Nordic: I Created a Forbidden Land for the Gods

Just thinking about it made Slud feel a little guilty. She looked up at Neil on the platform, wanting to make amends to him after he came down.

The kind of thing you can't let your sisters at home know about.

But the other party remained silent for a long time, seemingly engrossed in studying the matter, which made her feel puzzled.

But then I thought about it again and it seemed perfectly reasonable.

"It seems this was a bit too much of an impact, and he'll need some time to process it."

"After all, no matter how talented he is in architecture, he is still just a mortal."

"They probably didn't expect to be able to kill the behemoth, did they?"

Slud thought to herself.

But in fact, Neil already knew the arrow tower data through the panel.

He wasn't surprised by this performance.

He nodded in thought because he was concerned about a few points.

"As a mortal, it seems I cannot directly use runes."

"But as the owner of the building, it seems I've established a certain connection with it through runes, and can now directly control it with my thoughts?"

Neil's heart skipped a beat.

Although he could build structures before, he had to manually operate them, whether it was farmland or arrow towers.

This is only natural. After all, can a mortal create a sword just by talking to it?

This was very unfriendly to him, who was a modern person in his previous life. Even though he had done farming and archery, he had only done those on computer simulators. The actual operation was making things difficult for him.

With the awakening of the rune technology tree and the inclusion of arrow towers in the runes, everything changed.

In fact, he had a premonition when he killed the giant eagle, and he did not personally take action again in the middle.

With just a thought, a rain of arrows was unleashed, achieving a quad kill.

This greatly excited Neil, and also made him feel that there were more possibilities.

For example, even if a crisis occurs in various areas of the island, he can simultaneously mobilize the buildings scattered in different locations for defense.

After all, he hadn't invented a three-dimensional maneuvering device; the cost of long-distance movement alone was too high.

In addition, there are the rewards after killing the giant eagle!

[Norse Giant Eagle, Level 1 (Not yet entered the country), can be converted into 70 resource points]

[Norse Giant Eagle, Level 1 (Not yet entered the country), can be converted into 70 resource points]

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[Norse Giant Eagle, Level 1 (not yet entered the country), can be converted into 70 resource points, and can extract the Bloodline Rune: Sharpness Lv1]

Although it was a bit lewd, when Neil saw the pop-up notification on the panel, he was breathing heavily, even more excited than if he had gotten Slud.

After all, he had tried various methods, such as chopping wood and mining, but had not found a way to replenish resource points.

He once thought that three buildings would be just enough, but that was a compromise based on his consideration of the current situation.

Only now did he realize that this was because he had never killed a giant beast.

Only by killing giant beasts can you obtain resources; this is the true purpose of building cheats!

"The same goes for runes; they can only be extracted from the bloodline of giant beasts after they have been killed."

"If we don't kill the behemoth, we can't extract the runes and unlock the tech tree, but without the tech tree, we can't kill the behemoth..."

"Who designed this system? Are they out of their mind?!"

After sorting out the current situation, Neil couldn't help but curse inwardly.

However, he also has a direction for what he wants to do in the future.

Humans are ultimately limited.

Even if he trained his body relentlessly, doing long-distance running and sit-ups every day, he could never compare to the gods and giants.

Even if they weren't specifically targeting anyone, any ripple could turn everyone present into ashes.

In the war-torn world of Norse mythology, stories of Valkyries descending from the heavens like Slud will surely continue to occur.

However, being able to be self-sufficient is far too risky.

There is no guarantee that I can live a peaceful life.

But what if he turned Winterfell Island into an absolutely safe forbidden zone?

If this were a place that even gods would avoid and dare not approach easily, the situation would be entirely different.

All fear stems from insufficient firepower.

He has no physical strength, but he can create a place with absolute power to protect himself from any harm!

Neil's eyes were bright. After determining the direction in which the four giant eagle carcasses had fallen, he planned to go and retrieve them later.

Before descending the tower, however, he still used the observation deck to look towards the southwest coast, where there were countless black dots in the sky.

Although it's not clear now, Neil knows it's a colony of giant eagles.

When he left the inland, he had heard rumors about the area. The fact that a giant beast that gathered in groups of a hundred could quickly bring its companions back to seek revenge after one of them escaped was enough to prove this point.

In fact, Neil was very fortunate that it was only a few eagles that were looking for trouble. If a hundred or so giant eagles had attacked at the same time, even if his arrow towers had been strengthened, he would have been helpless against them.

In that case, I'll really have no choice but to protect Slud in front of me.

"But if four of their kind are lost at once, even the dumbest of the giant eagles will realize it, and given their pace, they will probably arrive soon."

"With the combat power of just one of my arrow towers, it's really difficult to deal with them."

Neil frowned.

But soon his expression froze, because he noticed that the dense black dots in the southwest were disappearing.

Although it was too far away to see clearly, that very distance made it seem as if it disappeared very quickly.

In less than two or three minutes, half of it was gone!

"Not only in the sky, but also on the sea surface in that direction..."

Neil's gaze sharpened as he watched the black dots in the sky disappear, but those dots remained on the sea.

And it seems to be getting clearer and clearer, and is obviously getting closer and closer to this side.

Just then, a voice, clear and crisp like a spring, reached his ears, yet clearly contained rejection and murderous intent:

"The Evil Dragon Pirates..."

Neil was taken aback and looked in the direction of Slud, only to see that the Valkyrie was also facing that direction, instantly switching to a battle-ready expression.

Clearly, the vision of a god is much farther than that of a mortal like him.

Neil saw a chilling divine power emanating from him, causing the air around him to subtly distort, and hissing and exploding sounds of electricity echoing around him.

The sight made Neil's heart skip a beat. Remembering that it had once been the ruins of a house, he quickly spoke up:

"Valkyrie, although I can't see over there, please calm down and don't cause too much of a commotion."

"Otherwise, if your enemy is over there and notices that you are approaching, given your current injuries, I don't think you can handle it properly."

"I suggest that even if you intend to take action, please stay calm, make a plan and prepare in advance. This will be the safest approach."

Neil even used honorifics, fearing the other party might not listen.

Although he already knows how to collect resource points, it doesn't mean he likes to waste them meaninglessly.

Especially now that the arrow towers have just been upgraded and the resource points haven't been recovered yet!

Perhaps having taken Neil's words to heart, Slud remained silent for a while. Although her killing intent did not diminish, she consciously restrained the aura she was exuding.

"I'm sorry to have worried you."

"Also, just call me Slud. If word gets out that my benefactor treats me this way, it won't have a good impact on the Aesir."

"I don't feel comfortable listening to it either."

"Yes, Miss Slud."

Neil breathed a sigh of relief, realizing for the first time that Slud was easier to talk to than he had imagined.

But at the same time, he was also a little puzzled as to what kind of being could make such a Valkyrie react so violently?

And that entity is still heading towards Winterfell.

Before Neil could make any guesses, Slud gave the answer.

"The Evil Dragon Pirate Crew, is..."