The Vikings were truly military geniuses. By evening, over 500 makeshift catapults were lined up along the island's shore. With over 3,000 Viking warriors, averaging six men per catapult, their efficiency was astounding!
Prince Scholes believed that with the 500 catapults and more than 3,000 men, he would be able to hold the island, and when his personal guard arrived to reinforce him, those he wanted to capture would have nowhere to hide.
In the early hours of the morning, Gao Jianfei settled Li Yun, Song Ying, and the other women in a secluded valley, leaving nine mutated polar bears to guard the valley entrance and protect the women's safety.
Immediately, Gao Jianfei summoned a polar bear to serve as his mount, and they sped across the island.
Along the way, Gao Jianfei did not find any Viking barbarians, so he successfully reached the polar bear's den on the island, in that icy valley.
There were originally 34 polar bears in the Ice Valley, one of which has not yet been possessed by Gao Jianfei using his ghost possession ability. The remaining 33 have all become Gao Jianfei's pets, and 10 have already been taken into Gao Jianfei's ghost den space. That is to say, there are currently 24 polar bears in the Ice Valley.
Upon seeing Gao Jianfei's arrival, 23 of the 24 polar bears that Gao Jianfei had subdued stood up on their own two feet and paid their respects to him with human etiquette. They also used their consciousness to transmit a message to Gao Jianfei, saying, "Respected Xiao Gao, welcome to your arrival!"
Gao Jianfei didn't say much. He used today's 10 slots to recruit 10 polar bears and send them into the Ghost Den special space.
The polar bear, not yet possessed by a demon, was brimming with wildness. Its eyes bulged, and it glared at Gao Jianfei with hatred, letting out a low growl as a warning. However, none of its companions intended to attack Gao Jianfei, so it, alone and powerless, dared not launch an attack.
"Heh, there's still one left to capture. This idiot is even winking at me, it's so annoying! I'll deal with it first!" Now, Gao Jianfei has accumulated enough 5,000 exorcism points to capture the next polar bear. He can take down this polar bear at any time and increase the number of polar bears in his animal army to 54!
Without hesitation, Gao Jianfei released a red light spot, which enveloped the polar bear's head.
Just as Gao Jianfei was about to release a level 1 ghost to possess the polar bear, a strange sound suddenly came from near and far!
The sound was extremely eerie. It seemed to be played with a conch shell, or perhaps a special metal instrument. The sound was incredibly elusive, giving the impression that it came from a great distance, yet also from very close at hand… At first listen, the sound possessed a haunting, ghostly allure!
Gao Jianfei immediately stopped his plan to unleash a level 1 ghost to possess the polar bear. He pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
Upon closer listening, there is a special rhythm in this eerie and strange sound, just like... music!
However, the rhythm of this music was very peculiar and not pleasant to listen to at all! Gao Jianfei had studied the musical talents of Chopin and Wong Ka Kui, and was considered an outstanding talent in music. Therefore, he could understand a certain meaning of this music... It was a feeling of a general issuing commands! The music contained this sense of authority and control.
Just as Gao Jianfei was paying close attention to the music, suddenly, the only polar bear that was not possessed by a level 1 ghost stood up, hugged its head with its two front paws, and let out a low growl, seemingly in great pain!
The rest of the polar bears, possessed by the level 1 ghost, kept shaking their heads or simply covered their ears, not wanting to listen to the music!
"Bang!" The polar bear that wasn't possessed by a level 1 ghost actually knelt down, its massive body trembling violently.
"Huh? It looks really strange!" Gao Jianfei wondered. In a daze, he suddenly realized... "The way this polar bear is acting is just like what happens when I use my possession ability! The struggle and pain it feels during a possession!"
Gao Jianfei immediately realized what was happening!
Could it be that someone is trying to use this music to... to... control these polar bears?
Startled, Gao Jianfei quickly used telepathy to ask the polar bears, who were now possessed by his level 1 ghost, "What happened?"
"Oh! That damned sound!" The polar bears immediately responded to Gao Jianfei with their consciousness. "Xiao Gao, this annoying music seems to be issuing us a command, a command to submit! It's as if it wants to make a... a... contract with us through this music!" They thought of the word 'contract', which could accurately describe the current situation.
"They really want to control these polar bears with their voices!" Gao Jianfei was also surprised for a moment. "Could it be that it was those barbarians who stormed the island?"
The more Gao Jianfei thought about it, the more bizarre things seemed... Those barbarians appeared completely out of place with people from the real world. They were incredibly strong, easily unleashing forces of over a thousand pounds with a wave of their hands; they were bloodthirsty; they plundered frantically; where did they come from? And what's more, they could actually control wild beasts through special means—this...this was terrifying!
At this moment, the polar bear kneeling on the ground in pain seemed to be suffering more and more mental torment. It began to frantically bang its head against the ice on the ground, as if it were mutilating itself!
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at the same time.
On the island's shore, Prince Scholes was holding a huge, horn-like instrument that gleamed with metallic luster, playing an ancient and mysterious melody.
His lung capacity was enormous, and his playing technique was superb, making the music seem to come from near and far, like a ghost under the moonlight.
The men standing beside Scholes all looked on with admiration.
After playing for several minutes, Scholes stopped and handed the horn-shaped instrument to one of his men. Then he smiled and said, "Several years ago, I discovered this island, and there were 34 polar bears kept there. I imagine they've grown into mature adults with formidable strength. Just now, I played the 'Beast Hunting Song' bestowed upon us Vikings by the gods. I believe that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, those polar bears will soon come together to worship and submit to me, the great Prince Scholes."
After a pause, Prince Scholes sighed leisurely, "The mysterious man we encountered on this island can tame wild beasts, and we Vikings are also skilled in animal taming. The only thing that intrigues us is that he can hide his pets in a special space and only release them during battle. Hmm, once we capture that mysterious fellow, we can obtain this technology! Heh, when a wild beast is young, I'll play a 'Beast-Trapping Song' for it, and then, after they've grown into adults, I'll play it again, and there'll be a certain probability that it will become my pet!"
At this moment, a subordinate said somewhat nervously, “Your Excellency Prince Scholes, according to the laws promulgated by successive kings, each Viking may own at least three pet beasts, but the number of pets cannot exceed 50; uh… Your Excellency Prince Scholes, as everyone knows, you are an exceptionally talented beast tamer in the kingdom, but you already own 45 pets. If… if you have any more, then it would be a violation… a violation of the law…”
"Hmph! Outdated!" Prince Scholes scoffed impatiently. "These are extraordinary times, and we face a unique enemy. I have to make some special arrangements based on the current situation. You must understand, that mysterious figure is extremely powerful, and he possesses a secret that could drive our entire Viking kingdom mad! Faced with this secret, I have to make some hasty decisions! My pets aren't around, which will make dealing with that mysterious figure somewhat difficult. After all, he has polar bears as pets. That's why I've temporarily conscripted the polar bears on this island for battle! I'm saying this for the sake of the kingdom; even if His Majesty the King knew I did this, he wouldn't blame me!"
His men were somewhat dissatisfied after hearing Prince Scholes's high-sounding words.
It's important to know that every Viking could become a beast tamer from birth. However, the number of wild animals that could be kept as pets was limited… For example, seals, whales, and dogs could be tamed, but seals weren't particularly strong fighters, whales were confined to the water, and dogs were rather ordinary. Therefore, in the Arctic, the best fighting pet available to Vikings was the polar bear!
Throughout the Viking kingdoms, after hundreds and thousands of years of reproduction, the Viking population remained quite large. However, the polar bear population was not so large.
Therefore, to avoid a situation where there are too many monks and not enough porridge, and to prevent a terrible vicious cycle, Viking kings throughout history explicitly promulgated legal codes...
Every Viking had the right to capture wild animals as pets, but the number was controlled. The minimum number of animals that could be captured was three; that is, every Viking must capture three animals as pets—an obligation for every Viking in the Viking kingdom. However, the maximum number of pets that could be captured was fixed at 50. No one could exceed this limit. Not even the king had any special privileges!
Furthermore, each Viking could only capture a maximum of five polar bears as pets! They couldn't monopolize too many polar bears! After all, polar bears are rare wild animals. It couldn't be guaranteed that every Viking's pets would exclusively be polar bears.
Furthermore, the reproductive capacity of polar bears captured as pets is affected to some extent. Therefore, the Vikings also had to ensure that these terrifying beasts wouldn't become extinct due to their indiscriminate hunting. That is, for example, if 10 polar bears were given to several Vikings to distribute, 6-8 would be kept as pets, while the rest would be taken back to the Viking kingdom to reproduce freely. This ensured that the Vikings' descendants wouldn't be without polar bears to capture.
Prince Scholes' mission on this trip was to bring back some polar bears for mating and breeding, not to keep them as pets!
In fact, Prince Scholes already owns 45 pets, five of which are polar bears. This means Scholes has reached his polar bear quota! He no longer has the right to capture polar bears as pets.
According to Scholes, there are 34 polar bears on the island. So, by doing this, Scholes will not only exceed the limit in terms of the total number of pets, but also the limit in terms of the number of polar bear pets he can own!
This is against the rules!
However, Scholes seized upon this opportunity, using this special period as an excuse to blatantly break the rules!
His subordinates frowned, but Scholes was secretly delighted... "Haha! With this, I will have a large number of polar bear pets. Wouldn't the position of the next king have a very high probability of falling into my hands? Hahahaha! Moreover, I will become the first to master the secret of hiding pets in a special space! This will be an important bargaining chip for my Scholes Kingdom to rise to power and defeat the other princes!"
Scholes, what a man of ambition!
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Gao Jianfei stared at the polar bear, which was in excruciating pain.
The other polar bears, possessed by a level 1 ghost, weren't significantly affected by the alluring music. At most, they felt annoyed by the music, but they didn't succumb to it.
Suddenly, the polar bear stood up abruptly, and in a daze, walked towards the source of the sound! It was as if a human was sleepwalking!
“Dear Xiao Gao! It seems that it has been completely captivated by the music. It wants to find the owner of this sound and then... submit!” The polar bears that were possessed by the Level 1 ghosts and belonged to Gao Jianfei immediately communicated with him telepathically.
A sudden inspiration struck Gao Jianfei, and he immediately said, "Alright, let's follow that guy! Let's go check out the situation!"
Gao Jianfei ordered the 13 polar bears to follow the sleepwalking polar bear.
Furthermore, Gao Jianfei released 20 polar bears that he had previously stored in the Ghost Den space and followed them!
Following Gao Jianfei's orders, a total of 33 polar bears belonging to him, along with the polar bear that was already "fascinated," walked side by side in a straight line toward the source of the sound, standing upright.
Gao Jianfei rode on another smaller polar bear, which walked on all fours, quietly following behind them. Under the cover of a row of polar bears in front, they moved forward silently.
Later, the 33 polar bears formed a circle, completely surrounding Gao Jianfei and his mount, making it difficult for Gao Jianfei to be discovered.
Of course, even if there were a real possibility of being discovered, Gao Jianfei could instantly hide in the haunted house to ensure absolute safety.
And so, Gao Jianfei traveled among 34 polar bears.
After about half an hour's journey, this special group finally arrived at the shore!
Gao Jianfei tensed up and peeked through the gaps between the polar bears in front of him...
On the shore, a large number of Viking barbarians stood, carrying torches. In the firelight, a row of catapults stretched out.
Gao Jianfei also saw a dignified-looking middle-aged man step forward from the crowd, a broad smile on his face. He shouted in fluent English, "Hahaha! All 34 polar bears I kept are alive! And they have been guided here by me. I'm going to capture them! I want them to be my pets!" The speaker was none other than Prince Scholes.
"Hmm? So these guys speak English!" Gao Jianfei immediately understood when he heard Prince Scholes's accent.
At that moment, Gao Jianfei had a flash of inspiration. He immediately used his consciousness to transmit a message to the intelligent program, "Listen, I need some ghosts around here. These ghosts are some of the barbarians I killed today. Uh... even one will do."
Gao Jianfei wanted to use the piecing together and containing of ghosts to understand the true identities of these barbarians who had landed on the island, and their **.
"As you wish, my esteemed user," the intelligent program replied to Gao Jianfei in a courteous voice. In fact, as a Level 5 exorcist, Gao Jianfei was fully capable and authorized to issue such an instruction.
Soon, the virtual display screen popped up, its screen flickering with random electrical waves, indicating that the ghost instrument was working normally.
Half a minute later, the jumbled electrical waves on the screen disappeared, replaced by a description of the ghost...
Ghost's name / Ghost level / Age in life / Gender / Occupation in life / Special skills in life / Cause of death /
Kishiel / 3 / 31 / Male / Viking / Strength (Provincial), Beast Taming (Provincial) / Combat /
"Hiss!" Gao Jianfei's heart tightened. "Damn it, so these guys are... are Vikings! My god, I was just looking for the lost ruins of the Viking civilization and its treasures, and look, those Vikings are still alive! They haven't gone extinct! And, even a random Viking is at the level of a Level 3 Ghost and has the special skill of 'beast taming'... This is unbelievable!"
Gao Jianfei was slightly shocked.
At this moment, the intelligent program's prompt sounded. "My esteemed user, would you like to immediately perform soul piecing together on this Level 3 ghost? Piecing together its soul requires 2000 exorcism points!"
“Okay, let’s piece it together right away! I really want to get a deeper understanding of the Vikings from this ghost!” Gao Jianfei said without hesitation.
Instantly, a progress bar overwrote the information on the level 3 ghost, 'Kishir'.
Chapter 494 Overview of the Viking Kingdom
Chapter 494 Overview of the Viking Kingdom
Gao Jianfei mingled with a group of polar bears and arrived at the island's edge. He glanced at Prince Scholes, who was "casting a spell," and then, directly from this area, a barbarian he had killed earlier that day appeared... a level 3 ghost, 'Kishir'. Thus, Gao Jianfei learned that the so-called 'barbarians' attacking the island were actually the Vikings who had disappeared over a thousand years ago!
Shocked, Gao Jianfei immediately pieced together the soul of the level 3 ghost and contained it in the third level of the ghost den.
After finishing this task, Prince Scholes took out the metallic bull horn instrument again and played it for the 34 polar bears... forcibly enslaving them!
Immediately, all 33 polar bears possessed by the Level 1 ghosts transmitted their consciousness to Gao Jianfei… “Respected Xiao Gao, this strange music is demanding our submission! This time, the music carries an extremely strong aura of intimidation! It’s like an ultimatum has been issued!”
Of course, the polar bears that were already possessed by a level 1 ghost would not be affected by this music. The only polar bear that was not possessed by a level 1 ghost was trembling all over, and its knees were slowly bending down, about to kneel down!
In other words, when the polar bear kneels down with its forelegs on the ground, it truly submits to Scholes and becomes his pet!
Slowly, the polar bear began to bend down and kneel. Although the movement was slow, it was clear that it would completely kneel on the ground in about ten seconds. Of course, during this kneeling process, it was very conflicted and in pain, and low, hoarse roars kept coming from its throat.
Gao Jianfei was well aware of everything that had happened on that polar bear. He thought to himself, "Why let the good stuff go to outsiders? Rather than letting those damned Vikings capture this polar bear, I might as well subdue it myself."
Therefore, Gao Jianfei used his own method to release a level 1 ghost, which directly possessed the polar bear!
"call out!"
The red light spot merged into the polar bear's brain and began to possess it!
Therefore, the neurological effects of Scholes' music on the polar bear were completely replaced by the possession process of the Level 1 ghost.
Of course, on the surface, the polar bear was also in quite a bit of pain.
At the same time, Gao Jianfei also sent a telepathic message to the other polar bears. "You guys keep pretending to be in pain and struggling, don't give yourself away. I don't want to have a direct confrontation with those Vikings yet, let's just stall them for now!"
Upon receiving this order, the other 33 polar bears began to roar in a mocking manner, pounding their chests and stamping their feet, before slowly kneeling down!
Goodness, one after another, they're all actors.
Over there, Scholes played his instrument, a proud smile spreading across his face. He cheered inwardly… “Hahaha! It looks like I can capture all these polar bears! Hahaha! I’ve never had such a high success rate before! There are 34 polar bears in front of me. If I capture them all, I will set a new record for the highest success rate in Viking history in capturing pets!”
Yes, the Vikings used special music to tame wild animals, but the success rate of this taming was not 100%!