Danish landowner Ketil instructs his slave Einar to work with Thorfinn to clear a vast forest.
Einar is surprised and pleased to learn he can purchase his own freedom if the value of the harvest taken from the land he cultivates exceeds his own. However, Thorfinn's express remains as dark as ever.
I'm not spending my whole life here 
in the middle of nowhere.
.لن أضيّع حياتي كلّها في هذا المكان النّائي
Als ob ich ewig hier
im Hinterland versauere.
No pasaré el resto de mi vida
en medio de la nada.
No pasaré el resto de mi vida
en el culo del mundo.
Je finirai pas ma vie
dans ce trou paumé.
Non voglio mica morire qui,
in mezzo alla campagna.
Eu não vou passar o resto da
minha vida neste fim do mundo.
Чёрта с два я здесь
до старости сидеть буду…