You and me under the world tree

"Which two?"

"One of them is the trading city that Jotunheim opened to the outside world: the city of ash tree (Fraxinus), this city should have appeared after Hungary started trading with the giants of Jotunheim."

Before Dietrich could say anything more, a voice came.

It's Hodder.

When Dietrich looked up, she saw that the man in front had turned around.

The eyes of the two sides met.

Then, they looked at each other and smiled, as if the embarrassment and depression before were completely different from the village.

"That's the first one. Although I don't know what the so-called city of ash trees looks like, the residents of Hungary are coming and going. It must be very lively, and we are adventurous as travelers. Or, you can also find supplies and a foothold there.”

Just following Hodder's words, Dietrich sighed without leaving a trace.

"In other words, it is a small town that has been around for some years. It should be the only human village in Jotunheim in Midgard... No, it should be called a gathering place."

"Do humans still have a gathering place in Jotunheim?"

"Of course there is. It is a gathering place established by those who are not allowed to show up in Midgard but dare not be lonely, and those people are..."

"Wizard?"

After a little mention, Hela quickly understood.

"After all, generally speaking, wizards live much longer than ordinary people, and they can't interfere too much with worldly affairs."

This is a customary rule.

But of course, it can also be said that it is the oppression imposed by the gods.

Of course, those guys in the sky would not like wizards with extraordinary powers to change the big events under their control at will.

In order not to lose their lives, they will hide from the world, and eventually they will find a gathering place that is sufficient for living.

"These wizards... are pathetic."

Although she had never really seen anything with her own eyes, Hela subconsciously gave her own judgment.

And there was actually only one basis for her judgment.

"Who wants to leave their homeland if they don't have to."

Neither Hodder nor Dietrich responded to Hela's sigh.

They just looked at each other.

Then Hodder took two steps back a little, motioning for her to respond.

In any case, Dietrich herself must have been to the wizarding village.

"Although there are a small number of people who are not like this, this kind of thing is generally correct. The atmosphere of human wizard villages is not so pleasant, so what are you going to do?"

"To the City of Ash Trees."

Almost without thinking, Hodder gave the final answer.

"uh-huh?"

However, Dietrich felt a little surprised by this choice.

"I thought you would want to get in touch with the wizards living in this land. After all, they are also a great help."

As for this, Hodder only needs to speak out his true thoughts.

"I've always believed in one thing."

"what?"

"The human wizards who are like-minded and worthy of being recruited are either still living in the Atrium World, or have been killed."

"..."

"As for the wizards in Jotunheim, it's not that they are not strong, it's just that there is no need to pay a special visit."

At this point, their tone is set.

The first stop is Jotunheim, a trading city on the border: the city of ash trees.

However, there was a problem.

"Why is the city called Ash Tree?"

Staring at the city in front of him, which was located between the mountains but was obviously made of rocks, Hela finally asked this question.

"I thought the city was supposed to be... green?"

"For example, there is a giant tree planted here, and there are various houses on the branches?"

"Well, isn't that what it is?"

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Finally, push this old author's book, which is someone else's first original book:

Chapter 53: Ash The City of Man

City of Ash Trees.

This is the trading city of Jotunheim.

If you just listen to this name, most people will probably have a green scene in their minds.

A huge tree is located here, the root of which may be the city gate, and various houses on the branches.

And from the root of the tree, you can also enter the inside of the root of the tree, and move to those branches through magical means.

Originally, this was the picture Hela envisioned, after all, it is a city related to trees.

And it's an ash tree.

However, what she never imagined was that the so-called city of ash trees had nothing to do with 'trees' or anything, and it was still a pure rock structure.

It may be because it was transformed from the canyon road, so the house itself is not very neat, and because the creatures living here are completely different in size, the size of the house is completely different.

However, in general, the city can be regarded as well-proportioned.

However, there seems to be no guards guarding the door, and if you just stand at the door made of huge stones and look inside, you can't see anything.

Because standing at the gate, there is no one inside.

And for specific reasons...

"Is it the magic that hangs over the city?"

As wizards, whether it is Hodder, Dietrich or Hela, they can all feel the magic breath emanating from the inside out.

Moreover, there is also magic on the boulder at the door, and runes are even imposingly inscribed on it, which makes the entire Boulder Gate a huge rune stone.

"If I'm not mistaken, the gate is engraved with the most basic protective barrier, which spreads out from the rune stone and connects with each other, so there should be similar things in other places in the city."

That's what Howard said.

"As for the foundation of the shielding barrier that covers the traces of residence and makes it impossible to see anyone, it should be inside the city. If it were me, I would set it as a landscape, or even the highest point of the entire city."

"What you said is not important!"

Facing Hodder's conclusion analysis, Hella couldn't help but complain.

"I just want to know why this city is called the City of Ash Trees."

Her voice instantly attracted Hodder and Dietrich's attention.

However, they really just glanced at her.

Some things, for example, are actually easy to forget if it is not human beings themselves.

Because human beings are too small, so small that other races may only remember that they are the race created by the gods, but they will not pay attention to the specific source.

As it happens, this city is related to the origin of human beings.

"Because... there are ash trees (ash trees) here."

Looking at the confused Hela, Huo De said this.

"Ash tree."

Feeling a little dazed all of a sudden, Hela slowly chewed the word.

But before she could ask any more questions, she saw that the man had already walked into the giant stone city gate.

After a while of twisting, his figure just disappeared, as if the inside and outside of the city were two completely different worlds.

"Ah this..."

Hodder was gone, apparently unable to answer her question.

Therefore, Hela cast her eyes on Dietrich.

"When the gods created human beings, they made women out of elm branches and men out of ash branches."

"Ah! That's right."

When Dietrich mentioned this, Hela also came to her senses.

"do you understand?"

"understood."

"That's good."

Seeing that Hela had fully understood everything, Dietrich also took a step forward.

"Let's not lag behind, otherwise, with Huo De's character, I don't know where he will go."

Saying so, she wanted to step into the trading city between giants and humans.

But before she took two steps away, she heard Hela's shocking words:

"In other words, is this city made by humans? It's really cruel."

"????"

Just like that, Dietrich took back the leg that stepped out, and Dietrich couldn't help but stared at Hela with shocked eyes.

"What the hell is in your head!"

"Eh? Isn't that so?"

"So what is the city of ash in your head?"

"The city transformed from human corpses and lives, after all, the human body and life itself also come from this world tree."

In theory, this seems to make perfect sense.

And for Dietrich, this is even considered invulnerable, because her god-given city, Bean, was actually quickly formed in this cruel way.

only……

"It's not that cruel here, and the ash tree (ash tree) is actually what the giants call the human merchants who come here to do business."

"Ah, so, why isn't it called the City of Elms?"

"Because except for the adventurers, the Hungarian caravans are mostly composed of men, who are strong and strong, and have the ability to protect themselves after a little training."

Speaking of these words, Dietrich felt that her head was about to ache.

"Okay, don't worry about this."

She directly grabbed Hela's hand and held her hand in her palm.

"Let's go in and find an inn."

Then, the figures of the two women broke into a layer of space ripples.

Distorted, faded away.

The rest is still calm.