You and me under the world tree

"you ask me?"

"Well, let me ask you, you know him."

"..."

For a moment, Dietrich was overwhelmed by Hella's straightforward words.

What does it mean that I understand him?

Maybe Hela didn't think too much about other things when she said these words, but it seemed a bit awkward when these words fell into Dietrich's ears.

So, she felt uncomfortable all over.

But after seeing Hela's unaffected and exaggerated eyes, Her Royal Highness finally sighed.

"I don't know if I know him or not."

Perhaps in response to Hela's extremely casual words, Dietrich just said that.

In any case, she felt that it would be better for her to explain these clearly first.

"It's just that I can probably guess some of his thoughts."

"Is there... any difference?"

"I say there is."

"Fine……"

"In short, he probably doesn't think about the plague anymore, because if he only thinks about the source of the plague, there are a lot of guesses."

"Then what he's thinking about is..."

"He is thinking about the nature of this game, what the enemy should pay attention to."

Maybe Hela didn't have much contact with these things, but Dietrich had a certain understanding of it.

Because this is an indispensable part of the court game.

It is precisely because you know who your opponent is and who you are playing against that you can think broadly.

"There's one thing that lingers after all."

"what?"

"He is an enemy that the gods have to pay attention to. According to the rules of the atrium world, even the gods have to worry about his existence."

"Uh?"

Under Dietrich's reminder, Hela felt that she had probably grasped some important ideas.

However, as the Queen of the Nether, she failed to grasp the point.

It's like being in a fog, obviously thinking that he can probably recognize the direction, but he is crazy about the fog that gathers in front of his eyes.

"so what?"

"Character, character, what kind of person do you think Hodder is?"

"He..."

When talking about things related to Huo De, Hela felt that she had a lot to say.

Because she had confronted him before, made a covenant with him, and even seen his easy-going appearance in daily life.

If you really want to talk about the senses, then Hela feels that she has too much to say.

But before she could organize what seemed to be a long speech, she saw Dietrich wave her hand.

This action directly interrupted her train of thought.

"Forget it, I guess your answer is not the same as what I want to say."

"???"

"In short, from the performance point of view, the impression Hod left on people is undoubtedly cruel. He can use war as a means to achieve his goals without any scruples, and he can also slaughter the entire family at will. It doesn't look like he would be concerned about universal morality, fame is the best thing in this world, not one of them."

"So, those guys will attack those around him?"

"Well, that's probably the case. At least, in terms of relationship, I will definitely choose someone who is closer to him, and the weight must be heavy, whether it's in the kingdom, or simply talking about the relationship."

"Who would that be?"

"I don't know, I don't know the pattern of the Netherlands."

She will not participate in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this is her bottom line.

Not only because of her status as a gothic princess, but more importantly, she abides by the bottom line because of his trust in her.

Because of trust, I absolutely don't want to know too much about myself.

Because I don't want that trust to disappear.

"But I think we'll find out soon enough."

'boom'

Just when Dietrich said this, she heard a dull sound.

'boom'

Accompanied by some kind of fierce sound, Hodder directly punched the wall, and immediately after that, a crack appeared in the wall.

"Hodder..."

"Very well, very well, I probably know what they are doing."

At the same time, in the palace of Skywrath City, Siegfried received another piece of news that made him dizzy.

A strong plague broke out in the abandoned city of the Rhine Ferry, and the commander of the navy, Hewale, was seriously infected.

"Damn!!!"

Chapter 14: The Ailment of the Pirate Queen

Although in Hodder's plan, the best way to deal with it should be to solve everything before this messy thing expands its influence, and completely kill it in the cradle.

There are no dark wizards, no messy conspiracies, and it has nothing to do with the northern seas or northern wind pirates.

To put it bluntly, at this time, the best way to deal with it is when nothing happened,

Repression is one aspect, but on the other hand, no matter what happens at this time, there should be no extra complications.

If it can be resolved in advance, everyone will treat it as nothing happened, at most an ordinary plague infection.

When done perfectly, it won't even leave a trace of any importance.

But the reality is not as beautiful as imagined after all.

Now that the gods have made up their minds to make a fuss about this 'plague event' and thoroughly characterize the event, they are bound to take the initiative to attack.

Even, Diffintel is just an 'appetizer' in a sense, or even just a signal.

And the real big head still has to look at the newly built ruined city of the Rhine!

But at this moment, the riverside city, which should have been extremely prosperous, has blocked the thick city walls.

Outsiders are not allowed in and insiders are not allowed out.

The current population of the abandoned city is about [-], most of whom are former residents of the abandoned port in the northern sea.

These are the main population living here, together with some businessmen who often come and go to do business, and even settle down and open shops over time, this constitutes the main theme of the abandoned city.

It looks a little bit more exclusive, but still thriving.

But now, because the blockade order has already been issued, almost everyone is afraid to go out.

At the same time, a group of people looked at the government affairs hall like a huge ship turned upside down with worried eyes.

And in the government affairs hall, a woman in armor and a coat was taking a deep breath.

The disgusting pustules had already appeared on her body, and her whole body was covered with a layer of enchantment barrier visible to the naked eye.

As for the reason for the existence of this barrier, it is naturally because of the rune stone at his feet.

This rune stone was carved by a sage and was specially used to resist and isolate supernatural blows. It was originally used to save her life, but now she is using it for self-isolation.

However, although she herself showed a painful expression, she did not cry out because of it.

But at this moment, she just frowned.

There must be a feeling of pain, she is still a living person after all, but at this moment, there is more impatience in her heart.

how so……

A trace of impatience could not help appearing on her face covered with hideous scars.

How did this happen?

For this, she is completely in the situation of knowing nothing.

And in the empty and empty government affairs hall, which was even completely closed, she just stayed here quietly.

At the same time, her mind was also filled with recent events.

She is not an idiot, so she understands that there must be a reason for these things on her body.

But what is the specific reason?

When exactly?

"Cough cough cough."

She coughed.

The unbearable pain lingering in her throat made her subconsciously squint her eyes.

The pain lingering in her throat made it difficult for her to breathe, as if something was stuck in her throat.

To be honest, she even wondered if it was because of the kind of pus-like blisters that began to grow in her throat.

And the severe pain emanating from her body almost interrupted her thoughts.

calm.

Herwaller.

clam down.

Gazing at the empty government affairs hall, Hevale couldn't help clenching the magic sword Tyrfing in his hand.

She re-examined her recent itinerary.

As the current naval commander of the Netherlands, Hewalle is in charge of three legions, one of which has been stationed in the former abandoned port.

The remaining two legions were stationed around Held Fortress and the harbor of Amstel respectively. These two legions constituted the defense chain on the island of the Netherlands.

It is extremely important in terms of strategic location.

However, in the eyes of ordinary people, Herwalla, who held such a powerful position, did not seem to be trusted, because she seemed to be separated from her own group.

Her jurisdiction is indeed very large, but she has nothing to do with the abandoned city of Rhine.

Even the former North Wind Pirates were 'disbanded'. They had no combat organization and just lived their own lives in the abandoned city of the Rhine.

In the eyes of some uninformed people, the Netherlands seems to have completely annexed these 'wanderers' who should have belonged to Norway, so it is trying its best to reduce the influence of Hewale himself.

But only He Huale himself knew that there was no such thing at all.

She has a clear conscience, so she often travels between Fortress Helder, Amstel Harbor and the ruined city of the Rhine.

This has never been difficult for her.

Even, because of the existence of the Rhine River, she only needs to go down the Rhine River to reach the Rhine Ferry and the surrounding abandoned cities.

And continue down the Rhine River and enter the tributary Ijssel River, and she can successfully reach the beautiful town of Diefenter.

It was a small town run by one of her younger brothers, and her 'right-hand man' lived near there.

Hervale's daily activities are also quite free. She will take a vacation for herself regularly to see her former maid Lagoza and her husband, and then go back along the Rhine.

It is completely on a river road.

And to sum up, there are only a few places.

So, where did she contract this nasty disease?