Nordic: I Created a Forbidden Land for the Gods

Upon seeing the sea monster's carcass, Neil's first reaction was hesitation, wondering if there was some kind of trap.

After all, what was his relationship with this beast before? Although it wasn't a fight to the death, it was pretty much a case of eating its flesh and bones.

Even now, every time it gets close, Neil has to stay on high alert and be ready to use the arrow tower to aim at it at any time.

He even planned to blow it ashore and then trap it in the forest maze.

He had never used the Soul Sacrifice Stele before. As a trump card, it could double the power of the position in all aspects, but he just hadn't found the opportunity to use it.

Even in death, the sea beast's corpse still exuded a very powerful aura, which stirred his heart.

Although he hasn't reached the Heroic Spirit level yet, it's like his experience bar is almost full at level 10, meaning he could break through at any time.

There are no behemoths of this caliber near Winterfell Island. Even the former overlord of the surrounding area was only level 9. It would take him most of the day to catch enough fish to barely gather enough resource points.

"The value of swallowing this sea monster's carcass is even greater than the fish it has eaten at my place these past few days, isn't it?"

"Is it because the base can 'level up' for it, so they're giving back the reward?"

Neil hesitated for a moment, then decided not to step forward. Instead, he activated an arrow tower to fire a rune net and retrieve the corpse remotely.

Since it wasn't killed by myself, it can't be directly recycled, but it can be supplied to the Soul Offering Monument.

Amidst the pervasive blood and gore, the corpses continued to dissolve, and Neil could see that the patterns on the monument had deepened and extended somewhat.

Neil himself was quite far away during this process, observing from a distance using a secondary perspective to confirm that no problems occurred during the decomposition of the remains, which eased his brow somewhat.

But when he thought about how the destroyed buildings had cost him more than just those resource points, including the irreplaceable faith points, he snorted coldly again, his anger rising once more.

Although it did not attack the sea serpent again, it was left alone.

He continued blasting fish, the booming sounds echoing around the island, startling the sea snakes in the fishpond who were waiting to be fed and level up.

Its forked tongue flicked out, its expression a human-like hesitation. After a long while, it finally showed anger, having been left out. After all, it had already apologized, so why couldn't they make up?

It had the urge to climb out of the sea, but then it remembered being trapped in the forest and unable to get back into the sea for a long time, enduring a lot of damage.

As a heroic spirit, it could hold its own even against elite soldiers of the gods, but it had almost died at that moment, which made it hesitate.

Moreover, its beastly instincts as a Heroic Spirit allowed it to sense a bloody trump card on the island, causing it to hesitate for a moment before giving up.

It wants to "evolve," but doesn't want to do anything too reckless.

The snake flicked its tongue and swam to the spot where the roar had just been. The hunt had just ended, and there were still some fried fish and leftover fruit and bait in the sea.

Neil originally intended to retrieve it, but the arrow tower defense in one direction couldn't defeat the sea serpent. Without a finishing move, I would only help the opponent level up.

After pondering for a while, he gave up and instead began to examine the pirate ship and stone fortress in the spatial bag.

The pirate ship was seized from the evil dragon, and it was too conspicuous to leave it out, so Slud helped him put it in his bag, while the stone fortress was an extra source of income from the Gods' Market.

Both are heavyweight treasures of the building type, far surpassing arrow towers.

And they are all damaged; if repaired, they can be added to the blueprints and directly controlled and commanded by Neil.

But their dilapidated state was also imagined to be far more severe.

The pirate ship, in particular, is a treasure that shines even in mythical battles, but under Odin's massive thunderstorms, even the "sacrifice" runes cannot fully restore it.

As for the stone fortress, it was used as a "bribe" by a god. If it had been repaired, the god would not have abandoned it like that.

Although that god was clearly not as powerful as the Valkyrie Slud, she couldn't fix it before she left.

After all, she was just a Valkyrie and didn't know those delicate tasks. Even with the Soul Offering Stele, she had to put in a lot of effort and failed several times before she could barely create a prototype.

Neil thought of the furniture in his first cabin and knew it very well.

"I guess we should have asked the dwarves for help after all."

"In Norse mythology, no, even in all the mythological systems of my previous life, they are the race most skilled in forging, and they should be the only ones capable of repairing such treasures."

"However, the only dwarf I've ever seen was the first mate of the Evil Dragon Pirates, but he's dead, and he didn't seem to be very good at blacksmithing..."

Neil nodded, and quickly thought of the Ice Kingdom, which he was inclined to ally with, where there might be dwarven artisans.

Even if it's not there, there are two other kingdoms on Blizzard Island, where the Ice Kingdom is located. Among them, the Stone Kingdom is famous for its forging, so it should be a possibility.

While he was pondering this, the sea serpents roamed the western shore for a long time, even making many provocations, but Neil did not launch an attack.

Its pupils widened, its forked tongue flicked in and out, its tail swished, and waves crashed and rose with a series of thuds.

It saw the remaining fish food floating in the sea. Although it was small to the enormous creature, it still opened its bloody mouth and swallowed it out of anger.

Those were, after all, "cooked," and even the tree fruits were produced by the trees of the gods.

The sea creature had never tasted this before, and it seemed as if it had discovered a new continent, its pupils widening even more.

Neil was thinking while simultaneously continuing to fry fish.

Although it's tedious, it's the only way he can accumulate resource points at this stage, and he has no other choice but to do it.

After working all afternoon, I finished dealing with one "sea fishing" spot, but only got about 100 resource points.

Neil casts his bait and waits for a new school of fish to gather before going to the other side of the island to repeat the process.

But soon after he left, the sea snake swam over and devoured everything he had sown.

"I've already stopped caring about you, yet you still come here on your own initiative. Are you deliberately trying to mess with me?!"

Neil laughed in anger, his eyes filled with murderous intent. He had no intention of holding back and began to aim at the arrow towers one by one.

He even planned to use the panel to build structures at sea. Although the level 2 "concealment" required faith points, he would be unable to develop his business in the future if he was disrupted like this.

Just as they were about to take action, they discovered that a sea monster carcass was still wrapped around its huge tail. While eating its food, it flung the carcass over to the shore.

The intense aura emanating from it revealed another colossal beast approaching the level of a Heroic Spirit, leaving Neil stunned once again.

This meal cost... is a bit too much?

Neil hesitated, and this happened several more times afterward.

Seeing that although he hadn't succeeded in frying fish again, the other party ate all the bait every time he threw it, and gave him a reward far beyond his expectations, even he couldn't help but fall silent.

Looking at the giant snake wagging its tail like a puppy, Neil hesitated before tentatively speaking to it:

"I'll save your food. Next time, make sure the food you bring me isn't dead, but at least still alive."