The ships had been sailing near the coast line and Olaf looked and called for ethelwold who came and Olaf said "we should be heading to the end of west frankia, so priest this is where we go round this part of stretch out land and sail down the land and we will be heading to the Spanish land which is under the control of the Muslims," to which the priest said "yes you will be heading in the right direction but the Muslims known as the emirate of Córdoba have been having problems as they have been losing land to the the kingdom of Leon ," who heard this looked to his son and said "it looks like this land is in constant conflict on religious and for power from the looks of it.
They had reached the bay of biscay and continued sailing nearby as the saw the land and Olaf new that this was not a good point and they sailed down along side the Atlantic sea and they soon saw a port and went to it.
When they arrived Olaf thought they shout en going raid soon but they small group at the port and it looked like they where waiting for them and this interested Olaf who shouted "it looks like there people who are waiting don't attack unless I order!"
when they reached port Olaf walked to them, and one of them started speaking in a language that Olaf didn't understand but another spoke after "he welcomes you northmen to our country as guests and that he is the son of the ruler of this land," Olaf was surprised that they new who they were and asked "you know us?' after it was translated the response was "yes, your fame for attacking the Frankish kingdom and making all the Christians speak of you as the devil made us want to meet you and when your banner was seen sailing near the coast we knew that this port would ideal to attack."
Olaf like the way this man thought and said "okay so that means you have something to offer us and that's why you met us," after the translation the man known as Mohammed who was the son of the emir smiled and spoke which was translated "your smart as I hoped, yes I and my father do how about you come with us to the capital for feasting and celebrations as guest and we can tell you of our offer," Olaf who heard this spoke " okay so we can sail there?" Which was replied to "yes we can guide you to further down the the coastline there is a river and 2 days of travel will lead you to the city."
Olaf nodded as they came to an agreement of going to the city and after resting for a short while left the port with the new company and sailed further down and moved east for sometime before reaching a river that went inland and the Vikings sailed it up and Olaf looked at the new culture that was very different from what he has seen of England,frankia and of Scandinavia which made him happy to see new things a day later. Going up river and they reach the capital and all they saw was celebrating people of their arrival and Ragnar said "don't this people know that we almost attacked them before," and Olaf said " well we didn't and look at all the women who want to have fun," and Ragnar smiled to this and they docked their ship and all the Vikings went to enjoy the hospitality of the people while the leaders were escorted to the castle and saw a large hall with a table and they all sat on the floor and feasted, Muhammed said that his father would soon come and joined them after some time the emir came and sat near Olaf and said " I welcome you as guests, please enjoy all that this place has to offer," and he clapped his hands and belly dancers came in and started moving around them, Olaf looked at his son and lean close to the translator and whispered to him who told the emir and after hearing it he smiled and told two dances who went to Sigurd and pulled him, the boy was confuse and looked at his father who spoke "we can't have a virgin boy fight all this battles with us go and enjoy we can have you possibly die as a virgin your a Viking," to which Ragnar laughed in agreement and the boy was taken to have the time of his life with tow different women.
Olaf after eating looked at the emir and asked why they invited and what offer they have, after hearing the question the emir went or explain, it turned out that the kingdom of Leon had become more aggressive over time with attacks and that there would be another attack that would come and they wanted to hire the northmen as mercenaries to help with defend them, he got up and escorted them what was a room filled with treasure and said that all this would be their if they succeeded in repelling the Leon's army, Olaf after hearing this stayed in thought for a while then spoke and asked if the army for Leon is ready and the emir said that the army was forming near the border and after finishing would come, after hearing this Olaf said why didn't they march out first and destroy the army when they didn't know and raid their lands so they weaken, hearing this emir smiled energetically and agreed and said Olaf can go with his force that will be led by his son as soon as possible, and there was now an agreement between Olaf and emir, that would comprise of wealth and when they would attack.