You and me under the world tree

It is quite uncomfortable to enjoy the colorful world without borrowing smart glasses only in the game.

Chapter 22: Failed Swordsmithing

In the end, Huo De still did not continue to entangle or pursue anything about the feather. Although he instinctively felt that there was something wrong with the feather. In terms of common sense, no matter what, he couldn't think of a reasonable reason, so he simply didn't think about it.

Anyway, that feather looks like Old Mu's, and it doesn't look like it's useless. What's the matter? For Huo De, who is still in winter vacation, besides the thesis related to the graduation certificate, there are other things stipulated by the school. Apart from the internship report, nothing can stop him from continuing to play games.

After eating breakfast, brushing his teeth and washing his face, and laying down on the bed for a whole morning, he lay down in the game cabin again. There are two reasons for this. On the one hand, compared with reality, the game can bring him more comfort. Experience, on the other hand, has made new progress in the main task marked as epic.

There is a small progress goal under the big task of [Descendants of Heroes]...

[Mission objective: Go to the blacksmith shop and talk to Siegfried (0/1)]

There are no system rewards, no other reminders, and no battle reminders. To put it bluntly, it is just a dialogue. If it is an ordinary computer game, there will even be a real-time calculation or a well-made CG at this time.

But this game is different. The "Nine Realms" that emphasizes the sense of substitution cannot allow players to watch a CG without any sense of player presence in all directions, so it may be another dialogue that requires players to participate independently. Then, in order to avoid being caught by others The player interrupts and destroys the sense of substitution. This so-called dialogue must not be carried out in the seamlessly connected large map in the game.

[Do you want to enter a special task scene? 】

Facing the extremely cold prompt from the system, Huo De pondered for a while, confirmed that he was fully equipped with potions, and finally simply pressed the confirm button.

And with the completely negligible distortion of the field of vision and the sense of cutting and trance in the head, the players in the field of vision disappeared, without the bustling bustle of the big map, without Siegfried fans at the door of the blacksmith shop Surrounding one's own idols, some only have the sound of clanging and knocking from the blacksmith's shop.

However, compared to the unhurried beating that Siegfried showed before, the beating sound this time is obviously a bit hasty.

It wasn't Siegfried who forged weapons in the yard...

He obviously hadn't entered the yard yet, but Hodder confirmed some things that happened in the yard with his own hearing.

But this is also normal. After all, the scene mission he is doing now is the follow-up of the last [Descendants of Heroes]. When he was in chaos, he was not in the mood to continue his blacksmithing business.

Then, Hodder pushed open the gate of the yard like this—the door was not locked, and then, what he saw was the dwarf who was standing by his furnace and beating his sharp sword—Lagin, the owner of the furnace The flames turned the old face, which was recognized by the players as bitter and mean, completely red. He was sweating profusely, and his muscular upper body was even splashed with scorching sparks, but he didn't care.

And finally...

'zila'

Accompanied by the sound of cooling, he put the glowing red sword into cold water to quench it, and when the sword cooled down, Huo De finally saw clearly what kind of weapon it was.

It was an ancient long sword, and the carved runes could be clearly seen on the blade. It was deliberately blended with the ancient runes on the hilt, and Huo De was also very familiar with the hilt. Fragment of Gorum.

However, this sword is undoubtedly a failure. Huo De Na has already pointed out the blacksmith skills of the master blacksmith and faithfully gave feedback. In his vision, the connection marks on the blade are too obvious, and even show a Two different shades - old and dull for the hilt, sharp and shiny for the blade.

And since Huo De can see it at a glance, it is impossible for Lakin to fail to see it. He frowned, and finally tried to inject magic power into the sword and activate the runes. Starting from the hilt, the ancient rune The text lights up one by one.

Hodder has seen this kind of posture before. When Siegmund uses the holy sword Gorum, the moment when all the runes of the sword are lit up will burst into dazzling brilliance. At that moment, it is as if Asgard De's Gori God came to do that, but obviously, this sword can't do that now, and the moment Lai Jin tried to activate the rune, the sword broke.

Starting from the recasting gap, the magic power visible to the naked eye overflowed, shaking the blade that had been shaped with great difficulty, and the sharp sword was flying towards the door.

"Hodder! Watch out!"

'clang'

In Lai Jin's eyes, he only saw a flash of sword light, and the man who had been wearing armor all this time pulled out the sword behind him, and then slashed directly, the rune war sword in his hand directly smashed the spinning broken blade Cleave, an understatement, highlights the qualities a seasoned fighter should have.

After seeing this scene, Lai Jin couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

But Huo De has no time to care at this moment, Lakin's expression, he just cares about the feeling of his sword just now, and then put his eyes on the broken blade on the ground, it is still intact, without any chopping trace.

It wasn't cut off, but the whole thing was sent flying together...

After seeing this scene, Huoder couldn't help raising his eyebrows. The sage sword in his hand was forged, but it was an epic weapon produced by himself through master-level forging skills. "Sword", this is just the name he chose for cancer. This sword is definitely a first-line weapon in terms of game attributes, and it is definitely not worse than the one in the dungeon. This is the reason Hodder uses it until now.

However, this sword did not split the broken sword, which shows how superb forging skills this dwarf Lakin has, and when Hodder picked up the fragments on the ground, he had already marked the broken sword given by the game system in his field of vision. position.

[Forging Material: Rune Broken Sword Fragment (Epic Quality)]

This is the most basic taboo. If he clicks on the introduction, he can still see the caster, but he didn't have that thought, and just walked over with the fragments.

"Are you recasting Gorum?"

"Yeah..." At this moment, Lai Jin was like a deflated ball, sitting motionless on a small bench in the yard, his face full of depression, "but I failed, this is the first time Three times."

"three times?"

So, how long has it been?

Chapter 23: On how NPCs view players

For Hodder, who has just entered the scene mission, the time span is the most important thing to figure out. He doesn't want to embarrass himself or these extremely vivid intelligent NPCs at the beginning.

So as always, he didn't take the initiative to bring up any topics, but just followed Lai Jin's words.

"Three times?" He just asked, and then began to look at Lai Jin's situation at the moment.

This is a habit of his, the sight under the helmet is not covered, and Lai Jin is also used to that kind of probing attitude.

"Yeah, three times, I wasted a lot of good materials." He just spoke like this, and the frustration in his words was obvious.

And from his old face, Huo De could still see the dark circles under his eyes visible to the naked eye, and then he drew a detection rune magic, and the other party's mental state immediately appeared in front of him.

Name: Lakin

Race: Dwarf

status: exhausted

"It seems that you have been busy here all night." After confirming the state of the old dwarf at the moment, Hodder just said so.

"Yeah, I've been busy since you left, and I've been busy until now."

Well, it doesn't look like time has passed...

After deriving information about the time from Lakin's words, Huo De couldn't help but set his sights on the two small rooms behind the shop, one of which was open, which was Lakin's room, and the other was Qi's room. Griffey was gone, but the door was closed.

So, how is Siegfried now?

"I know you have expectations for that child." Just when Hodder was thinking that, Lakin's voice came from his ear.

Although the old dwarf was not sure what the man under the frontier armor was thinking, he knew what he was thinking about, and Lakin also remembered what Hodder said yesterday, and he had sufficient confidence in him .

But from Lai Jin's own point of view, he thinks this is not a good thing. Compared with Hod, who only came to visit Siegfried in the Volsung City every once in a while, he has been an adoptive father for more than ten years. The man and the young man got along day and night, and during the process of getting along, he had no other performance except reading books, blacksmithing, and practicing swordsmanship every day.

Ordinary and mediocre...

If Siegfried hadn't awakened the sleeping Holy Sword Gorum yesterday, Lakin would really have put this label on him.

"However, you just pin your thoughts on Siegmund on him."

Then, upon hearing this, Huo De couldn't help but look at Lakin's old face, and the face under the frontier helmet couldn't help showing a touch of subtlety.

This sounds a bit strange, and I always feel like I will lose something if I don't deny it.

"Missing? I'm afraid you are joking with me. They eat and drink hot food in Valhalla, leaving the few of us to suffer in this courtyard."

"I'm not joking." Probably feeling that Hodder's gaze was a little cold, Lai Jin couldn't help but put the animal fur coat on himself, and he just sighed, "You don't have to hide anything, you can fool others and you can't Myself, although I came late, I also know how stupid his mate selection criteria are."

Well, Huo De still agrees with this point. Siegmund's mate selection vision is no different from that of a blind man. After thinking about it, except for his own sister, the subsequent wives are either selfish or short-sighted. The eldest son, the other guy, Siegfried's biological mother's will can't be said to be firm. Although she promised to take revenge at first, she has now gradually begun to enjoy the good life brought by the status of Queen of Denmark, completely throwing away the previous hatred. in the back of the head.

"If it is said that the queens only value his status as a king and a brave man later, then you should be the one who accompanied him at the beginning."

After all, Lakin is not the kind of guy who doesn't know anything outside the window. Since he came to Volsung and settled here, he has made weapons for the adventurers and warriors in the past every day, and exchanged drinks with those bold guys. Listen! The most is the family history of King Siegmund.

Although there may be slight deletions and revisions in this regard, there is always a lingering figure in it: the court sage, the wise man named 'Volsung'.

"From the beginning to now..."

"We've known each other for... 40 years."

The voices overlapped. For some reason, the words Siegmund said before he died suddenly appeared in Hodder's mind. To him, those words were actually just heard two days ago. Now go to the copy of [Volsonger's Death], he probably can listen to it again.

"40 years..." He couldn't help uttering such words

However, after all, this is just the time span in the game. In reality, the game has only been in operation for more than two years.

However, this slightly dull self-deprecating voice was different in Lai Jin's ears. He just casually picked up the wine jug that he had put on the anvil before, and then took a sip of it.

"Right, 40 years, plus 20 years, almost 60 years, you still remember."

So it's hard to tell an NPC like you...

Hearing Lakin's tone of thinking he had seen through everything, the corners of Hodder's mouth under the helmet twitched slightly.

He actually wanted to refute it, but he didn't know where to refute it. Could it be that this is a game to these NPCs who can only live according to the game settings? I played for a little over two years and knew Siegmund Is Germany less than two years old?

In fact, there are not sand sculpture players who deliberately showdown with NPCs on the forum. Players who are committed to exploring the possibility of the game never follow the route honestly. It's the player's. It's true that the intelligence of NPCs in the broken game "Nine Realms" is indeed high, but there is an upper limit.

Talking to the NPC will definitely cause the mission to get stuck. The sand sculpture players in the forum have already proved it with various screenshots and videos. Hodd dare not mess up on this kind of epic mission that I don't know if it can be restarted.

So, what should you do if you respond normally?

He thought about it carefully, and finally fixed his gaze on the handle of the Gulam sword placed on the table.

"In this regard, you have no right to say anything about me. Don't tell me that you plan to recast this sword and use it yourself."

Then, Lai Jin stopped talking, his old face turned blue and red from choking, and in the end, he just sighed and then waved his hands.

"Forget it." He said that he didn't want to say anything more on this topic, "You definitely didn't come here to see me, a bad old man, that bastard Siegfried is in the house, you go and see him. "

Chapter 24: Guidance Quests

How could Lakin really think that Siegfried was nothing, if he really believed that he was just a handsome man, he would not have hidden him from the beginning, just to ensure that the other party would not starve to death.

Because of the prophecy of the future goddess Shikoti to him, he has always paid close attention to Siegfried, but think about it carefully, because Hodder has been hiding in Tibet with the wreckage of the holy sword of Gulam-maybe it is still there now. Being wanted by King Legney, under such circumstances, it is impossible for him to linger in the royal city for a long time. That is to say, even if he teaches, it is impossible to teach too many things including swordsmanship and magic.

And even under such circumstances, Siegfried still achieved a little success...

It is impossible to say that he did not inherit the superior quality of his father Siegmund. As a descendant of the Volsung family, he can be said to be quite excellent, and what he lacks is only a real teacher and the blood of his father. It's just training.

And these also made Lai Jin feel complicated, and he even had a vague sense of regret in his heart. Maybe he shouldn't have accepted the child Siegfried at that time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get it from the Well of Fate now. The prophecy is brooding.

However, he didn't completely regret it, because thinking about it carefully, if time went back to more than ten years ago, he would still choose to take over Siegfried.

Because in the end, he still owed Hodder his life, and gave him a place to stay when he was wandering around in this strange human country.

So it is hard to repay the debt of favor...

Such thoughts and sighs kept echoing in Lakin's mind, and the old dwarf who had given countless players a bitter impression just waved his hand in the end.

"That bastard Siegfried is in the house, go and see him." He just sat on the chair and didn't speak any more.

And in Hodder's field of vision, there was no golden exclamation mark on the old dwarf's head. Obviously, there was no side mission. Although the 'Watal Hammer' given by the previous mission was obviously just a beginning, but For these branches, he has always been in no hurry.

Compared with these, the main task is still more important.

Huo De looked up at the mission target in his vision, there was no change or change on it, and he was still asked to talk to Siegfried.

Then, he moved his gaze to the table, where Gulam's sword hilt lay quietly.

According to the translation read by Hodder, the Song of the Nibelungen actually did not focus on Siegfried's previous adventure stories, and only briefly mentioned his deeds of recasting the holy sword, to the extent that he has An adoptive father, his adoptive father helped him recast the holy sword, and he killed his adoptive father.

It’s not a joke, it’s the truth, so Huo De can be said to be completely blind to Lakin’s recasting of the holy sword. He doesn’t know how World Tree Company will design this route, but Gulam’s recasting is obviously not simple. There may be a lot of articles in it. Lakin failed many times and failed.

So, will this be the player's task?

He dragged out his character panel, looked at the proficiency on it reached its peak, and pointed out the blacksmith skill of 'master blacksmith'.

"Nine Realms" is a broken game with hidden missions everywhere, which is almost recognized, and no one knows whether there are other hidden missions in the epic mainline that he is triggering now, and he can't check the strategy. The author of this guide.

So, he decided to give it a try...

"You should have a good rest first, this sword, let's figure out a solution together later." He casually mentioned

And at this moment, there seemed to be a gleam of light in Lakin's shrewd little eyes. He seemed to have his own thoughts. Even when he was silent, Hodder wondered if he had triggered the hidden mission again.

But in the end, he still didn't say anything.

"Let's talk about it, you go and see that brat Siegfried first."

There was no golden exclamation mark in Hodder's vision. The old dwarf just emphasized the main line of the mission scene once again, and Hodder had no choice but to do so.

Forget it...

He didn't continue to try to say anything, but walked step by step towards the room where Siegfried was.

He wasn't very polite either. After realizing that the door was actually unlocked and was only politely concealed, he pushed the door open, and then he walked in.

To be honest, it is not the first time for him to come to this room. The trivial daily tasks of teaching people to read and write are all carried out here, so he can be said to be quite familiar with Siegfried's room layout:

A simple hard board bed with animal skins on it, obviously new, with shields and swords hanging on the wall, which is the most basic arrangement in Northern Europe, followed by a table with a few plain books on it , and a quill and pen holder.

Although Lakin seldom taught him anything, he didn't owe anything in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, that's what the old dwarf was like.