Nordic: I Created a Forbidden Land for the Gods

"Miss Ella."

"After you found out about me, you didn't clean things up and just came over like that."

"Right?"

Looking at the fleet approaching in the distance, which clearly exuded a fierce aura, Neil remained silent for a moment before speaking.

The sounds were muffled and overlapping; judging by the tone of voice alone, there wasn't much of an unexpected reaction.

After all, when he talked about the evil dragon before, he predicted the source of Ella's information, something only the Ice River Kingdom knew.

Given that the alliance with a suspected foreign entity or that the agreement was merely verbal, it's unlikely that this information would be made public.

But Ella's "bewitching" could achieve this, and he sighed that she hadn't eliminated him completely, leaving him with trouble.

But upon closer reflection, it becomes clear why the other party would hold back.

"After all, the future naval war will be mainly fought by Asa and the giants. Although Warner has that intention, judging from the situation here, it is the weakest."

"Purely destroying the giant kingdom would only benefit Asar and attract too much hatred, which would be detrimental to Warner."

"It would be better to weaken the giants a little, let them entangle with Asar, and then act according to the situation to maximize our gains..."

Neil shook his head. After analyzing the situation, he felt that Warner, who seemed to love nature, was no pushover either.

"Oh dear, your allies are here to help, aren't you happy?"

Ella also turned her head, looking in that direction, and covered her mouth with a smile.

"Are you referring to yourself as an ally, or the approaching fleet?"

"I'm so glad, it turns out we've become allies."

"If that's the case, then as long as you pass the third trial, it wouldn't be impossible for me to help you deal with them."

The sound lingered and echoed, and even without using any authority, the alluring feeling still seemed to penetrate to the bone.

In the forest, Neil's true form glanced at the goddess's avatar, then turned away and ignored her.

The situation in the Ice Sea is volatile and unpredictable. One wrong step could lead to an abyss. He is not in such dire straits that he has to take sides casually.

Knowing that a goddess incarnate exists here, the Giant Kingdom must have sent its elite troops. If Ella leaves midway, the fighting power will depend entirely on the position, and I, whose true form is only mortal, will be left here to bear the wrath.

Even if she could deal with or drive away the giants, Slud would return after completing her mission.

She had to see herself mingling with other goddesses and even joining the opposing camp...

Neil shook his head, trying to stop thinking about these things.

"The key issue now is to prevent Ella from meeting with the Ice Kingdom."

"As a member of the Vanir race, Ella's actions in the Ice Kingdom also prove that she may not necessarily want to take action."

"I myself am fine. I was already 'suspicious' during the last meeting, but the other side chose to accept it, obviously because of the crisis of future war."

"The basic situation has changed, so if we could roughly replicate that operation..."

Neil pondered, and suddenly a thought struck him.

He thought of the Divine Market.

Although that place was exclusively for the Aesir gods, it was also used by various vassal races.

Furthermore, they conceal their physical characteristics from each other, so unless their souls are exceptionally unique, apart from the platform hosting the event, no customer can tell who is who.

There was once a nobleman from a high-ranking divine family who was deceived online by a eloquent but very poor dwarf. He treated the dwarf with great courtesy and even gave him his family heirloom.

This was an amusing anecdote the guard had told me, flatteringly, when I first logged in, thanks to my Nika mark.

"Although it's not a special space, there are 'hidden' areas in my forest, which have corresponding functions to a certain extent."

"Although level 2 runes have little effect on pure-blood giants or gods."

"But if we take advantage of their psychological considerations, we might be able to do it."

Neil's eyes flickered. He had considered similar ideas before, but they were very vague, and he hadn't been able to sort out his thoughts.

But now, he was certain of what he should do, and a sense of excitement crept in.

"First, let's build a port."

Treat people politely, at least it won't seem so confrontational. You can't hit someone who's smiling at you.

"Otherwise, it would be troublesome if people thought he was in cahoots with Freya."

Neil acted decisively, locking onto the unused area on the north side of the island and manipulating the various rune structures to begin construction.

call out!call out!call out!

boom! boom! boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Neil remained stationary, but with a thought, arrows imbued with various special energies were continuously fired, bombarding and altering the northern region.

In no time, the area was flattened.

"Next is the area where ships dock, and then there are the 'streets' that you can use."

Considering the presence of other eyes and ears, Neil did not move. After shooting an "explosive" fishing net to the designated location, he sent the divided soul, cloaked in chaos, to the past.

Although we don't have many "explosive" items right now, and we can't manufacture any more for the time being, we should use them when we need to, otherwise we won't even have the chance to use them later.

As an extension of itself, the split soul can also use certain external abilities.

Outside the island, Ella floated in the air, her green dress and veil revealing her interest as she watched Neil operate the device.

Through observation, she roughly understood the operating mechanism of Winterfell Island and secretly judged that as a force, it probably had few people on it, perhaps only a handful.

"It seems that this Lord of Winterfell does not want to fight, but rather wants to negotiate and deceive, which is why he modified the terrain in that way."

"Interesting, but will it go so smoothly?"

"Judging from the power of the runes just demonstrated, I'm afraid it won't be completed before the fleet arrives... Hmm?"

Ella looked on with amusement, but as she watched, she suddenly saw an arrow emerge from the forest, bound with a large, red and black woven net.

Compared to other arrows, its shape was quite bizarre, but the energy contained within it even subtly caused the atmosphere to stir, and the sense of destruction made Ella feel a sense of danger.

Besides that, I am very familiar with it.

The arrow fell to the ground the next second.

Rumble!!!

A massive, pitch-black mushroom cloud rose, scattering debris and creating a violent shockwave.

A large crescent-shaped bay was blasted out, leaving a very noticeable void. Only after the shockwave dissipated did the surrounding seawater roll back in and fill the void.

Seeing that terrifying attack, Ella's alluring eyes widened in disbelief.

"Explosion? He already knew the bloodline runes of the ferocious rabbit?"

"And it's level three, which is higher than the other runes we've been using. But as a high-level rune, collecting 'experience' should be much more difficult than other runes."

"Could it be that this Lord of Winter is still concealing his true abilities even with the crisis looming?"