Nordic: I Created a Forbidden Land for the Gods

Ten minutes ago.

Neil looked at the Valkyrie from beside the bed in the wooden cabin.

Her exquisite, almost divinely created face and her violently muscular physique were only enhanced by the tattered armor, which only added to her allure.

The goddess who was once high and mighty was now lying helplessly in front of him, and he couldn't help but have evil thoughts.

He wanted to strangle this guy.

But I'm just a mortal, I don't have that kind of power, so I just let it go.

"I've already hidden here, why is Asgard still chasing me?"

He rubbed his temples, feeling a severe headache.

He has been in this world for a year.

He didn't have much hostility towards the gods before; on the contrary, he was very excited when he realized he had entered Norse mythology just an hour after the time travel.

After all, as a veteran anime fan, he has a deep love for "Thor," "Dragon Raja," and "Attack on Titan," and is full of fantasies about the prototypes of their creations.

However, not long after, he encountered a god-like attack on a giant. Thunder and Blizzard rained down on him as if they didn't care about the cost, almost sending him to his second reincarnation.

He fled for his life to escape the area that would be affected, and not long after surviving the ordeal, another pair of god-giants were fighting not far away, forcing him to continue his desperate escape.

It could be said that during the period immediately after he transmigrated there, he lived on the edge of death every day.

Not a single day was happy.

Chatting with beautiful goddesses and drinking with future gods?

Bullshit, let's get through today first!

When gods fight, mortals suffer. They only care about themselves and don't care about the mortals!

He finally understood why all those stories adapted from Norse mythology had such terrible endings—they were all just homages to the original!

So after his cheat system was awakened, he did not hesitate to go to sea and leave the inland area, the central region of the war between gods and giants.

To him, the other side of the sea was all enemies.

All he wanted was to live a peaceful life farming and taking care of his health on Winterfell Island!

But unexpectedly, even though he had hidden so far away, a Valkyrie would still fall from the sky...

"I can't kill her or beat her, so forget it. I'll just send her away when she wakes up, so she won't cause any more trouble."

Neil shook his head, already having figured out how to deal with the other party on the surface. He also believed that the plague god wouldn't care much about a mortal like him and would leave soon after waking up.

Fortunately, it only destroyed a field, which is barely within the acceptable range.

Neil took a deep breath, opened and closed his eyes, and a panel popped up.

Name: Neil

Race: Mortal

[Level: 0]

Attack Power: 0

[Faith Points: 0]

[Resource: 60]

[Blueprint: Wooden houses, farmland, arrow towers]

【…】

[Blueprint: Farmland]

Productivity: 5

[Resources required: 50]

[Should it be built?]

As soon as the candidate silently chose "yes," the ground trembled violently, and the soil next to the huge crater became clearly ravines at a visible speed.

In less than three or four minutes, it turned into farmland.

His building ability is his cheat code.

Although in a mythical era where monsters roamed the land and mortals were treated worse than dogs, this cheat code couldn't provide him with any great power, it did give him the basic means to escape the chessboard game of war between gods and giants.

After all, as long as he can continue to be self-sufficient and as long as blood doesn't splatter on him, it doesn't matter to him how much the gods and giants fight.

Moreover, the system thoughtfully provided him with three blueprints.

While arrow towers cannot directly kill mythical creatures, they can drive them away, giving you time and space to develop.

Farmland would allow him to not have to worry about food.

The wooden house was the most basic guarantee that allowed him to live in the harsh and cold sea environment.

As long as the three buildings remain, he can continue to live a peaceful life.

Although the farmland is now destroyed, he still has some resource points left. As long as he rebuilds it, he can still endure it.

"That's right. As long as I drive the Valkyrie away, I can continue to live a peaceful life with these three buildings."

Taking a deep breath, Neil forced himself to suppress his repulsion and tried hard to put on a smile.

……

……

Snowflakes are falling, and the north wind is howling.

Beside the ruins of the wooden house, neither the man nor the god spoke, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze in that instant.

As a deity, Slud is naturally worshipped and has little contact with mortals.

Only the bravest warriors and members of a royal family were qualified to have an audience with her.

But now, facing Neil, the goddess's expression was really unnatural. Although she wasn't petrified, she felt like she had a thorn in her side and a fishbone stuck in her throat. She was so uncomfortable that she could dig three rooms and a living room out of the ground with her toes.

"It's just a house, it's no big deal if it's destroyed, Goddess, don't worry about it."

Neil spoke first, seemingly very magnanimous, intending to simply let the matter drop.

However, his expression and words were completely inconsistent, clearly showing rejection and disgust, almost to the point of spitting on the ground in front of him.

This sight caused Slud's eyebrows to furrow unconsciously.

What makes this person so audacious as to show such disrespect to the gods?

He didn't know who was driving out the giants, maintaining world peace, and allowing millions of Scandinavians to live in peace.

Does he know what she has been protecting?

Then, with a crack, the ruins of what was once a house could no longer withstand the pressure and collapsed even further.

"...Well, thank you for your generosity." She nodded, reluctantly agreeing.

She didn't even dare to look back at what she had been protecting.

"Lady Valkyrie has a very important mission to shoulder and is extremely busy. I wonder how long you plan to stay in such a shabby place?"

Neil, expressionless, asked again.

Although I used honorifics just as I had rehearsed in my mind, facing the ruins directly, I couldn't help but blurt out the more direct words that were meant to be polite.

After receiving a somewhat silent reply that the other party indicated the injuries were quite serious and that they needed to stay and recuperate for a period of time,

Neil nodded, said no more to the other person, picked up his hoe and went to till the field.

This attitude once again fueled Slud's dissatisfaction.

Her patience eventually had its limits.

Then, I saw the large pit not far away.

...Never mind, I'll just have to bear with it a little longer.

"After all, I was in the wrong first, so his attitude is normal."

Perhaps due to the stark imbalance of power, Slud could actually see that the other party clearly intended to show goodwill.

But clearly, the other party's patience is also limited.

After doing these things to her benefactor time and time again, she felt embarrassed to put on airs...

"At least offer some compensation."

Slud sighed, and seeing that Neil was no longer paying attention to this side, she simply turned around and walked towards the arrow tower.

Her ivory-white porcelain hands pressed against the tower, feeling its roughness and weight. Even she couldn't help but marvel at how well the construction was done.

"However, the wisdom of mortals has its limits; even if it is excellent, it can only reach this level."

"Even if we could repel those beasts with giant bloodlines that attacked just now, that would be about all we could manage."

"The only thing I can do is help make some improvements."

She sighed, and as she murmured, she slowly retracted her other four fingers, changing her flat palm into a pointing gesture with her index finger, and began to make a vague line about two inches in front of the tower.

Over at the new farmland, Neil was still working with a stern face. Although he didn't want to do this considering the difference in strength, he really didn't want to keep up the act now that he had lost his home.

Even if we beat him to death now, so what? He'll freeze to death in a couple of days anyway, so it won't make a difference.

He snorted coldly, and just as he was thinking about what to do next, a buzzing in his head made him pause for a moment.

[Runes detected written into the building]

[Unlock the Rune Technology Tree]