Blood Has Been Spilled

This Saga is one that doesn’t leave the bloody part of lives outside. There are a lot of fights in which Gunnar participates. He does the impossible to kill his opponents. This shows his powerful roll in this story. He even kills a man who “has put a spell so that no weapon but his” (pg 49) could kill him. We then see how Gunnar doesn’t let this stop him and kills this man, “Gunnar struck at Hallgrims arm and the arm was crippled, but the sword did not bite. The halbalerd fell; Gunnar grabbed it and thrust it through Hallgrim.”(Pg 49) Why is the conquest against the Vikings being done? There is no explanation of this violence. Is there a good reason for this or is it just blood thirsty people who just want to carry deaths upon them? I must investigate this.