You and me under the world tree

With the first hammer, the burning torch hit the head of the demon cow directly.

This kind of Warcraft native to Midgard is an extraordinary test for ordinary warriors, but Hodder is holding a two-handed hammer that was "generously" donated by the gods after all, and therefore, this destruction Power can be imagined!

'moo'

Accompanied by the mournful wail, the huge body of the demon bull that was still moving fell directly to the ground, and its blood bar was emptied the moment its head was hit.

'boom'

After the magic cow fell, the owner of the magic cow also fell down. Although the giant's body was definitely not slow, when he fell heavily on the ground, there was still a little vibration on the ground.

"It looks like... a mountain giant!"

"Wait a minute!"

Before the fallen giant could say anything more, Huo De's second hammer directly hit his chest, and his body was sunken directly. Although he didn't die directly, but this hammer But it also made him faint.

Dying...

"Okay, the matter is settled, Gothic warrior, now you should be able to tell us what happened here?"

Then, a golden exclamation point appeared...

Chapter 85: Scourge on the Frontier

After all, Huo De is an old player of "Nine Realms", and he can handle everything that happens in the scene with ease. Now, the abnormality that happened in the small town is obviously an event, and it can be seen that this only It's just the beginning of a mission.

So when he saw the golden exclamation mark appearing on the gothic warrior's head, he didn't have any surprises, it's better to say that there are no missions now.

However, before he could say anything more, the golden exclamation mark disappeared, and the silver gray question mark representing the progress did not appear on his head, so he just glanced at him casually.

"Specifically, you can ask other people."

The eyes of the two sides met at this point, and at this moment, Hodder was a little dazed.

He had indeed received this mission, because the mission indicated by the golden exclamation mark had already appeared in his mission list:

[Mission: Border Scourge]

[Introduction: The newly expanded territory of the Gothic Kingdom is not stable, investigate what happened]

[Mission Objective: Talk to someone who knows about this issue (0/1)]

But of course, the initial NPC is only used as the starting point, not the delivery object of the task. The eyes of a special soldier.

He hadn't faced him before, so he didn't notice it, but when he noticed it, he felt a strong sense of disobedience, those blood red eyes...

To be honest, "Nine Realms" has been in operation for more than two years, and many NPCs and even passers-by have left a deep impression on the players, some because of their personality, some because of their beauty or handsome appearance, but among them, these NPCs His eyes have always been normal, and this gothic warrior is probably the first 'red eye' he has ever seen.

And it's not a beautiful ruby ​​red, but a dull blood red that is rarely seen among casual players—his wife is this color.

"Wait, you're planning to leave just like that?" Seeing the Gothic warrior take a step forward, Hodder couldn't help asking.

However, the Gothic warrior ignored him. Although he glanced at him again, he didn't speak.

The warrior just removed a horn from himself and blew it.

"woo woo woo woo"

Accompanied by a monotonous voice that is not clear, but not too low, the doors and windows of every closed house were opened, women and children still stayed in the house tremblingly, while the men cautiously looked outside, and when they After seeing the corpses of the magic cow and the giant on the street, joy appeared on the slightly terrified faces of these men.

"The giant has been dealt with? Great! We can be safe for a while!"

"Long live Your Royal Highness!"

That's what they said, and at this moment, a man in a rough shirt also walked over quickly, and he seemed to be the person in charge here.

Although he did see Hodder and his party, he just glanced at them. Although he hesitated for a moment, he still walked directly in front of the Gothic warrior.

"Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to come here..."

"This matter is not over yet." Facing the middle-aged man, the warrior called His Royal Highness just said so.

On the surface, he seemed taciturn, so his words were cold and blunt, but in fact, since he said these words, some of his characteristics were exposed-he was just not good at words.

From those few words, Hodder knew this. This Gothic prince shouldn't be in this kind of border town. He must have other reasons for being here.

"That...His Royal Highness." Finally, in front of the taciturn prince, the middle-aged man finally turned the topic to Hodder and the others, "Are these two...?"

Of course, the people in this small town don’t know Huo De and others who just crossed the border and came to Gothenburg, so they can only ask their highness the prince, but the attitude of the questioner is obviously very interesting. He is trembling, as if In fear of something like.

"He helped a little earlier."

"Oh..." After hearing His Royal Highness say that, he finally turned his gaze to Hodder, "Thank you, stranger."

Then, the tone became lighter...

I have to say that this is actually a very interesting thing. Although he is so afraid of the prince of his own country, he gradually becomes more courageous and even enthusiastic about Huo De, a stranger.

"I am the mayor of this small town: Hegrim." He didn't give his name, but just called his position here. "Anyway, thank you for lending a helping hand."

When the mayor was facing Hodder, His Royal Highness the Gothic Prince was not idle. He roughly grabbed the giant's hair, and then dragged away the unconscious giant who was on the verge of death.

"No, actually I couldn't do anything. Even if I didn't do this, your princely highness can still solve this giant."

"Um……"

Maybe the mayor had something else to say, but when Huo De transferred the topic to their prince in the first sentence, the mayor suddenly had nothing to say, and he hesitated to speak.

There's something hidden about this...

Seeing the mayor's constipated expression as if he had seen a ghost while going to the toilet, Huo De had such thoughts in his heart, but there are some things that can be dug later, the most urgent thing is to find out what happened here.

"Hmm, in short, I'm curious about what happened here. It's not too late now, but when I came, there seemed to be no one here."

Because Huo De knew that there was no need to beat around the bush in this regard, so the question was obviously simple and rude, but it was like a life-saving straw to Mr. Mayor. He didn't care about Huo De's blunt transfer skills at all. , it would be nice to move the topic away.

"You saw it too, because of the giants..." Sighing, the mayor explained these things, "These giants have been harassing us for a while."

[Mission Objective: Talk to someone who knows about this issue (1/1)]

"how long?"

"Three years..." Mentioning this number, the mayor was obviously a little humiliated, "Since the establishment of this town: Hegrim, these giants have swarmed over like locusts and demanded that we hand in the offering, otherwise It will destroy this place."

Hearing this, Huo De understood that this is actually a very clichéd task, probably like the simplest tasks issued to passing adventurers. It is nothing more than being harassed somewhere, and I hope the adventurers can handle it Category.

However, after all, this is the border of the previous version of the Netherlands, and Huo De can still remember the mission he received in this area.

【Giant Bandit】...

"It's interesting." Listening to the words of the mayor, Hodder couldn't help but cast his eyes on Siegfried and the others, and the eyes of the old dwarf Lakin were quite complicated.

Chapter 86: Stupid as hell

In short, what the mayor said is also very simple. Since the Netherlands changed its ruler 20 years ago, the Gothic Kingdom has launched a war against the Netherlands. This town was established in the latter part of the war. At the beginning, it was used as a supply station to store war supplies, and after the war, these people became residents here.

However, the words of the mayor are very interesting...

"The current Netherlands relies on the mediation of the Valkyrie to survive. If it hadn't offended the Valkyrie, the Goths would have been able to drive straight into the royal city of the Netherlands."

What he said was quite interesting, so Hodder couldn't help but ask:

"Offended the Valkyrie?"

"Yes, these are related to His Royal Highness. He did too much. When the Valkyrie first mediated the war, he refused to mediate, saying that it must be resolved quickly."

If the internal problems of the Gothic kingdom are excluded, this is a story of a kingdom protected by a Valkyrie without the protection of a Valkyrie, relying on pure force, and as a player of the Netherlands camp—especially the previous version Huo De can only sigh helplessly.

If it was the era of Volsunger, how did it fall to this point...

However, excluding the player's standpoint and simply looking at the war from the perspective of an outsider, Huo De actually agrees with the prince's strategy. The Valkyrie's mediation is nothing more than to let the Netherlands continue to exist, because the Valkyrie advocates frequent wars. And the prince obviously wants to solve it all at once.

However, his apparently normal behavior has become a crime in Midgard, because the people above don't like to do it, and their messenger, the Valkyrie, has a high reputation in this Atrium world.

After all, the atrium is not an independent world...

"The Gothic Kingdom had already lost the protection of the Valkyrie—Master Brunhilde left quietly after His Majesty Agnar inherited the throne, and has never appeared again, and now His Royal Highness The Valkyries dismissed it."

In this way, it can probably explain their previous attitude. He is their prince, which is true, but the nobility of the Valkyrie is deeply rooted in their hearts, so their attitude towards the prince is a little subtle.

Of course there is respect, because the prince did bring them victory, but more of it is a kind of fear, because in their eyes, the Valkyries are irresistible after all, because they represent the will of the gods.

However, there is one thing that Huo De still cares about, because the mayor mentioned a more subtle name before.

"Brünnhilde?"

"Ah, that's the name of the Valkyrie of the Gothic Kingdom. She has been with the Gothic Kingdom for a long time, but she disappeared in the end." The mayor didn't say much about Hodder's doubts, but simply told him The Valkyrie in my cognition.

Little did he know that at this moment, the eyelids under Hodder's helmet kept twitching.

"Sorry for complaining so much..." In the end, maybe the mayor also realized that he had said too much, and he sincerely apologized for that, and Hodder waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.

Of course, this is what the mayor understood. In fact, as a player, Huo De didn't like the thinking of these people, but he couldn't talk nonsense, so he could only signal him to continue.

"In the end, the war ended three years ago, and the Netherlands ceded this area to us, but then, those giants came, like hooligans, and if they didn't turn in the offering, they would destroy our land ranch, took our cattle and sheep, and even ate the townspeople."

It has been three years, one can imagine what kind of life the people of Hegrim are living, but there is a problem here...

"This is the border, there should be garrisons and fortresses, didn't you ask them for help?"

Hearing this, the mayor couldn't help but blushed, as if he had been poked into a sore spot.

"Be'an City, where His Royal Highness is stationed, is not far from here. If you hurry up, you can go back and forth in two days."

"So no one asked for help in three years?"

Then, the mayor stopped talking...

But even if he didn't say anything, Hodder could roughly guess what happened here. There is no fortress where troops are stationed on the border here, not even a fortress. This is a big problem in itself. He once strongly advocated attacking the Netherlands. The king city and the victorious prince who destroyed the foundation of the kingdom finally gave up the attack, which must be related to the internal conflicts of the Gothic kingdom.

"This is an abandoned land, which was conquered by His Highness the Prince against the wishes of the Valkyrie, so His Majesty the King does not allow troops to station here, only we are willing to follow the prince's order to stay here." The mayor said, his There was a sense of helplessness in the words, "We all followed His Royal Highness to conquer the Netherlands."

"The Valkyries warned us that we would be punished, and then the giants came."

Perhaps, they used to be the confidants of the Gothic prince, and they were willing to follow his orders to station and even live in this border town, but as time went by, a sense of fear took root in their hearts.

Not everyone has the guts to attack the noble Valkyries, and their individual soldiers are not strong enough to fight giants and magic bulls, so they can only be squeezed here.

Of course, the topic went back to the original point. It's not that they can't ask for help, but they are afraid that their prince will do more outrageous things, and they are afraid that the kingdom will be destroyed due to the anger of the upper realm, so they endure it.

But in the end, three years later, they called for help...

"Humph……"

[Mission Objective: Talk to the Prince of Goth (0/1)]

He didn't pay any attention to the unknown mayor—the current Hodder is not interested in knowing his name, and regardless of the mission guidelines, he doesn't think he can get any information from such a mayor.

"I hope to stay here for a while, please prepare the room and food for us."

Of course, as heroes who repelled the giants, they should also be treated in this way, so the mayor did not refuse Hodder's request.

"Okay, I'll prepare these right away. Finally, thank you again for your assistance, warrior."

There is no doubt that the mayor is sincere, and he doesn't have any scheming, but his sincerity reveals a strong sense of stupidity. This is the NPC's thinking in the world view of "Nine Realms".

But it was also for this reason that Hodder really began to care about the legendary "Prince of Victory", because under the almost deformed traditional education of Midgard, it was very difficult to give birth to a person who violated the will of the gods of.

"Siegfried, come with me." Finally, Hodder said

Chapter 87: Precepts and Deeds

Siegfried's physical fitness is very strong, which is also the peculiarity of the Volsung family. Even though he was hit head-on by the voice of the magic cow and even vomited blood because of it, but after the magic cow was killed and the giant was seriously injured, He recovered quickly.

Of course, this is not to say that his injuries recovered quickly, but that it simply did not affect his actions. Hodder's healing rune can heal his physical injuries, but the mental shock caused by the magic sound of the magic cow takes time to smooth out.

"Uncle, is there anything you want to do when you come to me?" He asked like this, and most people would ask like this.

But Huo De didn't want Siegfried to do something, he was just for the progress of another mission of his own...

[Mission: When a Hero Is Born]

[Introduction: Siegfried finally decided to embark on the road of a hero, but he still lacks training as a young man]

[Mission objective: teach Siegfried to become a real hero (0/1)]

Glancing at this task that would definitely make most players miserable, Hodder still motioned Siegfried to follow him.

"You don't have to do anything, but I ask you to watch carefully how I do it."

"Eh... ok!"