Valhalla Saga

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When I woke up, Heda had already arrived. She urged Taeho to get out of bed. She gave up a small loaf of bread and beer in the morning and started preparing for class. There was a large blackboard and a desk inside the training hall, which could be accessed by fifteen people at the same time.

“Let's start with basic training. The most important thing. ”

After clearing his voice once, Heda tapped the chalkboard and said.

“Why are we fighting, who are we fighting? ”

I shouldn't have asked you to go out and fight. At least I had to know who to fight and why.

After Taeho showed interest, Heda swallowed a large breath and began to paint a picture with white chalk on the chalkboard. It was all ten circles, nine horizontal lengths, and then one on the left side, like a lump.

“This is Asgard and the Nine Realms. Here are Asgard and Midgard. Valhalla's here. ”

Heda wrote a V alphabetically on the circle right next to the protruding circle.

“Above Asgard is the palace, below Olympus. These three are the front lines. ”

The palace was also a palace, but the word Olympus caught my attention. Could there be gods like Zeus or Hera or Athena?

"There is no law against nothing. ’

Thor and Odin already existed.

Taeho asked for something more important.

“What about the world ahead of me? ”

A circle protruding from beside Asgard.

If Asgard and the world below are the front lines, then that world is just outside the front.

Heda grins bitterly at Taeho's question, and draws a large X on the protruding circle.

“We are doomed. In fact, there are nine worlds now, not ten. One has been destroyed. Asgard and the Eight Worlds? ”

Originally, that world was the front line. But Asgard, the palace and Olympus became the front lines because of their destruction.

Heda brings chalk to the space on the left side of the protruding circle.

“Beyond this is Muspelheim, the world of giants. From there, giants, evil gods, and demons will push us in. ”

Arrows are drawn from left to right. Heda points to the circles to the right of Asgard in succession.

“You come from the world behind you, not the three frontiers. Maybe it's evidence that the phone started going crazy in the back. Well, it wasn't like you at all, so maybe it's just a coincidence. ”

I said it lightly, but I couldn't hear it. Especially when the phone starts going crazy.

“Anyway, the important thing is that we're fighting. Enemies of the world who want to destroy the world. ”

Valhalla in the myth was a space where warriors repeated training and relaxation to prepare for the coming battle. But Valhalla here was different. Warriors are at war. There was already a world destroyed.

“Ragnarok.”

Taeho said without my knowledge. Though the knowledge of Nordic mythology was brief, it was still a known term.

The twilight of the gods.

The end of Nordic mythology.

“Yes, it is. We are carrying out Ragnarok, the fate of the world. That's why we have to fight. To defend the world, to be more honest. ”

If we lose, the world dies. Not just Asgard, but all the world behind it.

Taeho swallowed dry saliva. Then Heda shrugged his shoulders while smiling.

“You don't have to be so scared. The wire's been stuck for a hundred years. Big fights should be handled by the higher-ups, and we just need to focus on fighting right now. ”

A little wink drops the chalk and approaches Taeho.

“You're not going into big battles because you're still underranked. For a while, you just have to think of it as just a small battle like yesterday. ”

“Small combat? ”

That fighter from yesterday? Moreover, it was a hand-to-hand fight with Thor.

Heda blinks at Taeho's recurrence, but nods as if he knows.

“Thor likes to go on the front lines. Besides, it was a fight with the rookies yesterday, right? It must have bothered him. He's got a nice corner, though. ”

Taeho thought for a moment of what Thor looked like yesterday. It was quite difficult to connect the frightening look of rushing with the sweetness of the blue lightning, but I still felt relieved. It means that the gods have a human face.

“Hey, Heda. ”

“Huh?"

“Can I ask you a question? ”

“Anything.”

Heda takes out a chair and sits across from Taeho. Taeho heavily swallowed his breath and took out the question that came up last night.

“Can I go back to where I used to live someday · · ·? ”

He's already dead, but he's been given a new life.

Heda nods slowly.

“If, as you say, this war is going to end one day. Of course, we talk when we win. ”

After the war, there will be rest for the warriors.

Taeho is satisfied. He may have thought it was too vague, but the immediate answer was enough.

“But you know why we have to fight, right? Then let's start class right now. You have to get stronger fast to get a higher rank so you can get better treatment. Wouldn't it be nice to be treated the same way? ”

After speaking cheerfully, Heda got up and headed back to the chalkboard.

“Let me show you how to use the runes I got yesterday. The gods built a growth system for the warriors of Valhalla. It's a simple way to invest runes to enhance certain abilities. ”

Heda draws a pentagon on the blackboard.

“Abilities are divided into five broad categories. Strength, stamina, agility, magical strength, mental strength. Three in the front. It's obvious. Magic is a magical ability. As you become stronger, your magic grows stronger, but your resistance to magic grows stronger. Mind is will? Growing it will strengthen your concentration, your defenses against psychic attacks, and so on. ”

It was a very simple system by Heda. Taeho recalled Bjorn's words yesterday and asked.

“Does magic have to do with Saga? ”

Even after yesterday's fight, the most important thing was Saga.

Heda frowned and replied as if it were difficult.

“Saga is much more special than runic magic, so she doesn't get stronger. Sometimes it's more about mental power than magic. Does it feel different depending on what anecdote originated from? ”

Bjorn said the same thing.

Heda kept saying.

“It's a story I buy. It's a tradition. The more people who know, the stronger the belief in the story, the stronger the history. Very rare, but sometimes Saga is much more powerful than a nuclear power plant. as it swells in the process of being told. ”

The story of the great snake became the legend of the dragon.

“But most don't even know how to harness the power of a nuclear power. That's because I didn't understand Saga very well. ”

After pausing there, Heda approaches Taeho again.

“Lesser warriors and lower warriors buy monotony. It's mostly just about getting stronger or getting faster or something. It's a great power, of course, but it's too little to call it the true power of saga. ”

Bjorn's buying was about his fists getting bigger and stronger. Even Taeho's own saga had only the effect of speeding up.

“Buying is a legendary implementation. The recreation of the story.The effects of Saga vary greatly. It can even derive multiple abilities from a single saga. ”

While talking, Heda teases his hand lightly. A yellow flame rises from his hand and becomes a flaming sword.

“We can make weapons like this. We can transform them at all. We could summon a monster or an army. ”

It's not just heroes who appear in Saga.

Taeho recalls the legend of Excalibur. If King Arthur's Saga existed, wouldn't we be able to summon Excalibur?

Heda picks up the sword of fire and approaches Taejo a little more. He speaks with his fingertips slightly through Taeho's chest.

“Remember, it's your story, not someone else's. A record you've lived by, a legend to be made. You're the one who can best draw Saga's power and develop it. ”

The story of pro-gamer Itae Ho.

The legend of Calstead the Courage.

Taeho felt a heartbeat. I felt like Saga's strength was getting stronger.

But that was the moment.

A bell rings from a bell tower in the middle of the small island. It was a quick and noisy batter.

Reflectively, Taeho and Heda's gaze intersect. Heda frowned and said.

“You get the feeling, don't you? ”

“That's an order. ”

Heda nods. And then he pulled the package out of a big box that he seemed to have put in advance.

“Take it. It's your equipment. ”

A simple, shapeless helmet and leather armor, a round shield and sword with the crest of Idun.

It was not some kind of legendary armor, but it was clearly more merchandise than the weapons I received yesterday.

Heda puts on his armor and quickly steps out of the training hall.

“See that purple door over there? If we go over there, we'll have a waiting list. We'll regroup there and then we'll go into battle. ”

Beneath the bell tower is a large purple circle waving. It was like a portal I saw in a game.

Taeho recalls the battlefield he experienced yesterday. If you are not afraid to go back, you are lying, but there is no way to go. It was more of an instinctive realization.

Taeho takes a deep breath, then approaches the purple door. Heda grabs hold of Taejo's arm and makes him turn around.

“Don't die. ”

It was a simple word, but it was also a desperate word without any playfulness. Taeho forcefully smiled and replied.

“You said you don't die well. ”

“Still.”

Heda smiles awkwardly and corrects his face. You stand next to Taeho at the purple door.

“Are you going to Hedda? ”

“I'm going to the other battlefield with you. This is how we got our separate orders. ”

I took out the necklace I had put in my clothes and showed it to him. A small purple jewel on the end glows.

“Don't let Heda die. ”

“Good luck with that. Don't get hurt.”

I said it sharply, but his face was smiling happily.

The two of them looked back at the front. No one stepped forward to the purple door first.