Nordic Myth – Chapter 3

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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I had high expectations when it said congratulations.

I thought that a rare and powerful race, such as the dragon race or god race, which are selected with extremely low probability in random, was selected.

But as expected, my starting luck wasn’t that good.

The selected race was ‘Human’, which was clearly the highest probability.

There was no special modifier attached to it.

“….It’s a shame, but it can’t be helped.”

It seems that the beginner’s luck was definitely over in Greek and Roman mythology.

I remembered the useful skills and tremendous growth rate I got when I was selected as a demigod.

But I tried to comfort myself by saying that it didn’t matter much. Anyway, as I was starting with privileges, if I had been chosen as a different race, the fun might have been halved.

Yes, it’s good to think so.

But I felt helpless as soon as I started. Originally, I should have thought about a hopeful day and a better future, but in this case. What would be a good analogy?

“This is awkward.”

That was all. I can hear the birds chirping.

Fresh air enters through my nose every time I breathe.

As I looked around, I felt a sense of déjà vu, as if I had experienced it somewhere before.

Forests and mountains, a place where there was no trace of developed civilization. It was familiar. It had to be.

It was the same environment as when I first started Greek and Roman mythology. Now, I couldn’t even sigh.

I couldn’t understand why the game kept dropping me in the forest every time I started.

“I must be unlucky. Well. I need to check first.”

Before wandering the forest, I checked everything first: items, skills, stats, and summons.

There were no problems with skills, stats, and summons, but when Seryu checked the item window, he frowned automatically.

The item window was full of all kinds of rare items, but all items related to Norse mythology were gone.

Except for one, Mistilteinn.

Not only that, but all the auxiliary items that affected stats and skills just by being in the inventory, as well as the genitals, were gone.

I felt a sense of emptiness for a moment that some of the items I had worked hard to collect were gone, but I quickly came to my senses.

If they’re gone, I can collect them again. What’s the problem? Seryu made a familiar gesture in the air.

Then, a dark space appeared, and he reached in and pulled out a thick book.

The old book, which looked quite old, contained mysterious magic. On the cover of the book, there was a pattern that was difficult to interpret.

It is a grimoire written by the goddess of magic, Circe, and all kinds of powerful magic are recorded.

I have many other books with special powers, but there is only one reason why I took this one out now.

I wanted to become a magician who uses magic. With this book, I can change to ‘Magician’ without any special conditions.

The reason why I want to become a magician? It was just curiosity to try something new.

If it’s not fun, I’ll grab a blade again.

As I placed my hand on the pattern engraved on the cover and closed my eyes, a new window popped up.

I change to a magician. But there is no response even after a long time.

It’s not a system error, and I waited for a while wondering what was going on, and soon a new message pops up.

‘Did I have something like this? Why didn’t it pop up before?’

The name itself gives a feeling that it’s something good. It might have been a mediocre job in an online game, but in a single-player game, it would definitely be the strongest chicken.

I thought it would be much better than a magician, so I accepted it right away.

The moment I accepted, a new window popped up with a shock sound of Paang-!

「Status Window」

The alphabet next to the stats seems to indicate the grade.

In Greek and Roman mythology, the sum of the stats that increased through the title was displayed in those parentheses.

Hmm, as I was swallowing saliva and looking at the status window, a new window popped up as if my thoughts were correct.

「Stat Grade」

U grade, it was difficult to raise stats even when playing as a demigod, how much would I have to do to raise it to that level?

Anyway, it was a distant future that I couldn’t achieve right now, so I closed all the windows.

“Well, then, let’s live as a magician for a while.”

I changed to the one who handles all weapons, but as I was holding a grimoire in my hand, I tried to move the magic that was sleeping in my body as a test.

At first, that power moved awkwardly, but soon it moved familiarly, and in response, the grimoire I was holding in my left hand trembled with a hum-.

When I opened the book, a window popped up saying that I could use the basic magic recorded in the book.

Due to the effect of ‘Circe’s Covenant’ among the blessings of the gods, the spell break, I didn’t need to say the skill name.

The magic I imagine as I think is activated as it is.

I lifted my foot and lightly tapped the ground.

Crack!

At that moment, everything around me began to freeze along with the ground with a clear ringing sound.

“Oh.”

It’s okay. This time, I waved my hand.

Then, flames sprang up and stretched out to the front and disappeared.

I don’t know if it’s because it’s a lightly activated magic, or if it’s because I don’t have enough magic, but the power was very weak.

The frozen ground and trees were melting in the warm sunlight.

“It’s fun.”

It’s similar to handling darkness. That’s why it was familiar.

As Seryu tried various things, he felt the corners of his mouth go up automatically.

If magic and intelligence were a little higher, even lightly activated magic would probably shake the heavens and the earth.

I could increase my stats tremendously right now, but I decided to play with these stats for a while because the game itself would be too boring.

“….”

By the way, when you first start a game, shouldn’t you usually start in a village-

That’s how you buy things, get quests, and get a job.

I think this game company is lucky to be alive.

I decided to move to a high place first and look around.

I took a leisurely walk up the mountain. I looked around and looked carefully to see if there was anything, but there was nothing special to see.

I could only feel the warm sunlight along with the fresh air, perhaps because it wasn’t long since the day had dawned.

After about two hours of climbing, I reached the top of a small mountain.

I looked around with narrowed eyes.

“Found it.”

And not just one, but two.

One was a colony, it seemed like a colony where orcs, goblins, or gnolls gathered.

The other was a castle on the opposite side of the colony. It was connected to a vast field, so it must be a place where many people live and move.

“What should I do…”

I need to level up first. It’s annoying to come back to the hunting ground.

I decided to hunt the monsters in the colony first, and then move to the castle where people would be.

As I headed to the colony, I took the same leisurely steps as when I came up.

While heading to the colony, Seryu looked for what was different between the interface of Norse mythology and the interface of Greek and Roman mythology.

Option window, status window, skill window, item window, map, etc. – I looked at everything and found one interesting thing.

「Goal Setting」

When I pressed the option in the last column, many items appeared.

There were also strange and bizarre goals.

Seryu looked at many items and decided on one before arriving at the monster colony.

It was “Collect over 100 treasures of Norse mythology”.

I had collected almost all the treasures that existed in Greek and Roman mythology.

And those treasures were still in Seryu’s inventory.

For Seryu, who has a strong desire to collect, there was no better goal.

As soon as I set the goal, a window popped up.

Proceed. I’m interested in other contents, but there’s nothing more satisfying and rewarding than collecting treasures.

As soon as I started, the number in the current list was filled with one.

It was the treasure that played a decisive role in defeating Zeus.

Come to think of it, among Mistilteinn’s abilities, there was “contract”, and did it increase all stats by 400?

It’s certain. I took it out and checked it in my hazy memory, and it was correct.

I was thinking about making a contract now, but suddenly I heard a sound and decided to postpone the contract.

Woof! Woof!

“I guess I’m almost there.”

A sound like a dog barking. It’s a gnoll.

It was a faint old memory that came to mind when I heard the cry for the first time in a long time.

At that time, I met a gnoll in the forest and thanks to that, I met Eve.

Come to think of it, there was a time with her in this grimoire that Circe gave me.

…Is it because I recalled my memories?

I want to end Norse mythology and play Greek and Roman mythology again.

“Oh, I shouldn’t-“

I shook my head and moved my steps to the source of the sound.

Seryu, who was walking with Circe’s grimoire on his left side, was finally able to meet a group of gnolls.

Indeed, whether it was because of their excellent sense of smell, the gnolls were already in battle formation.

Grrr!

The gnolls, which looked like ferocious dogs, glared at Seryu with sharp eyes and emitted strong hostility.

The surprising thing was that those gnolls were equipped with crude but iron weapons, not clubs.

And..

“Did you just finish hunting? I guess you and I have a connection.”

Behind the gnolls, a dead boar was tied to a long, thick branch.

Now they would have dreamed of a comfortable rest and a pleasant meal, but I’m a little sorry – what can I do.

This is your destiny to die like this.

“Then.”

Shall we start lightly?

When I lightly tap the ground with my foot, it starts to freeze as it is.

An ice road began to be created towards the gnolls, and icicles rose frighteningly on the ice road.

The other gnolls quickly threw away the prey they were holding and escaped from the stretching ice road, but one gnoll who couldn’t escape had to take the icicles with his whole body.

In addition, the prey that was caught with difficulty was also torn apart.

Howl!

Whether they were angry that their companion died or that they lost their food, the gnolls bravely rushed at Seryu without fear.

The guys holding bows skillfully fired the arrows on the bowstrings.

I thought I could just ignore the arrows, but surprisingly, the accuracy was considerable.

The arrows flew accurately towards the vital points.

“Oh!”

Seryu moved his hand without realizing he was activating magic, knocked one of the two arrows to the side, and snatched the other.

And he stuck the snatched arrow into the forehead of the gnoll that had come close, lifted his foot, and slammed it down.

With a thud, his head exploded.

The moment I killed a gnoll, I unknowingly felt – I was stunned.

‘I need to use magic.’

I skillfully avoided the attacks of the remaining gnolls and hurriedly retreated.

It seems that it will take some time to get used to magic.

Looking at the chasing gnoll, I tapped the ground with my foot again.

Then, a cold chill spread in all directions and the surroundings froze.

It was an inevitable result even for the gnolls who were rushing.

If it wasn’t for the dog hair and body temperature that could be expected to have some insulation effect, it would have frozen like the tree next to it.

Woof! Woof!

The gnolls who were shooting arrows from behind were afraid that they would be the same, so they ran away as they were.

No, judging by the direction of the escape, they might have gone to ask for help.

I was going to catch the guys who ran away, but I decided to just leave them alone and looked at the frozen guys in front of me.

“There are many things I can use, but I don’t know what to use.”

As befits the grimoire recorded by the goddess of magic, Circe, it contained a vast amount of magic and knowledge about it.

But I turned a few pages of the book and saw a blank page. It must mean that I can’t see the magic behind it because I’m not good enough yet.

I looked at the list of magic that I can use now and closed the book. With a thud-, I heard a growling sound.

The gnolls, who had shaken off the ice frozen on their bodies, are moving little by little.

“The movement is slow.”

I made an ice spear in the air and threw it. The speed at which the ice spear stretches out is truly like lightning. Thanks to that speed, every time I make and throw a spear, I feel something thrilling.

One gnoll per spear. The gnolls disappeared as experience points.

I looked to see if there was anything useful among the items that were automatically acquired, but there was nothing.

I didn’t expect it anyway, so I didn’t feel empty. I move my steps towards my destination again.

I walked for another hour at a fast pace.

The road is rougher than I thought. There was a little physical exhaustion, but thanks to the option of the grimoire, the recovery speed was quite fast even if I rested a little.

The window was not giving a quest or any information, but “warning”.

Seryu, who read the contents, smiled.

“As expected.”

As expected, the gnolls who ran away came here.

In the colony visible beyond the forest, there were more gnolls than I thought, each holding their weapons and moving busily.

And I saw the named monsters that commanded them.

“No matter how many there are, they are just experience points.”

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