You and me under the world tree

But what is this.

"I don't think this can be regarded as a simple 'touch' at all?" Recalling Lagoza's comment before, Hilda couldn't help but said.

Yes, this cannot be said to be a simple 'touch' at all.

'clang'

'clang'

'clang'

Just as Hilda was thinking this way, the ordinary sharp swords in the hands of the two soldiers in the center made a series of collision sounds.

Although even Siegfried, who was the person involved, might not be willing to admit this, no matter what angle he looked at, he was suppressed.

That ferocious aura has obviously been defeated, and the so-called dragon slaying hero is obviously more defensive than offensive in front of the sophisticated sage.

Finally, the weapon broke off.

'Kara'

The two ordinary-looking two-handed swords were broken, and this was also the moment of victory!

'boom'

Just as Siegfried focused on the blade in his hand, Hodder directly punched him in the chest.

Although the armor on his body had minimized the impact, he still couldn't help but take two steps back after the blow.

This momentary flaw finally laid the foundation for his defeat.

"ended."

The next moment, Siegfried felt pressure from his neck, because Hodder's hands had touched his neck.

As long as he changes his gestures, his neck will be twisted off in the next moment.

Although Siegfried knew that his uncle would never do that, but at this moment, he still felt a chill on his neck.

"You are not invincible, Siegfried."

At the same time, Uncle's voice came from beside his ear.

After hearing this voice, even Siegfried could only smile helplessly.

"I know."

No one knows his state better than him.

Even if one's skin can be invulnerable, even magic can resist it, and maybe it can be immune to some poisons, but this defense is still reflected in the epidermis.

Like my uncle, if his neck is clamped, even gods can't save him.

"However, you don't have to worry about anything."

Hodder spoke after releasing the young warrior's neck.

"In this world, there are only a handful of people who can clamp your neck."

After all, no matter what, he is Siegfried, with thin blood flowing in his body, and his strength and physical fitness are far above ordinary people.

No one would want to take the thankless effort to break his head, after all, under normal circumstances, it is still easier to make the sword.

And this point, of course Siegfried himself understood, so he couldn't help but carefully looked at the sage in front of him.

"Uncle, you... are really strong."

Speaking of it, although Siegfried didn't have any strong desire to win, but when he thought about it carefully, he had never won against his uncle.

It has been like this since I was a child, even though I am no longer the little kid who couldn't even hold a sword in the right position, but now it looks like my uncle's sandbag.

But it's not a shame!

Siegfried's mentality was very correct, he didn't feel ashamed to lose to his uncle.

You must know that he is a sage, a figure who once roamed the battlefield, and even suppressed his father and brother when they ran away, and he is also his elder!

So, he quickly cleaned up his heart, and then turned his head directly.

"Now, who else is not convinced!"

When Siegfried's voice spread, no one around responded, although a considerable number of people respected Siegfried—because he did stop fighting, which was a noble performance.

However, there are also some people who treat him coldly.

These people just huddled among the applauding crowd, kept silent and fished in troubled waters.

But Huo De didn't say anything after glancing at these people, after all, there was no way to expect these people to change their minds.

They didn't really have any opinion on Siegfried's force, it was just because they didn't like Siegfried.

I don't know for the time being whether they have no courage to make any changes or have other plans, but their doubts are actually very stupid.

The so-called questioning of force is the most inferior approach. Only those who have to follow the trend but are unwilling to do this kind of thing will do it.

And when they are utterly defeated by force, they have no voice.

"What are you making a fuss about here!"

Just as those pirate fighters who seemed to have no discipline at all hooked their shoulders, Hewale's voice finally came.

The eldest sister of the North Wind Pirates naturally had a very high prestige in this group, so when she spoke, the pirate fighters all ran away.

Regardless of gender, they all have their own jobs after all.

Either to maintain the ship or to collect wood and dead branches in the woods on the island that can grow without light.

In this way, the entire abandoned port is operating in an orderly manner.

In the end, Hewaller glanced at Siegfried, then at Hilda, and finally set his eyes on the elusive sage Hod.

It took a total of three days. During this time, she herself was not only thinking about what Huo De said to her, but also observing their actions.

And now, she decided to take a gamble!

"We need to talk."

In the end, she was still tempted in this regard.

After all, it is the last chance...

"No problem." Facing Hewerer's gaze, Hodder responded.

Then, he moved his gaze to the faction reputation list.

[Northern Pirates (Friendly)]

Chapter 4: Some, All

Howler finally made up his mind to take a gamble in this regard.

After all, she is a smart person, and she knows very well that the situation of the North Wind Pirates is not very good.

Although she managed to maintain enough food and clothing and barely had a place to live, she knew very well that these things were far from enough.

They can hunt marine life including sleeping sharks to satisfy their hunger, and they can use the fur and bones of these creatures to make armor, but they lack herbs and a good living environment.

Neonatal survival rate is too low...

As long as they have a little vision, anyone can see that today's North Wind Pirates have no future to speak of and no way out.

They may be able to last a generation, but this is their so-called peak, and they will definitely not last 20 years.

Herwaller didn't want to see this, so she had to find a suitable way out.

And now, is there a better choice than the descendants of Volsunger who came to the door?

no……

At least not on the surface, because the option is too tempting.

Choosing to cooperate with other kingdoms or even being recruited or something depends on the winks of other kingdoms.

Even, she may not be able to realize another idea in her heart for the rest of her life.

But by cooperating with Siegfried, who has not yet established a nation, they can maximize their interests, and they can even make demands on them in turn.

And more importantly, Hewale has already investigated them during these three days.

Siegfried, Hilda, and the sage Horde who never showed his face, but looked extremely old.

They didn't huddle on their own boats, or dislike the environment of this abandoned port and stay behind closed doors.

Instead, they are out and about a lot, and are always helping where they can.

In these three days alone, they not only helped the ships that went out to sea to hunt sea beasts successfully hunt down a big one, they even helped the children who managed to survive in the abandoned port.

Although it seemed a bit disobedient, the sage Hodder seldom used his martial arts to do anything.

Compared with Siegfried, who often used a knife to hunt sea beasts or expel ghouls, he preferred to do some household chores.

He can help families use magic to strengthen their damaged shipyards, and he can even help pirates refurbish their weapons.

He even helped those children add meals, using ingredients from outside the northern seas to cook for the children.

Of course, it is limited to these children and patients.

According to the sage himself, he will not provide assistance until the cooperation is negotiated.

But children and patients are exceptions. He can treat them and even cook them to provide them with more nutrition.

In his words:

"Patients must be treated specially, but children are innocent."

Howler still remembered the tone in which the sage Hodder said these words, it was a strange but inexplicably calm tone.

Is this pretend?

Hewale didn't know, but she knew that she couldn't continue to procrastinate, so she was willing to bet on this.

but……

"As you can see, our 'abandoned port' is in the current state." When they came to the edge area with less people, He Huale said.

"So, do you agree?" Hodder asked when he heard Hewale's words.

"I have no choice. If I miss this opportunity to completely stabilize the outside situation, then I'm afraid I will be trapped here to death."

Her mind seemed fairly clear, and this was indeed the best opportunity she could have seized.

"If we really count those who can fight, we have 6000 fighters who can participate in combat."

There is no need for Herwaller to lie about this, because she has not restricted the actions of these people.

And during the three days, when these people were helping the abandoned port with some trivial matters, they should of course have figured out the population situation here.

"These 6000 people were tempered in daily life-and-death struggles, and they were all men."

The gold content of these [-] male soldiers is much stronger than the so-called elite soldiers from other regions. After all, these are teams that have been tried and tested.

"With these 6000 people as the base, it is not a problem to go ashore from the Netherlands and directly attack the king, but..."

When he said this, Hevale paused for a moment, and at this moment, Hilda, who had been following Siegfried, couldn't help but patted the soldier's shoulder armor.

"Siegfried."

"Ok?"

"I'll go around there."

This is obviously an excuse.

How can there be any scenery to see on this broken island? Siegfried is also very clear about this.

So he quickly realized that it was actually Hilda who didn't want to participate in the next topic, and she felt that she should keep a measure.

However, Siegfried shook his head.

"Next you should listen too."

It's obviously Volsung's great cause of restoring the country, so is it alright for me to sit in on it?

Seeing Siegfried's completely defenseless appearance, Hilda really wanted to complain about it.

If you were so reassuring about her, wouldn't it be good to accept Iceland's aid back then?Why bother to go to such a place to win over He Huale?