Chapter 64 The Last Deer Herder

The resistance of adults is indeed stronger than that of children, but Otto obviously overestimates the situation of deer farmers.

He judged others by himself, naively thinking that the children of the deer herders could be as tough as the children of the Ross tribe. However, after inspection by Harold Zuosen, he found that three children were as hard as ice lumps. .

The remaining four children are obviously slightly older. Although their conditions are not good, their bodies are still cold, but they still have a pulse.

"There are still four alive." Harold Johnson sighed.

"Well, I thought they were all dead."

"Chief, although the children are still alive, I think their condition is one step away from death. These prisoners are just afraid They are all going to die these days, and they are destined to be taken away by the Valkyrie."

"Maybe that's it." Otto shook his head. He paid more attention to plundering than caring about these prisoners. Deer, "The deer farmers are all dead. Who among us is better at raising deer than these people?"

Haroldoson reluctantly said: "Well, maybe raising deer is not difficult, we just need to drive them away. Just go eat grass on the hillside. Didn't you also say that our Roseburg was a pasture for deer farmers a long time ago?"

"If you take the deer back, they will soon become. I can't expect my wife to raise deer. If I fail, I'll eat them all. Just try to save the remaining prisoners." Haro Zuosen held his chin and muttered, "It is estimated that the chance of the four of them returning to Roseburg alive is very slim. Although they are still children, at least they know how to raise them better than us. Deer."

"That's fine. Now, I have to take care of these people."

Otto was very happy to leave this girl as his son's future servant. Luckily I didn't freeze to death.

He already remembered this girl's childish appearance, and even more so the rather complicated braids she wore.

"Hello Johnson, take good care of the other three children and try not to let them freeze to death and starve to death. As for this one, I will take care of her personally."

Hearing this, The very old Haro Zuosen was stunned: "Chief, are you... Niya... maybe you should follow his consent."

"Oh? What do you think I want? Hehehe ! How is this possible? I just want her to be my son's servant, nothing more." "So is this girl a little old?"

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you are a little older or not understanding our language is not a problem for the time being. Because Niya and I are already old and may not be able to accompany Rurik for more years. Poor Rurik, At least I have to leave him a sister to take care of him."

Haro Zuosen nodded: "If so, this girl is really lucky."

"But I don't understand yet. ValkyrieIf the fate of the captives is death, there is nothing we can do. I just hope that my long-cherished wish can come true. ”

Otto actually did not notice that the reason why many children froze to death was that their clothes were too thin.

In order to allow his son’s servants to insist on returning to Roseburg, he He began to pay more attention to the girl's warmth, and also paid more attention to her mental condition.

When a piece of animal skin was draped on her body, the girl's condition gradually improved. Tuo immediately handed over a piece of bacon jerky.

“Chew it slowly and try not to starve to death. ”

Hunger was irresistible. As soon as the dying girl recovered, she couldn’t wait to eat bacon.

The salty taste inspired her instinct to eat. Maybe this She ate more salt in one meal than she had in a year.

Otto was still afraid that she would struggle to escape. After she finished chewing the meat and wrapped it in fur, he continued to tie her up. With his hands and feet, he carried the whole person onto the sled.

Ignoring the girl's incomprehensible language, he firmly fixed her on the sled. The whole person was like a piece of cargo. During this time, she watched the group of barbarians keep moving towards the south quietly.

She didn't know where she was going, and she didn't pay attention to the situation of her family.

However, the actual situation is very tragic!

Haro Zuosen did not take good care of the other three people. He argued that "it was God who took their lives." The real situation is that Haro Zuoson did not take good care of them. The captives were also helpless to keep warm.

On the fourth night of the return trip, all three children under his care turned into cold "stones" in the cold wind and were abandoned. In the snow.

Otto did not blame his old friend for what happened.

Because the team had already arrived at the big camp with a large number of deer and had already started. Following the road signs set when they came, they started the fastest return journey.

Those who stayed in the big camp waited for many days. When they saw the leader returning victorious with his herd, they all regretted not following them. Go.

Of course Otto didn’t blame these people.

Once upon a time, everyone was rumored that the location of Fort Ross was close to the edge of the human world, and they continued to go further north. , you will fall into the dark world under the World Tree

The fear of the unknown world restrains the desire for exploration of many so-called timid people, and Otto’s triumph is a reward for the brave.

Now Otto is even a little lucky. If everyone participates, it is obviously impossible for him to have a hundred deer.

There are still too many deer.

In principle, this is a gift to my son, it belongs to himServant, but the girl is essentially going to be a member of her own family.

Because Otto is not stupid enough to treat servants as "talking tools", the girl still has a lot of work to do before her son grows up.

He has to do various chores in his family's longhouse, he has to help his wife Niya with her tailoring work, he has to take care of his son's daily life, and he also has to take on the responsibility of a deer herder - raising deer. .

With so much labor, the owner naturally wants to ensure her safety in order to obtain more labor value.

This is just like in the Eastern world, a family considers a plowing ox or a grinding donkey as a family member.

But the servant is a human being after all. For a few days, Otto could feel that the girl was as docile as a lamb. Now he simply no longer restrained her with ropes.

In a situation like this, a smart person will understand that escaping can only mean freezing to death.

It was not entirely because of this practical reason that Otto released her from restraint, because among all the captives, this was the only one who survived to this day.

The reindeer pulled the sled, making the team's journey significantly faster. Also because everyone was focused on traveling, every day except for sleeping, they basically spent time driving the deer on sleds, and some weak deer were even killed by exhaustion.

Otto did not know the name of the deer herder girl at all, but he was very sure that it was the Valkyrie who spared the girl's life.

Including those who died, only one of the nineteen deer herders survived. Why was she the only one alive? !

A surprising idea suddenly appeared in Otto's mind.

"Yes! I have already chosen this person as my son's servant. When I made the decision, the Valkyrie had already seen everything clearly in the sky!"

O Toto even came up with a more interesting association. The so-called great god Odin has a group of Valkyrie servants around him, so as Rurik, the "Blessing of Odin", he should have some servants around him.

So if you don’t do well and cause this girl to die on the journey, it will definitely bring disaster to yourself and even to Roseburg.

Otto is such a person, especially when he saw the wooden boards collected by the priest, his whole thoughts also converged with the priest. He was more in awe of Odin than ordinary Rusians, and never questioned whether Odin was real.

Now he has made up his mind to bring back the last deer herder and as many deer as possible.