Survival in the game world starts with Resident Evil 2

Chapter 761: Freya, the Witch of the Forest
Perhaps because of insufficient development resources, God of War IV has a lot of bosses in the game that are just mountain monsters with new skins, which is a pity.

The mountain monster that Li You faced was the second one that Kratos and his son encountered in the game. It also had a long name. He didn't even look at it when he was playing the game, so he didn't know what it was called (it was called Brenadawuvi).

All he knew was that he had to chop it down.

"Hoooooooooo-!!"

Compared to the first one killed by Kratos and his companions, this mountain monster had large ochre-colored magic lines on its body and was capable of using simple spells. He could even spray out lava-like projectiles with a wave of his hand.

Although the color of these projectiles does not look particularly bright, their temperature is not much lower than magma, so they are quite powerful.

Of course, the premise is that you can hit the target.

Li You was holding the Black Knight's axe, but his feet were extremely nimble. He took a few light and leisurely steps to avoid the splashing magical lava. Then he swung the axe, leaving an exaggerated gap on the mountain monster's leg.

"Roar……!!"

The mountain monsters were tall, even Kratos was not as tall as their waists when he stood, and Li You was even shorter.

But the Black Knight's axe was originally designed to fight against huge enemies, and it also has the property of reducing toughness, so it is just right for dealing with mountain monsters. The mountain monster roared in pain after being hit by the axe, and its steps were obviously a little messy.

This made it easier for Li You to deal with it. As he walked around, the mountain monster soon had large cut and torn wounds on both of its legs.

Although the mountain monster's natural healing ability was helping him recover, the wounds torn by the unique sharp blade of the Black Knight's axe were difficult to heal, and the blood continued to flow as he moved.

“Hoooooooooo!!”

The mountain monster was not only roaring, but also muttering something in a language that Li You couldn't understand, but Li You ignored him at all.

To avoid the angry mountain monster, Li You quickly swung the stone pillar in his hand to launch a series of cloak hammer attacks. He jumped up, stretched his body in the air, raised the Black Knight's axe high with both hands, and then dropped it heavily!

"Click——"

It was not the dull sound of a blade tearing flesh, but the knocking sound of bones breaking. Li You chopped off the long horn on the side of the mountain monster's head with an axe, splitting most of his neck along with flesh and bones!

The mountain monster's huge body seemed to suddenly lose its strength and fell to the ground with a thud. But his vitality was quite tenacious and he was still alive.

But Li Youben had no intention of stopping. He stepped on the mountain monster's shoulders and arms, pulled out the Black Knight's axe and raised it high. A cold light flashed on the dark red axe blade, and then it fell again!
"Pfft——!!"

With a crisp sound, the mountain monster's huge head fell down!

Blood gushed out, Li You leaped back lightly with the axe in hand, and landed steadily on the ground, watching the headless body of the mountain monster fall heavily.

After being knocked down, the mountain monster's body disappeared quickly, leaving only a small gem-like crystal block in its place.

"Oh? Could this be..."

Li You approached with a big axe and picked up the gem.

But just as he got this thing in his hand, he suddenly realized something and immediately turned his head back!
Behind him, at the place where his wild boar friend had fallen, a woman had appeared without him noticing.

She looked a little older, with dark brown hair tied up simply, wearing a robe and trousers that were easy to move in, and carrying a sword and a short bow on her back.

At this moment, she was trying to reach out and touch the Aegis Shield set up by Li You, but was bounced back by the barrier.

She looked at her hands, as if feeling the magic power just now, and then turned to Li You, and their eyes met at this time.

"...It seems like you protected my friend?"

After staring at each other for a moment, the witch spoke softly, "You also solved Brena Dawuwei. I think I should thank you."

"Well, could you please remove this magic barrier? My friend needs healing."

Li You looked at her. Although he said so, he could still see wariness in her eyes.

But Li You pretended not to see it and nodded sincerely: "Of course no problem."

He snapped his fingers, and the magic barrier was broken.

"In fact, it seems that the reason he was injured was because I accidentally scared him before, so if there is anything I can do to help, please let me know."

Although scaring the wild boar and causing his injury, as well as meeting the witch here were accidents, if you think about it carefully, the previous accident was just an excuse for him to get close to the witch.

Seeing Li You's actions and hearing his words, the witch seemed to relax a little, so she said, "Then I'll leave it to you. Please bring him with me."

"no problem."

Li You stepped forward, and the Black Knight's axe changed into its original form in his hand, and then transformed into a staff. He waved the staff, and the wild boar floated up and attached itself behind Li You.

"Follow me, my home is just behind the valley ahead." The witch glanced at the staff in his hand and led the way without saying anything.

With her guidance, the hazy fog in the valley parted on its own this time, making way for them after she recited a short sentence in Old Norse.

She then took Li You around and around in the winding valley, and after passing countless corners, they finally stopped at the end of a seemingly dead end.

The fog here has dissipated a lot, and it hardly interferes with the senses anymore, and vegetation of other colors has finally appeared around.

After passing through a gap in the mountain wall, they finally walked out of the misty valley, and in front of them was a forest with a different style from the one where Kratos's cabin was located. Yellow and red leaves and plants were the main colors here, and it was a scene like late autumn.

But in front of the two men and the pig, there was a thick wall made of vines, blocking the exit of the valley.

"Wait a mininute."

As the witch spoke, she grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and sprinkled it on the vine wall while chanting in old Norse. The handful of soil emitted light in mid-air, and when the vine wall touched it, it immediately shrank, revealing the road behind.

"Please come with me."

They continued to move forward, and on the small path in the forest where red leaves were falling, the two of them started talking casually.

"I've never seen magic like yours. Are you from another country?" the witch asked casually.

"That's true. I'm a traveler and I've just arrived in this land." Li You spoke the truth and was sincere.

"...I see. You must have come a long way to get here. I haven't seen anything like you in the Nine Realms. Perhaps only the great God of War Tyr knows where you are from." "Maybe. I heard that the God of War Tyr traveled to various countries and different worlds and maintained peace between realms, but unfortunately he has disappeared for too long."

"...You know our legends very well, and you are very perceptive." The witch's eyes moved slightly, "My friend, although he is indeed not a wild boar, he has been trapped in this body for too long, so long that he almost forgot his original self. I didn't expect you to see the difference and protect him."

Li You understood what the witch was asking: How do you know he is not an ordinary wild boar?
So he smiled faintly: "Because I am an animal protectionist."

Witch: “?”

"Just kidding. It's actually very simple. As you can see, I have some powers and talents that are different from the system here. So I can feel that this wild... no, this gentleman's spiritual power is not at the level of a wild beast at all, so I helped him."

"I see." The witch's doubts seemed to be alleviated a little.

Li You smiled faintly and didn't say much, but he felt a little strange in his heart.

Although this witch is not a naive person, she is not the kind of person like Kratos who keeps strangers at a distance. Why is it that after meeting me, she has been testing me repeatedly and seems to be very suspicious of me?

Did I do something wrong to arouse her suspicion?

Li You couldn't help but think so, but he didn't show it at all. He answered all the witch's questions and told the truth without any lies, and only told part of it at most.

The witch was obviously a person who had lived for a long time. Although she did have obvious doubts about Li You, she finally relaxed when she saw that Li You had always treated her sincerely.

"...Okay, I'm sorry for asking you so many offensive questions. That was not my intention."

The two of them had reached the end of the path with the pig, and a clearing in the forest. In the center of the clearing, there grew an extremely sturdy old tree. The trunk of the old tree was covered with moss, and the branches were covered with fiery red leaves.

Under this tree is the witch's residence.

She raised her hand and waved, saying: "Heimili!"

As she spoke, the old tree began to shake, and then gradually rose. Only then could one see that the roots of the old tree were rooted in the shell of a giant turtle. As it pulled its limbs out of the soil and propped up its body, the entrance to the cabin below was also lifted up and revealed.

"Please follow me and put him inside."

Under the witch's instructions, Li You placed his wild boar friend who had flown all the way on the floor in the middle of the cabin, in the center of the rune that had already been drawn.

He listened to the witch and helped hold down the wild boar. After the witch brought out the potion she had prepared on the spot and sprinkled it on the wild boar, causing it to fall into a deep sleep, Li You had done what he could.

"Thank you for your help... Now we can have a good chat." The witch looked at him and smiled gently, "Please sit down."

Her smile and tone were obviously much more sincere than before.

Li You sat down with her at the small table, and the witch apologized to him again: "Please forgive my previous offense. I didn't mean to target you, but...some things continue to bother me, making me nervous and restless for a long time."

"When I saw you, I realized that you came from a country far away. Your power system is completely different from ours. The appearance of such an unconventional power in this land made me even more uneasy... So I lost my composure a little. I'm really sorry.

"But now it seems that you won't be part of what I'm worried about, so please don't worry about it."

Although the witch's words were confusing and she was completely like another riddler, Li You, who was familiar with the plot of the game, still understood what she was talking about after listening to her.

...This story begins a long time ago.

In the game setting of God of War 4, many years ago, when the current Norse God of Light Balder was just born, his mother, Odin's wife Freya, heard a prophecy, which was the death of Balder.

Freya was extremely worried about this. In order to protect her son, she traveled to every corner of the Nine Realms and asked all creatures to swear not to harm Balder.

Because of Freya's identity, kindness and reputation, all things in the world agreed to her request, which is also the origin of Balder's immortality.

But in the game, Freya's protection caused Balder to suffer because although her magic gave Balder immortality, it also deprived him of all perception of the outside world.

In other words, Balder was alive but could not feel anything, whether it was the warmth of the sun, the cold of the wind and snow, the deliciousness of food, or the torture of pain. He was unaware of everything.

But he is a god with a long and endless life, and now he cannot die, which makes Balder's life pure torture.

This is why Balder in the God of War worldview is such a somewhat crazy image.

——What does this have to do with witches?
Because this witch is Freya, Odin's wife, Balder's mother, and the former leader of the Vanir.

The inexplicable "worry" she mentioned was referring to Balder. Even though she had blessed her son with immortality, she was still afraid that he would die one day.

Because when she asked all creatures to swear an oath, she had overlooked a plant that looked harmless, and now that plant has become the only thing that can kill Balder and break the magic of immortality.

As for why she would be wary of Li You, the reason was the same as she said, Li You was from outside the Nine Realms and was not among the creatures that they had sworn to.

When Freya first saw Li You, the string in her heart suddenly tightened, as if this outsider in front of her could have a crucial influence on her son's life and death.

But she didn't know where this feeling came from. After seeing the power that Li You possessed, which was completely different from the power of this land, she began to think logically, maybe Li You's alien power could bypass her original protection?
However, after interacting with Li You for a period of time, she basically confirmed that even though Li You's power was completely different from theirs, he could not break the magic on Balder, so she felt relieved.

——Li You couldn’t know all of Freya’s thoughts above, but he guessed most of them.

The only thing that could make Freya worry to this extent was the life of her beloved son Balder.

If he could fully understand Freya's mental journey, he would definitely be able to react and realize that what triggered Freya's vigilance was not his own power from another world, but the Undead Sword dormant in his body.

But the difference is not big. After all, Li You knows that even if he is not there, Balder will die in the end by Kratos's bone-setting technique after his immortality is broken.

In short, the ending is still the same. According to the prophecy, Balder's death marks the beginning of Ragnarok, and he was destined to die from birth.

Of course, if Li You was willing, he might be able to save him, but Li You couldn't see any reason to save him.

In short, after roughly understanding Freya's thoughts, Li You's smile became more sincere: "Although I don't quite understand what you mean, I'm glad that the misunderstanding can be resolved."

The two smiled at each other.

【Ding! 】

[Main Quest 1-3: Find the witch in the forest and gain her minimum trust (completed).]

[The basic functions of the companion section have been unlocked, and you can call 1 companion. ]

(End of this chapter)