Chapter 480: Surrender
To be honest, women are creatures, whether they are young or old, it is difficult for outsiders to understand their strange thinking, especially when they are angry, you can't understand why they are angry and why they are so angry.
Maybe it's just a look, maybe it's just a word, or maybe it's a casual action from you, and they may get angry, and they will start to be willful and start to lose their temper with thoughts that you can't understand.
As it is now, Rurik is completely unable to understand that this is quite normal, the means used to deal with the enemy, when the enemy is found, and when it cannot be confirmed, first the snake tail, and then look for an opportunity to kill with one blow.
Why be angry about such a thing?
It is difficult for Rurik to understand such a thing, if he is from Alice's point of view, he will not be angry, and cutting off the enemy's head with the long sword in his hand is the most efficient way to solve the problem.
Shaking his head, Rurik shook off the mess in his mind, and looked at the girl who walked out of the fire step by step, the flames that even distorted the air, as if he was afraid of something, and couldn't approach the girl's side.
The surrounding crowd did not need Rurik's orders, quickly organized and fled towards the outside of the city, although the Rus steppe was prosperous and rich in products, because of this, peace never patronized this grassland, and if you don't want to be killed, then the most basic thing is to have a certain eyesight.
It is also very simple to recognize the identity of the girl walking in the flames, black hair, black eyes and black clothes, and people in the Baltic Sea who are dressed like this can be counted on five fingers.
No matter why the person with the title of "The Girl Who Brings Calamity" is here, in the middle of this tribe of Novgorodians who are not too big and not very strong.
However, they knew that if they didn't get out of this place at this time, then they would most likely be involved in the battle between the two legends.
Even children who have not seen the battle between legends are pulled away quickly by their parents, such a battle of the strong is not something that ordinary civilians can participate in, even if they have not seen Alice fighting, but the battle between Rurik and the white dragon, many of them have experienced it.
It is precisely by experiencing and witnessing that they know what kind of horror and despair the battles above the legend are for ordinary civilians.
Rurik tightened the sword in his hand, and he looked at the girl walking slowly with a tense face, but he didn't dare to attack or say anything.
He needs to buy time for the people behind him to get out of here, one more minute, one more second to fight for one more minute, as long as the people behind him leave here, he can concentrate on fighting Alice.
Judging from his past records, Rurik will definitely not be Alice's opponent, after all, his record is only to hunt some beasts that have not reached the legend, and the only one who has taken the shot is also the white dragon in the dragon clan who is known for his weak combat power and inflexible brain.
Alice, on the other hand, didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, and her pace was very slow, as if she was deliberately letting these Novgorodians leave here, and she didn't stop her.
Keeping these people here will be beneficial for the rest of the battle, at least the young leader of the other side, as long as he does not want to lose his authority and popularity, must be careful about his subordinates when fighting.
Otherwise, even if he wins the battle with Alice in the end, he will be a complete loser, because it is difficult to avoid the blood of his hands when fighting against strong enemies.
Some people may say that this is an unavoidable thing, this is to allow more people to survive, but hatred has never had anything to do with reason.
When Alice was still about three hundred meters away from Rurik, she suddenly stopped her progress, and the anger on her face disappeared without a trace.
Attribute the reason to the girl's anger that comes and goes quickly, and I don't know why?
Or is it already angry to the extreme, like a suppressed volcano, waiting for a more violent eruption?
No, it's neither, how can Alice be that kind of girl, how can she be the kind of person who keeps everything in the back of her mind because she is angry, and gives priority to venting the anger in her heart?
However, before communicating with each other, it is still necessary to show muscles to show the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides and gain the initiative in conversation.
In other words, before negotiating, Alice also needs to use magic to let the young leader named Rurik know what he is doing wrong, so that he can seriously apologize to her.
After fighting first, discussing other things, or rather, beating the young man in front of him once, and gaining the initiative in the discourse, they are discussing other things.
It seems, well, it's still Alice's way, at least the blind guys who used to be in the magic academy still remember the nightmare of being dominated by a certain black-haired girl from time to time.
【Fireball Technique】
The winter was cold, and the north wind was still howling, but Rurik's face was already covered with sweat, and in front of his eyes, one, two, three, and five fireballs that looked as dazzling as the sun appeared in front of him.
High temperature, high temperature, high temperature
It's hot, it's hot, it's hot
Five fireballs appeared above the camp, exuding a hot breath, the snow on the ground began to melt, the solid frozen soil became muddy, and white smoke rose from the wooden houses, maybe in a few minutes, it would burn.
Burn up!
Thinking of this, Rurik's face changed suddenly, this is the largest and most important gathering place of Novgorodians, and it also stores more than ninety percent of the wealth of Novgorodians, if Alice burns them, they will definitely freeze to death in the next winter.
Even if they are lucky enough not to freeze to death, they have no way to defend themselves against enemy attacks without any protection, such as wolves roaming the grasslands, flying dragons and ptarmigans that like to descend from the sky to hunt, and those beasts that do not know when to appear in the grassland area and should not appear in the grassland area.
"Wait...... Wait a minute. ”
"I ...... I give up. ”
Without the slightest hesitation at all, Rurik directly threw away the long sword in his hand, raised his hands high, and looked like he had given up resistance, but the expression on his face did not have a trace of humiliation and anger of surrender.
Seeing such a scene, Rurik gave up resistance, and Alice's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, but she did not put away the fireball she had prepared.
"Ahem, you see I've thrown away my weapons. ”
Rurik kept his hands raised in the air, and said with a slight complaint in his tone.
"Rurik?"
"Yes, Mistress Alice. ”
Without hesitation, Rurik threw one of his few rituals into the icy Baltic Sea.
"Looks like you recognize me, so what are you going to do?"
"Pretend not to see me, or tell your master the news of my coming, and arrange for a strong man to surround me?"
A dangerous smile tugged at the corners of Alice's mouth, although she said a question, but even a fool who didn't have much culture knew which answer to choose at this time.
"When, of course, ahem, ahem, beautiful guests, welcome you to our Novgorod guests. ”
"Introduce yourself, I am the chief of the Novgorodians, Rurik. ”
Rurik patted his chest, and immediately introduced himself as if he didn't know Alice and met her for the first time.
Seeing the other party's interesting scene, Alice nodded with satisfaction, put away her magic, and suddenly the cold north wind began to roar again, and the liquid that melted on the ground quickly froze, and everything seemed to have not changed in the slightest.
Of course, Alice will not believe Rurik's words so easily, this Alice, who is so easy to put down her body and please the enemy, in Alice's heart, is second only to Siegel in her evaluation.
After all, compared to Beowulf, who has great strength, but his brain is not flexible at all, and he can't always turn a corner, she doesn't like to deal with these people who can stretch and bend, can take and put down, and doesn't want to be an enemy with them.
Because, to calculate these people, and to fight with these people as enemies, it really takes a lot of mental and energy, which is undoubtedly a very troublesome thing for Alice, whose biggest hobby is salty in the castle.
Of course, she also knows that this is inevitable, people like Beowulf will not be able to stand at the top of the pyramid for a long time, and even if they become heroes, they often end up in tragedy.
This is not some fate, nor is it the arrangement of the gods, but their character has decided everything, it is difficult for a person who takes one step to see one step to win, and one person who takes one step and sees three steps, although there is still such a thing as luck is around, but the final result is also difficult to be changed.
Alice has not yet had too deep communication and contact with this man named Rurik, but judging from the few words just now, from the fact that he gave up his dignity so decisively and gave up all surrender just now, such a person is definitely not the position of the head of a Novgorod region in the Novgorod region can be limited.
Looking at the not-so-handsome young man in front of her, Alice felt that the plan she and Semiramis had made, the plan to make the Rus steppe rise, to set the backyard of the Attila Empire on fire, and to deprive the most prosperous place in the Attila Empire and turn it into another empire or country, seemed to be able to continue to be implemented.
However, there is a slight difference from the previous ones, because there were no good candidates, Alice and Semiramis were only able to cause chaos in the region, giving support to a few large tribes in the hope that they could complete the unification of the Rus steppe.
But now, especially when she saw this young man named Rurik, Alice found that this young man might be the best person to unify the whole Russ steppe.
In terms of strength, he has reached the level of a legend, and in this region of the Baltic Sea, he can be regarded as a strong man, and the silver dragon skin ornament hanging on the wall of his house also shows that he is not one of those research legends who have no combat effectiveness.
In terms of identity, he was already the leader of the Novgorodians at a young age, ruling over all the human race in Novgorod, and the Novgorodians were also a branch of the Scandinavians, and they had Scandinavian blood in their veins, which meant that they were also capable of madness.
It doesn't take much, just by virtue of these two points, he has the ability to unify the whole of Novgorod, no, it should be said that with only these two points, he is likely to become the king of this Rus' steppe.
Like the man named Siegel, to accomplish what no one had done before, not to submit to every strong man, not to be part of an empire, but to build an empire of his own.
"Rurik, I suppose you should have welcomed me as a guest. ”
Without blushing at all, Ellie attributed herself to the identity of the guest, and called Rurik by his name directly when she opened her mouth, without adding any titles, similar to chieftain and chief, no matter where it was, it was very rude to call the name of a person who had just met.
"Okay, beautiful guest, come on, come here, please. ”
"Well, over here. ”
Rurik didn't care about this, he made a gesture of invitation to Alice, and then suddenly remembered that his house had been burned to ashes by himself as fuel.
Unembarrassed, he continued to smile on his face, turned sideways and led Alice to another house, which, judging by the decoration, should have a high status in the tribe.
"Beautiful guests, rest assured, I'll keep them a secret. ”
As soon as he sat down, Rurik hurriedly said this to Alice, and in his words they were referring to his people, because they also recognized Alice's identity, and Rurik was afraid, and Alice attacked them because of this.
If she really intends to do that, then he will definitely resist to the end, despite the disparity in strength, which is his responsibility as a leader, and the main reason why he was able to become a leader at such a young age.
Maybe in terms of personality, he and Siegel have a lot in common, but in terms of treating their own people, they have completely different attitudes, and even in the category of their own people, the two have completely different judgment standards.