His armies were ever on the move, and the cry of battle was never intermitted.

On the south-east he extended his conquests to the Carpathian mountains, where they skirt the plains of Hungary.

In the north-west he extended his sway, by all the energies of fire and blood, even to the shores of the Baltic, and to the Gulf of Finland.
Elated beyond measure by his victories, he attributed his success to the favor of his idol gods, and resolved to express his homage by offerings of human blood.

He collected a number of handsome boys and beautiful girls, and drew lots to see which of them should be offered in sacrifice.

The lot fell upon a fine boy from one of the Christian families.