Nordic: I Created a Forbidden Land for the Gods

Before I left for Lindong Island, I visited an old fisherman who sold me his family's fishing net.

"That net is very strong. Once we find it, it will definitely be effective in dealing with the two-headed shark."

On Winterfell, back at the old cabin, Neil explained to Slud.

As he searched through the ruins, he recalled his time inland.

At that time, he had just awakened his cheat code and planned to leave such a dangerous place immediately to farm and retire overseas. For this purpose, he visited various households to make various preparations.

The nautical chart for Winterfell was given to him by a familiar old fisherman.

The old fisherman looked at me like I was a fool. After all, although life inland was fraught with danger, at least I was familiar with the environment.

Overseas, there are all sorts of giant beasts and pirates. What if you accidentally fall into a pit?

But when he saw Neil spending all his money to seek the treasure, he immediately put on a smiling face, stopped trying to dissuade him, and instead promoted his own products.

Besides the nautical chart, he also sold Neil a fishing net, one of two heirlooms from his family. Apparently, some mythical minerals were accidentally melted into it during its production, making it very sturdy.

In Northern Europe, where giant beasts roam, fishing nets are generally damaged very frequently, as accidentally catching one end of a net will render it unusable.

Even though the two brothers, old fishermen, were blown away and became food for giant beasts, these two fishing nets still remain to this day.

Neil was very interested in it and bought it immediately.

Although he tried to fish several times after going out to sea, he accidentally caught a giant beast in his net and was overturned, which left him with a psychological trauma and he dared not continue.

Even so, it didn't break, which left a deep impression on him. Even after arriving at Winterfell, he kept it in a wooden cabinet at home.

Until his house was overturned by Slud, the wooden cabinet was thrown into the air and then disappeared somewhere.

"Miss Slud, please describe the scene at the time so we can deduce where the net went."

Neil looked at the tall Valkyrie and said this.

"..."

Looking at the ruins everywhere, Slud's expression froze, feeling like a prisoner returning to the scene of a dark past.

In particular, she saw a wooden beam, which was originally a very sturdy structure that could support the entire house.

But because of her, she became all alone and was swaying precariously in the wind, making it even harder for her to maintain her composure.

Is there anything more torn than this?

The person involved asked her to recount her dark past on the spot.

"How about I help you get rid of that two-headed shark?"

As a Valkyrie, Slud did not want to suffer such humiliation.

After hesitating for a moment, she spoke to Neil in this way:

"Anyway, it's just a giant beast that doesn't enter the territory. I can easily wipe it out. There's no need for me to do this kind of thing."

"How could you!" Neil immediately shook his head.

"Miss Slud, your current task is to heal your injuries. Even the slightest exertion could cause your wounds to reopen, which is absolutely unacceptable."

"Moreover, with fishing nets, we can retrieve the prey directly by attaching them to arrows. Even if we can't directly deal with the animals, we can temporarily solve the problem, so I think this is the best solution right now."

"We don't have much time, so please hurry."

Neil urged him earnestly.

...Since it was so logical and well-founded, Slud was unable to refute it.

Looking at the dilapidated ruins, and seeing the wooden beam blown to the ground with a thud, she simply gave up struggling and recounted the scene verbally.

Neil quickly noted the directions in which several pieces of furniture had been thrown, said thank you as usual, and ran to various parts of the island to retrieve them.

Although she was recuperating, Slud felt as if she had just gone through a battle. Now that her expression had calmed down, she felt that the "execution" was finally over.

Not long after, Neil returned and said he had found the furniture wreckage, but none of it was the one used to set the fishing net.

Let Slud think about it some more.

The Valkyrie fell silent.

After going back and forth two or three more times, Neil finally found the lost fishing net again.

"After all, it was directly blown away by divine power, so even if it is very sturdy, it will still be somewhat damaged."

"But it'll be fine after some treatment."

Seeing that the large net, which the old fisherman had boasted would never break, had several tears, Neil wasn't too surprised and naturally started to repair it.

Fishing nets are made of intertwined ropes; all you need to do is reconnect the damaged parts. Neil spent half an hour repairing it.

As the net was laid out intact again in front of him, a buzzing sound suddenly came from his mind.

[Blueprint obtained: Fishing Net]

[Blueprint: Fishing Net]

【Durability: 30】

[Resources required: 5 x 1 square meters]

[Should it be built?]

Neil was stunned.

He stared at the panel for a long time, then looked at the fishing net, before confirming that it was because he had repaired it that it was entered into the database.

Although fishing nets are often used as props, they can also be used for building construction, but the lives of ordinary people in the Nordic world were too harsh to develop to that extent.

"So the way to obtain runes is by building them yourself or by killing prey and recycling them, and building blueprints are used for repairs?"

"No, 'creation' would be more appropriate."

"A new fishing net was regenerated after I did it, so does that count as my work?"

Neil pondered, vaguely gaining a new understanding of how to use the system.

This is an unexpected bonus, allowing him to make more flexible designs regarding the strategies for the Two-Headed Shark and the Evil Dragon Pirates, in addition to arrow towers.

To verify his idea, he immediately returned to his residence, picked up a hoe, and slid into a large pit beside the farmland.

He plans to clean it up and make it passable, to see if he can include it in the blueprints as a pit structure.

While these pits are not very useful for hunting two-headed creatures, they might be a different story for the approaching Evil Dragon Pirates.

That's an evil entity that will sacrifice the entire island. Once it arrives, it will definitely explore and plunder the island before taking action.

This is standard procedure for looting.

When the time comes, the entire island will be filled with traps and pits to serve them!

"Miss Slud, come and help me."

While doing this, Neil also called on Slud to help him.

Although the power of the runes cannot be used, there is no harm in moving the hands and feet.

Slud is a noble Valkyrie who travels around the world and is treated with great respect by many kings and nobles, who are afraid of being slighted in the slightest.

But now, after Neil's antics, she sat there as if she had burned out, looking utterly hopeless.

She wanted to rest.

Besides, it's nighttime now, the night is dark and the moon is high in the sky. Can't we talk about it tomorrow morning?

But considering that they didn't have much time, she sighed and followed Neil, despite her inner complaints, to see what he was planning to do.

Then she saw Neil tinkering with that "crater".

"..."

Are you just harping on my past mistakes?

And this time they even asked me to help them out.

This is never going to end!