You and me under the world tree

The forces that have established themselves in the northern waters are extremely complicated, and the previous methods may not work.

In the final analysis, it was because the dominance was not with him.

But Hodder's perspective is different from Siegfried's, so when the young hero expresses his concerns, he shrugs.

"Isn't this great? It saves us from searching everywhere. We just need to chat with the leader who has integrated the pirates. If we're lucky, we might be able to bring all the pirates in that sea area under his command."

"This... I'm afraid it's not that simple, uncle, I'm just wondering what kind of method can solve this kind of thing."

A force, this is not something that can be handled so easily.

A pirate ship and a group of ordinary pirates who have no way out may try their best to join the command of Siegfried who has nothing.

However, a power is not so simple.

Now that the pirates in the northern seas have become one and have a firm foothold, it shows that they have at least a relatively complete operating system.

"They're far from cornered, and I don't know how to convince these people."

"'Negotiation' is an art, child, you are still too young." Facing Siegfried's gaze, Hodder smiled faintly.

At this time, he just put the helmet back on his head.

"I guess, you should be hesitating, or even want to give up trying to win over the pirates, and turn to your uncle for help."

"Yes……"

"Actually, you don't need to do this. You have to learn some things. It's better to start learning now."

"Ok?"

Siegfried just stared at the dim eyes under Hodder's helmet, and he didn't quite understand what Hodder was talking about for a while.

"That's why, Siegfried, your understanding of the word 'negotiation' is only superficial after all. You should practice your eloquence when you have time."

"what?"

Chapter 14: The Art of Verbal Communication

negotiate...

This word is easy to say, difficult to say, but in Huo De's view, Siegfried is obviously staying at the simplest level.

Let's make an analogy.

If people like Zhang Yi and Machiavelli are diplomatic artists, then Siegfried's "diplomacy" only stops at the state where he can cut off [-] cents for grocery shopping and take a handful of shallots.

To put it bluntly, Siegfried himself still doesn't know how to change things. He still thinks that the negotiation and wooing with pirates are only about 'money'.

To him, wooing seems to be a kind of equivalence relationship, like finding mercenaries casually in a tavern, 'you get what you pay for'.

In the final analysis, this is still a cognitive bias caused by insufficient experience.

But Huo De is different, because he usually reads a lot of idle books, usually likes to think about some messy things, and sometimes even has to deal with some people specially, so he has a deeper understanding of this aspect.

At the end of the day, though, it wasn't a happy memory because it all stemmed from one thing: discrimination.

Because of his poor eyesight, he has received a lot of strange looks since he was a child, including kind help and malicious teasing.

For the former, he will express his gratitude, and he will not hold back the latter, and it is inevitable to sarcasm.

On the one hand, it is to vent the depression in my heart, but on the other hand, it is for a deeper 'plan'.

If they can bear it, that's all. Maybe this matter will be exposed like this.

But in fact, the reason why young people are young is precisely because they have the kind of 'vigor' that adults don't have.

Especially for those children, their self-control is quite poor. After they find that they cannot argue with words, they will choose to do it.

This is not a rare case. Since they are willing to make fun of others face to face, it means that they do not have any moral standards in their hearts.

In the case of being ridiculed, it is inevitable to do it.

The smart glasses used to assist vision at that time were heavier than the current pair. Hodder himself had to look at the road when exercising, and his body was weaker than that of ordinary children.

Fighting is inevitable, but it doesn't matter, there are nurses in the orphanage and teachers in the school, so this kind of fighting will definitely be stopped.

In the eyes of the teacher, disability will become a proof of 'weakness', and then it's time for Hodder's performance. From then on, he understood the art of 'speech'.

"The so-called negotiation and communication are not equivalent, Siegfried."

After inexplicably remembering his not-so-good childhood, Hodder said.

"It's really a mind game that tests your knowledge of everything."

This is no joke, because human-to-human communication is not a human-to-machine conversation. This is not buying drinks and snacks in a vending machine.

"The property in your hand is just the most basic bargaining chip, but in this world, there are too many things that can be used as bargaining chips."

"Is...is that so?"

"Let me give you an example. How did we meet that Gothic Prince Dietrich?"

"Is it Hegrim...?"

"What did we do?"

"Killed the giants there, and..."

"No, we got to know Dietrich, got him to help us wipe out the giants in Grinheim, and then got him to cover for us, that's all."

Then, Siegfried was confused. He realized that he couldn't keep up with his uncle's rhythm. He opened his mouth to say something, but then closed it again.

Because his brain couldn't turn around, even he didn't know what his uncle was talking about.

What he said is true, but am I wrong?

In the end, Huo De also noticed the blankness on Siegfried's face, and he just shook his head helplessly.

"Forget it, some things may not be clear."

Want to clarify what happened in the previous incident?

Don't be kidding, sometimes there is no way to split and explain the results of that kind of on-the-spot reaction and adaptability.

"You just have to remember one thing, the most important thing is to 'do what you like'."

Knowing what the other person wants is the most important thing.

"It's not difficult to do this. There are quite a few methods, and observation is just one of them."

Just like when facing Dietrich, Hodder judged the relationship between the prince and his "subjects" through careful observation, it is not difficult to do this.

"Of course, the best way is to 'get along'."

"However, even if you say so, uncle, we can't find those pirates now."

Did you just find it so abruptly?

Not to mention Hodder, even Siegfried directly rejected him when he thought of this.

Although it is not impossible for a steed like Guerani to walk across the sea, this kind of action is really unnecessary.

Going to the door as a stranger and outright paying to buy them off?

What is the success rate for this?

What are the chances that the other party would want to rob him when he saw that Qian was open-eyed, and even had a crooked idea about this war horse?

In short, it is obviously unrealistic to go directly to Beihai on a horse.

However, he probably didn't think of it.

"If you want to know a person, you don't have to contact the person himself. Hearsay can also be regarded as a kind, and more importantly, there is another thing called divination."

"Uncle, do you know how to do divination?" After hearing this, Siegfried couldn't help showing a look of surprise.

But this surprise didn't last long, and there was even a flash of understanding afterwards, as if these were taken for granted.

"After all, he is an uncle."

Then Hodder froze.

What's the matter with your words and expression?

When did I say I know how to divination?

Thinking of this, Huo De couldn't help pulling out his 'rune' skill, none of the seventeen runes that were lit up involved divination.

Scared me to death, I thought I opened the skill tree.

Then, Hodder once again set his sights on Siegfried.

"No, I don't know how to divination, I haven't learned it, and I don't have a channel to learn it."

The prophecies and divinations that appear in the myth are related to the No.18 rune in the background of the story, but players cannot activate or learn this rune.

It may be because the game operation does not know how the so-called "prophecy" should be turned into a skill, so it is left alone.

But no matter what the reason is, the runes that players learn only include the first seventeen runes.

"Besides, I am not interested in divination or prophecy. Such things are empty words."

"Is it empty talk?"

"Yes." Then, Hodder coughed lightly, "But this kind of thing can play a little role, at least it can help us understand some things that we can't see with our own eyes."

At least it's not useless, well, in the world view and plot.

"There is a 'prophet' in this land and this kingdom, and he is not young, so he must know more about this sea area than we do."

"My...uncle?"

"Yes, Zhisou Griple, it's still early, why don't you go and pay a visit."

Chapter 15: Connected by blood

Now, everything seems to be back to the original point: Gripal's body.

But the nature of things has changed.

Originally, Siegfried came to Iceland gradually under hesitation, and he didn't pay much attention to the name of King Gripal here.

His idea is simple: if it really doesn't work, then give up trying to win over the pirates and turn to his uncle for help.

Although this does not seem to be safe, it seems to be more reliable than pirates.

What's more, Gripal was the only one who asked Legney for the body during the suspended animation.

Because of this, Siegfried has a good impression of him, at least they should have some chats.

However, after some communication with his uncle, he gradually gave up this idea.

Could it be that the attitude towards pirates has changed?

On the way to Yangang Palace, Siegfried couldn't help but have such thoughts in his heart.

But then, he directly threw this completely unreliable idea out of his mind.

Change your mind about pirates?

What a joke.

If it is really possible to change a person's view of those criminals wandering in the North Sea with just a few words, do pirates need to be notorious?

Wouldn't it be nice to find a few bards to write some masterpieces?

Well, it is estimated that there are no bards who would go to places like the northern seas with their heads full of shit.

However, this conclusion has not changed: I have never changed my opinion of those pirates.

What really made him give up the hesitation he had before was because of Hodder, that man and his uncle have always been quite reliable.

After he appeared and confirmed that he would assist or even take over the matter, he gave up hesitation.

The sage of Volsung, he has the qualifications.

"call."

In the end, he took a long breath, and even the corner of his mouth could not help but raise a smile.

"Siegfried."

Just when he almost got rid of all distracting thoughts, his uncle's voice came from behind, which made him slow down.