You and me under the world tree

Those extremely industrious dwarves have re-established their homes.

Although they have abandoned the original Gurnita Hyde site, but they made the original treasure house gate into a new 'gate'.

Starting from the former treasure house, they continued to dig down and built new residences.

Even, when Siegfried left Gurnita Heide, he saw with his own eyes that those industrious dwarves had opened up another world.

Under the full operation of magic and the unique craftsmanship of the dwarves, the new home of the dwarves, named the "Kingdom of the Nibelungen", has a scale not inferior to the original Gurnita Hyde.

Although the scale of the underground cities in the mountains is definitely not as large as before due to the fact that the population is much smaller than before, they have built a bright and bright 'starry sky'.

And now it has been more than a year. If there is no accident, those hardworking dwarves should have completed the construction of the entire city.

"Those dwarves, if they are not discovered, they can still live their own lives, but once they are discovered, this matter will not be so simple."

Because this thing is complicated.

First of all, Lakin's identity: the former second prince of Gnitalhead, and now the king of Nibelungen.

And more importantly, he inherited his father's forging skills, and now he has fully mastered that technique.

While Ganita Heide was ostensibly destroyed, and Hreidmar, who wielded dangerous technology, was dead, no one could be sure that there were no 'wreckage' remaining throughout the Western Mountains.

Even if the gods knew nothing about it, why did they suddenly become suspicious?

No one knew this, and Siegfried didn't want his adoptive father, who had already returned home or even withdrawn, to be exposed to others because of this kind of thing.

"forget it."

After a lot of hesitation flashed in his mind, Siegfried finally rejected the little hope that emerged in his heart.

He can't do such a dangerous thing just because of his own trivial thoughts, absolutely not.

But at this moment, Hodder spoke:

"No problem, you just need to go to Gurnita Head when you find time."

"Is it really possible?"

"Well, after all, don't forget that there is something there."

"what?"

"The 'treasure' of Gurnita Hyde, the treasure guarded by the evil dragon, after all, you didn't take anything with you when you left there."

Then, almost subconsciously, Siegfried shifted his gaze to his gauntlet.

A ring was worn on the right hand under the metal guard, which belonged to the third prince Otel of the Kingdom of Gurnita Hyde, but it also mixed with Endwar's 'gold-absorbing ring'.

But now, the ring has a more orthodox title: the Ring of the Nibelung.

Because Ganita Hyde has been destroyed, and Alberich and the others no longer refer to themselves as dwarves (fog demons), the ring of the fog demons naturally has to change its name.

"Treasure..."

"The Western Mountains used to be the remains of the dwarven kingdom, and if you slaughtered a dragon there, the treasure guarded by the evil dragon will naturally belong to you."

This is reasonable in the Atrium tradition, and can even be said to be some kind of system that exists for 'heroes'.

"Because you still need to travel around, you temporarily sealed the treasure there... What do you think of the reason?"

After hearing his uncle mention this point, Siegfried's dim eyes gradually revealed hope.

However, this is not the point, at least Hodder has not finished.

"In addition, Gurnita Hyde is a kingdom of dwarves after all, and what dwarves like most is 'enjoyment', and it's not just those gems, weapons, or simple property that can be regarded as 'treasures'."

Then, Hodder poked his helmet with his hand, and there was a crisp sound between his fingers and the helmet.

"The knowledge of the dwarves... those design drawings are also an extremely important part."

In this way, it is very simple to bring some dark things to the table, giving them a seemingly unassailable origin, at least on the surface.

Chapter 80: The Treasure of the Evil Dragon Comes to the World

No one knows what kind of conversation took place between the sage Hodder and Prince Siegfried that day.

However, on the second day, Siegfried ordered that government affairs be temporarily handed over to Hagen, whom he trusted.

Although this half-breed warrior from Tronpage is extremely short, he is gradually gaining the recognition of those around him with his abilities.

Even, because of Prince Siegfried's trust in him, almost no one doubts that he will be the future king's staff and palace minister.

So no one disputes this.

However, here comes the problem. There are actually too many things in the kingdom that have not been dealt with.

In the previous month, Siegfried basically spent his time on things like counting the injured, issuing pensions, rewards, and 'liquidation'. Although it didn't cause too much bloodshed, this kind of thing itself is boring but troublesome.

And it wasn't until the final trial of Legney that this kind of thing came to an end.

But something else greeted Siegfried next.

For example, the merit appreciation that everyone is looking forward to...

Although he had already dealt with the financial problems before, almost everyone had already received the corresponding financial rewards in their merit books.

These properties are enough to allow them to live a prosperous life.

However, this kind of thing is obviously not enough, because for most fighters and even courtiers, there is one more thing that is very important: status.

That's what it means to stand out...

Although their motivation to join the army and become a soldier cannot be a pure sense of honor, who can refuse such a thing as returning home?

Moreover, the system that Siegfried wants to implement is different from other kingdoms.

For some people who are 'retro'... or rather used to the systems of the original kingdom, this is absolutely unacceptable.

Because he wants to do one thing: cut power.

Simply put, it is to reduce the power of the lord, and as the founding monarch, he naturally has such power.

However, how to reduce it has become a problem that needs to be considered.

In fact, after actually stepping into this position, Siegfried noticed one thing: power.

This is of course not because of his own excess desire for power, in fact, it is just because he has realized that too much power of the lord is not a good thing.

Although it is a pity to say this, the fact is that even under his rule, some bad things that can even be said to be conventional: moths.

People seem to be greedy, as long as there is no superior to restrain them, these people will soon start to use their power to do some crazy things.

And through this incident, Siegfried can even see the loopholes in it.

Because the various kingdoms in the atrium world have formed the system of 'lords' since the era of Wartooth King Harald.

Although in the era of Wartooth King himself, the lord was actually established to control the territory, because at that time, Harald had already dominated most of the atrium.

And if it is him himself, not to mention whether he can handle daily government affairs in a timely manner under the high degree of centralization, it will take a long time just to communicate the order.

More than ten days or even several months...

In case something happens, the day lily will be cold when Harald, the king, knows.

At that time, according to the situation of that era, Harald sealed the lords and gave them a high degree of autonomy.

However, precisely because he set a precedent, later generations followed suit for various reasons.

Some kings got another inspiration from it, and began to use the power not inferior to the king to win over those powerful warriors.

That's why in the end, a deformed situation in which various kingdoms were separated while conquests continued was formed.

Sometimes the war wasn't even an all-out war between two kingdoms, but a clash of lords within kingdoms, those states within states.

Even, it sometimes caused struggles within the kingdom.

The most typical of these is the Gothic Kingdom—after the death of King Sigil, Yamguna and Agnar, who also belonged to the Amerungen family, directly launched a battle.

No one cared whether Sigil had any descendants, and the two lords fought directly for the throne.

So, from the time of Wartooth King Harald to the present, has no one realized that this situation is dangerous?

Of course it is impossible.

It's not that no one has thought about this aspect, but they don't have the ability in that aspect, and the reasons for it are extremely complicated.

Of course, more importantly, for some kings, their thrones are inherited, while other lords have long established roots in their respective lands.

This is the case with Emperor Shangao...

They are more willing to obey their lord than the king, because the lord's power is obvious compared to the king.

However, Siegfried himself can be regarded as the founding king no matter what, and because he has been controlling the army from the beginning, if he forcibly does not seal any lords and implements a high degree of centralization, then no one can stop him .

However, matters in this area have to be discussed in the long run, at least not just to make a decision.

In this case, Siegfried didn't continue to take care of this matter, but went out directly, and there was no desire to relax in it.

Fortunately, for him now, this matter can be postponed indefinitely.

Because the so-called lord's topic can actually be lenient for a long time, and before the enthronement ceremony, these things can be discussed.

"So, did His Highness just run away alone?" Hagen couldn't help asking

Originally, as usual, he came to the temporary meeting hall with a lot of important government affairs waiting to be reviewed, but what he saw was not the young monarch, but the man in armor who looked out of place with the indoor atmosphere.

"if not?"

"I thought I had to get ready to go..."

Hearing the sage's calm words, Hagen couldn't help but be speechless.

In fact, even after working together for a long time, it was still difficult for him to get used to the kind of swift and decisive action unique to the Volsung family.

Even at this moment, he didn't know what to say.

"This is also his rare leisure time, so let him do what he wants."

"All right……"

After hearing what the sage said, Hagen couldn't find any reason to refute.

However, before he could say anything more, Hodder just poked the table with his finger.

"However, even if he rushes to the abandoned city and Amstel harbor now, it will take quite a while. After all, it will take time to gather fighters and transport ships..."

Huo De pondered for a moment, carefully weighing the pros and cons in this regard.

"There's no need to deliberately cover up this matter, but don't spread it too quickly. Just do what you usually do."

"So government affairs..."

"Leave this to me."

Nearly a week later, a piece of news began to spread in a small area: Siegfried, Lord of Armies, had led a team to the western mountains by sea, and his purpose was to retrieve the treasure guarded by the evil dragon.

Then, a name that had been hidden for a while came into view: Gurnita Hyde.

Chapter 81: Stormy Storms

Because of the Bard and Valkyrie, Midgard's information update speed is not slow, but this is not without cost.

Because whether it is a Valkyrie or a bard, what they pay attention to is the life in front of them.

Valkyries need to promote the names of heroes and guide them forward, while bards like to promote heroes of recent decades to attract people's attention.

Therefore, most people in the atrium hardly care about the so-called history.

Although most of the things that happened are naturally recorded because of the existence of words, but not everyone cares about this.

Such is the case with the Kingdom of Gurnita Hyde...

Even though it was once extremely prosperous, and was even once the center around which all human kingdoms had to revolve, countless warriors were eager to obtain some magical weapons from the dwarf kingdom.

But that was just a thing of the past, and now more than a hundred years have passed since the once prosperous dwarf kingdom was destroyed.

And in the beginning, this news was also a sensation—just like the disappearance of the former king of Norway, Angentir, countless warriors hoped to go there to try their luck.

But in the end it came back without success.

Not to mention meeting the rumored dwarf prince who was so mad that he slaughtered his family and people, most of them couldn't even find the entrance of the dwarf city.

So when they found nothing, people gradually forgot about the barren mountains in the west.