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I readied my people a few days later for the battle we were soon to have. The other men and their parties did the same. We were going to sneak up on them tonight. I wasn’t going to take the chance they were going to come back with their own army and try and take us by surprise. This will be my battle, not theirs. Ivar wasn’t too happy about the whole battle. He didn’t want me anywhere near it, afraid I would get hurt. It wasn’t I he needed to worry about though.
I made sure my axes were sharp and ready. I strapped a bow and quivers to me also. My dagger was ready, and I was soon saddling my horse. Ivar and Finland were right beside me. I could tell Finland was more than ready, he had worn a secret smile on his face all day. I asked him early what he was so happy about and he said that
