Swinned ran all the way with his subordinates, supported by his master, and the subordinates didn't care about the sin of forcibly breaking into the Holy Land.

They forcibly broke into the Holy Land, but before they reached the low wall, they noticed the strangeness of this place.

"My lord, there seems to be no popularity here. What are the priests doing?"

"Yes, it's too quiet..."

The muttering of the subordinates really made Swinned alert. Although a group of priests are also Shinto Taoism, most people like to stay in the temple and stare at the statue every day. It is not as quiet as it is now that you can hear the crows calling.

Yes. The crow is calling...

When the soldiers heard the crows, they all looked up at the big tree. When someone suddenly stopped, they quickly attracted everyone to stop.

Swinned would take a look at him suddenly, seeing his subordinates stunned, he felt that things were weird, and he added a trace of fear: "What are you doing? Go away."

"But my lord." Someone raised his head and pointed to the sprouts of the massive tree: "There is a crow. It is Odin. He is looking at us. This is asking us not to forcibly enter the Holy Land."

Swinned was speechless. Although he was a little worried, considering that the kid Rurik was walking aggressively, it was said that the kid had been blessed by Odin. Isn't it possible that Odin really sent an envoy to stand in the treetop to receive him?

"Don't linger, continue to follow me." He urged, "I'm going in, dare not follow me, there is no salary this month."

For the sake of money, everything is forgotten.

The brothers still have to get money to live, and Odin will not pay the brothers.

The team resumed their advancement, but was blocked by the bronze lock that exited from the wooden door on the wall.

"My lord, could it be that the priests have all left? This is abnormal."

"It's abnormal. What are they doing?!" Swinned scratched his head, embarrassed for a while.

When his subordinates continued to inquire about countermeasures, he stubbornly said, "Smash it for me!"

smash? Who will smash it?

Seeing that his subordinates still had scruples, he casually asked for a hand axe, broke the lock abruptly, and then strove to open the closed door.

The door opened, and the inside of the wall was very quiet.

The flat courtyard was empty, and the huge temple building was unpopular, as if people had left.

I thought that the main gate was locked, this kind of thing was extremely abnormal in normal days, the inexplicable soldiers whispered to each other, and all the priests and monks had left.

"Where did they go?" Swinned muttered.

A soldier leaned forward: "All signs indicate that they have left."

"Leave? You spread out and search for me. The temple is not very big, try to find me a living person."

Swinned was very loud, in exchange for everyone's obedience.

The subordinates scattered and searched, but they had no hope of finding the monk.

There are crows hidden in the big ball-shaped tree, only the crows are still croaking hoarsely. Its voice was harsh, and it made Swinned's heart even more frizzy.

You are the Duke of Uppsala, and he doesn't want to come to the temple area on non-holidays. The monks have already built a circular low wall, and with it, it has also prevented curious people from entering. He did feel that his actions were inappropriate, and he could only make the truth even better when it was done.

After all, as long as Rurik is king, he is a subordinate. In principle, what happened today was requested by Rurik, and Odin would never blame himself.

Swinned cleared the situation, and immediately led several subordinates into the main hall of the semi-curved temple complex, a long house with a huge and steep herringbone roof.

The gods Sora, Uber, and Odin, the so-called kings of heaven, earth, and gods, are enshrined in the house.

However, everyone who entered the hall was dumbfounded.

Swinnedy widened his eyes and asked the soul: "Where is the idol? Where did he go?"

The base on which the idol was placed is still there, and the bronze idol has disappeared.

Even though the statues of the Three Gods displayed by the Uppsalas are not large, even a strong man can easily hold them and move them, but who has the courage to move the statues away from the temple?

Suddenly, for a moment, Swinned thought of something.

He gritted his teeth with anger: "The high priest, and all your priests? Are you using this method to act against the Rus and put me in an unrighteous position?"

This is just a conception, as the subordinates brought a crude wooden board over, the truth became clear.

A large number of scratches have been carved out on the wooden board with a knife, which is actually a letter written in Rune script.

The content of the letter is extremely simple: "We cannot serve the arrogant Roths. We bring the statues and sacred objects to the forest altar. When the Roths end their farce, we will return."

Swinned was in rage, and knee-slapped, the whole plank shattered into slag.

The content of the letter shocked everyone present. He told everyone: "You don't see anything, you don't know anything, do you understand?"

Someone tremblingly asked: "The high priests..."

"Shut up!" Swinned slapped his hand: "You don't know anything! Only I know this. Now follow me and leave, I will meet the Ross people."

said the priests, they did remove all the important utensils of the Great Temple. No obvious footprints were left on the ground. Based on the analysis of the facts, Swinned felt that the priests had all left with the sacred objects during the heavy rain. Thinking about it carefully, there are not many utensils that the priests have to remove. The most important are the three statues of gods, and the others are gold and silver.

Even the residences of the priests were surveyed by the soldiers, and it can be seen that those people took part of their clothing when they left.

They still have a batch of daily necessities left behind. It can be seen that the evacuation is also quite hasty.

Swinned did not expect that the high priest would do such a great job. Although there are altars in the forest, is this attitude of completely refusing to cooperate with the Ruths really good? The Ruths were so cruel that even the priests of their own family came to annihilation, killing the priests, they did not think it was a serious sin.

The power of faith of the Uppsala tribe is in a sense the strongest in Sweden, but today's performance seems to be weak. The priesthood guarded the sacred tree, and actually took the initiative to separate from the neighboring Uppsala people. The Rus army entered the Neihu area and set up camps to build the city. Although the priests planned the many requirements of the Rus Prince, only any negotiation, Leaving a letter, Sa Yazi ran away with the sacred instrument.

Swinned was extremely disappointed with the group of priests. Could it be that the tribal controller was a sacred tree and a large temple, and the Ruths were full of food and admired the Uppsala tribe. He thought so, but he didn't know Rurik's true thoughts.

It is rather black and humorous that the Rus army, which is about to arrive at the Great Temple, has very few troops, although the clothes are very gorgeous, and the composition of the soldiers is very subtle.

The cold wave of the wheat harvest many years ago, the Uppsala tribe was in trouble. Some parents really have no choice but to drive their twelve or several-year-old children away from the tribe and go to beggars from the Mellaren people.

As long as all the beggars that can be found by the great Russian merchants are sent to Tombstone Island, they are transported to Novgorod and Novgorod. The boy who was ten years old at that time is now over eighteen, eating food provided by the Ross people, receiving military training, and becoming a young soldier of the Sixth Banner. Today, they have revisited their old places, but their souls have belonged to Rose.

Lurik's gorgeous team was getting closer to the Uppsala Great Temple. Until this time, the young warriors from the Uppsala tribe who were accidentally incorporated into this squad finally couldn't hold back their heart.

The soldiers took the risk of being punished and left the formation and ran in front of the prince.

"What's the matter? I'm almost at their temple, nervous? Come back to the team." Rurik scolded.

The soldier had no fear on his face, and his right arm slapped his chest: "My lord, I used to be an Uppsala."

"Oh?"

A brief description really made Rurik irritated and happy. He himself did ignore that there were soldiers from Uppsala in his army. Although he had been away from his homeland for many years, it was reasonable to ask for some information. The soldier pointed out that the priests in Uppsala were very proud, and the so-called guarding the sacred tree was the messenger of the gods, and so on.

Leurik didn't take it seriously: If it's just these, I would have predicted it. You can withdraw! Your report is very good, so don't do it again in the future.

The local priests of Uppsala are really superfluous, and the architectural style of their large temple can't satisfy Rurik. This time the Ross army saw the low wall and a guard standing at the gate.

Lurik wondered whether there were priests and soldiers as goalkeepers? When he looked closely, he realized that it was the Swinned man who arrived first.

After a long journey, Rurik was a little panting, and then looked up at the huge lumpy tree. Some of them were not tired. Valley

There is a huge tree growing in the wilderness. In contrast, the temple building is small, and the people under the tree are as small as ants.

The giant tree attracted everyone's attention, and Otto raised his old head, feeling that the Uppsala still has such a treasure. Numerous female relatives had never watched such a big tree up close, and their mouths were shocked.

Even the cavalry, they curled the flag on the flagpole and rode straight into the temple. All the metal temple areas of the Rus army stopped spontaneously under the shade of giant trees.

The quacking crow had already flown away inadvertently, at least Rurik never noticed that there was a crow here.

Swinnede walked out of the Great Temple with a complicated mood, seeing that everyone in Ross was in the shade under the tree and it was hard to say anything.

He walked straight and looked up at Prince Rurik who was in a good mood.

"As you can see, this is our temple."

"I did see an interesting building. I thought I would encounter the priest's obstruction. Obviously, you drove them away?"

Undoubtedly Swinned realized this was an opportunity. He brightened his eyes and immediately lied: "Yes. Even if some people didn't want to leave, I was driven away. Just..."

"how?"

"The high priest took away some things, such as the deity."

"That's it?" Rurik's genial face finally showed displeasure. "That old man with tattoos did such a thing? Could it be that I didn't welcome me?"

Swinned shrugged, he didn't express his opinion, but his eyes expressed a little. From his standpoint, the high priest took the sacred artifact and ran away in the rain and threw the mess to himself. How does this not take the Duke of Uppsala seriously? The Roths dared to destroy their old priesthood, the butcher knife fell, and the Roth nobles did not encounter divine punishment. He had to think about whether he could follow suit.

But traditionally, Swinned didn't want to be a villain. If anyone wants to be a wicked person, let the Ross people do it!

He claimed to be a kind person, unwilling to be true to the truth, and continued: "Our high priest felt that since the Ruths had enough priests, the Uppsala priest staying here is tarnishing the noble. The high priest said that his level was too low, but Uppsala's summer sacrifices were still to be done, so he took some sacred objects and left."

This is a fact, and it is only part of the fact.

The smashed letter is short and the disdain sentiment revealed in it is true.

Rurik nodded, feeling better again: "It seems that your high priest is still a duplicity! He is very smart. I don't need your priesthood, they can leave wisely, saving me a lot of trouble. So if I perform my enthronement ceremony in accordance with Rose's etiquette, does anyone still object?"

Swinned hurriedly replied, "I support you. Since the high priest has left, both you and your priest can live here."

"Oh?" Rurik's eyes lit up: "You talk about it?"

"I mean. The temple is now yours, you can use it freely."

free to use? Just free use?

An opportunity is in front of you!

"I'll go to the big temple and take a look. It doesn't matter if those people move the idols or something, I will stand better."

With his wives and concubines, Rurik stood in the central hall of the Uppsala Great Temple. This is a large building with a large number of columns supporting the entire structure. It is a pity that it is a single-story building. Looking up from the center of the main hall, there is no ceiling here. If you look closely, you can see the tallest beam.

The place where the idol was originally visited was indeed empty, and a closer look at the furnishings in the hall was a bit shabby.

The high priest of Ross, Lumia, with a small figure wearing a big antler helmet, entered the so-called largest temple in Sweden as a priest. She had maintained great humility. Now entering the temple area, she is most emotional It was the giant tree. As for the big temple itself, the empty hall, suddenly lost any sense of sacredness.

She gently pulled Rurik's hand: "Shall we, want to erect the statue here?"

"Here?" Rurik let out a wry smile, "It's boring. The priests' buildings are just looking at them. The so-called big temple is nothing. We can build bigger and more luxurious ones in Ross. It's the tree outside. Tree! What a treasure."

"Then, shall we stand the idol under the tree?"

"I have the same intention. Let's all go! There is nothing beautiful in the temple."

Swinned is not in the hall, and Rurik can dare to say something contemptuous. After he walked out of the main hall, he explained his plan to Swinned. The so-called priest of Rose could take over the temple, but the kingship ceremony would not take place in the temple. The gilded icon of Odin brought by Rose will stand under the big tree, and a small shrine will be built to enshrine it. All rituals are carried out around holy trees, shrines, and statues.

Even Rurik even stated such a request: "Your priests in Uppsala gave up your temple. You preached that they would defend the temple or fight with me. They left, leaving the empty temple behind. Here it is. Now this temple has a new owner, that's me!"

Out of feelings, Swinnede refused to hear Rurik's request so unreasonably.

He is a smart man, knowing that if he tries to stop him, he will undoubtedly hit the stone with a pebbles. This matter can obviously be regarded as a transaction!

Swinned stared intently, as if his attitude was very decisive: "It is absolutely okay. The sacred thing belongs to the sacred person, and that is you. However, in order to build this temple and support this big tree, we Uppsala also... "

"Oh? I see. You want a sum of money, right?"

"Yes."

"You can make a price."

"That's how I think. Regarding the purchase of Rose's big ship by Uppsala, we will indeed pay a lot of food. My messenger helped me make a deal, but... I feel very much that I took out a lot of food. Pressure. How? We buy you a big ship, in exchange, the entire temple is yours!"

"This?" Rurik subconsciously felt that this guy was joking, and couldn't help but back off three consecutive times. "Sure enough?"

"So."

"Ok, deal!"

No one could think that things could be like this. Originally, everyone came to the Great Temple with the purpose of pilgrimage. How could the Great Temple become Ross's property after a while? In this way, the giant tree has become a thing of Rose.

Fearing that Swinned would change his mind, Rurik quickly agreed, and even forced a written document.

On the hard paper carried by the army, the two copies of the document were signed. The content of the document was written in traditional Runi script. Both parties signed their names in the name of the great nobles of their own tribes. Naturally, Rurik wrote more, with an additional name, the King of Sweden.

Things are changing so fast that it is astounding that High Priest Lumia has no idea that this temple already belongs to Ross, and in principle, he is the most senior manager here. Although the temple building itself is not very good, its characteristic is that it is very large, enough for a large number of people to spend the night. And this giant holy tree.

Let the priests of Uppsala go to hell!

In the afternoon, Rurik was already traveling the power of the new owner of the temple. He also had to do something to prove that he really had the ownership of the temple.

The first task is to abolish the rule that Uppsala people are punished when they enter the temple area on non-holidays. The second item is to order his subordinates to remove all the low wooden walls.

A vigorous demolition of the wall is underway, and Rurik himself is not idle.

The thick trunk of the giant tree is shocking. He asked his wives and concubines to hand in hand to measure the circumference of the tree. It took seven or eight people to surround him~www.mtlnovel.com~The length of the young woman's arms is indeed short. Even so, it can be proved that the tree is huge. With the use of saving food, the circumference of the tree is calculated, and the diameter at breast height of the tree is also estimated to be an amazing length. It actually broke through two stikas.

If the cross section of a large tree trunk is a standard circle, its diameter exceeds two meters.

What tree is it? According to the leaves, it can be judged to be a special cedar tree.

It is indeed a cedar tree, a giant European yew, or a giant yew from Northern Europe.

The European yew can grow extremely huge in principle, but its reproductive ability is very weak, and the entire species is scattered sporadically.

Even people in Southwestern Europe have discovered the super elasticity of yew wood. It is an excellent material for bows. When trying to plant them manually, they will not let it grow too large. When it was still a small tree, the yew tree was cut down to make a bow, or people planted it deliberately for munitions.

Lurik couldn't judge the true species of this giant tree. On a large open grassland, this tree was too conspicuous. It is indeed very tall, and the wide trunk is also the largest tree that the soldiers of the Ross Army present have seen in their lives.

No one really understands the world tree, or because everyone is a bug on the round fruit that exists on the world tree, naturally you can't see the whole picture.

People spontaneously call this big tree Yggdrasil, as if it was originally called by this name.

It was immediately given an official name by Rurik: "Let's call it Homiggdrassil."