This situation immediately caused a commotion among the Vikings! Polar bears were their precious, reliable, and powerful pets, and now, all eight polar bears were emotionally unstable and showing signs of pain. Hundreds of Vikings watched nervously.
"Yes, the time is ripe... Charge!"
Gao Jianfei released a polar bear mount directly from the ghost den, mounted it on its back, and then released the remaining 53 polar bears as well!
A total of 54 mutated polar bears pushed their explosive power and speed to the limit, charging madly towards the panicked Vikings!
"Thump! Thump thump! Thump thump thump!"
Fifty-four polar bears stomped the ground, making a deafening and incredibly brutal sound. By the time the Vikings reacted and tried to attack with catapults, Gao Jianfei's polar bear troops had already rushed to within 10 meters of them!
"Bang! Bang!" Gao Jianfei held a Desert Eagle pistol in each hand and fired two shots, piercing the heads of the two Vikings! In fact, Gao Jianfei had studied the Vikings and found that they were naturally strong and underwent various forms of rigorous training from a young age, making their bodies as hard as rocks, even able to withstand bullet impacts! Only their heads were relatively vulnerable.
Two gunshots ended the lives of two Viking warriors, shattering the silence of the night and signaling the start of close-quarters combat!
Gao Jianfei's mutated polar bears charged into the ranks of the Viking warriors, using their mutated strength to tear the Vikings' bodies to shreds like puppets, a gruesome sight. The Vikings, naturally inclined to battle, reacted quickly, retaliating with hammers, axes, and other weapons against the sudden onslaught of polar bears! They were fearless!
The giant hammer and axe struck the polar bear's body, leaving wounds that, while not fatal, were still horrifying.
Within seconds, more than 200 Viking warriors were torn apart; and thousands of hunting dogs, along with hundreds of ferocious Viking warriors, also injured every one of Gao Jianfei's polar bears! Their blood gushed out.
Gao Jianfei was deeply shocked... The close combat skills of these Vikings were truly formidable!
After emptying his two Desert Eagle pistols, he discarded the guns and used his One-Finger Divine Skill to kill over a dozen Viking warriors from a distance… At this moment, Gao Jianfei realized that if he continued fighting in close combat like this, some of his polar bears would eventually be wiped out. Therefore, with a single thought, he stored all 54 polar bears into his Ghost Den space! Alright, Gao Jianfei had already reached the edge of the glacier. After quickly eliminating several Vikings with his swift blade, he jumped into the icy water without hesitation! His world-class swimming skills were enough to ensure that Gao Jianfei could survive in the water like a fish.
So, as soon as he entered the water, he dived to a depth of about 8 meters before disappearing into the ghost's den!
A bloody close-quarters battle ended in a flash. On the shore lay the corpses of nearly 300 Viking warriors and hundreds of hunting dogs. Two of the Vikings' pet polar bears were also killed.
All the Vikings were shocked! They stood silently on the shore, their bodies trembling, gripped by a silent fear.
The smell of blood was extremely strong.
However, what shocked them was not over... Of the eight polar bears that Gao Jianfei had released to be possessed, six had been successfully possessed!
Only two attempts to possess the spirit failed.
Thus, Gao Jianfei, who had successfully possessed someone in the Ghost Den, instantly put the six polar bears into the Ghost Den's special space!
In this way, Gao Jianfei's animal army expanded to 60 animals.
Of course, the 54 polar bears that participated in the battle just now were all injured to varying degrees. They are no longer able to fight and can only stay in the special space of the Ghost Den to recuperate for the time being.
"Oh! The great Viking body! I... my pets!" The owner of the six missing polar bears was completely stunned!
They had never encountered anything so bizarre and outlandish before... their own polar bear pet had vanished right under their noses!
They all thought they had offended the gods, so they all knelt down and cried out in despair.
Prince Scholes, who was sleeping in the cabin, was also awakened by the battle and the cries of the Vikings. He quickly dressed, rushed out of the wooden ship, and landed on the island.
"Damn it! What happened! What happened!" In the torchlight, Prince Scholes saw mangled corpses scattered all over the ground, smelled the overwhelming stench of blood, and saw his hundreds of men kneeling and weeping!
A nameless fear gripped Scholes's heart! He quickly sounded the horn and called back a large number of troops that had penetrated deep into the island.
After some questioning, Scholes quickly learned what had happened on the island. He was horrified!
"What? A mysterious figure led dozens of polar bears to launch an attack on us! Also, six of our pets disappeared instantly! Damn it! This..." Scholes was also somewhat dumbfounded.
Fortunately, the thousands of Viking warriors quickly retreated from the interior of the island.
"Phew..." Seeing that some of his troops had returned, Scholes breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly regained his composure and gave orders to his troops... "Abandon the search of the island! The enemy has already broken out from inside the island, and he's already in the water! Get in the water and search! Get in the water and search!"
So, more than 2,000 Viking warriors stripped off their clothes and, undeterred by the freezing cold, jumped directly into the water to dive and search for Gao Jianfei. Vikings received swimming and diving training from a young age; they could even fight whales in the water, demonstrating their exceptional swimming skills.
In addition, hundreds of pet seals brought by the Vikings were also put into the water.
In this way, the nearby waters were completely under the control of the Vikings.
"Hmph! On land, you're a tough character, but in the water, you can't defeat us Vikings!" Scholes' confidence returned.
At this moment, Gao Jianfei was in his ghostly den. The ghostly den was completely isolated from the icy water, a world of its own. In his ghostly den, Gao Jianfei made himself some instant noodles and ate them. Then he sat on the sofa and smoked.
At the same time, Gao Jianfei recalled the Level 1 Ghosts from the patrol island and sent them into the waters to continue their reconnaissance.
Ghosts are not physical entities, therefore, there is no difference between them in water and on land. They move through the water as if in their own water, brushing past the diving Vikings.
If the Vikings could see clearly the level 1 ghosts around them making faces, they would be terrified!
"Well, let's ignore them. Later, I'll find a chance to sneak onto the wooden boat where Sister Li Yun and Blank are being held." Gao Jianfei smiled contentedly.
The wooden boat was directly above where Gao Jianfei was!
Chapter 497 Return to the Viking Kingdom!
Chapter 497 Return to the Viking Kingdom!
Scholes decisively recalled the thousands of troops that had penetrated deep into the island and deployed them to the waters near the island. Two thousand Viking warriors had already taken to the water, using their exceptional diving skills to thoroughly clean the area. Some seal pets were also assisting.
"Damn it! If we had brought a few giant whale pets this time, we could have completely ravaged this area!" Prince Scholes cursed incessantly. The bodies of the hundreds of Vikings who had been killed were carried over, piled together, and Prince Scholes personally presided over the cremation of these corpses. This was a unique Viking cremation ceremony; thousands of Vikings surrounded the billowing smoke, their right hands pressed to their hearts, silently praying and vowing to avenge their fallen comrades.
After the body was burned to ashes, it was buried in a pit on the spot.
Scholes and his trusted men, along with their pets, came to the shore, their eyes fixed on the water.
"Don't worry, Your Highness Scholes, we will definitely find that guy! He's much less dangerous in the water!" a trusted subordinate reassured Scholes.
Scholes stared intently at the water with an extremely complex look in his eyes.
An hour has passed.
Two thousand Vikings surfaced from the water, greedily inhaling the air. An hour of diving was their limit.
After taking a few deep breaths, the Viking in the water raised his voice and reported to Prince Scholes, "Your Highness, we have conducted a thorough search of the waters within a 10-kilometer radius and have found no enemy!"
"Huh? This... how is this possible? Could it be that his swimming skills are also... that good?" Scholes roared in frustration, then shouted to his men on the shore, "Get a new group in the water!"
Prince Scholes, there is absolutely no way we can give up because of this!
In the second round, he ordered another 3,000 Viking warriors to go into the water.
Continue in the water! And, appropriately expand the area!
Scholes also ordered the other Viking warriors on the shore to be ready to replace the warriors underwater and to be ready to go into the water at any time!
And so, thousands of Viking warriors were destined to have a sleepless night; they went into the water in droves!
By noon on the second day, all the Vikings had taken turns going into the water, even Scholes himself had gone in to search... but found nothing!
No clues were found about Gao Jianfei!
Moreover, going into the water was extremely physically demanding for the Vikings, and by the afternoon of the second day, they were all exhausted. Not a single Viking had the strength to go into the water again.
Scholes ordered everyone to rest for half a day. In fact, he was at his wit's end. Thousands of people had searched all night, but still found nothing, which practically confirmed one thing... Gao Jianfei was no longer in this area!
Therefore, taking advantage of the troops' rest, Scholes devised a plan: in the evening, all the troops would leave the island and sail to the nearby waters to search for Gao Jianfei's whereabouts.
You should know that the surrounding waters are all glacial channels, with only this one island as land. Gao Jianfei doesn't have a boat, and no matter how good he is at diving, he can't stay underwater for days and nights!
If Scholes' fleet has just a little patience, Gao Jianfei will eventually be trapped like a turtle in a jar!
While the Vikings were resting and getting some fresh air, Gao Jianfei decisively left the ghost den and secretly climbed onto the ship from a blind spot in the sight of the Vikings—the back of the ship!
According to the Level 1 Ghost's prior reconnaissance, there was no one on the ship! Uh... to be precise, apart from Li Yun, Song Ying, Blank, Mario, and others, there were no other Vikings on the ship!
Gao Jianfei, familiar with the place, arrived at the cabin where Li Yun and the others were being held. He easily poked the cabin door open with a toothpick and crawled inside.
Li Yun and the others huddled fearfully in the cabin, unsure of their fate. Although they had heard the commotion on the shore, it quickly subsided, and they had no idea how far Gao Jianfei's plan had progressed.
Upon seeing Gao Jianfei enter the cabin, the women gasped in surprise. However, as soon as they uttered their cries, they all covered their mouths with their hands, their faces filled with barely concealed elation and ecstasy. They all rushed towards Gao Jianfei!
Even the composed and experienced young woman Li Yun was extremely flustered, and like Song Ying and Zheng Cuiyun, she ran over to hug Gao Jianfei.
Now, Gao Jianfei's situation is quite rosy.
Enjoying the warmth and softness of the women, their exquisite fragrance filling his nostrils, Gao Jianfei felt a surge of masculine pride, as if he were being admired by a flock of birds.
He whispered, "Alright, everyone, don't worry, I've been protecting you all secretly, nothing will happen! Also, I've now successfully 'hit' this ship, so let's proceed according to the original plan!" After saying that, Gao Jianfei turned around and went out, taking out all the props he had prepared over the past few days.
Nine male human skin masks; nine sets of sailor uniforms; nine strips of cloth binding the chest.
He handed all the props to the women. “Alright, everyone listen up. The cabin next door is the large cabin where Blank and Mario are being held! Hundreds of sailors, a dozen mercenaries, and Blank and Mario are all being held captive in that cabin. They receive very little food each day, and the Vikings haven't even bothered to count their numbers or interrogate them. So…”
Li Yun's eyes lit up... "Jianfei, I understand! You... you want us to disguise ourselves and infiltrate Blank and Mario's team! I understand!"
"Yes, time is of the essence, change your clothes immediately! Hurry!" Gao Jianfei urged. "Don't be too fussy, you change your clothes, I'll be on guard here, don't worry about it too much, okay, take them off!"
This makes it clear that Gao Jianfei wanted to keep an eye on the women while they changed. Actually, it's not entirely Gao Jianfei's fault. He was just too nervous, fearing the Vikings might return to their ships at this crucial moment. If it were just Gao Jianfei alone, he wouldn't have been so worried, but now, to protect eight women, he had to be cautious.
The women blushed, but they weren't averse to undressing in front of Gao Jianfei. So… after a moment of hesitation, Li Yun and a few other young women simply began to undress.
Next came Gao Jianfei's woman, Song Ying, as well as Zheng Cuiyun, Nie Xiaoxia...
And just like that, the room was filled with the warmth of spring...
Gao Jianfei soon witnessed eight flawless female bodies, skin as smooth as silk, alluring and mysterious, with dark pubic hair...
Gao Jianfei swallowed hard, his heart pounding uncontrollably.
It wasn't until the women had bound their breasts, changed into their sailor uniforms, and put on human skin masks, deliberately making their faces look dirty and messy, and their hair disheveled, that the process continued.
Thus, the women who were vibrant and beautiful just a moment ago have now become a group of dejected and terrified sailors.
After everything was settled, Gao Jianfei collected the women's clothes and then led them directly to a large cabin next door. Upon opening the cabin door, a stench immediately filled the air!
Inside the enormous cabin lay hundreds of men. Blank and Mario were also present. There was also a makeshift toilet in the cabin, from which the stench of excrement and urine permeated the air.
"Hiss! Master! My respected master!" At that moment, Mario and Blank, who were imprisoned in the cabin, simultaneously spotted Gao Jianfei. In fact, during their capture and imprisonment, Blank, Mario, and the others had been hoping that Gao Jianfei would come to rescue them. In their hearts, Gao Jianfei was a god; they firmly believed that he would come!
At this moment, seeing Gao Jianfei indeed descend from the sky, they almost burst into tears of excitement.
“Alright, listen to me!” Gao Jianfei said resolutely. “I have never forgotten you, and I will come to save you! I must tell you all, these barbarians are the legendary, supposedly extinct Vikings. But they are not extinct! Okay, for now, none of you are in immediate danger. The main purpose of these Vikings is to take you back as prisoners. Perhaps they need some slaves, or perhaps they want to treat us, people from the outside world, like animals, keeping us in cages to watch! But I will rescue you! You must believe me! However, I hope you understand that we have nowhere to go. We have lost our ship, and there is no other land in the nearby waters. We can only follow these guys to the Viking Kingdom!”
"The Viking Kingdom!" Blank and Mario exclaimed in surprise. Even in their fear, their eyes gleamed with a dazzling light!
To be frank, they were still excellent explorers. When they heard that the Vikings had not gone extinct and that the Viking kingdom still existed, they were all excited! Their adventurous spirit temporarily suppressed the danger they were in.
"Master, we will obey you!" all the mercenaries and sailors in the cabin shouted at the same time. "Only by following you will we have a chance to survive!"
“Alright, I won’t let you down.” Gao Jianfei nodded. “For now, you don’t need to do anything. You just need to stay here and wait for the Viking fleet to return to the Viking Kingdom! The eight of them will stay with you for now. Listen, you must protect them and not show them any disrespect! If the Vikings question you, you must do your best to answer them!”
After saying this, Gao Jianfei pushed Li Yun, Song Ying, and the other women forward. He then instructed them, "Ladies, the conditions here are a bit harsh, so please bear with it for now! This difficult time will pass quickly! Once we reach the Viking Kingdom, we'll adapt to the situation!"
The women were initially quite uncomfortable with the stench in the cabin, but after hearing Gao Jianfei's words, they felt completely obedient and submissive. So, the stench no longer bothered them. They all nodded to Gao Jianfei, then crawled into the cabin and, imitating the sailors, squatted on the floor.
There were over 200 sailors in the ship's cabin, and it didn't even notice when eight people suddenly came in.
After making the arrangements, Gao Jianfei nodded. "Alright, everything's settled. Everyone, just wait quietly! Don't worry, I'll be protecting you all secretly!"