You and me under the world tree

At this moment, there was a rush of running sound outside the door.

Then there was a knock on the door.

"boom blah blah"

It seemed that the people outside the door were quite anxious, because they didn't even wait for the people in the chamber to respond, and the person pushed the door open and entered.

And the only one who can do such a thing at this time is probably only Her Royal Highness the Princess of Iceland.

Hilda...

During this time, she stayed in Amstel in the name of polishing her knowledge and experience.

However, she may not even be aware that when Siegfried himself was at a loss, she worked harder than anyone else.

Just like Hewale said before, people who didn't know thought she was from the Volsung family.

But she herself did not have this self-awareness, and even at this moment, she was happier than anyone else.

"Siegfried! Siegfried! Someone's back!" she cried

Then, her words inevitably made Siegfried stunned.

"came back?"

But before Siegfried could react, Hodder had already sat up from his chair.

"Now that you're back, let's go and have a look."

And it wasn't until this time that Siegfried realized what Hilda had said.

How long has it been since the announcement was made?

How many weeks?

During this period of time, someone actually passed the test set up by uncle?

With this feeling of horror, Siegfried couldn't help speeding up his pace.

"Come on, let's go and see."

And in the temporarily expanded hall, a gray-haired man in fine armor was standing there.

"call……"

Then, the soldier couldn't help but took a deep breath, and his eyes looked at the hall.

There are no unnecessary decorations in the hall, because it can be seen from the layout that it is obviously just expanded.

Moreover, it should be because the owner here is relatively frugal, he never planned the layout here in detail.

But this is good, he can even see the mentality of the owner here from the layout here: to use every penny of property wisely.

"Don't let me down, Siegfried of Volsung."

He couldn't help whispering when his sensitive senses caught the sound of footsteps coming from above the stairs.

But then, he smiled again.

A "monarch" who can issue a "recruitment order" would not be a mediocrity no matter how you look at it.

Chapter 26: Hagen

It didn't take long to walk from the conference hall to the expanded hall, so Huo De and his party didn't take too long before they came to the hall that looked a bit empty and had no special decoration at all.

At the same time, because of the "commanding height" advantage of their positions, both Siegfried and Hodder could clearly see the young man standing in the center of the hall.

As a warrior, the first thing to observe must be weapons:

The gray-haired warrior was carrying a shield on his back, a sword hanging from his waist, and a bow and arrow and a spear on his back. He looked like an extremely standard adventurer.

Moreover, in terms of food and clothing, his family is definitely not bad, otherwise, a commoner family would not be able to afford a complete set of military equipment including armor.

So it can be seen that even if his family is not well-off, it is by no means comparable to that of a farmer.

What?Captured in an adventure?

no it's impossible...

Siegfried himself was an 'adventurer' for a period of time, and he even played guest roles as bodyguards and mercenaries.

During his short career as a 'bodyguard' and 'mercenary', he didn't earn much.

Moreover, although his own purpose was not to make money, but only to increase his experience, during this period of time, he also understood how low the salaries of those mercenaries were.

The various associations set up in various kingdoms to serve adventurers and mercenaries do not actually have any basic work, they are equivalent to some kind of intermediary.

Moreover, these intermediaries are generally organized spontaneously by certain areas and certain villages, and slightly larger towns and even the capitals even directly have guards.

Hunting monsters that threaten the city and maintaining law and order are the duties of the guards.

After the soldiers had done most of the work that the mercenaries could do, the only jobs that the adventurers could do were protecting the caravan.

However, those who can come out to form caravans, no matter how big or small, are basically local young adults.

Under this kind of unintentional exclusion, the so-called mercenaries have even less room to survive.

It's just a few dollars, and it's only because Siegfried himself has saved the life of a caravan owner that he may have a chance to 'get rich'.

After all, Midgard today is different from the past.

The former atrium world was in chaos, and the gods did not give certain guidance, but just let the human beings continue to be chaotic.

Even, because at this time, the gods had already encouraged humans to fight fierce beasts, so the earliest tribal system was born at that time, and the concept of "nation" gradually became more and more people hugged each other for warmth.

And at the moment when the country was born, the concept of tribe gradually declined, and even in the end, tribe had become a symbol of ancient aristocracy, and only some groups that hadn't been cut off had such a title.

But at this moment, it is true that the various kingdoms have taken shape, but there is still no professional army.

There are no tactics in the war between the kingdoms. The two sides are simply recruiting fighters, and then pulling them somewhere to fight together.

Until Harald, the war tooth king of ancient Denmark, came to the throne when he was young, he felt that the speed of recruiting people to fight abroad was too slow, so he simply set up a "professional" army.

At this moment, the soldiers who fought for the country and for the country really got their wages.

Harald fought down the surrounding lands one after another. He fought for almost his whole life and almost unified most of Midgard.

Then, I felt that the territory was too vast, and it was too late to provide support in case of problems.

In order to maintain his rule and prevent his kingdom from being divided, he sent his family members and cronies to various places to serve as 'lords'.

On the one hand, the lords have to make offerings to the king, and on the other hand, they have the same power as the original king, but they have lost their status as kings.

From this time on, the emergence of the army gradually replaced the original state where adventurers ran everywhere, and residents even had to exchange their own valuables for the help of adventurers, and then began to decline.

And now, as each kingdom develops and becomes stronger, soldiers and fighters in the army are given more and more functions.

Originally, in Harald's era, soldiers only had the property issued by the kingdom to support family expenses when they were marching and fighting.

But now, the military has formally combined with civilian organizations such as the 'sheriff', soldiers have the responsibility to protect the local civilians, and a part of the taxes of the civilians will be used for military expenditures, which has formed a complete supply and demand relationship.

Regardless of the kingdom's control over the various lords, the so-called mercenaries and adventurers have actually declined for a long time.

But now, as a mercenary, do you want to get together a set of metal armor that looks good and a complete set of weapons that look matching?

No, this is not possible.

"Well... I introduced it to you? Or do you ask yourself?"

While the two soldiers were staring at the soldiers below, Hilda suddenly asked.

Because Huo De has been elusive recently and seems to be quite busy (fishing), and Siegfried himself is even more tired and out of breath by a lot of government affairs every day, and he hasn't even gone out for a long time.

Therefore, Hilda has always been in charge of foreign negotiations.

Speaking of which, this should be the first time that Siegfried, the lord here, saw the treasure hunter.

"Let me tell you, Siegfried, he was the first to claim the treasure map."

"I'll ask myself."

Then, before Hilda finished speaking, Siegfried walked on slowly.

"I know most of the soldiers in the Netherlands, but you are certainly not among them, warrior."

Then, Siegfried slowly walked in front of the warrior, but he didn't get close.

"Tell me, where is the warrior who found the treasure left by my father?"

And when Siegfried stood there with him, an incomparably stark difference was manifested.

Perhaps it was because he had just gone through an adventure, he looked really embarrassed, so in terms of appearance, he was definitely not as good as Siegfried, who had inherited Volsung's excellent bloodline.

However, compared to his appearance, his height is somewhat regrettable.

Compared with a handsome man like Siegfried who is tall and mighty and fits the aesthetics of women in the atrium, he is somewhat lacking in height.

If you really want to compare, his height is only a little below the shoulders of a man like Siegfried, and he is about half a head shorter than ordinary people in the atrium world.

Developmental dysplasia?

No, that's unlikely to be the case.

Because it can be seen that his body is in good condition.

Then, at this very moment, he gave his name:

"Hagen, I'm from Burgundy," he said

The next moment, he looked up at Siegfried.

"I am from Worms, Burgundy."

Then, the moment he heard his name, Hodder's eyes under the helmet narrowed involuntarily.

"Hagan..." he said the name

Chapter 27: The Bastard of Burgundy

Hagen...

When this name appeared, Hodder's eyes couldn't help but narrowed, because he was familiar with this name.

Even, not to mention that he is familiar with it, anyone who has a little interest in the game and story background of "Nine Realms" and is willing to read books will know it.

Although the degree of understanding depends entirely on personal knowledge and how much information has been read, but this name will never be missed.

And to say why, because he is the one who ended the Siegfried legend.

Moreover, with more and more derivative works of the original legend, Siegfried's heroic image is getting higher and higher, and Hagen's image is becoming more and more ugly.

At the beginning, he was a warrior who was loyal to the Lord and put loyalty before his own honor. Later, he became a character who was greedy for money and lustful, and lost his mind because of treasure.

Moreover, because the evaluation of him in the forum is actually not very good.

After all, this expansion piece is called [Song of the Nibelungen], and the protagonist is undoubtedly Siegfried.

And because of this reason, players generally have considerable dissatisfaction with Hagen, who is said to have killed Siegfried.

Although according to players who have done the Burgundy quest line, the specific setting of Hagan himself is still not very clear-because he has not appeared much, and he is the kind of easily forgotten in the Burgundy court. Passerby.

But even so, this didn't prevent players from constantly bitching him in the forums, and some even said that he was short in stature, with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes, and he was not a good person at first glance.

But what about the specifics? In addition, Hodder himself has read a little bit of information.

He checked the books and turned over the poetry version of the Nibelungen Song. In the university, he could consult the papers on folklore studies and legends written by graduates anytime and anywhere.

And the final conclusions of course also tend to those "predecessors" who have studied carefully and can publish articles in provincial magazines.

And in his opinion, if World Tree Company depicts this story according to the original legend, then Hagen is definitely not some stupid and money-greedy villain.

Therefore, he would not have any other ideas.

It was precisely because he knew enough that he would not directly raise his sword and chop off the warrior who came from a place not bordering them like the Kingdom of Burgundy, who traveled thousands of miles away.

Huo De was standing on the steps, quietly watching the slightly embarrassed soldier.

At the same time, Hagen didn't notice the sage who looked like a passerby guard at all.

Armors are not known for their flamboyance. Valkyries who occasionally show their thighs, arms, and stomach are rare. There is absolutely no such armor in the world.

And because armor protective gear has always been practical, so generally well-known heroes and warriors will make some iconic ornaments for their protective gear.

Unfortunately, Hodder was too lazy to do this.