You and me under the world tree

And above that is the fucking 'hell', a task of this level is like what Huo De is encountering now.

【Teach Siegfried to be a real hero】

This kind of mission goal does not seem to be very good, but it does not provide another clear indicator. It is fine if there is no process and route, and there is not even the most basic reminder.

Until now, even after staying in this broken game for more than two years, Hodder still hasn't figured out the definition of a hero in "Nine Realms".

Is Siegmund a hero?

Undoubtedly yes, he once held the Holy Sword of Gulam in his hand and crossed the battlefield, rising in the capital of Volsung. He is bold and fully worthy of the title of hero. The Valkyrie was chosen, and the young Siegmund fully conformed to the definition of a hero in modern aesthetics, and he was happy with his love and hatred.

But what about the mid-term?

In his middle age, he was greedy for money and lustful. He once forgot his dead sister for a woman. For this matter, the player even turned against her in a specific mission line—at least Hodder was like this. At that time, it happened that his second son He Erji's funeral, he had a big fight with the middle-aged Siegmund at that time, and then he left to other areas, and he never stepped into Volsunger in the game settings until he After the eldest son was poisoned by his queen, Hodder returned for another funeral mission.

But even though he has been obsessed for a long time, he and his heroic children are still favored, which shows that the definition of a hero has not disappeared.

Some players even speculated on the forum whether the so-called heroes are NPCs with high force values, but no one has confirmed this.

However, in this regard, Hodder may be better. After all, it is not the first time he has received this kind of task. The last time he received such a broken task was a year ago. With the title of 'the author', he accepted a thankless task that almost no one received: to teach the second prince Helji.

The content is similar, it also teaches him to become a hero, and so on, the reward is useless, it is a lot of prestige from the Netherlands camp.

But at that time, Hodder was in love with the game. Although Zigmund was slightly dissatisfied with the "degeneration" at that time, he still accepted the task issued by the system, and then taught Helgi in a modern way .

At that time, Hodder had an idea. He wanted to teach Helgi to be a hero better than Siegmund...to be precise, a hero who is more in line with modern people's senses, and then...there is no more. Even if Helgi is the son who has made his father Siegmund proud and his elder brother Simfiotli proud in the setting, this task has not been completed.

How did he finish it in the end? He married a wife named Sigrun, who was a Valkyrie, and the mission was completed like this.

Well, of course, the result was also very unexpected. As I mentioned before, the little hero who would surround Huo De and call the teacher, and Huo De watched him grow up, died in the end. It died under Gungnir, and died The law is so shitty that Hodder yelled at the forum.

He was challenged when he was on a parade, and when he picked up his sword and waited for it, the opposite side took out the borrowed Gungnir, and there was not even a boss battle or a basic plot. When I received the mission about Helji, I went to attend his funeral. This kind of plot death even made Huo De send an email about the garbage planning of World Tree Company, but of course there was no response.

Now that I think about it, I was really stupid at that time, the player or something, after all, is a doll in the hands of the dog planner...

Then, Huo De was so silent, this kind of silence inevitably made Siegfried feel a little nervous. He was full of confidence at first, but now he was a little bit uncertain.

"uncle?"

Chapter 31: Recast Quest

Of course, the kid Siegfried didn't know what Hodder was thinking of. Of course he didn't know that his uncle had a mortal enemy called Dog Plan, and he couldn't understand what Dog Plan was.

In his eyes, the fact that his uncle had remained silent after his request to 'teach him' made him flustered.

Originally, he was very confident about this, but this confidence was not based on himself, but on Hodder's previous attitude.

Not to mention that Siegfried's living environment did not allow him to clearly realize his talent. He is completely habitual and thinks that Hodder will teach him, because it has been like this since he was a child. The one who has been wearing a helmet Although the man seems to be very taciturn, if he doesn't speak, he can stand or sit quietly all the time without saying anything.

But he will satisfy almost every request of his. As long as he has time, he will bring him all kinds of things from outside, ranging from a book of poems by poets to books of all kinds of beasts and monsters. Fur and fangs, although the things he brought were different every time, they were all quite precious, and now, he didn't even have the slightest desire to possess the legendary holy sword Golam, so he just let it go out.

Although according to Siegfried's own thinking, he would never be arrogant and indulgent because of these, but over time, there will always be such a subconscious in his mind, which makes him subconsciously think that the person in front of him will definitely agree to his request .

So subconsciously, he asked such a question without much thought. In his eyes, Hodder should readily agree.

But now, his silence revealed too many things that Siegfried didn't know, which made Siegfried a little confused, and even a thought that made him a little uneasy appeared in his heart.

Will it work?

"Uncle?" With such thoughts, Siegfried couldn't help calling.

However, his uncle still didn't respond. The man in the helmet just sat there quietly, his eyes dull and cloudy. If he wasn't still breathing, Siegfried would have thought he was just wearing an old battle armor sculpture.

Is it really not possible?

In this way, in Huo De's silence, Siegfried's thoughts spread like this. He is too young, not even 20 years old. In addition, he has been living in a blacksmith shop and has never seen anything in the world. So I'm a little restless at the moment.

Just when he was about to open his mouth to continue asking something, there was a soft cough from the door, which sounded a bit old, but in fact, in this mission scene and in this blacksmith shop, except for the player Huo De And there's only one other NPC Siegfried: Rakin, the dwarf blacksmith.

His pretentious cough was actually a greeting, and then, the old dwarf who only reached Hodder and Siegfried's waist just walked in, and he just cast his helpless and emotional eyes on Hodder.

"You don't have to hesitate, Huo De, there is no better teacher than you in this world." Then, the old dwarf said, "If you care about Helgi's affairs, you don't have to in this way."

"Um……?"

Compared with Siegfried's cautious greeting, Lakin's voice is obviously more penetrating. To put it bluntly, his voice is louder. His voice easily pulled Hodder out of his distressed thoughts. out.

To be honest, he was actually still thinking about how to solve this fucking mission just now, even when he was wondering if he should go somewhere to tie a Valkyrie back, Lai Jin interrupted his train of thought, and for this reason, He looked at the old dwarf with a slightly unfriendly look.

But this badness has become other meanings in Laijin's eyes...

"I know Helgi has always been a pain in your heart, and Siegmund and his family hold an important place in your heart."

"????"

Players of the Nine Realms can express their emotions in various ways, and the expressions are no different from reality, and even the eyes can reveal a lot, but it is a pity that Hodder designed the eyes of the characters as The godless gray just like his reality.

That kind of turbidity can't make people extract any useful information, even for Lakin who is old and mature. Even Hodder's eyes have other meanings for Lakin.

Originally, Huo De just looked at Lakin casually in a daze, but Lakin didn't think so, because he did react to Helgi's name, and that look tended to be a warning, but here For a moment, Lai Jin even wondered if the taciturn man in front of him would cut himself with a sword.

However, he knew that he would not do that, and he also hoped that he could accept Siegfried as his disciple, so he simply told his adopted son what he knew.

"Your brother also studied under him."

As far as Lakin knew, Siegmund had planned to entrust the two sons of Helge and Hammond to Huode, but Hammond was too naughty. Although he respected Huode, but for his kind There was a strong resistance to the teaching method, so I didn't learn it in the end, but Helji was different. No matter what method Huo De used, he took it all together and was extremely eager to learn.

And finally...

"Your second brother finally became a well-known hero. I swear in the name of Ymir that what I said is true. A Valkyrie is willing to marry him as his wife..."

"Okay." Just when Lakin said that, Huode interrupted him politely, looking as if he had been poked in a sore spot and didn't want to listen more, "Are you going to Let me tell you, I am not a very good teacher, and many people have said that my teaching is extremely boring."

Then, he got up straight away, turned his gaze to Lai Jin and Siegfried for a long time, then turned and left.

"Lakin, come out with me, I have something to tell you."

In Lai Jin's eyes, all of this was taken for granted. In fact, when Siegfried made up his mind to inherit the holy sword of his father's generation, it was indeed time to discuss the topic among blacksmiths.

For example, the hilt of the Gorum sword and the recasting of the holy sword, which are now being thrown out like garbage...

"Then let me tell you about the current situation." Just as the two walked outside, Lai Jin suddenly said, "In short, all the materials I have on hand are not good, at least the materials in Midgard are not good."

Then, Huo De cast his eyes on him, and on Lakin's head, a big golden exclamation mark was extremely conspicuous.

[Task: Materials for the Holy Sword]

[Introduction: Although the holy sword of Gorum has been awakened, Lai Jin is struggling with the materials]

[Mission Objective: Talk to Lai Jin about the materials (0/1)]

[Task Reward: Recipe: Vateal Gauntlets]

Finally something better came out...

"Tell me, what materials do you have." In the end, Hodder said so.

Just when he asked such a question, the exclamation mark on the dwarf's head turned into a silver question mark, and the task was accepted.

Chapter 32: Materials of the Holy Sword

Although there are many players on the forum complaining about the progress of the "Nine Realms" sand sculpture game, which can be called a Buddhist system, but after all, the complaints are only about the progress. The sand sculpture game with at least nine large maps is currently only hanging around in Midgard, but no one has ever complained that the game is boring.

Even those players who complain about the progress are mostly complaining in order to experience the "inhuman world" outside of Midgard, and purely in terms of gameplay, Hodder has not seen a better game than it so far. game.

As a game under the banner of "Real Different World", it emphasizes not only the combat experience, but also the various systems in it are waiting for players to explore, and a major element of this game is the "sub-profession" ' and 'life skills', needless to say, life skills can be understood literally: they are the skills to live in a different world.

These include the most basic planting, cooking, etc., in short, all aspects of life-related skills, by the way, hunting, skinning, and mining are also included, but leathermaking, forging, etc. have become secondary occupations Plaid career.

In this game, the combat skills that are closely related to the use of weapons are not the most difficult to improve. Regarding the use of weapons and adding points, there are already very detailed strategies on the forum. Because there is no occupation system, this game has always been in combat. It's very free, but it's the sub-professions that really make players feel fucked.

Runes, Blacksmithing, Leatherworking, Breeding, Herbal Medicine...

"Nine Realms" has almost all the occupations that can be thought of in the magical background, but World Tree Company is notoriously painful. To restore the 'real', there is no gamified progress bar or proficiency in sub-jobs and life skills. Except for the color of the game background such as skill points, the rest are not much different from reality.

Not to mention various other things, just talking about forging, Huo De originally thought that forging should be similar to other games. up.

And with the idea that he can't get out of the equipment with a black face, but can also build it for himself, he filled forging into the occupation column.

But this is not the case. Now that I think about it, it can be said that he is extremely fucked up. He basically performed the most basic operations of a blacksmith as an apprentice, such as casting, shaping, and quenching. He has gone through all these basic operations. There are various inconveniences in reality, plus this is a magical game, he always feels that he can play with a fruit knife in reality.

In short, this game is always making troubles in this aspect. Huo De, who has already filled up the skill of "Master Blacksmith" and graduated as a blacksmith, doesn't want to mention the sadness he once had. His head hurts, and he has to mine all over the mountains and plains. This dog game currently doesn't have any flying mounts.

However, it doesn't look like there is no advantage now...

After all, after fully activating the forging skills, he has a clear understanding of the metals and raw ores that can be smelted in the game "Nine Realms". With ease.

"Tell me, what materials do you have in hand?"

"Except for the common ores that haven't been smelted, I have a part of hardened mithril, a part of light cast iron from the kingdom of elves, and a piece of evil iron from my hometown—Valter Alheim."

These ores or iron ingots, etc., Hodder has also come into contact with as a blacksmith, although until now, the light cast iron of the elf kingdom and the dark iron of Wart Alheim cannot be obtained through formal collection skills due to map problems, and can only be obtained through various methods. The blacksmith shop in the main city or the black market can be obtained at a high price, or obtained by dismantling dungeon equipment, but Hodder has been in contact with it anyway.

So he is quite clear about the characteristics of these materials...

"You used mithril blocks and light cast iron."

"Yes, this is the best material I have on hand. Light cast iron has excellent conductivity, and hardened mithril can guarantee strength and ductility." Then, Lakin suddenly came behind Hodder, his Just staring at the simple rune sword behind him, "Your sword is also made of these two materials, isn't it?"

Hardened mithril, light cast iron, and the Yinxie iron mentioned by Laijin before, these three are the best metal forging materials that players can obtain at this stage. This is true in the game and the plot setting, and Hodder It is true that he used the ore he saved to create a great rune sword for himself. It can be said that it is his pinnacle work so far, and it will never lose to the dungeon products at this stage in terms of attributes.

However, these are not the key points. As an NPC, Laijin cannot see the various attributes that only players can see. He is just explaining the basic common sense of the blacksmith profession in "Nine Realms".

"Then, as you can see, I failed. The blade I created couldn't be integrated into Gorum at all."

Of course, Huo De still remembered the scene he saw. With his master-level forging skills, he clearly saw the 'crack' on the sword recast by Lai Jin, the blade and the defective hilt in his vision. There is an obvious break between them. Although it seems to be blended together on the surface, as long as you try to activate the rune, it will break.

"Then have you studied the material of the hilt?"

"Of course." Lakin didn't doubt Hodder, he didn't know that the man in the frontier armor didn't even warm the hilt himself, "The main material of the hilt is the branches of Uktrassir , The material of the remaining part of the sword body is actually more complicated, including light cast iron from the kingdom of elves, and hardened mithril, but the main components are basically invisible to Midgard."

Speaking of this, Lakin couldn't help but looked up at Hodder's face, he wanted to see his reaction, but this man was wearing a helmet as always, even if he looked at his eyes, he couldn't see anything unusual, so in the end, Lakin still give up.

"That thing is a specialty of Asgard. It is generally called Asa Iron. It is the hardest metal in the Nine Realms, and its melting point is quite high. My current furnace can barely reach it." He said, and then He set his sights on the melting pot that he had been using for decades.

This furnace was built by Lai Jin himself. Unlike ordinary furnaces, this furnace is based on runes.

However, compared to the problem of the furnace, he cared more about other things, such as the so-called Asa God Iron he mentioned earlier.

"Asa Iron is not easy to find. It was equipped by the Protoss for our own people, and we dwarves only touched it when we built it." Lakin said, looking at Hodder, "If you can Find other pieces of Gorum, maybe I can try it, otherwise..."

Although he didn't finish his sentence, the answer was obvious. He actually had no hope of recasting Gulam, especially after trying it all night, he became more convinced of this.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but the lack of materials makes him make the most fair judgment. This is the ethics of a blacksmith, and he will not lie about this.

Chapter 33: Big Ideas

The process of repairing the holy sword is obviously not easy. Although there is no such thing as 'Recipe: Holy Sword Gorum' in Hod's forging list, he is also the first line to fill up all the runes and forging skills Player, this dog game has a high degree of freedom. In addition to casting spells, runes also take into account a thing called enchanting.

And rune skills plus forging skills can even derive rune weapons-for example, the so-called rune sage sword in Hodder's hand came from this way.

But Gulam is different, especially in the eyes of Lai Jin, rune runes are secondary. For him, the 24 runes obtained by the god king Odin and expanded by the three goddesses are actually not too mysterious. This is not considered the patent of the Asa Protoss itself. Even the Vanir Protoss, who maintain a nominal covenant but actually have no contact with each other, can understand and use it.

Apart from the gods, the Valkyries who are loyal to the gods, the elves of the Kingdom of Light Alfheim, and even the dwarves of Walter Alheim can use it. Of course, Lakin himself is the same. After the golden shield was placed in Midgard, the runes were also passed on among humans, and the man in front of him was also proficient in runes.

Therefore, enchanting, rune reconstruction and so on have never been a big deal in the eyes of these two people-at least Lakin thinks so. Compared with these things that need to be considered later, he cares more about the issue of materials.

"Asgard iron can only be collected in Asgard. I have come into contact with it before, but that is a thing of the past after all." Speaking of this, Lai Jin's eyes couldn't help showing a trace of reminiscence, even At this time, he also looked at his own skin color that was almost the same as that of humans.

His appearance looks the same as the dwarf race that the player can choose. He is short but powerful, and his skin color is slightly darker than that of humans. He is a pure-blooded dwarf, and he has a lofty status in the dwarf kingdom—Valter Alheim.

According to common sense, he should have a pale and bluish complexion, and he also has the characteristic of "death by light" that dwarves have. Old and dead.

But this is also as he himself said——this is the past after all.

Now he lives in Midgard, in the city of Volsung in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, so he quickly restrained his emotions and thoughts, and raised his head again to look at Huo De, the man who had saved him once leaned against the sun, but for some reason, the frontier battle armor on his body did not reflect any dazzling light when the sun fell on him, but rather cold.

I don't know if it's because he's been in Midgard for a long time, he's really not used to this kind of sinister feeling, so he couldn't help but take two steps back, and then looked at his head still wearing a helmet, that The eyes exposed through the gap are still cloudy gray.

Still can't see anything, and Hodder didn't say anything at this time, he just stared at Lakin like this, and the silence made the old dwarf a little embarrassed for a while.

But he also knew why Huo De looked at him like this, because he was indeed caught in his own thoughts and memories before, so he might have wasted a little time, let alone someone like Huo De, even one Any fool can sense something is wrong.

"Where did we talk just now?" Under such circumstances, he could only ask such questions.

This technique of changing the subject was obviously a little blunt, but Hodder didn't seem to care, which made Lai Jin heaved a sigh of relief.

"Asa God Iron."

"Yes, Asa Iron, this thing is very difficult to find in Midgard, and I don't have any inventory on hand. If you can find other fragments, I may be able to think of a way."

Then, Hodder, the taciturn man, stood still. He just stood there, as if lost in thought.