Rise of Rurik

The Sorgon fleet of the Rus rushed to the east. Based on past experience, Rurik felt that his father would return at the earliest in early October in theory.

Even more pessimistic estimates, the fleet will return in mid-October.

In short, it is impossible for them to return at the end of October, and the reason is very simple. That is, at the beginning of November every year, the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea will begin to freeze, and finally the ice layer can be as thick as 50 centimeters.

What's more, some sea areas were frozen in mid-October.

Shortly after the fleet set off, an autumn rain hit Roseburg.

What is certain is that this autumn rain must have had a certain impact on Otto's fleet.

The Rus people are not afraid of this autumn rain. They paddle in the cold, so that when the rain stops for a while, the oarsmen can see the heat coming out of each other, especially when wearing hats, take off the velvet cap, the head Like a pot of water about to boil.

The temperature dropped sharply, and Rurik stood at his door, and he could feel the cold wind.

This is only an autumn rain, and the next situation can only be worse.

The autumn rain lasted for five whole days, and Rurik did not know whether everything was normal in the fleet commanded by his father, or whether anyone was sick. After all, they are sea warriors. Once they leave their home port, it is up to them to survive or destroy.

For the huge risk of sailing, the Rus people have long been prepared.

Up to now, if the fleet encounters disasters such as heavy snow, hail, and huge waves, most of the crew are buried in the sea, and even Otto himself is engulfed by the waves, and the clan can only accept their fate.

Compared with the previous era, today's Rus people have stronger anti-risk ability.

Because, the tribe no longer needs to compete for the position of the big leader through competition.

Times have changed and there is no need for this at all.

Could it be that a mortal, even if he is powerful, dares to compete for power with the "son of Odin"?

What's more, this person who has received the grace of the Great God, he is indeed the Son of God.

There are still quite a few clansmen accepting Rurik's favor, especially the boys in the clan.

After all, the body of the tribe is only 4,000 people.

More than a hundred and fifty of them, boys between the ages of seven and nine, became Rurik's boys, and the parents of the younger boys wished their youngest sons would immediately become Rurik's brothers.

Humans are always very realistic, and the parents of the children understand that any tribal boy younger than Rurik can get food rewards as long as they obey Rurik.

Look what the kids eat? Every day is a combination of oatmeal and meat, and the richness of the food will make adults salivate!

Most people are happy to see their young sons have the opportunity to eat enough, and by the way they also cut down on their family expenses, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Only a few insightful people realized that Rurik was far more sophisticated than his old chief's father.

Up to now, even in rainy weather, delicious meals are still provided.

Even the neglected and even dispensable tribal girls were organized by Rurik.

The time is already the end of September, and those orphaned girls from Melalen and refugee girls from Ostara are getting Rurik's favor every day. Even though some refugees have been taken in by the tribe, the refugee girls are still given food.

Rurik is indeed a benevolent sage, and this sage is based on the huge wealth that Rurik has spent a whole year in.

The children's food costs cost Rurik twenty silver coins every day. At present, he can fully support this expense. The so-called "big money box" is to do this! Rurik felt that he was using the money from the "tribal finances" to provide nutritious meals to the children of the tribe. The tribesmen couldn't understand it. All they knew was that Rurik was really a saint.

After nearly four weeks of training, the begging, long-term semi-starved girls, their scrawny statures have changed a lot.

The food they eat every day far exceeds that of their peers in other tribes, especially the intake of carbohydrates and fats, which is completely different from what they looked like when they first arrived in Roseburg.

Their small faces regained fullness and rosy, and many of them also appeared baby fat, and their blond hair was carefully washed and bundled into uniform and delicate braids.

They wore linen clothes tailored for them, in exactly the same fashion as Rurik's original ten maids.

Rurik's new maids from the Meralen tribe. All wore a silver necklace with the words "Loyal to Rurik" engraved on the back of the name given by Rurik.

It was for this name that Rurik racked his brains. Twenty from the letter A, twenty from the B, and another twenty from the C, until the servant at hand is named.

As for the meaning of the name, he has no time to control it. After all, the name is a code name that he can easily identify.

As for the refugee girls of the Ostara tribe, their identities are free, and naturally they don't need items such as nameplates.

But when they are blessed, they must fulfill their duty to defend the Ross tribe.

Yes, this is what Rurik asked Carlotta, the female chief of Ostara, to perform.

So everything becomes clear and clear in an instant.

Giving food to scrawny children is a sort of "sheep raising". Now, the flock will be organized, with the hope that, through training, it will become some kind of special fighting force.

Rurik, when the earth became harder after the autumn rain ended, the plan to train a team of female soldiers that was hidden in the depths of the heart has finally come to fruition.

September 25th, the autumnal equinox.

The sky was still cloudy on this day. Rumia, who had become a key priest in the sacrificial activities, stayed in the long priest's house last night, and now she is wearing a helmet with antlers on her head and holding two wooden sticks to support her body. Next, carry out the work of the great sacrifice of the autumn equinox.

And Rurik, that morning, a large number of girls accepted the order to summon and gathered at the door of the leader's house.

A large group of girls who had had breakfast, gathered together like a flock of chirping sparrows.

"They should all be here. Carlotta, you are their leader." Rurik at the dinner table teased slightly.

Carlotta swallowed hard: "Rurik, I'm... a little nervous."

"Huh? You want to choose revenge, and the Ostarans must also have a team."

"Could it be that women can too?!"

Carlotta tried to convince herself that the so-called female warriors on the battlefield were still powerful characters, but when she saw the strong men with big waists and stubble in the Ross tribe, she felt that her thoughts were a little naive. Also worried about whether Rurik's decision is reasonable.

Female warrior? How powerful can it be?

At this moment, Nia suddenly stretched out her right hand and placed it on top of Carlotta's head: "My child, listen to Rurik, you can do it."

The girl's heart was calmer, she knew that the Russ and the Ostarans had a common enemy, and only the Russ would really help the Ostarans.

She stood up and stood at the door under Rurik's guidance, only to see that standing beside her were only girls dressed in uniform and with completely uniform hairstyles.

Among them, the ten first-named maids were instructed to stand in the front row. They enjoyed the highest level of grace, and when they saw their masters, they all cast a cordial look.

Suddenly, Rurik drew his saber, and a metallic hum stopped the children's cacophony.

"Girls!" he shouted in a childish voice: "From today onwards, I will train you! You will no longer be weak women. I! Rurik! I will train you to be warriors who can fight. , this is your destiny!

I am the one blessed by Odin, and the one blessed by Thor and Frey, and you, my Valkyries.

Now, by my name, you are my Valkyrie Legion. "

Rus people, they don't understand the legend of the "amazon female warrior", but everyone knows Valkyrie, even this group of children who were once in distress, also know these legends.

In the legends of the north, the details are of course varied, but the core parts are similar.

Valkyrie is not a Valkyrie, but a group of goddesses, which is a group of female warriors, the maid of the great god.

Rurik wanted to organize the girls of the tribe as much as possible and form a team of female soldiers to defend the tribe in times of crisis. However, due to the inherent prejudice of the clansmen against women, he naturally had to give the troops composed of them a domineering name.

The Valkyrie Legion, now and in the future, is made up of the women of Rose. Maybe it's name is a little bit second, and the men of the tribe definitely eat this set.

Some girls are aware of the resounding title of this name, and there are also many people who are destined to be the sandstones that are carried forward by the torrent of the times, and they just want to obey their masters.

In short, the sage who gave the food every day gave orders. He was such a handsome, brave and kind boy!

The girls spontaneously cried out to express their support and approval.

The way they cheered was noticed by the Finn Yevro who was watching.

"Rurik, is your appealing power innate? I'm really following the right person." Yevluo was relieved, he leaned on a dead tree, folded his arms, and paid attention to the changes in the crowd.

Yevro also knew that his next job was to teach boys who could walk with unusually neat steps, very practical and powerful single-handed skills, in short, "one kill ten and make himself unscathed. Lossless" Nordic martial arts.

Yevluo knew even more that soon, he must also fully inform and teach Rurik about his combat skills. The future leader of the Rus must lead by example and become a strong warrior who knows his duty as a "teacher".

Even for the money and the daily treats, you must abide by your own professional ethics.

What the instructor Yevlo saw was the overwhelming response from the girls. He didn't think it was a good thing to train a group of little girls into berserkers who could slash with a shield. If they are going to fight, why don't female warriors wield some other weapons?

For example, throwing short spears, holding bows and arrows.

Yevro vaguely remembered that when he was in his hometown, the women of the tribe had to pick up sticks and stones to fight against the hostile tribes, and even fight against the various Varangians who attacked.

In fact, he does not think that the various Varyags are evil, specifically, people outside his own tribe are uncertain.

The Varyags are indeed guilty of being captured as slaves, but their own tribes will also take the initiative to attack others and rob people as slaves. This is how life is full of crises, and as a mercenary captain raised by Gould, Yevro has become more and more aware of a businessman's thinking.

There is no clear good or bad, everything is for profit.

So now Yevro really knows that what Rurik does is for the benefit of the Rus. If the Ross tribe under the rule of this child is not strong enough, a strong enemy will come to you. Even if the Rus people are very strong, strong enemies will come to them.

Rurik felt that the atmosphere was already very good, and he suddenly handed the sword into Carlota's hands.

"Girls! She is Carlota! The head of the Ostara clan! Now I declare that she is the commander of the Valkyrie Legion!"

Here, Rurik assigned Carlotta the name "Commodus", which comes from Latin and means commander of the army.

As for the title of "war chief" inherent in the Rus, let it be called history. Even the word "fohera" of the great leader has become history.

Carlotta was a little worried when facing the silent crowd. She looked at the steel sword in her hand again, and felt that what she was holding was obviously a sacred object.

She raised her right hand very stiffly to restore the steel sword, and her expression was quite dignified.

"Sisters, I am you... your commander. The daughters of Ostara, and the children of Meralen, it was Rurik, son of Odin, who gave me this... this power. Now, Please follow me."

She finished speaking, but the scene was still quiet. Because everyone really didn't know what to cheer about.

Rurik, who was staying beside Carlota, noticed that the eyes of the one-vote child were aimed at him, and at this moment, there were many adults who were watching, also casting curious glances here.

They are all waiting for further orders from their true masters.

The steel sword was still in Carlota's hands, and the girl in the current situation was embarrassed.

Rurik stood at her outstretched hand, grabbed her sword-wielding right hand, and raised it high.

"Valkyri! Carlotta! Ulla!"

"Carlotta! Ulla!"

...

Rurik shouted three times in a row, and then a group of girls shouted Carlota's name, but unfortunately they didn't understand the meaning of "Ulla" and simply didn't shout at all.

That's all, Carlotta has fallen into a trance, she has a lack of control, her nose is sore, and her eyes are full of tears.

She felt her destroyed Ostara clan resurrected! Although they are girls, they are cheering their names!

In a trance, she suddenly remembered the words of Merchant Gould - even if there is only one woman left in Ostara, the entire tribe can be revived, because you are a woman.

Is the "Valkyrie Legion" the power of revival?

In this way, a military force composed of pure women of the Ross tribe is now established.

It still looks extremely absurd. At present, no one takes a group of seven or eight-year-old girls seriously, and there are only a handful of wise men who really think that they are all potential stocks.

The team is formed, and the next step is training.

The clan that established this "women's organization" was buzzing for a while, and everyone was eager to have some interesting talk. No, the talk is here.

Rurik and Carlotta led more than one hundred and forty girls to the traditional training ground in the western hills, surrounded by the crowd and scrutinized. There, the boys have assembled and started their daily fights.

The boys lined up in a wall, and the wooden shields were intertwined. After that, everyone shouted slogans and collided with the other team in a very violent manner.

Training has become a dangerous game that boys who prefer to fight hard like it.

Because on the battlefield, a uniform queue charged, Rurik believed that if it was just an infantry war, not many enemies in this world could withstand such an offensive. There are only two essentials here, discipline and strength.

Although ancient warfare is a one-handed attack, discipline is always the key to winning a battle.

An undisciplined army, even armed with immortal weapons, is also a mob. This principle applies at any age.

The training the boys received to form formations and smash into walls continued throughout the warm season. Although they were only children, the old guys who knew it all knew that as long as these little boys were given another ten years, they would be extremely powerful Russ people. the power of! On this point, the old guys have reached a consensus in the chat that they like to hear and hear.

What's more, these boys have also learned a lot of grappling techniques, and as a result, the pattern of the wrestling game of the Rus people has changed! It became less reliant on pure brute force, and everyone began to ponder the techniques of hands and feet, and even in-depth study of tricks such as lying on the ground and locking the throat. Because, for special occasions, these tricks are terrifying techniques for killing enemies with bare hands.

The boys didn't suddenly become audible and ordered to act in unison.

Everything starts with queue training.

The new girls are naturally no surprise.

Rurik is here, but today's training is different.

The boys no longer need to train in formation collisions before the winter, but under the guidance of Yevlo, they learn the most brilliant singles and singles skills. It is said that if the formation is too chaotic and cannot be recovered, everyone will be broken into pieces. Can become a berserker mixed in the enemy pile. They had to learn the "I can hit ten" skill from Yevro.

And Rurik, he had trained the first ten maids to line up, and now they are also the captains, and Carlota is the commander of the legion. As for her sister Ella, who is obviously a lot weaker, she will be a "little soldier" for the time being.

Rurik was on the move, and now he was clearly giving a group of elementary school students military training.

Just like training the tribal boys last year, although it was very difficult at the beginning, in fact, it took a week of high-intensity training, and this group of girls must be able to move neatly. If he was armed with a weapon such as a stick at that time, it would have shocked the men of the tribe.

The most urgent thing for Rurik at the moment is to train these girls to form a neat line, and she will form a line on the beach to meet the triumphant fleet. Here is his "new trick" for his father Otto.

As for the ultimate goal, that is to control, to control the girls of the tribe, so that the men of the tribe realize that their daughters will never be burdens, but treasures cherished by future leaders.

Eventually boys and girls will grow up, their parents will grow old, and the Ross tribe will be able to complete a very intense metabolism over the next twenty years.

The tribe doesn't need the old guys now. Rurik knew that the group of boys and girls who shouted the same slogans and walked in neat steps was the future of the tribe.