Rise of Rurik

Priest Veria counted them and made sure the number was correct.

She then ordered her deputy Bona: "Take all the women behind the veil. Remember, the unclean will be screened out, and we can't lie."

Bona, who wears a small antler helmet, will inherit the work of Villa, and when Villa dies, Bona is the abbot of all major sacrifices.

She was an excellent successor trained by Villia and was also very loyal to her beliefs.

Thanks to those simple linen clothes, Bona quickly completed the inspection.

Until now, the girls from Novgorod were pure and the ceremony could go on.

Bona led all the girls out of the curtain and sent them to their respective husbands.

She approached Villa and made a formal report: "They have all passed the inspection, and they are all pure."

"Very good. What you said must be the truth, because..." Villa pointed to Tianyu: "The Valkyrie is watching us."

The great priest who was revered by the people pointed to Tianyu, and the people kneeling on one knee raised their heads subconsciously.

Rurik also held his small head high, and saw the stars and the dazzling Milky Way.

In another time and space, due to severe light pollution and haze factors, urban residents have been unable to see the Milky Way, and even the light of the North Star has been drowned out by the city glow.

In this era, people have a lot of free time at night to think about what the stars represent.

The people of Roseburg romantically and seriously believe that some shining point among the stars is Asgard, which houses a Valhalla temple.

The heroic spirits of all warriors are in the sky, and every night, the heroic spirits can watch their tribes and their descendants from the sky.

Based on this ideal, Ali grabbed the hand of his new wife, looked up at the sky, and burst into tears.

Seven years have passed, and he has always believed that his father's heroic spirit has been watching him until tonight's wedding.

Everyone looked up at the sky, and the starry night gradually began to change.

In this era, people in northern Europe eat a lot of fish, so they generally have excellent eyesight, they can see into the details far away, and they can see the whole process of the gradual emergence of Aurora.

Suddenly someone roared wildly: "Look! There is light."

"It's Aurora! Brunhilde is here!"

"Ah! They are just like us, watching the ceremony as bystanders..."

There are crowds around the stone boat altar, and the crowd has gathered more than 2,000 people. Nearly half of the population of the Ross tribe has gathered here.

For decades, the tribe has not gathered thousands of people at the altar like it does today.

Even the days of Hanukkah when it was completely polar night was never as lively as it is today.

On clear winter nights, the Northern Lights appear almost every day, but the aurorae can be strong or weak.

Vilia is the most experienced person. She believes that Aurora is more and more dazzling than when she was young, just like the development of the Ross tribe, it is getting stronger and stronger.

In fact, the aurora is indeed getting stronger.

The climate across Europe is currently at the peak of the cold period, and it has begun to change, and this process will continue for hundreds of years, and the climate will slowly warm up.

Intensified solar activity has made the northern lights more dazzling for northern Europeans.

Vilia was excited, and she subconsciously felt that her actions really touched Odin.

With outstretched arms, she ordered everyone but herself to get down on one knee in a devout manner, and she herself held the amber and gemstone cane in both hands and gathered it above her head.

Facing the emerald green aurora, her old face read aloud ancient and obscure incantations.

Just when they were doing the ritual of worshiping Odin collectively, Otto, the leader in charge of the sacrifice, and his party had already dealt with the five deer.

As with all Norse Vikings, their poor living conditions forced them to take advantage of everything from their prey beasts.

Deer blood is collected, sprinkled with sea salt, and made into special food. The fishy smell is very challenging, and it is better to be able to eat, so don't worry about it.

Otto and his men carried the deer carcasses into the stone boat altar. Here, the stone boat altar is like a sanctuary, and ordinary people have no right to enter it at all. On weekdays, there are priests to guard it, so as to prevent the stray tribal children from straying into the blasphemy.

Otto and his comrades were recognized warriors, and they were responsible for bringing in the biggest offerings.

The steaming deer carcasses were placed, as if God was moved, and the flames of the oil lamps on each stone on the stone boat altar trembled with it.

No one thought it was because of a gust of wind, and they all believed that it was evidence that moved Odin.

What kind of sacrifice are five deer? !

Rurik, who had been on one knee for a long time, felt uncomfortable, but his biological mother, Nia, forbade him to stand up, and Rurik had to continue to endure.

He heard people whispering, and everyone was very happy. The so-called Nordic god Odin recognized the five deer "enshrined" by the Ross tribe.

"Ah! It's absurd! Even if they worship a king, the gift of five deer is too shabby!"

But on second thought, the gift of five deer should be a great courtesy to them.

All the sacrifices were in place, and Otto, who was carrying the deer, retreated to the back of the altar very skillfully, pulled out his saber and inserted it into the snow, then knelt down on one knee.

Another priest, Vilia, ordered everyone to be serious, and finally, with memory, chanted a blessing spell to the northern lights that filled the sky.

She speaks all Norse, and because she is too old, she has just said too much, and her voice has become a little hoarse.

Even so, Rurik basically understood its content.

It's a hymn to Odin and Valhalla, and it's fair to say that it rhymes a lot, but it's pretty cramped.

Rurik, after all, has the spirit of Liu Li. He now knows a lot about the Viking community, and he also knows that it is unfair to judge them purely violent and barbaric.

Just like the Ross tribe, they have documents that must be written on wooden boards to record old events, never thought that they would also write poetry?

They are also people with literary ideas!

Nordic ancient books such as Faust and Song of the Nibelung have survived for later generations. I am afraid that the real situation is that a large number of ancient books have disappeared because of loss.

According to Rurik's understanding, it should be the tribal priests who master these books. If they no longer believe in Odin in the future, the ancient books will also be annihilated in history.

"I have to let her write the hymn sung by the priest of Vilia this winter. There is also the so-called library in her priest's wooden house, and the contents in it should be preserved. It's better for all the illiterate people in the tribe to learn it. As long as it becomes a popular thing, it can be better passed down to future generations."

The whole wedding ceremony, in fact, is the most critical of the solemn prayers of the priests.

Even the priests are very nervous, whether the tribe and the in-laws of another group of aliens in the distance have received the oracle of compliance.

It now appears that Odin's appointment of the parade Valkyrie basically confirmed the decision of the tribe.

The long singing was over, and Veria, who had been standing for a long time wearing a huge helmet, was almost slumped on the ground with exhaustion.

Villa insisted on continuing to host, she opened her arms again, and ordered people who were kneeling on one knee with almost stiff muscles to get up, especially those newcomers.

The pure wedding ceremony officially begins.

Like Arik and Peravina, the two suddenly forgot their fatigue.

Because what happened just now is very clear, the pure Peravina believes that her identity has been recognized by the god of the Varangians.

In fact, this is indeed the case. The Varangians created the Odin Valhalla belief, which they identified themselves and Odin's identification with.

The people of the Rus tribe have approved the marriage to Novgorod, and the future Sorgon voyage will also have an additional task, which is enough.

Then, the wedding ceremony officially began!