"If the gods are long gone...... So what is the meaning of my existence?!" The woman looked at her hands and laughed self-deprecatingly, "What Valkyrie?!What messenger of the gods?!After all, she is just a wild dog guarding the cemetery!"

He tore off the feather crown on his head and threw it into the corner of the hall with all his strength, and the uncontrollable tears dripped down the woman's cheeks and fell to the ground.

Todd stood on the high platform, looked at the woman in front of him who was devastated by the loss of the pillar of faith, and shook his head lightly without saying a word.

Waiting for the other party's mood to stabilize a little, Todd walked to the Valkyrie's side, crouched down, and said softly, "The era of the gods may be over, but your path continues. ”

"You don't understand. The Valkyrie, who still had tears in the corners of her eyes, said to Todd: "Since I was born, I have been trained by my people to be the handmaiden of the gods, and all I have to do is to protect the relics of the gods and find the traces of the gods...... This is my fate. And now, the gods are gone, I have no way to go, it's all over!"

Todd shook his head slightly: "I once heard you say that Brunhilde is not your real name, but a code name given specifically to the Valkyrie Chief. In this way, before becoming the leader of the Valkyries, your past must have had its own life, the trajectory of your original life. ”

The woman was slightly stunned, and said to herself, "My past?"

"Brünnhilde's mission may be over, but that's how you can be freed from endless burdens...... Remember how you became a Valkyrie?"

"When I was nineteen years old," the woman recalled, "I received the sword and shield from the previous Valkyrie chieftain, the symbol of the power of the gods, and the name Brunhilde. At that time, I will never forget that the previous leader became a 'nameless one' after the handover, and chose to self-exile out of the village, never to return. ”

Todd asked curiously, "Nameless?"

"Once the Valkyrie handed over power to the successor of the clan, her name would also be automatically passed on to the next one, which meant that she lost her name and could not continue to live in the village, so she could only choose to self-exile. The woman said sadly: "At that time, I was thinking that sooner or later I would be like her, without a name and no relatives, and die like a lonely ghost on the wandering road." ”

Todd sighed, "Do you remember your past, your name?"

"Before that...... I once heard the people say that they found me on the altar as an abandoned baby, and they gave me a name, as if it were ......" The woman tried to recall her old memories: "Evie. ”

Todd repeated the name a few times, then said to her, "Do you remember the agreement I made with you?"

The woman looked at the golden palace in front of her, and suddenly thought of something: "The agreement you said is ......"

"That's right, when I was in the Valkyrie Village, I made a promise to you that I would rebuild Asgard, and here is my answer. ”

Seeing Evie stand up and look around, Todd said to her slowly, "The age of the gods is over, the old days have been reborn, and my wish is to establish a new god realm in the entire northern region. ”

The woman turned her head and instantly understood the meaning of the other party's words: "You want to end the war between the tribe and the kingdom as a god by rebuilding the faith of the entire north?"

Todd frowned and thought for a moment: "Your words are not accurate, but they are generally not wrong. ”

"I want to be able to borrow your power. Todd stretched out his hand to the woman and looked at the other party sincerely: "Not in the identity of Brunhilde, but in your original identity - Evie." ”

The woman looked into the other's eyes, and after a long time, finally held out her right hand to Todd.

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Five days later, the beach west of Froststone Camp.

Six huge three-masted cargo ships are docked in the shallow sea, and dozens of sailing ships, large and small, are moored in the distant sea.

Queues of barbarian warriors, gladiators, and North Island troops wind their way from the forest to the beach with no end in sight. Thousands of soldiers stepped on the pedals and boarded the ship, each busy with the final preparations before sailing.

Retracting his gaze from the several griffons hovering overhead, Todd hugged Rachel and Dildrier in front of him, and said softly, "Wait until I get back." ”

Rachel looked at the ships in the distance and whispered to Todd, "If the battle is unfavorable, you should know what to do......"

The latter nodded, and looked at Deirdre again.

This woman, who is still shy in the face of her lover even though she has a skin-to-skin relationship, just ran forward and kissed Todd lightly in full view of everyone, and then ran away in a hurry.

Todd touched his lips, shook his head with a smile, and walked to the gangway perched on the shore.

A silver-haired woman, standing on the deck, her eyes falling on Rachel and Deirdre in the distance.

Todd stepped onto the deck and came to her side, slightly surprised by the change in the other's body.

Evie (Brünnhilde)'s moonlit silver hair, which had been cut short to her earlobes and carved with the words of Rune, was missing.

"A few days ago, I went back to the village and made a request to the clan to give up the name of Valkyrie. The elders spurned my sin of escaping and declared me to be exiled forever. The woman faced Todd without the slightest expression of sadness or sadness on her face: "But don't worry, I didn't say a word about your plan to rebuild Asgard." ”

Todd sighed, "Evie, you don't really need to do this......"

"I can't fool my companions with a mission that doesn't exist. Evie raised her head and puffed out her chest: "If I had to choose, I would rather live in a real hell than be hypnotized by hypocrisy." ”

"I have only one task at hand, and that is to end the war in the North Island. Whether it's rebuilding Asgard or using war to expand the living space of the North Islanders, as long as I can make them stop fighting each other, I am willing to try with my life. ”

Todd sighed and nodded.

After a pause, Evie added, "But one thing you need to know, since I am no longer the leader, most of the Valkyries have been recalled to the village. There are only seven sisters left who are willing to self-exile and continue to stay with me. ”

The Valkyrie army, which was originally more than 30 people, now only eight people remain?

Todd, who heard the news, frowned: "There are a total of ten positions in the griffin airborne team, counting you and me, and the other seven Valkyries, then there is one more vacant seat." ”

Evie thought for a moment, then said to Todd, "If you're looking for strength, there's one person who might be able to do that. ”

With that, Evie pointed to the deck, where she was helping the tall man who was pulling up the sails and the deputy head of the North Island Knights, Jerry.

This strong man who is nearly two meters tall and has a muscular body always has a simple smile on his face, and he can easily pull the cable that needs to be pulled by six people by himself.

Looking at Todd's face with concerns, Evie added, "Not counting the Valkyries, looking at the entire North Island Knights, no one can defeat him." ”

The big ship beneath its feet began to move slowly, and the raised canvas used the wind to push the whole ship towards the sea.

The people on the boat sang songs and waved their hands to say goodbye to the people who saw them off on the shore for the last time.

On the deck, after thinking about it repeatedly, Todd nodded in agreement with Evie's recommendation, and said: "Gather all the others to the cabin of this ship, about the equipment of the airborne forces, and the coordinated training with the griffin, it is necessary to familiarize you with it as soon as possible in the past few days." ”

"Equipment?" Evie asked curiously, "Everyone in the North Island Knights has the weapons and armor distributed by Twilight City, is it necessary to change the equipment?"

"I'm not talking about swords and armor, I'm talking about something special, something that will help you survive on the battlefield," Todd said. ”

Soon, all the people Todd was looking for were gathered in the cabin.

The former opened the huge barrel and revealed its contents to the public, and even the bravest let out a cry of fear.

Huge keel parasites with terrifying faces, wriggling in the barrel, sharp spines reflecting a faint light.

Todd looked at the frightened Valkyrie and little Jerry, smiled and asked, "Which of you will try it first?"

Todd took advantage of the huge fleet to sail the sea for three days and three nights, and repeatedly instilled faith in the rebuilding of Asgard to the leaders of each unit, and made tactical arrangements for the landing operation.

As for the Griffin Airborne Squad, even if everyone is issued a keel, it will take a lot of effort to become proficient in using it.

In particular, it takes a lot of practice and training to apply the various keel forms brought about by enhanced regeneration.

In this way, after a period of final, hectic preparations, the fleet sailed until the fourth morning, and the ancient port of the Ulster Kingdom gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.

Everyone picked up their weapons, put on their armor, and found their positions, and an epic landing battle was about to break out.