You and me under the world tree

"You can live there with Heras for a period of time. Theoretically speaking, safety can be guaranteed. As for the price you have to pay, it is probably your reputation."

Sailain, I am afraid that this young man will not be able to survive in this world.

"In fact, I have no reputation at all."

Facing Hodder's slightly cloudy gaze, Celain shook his head.

"I'm not a hero, nor a respectable old man. The reason why I can serve as the mayor of the abandoned city is actually because of the guarantee of the eldest sister. In fact, no one thinks that I am suitable for this position."

"Selene!"

"Big Sister, I know how much I weigh. I'm really not as good as you guys."

Having said that, he looked at the eldest sister whom he admired.

"This is already the best result. Anyway, I have lived in the northern sea area for a long time. This time, let's take it as a visit to my hometown. There is no danger."

"There's really no danger."

"Hodder!"

"I'm serious. For people like us, the northern sea is just a place with a little bit of wind and waves. So, Celain, you can stay with me in the near future."

"!"

"Magic and runes, how much you can learn depends on your talent."

In a single word, the 'result' of the plague that broke out in the Kingdom of the Netherlands was thus fully settled.

A few days later, when the plague in the abandoned city was resolved, a message spread like this:

The plague in the Netherlands was not accidental, but was caused by a group of black wizards, and the Skywrath Guards have also been involved in the investigation and have important clues.

"In this way, it can be considered a solution."

Standing on the pitch-black land of Diffintel, the sage of the Volsong clan couldn't help shaking his head.

However, compared to the past, this time the plague incident cannot be regarded as a victory no matter what.

"It will definitely win back a city."

While Hodder was staring at the pitch-black land, the white-haired princess beside him spoke.

"Well, but now, let's start to deal with the aftermath first."

Then, he flipped the palm of his hand, and a wooden staff that was said to be polished from the branches of the world tree was directly inserted into the ground by him.

This was Helmold's cane, but since he was slaughtered by Hodder, this thing fell into his hands.

It's been useless all this time, but now...

'Om'

Under the effect of magic, with the cane as the center, the darkness above the ground quickly faded away, as if it had been completely absorbed.

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The third is a little later.

Chapter 42: Official end, foregone conclusion

Before, Sigrun had delivered a more important piece of news to Hodder: the essence of the plague is divine power.

It's just that this is the force that leads life to death, and the plague is its manifestation.

Theoretically speaking, this is a power that only the 'God of Death' can display.

Although Hodder himself had speculated about this before, and even had a final conclusion, this did not prevent him from realizing the kindness conveyed to him by Sigrun.

Although Sigrun said that it was Slude who conveyed the news to him, he still felt a little grateful to his disciple, the official wife that the medium was marrying.

At least the attitude will not be as bad as before.

With this kind of grateful attitude, Huo De chopped off her head calmly.

Sound weird?

But this is the fact.

If Huo De had any malice towards the Valkyrie, he would never kill anyone, but would let the Valkyrie go back intact.

And in this way, with the suspicious attitude shown by the Odin he knew, it was hard to guarantee that Sigrun would not have any major problems.

And knowing that she will not die, beheading her to 'vent anger' can at least superficially ensure her position and give her a 'talisman'.

No matter what, the king of the gods might not give her trust, but he would not persecute her more if he did not seriously re-examine the matter when it came to a critical moment.

In fact, Hodder also believed that Slude let her take on the role of so-called 'guide' just out of the desire to protect Sigrun.

Although there is no evidence, Hodder has a guess in this regard.

He doesn't affirm these directly, but his thoughts lean toward them.

As for why, it can only be said that he has a certain understanding of her.

It's as if she also understands his behavior and character.

Except for the miscellaneous things related to the gods, the biggest flaw of this plague on the gods side is its essence: divine power.

Maybe Huo De has no way to use magic to forcibly heal those who have been eroded by the power of the epidemic. He can only slowly heal those who survived the infection by drinking medicine and isolating. His handling of the land is much simpler and ruder.

In fact, the land of Midgard itself has a strong self-healing ability, even if the minerals seem to be almost dug, they will slowly recover.

This is easy to understand, because most of the worlds connected by the world tree are part of this huge tree.

The essence of the world tree is the corpse of the original giant Ymir. For example, the essence of the ocean surrounding the atrium world is the blood that Ymir shed back then.

Moreover, the frost giant did not completely die.

In order to prevent the "killed" giant from waking up, human beings, a race that absorbs Ymir's life, were born.

Also because he didn't die completely, in fact the World Tree itself is still in a 'sleep' state.

For this reason, Hodder didn't need to do anything else at all, he just needed to use magic to drain the power of the disease that had invaded the earth.

And after completely drawing out the power of the epidemic that symbolizes death, he has two ways to deal with it.

The first is to use magic to completely defeat it. This method is very simple. You only need to ensure that the output destructive power of your own magic is definitely greater than the divine power of the epidemic.

But now, Hodder is using the second method: sealing and absorbing.

Just seal them all up in Hermod's 'Staff of the God Envoy'. The branches of the World Tree itself are excellent carrying materials.

As for what the power of the disease that has eroded the earth can be used for, that is another matter.

At the very least, Hodder doesn't want these diseases to dissipate just like that. It is also a good choice to use the power of these diseases to study, analyze, or simply feed the little dragon that has a symbiotic relationship with Hodder and lives by sucking his magic power.

And during the period when Hodder started to deal with the plague on the earth alone, the Kingdom of the Netherlands also adjusted in an orderly manner to deal with the rumors that spread.

The first is to determine its nature and prevent the gods from intervening again after the official public declaration.

Because the gods who cherish their reputation will never be willing to admit that they have something to do with this catastrophe that killed countless people in an instant.

And then slowly adjust the effect caused by the rumors, slowing down the progress step by step.

Ultimately, the final so-called findings are fully established.

After nearly a month, the state of panic in the kingdom finally came to an end.

The abandoned city announced the lifting of the blockade, and the garrison of each legion was over.

At the same time, news was also transmitted from within the royal city.

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Location: The harbor city of Amstel

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the city has actually been the most affected.

First of all, people infected with the disease also appeared in this city, and the whole city had to fall into a state of emergency isolation and closure.

On the other hand, it is because its geographical location is too close to the abandoned city on the Rhine River, and there is even a transport channel on the Rhine River. People in the abandoned city may be xenophobic, but they often go to this harbor city.

And when the rumors were completely swept away, the residents of the city also fell into a strong panic.

Rumors would turn sour in panic, and a sick person would be smeared along with his hometown.

But today, this situation will be completely over.

Overnight, the streets were plastered with various notices, and at the same time, the mayor of Amstel was preparing to deliver a speech at noon that day.

Before the speech, though, the word had spread completely.

"Have you heard that the person who caused the plague has been arrested?"

In the tavern where the business hours are no longer restricted, the drinkers said mysteriously.

"I saw the notice posted by the guards this morning. The real culprit of this epidemic is the people of the abandoned city."

"Ha, it really is those pirates from the northern seas. I know that those pirates who hook up with giants are not good things."

"Don't, don't, it's not this problem. In fact, everyone has been deceived, and those people in the abandoned city are also victims."

Seeing that his partner seemed about to make some stupid remarks again, that person hurriedly stopped him.

"In fact, as early as in the northern sea, there was a person who came into contact with the black magic related to the epidemic. He vainly wanted to use the epidemic to sweep the entire kingdom and become the king of ghouls who set foot in the human world. For this purpose, he used everyone, including ours. His Majesty the King."

"who's that person?"

"It's the mayor of the abandoned city, Selene, who made friends with people everywhere in order to step into the position of mayor. It is said that the former battle captain Ragnar and his family were his first test subjects. "

"Ah, I heard that the mayor of Diffenter is still his elder brother, they..."

"It's because he can even use his own elder brother, so he's scary. He's such an inhuman guy. With such a person lurking by his side, it must have been quite difficult for Miss Howler back then."

"It's really scary, there is such a villain lurking around, but the popularity is very good..."

"This time, even Miss Hewerer was close to death. As for the former hero Ragnar, his wife also died in this epidemic, alas."

"The world is impermanent."

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Three more_(:з」∠)_

Orz, in short, the plot of the epidemic is over, and the next step is to explain other related things.

For example, the war with Denmark or something.

As for the next volume, as I said before, Jotunheim, the Kingdom of Giants, thinking about it, the Twilight volume is just around the corner.

Chapter 43: Writing Friendships Reading Interests

In this way, after the Netherlands officially posted a notice about the plague incident, the plague was not only characterized, but also perfectly resolved on the surface.

Most people don't know exactly what happened.

No one knows the efforts of Diefenter's mayor, and no one knows the specific reasons for the tragedy of the Ragnar family.

The gods remained silent, and the Valkyries disappeared, never appearing at all.

Therefore, no one would associate what is happening now with the gods aloft.

They only knew that there were potential dark wizards in the kingdom, and they only knew that an ambitious man who wanted to control the dead and become the king of ghouls was crushed by the kingdom's iron fist.

Once again the Kingdom of the Netherlands demonstrated its invincible power.

With the united efforts of the people of the kingdom, the culprit was killed, and the whole kingdom recovered from the previous losses.

For the Kingdom of the Netherlands today, the only pain is the destroyed town of Diefenter and those who died of the disease.

No matter what opinions wizards have, their voices are still too small after all.