You and Me Under The World Tree

Once, Regin was captured by the giants in the Jura Mountains - at that time, he was originally a wandering dwarf who repaired weapons and armor for warriors in human caravans, but the group that crossed the border and did business back and forth The caravan was robbed by giants.

Although these giants live in Midgard, they never pay attention to the generally 'weak' humans. No one will ever stop their actions, even if the people in the caravan call for help from the gods in fear. The gods they had always believed in and built temples to worship did not help them.

Under the attack of the giants, Regin witnessed with his own eyes the men with their families who drew their swords and rushed towards the giants in order to protect their children. He saw with his own eyes those warriors fulfilling their duties as 'bodyguards' without hesitation. 

Use money to do things...

Although there are many conspiracies and intrigues in Midgard, there is also no shortage of such loyal people, but this is of no use. Although this happened decades ago for Regin, he still remembers it. I know very well what happened at that time. 

No one will survive...

In the entire caravan, only he, the smallest dwarf who seemed to be the smallest, survived by virtue of his skill in forging weapons, and that was the beginning of everything. In the deep areas of the mountains where no sunlight could be seen, he and the furnace worked together. My companion, my daily job is to build weapons for the greedy guy who calls himself the king.

As for these cruel but insidious 'silly guys', Regin didn't have any good impressions, so you know that when he saw their miserable appearance again, the slightly twisted feeling in his heart emerged. What a joy.

"Using rocks to build a body and filling the internal organs into the rocks can be said to be the last resort to survive."

Because the original body was lost, the rock body that could be driven by the internal organs preserved by magic was just a lifeless shell. Regin didn't know much about Jotunheim's giant magic, but he knew that, If this had no side effects, the frost giants would not be so resistant to this.

"I think His Highness the Prince should also understand this, right? I heard that you once traveled to Jotunheim." Regin said.

Of course, when the Gothic prince was young, he walked through the dangerous Iron Forest to Jotunheim, which is connected to Midgard. This incident has always been chanted by the Goths. The bards talked about it, although Regin didn't know the prince's specific experiences and actions in the kingdom of giants. 

But it's impossible for him not to know anything about Jotunheim and the giants... 

"Well, my friend told me."

Nodding, he agreed, but he had no intention of saying anything more in this regard, because Regin's seemingly unintentional words had already attracted his attention before. 

"Did you do these?"

There are inexplicable ambiguities in the prince's words, but anyone with some brains and understanding of the giant's tricks will understand what he is asking, because once they need to use this 'rock body', it means that they have reached a dead end.

But just as the prince was unwilling to talk about his adventure in Jotunheim in detail, the man named Hoder didn't want to say anything. He didn't even respond to the prince's question. He just stood there, as if Like sculpture.

After a while, he started to move as if he had finally fully started up the machine.

"It happened a long time ago." He said, "Let's move on to the next location."

He walked in front of everyone, but at this moment, his steps paused slightly, and then stopped again because there was a wall in front of him.

"It seems that those guys who ran away still haven't made much progress." He stretched out his hand to touch a wall like a cliff. It was extremely steep and ordinary people couldn't climb it. But it didn't matter. Hoder's purpose was not to climb.

"It's just a usual trick. There is a barrier here. If you want to lift the barrier, you must look for the runes around it." Although Regin's tone was full of disdain, the old dwarf scratched himself head.

With his talent, he can certainly ridicule the "rune skills" of these giants in Midgard, but at the same time, no matter how rough the runes are arranged, he must find them. 

"Um... let's split up?" he suggested.

However, no one paid attention to his intention, and he was quite sensible. When he saw no one responded, he did not continue to shout anything, but took two steps back. 

"Siegfried."

 "uncle?" 

"What do you think we should do now?"

Hoder just left this topic to Siegfried. At this time, the young warrior was stunned for a while, and then glanced at Regin.

"My opinion is the same as his. We should spread out the search for runes. After removing these runes, the road will naturally appear."

This is a very orthodox way of thinking. In fact, if this dungeon follows the orthodox route, it should indeed be like this, and the process is a bit cumbersome because it has certain requirements for people in the "rune profession" in the team, but in fact, in Not all players in "Nine Realms" have chosen 'Rune' as a sub-career, and some even have not yet fully upgraded their skills.

 So what if you happen to encounter a team that is purely a chopper?In fact, the answer has already been given on the forum, which both Hoder and Dietrich liked. 

"Siegfried, let me teach you something now."

 "Um?"

"Sometimes, your own strength and the weapons in your hands are your only keys, and this key is enough to open up a shortcut for you." Then, Hoder glanced at the prince beside him inexplicably. He and Hoder stood on a horizontal line, neither retreating nor advancing. "Your Highness, you think so too, right?"

The prince in the horned helmet did not speak. He just glanced at him, then slowly clenched his fist, and Hoder also raised the ice-breaking torch in his hand. 

"Siegfried, back off!"

While the young warrior was still in a daze, the dwarf who realized what he was doing couldn't help but pull him back, and the next moment, he felt the ground begin to shake. 

"Boom"

With one punch and one hammer, the ice-breaking torch and the fist wearing the metal gauntlet hit the seemingly simple mountain directly. With this shaking, the magic barrier was roughly dispersed, and a path led to Inside, a huge passage large enough for a giant to pass appeared in front of them.

The huge vibration not only reverberated here, but the actions of Hoder and his party would also alarm a certain giant under the mountain - the giant Grin. He was sitting on his throne, looking up at the sound coming from above. shock. 

Then, that dull but familiar voice echoed... 

"Giant Grin, you really don't have a long memory at all."