The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 Between the mountains, there are valleys with birds and flowers. The gentle slopes and flat grounds are full of various plants. The most are plots where corn, cowpea, and pumpkin are cross-planted.

　　 The carob climbs up the corn stalks, and the root system produces fertilizer for the ground underneath. Pumpkin spreads and climbs on the ground between the corn, covering the soil underneath and preventing weed growth.

The interdependence of the three sisters is the best planting pattern that the Indians have found in thousands of years of groping. These three foods ensure that the Indians will not be hungry even if they cannot catch prey, so that the huge North America will not be covered by ice and snow. There are Indian footprints in every corner covered.

　　 Although the Beotuk people are fishing and hunting people, they are also influenced by the Quebec on the mainland and planted some food such as the Three Sisters.

In the north of Wenlan Island, at the northernmost end of the Star River, there are dozens of valleys, and each valley has a small tribe of dozens to hundreds of people. The large waterfall left from the guillotine cliff tops Wenlan. There is a city made of stone and wood beside the upper river course of the Great Falls, which is called Great Falls by the Beotuks and Ekismos.

Although most of them are simple wooden houses, in the middle is a tall stone temple. Surrounding the city is a stone wall as high as one person. This wall can resist the sneak attack by wild beasts and the Ekismos. With the invasion of other tribes, the outer city walls and the temple in the middle made this big city-state look mysterious and primitive, with historical vicissitudes.

Ever since the Beotuks of Vinland formed an alliance for hundreds of years, Great Falls has no war, but several terrible curses and diseases that have spread to Vinland a hundred years ago have caused the Beotuks to suffer heavy casualties. , Great Falls has also changed from the original leader of the alliance to a member. The population has lost more than half. So far, it has only a population of 1,000. There are only five hundred samurai. Compared with the current leader of the alliance, the Long Lake City of Bakkens Lake, its strength It's not as good as the power.

This morning, the chief and sacrificial priest Atapu of Great Falls was sitting in the temple praying for tomorrow’s wolves hunt. The continuous heavy rain has been raining for five days, and it finally stopped last night, and various animals will be there. A large number of them will appear after today. It is a good time to hold a big hunt.

　　 The huge white wolves on Wenlan Island are fierce and have no natural enemies, so they are numerous and can be found in every corner.

Every year, Great Falls conducts "Wolf Hunting" in the two seasons with the most prey in summer and autumn, which means killing both prey and white wolves in the territory to reduce the harassment of Great Falls by white wolves in winter, even if it is There are many big hunts every year, and children in Great Falls are still bitten to death by white wolves.

Attap is fifty years old this year, and he is already a long-lived elder for the Beotuks. He has white temples, a rickety figure, and a crown of red feathers on his head. He is holding a crown full of engravings in his hand. The maple stick of calendar runes, with three golden beads, two obsidian beads, and a turquoise stone inlaid on the top. This is the great priest's staff that has been passed down from generation to generation in Great Falls and has a history of hundreds of years. It represents the supreme The right to communicate with the gods.

　　 Attap, who had been chanting a word, was about to enter the special realm of understanding the instructions of the gods, but he suddenly had a pain in his heart, then his heartbeat accelerated, and the magic staff in his hand almost fell.

　　 "The High Priest!"

　　 Standing solemnly by the side were Atapu’s heirs and other priests. Everyone was shocked to see the high priest's body faltering.

　　 A young man wearing a feather crown and painted colorful runes rushed out and hugged the high priest, slowly placing him on the straw mat.

　　 After a while, Atap woke up leisurely, and found that except for his left hand and neck, he had lost consciousness in his body.

　　 "Hey!" After all, he was a well-informed high priest. Attap quickly stabilized his mind, and then slowly said, "Oros! Help me sit up!"

　　 The young man was full of concern, and the "grandfather" who was about to blurt out swallowed it again, and then furiously raised the high priest.

　　 Atapu knew that he was suffering from the “ossification” (stroke) that the elderly and the chief priests were prone to, and he also knew that he was about to return to the embrace of the goddess of sea and harvest of Shurost.

"I want to return to the embrace of the gods, this is the inspiration from the gods just now!" After speaking, Atapu gasped for a long time, worrying the young man beside him, and the surrounding priests knelt down and listened, even the atmosphere Don't dare to breathe.

"I have lived for fifty years. I have kept the Great Falls inherited from my ancestors from curses and illnesses. Thirty years ago, Great Falls had only more than 700 people, but now it has broken through a thousand people. We are guided by the gods. I will return to glory! Now I, Atap, as the high priest, passed the position of the leader of Great Falls to my grandson Oros, and he will inherit the position of high priest after I die!"

　　 Atap stopped the grandson’s intention to help him to rest, and then looked at the priests in the temple decisively and said, until the priests all agreed.

　　 Just when Atapu was about to close his eyes, he suddenly heard a few loud noises coming from outside the temple.

　　 "Papa..."

　　 "Sky Fire?!"

　　 "Tian Lei?! The gods descend on power?!"

　　 Many thoughts in the hearts of the worshippers could not help blurting out.

　　 Ten thunderbolts in a row came from outside, and the hearts of the people in the temple were turbulent, and then there were noises and horrified screams coming in.

At this time Atapu was exhausted and fell asleep. His grandson, Oros, who had just taken over as the leader of Great Falls, stood up, and while instructing several priests to bring the old man to the bed in the back room for training, he waved his hand and brought the priest. We walk out of the temple~www.wuxiahere.com~The gods come to the world, hold the thunder and fire, kneel down and worship, you can be blessed! Those who dare to resist the blasphemer will never be redeemed! "

　　Walking out of the temple, Oros and others saw the people in the city kneeling on the ground and shaking, and they were all heading towards the east gate outside the city.

　　 looked east, but saw that the dozens of the most elite white wolf warriors on the wall were lying down and out, and there was a bright red pool under them, and many white wolf warriors and ordinary warriors also knelt down on the ground.

Oros narrowed his eyes and frowned. Standing on the stone platform in front of the temple, he and the priests behind him saw a red sun floating in the eastern sky outside the city wall, and there were a large group of people on the land. Wearing armor gleaming in the sun, holding a gleaming spear and walking towards Great Falls at the same pace.

　　 The people in the center of the shining team were holding long sticks in their hands, and some were still emitting white smoke.

　　 squinted his eyes, Oros saw clearly that at the forefront of the group of people there were two people riding tall beasts, also wearing flash armor and holding strange weapons.

Behind the two leaders who rode wild beasts were a few Beotuks from other places, repeating the words they heard just now in Beotuk with an oriental accent—"God came to the world, With thunder and fire in your hand, kneel down and worship, you will be blessed! Those who dare to resist the blasphemer will never be redeemed!"

　　 "Who! How dare to claim to be a god?!" Oros reacted with anger in his heart and couldn't help shaking, because the team of flashing enemies that kept approaching in the distance was too terrifying and weird.

　　 Holding back the strangeness in his heart, Oros drew the bear bone knife from his waist and sternly said, "There are enemies who blaspheme the gods, the people of Great Falls take up your weapons! Defend our powerful enemies!"