Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 759: Dwarf Brock, strengthening of the spiral sword?

After receiving the guests, Kratos walked through the forest and returned to his home.

In the small wooden house that he and his wife had built together, Atreus was waiting for his return obediently.

The child Atreus was born with some unique talents, such as the ability to easily understand some complex languages ​​and an innate keen intuition.

When Kratos asked him to go home by himself, he felt a little uneasy, as if some changes were about to happen, so he felt a little restless waiting at home.

Then there was a creaking sound and the door was pushed open.

"Father?"

There were only a few candles lit in the cabin, which made Kratos's burly figure standing at the door almost a black silhouette in Atreus' eyes.

"…Pack your things and let's go."

Kratos said without further ado in his voice.

Atreus was a little surprised, but also a little happy: "I thought I wasn't ready?"

"You haven't, but we have no choice." Kuiye said this, and turned around to collect Fei's ashes. But he thought about it and added: "You can prove me wrong."

"I understand, father!" Atreus seemed very excited.

In the original game, Kratos returned home after defeating mountain monsters with Atreus. He also taught his son a lesson on how to control his anger, and then he met Baldur who came to his door.

However, because of Li You's intervention, the battle with Balder in this world happened earlier than planned; and also because of Li You's intrusion, the battle between Kratos and Balder did not end in a draw.

In the original game, Kratos had not fought a god for a long time during this period, and Balder was considered a very capable fighter in the Norse pantheon, so this battle was quite difficult.

After the war, Kratos thought he had killed Balder, but he was also worried that someone would come looking for him, so he immediately asked Atreus to pack up and get ready to leave.

In this world, although the experience is different, the appearance of Balder still makes Kratos decide to act immediately.

Atreus quickly packed up his things, most importantly the bow and quiver his mother had made for him, as well as some sundries. On the funeral pyre outside, Kratos placed his wife's ashes in an exquisitely woven brocade bag.

The father and son set off immediately.

"That's the mountain we're heading for, right? I've never walked that far before. How long will it take to get there?"

Atreus said this while looking at the mountains far away in the sky.

"I don't know." Kratos' answer was very concise.

What they have been talking about, the purpose of their trip, is actually to fulfill Faye's last wish and scatter her ashes on the highest mountain in the Nine Realms. When Kratos said that Atreus was not ready, he also meant that he was not yet capable of completing this journey.

But now after Balder's appearance, Kratos had no choice. After all, he couldn't leave Atreus alone at home and go alone.

The two of them headed towards the highest mountain in the distance, and Kratos did not forget his son's performance, which had just dissatisfied him, and he happened to finish the lesson he had not had time to attend before on the way.

"You lost control earlier."

"That thing tried to kill us. You get angry even when you're fighting!"

“Anger can be a weapon, if you can control it, but you can’t.”

Atreus wanted to argue, but Kratos had already made his decision: "No need to say more. Next you have to learn to control your anger and learn how to fight. Let's go. We don't have much time."

Kratos' tone was unquestionable. Although Atreus was still a little unconvinced, he could only lower his head and follow Kratos obediently: "...Okay, father."

……

On the other side of the forest, Li You was walking through it.

He was heading in the same general direction as Kratos and his son, but because they started early, they were ahead of the other two by a long distance.

But Li You was not actually very satisfied. In this world, although his Sakura Dragon divine power could be used normally, it was consumed much faster than normal, the replenishment became much slower, and it would be suppressed when it was used.

So Li You did not choose to fly over, but ran slowly with his feet on the ground, saving his supernatural power for the critical moment.

After the battle with Balder, the system's task has been updated. Now what Li You has to do is to find the next person marked by the system.

However, the road there is a bit long. On the way, Li You was also checking the functions of the system.

After his testing, he had found the section that the system had previously clearly stated had restricted functionality - it was the Companion section.

Li You became more and more certain that the system was targeting him this time.

The combat power of this world is already very high, and the system adds various restrictions to it. Isn't this targeting?
The system also directly marks that if you want to unlock the functions of the companion section, you must complete the main tasks in stages.

Li You has currently completed 1-1 and 1-2. As long as he completes the next task, he will be able to unlock the companion section... the most basic function, which allows him to summon at least one companion.

Before that, Yuzu, Edge and V could only sleep in the system companion space.

Therefore, Li You still has to prioritize finding the next mission target. After all, although the Nordic Kratos has become much easier to talk to, some of his ideas have not changed.

Li You didn't think he could make him trust him just by talking. Forcing himself to follow him might cause him to have bad feelings, so he might as well do his own thing.

At least for now, although the system doesn't want him to lie down and rely on Kratos, the overall things he needs to do do not conflict with Kratos and the others.

“Ugh!!!!”

Quickly shuttling through the forest and heading towards the mountain, Li You also encountered the undead warriors who were harassing Kratos and his son.

These undead warriors are the resurrected dead, but they would not originally appear in the forest where Kratos and his companions live. The reason is that that area was originally protected by a golden talisman.

Kratos' wife, Fei, is no ordinary person either. It was she who used talismans to create a barrier in the forest where the family lived, making it impossible for the dead to approach, and... making it impossible for gods like Balder to find their trace.

But before Fei died, she marked the trees to be used in her funeral, which were also the ones that Kratos cut down at the beginning of the game, and some of them were used to maintain the nodes of the barrier.

After these trees were cut down, the barrier revealed a flaw, and the undead warriors, as well as Balder who had followed the trail, appeared one after another.

In fact, all this was within Fei's expectations. As for her true identity and ultimate goal, it would take a long time for the father and son to know them.

"Woooaaaaa--!!" The undead warriors who crawled out of the ground with flames burning on their bodies let out ugly roars and attacked Li You waving their rotten and tattered weapons.

Although the Undead Warriors can only be considered as miscellaneous soldiers in the game, Li You discovered that their strength is not weak after coming into contact with these guys.

Even though the body of the undead warrior wielding the weapon is decayed, he can still exert considerable strength and destructive power. At least Li You will be injured if he is hit by it.

Moreover, although these guys are dead, they can actually cooperate with each other vaguely, which makes their threat greatly increased.

Fortunately, the ones that appeared here were just ordinary undead warriors, and Li You was very familiar with their attack methods.

Li You could easily and accurately block and counterattack the attacks from these enemies, and then defeat them - the health bars of the undead warriors were still very short.

During the gaming period, Li You also passed the God of War difficulty level, so mastering the fighting methods of these small enemies was not a problem for him.

"clang--!!"

Li You waved the glazed umbrella to deflect the attack of the last undead warrior, and chopped down the dark golden death knight axe in his right hand, almost splitting the chest of the undead warrior in half. He then kicked the guy hard, kicking him away, and pulled out his battle axe at the same time.

Watching the undead warrior's body turn into dim flames and burn up, Li You waved the Death Knight Axe and put away the glazed umbrella on his left arm.

Well, there is no doubt that after watching Kratos’s battle, he felt itchy and so he deliberately imitated it.

As for after trying it... Li You still felt that he was not used to the short-handled axe.

The Death Knight Axe turned back into its original spiral sword in his hand, and the Glazed Umbrella was retracted after a slight pause. Li You had confirmed that there were no more Undead warriors around.

At this moment, a humming voice came from far ahead:
"…Hmph, not a very good fight, but what's up with your axe?"

Li You turned around and saw a dwarf with blue skin and wearing armor standing in front of a simple shop in the distance, waving at him rudely.

"Hey, you! Stop looking, you're the only one in this place besides me!" The Smurf said rudely, "Come over here, I'm free!"

Li You was not annoyed and walked towards him.

The blue-skinned dwarf stood in front of his small shop, looking at Li You and the spiral sword in his hand with an unhappy look on his face.

However, Li You knew that the unhappy expression was just this guy's default skin expression, and his foul mouth was also a character attribute. In fact, he was a good person.

The dwarf's name is Brock. He is bald, has a beard, wears exquisite and well-fitting golden armor, and holds a hammer in his hand - yes, he is the standard dwarf blacksmith in various Western fantasy works.

But he is not an ordinary dwarf blacksmith, because the battle axe in Kratos's hand and the famous Mjolnir of Thor, the god of thunder, were made by this dwarf and his younger brother.

Yes, Li You came here because he knew Brock was here. Of course, this direction is also on the way.

When he came in front of Brock, the dwarf looked up at him and shouted, "What!? Do you want me to ask you something? 'Please put down your weapon so I can see'? Tsk! If you're not interested, just leave!"

Li Youle, I think it was you who called me over here just now?
However, he still had enough patience with Brock, so he didn't say anything and placed the original form of the spiral sword on the anvil in front of Brock.

Brock immediately stopped his foul language and moved closer to the spiral sword, examining it carefully and solemnly.

"…Damn, this baby is really powerful!"

After looking at it for a while, he finally uttered these words.

Li You almost couldn't hold it in: "Is that what you want to say?"

"No, of course not!" Brock's attitude towards the spiral sword was much more enthusiastic and friendly than his attitude towards Li You. "This sword... stick? Whatever, it's a masterpiece! I have never seen anything like it in this land, and the fire hidden inside it is simply heart-wrenching! Where did you find her?"

Li You thought about it and answered truthfully: "The furnace of the original fire, a friend gave it to me."

"I knew it!" Brock exclaimed.

Li You: "?"

But Brock had already begun to gently stroke the blade of the spiral sword, and he obviously didn't pay attention to what he had just said. Or maybe he barely understood it, but his attention was completely drawn, so he couldn't express himself accurately.

"I know almost all the forging techniques in this land, but I have never seen this, or this form of power, so I knew at a glance that this treasure came from outside the Nine Realms." Brock said as he observed.

"But... um, no, no, no! Why is the interior like this? Isn't it simply not built properly?"

After looking at it for a while, Brock suddenly looked anxious and even got angry. "Who made such a valuable weapon like this? The details are shit!"

He simply looked at Li You: "Boy, did you ask some inferior blacksmith to make this treasure? You deserve to die! That guy deserves to die too!"

Li You: "..."

How to say it, although Li You knew that Brock and his brothers were both guys with very strange personalities, he did not expect them to be so strange.

"…This sword has never been made by any other blacksmith. It was left to me by a friend when we parted ways. It is made of some power that has been accumulated for a long time."

Li You thought about it and said, "My friend is not a blacksmith, but this sword was not forged. It was born like this, and was born from thousands of years of inheritance."

"So, please take back what you just said. You insulted my friend."

After listening to Li You's explanation, Brock was also slightly startled, then he looked at the spiral sword carefully again and murmured: "... Indeed, if you look closely, there are no traces of forging inside. Well, kid from outside, I was wrong, I apologize to you and your friends."

After realizing his mistake, Brock admitted it frankly and said in a muffled voice: "Well, as compensation, I can help you deal with this beautiful baby."

Hearing this, Li You looked at him.

"Hey, don't look at me like that!" Brock shouted, "She is indeed very beautiful, and her unpolished form is very attractive. But I can see that she has the potential to go further, but it is difficult to continue to strengthen because of the disorder inside her. This should be caused by too many impurities accumulated during her self-nurturing process. I can help you correct her internal defects and also release her potential to go further."

"Don't disbelieve me, Mjolnir was made by me and my useless brother for that idiot Thor. You won't find a third blacksmith in the Nine Realms who can make this weapon!"

Li You naturally believed it. He knew the abilities of Brock and his brother very well. Seeing Brock take the initiative to show his goodwill, he nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you."

"Hehe, that's more like it!" Brock laughed. After getting Li You's permission, he looked at the spiral sword on the anvil and was as happy as a child.

"Leave it to me, you won't be disappointed! Hey!"

(End of this chapter)