as if things had suddenly changed. Even the musty scent disappeared without leaving any evidence that it had existed.

When Einar entered with Dreide, he was surprised to see many buildings in disrepair, however he could not see anything out of the ordinary in that place.

When the soldiers left the battlement tower, they were surprised not to see the skeletons in the square, so feeling chills they approached Einar to report what they had seen.

When Einar heard the words of the soldiers, he could only smile with joy because now he could assure that deer was a manifestation of his daughter.