You and me under the world tree

"Then do you want to try the sword in my mortal hand?"

He glanced over and did nothing else. The Valkyrie who spoke before couldn't help but take a half step back. Under the plain frontier helmet was the same cold gaze as in the battle before Wangcheng 20 years ago, cloudy and unbearable. , A vortex that seems to suck people into it, and in it, all the Valkyrie can see is a boundless darkness.

However, she will not back down from this...

"That was only 20 years ago after all!" she said

But there was no response. The man just looked at her face, but this behavior of not responding at all meant ridicule. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but clenched the spear in her hand.

But just when she was about to say something, their leader stopped her.

"Jaxide, stand back," she said, "We're not here to cause conflict."

"But Sigrun, this man..."

"The leader of Enheria in Valhalla, the mighty Helgi, my husband is his disciple." Just when the woman called 'Jesid' was still about to say something, Siglo En interrupted what she said, "Such a hero, you and I should respect him."

Such words are impeccable. Although it is true that the Valkyries are above mortals, for the heroes who are truly qualified to enter Valhalla, drink with the gods, and exchange cups, the Valkyrie is only an escort after all. , Goddess Asa can be a Valkyrie, but not all Valkyries are from God's Domain, and people like Sigrun are the "chosen ones" in the mortal world.

And Jie Xide is obviously the same, except for the identity of Valkyrie, she has no foundation in God's Domain, but she obviously wants to continue to say something about the question about 'Enheria', but in the end Still giving up, she took a step back and retreated into the crowd.

But even so, she still had a kind of dissatisfaction and anger towards Hodder. Even though she couldn't say anything now, she still gave him a hard look.

She didn't like him, or simply put, she hated him because he insulted the dignity that Valkyrie should have. The battle 20 years ago has always been regarded as a shame by her.

Valkyrie, the female warrior of Valhalla, except for those protoss women who voluntarily joined, this is a female warrior who was carefully selected in the mortal world, and it was such a team that he killed like chickens. The shame has been lingering in her heart, and it has not dissipated for a long time.

The Valkyries are treated preferentially in every country, and the king personally ordered the building of an independent residence. Anyone who sees a female warrior with spread wings will show respect or even be close to her. When did she encounter this kind of treatment?

If a sword pierced her body head-on and sent her directly back to Valhalla's palace, it was regarded as crushing in terms of strength, then this kind of ridicule plus personal contempt is to tear her self-esteem into pieces. Stepping on her feet, it made her unbearable.

But in fact, she was misunderstood, because Huo De didn't deliberately ignore her words before. If ridicule can be regarded as a grievance for the dead Siegmund, then the previous ignorance was out of curiosity, because after seeing that When the Valkyrie was called Jaxed, he suddenly remembered why he was familiar with the Yanma girlfriend of that guy, Old Mu.

Because he has completely seen it in this game!

Take a closer look, isn't this the Valkyrie who was hacked by him thirty times a day? !

In this way, even if the problem is solved, after all, it is only in the game that a person who stays at home can have an impression of an unknown person, right?

Could it be that Mu Si's girlfriend is the face of this broken game?

He was thinking about this kind of thing before, and it had nothing to do with that kind of deliberate contempt and ignorance, but now he doesn't bother to explain anything to these 'orange names', so he just keeps silent.

"In short, we are here to present armor and weapons to Siegmund's son, these are..."

"Hmph, you don't need this kind of thing." Just as Sigrun was preparing his sentence, the old dwarf next to him suddenly said in a low voice, "Who do you think we are?"

The dwarves, a race that has been neglected in the Nine Realms, are actually quite low-level, because their restrictions are particularly large. Except for specific locations in Walt Alheim and Midgard, dwarves cannot be seen in other places. Even among the dwarves, there are "guests" who are famous for casting weapons for the gods, such as Ivaldi, Sindri, and Derlock, but the dwarves are generally unwelcome.

In terms of appearance, they are far less popular than the light elves of the Kingdom of Light. In terms of personality, the dwarves are more sinister than the other. For these reasons, when Lai Jin spoke, many Valkyries cast strange eyes on him.

After all, Lai Jin is not a famous guy, he lives carefully every day, and rarely contacts with people except Huo De, a lifesaver, so it is inevitable that the Valkyries who only care about heroes do not know him.

But it doesn't matter, this kind of gaze is not enough to make the dwarf who has lived a life of wandering for more than ten years and was even caught by a giant have any emotional ups and downs. cold guy.

"Armor and sword, we will figure out a solution for this, and you girls don't need to 'send warmth' here."

Compared with Hodder's words before, Lakin's words are more pungent, and the disdainful attitude in them is even more obvious, and this time, not only Jaxed, but even Sigrun's complexion became ugly , but due to her own mentality, she didn't respond, she just reached out and stopped those subordinates who wanted to attack.

"Hodder..." she called

This pleading attitude is the same as it was more than 20 years ago, as if she was madly in love with Helji and begged for the blessing of Hodd as a teacher.

But the man, who didn't seem to have changed, still in his frontier armor, finally shook his head.

Chapter 40: Nothing Speed ​​Roll

Sigrun is the daughter of King Hogner. She was chosen by the Valkyrie since she was a child and became one of them. At that time, the Volsung clan was fighting with the Hengding clan. When she used to fly on the battlefield Since then, he fell madly in love with that young man who was extremely brave in battle.

Helgi controls the magic in one hand, and holds the long sword in the other hand. The son of Siegmund, the killer of Hengding, is a full year older than Siegmund, who has reached middle age or even older. Lun's elder brother, Simfi Otley, and the young and frivolous Helgi were the sweethearts of the girls of that era. Even, he was once favored by Odin because he was too good.

But that's not the point. What's important is that Sigrun accompanied him, knew each other and finally fell in love. As a Valkyrie, she certainly has enough qualifications to be worthy of Helgi, who was called a young hero at the time.

The hero and the Valkyrie are definitely a match made in heaven in this atrium world. Both Siegmund and Simfiotli agreed with their marriage, but when Helgi happily followed Midgard When the tradition asked the elders for blessings, only Huo De did not wish them happiness and happiness. When everyone wished them a better life in the future, this man in the frontier armor not only did not give blessings, but also pointed out the very important A bit of:

She, the Valkyrie Sigrun, the daughter of King Hogner, she is engaged, and compared to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the prosperous Volsung family, her father is Hendin The allies of the clan were more inclined towards Hoodbrod, the son of Glenmar, and they made a marriage contract early in a king's meeting.

Although Huo De didn't say much at the time, he was obviously against their marriage, because breaking a marriage contract is not a good thing, but in fact, Huo De just didn't want Helji to meddle in other people's family affairs That's all, there is a deep friendship between Glenmar and Hogner, and if others are allowed to intervene, disputes may arise again.

But of course, Hodder's dissuasion and persuasion were not successful, because in fact only Hodder opposed it at the time, while Siegmund and Simfiotley supported him to marry Sigrun through legitimate means, and Higgle Gruen thought so too.

Then, Helgi went to Glenmar and Hogner's territory, hoping to persuade them to give up the marriage contract through lobbying.

Of course, Helgi married Sigrun in the end, but the price was the lives of King Hogner and Glenmar's family. Because Helgi's lobbying failed, the Hengding family and All-out war eventually broke out among the Volsungers, and a deadly clash between them was inevitable.

Then, they got married, but in Sigrun's memory, Huo De, who was Helgi's teacher, did not attend the wedding. He did not give his blessing, but left quietly alone.

He still had prejudice against her, and felt that she shouldn't be with Helgi, and even Sigrun felt that he should have expected the final bad news-Hergi was still dead, and Hogner's The son, Sigrun's elder brother, Dag, "borrowed" a spear made from the branches of the world tree from some unknown place, and then killed Helgi in a duel.

From this point alone, it is impossible for Hodder to have any good feelings for her-Sigrun thinks so, so he can kill her painfully regardless of her and Helgi's previous relationship between husband and wife, For to him she was the woman who had caused all the misery.

Even now, when the man slowly shook his head, Sigrun could feel the monstrous anger under that calmness.

Moreover, this anger was not directed solely at Sigrun, the Valkyrie vaguely sensed that the man was completely targeting the group of 'Valkyrie', and even aimed at the group they represented. power.

"Huo De..." She wanted to say something, but the man just stuck the sword in his hand on the ground, "I believe you all have an impression of this sword, it is stained with the blood of each of you .”

Although what this man said could easily arouse the anger and resentment of the Valkyries—his reputation of neutrality and indifference is not a display, but even so, people including Jaxide who was provoked before None of them spoke. These women had different expressions, but most of them were angry, while a few showed a touch of fear.

Even though it was 20 years ago for them, the unknown duel after the fall of Volsung Castle has always been engraved in their hearts, even if they were in Valhalla's Palace of Heroes Even if the heroes in the Hall of Valor spoke kindly to them, they still couldn't forget the sharp blade hanging above their heads.

Just one hit...

Either pierced the heart or wiped off the neck. Even wearing a helmet, the powerful rune magic can still explode their heads. A man whom Germany calls a bosom friend.

It is true that he is skilled in swordsmanship, but what makes people more concerned is the sword in his hand. The sword inscribed with runes is far stronger than the equipment worn by the Valkyries when they travel. This alone can be seen Out of the 'caster' that excellent skills.

Then, Sigrun thought of a possibility...

"This sword..."

"It's my own creation. I also gave Helji a long sword as a gift. If no one robs the grave, it should lie quietly in the tomb."

"I understand." Hearing this, Sigrun took two steps back, and she didn't have any more words.

Because she knew that this was an obvious rejection, and in the eyes of that man, no matter what she did was wrong, Helji's death became a lingering shadow in his heart, let alone Zieg The tragic death of the Mond family is inseparable from the symbol behind the Valkyrie.

This is Midgard. Even if you know that a true hero like Siegmund will receive preferential treatment in Valhalla, "death" is still death after all. Although mortals should not know the details of Valhalla, I hope However, Gruen couldn't use the usual "protoss rhetoric" to deal with this man who lost everything.

"Do you have anything else?"

"Yes, I want to say that Hull Guitar has had a good time in Valhalla. He is already the leader of Enheria, and you can be proud of him."

He waved his hands, looking weak and weak, and he didn't know if it was an illusion. Sigrun always felt that his figure was a little slow and his body was still shaking.

Speaking of which, as Siegmund's best friend, Hodder is already old...

"It's okay, let's go."

"Well, in fact, you can continue to live here. We are not obliged to report this to Legney."

In the end, she still left such words, probably wanting to show her position, but Huo De didn't respond to this at all, and just watched those beautiful Valkyries go away.

Chapter 41: We have to run

As the orange-red mark shows, Hodder's reputation in the Valkyrie camp is neutral and indifferent. Of course, this is not because he has not done tasks related to the Valkyrie camp. Apart from his personal emotional inclinations, Hodder After all, I am also a standard player.

As a standard player, when he knows that the quest line of the Valkyrie camp provides excellent equipment and a large number of skill points, he will of course participate, although he will not be like other players who are obsessed with girls every day. Wandering around the palace where he is stationed, doing daily work desperately to gain reputation and goodwill, but at least he has completed the main line and high-yield tasks.

And following the strategies provided by the forum and the partners in the Twilight Guild, after completing the main line of the Valkyrie camp and the high-yield tasks, he has at least raised his reputation to 'friendly', which is a little bit respectful, if not For other things, the Valkyrie might not show such an attitude towards him.

But in fact, the broken dungeon of [Volsonger's War] will reduce the reputation of the Valkyrie camp. As long as the hidden plot of the dungeon is activated: [Duel of Glory], the reputation will be lost after opening the boss of the Valkyrie. The Valkyrie is 30 points, and the reputation will drop if you cut too much.

However, in the forum, Lao Luo, who is also in the same guild as the front-line strategy, once released a crucial strategy in this regard: the Valkyrie does not have to be killed, as long as the opponent is defeated, and the conditions for this defeat It is also very easy to achieve: as long as the opponent loses combat effectiveness, and in the process, a blunt weapon such as a warhammer is much easier to use than a long sword.

To put it simply, for a player who has sufficient reputation from the beginning, it is enough to defeat the opponent head-on once without even hurting the opponent's health bar. It is an absolute boon for players, because it is even mentioned in the guide that defeating the Valkyrie will not only not lose reputation, but sometimes gain reputation.

But this is too troublesome for Huo De. First of all, his weapon skill is the two-handed sword from the beginning, and he is best at using this weapon, and then he uses the shield for life protection. Other skills can be mastered by clicking a basic , There is no skill point for more advanced skills. In terms of damage, there is absolutely no way to compare with the rune sword he has been using.

After all, he is not the kind of good-looking party player. On the premise that he doesn't have a good impression of the Valkyrie, he is too lazy to "intimately" defeat the opponent with a blunt weapon. The rewards are all gone, and other trivial daily routines are not necessary.

So he cut it all the way, and in the second half of the month, he has been bringing in new recruits in order to increase the yield rate of the hilt. In this way, he actually dropped his reputation to neutral on the first day, and fell directly to neutral on the second day. Then he proved one thing: by killing the Valkyrie in the dungeon, it is impossible to turn the reputation of the girls into hostility or even hatred.

But this news seems to be useless...

"Hmph." Watching the Valkyries leave and disappear into the sky, Huo De gradually restrained his thoughts.

Although he was wandering in the sky before, focusing on two purposes or even three purposes, he still heard the words of the Valkyrie. Although it sounded extremely sincere, he didn't take these words of Sigrun into his head at all. .

Not to mention the various conspiracy theories in the forums that interpret the background of "Nine Realms", Hod alone has no good impression of the Valkyrie, not to mention that his current camp is neutral and indifferent, if he loses a little favor, he will He was about to reach the hostile range of red. Under such circumstances, how could he believe what such a woman said.

A woman who could still choose to marry Helji, who was the enemy of her father and brother when her father and brother were killed, a woman who has the identity of a Valkyrie, has enough social status but does not refuse her marriage contract, and forces her lover to do it for her. woman fighting.

No matter who she is, no matter who she is loyal to, who she is helping, even regardless of the game or reality, Hodder really finds it hard to believe such a woman.

So, it's time to do the opposite of what she said...

"Now……"

"You should run now, the words of those women are never credible."

Just when Huo De wanted to say something, Lai Jin said in a low voice. He didn't know if it was Huo De's own illusion. Now, Lai Jin's voice, which was originally considered by the players to be extremely cruel and mean, was here. The moment seemed so sweet, so he didn't hesitate, just nodded.

"Of course, so we have to leave immediately."

At this moment, Lai Jin raised his head and glanced at the sun in the sky. Although until now, he still doesn't like the sun, even if he has taken a lot of protective measures, the sun is still for a pure-blooded dwarf like him who opposes the elves of light. Very uncomfortable.

But now, even he has to say it's great to have the sun, because it means they don't have to have long nights and dreams, and don't have to wait until the next day. Magic, he didn't know if Siegfried had learned any kind of storage magic, but he could bring everything with him.

"I'll go get ready."

Then, Lai Jin hurriedly ran to the two small rooms behind the shop, and first reached out and knocked on the door of Siegfried's room.

"Siegfried! Come out! We're going!"

Then he walked into his room in a hurry, there was a sound of ping-pong, and he didn't know what he was doing, but Hodder didn't pay attention to it, because at this time, Siegfried had already walked out, and his face was still there. It is written dignifiedly.

"It looks like I've been discovered." Facing Siegfried's gaze, Hodder just shrugged.

"No, it looks like I should have been targeted a long time ago." Siegfried hurriedly shook his head seeing Hodder habitually taking the blame on himself.

His thoughts are very clear, although in terms of traditional education, he should feel excited when he sees the Valkyrie, because she is the hero's maid, and when he hears that he has the qualifications of Valhalla, He also thought he would be excited, but when he saw his uncle's hostility towards the Valkyrie, he didn't feel anything in his heart.

Even vaguely, there was such a hostile psychology in his heart, and the inexplicably proud attitude of the Valkyrie afterwards made him understand this kind of mind, and he didn't like it when he heard it was a 'mortal'.

"So, we may have to leave here for a while."

"Tell me, uncle, there is something I can do."

Then, the exclamation point popped up...

【Mission: Not a long journey】

[Introduction: It's time to leave this ancient city...]

[Mission Objective: Escort Siegfried and Lakin to leave the Netherlands]

[Task Rewards: Combat Skill Points 20, Free Skill Points 20]

"???"

Wait a minute, where did you say leave?

Chapter 42: Godly Steed

From Siegfried's point of view, his uncle suddenly became a sculpture in place just like before, his eyes were looking straight at a certain direction, even if there was nothing there, he was still watching There.

But he was used to it, so he just waited quietly. According to his understanding, he should be thinking at this time.

In fact, he also guessed right, Hodder was indeed thinking, but what he was thinking was a little bit the same as what he thought.

At this moment, Huo De's slightly cloudy eyes were fixed on the task panel that appeared in his field of vision. He received this task from Siegfried, and the reward was skill points. It can be ignored, but what really makes him care about is the mission goal.

[Escorting Siegfried and Lakin to leave the Netherlands]

At first glance, this mission goal seems to be not a big problem. Some interstellar players probably ignored it, but Hodder would not miss it. His eyes were only on the last word—Netherlands.

Didn't you leave this Volsung City?But the Netherlands?

For a moment, Huo De felt that the task given by the dog system was wrong. You must know that in the entire atrium world, the word Netherlands has only one meaning: the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and although its territory is not too large, Large, since Legny replaced the Volsung family to rule the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the territory has shrunk even more, but even so, its scope is quite broad.

Because it is a full virtual game that completely simulates the senses, the thumbnail map will make people feel unacceptable. It is impossible to point to a few characters and tell you that you are a resident, and point to a few buildings to tell you that you are a village, right?