Rise of Rurik

The golden sun shines on the white earth, and the whole world is so pure and holy.

After leaving the fjord of Roseburg, Rurik, who was in the team, was immersed in the clear air of northern Europe, and he saw the solemnity and holiness around him.

"Ah? No wonder the ancients described it as heaven. Because this is heaven."

The world was engulfed in ice and snow, and the non-stop north wind rumbled in his ears, and Rurik felt that his mind had been completely calmed.

"Let's keep going like this?" Rurik asked of his father.

"Of course. It's the only fast-track path we can choose."

Rurik didn't say much. He wrapped the deerskin tightly around his body, paying attention to the beauty of the distance and the firm footsteps of Yufu.

It can be said that the entire huge team is moving forward on the icy sea.

Howling north winds blow across the ice, making the frozen sea very different from the snow-covered land.

The frozen sea is simply a thoroughfare, and people on foot don't need to worry about getting stuck in snow, they can move at a faster speed. But they can't get off the coast

, they need the snow-covered coast, and the white land not far away, as the perfect guide.

In this era when there is no compass in northern Europe and no geomagnetism at all, hunters follow this north hunting path.

Everyone generally wears gray-black leather clothes, and some people wear white fox hats.

The short day passed quickly, and under the glow of the Northern Lights, the team was still moving forward.

Because of the snow and ice that covers the entire world, they reflect moonlight, starlight, and even lasers, and on a clear day, the Rus can theoretically travel through the night.

After leaving Roseburg, Rurik felt that his people had been on their way.

Whether it's a short day or a long night, everyone is running along the coast in an organized way.

How far can the clansmen walk in just one day? Rurik could not calculate with some tool, he could only evaluate it empirically.

Young warriors of the chosen tribe, they are generally tall, and this advantage of height and strength,

Makes the Rus generally taller than the Novgorods

a lot of. Just like Kawei's wife Lilia, Lilia is too thin compared to Kawei, who is good at blacksmithing and has exploding arms. People with a little common sense can see

It turns out that the huge difference in body shape between the two is not the difference between the sexes at all, but because the two ethnic groups are different in blood.

However, both the Rus and Novgorods came from the "Indo-European" ethnic group.

Rumia is not descended from Indo-Europeans at all. Although she is already twelve years old, she has a "proof of being a mother", but she looks more like a child.

son.

She is the kind of woman who doesn't seem to grow up.

For Rumia, her height can break through 160 meters, it is already commendable.

In the past year, Rurik has grown a lot, and his golden growth period is coming. Even so, Rurik measured the leather length by

With the rope ruler, I have determined that my height has exceeded 1.3 stika, which is actually a breakthrough of 130. In the next few years, Rurik is bound to grow by leaps and bounds

, when you are twelve years old, it is not too bad to grow to 160.

A boy with such a height can already make do with a sword-wielding warrior.

Not only boys, but a girl from the Ross tribe grows to twelve years old, and her height can almost exceed 1.6 stika.

I am afraid that the traditional age of majority among the Rus is set at twelve for this reason.

A group of tall and strong Ross warriors drove all night, they were like tireless mules and horses, only when the stars in the sky moved to the correct position, Otto announced to stop

rest.

Only at this time did the people of Kitakari begin to build their own camps on the snow-covered shore.

They piled up snow, quickly erected snow walls, and dug snow pits as their sleeping quarters.

Many have dug semi-cryptic snow pits, where they build a frame with sticks and then cover with a burlap. So, a winter camping tent

thus formed.

After nibbling on the wheat cakes they carried with them, Rurik and Rumia took the lead in getting into the tent that could shield them from the wind and cold.

"Hehe, did I become an Eskimo like this? Bah! The indigenous people of North Asia must live like this, even..." Rurik was confused

Thinking about it, he couldn't help asking about the winter life of the so-called deer breeder, Rumia, his head maid.

"Rumia, did you live in such a pit in winter?"

"It's basically like this." Rumia, who was lying on the leather cushion, counted her master Rurik's hand, and replied indifferently: "I... I'm a little dazed. It's like, you

It's my brother. "

"Did you think of the days gone by?"

"A little. I...I'm a little scared. I know, you're not my brother."

"No. Today, you treat me as your own brother." Rurik coaxed his woman, wiping away her tears. "Stop crying. Sometime in the future

In the meantime, I also want to experience the winter life of a deer breeder. I want to get to know those people better, you know, and I want to treat them as kindly as I would treat you..."

The girl instantly remembered last year's cold night, a boy with a sword, desperately defending his heroic appearance. Rumia cried even more fiercely, and was very bold and straight.

Hold tight to your master, your brother. It was as if the two were real siblings.

Rurik had the unique experience of sleeping in the snow for the first time, and when it was dawn, he woke up peacefully.

He and Rumia climbed out of the snow nest and could easily smell the aroma of barbecue in the air.

Because in the early hours of the morning, the traps built by some clansmen with special tools came to fruition, and the ignorant Snow Fox and Snow Rabbit tried to eat the bait and fell into a trip net.

Rather than shooting these animals with bows and arrows, it is more efficient to set up traps, which is what most hunters think.

Although the purpose of everyone's action is to fight an unknown enemy, but the action still has the name of "North Hunting", of course, everyone should take the opportunity to hunt.

If you step into the real unknown and catch a lot of ferrets, you will be really rich.

Otto ate the roasted snow rabbit presented by the tribe, he tore the half-cooked rabbit meat, and did not forget to take a sip of the strong wine in the glass bottle. He nibbled on the oatmeal he was carrying,

This breakfast is really delicious.

Otto also threw a skewer of roasted rabbit to his son.

The roasted rabbit with dripping oil had a ferocious face, and Rurik didn't think much about it, and immediately started to eat it.

Otto saw this scene clearly, and when he thought that the two children slept in the same sleeping bed yesterday, he couldn't help laughing; "Rurik, you are still too young.

do you know? Your Rumia is old enough to be engaged. It is a pity that you are not yet twelve years old. "

"I'll be twelve soon. Dad, you mean I'll be a real man when I'm twelve?"

Otto deliberately said, "Being a real man is not just about getting your woman pregnant, it's about having some merit. Listen, the more noble you are, the more you need it.

Merit. Just...if you could get Rumia pregnant, I'd be happy. "

As soon as these words came out, Rumia's heart shook violently, she put on a blank face, and immediately thought of many things in her mind.

"But she was a deer breeder. If she became my high priest, could it be..."

Otto understood what his son meant, and immediately said: "She can be your high priest or your wife. We are not the Frankish people in the south.

There are no restrictions on this. "

Rurik snorted, and gave Rumia some of the rabbit meat he had eaten in his hand.

"In this case, I have to be nice to my woman."

Otto held the glass bottle, and he felt that his son's actions had a deeper meaning.

"We'll be on our way again in a while. Rurik, you know that prophecy, Veria's prophecy has never been wrong. This time our enemy is not a deer.

People, but the enemy is very mysterious and we need to be vigilant. "

"I understand." Rurik said perfunctorily: "I hope there will be some mysterious enemies that need to be easily dealt with. At that time, my mercenaries will attack first."

Soon, the team set off again.

To Rumia's great relief, the first target of the Russ' attack was no longer the deer breeders. Besides, if the armies of the Rus continue this way along the coast before

Entering, the team basically does not encounter deer breeders.

Rumia, who had already revealed some information about the northern world to Otto, also had reservations.

Because of the appearance of Rumia, Otto has a new understanding of the unknown places in the north, such as the sea at the end of the world is real.

Rumia claimed that when she was a child, she and her family once looked at the North Sea, and it was said that the end of that icy sea was the edge of the world. Only when winter comes,

When darkness completely covers the world, the sea area will be completely covered by ice and snow. At this time, the brave can step on the ice to explore the end of the world.

Of course Otto believed Rumia's words. After all, what the deer-raiser girl said coincided with the information provided by Vilia.

Rurik, of course, has greater reservations about this information.

Rurik did not explain that the so-called sea at the end of the world was icy eyed, nor did he tell his father and all the people the details of the whole world. For example,

He did not specify the true coastline of the Baltic world where Roseburg is located.

Rurik felt that sometimes it was too detailed, and the clansmen could not understand the vast amount of information. In a word, if they can believe that they are always going to be taken, they will be able to see the "world"

The sea at the end of the world", that's enough.

If the clan's army continues north, encountering a clan of deer-herders herding in winter is almost a certainty.

Rumia knew that the deer breeders would not venture to the southern shores, and that they did not want to meet the Vikings or have too much contact with the Finns.

Only the armies of the Rus walk along the coastline, and their troops encounter new deer breeders, but what is the mysterious enemy?

Rumia, she was even more convinced of the high priest's prophecy. Thinking of the high priest not very vaguely pointing out that this action was actually his own master, Rurik

The first battle, she was very nervous.

First battle? Who is the enemy? Is it necessary to fight an unknown enemy? Will something go wrong? He...will never get hurt.

The changes in things could not tolerate Rumia's influence, and even the marching route of the Ross tribe was not influenced by human will.

The march lasted for four full and short days.

Along the way, they marched and hunted by the way.

In the past days, many tribes have gained a lot. On the sleds pulled by some people, the supplies increased.

If not particularly necessary, the Rus do not consume precious wheat. They tried their best to eat snow rabbits and foxes they hunted, and they peeled their furs and kept them for money.

Moreover, special attention was paid to preserving the leg bones of foxes, so-called processing into special tools.

Compared to tribal warriors with short wooden bows, Rurik's crossbow has gained a lot. Because it can aim and shoot, the heavy arrows launched are very powerful.

As you can see, hunting suddenly becomes easier.

Yevluo and his men, after losing five crossbow arrows (flying into the thick snow, could not find them), caught more than fifty snow rabbits, and

Ten white foxes.

It's funny to say that those white foxes stopped deliberately and saw strange things approaching them. They feel that the distance is still safe, and the body has just made an escape

As he was preparing, he was suddenly hit by a crossbow arrow. The arrow can even penetrate the body of the fox, and the snow fox was killed on the spot. It is such a fox fur with two huge holes.

, making it a poor seller.

But it also really proved the lethality of heavy crossbow arrows to flesh and blood.

According to Yevlo's claim, everyone who tried their luck in the nearby woods also encountered a group of arctic wolves. However, the wolves chose to retreat, causing Rurik to miss a

An opportunity to fish for wolf skins.

Rurik's mercenaries did not succeed in hunting wolves, but some people did.

The warrior who killed the arctic wolf cut off the wolf's head and inserted it into the head of his short spear which served as a marching staff. Such a person is not limited to trouble, just to show the wolf

Show off your strength to others.

For four or five days, the army of the Ross tribe continued to walk out towards the end of the so-called "explored world". So far, Beishou's actions are in the true sense.

of hunting.

Some of the seasoned young hunters with bows and arrows in revenge against the Gotlanders at the end of April, with their not very good hunting bows, let their snow

The sled has piled up a lot of rabbit skins.

Along the way, the team crossed several frozen rivers, and soon the team also obviously made a geographical turn.

The procession is no longer a road going straight to the north, but straight to the east along the coastline.

Before long, the fishermen accompanying the team recognized a large frozen river.

The fishermen of the Ross tribe have long believed that the waters north of Fort Ross are lacking in fish resources, but some brave fishermen decided to make an on-the-spot investigation. just inspected

As a result, there are indeed few fish in the northern waters, although several nearby rivers have large populations of salmon and trout.

It is that the mouth of the river in this area is a little far from Roseburg, and the migration of salmon happens in the already cold September. Fishermen generally do not want to take risks, for fear

The fish was caught by himself, and the fishing boat was frozen on the sea.

This time, after exchanging opinions with a group of young fishermen accompanying them, they clearly told the leader Otto: "This is the salmon river that was explored by the brave."

"Salmon River"? A very strange and unfamiliar name.

Otto thought about it, maybe last year's adventure north hunting, the team passed the upper reaches of this river, but at that time everyone helped on the way, and the so-called scenery they saw.

All are brand new. In that extreme cold and harsh conditions, people who explore are full of fear of the unknown world.

After learning that his tribe had actually explored this place in the summer, Otto no longer felt that the road he had traveled before was the so-called adventure road.

But the route that should have been traveled by boats in the past has become the feet of the brave this time.

Facing the wide frozen river, under the "hot sun" of the short day, Otto raised his long sword and raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers! This salmon river is our Luo.

The limit of human exploration! Let's cross this river and explore the unknown world. Go and fight the unknown enemy! Bros! Come with me! "

Otto didn't say any more, not even sledding.

He held up a Damascus steel sword full of patterns, and in the name of the big leader, he took the lead in selling the first step across the river.

Seeing this, inspired people followed.