Aaron When they arrived outside the Vrykul village, the wandering giantess was still patrolling the area to see if she was squatting down and pulling some flowers and plants on the ground, probably looking for herbs.
"You are back again?!" Because Aaron and the others did not hide their whereabouts, the female giant naturally found the three of them easily, but her attention was quickly attracted by Xal'atath: "This is... Lord Val'kyr? Why do you appear here?"
In the legend of Vrykul, Val'kyr is the guide who leads the souls of Heroism Warrior to Halls of Valor. They should only appear on the battlefield. Xal'atath suddenly appears here, which is quite surprising.
Xal'atath was naturally prepared for this, and started her performance with a slight cough. She described Aaron as a brave man embarking on a heroic journey, and she was pulling and protecting him in the name of the Lord God Odyn to help him in his adventure.
This time I heard that Vrykul of Jandvik actually dared to refuse the entry of the warriors selected by Odyn. Xal'atath had to come here to warn these Vrykul not to embarrass Aaron, so as not to anger the Odyn who lives in Halls of Valor.
These words were naturally part of what Aaron and Xal'atath had discussed before. Aaron provided the idea, and Xal'atath used her tens of thousands of years of experience in making troubles to perfect the plan. After she said it with a sacred posture, this woman Vrykul had completely fallen into a downtime state of doubting her life.
"But, why... the master would choose this... this..." After having Val'kyr's endorsement, female Vrykul no longer dared to look down on Aaron, but she still didn't dare to trust her. Xin, this is a little different from what she has heard since she was a child. Didn't Odyn, the great god, like Heroism's Vrykul the most? How could he send Val'kyr to help a weak and degraded species?
But no matter how much she couldn't believe it, facing the majestic Val'kyr, the female Vrykul still chose to accept the fact. For the Vrykuls of Broken Isles, Val'kyr is the messenger of Odyn. Their words are unquestionable, and this idea has been deeply rooted in their minds.
"This... warrior, please come with me to our village. I believe the patriarch will be happy to see you coming." The female giant who called herself Thorri quickly adjusted her mood and led the three of them to the village of Vrykul.
According to Thorri's introduction, their village is called Jandvik, which was moved from Stormheim thousands of years ago. Vrykul, who previously traded with the Kul Tiras people of Azsuna, actually came from their village.
However, despite some contact with humans, this Vrykul village is still very closed, and degraded humans are never allowed to enter the village. Aaron They are the first outsiders to enter Jandvik in thousands of years.
It seems that Thorri's status over Jandvik is quite high. Xal'atath didn't even need to speak, but Vrykul, who was in charge of guarding at the entrance of the village, let him go.
When Xal'atath entered the Vrykul village, it inevitably caused a noise from Vrykul. These giants all showed a considerable degree of fanaticism. Looking at their posture, they wanted to catch their opponents and kill half of them so that they could enter Halls of Valor.
Cooperating with Xal'atath, Thorri finally dispersed the group of Vrykul. They took Aaron to sit down next to a bonfire in the village and asked Aaron about their specific reasons for coming.
"So you are going to look for Truthguard?" Thorri glanced at Aaron in surprise and shouted unconsciously.
After hearing this sentence, all the Vrykul in the village learned that Aaron was going to Shield's Rest to find the legendary Truthguard. These Vrykul all showed varying degrees of doubt.
Some Vrykul, who seemed to be relatively strong men among Vrykul, said loudly with their rough voices that wanted to deafen people's ears:
"Did you hear that, that kid said he was going to find Truthguard."
"You really don't know how high the world is. Who is going to teach him a lesson?"
Hearing the unabashed contemptuous words of these Vrykuls, Aaron shook his head. It seemed that at some point a Vrykul would come and want to fight with him.
Thorri glanced at the group of Vrykul who gathered in a circle and cast their malicious eyes on Aaron, and whispered, "A group of idiots who only know how to show off their muscles!"
After despising his compatriots, Thorri turned to look at Aaron and the other three, and said, "If you want to go to Shield's Rest, I do know some legends."
The Vrykul ancestors of Jandvik once saw Ygrim holding Truthguard, and that Vrykul warrior once saw Vrykul in Broken Isles Challenge the powerful Vrykul in Horde, hoping to find a warrior who can inherit his will and take over the shield of Truthguard.
However, I don't know whether Ygrim was too visionary or Vrykul was too useless at the time. In the end, Ygrim failed to find a suitable successor, so he went to sea alone and built a tomb on an island in the northeast corner of Stormheim, sealing himself in it and waiting for a suitable successor to appear.
"Occasionally, some compatriots from the north will come here alone in ships, looking for that great shield, but no matter how powerful they are, they will eventually return in vain." Thorri said, looking at Aaron's eyes were full of confusion. "Although I don't know why the great god chose you as a warrior, in my opinion, you are neither a powerful Warrior nor a wise rune mage. It is unlikely that you will pass the trial."
"It's simply impossible!" At this moment, a group of Vrykul came over. One of them, a young Vrykul who was vaguely surrounded by other Vrykul, looked at Aaron and said, with a look of disdain in his eyes.
"Great goddess Val'kyr, I, Einar, the son of Sodir, hope to challenge this weak little brat. If I defeat him, I hope you can grant me your favor." The young Vrykul looked at Xal'atath suspended in the air, knelt down on one knee and said.
Xal'atath looked thoughtful on the surface, but actually said directly in Aaron's mind, "Haha, the challenger is indeed here, do you need me to help you reject it?"
Aaron shook her head gently. She still remembered Senegos's instructions not to show fear when facing Vrykul. Even if Val'kyr endorsed it, I'm afraid these Vrykul would become suspicious.
"In the name of Odyn, I hereby allow you to challenge the warriors of Odyn." Xal'atath said in a voice without any emotion.
Vrykul on the side were clamoring and forming a circle around the bonfire that never went out in the village. Only Aaron and Einar were left in the circle. The young Vrykul was wearing A set of armor composed of thick armor patches sewn on rough fabric, most of the arms were exposed, revealing the knotted muscles on it, and the weapon in Vrykul's hand was a long-handled knife, with a faint flash of lightning on the blade.
"Baby, where's your weapon?" Einar seemed to be very dissatisfied with Aaron, but he didn't mean to bully Aaron. He just looked at Aaron and frowned, saying this.
Aaron looked at the opponent's actions and after confirming that the opponent would not make a sneak attack, he closed his eyes. Holy Light, who was controlling the body, focused on every part of his body. He clenched his fists and felt his strength after Holy Light's buff. Aaron nodded, took out the long sword and shield, and arched his body slightly, getting into a fighting posture.
In the past, due to the knowledge developed while playing games, Aaron's application of Holy Light has never been separated from a few skills. At most, it is just controlling Holy Light to imitate the skills of other specialties. The reason why it suddenly dawned today is because of Xal'atath's reminder.
Before, when Aaron took advantage of Xal'atath's hand and wanted to get some benefits from Xal'atath, he once expressed the hope that Xal'atath would teach him the ability to strengthen himself. He still remembered that before When Xal'atath helped to save Sylvanas, his body exploded with physical fitness far beyond normal. If he could learn this skill, Aaron would have a better chance of winning when facing Ygrim in the future.
Aaron didn't expect that Xal'atath gave out a proud smile and laughed at Aaron, "Hahaha, do you think I used my power to help you before? In fact, it was the power you should have. But I won't tell you how to do it. You can take your time and figure it out yourself."
Faced with such a proud Xal'atath, Aaron decisively made Xal'atath realize who was the imprisoned one, and Xal'atath told Aaron this method.
"Hey, there is obviously no bullet time." Aaron opened his eyes and looked at Einar in front of him, but found that the flow of time in his field of vision was still normal, and Einar's movements were still at normal speed, "But this is enough."
Aaron rushed forward quickly, and rushed in front of Einar in the blink of an eye. The battle was about to break out. 2k network