The mysterious aliens have a clear identity. They are the Covin Suomi people, part of a group of Finns whose existence is relatively weak but actually exists.
The leader calls himself "Woima Kashad", which means "heavy rain".
Rurik estimated from this name alone that there must have been a heavy rain when this guy was born.
The leader showed a strong groveling attitude, showing a flattering smile from time to time, as if the people lying in the snow were not his tribesmen who died in the battle.
To be honest, Rurik was a little disgusted with the surrender, and his momentary pug attitude disgusted the winner.
Now that he knew the identity of his opponent, Rurik even hoped that this guy would put up some more resistance, so that his men would have enough reason to kill him.
Maybe this person is still useful?
Rurik motioned to Yevro to untie the hemp rope that bound the leader’s hands.
Jevro was greatly surprised: "Master, let go of his shackles and he will escape."
"Then let him escape." Rurik did not He casually pointed to the crossbowman under his command, "I can kill him with just one arrow. Just like shooting a snow rabbit easily."
The hemp rope was loosened, and this Voima Kashad had no intention of fleeing.
Because of the battle just now, he not only realized the terrifying military might of the Varyags, but also learned that these madmen also had deadly weapons, causing his men to die inexplicably.
But as he got deeper into the Varyag group, he also understood that the so-called mysterious weapon that could easily kill people was essentially a bow.
Also, he found it incredible that a group of strong men, and even warriors from the Suomi (Fin people) in the south, nodded and bowed to a little boy.
With the restraints released, the guy tried his best to get closer to Rurik.
This move made Jevro instinctively vigilant. He had a sword and ax in hand and was determined to protect his master's safety.
"Oh, my new master, I am one of your hounds. I am the most loyal."
"Rhetoric!" Yevlo yelled angrily.
"What did he say?" Rurik asked.
"It's nothing, just to show loyalty."
Hearing the man continue to yell, Rurik asked again: "What did this guy say again?"
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"Master, he is asking, are you commanding normal battles?"
Rurik climbed up the snowy slope with a steel sword. He impatiently ordered casually: "Tell him, I am in command. Yelov, tell him to shut up."
"Follow your orders."
Yelov did not tie him up again He grabbed the prisoner's hands and tied his mouth with a rope. He ordered some mercenaries to string their crossbows, claiming that they could execute this guy at any time and at any time, which was unbelievable.
Compared with the mess on the hills, LiuliKe has his only prisoner on hand.
Otto on the top of the mountain blamed himself for not restraining his men well and not keeping any prisoners. However, the subordinates did not attack the slaves controlled by the foreigners. The slaves were shivering in the cold wind on the hills. At least, they could still shiver.
As for the dead aliens, they were blown into lumps of ice by the cold wind from the Arctic in a short period of time.
A short warrior climbed up the hill. The sun cut through the clear air and reflected dazzling light on the bronze shield on his leather helmet.
Rurik's victory did not make Otto wait long. He was happy to see his son ascending the hill as a winner.
Otto casually asked a few brothers to follow him to greet Rurik. He first greeted the soldiers, and then asked: "Did you completely win? Is anyone injured?"
After the battle, Rurik surprisingly did not feel the joy of a winner.
He was still a little excited, and replied with a dull face: "We are safe. I basically killed all the enemies with just arrows."
"Ah ?Is this true?" Otto was shocked.
"It's absolutely true. Now the hillside is full of enemy corpses. Now, only one enemy is captured." After saying that, Rurik winked, and poor Voyma Kashad Being escorted.
Jevro even kicked the prisoner, causing him to kneel on the ground.
Otto looked at this guy and couldn't help but recall: "Just now I saw a guy wearing a strange hat running away, maybe this is him."
"Yes. This man was indeed wearing a hat when I decided to shoot him. "What a coward." Otto suddenly raised his steel sword and struck down.
However, Otto stopped at the moment when the sword edge was almost close to the prisoner's neck, and what he received in return was Woima Kashad's loud plea for mercy.
"What a coward. How could he be such a coward and capture a group of deer herders?" After muttering to himself, Otto did not forget to spit.
In Otto's eyes, the deer herders themselves are a group of cowards, people who can be bullied by nature. In other words, the deer herders and the reindeer they raise are to the Russians. Same.
Those people are naturally tamable, and Otto does not have too much contempt for them.
However, the guys who escaped on the hill were clearly on the verge of collapse. How could they capture and enslave the deer herders?
With the appearance of a prisoner, Otto quickly figured out the entire situation.
Now, Woima Kashad, who was kneeling on the snow with his hands tied again, began to tell his story to the leader of the Rus among the Varyag people.
It turns out that just last autumn, a Coven hunting team that explored the north dragged their sleds away from their stronghold after the first snow fell. There were originally fifty people in this Kewen group, but as a resultBecause of a sudden snowfall and failure to keep out the cold during the night outdoors, five people froze to death overnight.
For them, winter hunting is about great fortune and high risk. After all, it was not them who died. The living people lamented that the dead "had their lives taken away by the Snow God", and then decided to continue heading north.
They came here for the valuable furs from the north, so the Russians searched their hill camps and seized more than 200 ferret and fox skins!
Even more than a dozen deer skins.
So in a very short period of time, Otto completed the distribution of all the captured leather. For example, those warriors with enemy blood stains on their swords and axes can reasonably benefit from it. Those who did not drink blood with swords had no choice but to be allocated some cheap loot.
This group of Corvins did not hunt a group of ferrets by themselves. During the hunting expedition, they attacked a clan settlement of deer farmers.
During the battle, three of the Covins died, and the Deermen's settlement was completely defeated.
After a dozen people fled with most of the domestic reindeer, the remaining group of people were controlled.
Just like the Russians' attitude towards deer herders, the Covins also feel that these weak people from the north are a kind of natural slaves.
The hunting trip turned out to be unexpected. The Kewen expedition team escorted the prisoners and decided to return home with a large amount of loot.
They walked along the frozen river and found a unique hill in the flat forest snowfield.
As the leader, Woima Kashad had a strong premonition that there was some kind of mysterious power in this hill.
Sure enough, the Kewen expedition team was surprised to find that the hill was a huge mine.
When Otto and Rurik heard this man’s self-narration, they were a little surprised that their group had also had an adventure with a deer herder.
Otto was still shocked when he heard that the Covin people discovered the mine.
The kneeling Woima Kashad spoke with regret: "We ordered the deer herders to mine for us. We originally planned to dig some ore and bring it back to make iron tools. Unexpectedly, you showed up. ”
“You still have iron weapons? But I saw that your weapons have a lot of stone spears,” Otto said disdainfully.
After Jevro translated these words exactly as they were, Voyma Kashad hooked the humble head of the weakling.
For Rurik, the discovery of a huge open-pit mine was completely within his expectations.
The short day was coming to an end, and taking advantage of the afterglow of the evening, the Russians had to set up a camp again.
This time, the Rus set up camp under the hills and lit bonfires in the cover of the forest.
Because the Russians would not be stupid enough to light a large number of bonfires on the top of the hill.
Although the Russians are not afraid of any enemies, they are just worried about sudden and unexpected attacks.The fire in his eyes scares away potential prey.
Because of Rumia, Rurik now has a very kind attitude towards the captive group of deer herders.
Before Rurik, Rumia was already comforting her own people and asking about the identities of these deer herders.
Unexpectedly, after this back and forth, Rumia actually asked the other party’s details.
Rumia hurried to Rurik who was eating meat around the campfire, and said urgently: "Rurik, I have found out the identities of those people."
"Is he still a relative of yours?" Otto, who was sitting on the side and also chewing on roasted snowshoe meat, asked disapprovingly.
Just at this question, Rumia's expression instantly became firm.
She turned to Otto and said: "Big Chief, they are indeed my relatives."
"Huh? Your relatives?!" Otto tugged at his beard, I couldn't help but ask: "Do you still have any relatives? Your people were taken away by the gods last winter, and the great god left you alone to be my son's servant. Why do you still have relatives?!"
< p>"It's absolutely true." Rumia's attitude was unusually certain, which made Otto even more suspicious.Otto thought for a moment and forced a smile: "I think you just want to protect them? You want me to treat them well."
Rumia immediately knelt down after hearing this. He came down and begged: "Big Chief, I really hope you don't hurt them. They are willing to be slaves."
Otto shook his head and signaled: "You shouldn't beg me. Remember, your Master, not me."
Rumia suddenly realized.
Rurik grabbed the braid on the back of Rumia’s head, like the reins of a horse, and pulled her to his side.
Looking into her eyes, Rurik said seriously: "Rumia, do you still remember our agreement? I will become the leader of all deer herders. Your fellow tribesmen will now Get my blessing."
For a moment, the girl's nose felt sour and she cried with joy.
Rumia’s previous words really aroused Rurik’s idea. I’m afraid this girl didn’t lie from the beginning.
"They are really your relatives?"
After wiping away her tears, she said seriously: "They are really my relatives. Rurik, maybe You don’t know that we deer farmers can list for you all our relatives from ten generations ago. I found that their leader was a biological brother of my grandfather five generations ago.”
< p>The barbecue in Rurik's hand almost fell to the ground.We have been on the fifth server, can we still be considered relatives? Perhaps, in the deer farmer’s concept, all deer farmers are one family.
Rurik gnawed the barbecue clean in three strokes, stood up and summoned his mercenaries, especially Jevro.
He took Rumia's hand and said, "Let's go and see your people."
At this moment, Otto did give all the captured deer herders " excellent"Treat".
The so-called preferential treatment naturally does not harm their personal safety, and this large group of guys are also given clothing to keep out the cold, and even linen for setting up tents at night.
Otto ordered to give them some food, but did not give more. He really didn't know that these guys could be as knowledgeable as Rumia, because Otto did not tie their hands and feet with hemp rope, but only sent them. A few subordinates just asked to keep an eye on them.
All the deer farmers gathered together. Because they had negotiated with Rumia, everyone's fear was relieved.
Rurik came with proud steps and saw a large group of ragged and short people sitting together. He casually asked in the language of deer herders: "Who among you is the leader? "
The deer herders present were shocked by the smell.
Rumia immediately shouted; "Uncle Alska, stand up!" He is my master and a good man. ”
After a while, a short, middle-aged man crawled out of the crowd.
In the dim light of the bonfire, Rurik looked at this man with a special appearance.
Through this person's face, Rurik could clearly see the shadow of an Asian, even more Asian than Rumia.
That's right, this group of people. The ancestors of the deer farmers migrated from Siberia. At this time, they did not have much European blood.
Because of this, the height of the deer farmers is not as high as that of the Finns.
In these years, Rurik has only seen strong men from the Ross tribe, but now he sees the adult men among the deer herders, they are like a group of hobbits
Because of their short size, clumsy weapons, and sparse population, they naturally became a miserable existence.
Rurik had already talked with his father, and he had obtained his father's authorization. Taking control of the life and death of this group of deer farmers
Of course!
Rurik continued to order in the language of deer farmers: "All of you. Men, stand up. "
Nine low deer herder men gathered around the leader named Alsaka, waiting for Rurik's new words.
"All women, but also There are children, all stand up. Stand in a group like your men. ”
The men and women of the deer herders were divided into two groups, and Rurik was proud to see them all clearly.
The beard of the deer herder Alsaka trembled unconsciously, and he was shocked. A Russian boy actually understood the language of his own people. He finally couldn't hold it in anymore and asked everyone's most urgent need: "You... can you spare our lives? "
"Are you afraid of death? "Rurik asked deliberately.
"Sir, if men are destined to die, please save the lives of our women and children. ”
Hearing this, Rurik had a little respect for these men.
RurikKe deliberately said: "Why talk about death? If we wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago. Listen, all of you kneel down now! Be my servant, and I will ensure the safety of all of you."
For the time being, they were indifferent...
When Lumia saw this situation, she became anxious on the spot. She shouted loudly: "Kneel down quickly! Master Rurik will protect everyone. Safety! He is the greatest saint, your... your shaman! It can be said that from Lapland to Magadan, it spans 10,000 kilometers of Northern Europe and North Asia. This term is common to North Asian ethnic groups.
"You...are you going to be our shaman?" Alsaka asked cautiously in shock.
Rurik responded accordingly: "Yes. I am your shaman. Even if I am a Russian, I am still your shaman. This is fate!"
This is the end of the matter. At this point, the deer herder Arsaka and all his tribesmen knelt down and swore an oath to Rurik as their servants.
However, in the eyes of the deer herders, this magical child who can speak the language of the deer herders and will surely become the leader of the Varangian Rus tribe is his new shaman.
Usually the shaman is served by the grandmother in the clan. The shaman is a witch doctor and the decision-maker of the clan.
In their eyes, Rurik has become their leader.
The way they surrendered was really satisfying. Originally, Rurik felt that he needed a little tougher tactics to force them to surrender completely. He really didn’t expect that he would pass the time of boredom and learn from the deer herders with Rumia. language vocabulary, this time came in handy.
"You all stand up!"
At the command, the group of deer herders stood up in unison.
To show goodwill, Rurik removed his sword, took Rumia's hand and led him to stand among all the deer herders. He caused these new servants to gather in a circle toward him.
“Now, I am the shaman you can trust, and you are my people. You must show your loyalty to me, the betrayers will be killed, and the loyal ones will always be safe and protected by the Rus. ”
The leader Alsaka thinks this is a huge favor, but he also feels that things are not that simple.
"Shaman, what can we do for you?"
"Raise deer for me, this is the job of all of you!" Rurik said firmly.
"However, our herd of deer was lost. The remaining deer were killed by the Covin people."
"Don't worry, you will soon go to the territory of our Rus people. . I raise some reindeer there, but I am a professional deer herder. I ask you, can you raise some other livestock, such as cattle and sheep?"
"Of course! Okay."
"Very good. From now on, you will never have to worry about safety. If you work for me in the future, I can protect the safety of all of you."
Leader Alsa. kajueI feel that I have been blessed by the gods, a saint has saved everyone, and my future life seems to be full of light.
For Rurik, the appearance of these deer farmers was an unexpected surprise. There are indeed very few reindeer on hand, but as a group of professional deer herders, they may be able to multiply the herd well. Not only raising deer, but also raising sheep and cattle is definitely possible.
In this way, Rumia can be freed from the work of raising deer, devote herself to spiritual practice, and become the most obedient high priest.