You and me under the world tree

"This kind of thing, I don't think it should be difficult for you?" he asked.

After seeing these blueprints, the dwarf king, who was still extremely leisurely, suddenly showed an extremely dignified expression.

"These things, you..."

"Let's design the finished product first, and if something happens, we can move it out directly."

Having said that, Howard smiled.

Facing Alberich's slightly horrified gaze, Hodder poked his head lightly.

"I call this: 'The Wisdom of the Weak', because only the weak know how to make themselves stronger."

Under the magic light, the first blueprint revealed its complete appearance.

It was an extremely thick 'pipe', which seemed to be facing the sky, and looked extremely hideous.

But if other modern people see this image, they will definitely be able to name it collectively.

Flak!

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At the same time, on the land of the Netherlands, around the royal city, the reclusive warrior Ragnar was busy stockpiling a large amount of food.

Because after some time, his second child will be born.

And during this period of time, he must not leave his wife's side, that is to say, he cannot go out to purchase some supplies as before.

Therefore, he must reserve these in advance.

"Huh, that's all right."

Gazing at the cold underground freezer, Ragnar nodded in satisfaction.

However, when he walked up the stairs, he saw his wife walking in the living room with a big belly.

This could not help but make him pale.

"What are you doing! Go and lie down!"

After seeing her husband's panic-stricken appearance, Ragoza couldn't help laughing.

"It's not the first time to have a baby. What are you worried about? I just feel a little bored. I just want to walk around."

In the small manor at night, the lights radiate warmth.

And no one knew that someone was watching this small manor from above the sky.

That's a Valkyrie...

And higher up, the king of the gods is also watching here.

However, it wasn't just this manor, he overlooked the entire Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Unknowingly, an unknown curse came quietly.

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The Day the Curse Came (End)

The second volume · when the storm is turbulent

Prologue: Restless Kingdom

war……

Although the Kingdom of the Netherlands experienced a large-scale conflict between the kingdoms, it later evolved into a huge war, and eventually even completely wiped out the Kingdom of Burgundy.

This incident caused a lot of turmoil within the kingdom for a while, and even now there are still aftermath.

But after more than two weeks, the so-called war has lost the heat of discussion.

Perhaps the residents in the south of the Kingdom of the Netherlands still have ample discussion about this, because quite a few of them have experienced Geernot's surprise attack.

But this is only to the extent that the residents in the northern part of the kingdom have heard of it.

Except for the fact that the Raven Legion was mobilized, the residents near the north didn't have much sense of this matter at all.

Even, quite a few of them didn't have a clear understanding of the fact that the 'Raven Legion' was transferred away.

Because for most residents, the biggest feeling is probably that the familiar guards were all replaced by strangers they didn't know.

Apart from this, they have no other specific knowledge of the war that took place in the south.

Perhaps only the families of the war dead will be impressed by this war under the banner of revenge.

However, the reason why the people at the bottom are not touched is because they cannot touch higher-level things.

Even though their days have become extremely rich, they understand where their well-being comes from.

His majesty's generous political strategy is naturally one aspect, but more importantly, they cannot stop the work at hand.

Maybe they already have a short-term travel plan in their hearts - such as stopping their daily work for a certain period of time and traveling to other places.

But that is after all.

This kind of seemingly incomparably simple little plan does not have a specific time at all, maybe because of a sudden trivial matter, it will continue to be pushed back.

After all, the people at the bottom still have no way to leave their working lives.

They will revolve around their work and life, running around for their own rations and families. This kind of thing is bound to consume a lot of their time.

Maybe half a lifetime, or maybe a lifetime.

For them, the so-called world is the people around them and their work.

As long as their day-to-day life is not threatened, and as long as they remain well-fed, they hardly care about anything other than where they live.

The so-called war may be hearsay for them, or they may have a touch of this aspect when they see their neighbors go to worship their family members on a specific day.

Although Hodder had arranged the matter of 'Kingdom Pride' on the agenda very early, but the time was far from enough.

However, for those with official positions and status, due to a series of reasons such as the nature of their work, they have to focus on the recent major events.

For them, after the war with the Burgundian kingdom, they still have a lot of things to deal with.

Appease the families of the dead soldiers, issue pensions for them, and then ask for the opinions and ideas of those children who have no adults at home.

Things as big as the whole town, as small as a family, the consequences of a legion transfer must be dealt with by the town and village chiefs promoted by Siegfried himself.

And the higher ranks had to deal with the shitty stuff in the Burgundian kingdom.

Because after a mighty battle of revenge, the entire Kingdom of Burgundy still has not recovered its peace.

Because Siegfried sealed the homeland of Burgundy to Hagen.

In fact, this should have been a good thing, because on the surface, it was because the Lord of Armies could not bear to see Hagen's hometown fall into the hands of others, so he did this.

And because of the situation and reason, Hagen, who is now the first heir in line, himself has the right to inherit the Kingdom of Burgundy.

As a token of loyalty, he surrendered the title and crown of king, which would not be justified without some compensation.

But the problem is that Hagen, as the new 'Lord of Burgundy', is determined to take back the power in the hands of those other lords.

As for those lords who had surrendered once they heard this, they quit.

After all why did they surrender?

On the one hand, it is because they are afraid of the glorious holy sword in the hands of the sages, and on the other hand, they are of course reluctant to bear the power in their hands.

They have already seen what happened to the Hengding family and the original lords of the Netherlands.

Although not all of them died, their power was taken away because of their opposition to Siegfried.

But now the Netherlands has no real power lord at all!

This is a complete break with Midgard tradition.

For this reason, quite a few of them made up their minds.

A symbolic resistance to the Legion of the Netherlands, and a direct surrender when the sage passes through the border is over.

As for the Legion of the Netherlands...

Whoever wants to face the kind of combat power that sweeps across the battlefield and possesses a devastating combat power can go, and no one will stop him, right?

In addition, if they surrendered directly, after the current royal family was wiped out, they felt that they might be able to fight for the throne of Burgundy.

And no matter how bad it is, they can become vassals in the name of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Anyway, theoretically speaking, they will not be in a worse situation than they are now, at least they will retain their status as lords.

According to conventional thinking, there is absolutely no problem with this kind of thinking.

Because the vast majority of kings are unwilling to make things worse.

Even if they intend to annex the land of these lords, they will never reach out rashly, but choose to digest it slowly.

To put it simply, it is to turn all the struggles underground and not fight any open battles.

In the end, Hagen was fine. He dropped down in the air and didn't say anything. He sent letters to every lord, and he just said it openly:

You are all rubbish, let me know your acquaintance.

And this time, most of the lords were blown up.

However, it is worth mentioning that because Hagen's letters were never concealed, he also publicly marked his purpose.

Therefore, he really managed to win over some people.

Among them are some low-level fighters, some low-level centurion captains, and even courtiers and lords who don't like fighting.

Not because of other reasons, because as long as someone is smart enough, someone can see that Hagen can't directly eat the power in the hands of the surrounding lords in one go.

After all, he wants to distribute some of the meat under his hands. This is an excellent opportunity for those who are struggling at the bottom but desperately want to climb up.

As for those lords who choose to support Hagen...

Well, this is probably pure fear of death. God knows if there is Siegfried's instruction behind Hagen, who was named the great lord?

Maybe in the middle of the fight, Siegfried would come down from the air and kill them with a sword.

In short, it was in this situation that Burgundy began a round of struggle to pull one faction and fight against the other.

Accompanied by Hagen is the Fog Demon Legion that he once led in the north and south.

Chapter 1: The Plague

All kinds of open and secret struggles within the Kingdom of Burgundy are very lively.

As the central figure, Hagen is destined to have a life in dire straits.

According to a certain plan that had been agreed at the beginning, Hagen, the half-blood illegitimate son from Tronpage, would use thunder to suppress the lords in the Kingdom of Burgundy.

In order to reclaim the power in the hands of those scumbag lords, he will use thunderous means, and even once again set off a bloody storm on the territory of Burgundy.

This is the most efficient method.

And after he used his cruel means to suppress those lords and nobles who "intended rebellion" and did not follow the orders of his "big lord", the entire Burgundy Kingdom would turn into a zone of chaos in the true sense.

Those so-called political courts that have taken root for a long time will be uprooted, and a clean and unified territory without any political struggle will be created for Siegfried.

But this is not without cost, because by that time, Hagen will bear a whole body of infamy because of his "reckless behavior".

This kind of infamy will even be very serious, to the point where Siegfried himself cannot control it.

Thinking of this, Siegfried in the study suddenly felt uncomfortable inside, and even the pastries made in the kitchen didn't taste very good.

Obviously his study should be a quiet and remote place where people can work in peace.

But at this time, Siegfried didn't have such thoughts.

His thoughts were completely enveloped by the spreading guilt, and he couldn't help scratching his head in the end

Now just hope everything goes well.

As a king, he understands that the current situation is like an arrow on the bowstring.

All he can do is to bend his bow and set an arrow, to ensure that the arrow will hit the target he wants, and that there will be no messy deviations in the process.

There is no doubt that this is the only thing he can do now.

Then, just as he was thinking this way, there was a sudden sound of extremely hurried footsteps at the door of the study.