You and Me Under The World Tree

To be honest, if those people he knew now were not involved, Siegfried didn't feel that he had done anything wrong. Whether he accepted or gave up, it was his own choice.

Choosing to pick up the holy sword and go against the current King Legni and even the Valkyries who supported him, this shows that he recognizes his identity as a descendant of Völsung, and it can even show that there is indeed a Völsung's blood in his body. The blood of a clan will be extolled and praised by poets.

But in contrast, even if he didn't accept it, gave up the holy sword, and continued to live as the adopted son of the blacksmith Regin, and continued his ordinary and small wishes, no one could blame him.

He has never received any favors because of his blood, he has never seen his father, and he has no impression of his mother, and he rarely even hears anything said. Now, the identity of Siegmund's son will only bring him death, and in this respect, denial is fine.

However, the person sitting in front of him now is Hoder, his uncle and even his relatives, so he is entangled.

"What if I give up Gram?" he asked

This is obviously a tentative tone. He himself has struggled here for many days and cannot come to a reliable conclusion. He has not made any major decisions in the past 20 years since he was a child, and it is such a big decision when he comes up. Things, which made his mind visibly dull.

In the past, he fantasized all day long that he could leave this blacksmith shop to go out and travel, and then become a great hero admired by everyone, but his imagination was only imagination after all. Sometimes, he just felt overwhelmed.

The joy is real, because the ethos of Midgard is such that being a hero means being respected by everyone, receiving courtesy no matter where you go, and even if you die in the end, you can get eternal life in the legendary Valhalla, Happy forever.

This is a word of mouth in Midgard from the beginning. Although no one has ever reached the legendary Valhalla alive, no one has ever doubted its authenticity, because the women who serve the heroes Valkyries do exist, and gods exist in this world.

But apart from the joy that everyone would have, Siegfried also felt a little scared. Although it was hard to say in Midgard, he did feel panic.

Because the current King Legni undoubtedly has the support of the Valkyrie, and he is also extremely powerful. that alone was enough to make Siegfried feel unattainable.

This is the holy sword Gram, how can it be so easily broken...

After all, Siegfried doesn't know who smashed the holy sword, he only knows that Legni defeated Siegmund, and now if he just picks up the sword that shocked the entire Midgard 60 years ago , is bound to be hostile to the current king, but he is not well prepared for this.

Thinking of this, Siegfried's young and impetuous heart even felt a little unconvinced. He felt that his uncle seemed to be too anxious and only gave himself one day.

"Take your expression away." Just as Siegfried was anxiously waiting for the answer, he heard the man in front of him say such words, and there was a little helplessness in his voice, "Your It's all written on my face."

"Hey..." After hearing what his uncle said, Siegfried touched his face subconsciously, "Really?"

He looked bewildered, even unbelievable, but his uncle nodded slowly, even though he was wearing a helmet, the nodding motion was quite obvious, as if he agreed with something.

"Ugh..."

Then, he heard his uncle sigh.

He didn't know whether it was because of the barrier of the helmet or some other reason, but he always felt that the sound was a bit dull, and even with this sound, his heart was blocked.

Uncle Hoder must be very disappointed in himself...

Siegfried felt that he heard this from the sigh, and he couldn't help feeling ashamed, and he couldn't help lowering his head, but he didn't speak.

Of course he would not know that what the man in front of him lamented had nothing to do with him. When Siegfried felt ashamed because he realized his selfishness, what Hoder lamented was the subtlety of his expression.

It is very difficult to achieve exactly the same or even approximate human expressions in games. Before the virtual stealth equipment is fully popularized, most games on the computer or host end use expression capture equipment, but this The expressions captured by this capture device are far from natural.

But "Nine Realms" is different. Although I don't know how they do it, they endow each NPC with delicate expressions while maintaining their high intelligence, allowing players to experience these scenes that are dedicated to the plot. There are also copies You can always feel that immersive.

Hoder still remembers the first time he entered this kind of task scene that required interaction. At that time, he was so excited that he couldn't speak, and was pleasantly surprised by the nuanced emotional performance of these intelligent NPCs, and because he was wearing a helmet all the time. Because of the reason, the long silence was even considered by the NPC as 'taciturn' and 'nervous'. As the protagonist, Siegmund even greeted him warmly and told him not to restrain himself.

And after clarifying the boundary between the game and reality, no matter how many times he watched it, even if Hoder has become a game buddy and transformed into a veteran old fritter in two years, he will still be amazed by this meticulous attention to detail. .

At least, the game changes brought by World Tree Corporation and this fresh sense of experience will not fade away for a long time.

But having said that, Siegfried's attitude still made him feel pained.

To be honest, he originally thought that Siegfried, as the protagonist of this expansion, should have a decisive character, or a bolder character. Simply put, he is happy and enmity, just like the previous version of Siegmund. , As a result, even now he hesitates to hold the sword.

Even, if Siegfried is not the appointed protagonist of the expansion, and this is not a game, Hoder will even doubt that a single sentence of his own will make him give up his heroic dream and inherit the family business honestly.

"That...uncle?" Siegfried spoke again just as Hoder was complaining all kinds of things in his heart.

He could see the cloudy gray eyes peeking out from under the helmet, he felt dear Uncle Hoder watching him, and finally...

"I said, I won't force you to make a choice." Hoder said slowly

When Siegfried stood on the forked road of choice, he gave up trying to influence and guide him, and at this moment an idea that had absolutely nothing to do with the plot of the game slowly emerged in his mind.

This kind of thinking belongs only to players...