Valhalla Saga

There were three horses living in the World Water Wigdrasil.

A Black Poison Dragon Needhog that lives on its roots.

The whitest of the highest branches, the king of the great birds, Hresbelg.

Latatosk is the only one who can freely travel between the roots and the highest branches.

The oldest of these three was Niedhawk, who began with the world's waters of Wigdrasil.

Oldest dragon.

A dragon with a beginning with the world.

People called Needhog an ancient dragon.

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"Hey, are you okay? Are you awake? ’

It was right after I checked the green text on Needhog's head. Taekho blinks at the sudden voice echoing in his head.

“Kuulin? ”

"What, that tranquil voice? Do you have any idea how long you've been unconscious? ’

Kuulin said as if it were absurd.

Once more, Taeho blinks his eyes and regains his senses. It seemed like a short time for Taeho himself, but in reality, it was quite a long time ago.

“How long has it been? ”

‘Almost. Do you know how worried I was? The man who suppressed him suddenly collapsed and became unconscious for nine days. ’

It's like a goose chase.

Taeho swallowed a dry saliva. And it was understandable.

‘Indeed, it was. ’

Little by little I remembered. The encounter between Taeho himself and Nidhog was never short.

The one who ruled the dragon- no, the one who conquered the dragon was able to connect the ritual of the taejo and the dragon. In the ritual that followed, Taeho conquered Nidhog. To be precise, I've been communicating with Needhog to turn her into an ally.

Taejo found out about Nidhog's life, though it was only the tip of the iceberg compared to the rest. I could feel her living in solitude through a direct connection.

And this exchange was never one-way.

How'd it go? Seems like a good thing. ’

Chul-Ju said in a voice filled with anticipation and concern, Ku Hulin, who was increasing how worried he was. Taeho turned his head again, looking at the green writing on Nidhog's head.

“Yes, moderately. ”

What's going on? Tell me more. ’

“So · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Taeho blurred his words for a moment, summarizing the story as briefly and simply as possible.

When I heard it, Kuulin sighed.

"In one word, you broke into a poor boy's house, always trapped in a house, beaten and tortured, then forced him to fill his neck and enslave him? Wow, this is seriously rubbish. ’

“No, that's not what I was talking about! ”

A slight disagreement in perspective and then just a list of events (?) It was true, but Taeho was unfair.

Without a series of procedures, it would not have been possible to dig through Nidhog's hard spirit.

Kuulin chuckles and then fixes his voice.

‘Poor thing, anyway. Loneliness overwhelms pain. Poor thing.'

Needhog was clearly devastated by the pain of his first life.

But it was nothing compared to the loneliness that had accumulated for thousands of years.

Kuulin recalls Nidhog, who was strangely amused when he first exchanged attacks with Taejo.

It was Kuhoorin's own guess all along, but perhaps Nidhog felt a slight jolt even in the pain of Taejo. Broadly speaking, he was also a direct communication with others.

‘Is it indeed an ancient ease? ’

Kuhoorin admired Sasam Nidhog's tenacity.

Despite being shot three times by the mercenary runes of the magical god Odin, who was no one else, he did not have this effect on life.

Not only that, when faced with Tae Ho, he was more lonely than pain.

This meant that loneliness overwhelmed pain, as Kuulin himself had said for the first time.

I could think of two things.

Loneliness is so overwhelming that even the most terrible pain can be taken for a moment of agony, or even all of Taejo's attacks can be endured in the end.

‘Either way · · · poor but great. ’

Probably both.

“Maybe we should have tried talking from the beginning. ”

Unlike Qu Hulin, Taeho felt the loneliness of Nidhog in a fragmentary way.

I couldn't help feeling self-conscious about my actions.

But Kuulin insisted.

‘No, your judgment wasn't wrong. Odin didn't know what kind of man Nidhog was or what state of mind he was in. If the result is good, the process doesn't matter, but you acted reasonably. And as you said yourself, there was a series of procedures that allowed us to dig through Nidhog's gaps. Remember, at least Odin must return to Asgard. ’

There was a cause that must be achieved.

Giants and magic will trample upon Asgard and Midgard at this very moment.

Taeho nods heavily.

But that's when it happened. Needhog's essence, which was lying quietly while Taejo and Kuulin were talking, suddenly snapped his head and flared.

Kuulin shouts.

"Ugh! That's a girl!" I knew it! I knew it! ’

It was a woman with long, dark hair that reached her thighs that Taejo saw in consciousness that opened the Essence Head of Needhog.

The essence of Nidhog's essence, she turns to a precarious move and smiles brightly at Taejo.

“Master Taeho. ”

Rather than clothes, she often walks up to Taeho wearing a blanket of the same black cloth. However, I stopped about ten steps away and hesitated without coming any further.

Taeho understood why Nidhog did what he did. You nod with your arms spread out, and then Nedhaug comes running to Taeho with relief.

It was my first time hugging someone. In a seamless motion, he hugs Taeho, and cheeks are glued to Taeho's chest.

Needhog's heart beats violently. I felt like I couldn't control myself because of the excitement.

Taeho hesitates for a moment, then strokes Nidhog's head. Nidhog rubs his cheek as he gives a light pat on his back.

“Keep touching me. Keep patting me.”

It was like a child. Poor Taeho hugs Needhog a little softer, and Needhog closes his eyes and mutters a little.

“It's warm. It feels good. ”

It was also the first time anyone was warm.

‘What a piece of shit. ’

Kuulin suddenly said. Suddenly, Taejo is embarrassed by the violent language. He blinks.

No, why? ’

‘It's just, you're trash now. I don't need a reason! No, I remember why. How can you attack such a good, beautiful, poor child so cruelly? You look like a real piece of shit. From now on, you're the scum of Idun. ’

I thought you said it was reasonable! ’

‘Cause I didn't know she was so pretty and so cute and so colorful! I thought you were just a big guy! ’

Ku Hulin, who has said more trashy things than anyone else, kicked out his tongue.

‘You seem to have opened your eyes to new charm, by the way. A woman who looks or has a mature and beautiful voice, like a child who talks or talks, that's a good thing. ’

"Not Prince of Light, but Prince Pervert." Or a colored prince. ’

Kuulin snorts, speaking in a rhetorical voice, as if Taejo was an idiot.

"Hmph, can you understand my aesthetics? Anyway, it looks like it's settled. Then let's get back to it. Odin will be waiting. ’

It was more likely to think that Taejo had failed as soon as the Guy passed.

Taeho taps Nidhog's shoulder, still rubbing his cheeks, considering Kuhoorin's words correctly.

“Needhog.”

“Yes? Yes. Why?”

Nidhog said with a very happy face. Taejo was able to open his mouth only after a little hesitation.

“I have somewhere I need to be. I'll be right back. You want to wait? ”

At that moment, Needhog's face hardened. Even if it wasn't, the white face turned white.

It was like a person who heard that the world was ending.

“Woman, you can wait up to ten nights · · ah, no more · · 100 nights. Yeah, yeah. No, we can wait a little longer. I mean, just come back. You got it? Huh?”

Needhog lets out a rattling voice that will soon cry.

And Taeho could remember why Nidhog mentioned ten nights and a hundred nights.

One of the many communities that have been exchanged between the last nine days, one of the things that has hurt Needhog greatly.

Latatosk, who was the only other person for Needhog, enjoyed harassing and joking with his words.

Latatosk knew what he was to him.

Needhog is always waiting to be strangled on the day he comes, even though he's always hurt and hurt by his horses.

So one day, Latatosk said,

‘I'll be back in ten nights. Just ten nights. ’

Nidhog then learned the joy of waiting for the day he promised.

But even after ten nights, Latatosk didn't show up. Needhog thought he miscalculated the date of the fool.

And ten days later, almost a month later, Latatosk appeared when Nidhog got tired of waiting and burst into tears.

‘I told you I was coming after 10 nights, but you are so stupid. I'll be back in a hundred nights next time, so count it well this time. Okay? "

Needhog replied.

As I did when I counted the first ten nights, I counted the days of my promise, looking forward to the hundred nights.

And then another hundred nights passed. Nidhog waits eagerly for Latatosk to return, and Latatosk does not appear.

I watched Needhog's expectations grow deeper and deeper disappointed and distressed.

Ratatosk laughed loudly and did not visit Nidhog for decades.

Nidhog says he's really alone now, and shows his face only when he's completely desperate after repeating himself, saying something must have gone wrong.

Once again, I enticed Needhog with many words.

‘What rubbish · · · · · No, a squirrel like Tae Ho. ’

It sounded like a joke, but Kuulin's voice was cold.

It's because Latatosk's actions have plagued Kuulin's disgust. His actions were so immature, yet so cruel.

Taejo was like Kuulin. I suppressed my anger at Latatosk in the near future and told Nidhoq.

“I'll be back as soon as I can. ”

“Yes, go. I'll wait.”

Needhog smiles.

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Leaving Nidhog's cardiac chambers, Taeho doesn't look back. It was because I could not rest until I saw Needhog standing there looking at himself like an anvil.

I passed the heart chamber and came out of Needhog's skin. You reconcile with the hawk and fly towards Odin.

And how long it flew. As soon as Odin got to a place not too far away, Kuulin suddenly said.

"Hey, you know what? ’

It was a horse that cut off both the front and back. But Tahoe knew what Kuulin was talking about.

What Odin said.

The story I shared before I left to defeat Needhog.

‘Needhog cannot take root with magnetism. ’

It was impossible to get out of the roots on a Needhog. Overpowering Needhog in the first place was to gain help in catching Latatosk, the only one who could freely return to and fro its roots.

Needhog cannot go with you.

Needhog must be abandoned.

Taeho didn't really respond to Kuulin's words. Kuulin also did not urge Taeho to answer.

Taeho flaps his wings. You see the roots crouching as if Odin were crumpled.

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