You and me under the world tree

So these poor guys probably didn't realize what was going on, but when they wanted to look up, they were already trampled under by the guards.

"Good job, adventurer, you helped us maintain the law and order of this city." After putting away the weapons, a guard threw a bag of gold coins to Hodder, "This is a reward, take it to the tavern for a drink bar."

It's a pity that Hodder has no idea of ​​buying wine.

After directly integrating this small bag of gold coins into the gold coin column in the inventory, Hodder just set his sights on the blacksmith's shop not far away.

Then, he went straight in and exchanged the gold coins he got for forging materials.

From the beginning to the end, these movements are extremely smooth, and the people who eat melons around are a little stunned.

It can be said that the difficulty of intervening in the battle between the player and the guards is quite high.

After all, this is not the kind of game where you can select the target directly with the mouse without accidentally injuring it.

In this kind of virtual reality game, if you are not skilled, intervene without authorization, and accidentally hit the guards... Oh, congratulations, you are also finished.

Attacking NPCs and fighting guards will definitely send ordinary players to jail.

This is a systematic punishment that players can get rid of by paying a ransom. Of course, there is another way.

"Wait! Keep your eyes open, I am your baron!"

Of course, there are also those who seem to cover up and escape from imprisonment through their identities, which can even allow them to pay a little less ransom.

Of course, it’s okay if you don’t hand it in. At most, you will encounter guards in the future: Wait, Iknowyou.

Although the foot man is still a foot man, generally speaking, things like prestige and identity are really useful in the game.

and many more……

Suddenly, Hodder couldn't help but look back at the player who was promoting his identity with the cold guard NPC and using game mechanics to escape from prison.

"Tsk, I almost forgot."

Things like identity are really useful in games, and they play a certain role in promoting the plot.

But Hodder subconsciously ignored one thing before:

He blindly considered from the player's point of view how to trigger things related to the 'Northern Pirates' and Big Sister Hewale's head, so he even started to check the strategies.

But if you think about it carefully, this in itself is putting the cart before the horse.

"Nine Realms" has a high degree of freedom. Since he has chosen the line of wooing pirates, he should revolve around this line.

The purpose is still to find the Pirate Queen Hevale, but there is no need to deliberately seek other tasks, and there is no need to follow the strategy to create any "encounter".

Just go find it...

Thinking of this, Hodder couldn't help but set his sights on that task.

[Task: Recruiting troops]

[Mission objective: Win over the North Wind Pirates by any means (0/1)]

[System prompt: The plot will change slightly with the player's choice]

I remember that in the past, this task still required the player to choose a route, but now it has been locked.

Because Huo De told Lai Jin his thoughts, and let him come to the north quickly.

"Then do it!"

Just go directly to the northern waters. As for the ships, someone will provide him with them.

After all, 'identity' is a very useful thing sometimes, and a trip to Iceland can solve this kind of thing.

Then, he started rubbing his rune stones and went directly to Reykjavik, the main city of the Kingdom of Iceland.

Nickname: Smoke Harbor

Maybe, he can find a way to trigger the mission here in Norway, but after thinking about it, it really isn't necessary.

Wouldn't it be better to be simple and rude?Why detours?

Chapter 6: The Human Kingdom at the End of the World

Reykjavik, the name can be translated as: smoke city or smoke port.

Because there are a large number of hot springs and geysers in the city and surrounding areas, it looks like smoke from a distance, so it has such a name.

Because of the geographical environment, Iceland can be said to be extremely quiet.

Although its territory is not large, it is only the size of the island of Iceland, and the island itself is not suitable for planting. There are only a few farms in the south.

It is the mining industry, animal husbandry and fishery that really support the country.

But more importantly, there has been no friction and war for a long time, and the overall situation is much better than other kingdoms that border each other and occasionally break out border conflicts.

This is all due to the king Gripal who rules here, he has a wide range of contacts and powerful witchcraft.

Legend has it that he is related by blood to King Etzel of the Hungarian Empire on the other side, but who knows.

The bloodlines of the various kingdoms in the atrium are very messy. Almost all of them are descendants of Odin.

In short, no matter what the rumors are, Gripal, the person involved, doesn't care. He has never responded positively to this, and he just quietly manages the country at the end of the human land.

As a king, he is undoubtedly qualified. Although some people in the village are still poor, although they can live, it is basically impossible to live a richer life.

So they started to smuggle in the northern waters. Regarding this point, Gripal just turned a blind eye to it. He has tried his best in this regard.

As the smallest country among several human kingdoms, their population is quite sparse.

Several other big kingdoms... Even the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is not good enough now, still controls a vast land and still has a population far exceeding that of the Kingdom of Iceland, let alone the previous "Volsung Era".

Siegmund with the holy sword in his hand crossed the battlefield, and in a real fight, maybe Gripal could fight in person, but the number of troops is really too small.

Unable to fight head-to-head, Gripper chose to get closer to other kingdoms. Iceland's most outstanding industries are animal husbandry, fishery, and mining.

I don’t know if it’s because of the favor of the gods or other reasons. Iceland has the best mithril veins in the entire atrium world. This is the most professional dwarf’s conclusion, so the export of the mining industry can be regarded as stabilizing the kingdom. down.

At the same time, Gripper also bred a group of sea monsters, which greatly strengthened the strength of the navy. Although the offense was insufficient, the defense was sufficient.

But he was not satisfied, because he knew that he could not stand still, so he tried his best to establish good relations with other kingdoms.

Even towards the end of Volsung's time he married Siegmund his beautiful and young sister Theotis.

These are all win-win considerations for the entire Kingdom of Iceland—his sister has always liked Siegmund very much. Even though Siegmund is quite old, the charm of the hero still fascinates her.

But these are things in the past. Since Siegmund's death, he has considered taking his sister back to Iceland.

But later she chose to stay in Denmark, and gave birth to an heir for King Elf there: Prince Losger, who is now gradually replacing his father in handling government affairs.

It may be right to do so, because of this level of in-law relationship, the Kingdom of Denmark has become a reliable ally of Iceland.

But Gripper always felt that something was missing. If it was just Denmark, Greenland was not stable.

Thinking of this, the aged king took a step and walked straight to the back of his palace.

On the way, he met a young and beautiful warrior woman who was brandishing a sword in the garden.

Although she has a beautiful appearance, her body is not delicate. She has far stronger strength than ordinary warriors and has excellent martial arts.

She is his daughter: Hilda, she does not like the beautiful clothes of girls, but only likes swords, battle armor, spears and helmets, and even now, she still wears her own battle helmet.

While swinging the sword habitually, she was talking to the person beside her, and beside her was a beautiful girl in a long skirt.

Compared to Hilda's heroic appearance, she looks like a blooming but delicate flower.

Princess of Norway: Nanna, although Norway and Iceland are two kingdoms, the two royal cities of Reykjavik and Bergen also need to sail to get there.

However, the two kingdoms often communicated because of trade issues. King Gevarus of Norway often visited him, and Gripal himself often visited him.

Over time, the two kings got acquainted, and so did the daughters of the kings.

What?Son of the King of Norway?

They saw Hilda detour, because they couldn't fight, and they were trampled under their feet. Only Nanna, who was a princess, was willing to talk to her.

Then, as Griple approached, they saw him too.

"Father!" Hilda greeted carelessly, and then ran towards his father in a bouncing manner.

Compared with her best friend, Nanna was obviously much more reserved, so she raised her skirt and bowed her knees.

"Your Majesty the King."

"I'm friends with your father Gevarus, and it's not a formal occasion here, just call me uncle." He said to Nanna

Then, he turned his head to look at his daughter.

"Hilda, look how polite they are."

The standard paternalistic speech made Hilda curl his lips.

Anyway, she was used to it, and her father hoped that she would have a little bit of reserve as a princess rather than wielding knives and guns.

But Hilda really can't learn that kind of thing, and in her opinion, she has to be tougher.

"Look at you, there is another wound on your face."

In the end, Gripal still felt sorry for his only daughter.

He had only one daughter, and while being tough and being a boy should be a good thing, she had really hurt herself, and Gripal had nothing but heartache.

His wife died very early, but he didn't want to marry again, so he raised such a daughter, which can be said to be a standard heart and soul.

"This kind of small wound is fine." After touching the slight scar on her face that did not know when it was left, she wiped it away with magic, "Compared to this, where are you going, father?"

"A little something to do."

"Divination?"

Seeing his daughter directly expressing his thoughts, Griple just nodded slowly.

"Well, my father intends to..."

"That's great!" Before Griple could say anything more, Hilda shouted, "Nanna, my father is going to start divination. He's much better than me."

What's the matter with you two?

Seeing their flushed faces, the corners of Griple's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Then, Hilda approached his father and said something in his ear, and he suddenly realized.

"I told you earlier, I have done things like divination of marriage many times before." He smiled, "You two come with me."

Chapter 7: Prophecy of Marriage

Completely different from the embarrassment of having only one daughter as the heir to Gripoel, Gripoel had many brothers and sisters when he was young, and he was not even the eldest son in the family.

So he has quite a lot of energy to travel and have sex outside.

He has been to many places, and even once left the atrium to visit and study in the kingdom of giants, and this has created the current king who is proficient in magic and divination.

Of course, the so-called divination is actually related to the No. 18 runes. This is the text that he went to the Well of Fate and was lucky enough to meet the three goddesses of Noren.

After consulting the Norn goddesses, he had the ability to use runes for divination and prophecy.

However, although Goddess Norn praised his understanding ability, she said that as a human being, it is already worth boasting to achieve his level.

But in fact, what he does is rare for the gods. He can perform prophecy and divination, but this kind of "divination" is sometimes erratic.

And the restrictions can be said to be quite large. If the objects related to the parties cannot be obtained, no divination can be carried out.

But even so, people around him still trusted his predictions and divinations, because they couldn't stand the 'comparison'.

Although he thought that his prophecies and divinations were not good at all, compared to the judgments of the three goddesses who had insight into the past, present and future, his ability to only interpret fragments can be said to be no good.

But he couldn't stand someone who was better than him, such as his daughter.

He always felt that there was something wrong with his teaching method.

Under his teaching, the child Hilda can be said to have learned to use most of the rune combinations, and it is not a problem to control elements and puppets.

Although she herself prefers to give herself a berserk and then flash to blind others' dog eyes, and then waaagh.

Although she herself changed the metal cane presented to her by her father into a hammer, although she herself likes to walk around in armor.

However, she did learn most of the rune combinations and managed to fully understand seventeen runes. Being a mage is no problem at all.

Moreover, her learning progress is actually faster than that of Gripal, who has always felt that he is good at teaching.

As a result, in the 'divination', his lovely daughter gave him a slap in the face.