1. The absurd battle (Torfin and Torukor, Biao Lun and the Betrayer):
Historically, this was the golden age of the Vikings, an age of feral violence, and the warriors believed in Valhalla: dying in battle was a great honor, and Christianity gradually spread in the region. The main character group of this work - the warriors fight each other: whether they are mercenaries or pirates, they are either working for the desires of the "adults", or they are plundering beasts.
And both fights in this episode can be called ridiculous:
The first is the battle between Biao Lun and the betrayal: they each compete for a prince for their masters, but for the betrayers, Torukor does not accept surrender, the "heads" of the betrayal party are already stupid, and almost all the betrayers are killed. Kill; for Biao Lun, he had no idea of Asherath's intentions and ambitions, nor did he know that the soon-to-be-awakened prince would make the battle pointless.
The second is Torfin and Torukor: For Torfin, the protagonist of this work, he is only a slave of hatred at this time. He seems to want to kill Asherath for revenge, but is willing to use it for him, even at this time for him He fought Torukor in a duel to the death. His father, who lost his spiritual support at the age of seven or eight, actually just needs a reason to live. He is fighting meaningless battles - like a wild dog chasing the meat hanging from his forehead
Both fights are actually meaningless and absurd, only for Torukor, who lives for the fight, following in Thorz's footsteps to figure out what a "true warrior" is. He and Asherat were the only two sober people present, looking for their Vinland.
2. The conversation between the prince and the priest:
In the discussion of what "love" is, the priest believes that true love is "indiscriminate giving" that is full of the passion of Jesus and can only be obtained through sacrifice. This greatly impacted the prince's view of love, and together with Togunar's death, pulled him out of the care of "little love and little love" and the survival of the royal struggle. He began to realize that the gentle village that his servants had created for him was only an illusion, the real world was a scorched earth, without love, without meaning, people were driven by invisible whips, and death was the highest belief: the warriors of the god Odin longed for The call of Valhalla, the devout Christians take death as the essence of love, but the world of the living is like hell.
Further, the prince realizes the nihility of the belief that death is the destination. It is either a lie weaved by the big men for their own desires, or it is the helpless self-consolation of people in hell: the test given by the heavenly Father cannot redeem the warriors souls, they can only let them escape from their lives like headless flies. Togunar's death forced him to no longer be able to shirk his responsibilities, and made him resolve to "give meaning to the lives and deaths of the warriors, to give meaning to their battles"—to fight for unity to end the fight, to spread the The spirit and wisdom of fraternity allow people to live a stable and prosperous life - he will be the Togunar of Knut in the past, the Valkyrie of the warriors, and the Arudrius of Asherath male.
In contrast, the sacrificial spirit of Asherath and Thorz is destined to belong to "Ragnarok" - even if he understands what a real warrior is, Thorz's avoidance cannot end the fate of being driven, his Sacrifice can only save a boatload of lives, not even the soul of one's own son.
They can't find a "Vinland" in their hearts, but Knut can. He takes up the responsibility of the king, rebuilds a paradise on this land, and redefines what love is - he wants to create a "Vinland" in hell. ', He wants to become the heavenly Father on earth.
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