Four Hundred and Eighty-Ninth Chapter Eternal Night

The seawater of Kola Bay has been maintained at 3 °C for a long time, and the rich salmon and cod resources here have attracted a large number of seals to live here.

Leopard seals are arctic spirits, masters of fishing, and an important food source for polar bears.

They just finished hunting on the beach to rest and bathe in the last sunset.

Polar bears enjoy a hunting feast on the beach. They mainly catch leopard seals, and they can only stay away from the occasional elephant seals.

But here comes the humans.

The people who came were not deer breeders armed with stone spears, but Rus people with various carbon steel weapons.

The bears roamed around with chunks of seal meat in their mouths, or gathered together to "dine".

Rurik saw with his own eyes that a group of seals were desperately rushing into the sea under the sunset, and the polar bears behind them also jumped and swam in pursuit in the sea.

This is the power of the wild!

Rurik did not give a clear order, and the hunters of the Rus and Balmers began to move.

Leopard seals, elephant seals, and polar bears are all human prey.

Crossbow-wielding Ross warriors fire specially designed broad-blade hunting arrows that are extremely powerful, forcing small leopard seals to lose their ability to escape with just one arrow.

Polar bears are a key target, and their hides have little defense against a crossbow.

Biyongni was shocked to see that the most ferocious beasts were completely powerless under the attack of the special bows and arrows of the Rus people. The bear wailed in the sky, spitting blood with every roar. Their sharp claws slapped hopelessly, but they were hit by two or three arrows, and after struggling for a while, they fell down.

Yevro roared excitedly, "Kill as many prey as possible, kill the huge bear! We have to live!"

Yes, live on.

Since Lord Rurik has decided to spend an extremely long night in the icy sea at the end of the world, the people who have explored this point must be provided with plenty of food security. No one complained about eating too much or having bad taste in extreme conditions, and the freezing cold of winter made it unnecessary to worry about the food spoiling, and this moment was secondary to hunting for pelts.

The Rus people were busy shooting polar bears frantically, chasing them with crossbows. Some bears broke out! They began to run towards the Ross Hunters, but they were trying to attack veterans.

The sharp-pointed armor-piercing arrow accurately pierced the bear's skull, and the bear died instantly. Other bears stared in disbelief at the rushing Rus, and they were shot before they didn't know what it meant.

When the other polar bears saw this, they had to run away, until now they finally realized that the world has ushered in the real master.

The Balmers have no crossbow at all, which does not prevent them from hunting giants.

Biyongni and the others were carrying spears that acted as marching sticks. More than a dozen of them were unable to chase down the bears who jumped into the sea and swim to escape, and they had some difficulty chasing the guys running wild in the snow.

"Guys, the Russ are killing bears, we have to hunt something. Leave the little ones alone, let's kill the big teeth."

The so-called "big teeth" of Biyonni are elephant seals, which are giant beasts with a height of two meters and a weight of more than half a ton!

The two big teeth of the elephant seal are a special product of Norway. They can be carved into gods and even quilts. It is a huge risk to hunt them.

Even Floki joined the charge with a spear, and the frightened multiple elephant seals just watched until one of them was attacked.

The spear head poked like that fat and strong body, struggling frantically like a seal, and the hands of many people with spears broke free.

The Balmerk hunters yelped with their mouths open, and the elephant seals rushed into the sea with spears on their backs.

When it was too late, Biyonnibal charged with his axe. He jumped straight to the back of the elephant seal, picked up the axe and hit the back of the prey's neck with a critical blow, and then the whole person was thrown off.

The other elephant seals were all fleeing, like wriggling fat balls in the sunset.

Now hunters need the greasy fat of their prey most, and Balmerk knows he must kill this prey on the beach.

More Balmers drew iron swords and axes, chasing after their prey with a flurry of stabs, and finally ended it.

"It's a lot of work! It's a lot of work! We're far inferior to the Rus in our hunting."

"Boss, what should we do now? Those big teeth have all run away."

When the subordinate said so, Biyongni raised his head, the beach that was lively before has become peaceful now.

The waves crashed against the blackened sand and gravel beach, and there was a lot of ice and snow near the beach, and the pine forests formed a barrier against the wind and waves.

The last of the sun's afterglow was lost, and the moon, stars, and auroras brought illumination. Everyone's pupils are naturally enlarged, and now Rick doesn't feel that the world is too dark.

The hunters sweep the battlefield, and this battle-like hunt brings a lot to everyone. Rurik's men killed as many as six polar bears and twenty leopard seals. Only one giant elephant seal was captured by Biyonni and his men.

The carcasses of the prey are piled up on the coast, and they will not spoil at all in the extreme cold. The bear head, leather, and bear claws were stripped off immediately, and the hunter was worried that it would be difficult to deal with the frozen bear corpse in the future.

Here is the Kola Bay, Murmansk must be established. Taking into account the needs of tide intrusion, wind protection and blizzard protection, the camp Rurik decided to build must have pine forests to rely on.

The hunters lit bonfires in the woods, and everyone gathered to eat the freshly cut bear meat.

Bear meat has a strange taste, and Rurik, who has lost a lot of physical strength, can only bite down on it.

Everyone was chatting and laughing while gnawing on the bear meat, but it was a little more gloomy than Jonny.

"Brother, are you in a daze?" Rurik saw Biyonni holding a piece of meat thoughtfully.

"We are... actually powerless to hunt bears! You are so easy to hunt bears, you only rely on your bows and arrows."

"Of course. That's how we hunt. But you're just as tough. You hunted that beast."

"Just a big tooth." Biyonni raised his head and looked at Rurik, "Brother, I have a request, I want to get your bow and arrow, and I will pay a lot of money."

"This……"

"This is my request, I hope you agree." Biyonny's attitude was very sincere, and Rurik could only laugh awkwardly for a while.

If he couldn't get a crossbow, he was itching for him, and considering the alliance factor, he didn't dare to use force. It is precisely because the two sides are also in an alliance state, and Biyongni makes a fuss about it.

"Rurik, sell my favor. My sister will be your concubine, we have a better future, the crossbow thing..."

If he continues to not express his position, it will definitely hurt the alliance. The biggest reason for his concern is the imitation of others. At present, the fighting strength of the Rus is not many, and their power is maintained by military tactics and excellent weapons.

You shouldn't be too mean to your allies!

Rurik snapped his fingers and told Yevro to bring a steel-armed crossbow and ten arrows to Biyonni.

"I gave it to you, you have to cherish it well."

"Of course." Biyonni smiled like a five-year-old, but he suddenly realized that it took all his strength to tie the bowstring to this weapon.

He vowed to take good care of this new weapon and become his personal strength of Biyongni.

In accordance with the Viking habits, he named his crossbow "White Bear Killer" and vowed to pass it down to a thousand generations.

Biyonny's rhetoric really made Rurik laugh the whole time, and if the man only wanted the crossbow as a personal marvelous weapon, they better not have the idea of ​​imitating it.

The most important thing among allies is sincerity, and Rurik doesn't want to talk about it any more. After all, everyone has to spend a long polar night on the seaside of the Arctic Ocean. Everyone must report to the group to keep warm and share the prey to ensure the survival of the group.

Rurik really thinks highly of Biyonni, the "prince" of the Balmerk tribe, he has a steel-armed crossbow, and he hopes that this weapon will make him the most powerful hunter and bring greater honor. Copy and mass-equip clansmen? Pull it down!

Biyongni has no such vision at all, and his pattern is not big.

His ambitions are even less than that of his younger brother Floki.

After the first long night, the tired body of the night was fully rested. In the new short day, the hunters not only built wooden houses and fences against the pine forest, but also formed groups to go to the farther coast to hunt.

Biyonni learned the operation of the crossbow almost instantly, and it is not a troublesome instrument after all.

His dream suddenly came true, and the Balmers saw that their "prince" really became a mad hunter.

In just two hours of daylight, Biyonni shot a polar bear, three seals, and even an alert arctic fox.

The little fox thought he was at a safe distance when the arrow flew and the fox died instantly.

Biyonni returned to the camp with the ferocious bear head, and his men also made some gains.

However, he saw that the three rooms of the camp were thrown out of the wooden houses with construction details, and a "hill" made of seals appeared impressively.

And more than twenty white foxes hanging on sticks.

In the end, the Rus people were the best at hunting in winter. Looking at the crossbow in their hands, Biyonni felt that without it, the Rus people were still extremely strong hunters.

Because those foxes were simply caught in a stumbling trap and were crushed to death by the falling axe and stone.

In this pure and unexploited world, hunters can wildly hunt for the rich animal resources here. The efficiency of hunting and the density of prey have refreshed the cognition of the Rus and Balmers, and they are sure that this is Odin's. reward.

Rurik, of course, knew the truth, the prey was abundant only because the humans did not come. Now human beings have come, they will settle down when they come, and they will be a disaster for wild beasts and fish.

Here, will be the northern port built by the Rus themselves. Rurik had not thought that he could possess Murmansk so early, and since he already possessed it, he would not give it to others.

However, this is a land of bitter cold after all, and the Rus and Balmers soon lost the idea and joy of hunting due to changes in the general environment.

It's probably the East there! A magical scene appeared on the horizon.

At first, there was only a black color, and the sun seemed to break through the horizon, but the sun did not appear after all.

Time seems to have gotten weirder since then, or the sun disappears as if it never existed.

The world is not extreme. The moon and the emerald-green streamer-like aurora illuminate the earth. Standing outdoors, Rurik needs to endure the severe cold, but he is also fortunate to be able to raise his head to see the magnificent sky. His ears were full of the sound of the waves, and the arctic wind rumbled beautifully in the pine forest.

The pine forests in the extreme environment are almost frozen to stone, they are still swaying slightly in the wind, part of the snow on the needles has been dropped, and it is the ice layer attached to the trunk that keeps them white.

Balmers know there will be a long dark night, but this is too exciting for the Rus!

There is only one day of pure darkness in Roseburg, and there is no such problem in the area further south.

It was extremely cold outside, and Rurik felt that the temperature remained at -10°C or even lower. He no longer has the concept of time, and only a few people in the team can barely judge the time by looking at the movement of the stars, especially the position of the Big Dipper.

The Big Dipper in the east is also of great significance in northern Europe. The Rus called some of the bright stars fairies, and the Balmers said the same thing.

The air outside was extremely cold and hard to breathe, but inside the cabin it was excellent.

A group of people nestled in two wooden houses, and the reindeer pulling the sleigh was in the other.

People built wooden walls and desperately covered them with snow everywhere, so that everyone could get used to the temperature in the wooden house.

Life becomes boring, everyone is drowsy, and only when they are hungry will someone climb out of the "cave", go out to build firewood, or go to an area sheltered by a snow wall, such as toilet.

It seems that many days have passed, when will the long dark night end?

More and more people bought such forced hibernation days. They picked up axes to cut wood in the woods, or sat on the beach with the help of moonlight, looking at the "sea at the end of the world" thoughtfully.

The whole world is extremely pure, and Rurik did not expect that he would be like an Arctic researcher this winter, staying in the wonderful place of Murmansk until the end of the polar night.

He was wrapped in extremely thick fur, lying on the fluffy snowdrift, calmly looking at the sky and the magnificent aurora.

Seporava was lying beside him, subconsciously hugging Rurik's arm. This is her man, and considering that she is the only woman in the entire camp, Seporava will not let go.

This incredible coexistence with my man is such a blessing...

"Rurik, is the Valkyrie really on tour?" the girl muttered weakly.

Rurik, who was originally keeping his mind and body calm, responded weakly: "Seeing the green light curtain, that is the trace of the Valkyrie. Look at the stars in the sky, one of them is Asgard."

"Oh. I'm your woman. Will I follow you to Asgard when I finish my life?"

"This..." Rurik was stunned, the girl didn't seem to be childish, she was serious at all. "Of course. You are my woman, and I will take you and everyone to the sky. At that time, your new identity is Asgardian."

"That's great." Seporava pulled Rurik even more tightly, and began to act like a coquette that is unique to women.

At this moment, she fully believed that Rurik was the son of Odin, a god from Asgard. As her wife and concubine, her soul would also be honored, although she had questioned Odin's existence.

Seporava has been living with Rurik for more than two years. There are many women in Rurik in a large family, and she has never been extremely favored. She knew that Sister Rumia was Rurik's first woman, and Rumia deserved more love.

Right now, I am enjoying being alone.

Seporava still struggles to understand the fact that the world is one big ball, and it seems that the stars in the sky are also one ball after another.

Lord Rurik has a magical world theory, which not only explains the origin of night and day, but also explains why this place falls into eternal night. Through his theory, many things in the world are made clear.

She muttered again: "Our gray squirrel tribe calls the ribbons in the sky the skirt of the Winter Goddess. It's so beautiful."

"Beautiful! Very beautiful. I feel at peace, I don't have any troubles here, I don't have to think about going to war, I don't have to think about improving people's lives, I don't have to think about anything, I just need to look at the sky..." Rick's heart is very calm. He has adapted to the wild life in northern Europe. Considering that he is a fifty-year-old guy at heart, he can ask himself if he understands his life? absolutely not.

This is life, not a game. The Duchy of Rus is on the rise, but there are still strong enemies around. The rise and fall of a country almost depends on the attitude of Rurik himself.

Thinking about it, Rurik suddenly felt that he suddenly disappeared from the sight of the clan, and went to the ghost place of Murmansk to look at the sea, how would the other clan live? Will you be depressed?

Rurik deliberately took this opportunity to see if his venerable and admired position in the duchy was real.

If the people were extremely worried about him, and they were overjoyed when they saw him coming back suddenly, Rurik could say that the Duchy of Ross was his country.

The extreme cold and the aurora couldn't make Rurik quiet after all, he gradually got up from the snowdrift, grabbed Cypolova's arm and pulled it up: "I'm glad you accompany me to watch the stars, let's stop here, I Gotta eat something and feed the reindeer."

Saipolava nodded: "Let me come to feed the deer, I am your woman, this is what I should do."

This girl has entered the role of a wife, and Rurik is a little dazed. Are all women in this era so precocious? Or forced by the environment. In the days to come, if she is always so meek and obedient, and shares her worries, and doesn't give her more love, she will really not be a good man. "Well, give me at least three sons, one guards Elronborg, one guards Fiskler Fort, and one guards here, Murmansk."