The Last Kingdom: Bastard of BebbanBurg: The ‘wolf’

A.D. 878 'City-Settlement' of Lundene

/povMC/

"Lindyn.. remember my words.. nothing in this world that is worth having.. is easy to get.. if you want something great or want to have the ability to accomplish something great.. you have to put in the price.. the sacrifice.. of your time spent training and preparing for the future.. the blood you will spill whilst fighting and training to accomplish your dreams.. so I tell everyone these points before I start my teachings.. if you want to be able to do something or 'possess' the ability to protect yourself and your loved ones from the enemies you may or may not have in the future.. to get to where I am today I had to put in untold hours of just learning every detail of my weapons and other equipment.. how much my spear weighs.. how the weight of my throwing knives are slightly heavier on the blade end.. the seams of my armor and the pieces tied together completing my armor.. I learned every stitch and blemish of my armor.. once I learned my weapons.. I learned how to use them everyday I would practice every free chance I got.. if you wish to be great too this is the price that must be paid.. are you scared?.." I ask my new ward.. I can tell he will be a machine once I have him programmed..

"No lord!.. Im ready!.." the boy shouted like a little soldier ready for his command to rush into glorious battle..

"I know your not.. thats why I want to take you as my student.. I saw no fear of death in your eyes.. the other men who took you.. who I killed were not worthy of living life in this world.. but you and me.. we are different from them.. this world was made for 'scrappers' like us my boy.. now first step of becoming a warrior my son.. what kind of weapons do you see yourself using?.. grab a few different 'wooden-training' weapons here.. see what feels 'right' for you.." I said while pointing out the different 'wooden-weapons' in the courtyard of the largest stone-building of Lundene.. which I had commandeered for the time I'll be here..

"Lord I already know what I want to learn.. I want to learn that one.." he told me pointing at the hard-wood 'Fang-tian' halberd.. also called a 'sky-piercing' halberd..

"Haha good!.. you will be a little.. 'Looi-Boo' haha!.." I couldn't help but laugh I said he would be a little Lü Bu..

"Who is 'Looi-Boo'?.." the boy asked me..

"My ancestor.. he was well-known to use a 'sky-piercing' halberd like this one to slay untold amounts of his enemies.. he was known as the best warrior and cavalry commander of his time.." I told the boy the story of Lü Bu.. he was excited you can tell by his clenched fists and wide eyes..

"It's a versatile weapon that combines a spear-head and these crescent-shaped blades on the head of the halberd.. these blades are used for chopping or for hooking on enemy's weapons to parry their blows.. if you can hook and bind your enemies weapon during your parry you can pull the weapons right out of your enemies hands disarming them.. the 'spear-head' is of course for piercing through said enemies after they have been disarmed.. a very versatile weapon thats suited for both attacking and defending.. you will have to practice the 'boxing' I taught you every single day without fail.. if you hope to wield a 'pole-arm' like an 'Hua-Ji' halberd like this one.. for more than two swings before not being able to lift it any longer after those two swings.. if you do your 'fitness-routines' and your sets of 'boxing-routines' daily you will have the strength required to use it.. as if it weighed the same as a branch broken off a tree.. from this day forward I want you to carry this halberd with you at all times.. even when you shit or piss.. to when you sleep at night I want you to always have atleast one hand holding this weapon.. you will learn everything about your chosen weapon.. it's weight and how it is balanced.. how the weight is spread over the weapon.. how heavy the shaft feels to how heavy just the halberd end of the weapon feels to you in your hands.. your weapon will become you.. and you will become it.. alright thats enough for today run along and grab some 'dinner'.. dont eat too much though.. Im making 'hot-pot' for 'supper' tonight.. we dont have many cold days left before the season's change brings the heat back to these cold lands.. trust me you will enjoy it.. this was a recipe created by a god of cooking.. he would make this dish for his kin and other gods who would come trade with him for a meal of 'hot-pot' to warm their 'gods-blood' on winter days while the gods would take breaks from gambling and fucking one another.. drinking and whoring makes for 'voracious-appetites' my boy.. so gods know what they're talking about when it comes to good food.. it is 'known'.." I say to send the boy.. to get him on his way towards some sustenance that he will most certainly need for his 'daily-training' he started today under my personal guidance.. beginning his journey to becoming my 'Looi-Boo' Junior.. leading my cavalry's to crush civilizations turning them to no more than history.. written in books.. it is written..

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***'Alfred's-Party', Outside Gates of Lundene***

/Father Beocca/

"Erkanwald!.. Bishop Erkanwald!.. News!.. Aethred might have found sacred relics!.. The ones stolen from the 'Priory' of Lindisfarne.. When the Danes first came to our lands in the year seven hundred.. ninety and three years after the death of our Lord and Savior!.. 'Jesus-Christ'!.. O a 'Blessed-Day'!.. A miracle brought to us by our lord up in 'heaven'!.." I inform the Bishop of Winchester.. Bishop Erkanwald.. a 'weasly-snobbish' feeble man.. I smile as I think of rubbing in the 'pagan-wolf's' victory against the very 'devil-turds' the pagans themselves.. rubbing it right in his 'uppity-snobbish' dumb face.. haha.. thats 'divine-intervention' if I ever heard of it.. let's see how they spin lies about Aethred now..

"Is this true?.. are you saying they are here in Lundene?.. We must make haste!.. Beocca what are you smiling in a daze for?!.. Lead me!.. to the relics!.." he stammered out as I was lost in thought not listening to him..

"Sorry.. cough.. follow me then.." I say whilst smiling and walking.. chuckling under my breath.. haha let's see what happens when they demands for the relics be given to the 'church'.. haha they'll shat themselves.. wait.. o.. no.. he might kill them.. bollocks!.. what to do..