You and me under the world tree

And obviously, it turns out that these things are all kept here in Steckerd.

At this moment, Hodder, who had calmed down a little, couldn't help but start connecting the 'clues' in his mind.

In fact, not to mention other things, in terms of scale, the magic here is similar to that of a rental house in terms of layout.

First of all, the first one is a triggered defensive magic, and then after the protective magic takes effect, a wisp of remnant soul appears, which is used to convey a message.

Of course, it doesn't send messages to everyone. He will only send messages when he detects Hodder or Steckard.

Otherwise, he will bury those secrets forever.

However, in fact, whether it is Steckerd or Hodder, they are also among the top players in the world.

Although Steckard is not as good as Hodder in terms of the "game level" of magic, he is still working hard to fill up most of the runes.

Not to mention using it as you like, but there is no major problem in using it in combat.

If it weren't for some beings who personally shot it, it would not be difficult for Steckerd to survive.

At least, he survived the attack.

But what happens to him after this?

Can you survive?

Regarding this point, Howard did not dare to guarantee anything.

Even in the bottom of his heart, he already had an answer that he was unwilling to admit.

Won't……

In other words, it is impossible for him to survive.

Not because of anything else, because he is different from Hodder.

Don't talk about those roommates, Huode can be said to be alone, and he has done his best in this regard, because the magic engraved in the house by the "past him" will even send the seriously injured to the hospital.

This magic that includes the effect of 'short teleportation' is enough to ensure that they are sent away from the scene.

And when the time comes, the rest is still a matter between Huo De and Uktra Hill Company.

Whether it is taking hostages or fighting to the death, that is his own business.

As long as he reveals his whereabouts from time to time, then he is not afraid of those guys targeting his few remaining friends.

Because it's not just him who disagrees, I'm afraid You Le will not agree either.

Although it is a bit ridiculous to say so, it is obvious that Mu Si has already emphasized to him that the former Ah Le has changed.

He began to do whatever it takes for his own benefit, even though he knew that rescuing the Valkyrie would cause extremely bad consequences and expose his friend to Uktrasir's sight, but he still did it.

Although Lao Mu himself really didn't care about these things, it could even be said that if he hadn't intervened in the middle of the game, he would have really wanted to find a chance to release the Valkyrie.

After all, it was also his idea to release the news to World Tree Company, because in that case, they could turn their attention to him.

However, it is two kinds of feelings after all, to let people go by themselves and to intervene in half of them.

But even so, Hodder may still have such an expectation for him-he should still uphold part of his bottom line.

If other people really had nothing to do with this matter, no matter what, he would not put his mind on the roommate he had known for nearly four years.

And even if you don't mention this point, as far as it is now, Hodder is extremely lucky.

Because it doesn't matter whether to intervene or not, his roommates are all capable.

Although Mu Si claimed that he was not the flame giant, he still had some memories.

Although Guo Dalu has nothing to do with this matter and has no intention of intervening, his relaxed and indifferent attitude shows that he has a way to deal with it.

At least, no one should trouble him.

As for pleasure, he was in the opposite camp.

For Hodder now, apart from sometimes worrying about Muth's situation, he should have nothing to worry about.

But what about Steckard?

He has a younger sister and parents, so the family he values ​​and can bring him warmth has become the biggest obstacle at this moment.

Hodder knows the Uktra Hill Group well...

No, in fact, he knew the people behind that company well.

If they haven't changed their behavior all the time, they can do all kinds of dirty things.

If the people in that group really have thoughts about Steckard, he can't escape no matter what.

Because even if he could run away, what about his parents and sister?

"A complete dead end."

Quickly flipping through his handwritten strategy notes, Huo De couldn't help but speak.

"Hodder..."

"I am fine."

Browsing through the 'strategy' written by himself at a glance, Huo De is trying to find some clues from his own memories.

But unfortunately, until now, he has not been able to find any clues.

Although the writing in the notebook is very detailed, and there are even accompanying stick figures, but these are at best only things from the player's perspective.

And things are pretty trivial.

After all, he was indeed like this at the beginning, instead of rushing to push the main line, he became obsessed with some side lines, and even immersed himself in the game system.

It's like traveling around the big map of the 'atrium', and then immersing yourself in pure adventure, swimming in the game.

Even, he read several books in a row.

Nothing else, anything special.

However, the only thing he can be sure of is that these full notebooks are arranged in order.

In other words, if you want to find the answer to the last question in his mind, you should start from the end.

Thinking of this, Huo De directly turned to the last book.

And the first page is a noun:

'Sigmund's Revenge'

However, compared with the previous depiction that was biased towards strategy, this book is obviously much softer.

Although it still focuses on a certain strategy, it can be seen that the author himself should enjoy this game, and even be willing to treat 'NPC' as a real person.

After all, they were never fictional characters.

At first, he searched slowly, but in the end, he quickly turned to the last page.

Obviously, this notebook has not been finished yet, and the last thing recorded is a sentence:

To be continued.

Because on the contrary, the above accounted for the game exhibition in Denmark.

It is probably because there are no other notebooks, but at the end of the notebook, I wrote a simple travel plan.

Face-to-face, eating, living with netizens...that is, Steckerd's home.

It seems that, at least at that time, Hodder himself should be looking forward to it.

However, this note is too ordinary.

There are no unusual 'records' above, and that's what makes people suspicious.

Finally, Hodder set his sights on the last line of the text.

[If you have already noticed something, read it in another way]

what way?

Needless to say?

Finally, a magical glow emerged from Hodder's hands.

The next moment, those graceful square characters began to flicker.

From those drawings to the words, a very different line begins to shine.

Every book is like this, and some part of those beautiful square fonts has restored its original mysterious quality.

"Did you engrave runes on these notebooks?"

Chapter 9: Archived Memories

Just when the notebooks on the table turned pages automatically, and the square fonts with oriental culture radiated a magical glow, Dietrich couldn't help feeling a touch of emotion in her heart.

Because although this method doesn't look very good, most people can't think of it.

At least, in the first day of junior high school, no one would have thought that some strokes in those densely packed square characters could be recombined.

Because for most people, runes are words with mysterious power.

For most people, the so-called runes are inherently mysterious, and these words are fundamentally different from ordinary words used to convey content.

Not to mention, what was presented to her now was not ancient Norse language at all.

Perhaps, Dietrich considered, there was magic in these diaries that would hide the real words and hide them with imaginary ones.

However, this magic can be detected.

As long as you find the 'rune' and crack it, the diary will restore its original appearance.

Dietrich really thought so at first.

However, what she didn't expect was that the runes were directly hidden in the strokes of those square characters.

Even those neat stick figures that look like small maps are actually part of the rune.

After showing her true posture, she had such a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

They may be arranged up and down, left and right, or even sideways.

Even, the most exaggerated thing is that Dietrich can still see the sequence of rune combinations that can only be seen when turning the page quickly.

And not only that, those rune engravings that exude light and restore their original posture still look extremely messy and scattered.

At least Dietrich herself couldn't read it.

Although the original seventeen runes can be combined and arranged, and even because of different combinations, they can have more than a thousand interpretation methods.

And soon, she also found a clue.

"Yes, and the content on this strategy note has been modified, and it will only show its original appearance after being reactivated."

At the same time, when Dietrich was subconsciously interpreting those chaotic runes as a wizard, she heard Hodder's words.

At the same time, she couldn't help raising her head, and what she saw was Hodder's profile.

"I know what you're talking about," she said, "I've already read it. This is the magic of sending a message. All that's left is to unlock the message."

"No, it's still the last step."

"?"

When Hodder said that, Dietrich couldn't help showing a puzzled look.

"What last step?"

At this moment, she felt something bad in her heart.

Although this kind of feeling is just a little bit of nostalgia for her, but there is still a touch of resentment in her heart.

"I'm going to figure it out."

"It's not the limit of what 'I' can do."

"?"

"Think about it, if I was cornered and wanted to hide this information, I would do my best to hide it."

In other words...

"If it can be easily unraveled, it can't be said to be hidden."