Chapter 347 The Calm Before The Storm [END]



Tyr and Finn trailed Nora thanks to the clues she left behind, allowing them to follow her. 

Finn led the way with Tyr following behind him in case of any impending danger.

Finn was willing to act as the human shield for his leader because he knew if Tyr died, he would lose the single purpose in his life and that was to help Tyr accomplish his goals. 

But this did not mean his sister fell down his priority list, he could not lose Nora either and would do anything to ensure she was safe. Tyr was the strength that every one of them lacked and as long as he kept Tyr alive, he kept Nora alive as well because Finn saw just how vicious Tyr could be when it came to those he cared about and his sister happened to fall under that umbrella.

Finn and Tyr arrived at where Nora was last seen but she was nowhere to be found; however, a cloaked man in a mask ambushed them. 

"Who are you?" Tyr asked but the person did not answer as expected.

He noticed that Finn was worried and he knew exactly why.

"Tyr Ragnarsson?" The cloaked man asked but Tyr had neither the patience nor time for such pointless exchanges and chose the aggressive route. 

He wanted to subdue this person and ask him questions as he could not help but feel he was connected to them somehow.

"Go ahead Finn," Tyr instructed and Finn did just that because he knew that there was no way that Tyr would be defeated.

The person did not even try to stop Finn, allowing the warrior to run past him but Tyr noticed this person had no weapon on them except a medium-length chain that was attached to their wrists, it was long enough that it did not affect their movement whatsoever.

Tyr guessed that this was their weapon of choice as he could see blood stains on it. 

Tyr knew he had to be careful as he charged towards the man, closing the gap between them with a single step; he had quite the spring in his feet to accomplish this.

Tyr proceeded to try and cut off his right arm with a horizontal swing but this person blocked his attack with the metal braces around his wrists before attempting to wrap Tyr's hand in his chain. 

Tyr knew if he succeeded then even he would be in trouble, this was his first time witnessing such a strange fighting style and he was curious to learn more about it as he fought. 

But Tyr realized it was not going to be easy to get away from this person as he closed the distance in the blink of an eye. 

"He is fast…!" Tyr thought and he was right, this person was fast and before Tyr could say anything.

He found that those chains had somehow managed to seize the weapon he had on him, disarming Tyr before a sweeping kick followed up but Tyr was well equipped to dodge this as he somersaulted through the air before skidding to a stop a few inches back. 

Tyr found that he had a little scratch on his forearm and realized that the chain's edges were rough. 

Tyr took a deep breath, this person was strong and underestimating would be stupid.

It was time to incorporate all the fighting styles he has learned over the years.

The look in Tyr's eyes changed and both charged at each other. 

They exchanged blows, evenly matched or would it be more accurate to say that this strange person had the upper hand seeing as they used their chains to block Tyr's blows, bruising the dark-skinned warrior's fist but there was something strange about it. 

It felt like Tyr's blows were getting stronger and stronger and the enemy was starting to feel the recoil.

He could feel his hand shake, trembling, forcing them to dodge Tyr's next barrage of attacks. 

But there was an opening, an opening they had every intention of exploiting.

The enemy attempted to wrap his chains around Tyr's neck because if they could, it would be game over but Tyr manipulated this false opening to force his hand and he had the speed to counterattack 

He ducked at the very last second, thus the chain caught nothing but air as the dark-skinned warrior buried his fist right into his lower torso but all Tyr felt was pain. This familiar metallic feeling, there was no doubt about this, this person had on armour. 

Tyr retreated a few paces back as he needed to re-evaluate his approach to this fight. 

Whoever this was, he was strong and extremely skilled but Tyr could not tell anything about him due to the cloak that shrouded the enemy in mystery.

Tyr looked at his weapon and realized that he needed it to put his plan into action but from his blindspot, he felt a brief distortion of the wind blowing against the nape of his neck promoting him to duck as an arrow whistled past him but the trajectory of the arrow also put the enemy in sight. 

The enemy blocked it with his chain but he was surprised that Tyr could even dodge that.

It was like he had eyes in the back of his head. 

Tyr looked back to see if reinforcement had come but he realized that it was Vikings from Rogaland. 

Tyr was clearly not their target but the archer overestimated his skills as his mistimed arrow nearly killed Tyr but the relief on the archer's face was visible. 

Tyr returned his head and he saw no one in front of him. The enemy had escaped but Tyr was curious to find out who it was. 

"Find him!" Tyr instructed the men, and they listened to him because of his rank in the family this way, Tyr did not have to tell them that Estrid was missing. 

This was information he could not let loose so he would rather divert their attention to a lesser problem. 

Tyr's duty was to protect Estrid and he just hoped that nothing happened to her. 

Thankfully he did not need to waste his time any further and headed to where Finn was. 

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It took a couple of minutes for him to arrive as he followed their trail and in front of a building was where that trail stopped. 

Tyr took a deep breath before opening the door gently and he was rather surprised by what he saw. 

"Welcome Tyr Ragnarsson…" The person before him was no doubt King Askild and Tyr's fist immediately clenched up. 

"You bas-!" Before Tyr could complete this sentence, an unharmed Estrid rushed out to hug her husband. 

She worried that something had gone wrong.

Tyr was confused as to what was happening, he looked over his shoulder and saw both Nora and Finn digging into some food. 

"What is going on?" Tyr asked. 

"King Askild saved me!" Estrid said and from the look in her eyes, it was clear that she meant those words.

Tyr looked over to Nora for further elaboration, they were not aware of his hatred towards Askild.

"King Askild was confined as per the instruction of King Rugalf but he had his men make sure that nothing harmed Estrid. He was also the one that directed us to you because he was aware that you would not trust anyone but people you picked yourself to follow you, that is how we were able to find you in time," Nora said as she devoured the chicken before her.

"I was taken by some strange men before King Askild's warriors swooped in to save me! I was so scared, Tyr!" Estrid said as she hugged her husband tighter. 

Tyr knew that this piece of news could explain the sick little game that the person responsible attempted to play with him.

"I am aware that you know this was not a random attack Tyr, King Gryting was working with someone and I suspect that person to be…" Askild paused, waiting for Tyr to complete his sentence. 

"... Signy," Tyr muttered under his breath but before the conversation could proceed further, someone walked into the room and Tyr immediately got on his guard. 

However, he noticed that he was the only one on guard, everyone else looked relaxed.

The individual removed their cloak and Tyr saw a face he had never seen before meaning he was a warrior that only caught Askild's eyes as of recently. 

"You…!" Tyr called out and the person before him was someone of similar height. 

He was bald and had scars all over his face with tattoos covering the knuckles of his fingers. 

It was hard to tell his age by his face because the scars made up the majority of it. 

"I see you have met Rolf…" King Askild said as he patted the grey-eyed man on the back. 

He had done a fabulous job in bringing them here but Askild was not aware of the method that he used, and this included setting the place ablaze that Tyr was in but Rolf made sure that Finn and Nora were within sight. This also made it easier to identify the building that Tyr was in as well as trigger a sense of urgency in their response. 

Tyr hated to admit but he owed Askild one but the worse over.