You and me under the world tree

If it was said that he didn't notice anything before because of the light problem and the rush, then now, under the light of the furnace fire, Hodder discovered something unusual about the old dwarf.

his face...

No, it's better to say the whole face, his old face is like cracked glass at this moment, there is no blood, it's just cracked.

Chapter 120 Five: Pure Blood Dwarf Lakin

Huo De froze there for a moment, he was not shocked by this kind of thing and could not speak, but felt that he was short of words for a moment.

After all, it was because he had never seen such a situation before. During his two-year game career, he had seen a lot of things in the broken game "Nine Realms". Pigs are used as barbecues, and Valkyries are killed thirty times a day like chickens.

But this experience, which was enough to understand most of the NPCs and wild monsters in a game, failed to make him understand what happened to Lai Jin.

His skin, like the mixed blood among those optional races, emerges a color similar to that of Midgard's humans-well, maybe darker and redder than ordinary people.

He looks sour, mean, ugly, and completely different from the dwarves carefully crafted by the player, but at this moment, this cognition is broken, and Lakin's skin, which is considered to be extremely normal, is at this moment Cracks appeared, and even fragments fell.

Inside this crack is a paleness with blue light...

"Ah, this, don't worry about it."

Though Hodder was wearing the helmet, Lakin realized what he was looking at after noticing that he was staring at him.

However, he didn't think there was anything to be concerned about.

"The shell is broken." He said, then poked the crack on his face with his finger.

blue and white skin...

Compared with the 'hybrids' called dwarves wandering around Midgard, this skin is the real sign of dwarves. There is no pure-blooded dwarf of any mixed blood that has such a skin color, and people with this unusual creature Skin-colored dwarves have a weakness, that is, they can't see the light.

For this reason, they also have a title: Fog Demon.

This 'fog' doesn't mean that they can turn their bodies into ice fog or be born from the fog, it's just that the race of 'dwarves' cannot see the 'sunshine' from Muspelheim because of the curse of the gods. It's like the ice fog world that is always in conflict with the flame desert world.

As we all know, the sun and stars in the world originated from Muspelheim. After the death of the giant Ymir, it was the "light" of Muspelheim that gave birth to two completely different creatures, elves and dwarves.

Life is born when flames and darkness are blended, and there is a distinction between hot and cold, and this is even the origin of the 'world'...

But the important thing now is not these stories of creation and origin of life, but the fact that a pure-blood dwarf haunts an atrium world with changing seasons, sunrise and sunset, which is actually very rare.

As the sage of Volsung in the plot, he is curious about his identity as a pure-blood dwarf.

On the other hand, as a player, Hodder was also very surprised, because in the plot lines of each camp, Lai Jin, a character who is destined to die under Siegfried's sword, is actually not much in focus.

He gave the player the impression of being vicious, greedy and sinister. In this case, the player didn't even think about digging into the plot about him, so naturally he would not know that there might be a second set of "pure blood modeling" in him things.

"Curious?"

Although Lakin didn't know the thoughts in Hodder's heart, he still knew that this man must be curious about his identity.

He didn't know that Hodder actually knew him to a certain extent. Even now, this man has roughly guessed something after combining the character stories on the forum and the attached introduction manual.

"It's really strange that a dwarf who can't see the light has to walk on the ground, follow the human routine, work and rest after sunrise, and even during this time, I almost forget that I am Who is it?"

There was a sigh mixed in his voice, which seemed to have a story, and there should be something deeper to dig out behind it.

But before Hodder could say anything, Lakin waved his hand, not wanting to say anything more about it.

"There is not much time now, let's do everything we need to do first."

What he said made sense, but Hodder didn't say much. After staring at the golden exclamation mark that emerged from Lai Jin's head for a while, he waved his hand and called out the Valkyries that had been stored in the inventory all the time. armed.

Weapons, armor, blades.

These things were randomly thrown on the ground, and at the same time, Lai Jin also took out the Gulam sword hilt that he had been keeping safely.

The hilt of the holy sword of wrath is not metal, but wooden, and the material is the branches of the world tree.

I don't know if it's because of Siegfried's reawakening, the runes inscribed on his sword hilt have a vague meaning of operation.

However, the rune is only a part after all, and it is actually not an easy task to completely restore the rune inscribed on it by the great god Odin.

But this does not prevent Lakin himself from having full confidence. As a dwarf who has made good friends with Ivaldi and others, his forging skills will definitely not be bad, even if it is just to restore a holy sword!

"Let's start with the hardest one first. I'll leave the portrayal to you or me?"

The recasting work continued like this, a human and a dwarf were sweating and burning.

"I said, did Hodder take off his helmet? Did you always wear a helmet when you forged?"

"yes……"

"Doesn't it affect the vision?"

"It doesn't matter, I think it's still quite broad."

"But the temperature is very high. Are you afraid that your helmet will melt when you probe?"

"Makes sense..."

'clang'

'clang'

'clang'

Then there was a series of sounds of forging hammers beating. I'm afraid no one knows how long this forging work will last.

…………

At the same time, probably at the same time, His Royal Highness, who was wandering slowly outside, finally stepped into his barracks slowly.

Although as a prince, he was stopped by the guards stationed in front of the barracks, but after he spoke and called the brave Hiltebrand, all these problems were solved.

However, after returning to his big account, he still has many problems to face, such as...

"Your Highness, where are the soldiers following you?" Hiltebrand asked

The other soldiers didn't care about the prince coming back alone, but as the prince's teacher and the warrior of the Gothic Kingdom, Hiltebrand would not ignore it.

"They have grievances with those giants to settle, so I came back first."

Facing the question about buying a Gothic warrior, the prince replied calmly and calmly, but after all, he only said half of what he said, but it can be said that he completely shirked his responsibilities and problems.

To put it simply, he didn't know what those people were doing, and life and death had nothing to do with him.

Such an answer inevitably made Hiltebrand frown. If Dietrich was not his favorite disciple, he would definitely reprimand him at this time.

However, Dietrich has always had his own ideas...

"Most of the cleaning work is done, let the soldiers start the sweeping work tomorrow morning," he said.

But before His Royal Highness finished speaking, the ground began to vibrate. Although it was only a few seconds, it did exist.

"It looks like they've started."

Although this situation actually exceeded expectations, His Royal Highness still did not panic.

"boom"

The muffled sound of the explosion echoed in the sky, and no one knew what happened.

"Well, it's not a big problem."

"Your Highness! You told us to take good care of that horse and ran away in fright!"

"Well, it doesn't matter."

Chapter 120 Six: Three Corpses

First there was the earthquake, followed by the muffled sound of the mountains. The Jura Mountains were not destined to be peaceful on this day.

This mountain range on the borders of the three countries shakes from time to time. This situation inevitably makes ordinary soldiers a little panicked, even though they have won many battles against the Netherlands and have not experienced a single victory so far. The defeated prince's guards could not help but feel restless.

If it weren't for their backbone—Prince Dietrich was also here, these soldiers would probably have lost their minds long ago.

Midgard is such a magical place, and there is indeed a supernatural presence here-things like Valkyrie are often seen, and wizards and seers who are proficient in runes are always active on the surface.

However, most people in the kingdom are too far away from the magical powers they have seen with their own eyes. Although they have witnessed it with their own eyes, they cannot control it.

All they can do is fight on the battlefield with weapons in hand, hoping to be recognized for their bravery and finally step into Valhalla, which is what most of the warriors in the courtyard can do.

This kind of concept, which is almost deformed in the eyes of foreign players like Huo De, has always been rooted here. It is an unshakable tradition in the atrium, even if it is no longer protected by the Valkyrie, and it is completely fought by one's own spear and sword. But that sense of loss never goes away.

Then, rumors circulated among the guards that the prince had offended the gods and caused a natural disaster.

This kind of rumor spread almost in the afternoon, and for a while, the soldiers became even more flustered, but after His Royal Highness swung his sword and chopped off the guy who started the rumor with his own hands on the charge of 'disturbing the army's morale', the soldiers became quiet .

But is this fear of their violent prince who can bring victory and glory or confidence in their own prince?

Dietrich can clearly see their state of mind at the moment as long as he casts the rune magic related to detection. Although this cannot fully understand the inner thoughts, it can slightly control the state of mind.

But His Royal Highness knew that this was meaningless, because things like 'emotions' can change, and more importantly, it wasn't other soldiers spreading rumors.

The Guards of the Gothic Prince of Victory...

"Huh..." After putting away the Howling Demon Sword he had just obtained, Dietrich just stared at the person whose head was chopped off by him.

There was still fear on his face, and this fear was fully revealed when he saw the prince walking with his sword in hand.

Dietrich also knew him. He wasn't an 'old man' from the Guards, but he wasn't a local recruit from Beian City, but from Ravenna, the capital of the kingdom.

To be precise, this was the person his father added to him after he decided to stay away from the capital and station at the border.

So, is he a spy of his father and the courtiers in the capital, or is he just an ordinary person?

Does his attitude represent the will of his father and those nobles to a certain extent?

These questions are not clear, and even if they are clear, it is meaningless.

Could it be that he still has to blame those friends who don't know what they are doing in the underground city?

Or, now riding the nightmare horse all the way to Ravenna, to his father's palace to question them?

Either of those two things would be stupid to do...

"Don't think too much, this is just a guy who disturbs the morale of the army."

Seeing the prince in the horned helmet standing there without saying anything, Hiltebrand couldn't help but speak.

"Ah."

…………

In the early morning of the second day, the guards of His Royal Highness set out, and they swept from the camp in two directions.

The brave Hiltebrand led the team to continue to clean up the giants that might exist in the eastern mountains, while His Highness the Prince himself led some people to the northwest, and circled along the route of the previous day.

Compared with the assault team with only four people, the army's sweeping speed was obviously slower, and in fact they also found some 'fish that slipped through the net', those rock giants were wandering in various locations in the northwest.

According to speculation, these giants should have been used to deal with hunters who strayed into the surrounding jungle or simply to deal with the army, but the giant Wang Green would not have thought that after decades, someone would touch his memory directly. your lair?

After a series of battles like this, the army of the Gothic Kingdom finally stepped into the underground city.

However, unlike the quickness shown by the four-person team, it took them several hours to clean up the way and march to the giant town, and followed a certain entrance of the town to the place where they came yesterday. internal.

However, this was the first time for these soldiers to come here after all, and the scale of the underground city deeply shocked these Gothic warriors.

"There is such a place here?"

"When was it built?"

"No wonder decades ago, there were often rumors of giants haunting here."

Such exclamations sounded like hindsight, one after another, and seemed a little chaotic for a while, and they didn't quiet down until His Royal Highness's voice sounded.

"This is the lair of these giants," he said. "Light it up, and be careful."

Although he said so, but unlike those normal generals, he himself did not intend to stay at all, but was the first to step out.

He stepped directly into the giant's city, looking around at everything around him.

Compared with yesterday, the layout and environment of the city haven't changed much. It seems that the man named Huo De didn't do unnecessary things here.

He should have gone straight to his destination and left...

However, it is not clear exactly where he left from.

Maybe this city of giants has a secret passage leading to other places, directly to the surface, maybe they left along the way in.

Anyway, with the divine horse Grani, no matter where they go, they have a way out.

At the moment when thoughts were churning in Dietrich's mind, a soldier suddenly ran over in a hurry.