Rise of Rurik

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

He saved others by himself, and naively thought that the children of deer breeders could be as tough as the children of the Ross tribe. As a result, after Harrodsen's inspection, three children were already as hard as ice lumps.

The remaining four children, they are obviously a little older, although the situation is not very good, the body is still cold, and there is still a pulse.

"Four more are still alive." Harrodzuson 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 afraid that they are going to die these days. They are destined to be taken away by the Valkyrie."

"Maybe that's it." Otto shook his head. He paid more attention to the plundering deer than caring about the captives. "The deer keepers are dead. Who among us is better at keeping deer than these people?"

Harrodsen reluctantly said: "Well, maybe it's not difficult to raise deer, we just need to drive them to the hillside to gnaw on the grass. Didn't you also say that our Roseburg was a deer farmer's pasture a long time ago."

"I'm afraid to bring the deer back, they will soon turn into barbecued meat and go into the stomach. I can't expect my wife to raise deer, it seems that I still need some professional deer breeders. If I fail, then put the deer Eat it all."

"Then try to save the remaining prisoners." Harrodzuson muttered while pinching his chin, "It is estimated that the chances of the four of them returning to Roseburg alive are very slim. We should try our best. Although they are still children, at least they are more than us. Know how to keep deer."

"Alright. Now, I have to take care of these people."

Otto was very happy that the future servant he chose for his son Rurik was lucky not to freeze to death.

He already remembered the girl's immature face, and he also remembered the rather complicated braids she had tied up.

"Haruo Zuo Sen, you take care of the other three children, try not to let them freeze to death and starve to death. As for this one, I will take care of her myself."

Hearing this, the aged Haruo Zuo Sen was taken aback: "Boss, shouldn't you be... Niya she... Maybe you should follow his consent."

"Oh? What do you think I want? Hehe! How is that possible, I just want her to be my son's servant, that's all."

"Serving Rurik? So is this girl a little old?"

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to be a little older, and not knowing our language is not a problem for the time being. Because Nia and I are already old, we may not be able to accompany Rurik for more years. Poor Rurik, at least I want to Leave him a sister to take care of him."

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

"But I still don't understand Valkyrie's intentions. If the fate of the captives is death, there is nothing we can do. I only hope that my long-cherished wish can be achieved."

Otto didn't actually notice that the reason many children were freezing to death was that the clothes were too thin.

In order to allow his son's servant to insist on returning to Roseburg, he began to pay more attention to the girl's warmth and her mental state.

When an animal skin was draped over her, the girl's condition gradually improved. When his spirit recovered a little, Otto immediately handed a piece of bacon jerky.

"You chew slowly, try not to starve to death."

Hunger is irresistible. The girl who was dying for a while has just recovered, and she can't wait to eat bacon.

The salty taste stimulated her instinct to eat. Maybe she ate more salt in this meal than in a year.

Otto was still afraid that she would struggle to escape, and when he finished eating the meat and wrapped it in fur, he continued to bind her hands and feet and carried the whole person onto the sled.

He doesn't care about the girl's mouth full of incomprehensible languages,

Fixing it firmly on the sled, the whole person was like a piece of cargo. For the next time, she quietly watched the group of barbarians keep advancing towards the south.

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

However, the actual situation is very tragic!

Harrodsen did not take good care of the other three, defending that "it was God who took their lives". The truth is that Harrodsen did not pay attention to the problem of keeping the captives warm, and was helpless against the high fever.

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

As it turned out, Otto didn't blame his old friend.

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

Those who stayed in the big camp waited for many days, and when they saw the leader and the deer returned in victory, they all regretted that they did not follow.

Of course Otto didn't blame these people either.

Once upon a time, everyone said that the location of Roseburg was close to the edge of the human world, and if you continued to go further north, you would fall into the dark world under the world tree.

Fear of the unknown world shackles many so-called timid people's desire to explore, and Otto's triumph is a reward for the brave.

Now Otto is even a little fortunate. If everyone participates, it is obviously impossible for him to sit on a hundred deer.

Deer, still too many.

Along the way, he had to focus on taking care of a deer farmer girl, and he soon developed a strange feeling, which became stronger as he got closer and closer to Roseburg.

In principle, this is a gift for the son and is the son's servant, but this girl is essentially going to become a member of her own family.

Because Otto is not stupid enough to use servants as "talking tools", the girl has many jobs until her son grows up.

He has to do various chores in his longhouse, help his wife Nia as a seamstress, take care of his son's daily life, and take up the responsibility of a deer breeder - raising deer.

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

This is like in the eastern world, a family will use oxen or donkeys for grinding mills as family members.

But the servant is a human after all. For a few days, Otto could feel that the girl was as meek as a lamb, but now he is no longer bound by ropes.

In a field like this, a wise man will understand that running away can only mean freezing to death.

Otto didn't release her restraint for this very real reason, because among all the captives, only this one has survived to the present.

The reindeer pulled the sleigh, and the team traveled significantly faster. Also, because everyone is focused on traveling, every day except for sleeping, they basically drive the herd of deer on a sleigh, and even some weak deer are directly exhausted.

Otto didn't even know the name of the deer-keeper girl, but he was very sure that the Valkyrie had spared the girl's life.

Including the dead, only one of the nineteen deer keepers survived. Why is she the only one alive? !

A surprising thought suddenly appeared in Otto's mind.

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

Otto even had a more interesting association. The so-called great god Odin has a group of Valkyries as servants, so as "Odin's blessing" Rurik should have some servants by his side.

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

Otto was such a person, especially when he saw those wooden boards treasured by the priest, his whole mind also converged with the priest. He was more in awe of Odin than the average Rus, and never questioned whether Odin was real.

Now he has made up his mind that he must bring back the last deer keeper, and must bring back as many deer as possible.