 Is today the day that Thorfinn finally gets the duel that he has been promised all this time? It's time to find out. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the channel. My name is JackTheBus, and yes, Vinlin Saga continues. Last time we saw the sort of invasion into France and Askeladd's sort of manipulation of the Franks and how easily he did it. And like I said, I think that was like a big character development episode inherently for him or not so much character development but just us getting even more an idea of how good he is at manipulating and just planning in general. He's a very intelligent guy as much as I disliked him for killing Thor's. That makes sense. We're gonna hop into this one if you're new to the channel. Make sure you drop a sub and let's get started. My gosh, it started with some light farming. Oh my gosh. Oh, here we go. We're gonna save this peaceful land and then Askeladd's crew like, just roll it up. You got like music like bumping. Oh wait. Oh, they're returning home. Probably for the winter. A year out away from home. I'm very curious to see this crew's like home life, like their families and what not. Thor was just like, all right, I'm ready for this, baby. Come on. 10, 12, 80. Youthland Peninsula. Bro, they took so much from the Franks. It's insane. Did someone die like yesterday? Askeladd's like this hero to them. Oh, no, Thor Van Kench is like doing a rampage here. They would kill him so fast. What? Why are all the women gathering? There is no way. There is no way. Oh my gosh, man. I mean, it makes sense. He's like glorified here. Uncle Gorm. Is this like his accountant? Is this banker? He and Askeladd are very different. Hortaland. Who is this? His assistant? Oh, she's a slave. I said assistant, slave. My bad. Oh, shoot. What does that mean? Oh, he's talking about Thor Van. Dude, it's finally happening, man. The duel we've been waiting for. Oh my gosh. The past years, this has been leading. Oh, I guess it has been less than a year because they've been gone from their home for a year. I don't know. How long has it been? Oh, put him on blast. No, he did not have to say that. Can we just say it's a duel, man? Wait, he looks like shocked. Oh, he's manipulating him. No, no, Askeladd would be cut off guard. He is trying to get to him emotionally. Thor Van said, I don't want none of that, man. He's still outmatched, isn't he? Come on. I think he's going to try throwing it again. It'll be like a callback to the first time he threw it. Oh, he hit it. He hit his blade. Wait, he's on arm now. Thor Van has the advantage. Oh, never mind. He's going to pick it up. I mean, I figured Thor Van was still outmatched though because like his father barely beat Askeladd and his father had years more of experience. Dude, don't let him talk. Oh, no, he's playing into it. He got him. He got him. He got him. It's over. He's just like, yeah, your father's pretty much forgotten already. He's lying so hard. Oh, he's lying so hard. This is crazy gaslighting. That's what I said. That's what I said. He's got him wrapped right around his finger. Oh, now he's got him fighting emotionally. He'll leave open weaknesses, defense is down. One fat attack. God, dang it, Thor Van. It's over. It's over. I mean, we know Askeladd's the master manipulator. It all led to that, him getting bodied. He just goes on with his day, just so chill. Why is his uncle so stunned? Askeladd is such an interesting character, man. I like aspects of him, but I can't like him. You know what I mean? It feels so split. Are they partying, partying? After a year out, away from your home and now you can just rest, eat, and just enjoy life, I would be celebrating too. I mean, they enjoy life even on the sea. Thor Van's just sitting on the ship? What if Thor Van's ever going to get so mad, he's going to try to turn on all of them? Oh my gosh, true. Oh, dude. Dude, this kid, man. He's really focusing on him. I thought he was kind of like a throwaway joke for a bit. He really wants to join the crew. No, Askeladd knows Thor Van wouldn't. Yeah. I mean, from the beginning he couldn't. He had the opportunity to. He has pride, honor. Yeah, just like his father. He says he's held back, but I thought he would have some like respect for him for it. I think this is playing into him. Pretends to be the master. Everyone is a slave to something. Damn, that's like a attack on Titan. Can you say everybody's drunk on something? What? Oh, he sees his father. Oh my God, bro. Oh, little Thor Van. I said, I wondered if he, if he thought on this, if he sat on it to this day, and he is. Oh, was she taking him food? Oh, Gorms told her to bring him food. Wow. That was Askeladd's uncle, no? I mean, at least Thor Van's like thinking about it, like it sits with him. They could bond. He could make a friend. There she called his ass out. This is all she has. War and all. There is a place. Oh, shoot. Oh, shoot. A perfect land. I don't know why that like made me like emotional. Oh, whoa. That's top tier helmet. vicinity of yelling. Oh, Denmark. Okay. Oh, they're prepping, man. We didn't time skip winter. What? This dude, man. It just like makes me angry seeing his face, his disgusting face. The king. Okay. So, yeah, winter's over. So, Danes of Denmark trying to capture England. Canute? I know. Is that Canute? Oh, so Canute is candidate to, okay. Brother Harald. Canute Harald. He has to prove himself. He wants to be king. You got to prove yourself on the battlefield to have people follow you. Canute Harald. Harald's Canute's brother. Canute vying for the throne. Candidate. I'm guessing that's him. Hmm. Interesting. Oh, it's going down, man. Dude, things move so fast in this. They waited a while. It was a long winter. Oh, wait. It's just speed running. Five meters. He was taking them. Army continued. Oh my gosh, they're rolling them. Oh, a temporary halt. Londonium. London. Just the merchant town. London, England. This is no small battle. What the f***? Oh my god. It's freaking Blackbeard's voice. I'd recognize that anywhere. Who is this guy, dude? This guy has like the energy of Askeladd, like turned up to 10. Okay, so, but we kind of introduced to some bigger players seemingly, like Canute, his brother Harald. Whoever this guy is, I feel like it's going to focus on him in the war. So, the war has begun. I don't know if we're going to see like Askeladd's groups like part, like their start in it, because it seems like it's just throwing us into the middle of it. But dude, that scene with like him talking about Vinland, I have to be reminded of that. I think that's why it hits so hard is things feel really bad and like just complete despair, and like Thorfinn is just crushed by this defeat that he was still isn't able to defeat Askeladd. But one, he still thinks about his father when he said to him, and two, he still preaches this land of Vinland. He hasn't like lost faith in it. A part of me thought that a part of him had kind of just abandoned that, been like there's no place that is safe. I thought he was going to kind of have the mindset of this slave where she's like, it's going to be bad anywhere. It doesn't matter. War is everywhere, pain is everywhere. But no, through it all, through thick and thin, Thorfinn still thinks about Vinland. And I imagine a world where he's with his family there, Thor's included, but I don't know. I don't know where the development of Thorfinn goes from here on out, because he did lose the duel. I mean, he'll probably just ramp up to another duel with Askeladd. I don't really know. Either way, man, I love how quickly things move and how it doesn't sit on the moment too long. It's perfect. And a character that finally is just talking with Thorfinn like one on one, that isn't just part of Askeladd's crew that's going to write him off. It gives us a lot more insight into his current thought process on just the world in general and his personal journey. But I also like the difference between Askeladd and his uncle, because like I see Askeladd as a very like rough, not like very empathetic guy. Yet he sees how his uncle treats the slave and he's like, that's not how I would do it. I think he still thinks that like having slaves is okay, but he sees things in a different way. Like he doesn't just see like beating them as effective. It's very interesting getting more little tidbits of like how he thinks and how he perceives things because he is probably aside from Thorfinn the most interesting character. I mean, obviously that we don't know that many big players, but it's starting to set more up with like Canute and whatnot. Guys, that's been it for my reaction to Beyond the Edge of the Sea. I hope you did enjoy. Drop a like on this one. It does help me out quite a bit and I'll catch you next time. Peace, peace.