You and me under the world tree

"What is this..."

"Look out, kid."

At this moment, while the disk was falling, the room that seemed to be completely enclosed seemed to disappear.

No, it's not that the room disappears.

To be precise, only the upper part is blocked, while the lower part is fully transparent.

It is also for this reason that he can see the vast underground world.

Lights are everywhere, and one after another metal puppets are tirelessly digging.

And a small number of dwarves gathered together there, as if discussing a blueprint.

Just as Alberich said, the Nibelung Kingdom hollowed out directly below the city of Skywrath.

This seems to be an underground world deeper than the royal tomb.

In the end, Siegfried's gaze was set in a huge tunnel. At the entrance of the tunnel, a huge black monster was stopping there.

Like a ferocious steel beast!

And at the moment when he saw it, Siegfried's scalp went numb.

"what is that?!"

"Ah, this, this is Huo De's design, it is called... a train?"

'woo woo woo woo"

Chapter 22: Why is magic magical?

In the end, Siegfried's mind went blank.

Alberich looked as if he wanted to introduce him to the environment here, but he couldn't hear anything.

But at this moment, what lingered next to his ears was the sound that sounded like a horn, but slightly crisp.

All he could see was the figure of the 'steel behemoth' occupying the entrance of the tunnel.

"What exactly is this."

In his eyes, the whistle sound of the giant steel beast was like the roar of some kind of ferocious beast.

If Alberich hadn't said in advance that it was 'designed', Siegfried would have thought it was some kind of magical beast that existed underground.

"When Howard called it a train, that's what we called it."

Then, when Siegfried finally recovered, he heard Alberich's voice.

Moreover, he seems to be repeating it again.

"Train? Is this some kind of metal puppet?"

"what--"

And when Siegfried asked such a question, Alberich couldn't help showing a strange expression.

"Metal puppet...how should I say this thing?"

At first, Alberich really wanted to admit it.

After all, theoretically speaking, that thing is indeed a puppet created by a wizard, and without magic, it is impossible for that huge thing to appear here.

But if you think about it carefully, this is different from the metal puppet you usually know.

Generally speaking, the puppets created by wizards are humanoid.

Because the reason why they make puppets is to free themselves.

And the simplest puppets are like those 'metal men' who are still working constantly.

In fact, they have no consciousness at all, and will only follow the originally set orders.

Under normal circumstances, the wizard will set up the things that the puppet needs to do in advance, and then let it move freely.

That is to say, for 'puppets', their core components are actually the magic under that layer of 'shell', and the more subtle the magic, the better.

For example, Alberich himself once designed a puppet that cleaned the room regularly.

However, that stuff was different.

Because as far as so-called magic goes, that stuff isn't very subtle.

It is not flexible, but extremely bloated.

And it exists here for only one purpose, and that is transportation.

To be honest, a wise man who is really called a wizard would never care about such things.

Alberich could understand this, because Hodder had thought the same way when he told him about it.

However, what the man said still shocked him.

At this moment, the disc elevator is still descending continuously.

During this short period of time, Alberich subconsciously set his eyes on it.

At this moment, the scene in memory gradually overlapped with reality.

"Lakin, why do you think magic is so amazing?"

"magic……"

At this moment, Alberich suddenly muttered.

The old dwarf's sudden emotional attitude made Siegfried feel puzzled.

"what happened?"

"No, I just remembered a question Hodder asked."

"what?"

"That's the kind of thing."

Alberich spread his hands.

On the blue-black palm, a ball of flame rose up.

"magic."

"What's the matter?"

"Child, is magic amazing?"

"Ah this..."

This question was like coaxing a child, so Siegfried couldn't help showing a look of incomprehension on his face.

"Magic, I can do it at this level."

he opened his mouth to speak.

However, slightly different from Alberich, he first drew the rune on his palm, and then let the flame rise.

Siegfried's talent has never been reflected in magic, and his cognition in this area is extremely mediocre.

However, Alberich didn't care about these.

"That's not what I meant," he began. "I just wanted to ask, isn't magic amazing?"

Putting everything aside, let's look at this problem.

The answer is of course obvious.

"Yes, of course magic is magical."

Siegfried had to admit this.

Because when he was very young, he also envied such power.

It seems that the whole world can be affected by a gesture of one's hand.

"Then why does magic seem magical?"

'boom'

With the sound, the elevator reached the end, and Alberich also slowly walked out of the elevator.

"Why is magic magical?"

Involuntarily, he began to reread Alberich's question, and Siegfried couldn't help but feel that his brain was not enough.

Even at this moment, he wondered if he had been screwed.

"What is... why do you think magic is amazing?"

"Huh? Don't you think it's worth thinking about here?"

"why?"

At this moment, after seeing Alberich's serious expression, Siegfried finally ruled out the jokes.

Is there really any deep meaning in this?

"Don't think too complicated, child, I'm just asking casually."

"Magic, this kind of thing is inherently magical."

"Yes, to you humans, magic is indeed miraculous, but not to us dwarves."

Siegfried couldn't help but frowned.

He understood what Alberich was talking about.

magic……

In this world, perhaps only the lowest-level race like human beings has no access to this kind of power.

Not to mention giants and gods.

It is impossible for elves and dwarves not to be able to use magic.

Each of them can perform magic.

different for humans.

For humans, even if the runes are in front of them, they may not be able to play a role.

Thinking about it carefully, races like humans really have no advantages in the Nine Realms.

"Because it's not common, and few people even come into contact with it, it's amazing."

Alberich was talking, and Siegfried was listening.

"However, when I first heard Hodder talk about those ideas, I also felt surprised and magical."

Then Alberich faltered.

He smiled wryly.

Because he found that he didn't know what to say.

"Have you ever thought about making magic less 'magic'?"

"Ok?"

"Most people think of magic as a symbol of wisdom and power, but I actually find it odd that so few people think about it being fully universal."

"Magic cannot be popularized in the human world."

"Yes, there is no way, but this does not mean that the creation of magic is extremely far away. The standard of magic is constantly lowered, and the difficulty of using it is constantly reduced. The final product is the huge steel monster in front of you."

"This... train?"

"Yes, it has no magic to navigate, no map to visualize, or even run on fixed rails, but it does appear."

Under Alberich's words, Siegfried stared at the huge steel monster.

"The result of magic?"

"woo woo woo woo"

Under the sound of the train, the old dwarf took a deep breath.