Nordic: I Created a Forbidden Land for the Gods

Neil has been feeling very irritable lately.

The construction of the fishpond did not go smoothly.

No, at first it was certainly proceeding in an orderly manner.

After the fishpond was built, he fed it with both meat and vegetables, including barbecued fish that even two-headed sharks would eat without discrimination, as well as the fruit of the Warner tree.

Although the forests that normally protect the position are marked with the "Concealment" rune, the first forest that Neil marked with "Reproduction" still exists.

Enveloped by the outer forest, it continues to grow, and has now reached a height of about 20 to 30 meters. Its canopy is lush, and it is laden with plump fruits.

Although it doesn't have complete runes at the genetic level, it was still carefully selected by the Vanir gods.

The varieties that can be sold in the Divine Market are so delicious that they are no less delicious than the fruit baskets I gave to my superiors in my previous life. It would even be a waste to use them to feed fish.

Along with the remaining ears of wheat that had fallen, and without even having to wait a whole night like before, a large number of fish and beasts swarmed into the fishpond from the "main gate" within a few hours.

Since the pool's capacity was limited, Neil immediately used the "Lightning" arrow tower to control its power and clear out the small fish, leaving only the larger species that clearly had runes in their bloodline.

After several times, only those giant fish-like creatures remained in the pond.

Neil didn't hold back on the small fish that were "cut off," taking them all back and earning two hundred points in return.

Looking at the fruits of his labor, Neil wiped his sweat and smiled. With the fish's reproduction rate and the rune enhancement, it wouldn't be long before he was able to harvest the first batch.

He went to sleep happily.

Then, I woke up the next day and found out.

All the fish he raised ended up as dinner.

Neil: "!!!"

All the fruits of their hard work in the pond had vanished, leaving only a seven- or eight-meter-long sea snake, its belly bulging and burping contentedly.

He was furious and ordered the surrounding arrow towers to fire in unison.

Either give it all back to me.

Or, we'll make you our compensation!

Neil showed no mercy at that time.

However, this sea snake is indeed quite capable of venturing into the fishpond.

After all, he used two fishing nets for the "main entrance," one inscribed with "lightning" and the other with the level two "sharpness."

With these double safeguards, even a level 10 behemoth that's only halfway to the border can't force its way in.

But the Thunder King's net was torn apart by it.

With the enhancement of the level 2 runes, the shape of the other fishing net has changed drastically. Countless barbs emitting a silvery-white cold light, which would cut through steel like tofu, were also bitten and scattered on the sea surface.

Neil used all of these weapons—"Iron Armor," "Dragon Fire," "Lightning," and even the fishing net that had been written as "Explosion" but had been left behind—determined to forcefully capture the fish thief.

However, the Serpent's Skin, a Heroic Spirit level creature, was much stronger than expected. Even with combined attacks, it could only be injured, not killed outright.

The sea serpent roared and crawled out of the sea to fight back, but with the "concealment" effect in the forest and the enhancement of the terrain, it suffered even more setbacks.

After a heart-wrenching scream, she had no choice but to go back into the sea and swim away again through the broken "main entrance".

Neil wanted to give chase, but he couldn't move his position, and once he left the forest, it would be the sea serpent's territory. He could only wound but not kill it, so he could only watch as the serpents escaped.

Staring coldly in the direction where the sea serpent disappeared, Neil had no choice but to rebuild the fishpond.

Fortunately, there are still some resource points left after the evil dragon was defeated, and the daily growth rate of Warner Fruit is not slow. With some effort, it is still possible to restore it to its original level.

After another busy day, Neil wiped away his sweat and went to bed exhausted.

Then, I woke up the next day and found out.

His fish became dinner again.

"You really dare to do it again next time, huh?!"

Neil was so angry he laughed.

After several attempts, neither side could defeat the other, and after several days of wasted effort, Neil had no choice but to abandon his plan to build a fishpond.

Although he had gradually become familiar with the tactics of this Heroic Spirit-level sea serpent through constant exploration.

Given time, he can probably devise a set of rune building combinations to target and eliminate the ferocious rabbits, just like he did in the past.

He still has some resource points left.

However, building level 2 rune structures requires faith points, and with the "Sharp" fishing net being torn multiple times, he was finding it difficult to rebuild it.

"We will stop breeding before expanding our base to a larger scale. We will continue hunting as before. Although it is troublesome and wastes a lot of time, we will not lose money."

Neil shook his head; he really had no other choice.

It's important to know that even without home advantage, "Lightning" can unleash tremendous power instantly when shooting at the sea surface.

Although it is only at level one at this stage, in half a second, the power is comparable to level two.

Furthermore, the "Dragonfire" ability continues to work even in water, burning away health even if the target cannot be killed directly.

After numerous battles, Neil believed he had accumulated enough damage, but each time they met, the sea serpent was lively and showed no signs of injury.

Clearly, there are healing runes in his bloodline, and as his strength advanced to level two after reaching the Heroic Spirit level, he could quickly heal himself after each injury.

This gave it the courage to steal food.

Neil also discovered that, as a Heroic Spirit-level sea monster, there were very few things around it that could cause it harm.

Each time it comes here, it suffers injuries that are not common in the sea. Each recovery increases its "experience" rune, allowing its strength to improve to a certain extent.

Neil used to benefit from this situation where he suffered setbacks and helped his enemies grow stronger, but now that he's the one suffering setbacks, he feels uncomfortable and doesn't want to continue.

Looking at the giant beast in the fishpond, wagging its tail and sticking out its tongue, with an anthropomorphic expression that seemed to say, "Come and hit me, hit me!", he was furious.

He simply snorted and ignored it, then went to sleep.

Then time passed, and when I woke up the next day, I found...

The sea snake was still squatting there, it hadn't left.

"I won't serve you anything, there's nothing to eat!"

Neil snorted and ignored the guy, operating the arrow towers around the island to hunt fish while the other guy watched him intently.

Nordic cod...

Nordic cod...

Nordic cod...

Although the work is repetitive, the points that were wasted before are being added back in.

Seeing Neil change course, the spirit sea serpent quickly swam to the hunting spots.

However, because the island's coastline is too large, unlike the fishpond where you can get a fixed supply, Neil would finish swimming to the designated spot each time and then move on to other locations.

Seeing its constant futile efforts through various intermediary perspectives, Neil finally felt a little better.

Having possessed mythical blood, the sea serpent was no fool. After a few tries, it gave up and turned to leave.

Seeing the trouble disappear, Neil breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, after a while it returned, its tail carrying the carcass of a giant beast, and swam back into the fishpond.

"For me?"

Neil was stunned as he watched the sea serpent in the fishpond shake its head, pointing at the corpse with its tail while looking at an arrow tower, its expression changing like a human.