You and me under the world tree

However, coming to Iceland was actually his own idea.

He originally said that he wanted to go around Norway, but the reason why he chose Iceland in the end was because he found that there were no ships willing to go deep into the northern seas.

Although many merchant ships prefer to avoid the safe routes protected by the navy, their purpose is still to travel between Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Gitland.

Their goal is to sell the goods on the ship, not to go deep into the fucking place like the northern seas.

No one is willing to do business with pirates. Even though there are rumors that the pirates who once fought independently and were divided seem to be unified by someone, pirates are notorious things after all.

Even those merchant ships that had passively accepted the 'help' of these pirates and exchanged some goods for assistance admitted frankly that they did not want to cooperate a second time.

Under such circumstances, it is not realistic to entrust the boatman to take him to the northern seas.

Even, in fact, Siegfried himself had a little hesitation.

Because along the way, he heard a lot of rumors about pirates.

These human beings living in the northern seas that cannot be touched by training troops are far more cruel than ordinary soldiers, because the environment is so.

Just like Lai Jin said, when those pirates are hungry and have no food, they will choose to kill the weakest crew member to fill their stomachs, and then go out to fight those sea monsters after recovering a little strength.

They were brutal guys who could be expelled to the northern sea beyond the border. After countless years of accumulation, they finally gained a firm foothold there.

In the eyes of ordinary businessmen, the word pirate is almost synonymous with sea monsters, giant dragons, ghouls, and ghosts.

But even in such a situation, some people still fought their way out, gathering together the pirates who were fighting on their own.

What is this kind of person?

The more rumors he heard, the more hesitant and uneasy Siegfried became.

It's not that he's afraid of pirates, the key is whether those pirates can be justified, and whether he can bring those pirates into his command. For him, these are the problems.

He has the confidence to lead a group of warriors, but he really doesn't have the confidence to lead a group of cruel and cold-blooded pirates who are open to money.

Not to mention that the pirates have been unified now...

Thinking of this, Siegfried couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

If only pirates were a mess.

Although it is bound to be a long process to talk one by one, if it is just a ship, a few ships, or even a small port, he believes that he has enough strength to suppress them by hand.

After all, they are pirates. There are no laws in the northern seas, and everything is based on strength.

These pirates only look for strength, and whoever is strong will have food.

However, according to those businessmen who came and went, the pirates who were originally scattered had become a huge group at some point, and the businessmen only realized this when they began to contract some 'guard missions'.

This is not a good thing for Siegfried. Although it seems more convenient, a large group means a confrontation at the level of interests.

People who can unify such a group are not mediocre anyway, aren't they?

To be honest, Siegfried did not have full confidence in this point.

Is simple property enough?

Or do you need something else?

Thinking of this, Siegfried couldn't help but feel a little pain in his head.

No clue.

In other words, he probably knows how to do it, but he doesn't have the confidence in it.

After all, warriors, heroes ≠ leaders, kings.

Now he urgently needs to discuss with his uncle who seems to be omnipotent, but unfortunately, he never showed up.

'Om'

Just as he was thinking that, the rune stone used for positioning in his hand shone brightly.

"Ok?"

The next moment, before he could react, someone patted his shoulder from behind.

In an instant, he was vigilant all over, but when he turned quickly and put his hand on the sword behind him, he saw the figure in a coarse cloth cloak and armor.

"uncle."

"Yeah." As always, he nodded slowly, "I knew you were here."

Chapter 11: The Inescapable Seaside Food

Although Hodder's appearance gave him a kind of peace of mind that almost came true, as if he would appear when he was undecided and needed his advice.

But in fact, before, when he appeared behind him, Siegfried had an instinctive disgust and vigilance.

This has nothing to do with his personal will, it is just the result of long-term exercise.

So now, he is a little embarrassed, because at this moment, his hand is still on the hilt of the sword.

"Uncle, I..."

But just as he was about to drop his hand from the hilt, his uncle glanced at his hand.

"You made two mistakes," he began

"what?"

After hearing what Huo De said, Siegfried couldn't help being stunned.

mistake?

What is wrong?

"I appeared behind you, but you didn't notice it. This is the first mistake."

"This one……"

After hearing Hodder's calm tone, Siegfried was even more embarrassed.

Because he was indeed thinking about something before, and the environment in Yangang was quite quiet, which made him let down his vigilance for a while, so he didn't notice the situation behind him at all.

On this point, he could not argue.

"As for the second point, you are overreacting now." Hodder said, "Is the armor on your body not hard enough?"

When Huo De said this, Siegfried also set his sights on himself.

The battle armor he is wearing now was made by his adoptive father, Lai Jin. The main material used is Mithril, which is mixed with the unique evil metal of dwarves.

Although it can't compare with Balmonk's magic sword that casts dragon souls, and it can't compare with the holy sword of wrath cast by god iron, it is also a rare armor in the entire atrium.

After all, no matter what, this is a battle armor carefully crafted by Lai Jin, and Lai Jin is not the kind of dwarf who can only forge iron.

Of course, the armor is engraved with mysterious runes.

And considering that Siegfried's own physical fitness is good enough, Lakin is always going towards 'defense'.

This set of battle armor has a battle helmet that has been strengthened for defense. If it is not for holy swords such as Gulam, it is extremely difficult to tear it apart, even for Valkyrie.

"You have a battle armor, and under the battle armor is skin bathed in dragon blood. Tell me, what are you afraid of?"

afraid of what?

Is there any need to ask?

The only thing that can make Siegfried care about now is the only 'flaw' on his back. Until now, there is a faint imprint of Bodhi leaves, which is the only place that has not been covered by dragon's blood.

"If I were an assassin, I would know where your weaknesses lie."

"Yes, I understand." Facing Hodder's cloudy gaze, Siegfried finally nodded slowly.

No matter how respected the status of the dragon slaying hero is, in front of the elders, he is still the child who needs guidance.

Not to mention, Hodder didn't say anything wrong, and his reaction was indeed a little impatient.

You must know that he not only has a battle armor on his back, but also has two swords interlaced on his back. To put it bluntly, this 'weakness' has brought him a kind of anxiety about gains and losses.

It is precisely because there is only one flaw in his body that he behaves like this.

If it was a normal warrior, he shouldn't have retreated and drawn his sword just now, but had clamped the opponent with both hands first.

But this kind of guidance would not make him lose anything, because soon, Siegfried's heart was filled with the joy of reunion.

"Uncle, long time no see."

"Ah."

If it was an ordinary person, it would have been embarrassing by Hodder's calm tone.

Because he didn't seem to have any intention of opening the topic at all, he was just waiting for Siegfried to start the topic himself.

But Siegfried is also used to Hodder's attitude. Except for some things, he has been letting him make his own decisions. This is a kind of experience.

A long time ago, Huode told him that as a king, his decisiveness and thinking are very important, and he cannot just be a reckless man.

In fact, it is precisely because of this that Siegfried is here.

"Anyway, I have an idea now, uncle."

"Ok?"

"Do you want to think about the pirate matter again?"

"Let's talk while walking, it seems that you have a lot of knowledge."

"it is good."

In this way, the two soldiers followed the road from the port to the interior of Reykjavik.

In the past half a year, although Siegfried spent most of his time on the training of swordsmanship, he did have a lot of experience, but most of them did not exceed Hodder's expectations.

The first is the change brought about by eating the dragon heart: he can understand the words of animals.

That doesn't mean he can break down the animal calls into learnable syllables and words, but he's still able to fully understand them after all.

As to why he knew, it was because he had heard a bird chirping as he left Gurnita Head and entered a forest.

The birds seemed to be discussing something.

Some say that Her Royal Highness Krimhild of Burgundy is charming, and that there is a strange fire on the mountain of Schindal, and that the brave man who successfully crosses the fire will be rewarded.

For him, these animals seem to be a mobile radio station, allowing him to get gossip anytime, anywhere.

He can only listen to these gossips, because he does not have the ability to 'talk', he can only understand the voices of animals.

But these are not important. Even when Krimhild was mentioned, Siegfried didn't show any signs of caring. He just passed it off without changing his face.

More important than these is what happened afterward.

"When I crossed the border between Burgundy and the Netherlands and entered the territory of the Netherlands, the Valkyrie appeared in front of me."

He said casually, without intentionally covering up his voice, which attracted an envious look from a small vendor selling seafood snacks nearby.

Because this is already a tradition in the atrium, when the Valkyrie appears in front of him, it means that the person concerned has the qualifications to become a 'hero'.

But Siegfried wasn't too proud, he just took out two silver coins from the pouch on his waist.

"Two set meals."

"Okay." After hearing what Siegfried said, the peddler smiled happily.

He processed two marinated raw herrings at a very fast speed, directly removed a middle bone, and then placed them on the cake, and then drizzled olive oil, butter, salt, raw onion slices, and cooked mashed potatoes .

"Here." He handed out the herring snack, followed by two glasses of mead.

Then, Siegfried put the herring in front of Hodder, and he bit off his share.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of crispy bread and vegetables, his movements are quite natural.

I treat you well!

Seeing Siegfried's movements, the corners of Hodder's mouth couldn't help twitching.

But in fact, this is a very simple behavior, probably like passing by the supermarket to buy a bag of potato chips while chatting.

Herring is a very traditional snack food for people in this land, especially near the sea.

However, Huo De is not very used to eating raw food, so he has some inexplicable resistance.

At last Hodder stared at the herring, then sighed.

You can't eat it.