You and me under the world tree

Whether it is a game or reality, such a character will naturally leave a deep impression on Hodder.

Even Hodder still remembered his original thoughts.

"Why did I have a good impression of the gods and the Valkyries at first, it was all because of her." He said

At the same time, Dietrich couldn't help but focus on the 'illusion' in front of her.

At this moment, the young man looked really excited.

"They all really existed, and they should have existed. I have... passed through."

However, perhaps because the nervous speech was too embarrassing, Hodder couldn't help coughing.

"In reality, my life has always been mediocre. Even because of my visual defects, I grew up under the strange eyes of others, so I didn't want to show any weakness in front of others. To me at that time It is said that "Nine Realms" is equivalent to a second life."

It is precisely because of the unsatisfactory life in reality that he put all his attention on the game.

"Most people have a dream of being a hero, and no one doesn't want to be praised by others. Naturally, I am the same."

"Well, that's it."

After hearing what Hodder said, Dietrich didn't refute anything.

Vanity or something, she knows this kind of thing very well.

"Thinking about it carefully, my initial thought was similar to that of most people. As a player, I wanted to enter the realm of the gods as a human being, and even wanted to capture the heart of the goddess."

Hodder then sighed.

However, this kind of thinking is just a 'once' to him.

In the past, he failed to see through this in time, and even because of the existence of Slude, he still had such a glimmer of expectation that the entire Protoss would change.

But that proved impossible.

"Then, everything changed."

Following Hodder's words, the surrounding scene also changed.

Time seems to be passing by fast.

In the end, the screen was fixed on that scene, which seemed to be a scene in the game plot.

The burning palace, the three warriors shouting loudly outside the palace, and the smiling woman in the sea of ​​flames.

"Zigny!"

"Mother!!"

"I can still save her! Let me go!"

"Enough, Hodder! That palace is about to collapse!"

What Dietrich saw was the warrior who still looked young and immature.

He was not wearing the armor that was later feared, but just ordinary leather clothes.

He seemed about to rush into the flames, but the Valkyrie hugged him from behind.

"Slude... Please, you can still save her!"

"It's her own choice, Hodder."

"Humph……"

As the conversation echoed, Hodder shook his head.

"Actually, I should have been skeptical even then."

Chapter 11: The End of Innocence

"The story of Zigny and Siegmund, I have heard about it."

At the moment when the memory phantom was playing out this scene, Dietrich suddenly spoke.

"Have you heard any legends about this?"

Facing Hodder's question, Dietrich didn't answer directly.

However, she was staring at Hodder, as if she was talking about something silently.

"Okay, I see." Huo De sighed.

"I've only heard of it."

Just when Hodder seemed to want to jump over, Dietrich suddenly spoke again.

This kind of behavior is abnormal, and even the dullest person can perceive it.

However, Hodder closed his eyes.

In fact, for him, the so-called 'telling' is no longer such a simple thing.

He didn't just want to tell Dietrich, he just wanted to find someone to listen to.

Confiding is not to inform, but to vent the pressure and contradictions in the body.

"At that time, Slude told me that Zigny chose to die by herself, and no one could stop her. As the queen of Goth, she personally planned the murder of her husband, but as the descendant of the Irfin tribe, Qi Gmund's sister, she is obliged to avenge her family."

The stories about the previous generation are actually similar to those described in the legends.

For the sake of the Holy Sword of Wrath and the annexation of the territory of the Netherlands, Sigil used the relationship of marriage to invite the royal family of the Irfin tribe to visit Goth.

After disregarding his queen's dissuasion, he directly killed King Volsunger.

Then they tied up Volsung's sons in the forest, let them starve to death, and were directly bitten to death by wild animals.

If it wasn't for Siegmund's own extraordinary force, biting each other with the wolf in an extremely weak state, directly killing the wolf, and eating its flesh and blood, then he would not have survived at all.

This is a bloody feud, and even though Zigni is married to Sigil, she is also furious about it.

So revenge became inevitable.

"This is a fatal situation for Zigny... On the surface, it is indeed the case, because one is the husband, the other is the family, and they are all family members. The poets think that after completing revenge, Zigny's heart has been broken, Death is the only relief."

"But that's not really the case."

"right……"

When Dietrich said that, Hodder nodded with a sneer.

"Actually, that's not the case at all, because between Zigny and Siegmund... there is a relationship that goes beyond ordinary siblings."

"Um……"

Although what Hodder said actually violated the consistent tradition of the atrium world, because no matter whether it was human beings or others, they had always prohibited any indecent love affairs between immediate relatives.

However, Dietrich did not show any surprise.

She has no critical thoughts, after all, this kind of thing has nothing to do with her, she is just a listener.

"She and Siegmund are siblings, and they have been closer since childhood. She also had a big fight with her parents because she was going to marry Sigil."

"Political marriages have always been unsatisfactory."

"Yes." Hodder nodded, "In short, I would never believe that Zigney would commit suicide because of guilt."

Although the verbal level seemed righteous, in the end, Hodder still laughed.

That kind of laughter and smile seemed a bit ironic.

He is mocking himself.

"However, I didn't realize the problem here in time."

Then the screen continues to change.

What this memory illusion tells seems to be the mental journey of the person involved.

From the beginning, it was just a kind of sustenance to play as a game, and then I discovered the existence of magic, and I was ecstatic that I might be the chosen one.

Since then, he has been more diligent in pursuing the so-called perfection at the plot level.

This is the mentality that every young person will have.

"There is no evidence that I was special at that time, different from now, at least I couldn't know it at that time."

Staring at the 'self' who was writing and drawing on the book like a neurotic, Hodder said.

At the same time, probably because the 'him in the past' was too mediocre, he had to look away and look at Dietrich.

But at this moment, Dietrich's heart suddenly jumped.

"Maybe these people are just 'acting', maybe these NPCs are really just puppets with high intelligence, but the 'I used to be' is still willing to believe that they really existed."

Then, Hodder couldn't help showing a subtle expression.

"To be honest, it's hard for me to imagine now that when I was so stupid, without thinking about anything, I actually wishful thinking that I was the chosen one for time travel, and I tried to play a perfect 'ending'. Trying to save those around you."

"Everyone is naive, whether you or me."

"Yeah, I was once young and outrageous."

"?"

Then, just as Hodder said that, Dietrich suddenly clenched her hand.

She watched Howard as if hoping to read something in his face.

However, the sentence just now seemed to be just casually said by Huo De, and he himself did not have any special reaction.

But at this moment, Dietrich didn't know what to say.

So, they fell into a kind of eerie silence.

At the same time, the scene displayed by the memory engraved in the rune began to change constantly.

It records Hodder's naive past, and even records his secondary school process.

These are bits and pieces in his game process, and these also supplement some of the missing memories in Hodder's mind.

Because a long time ago, he didn't know these things, because he 'didn't remember' finding out about this game himself.

In the end, time passed, and the picture of memory was finally frozen in Denmark.

Dietrich and Hodder watched the confident character board the plane, and there, he met a good friend he met in the game.

Steckard Anderson...

"Sit whatever you want. This room has been renovated for a while. I prepared it for my family. After all, after the summer vacation, my younger sister should go to college."

"What school did your sister go to?"

"University of Copenhagen! She's accepted."

"Hey, it's amazing."

"Great."

Then, as if they knew nothing about the conspiracy, the two stepped into the conspiracy of the Uktra Hill Corporation.

As the top 100 players in the world, they were invited by the company to participate in the internal game test after they participated in the public exhibition.

But at that time, they had to stay in the venue due to an accident.

It was also at that time that they discovered a secret passage leading underground to the pavilion.

Dark environment, lifeless body.

The scenes displayed in the underground of the exhibition hall can't help but make the scalp tingle.

There, they found puppets and puppets with the same appearance as the players, but without any consciousness.

"What the hell is this!!"

"Stekard, be quiet!!"

This is the beginning of everything, and it is also the end of the innocence shown by Hodder.

"These dolls...why do bodies exist here?"

"Perhaps, Yuktrasil wants to take us to the Hall of Valor."

"Are you kidding me? It's a modern society now. Myths should have ended long ago."

"Then why does magic still exist?"