Chapter 505 You Can Cheat Your Brothers, but Don’t Cheat Yourself

Turin City, Royal Palace.

Looking at the body of the young dwarf with his head missing in the hall, the dwarf king couldn't help but burst into tears again.

It seems that because the object of the curse died, the power of the curse also disappeared, and his son was finally able to die as a dwarf.

Holding back the grief in his heart, the dwarf king found his son's old clothes and put them on carefully for his son, hoping to let his son retain this last bit of dignity.

But no matter how gorgeous his clothes were, he still couldn't hide his physical imperfections.

Because the body of the dwarf prince was incomplete. Not only was his right arm missing, but his chest was also empty.

Seeing the sad expression on the old dwarf king's face, Lorne couldn't bear it:

"Is that all?"

"Well, I asked Frey. Brachi and the others took away part of the body when they did it, saying they wanted to keep it as a souvenir of the dragon slaying."

Freya replied softly, her eyes flickering.

Lorne nodded and said no more.

Friends who often kill people know that the purpose of actively destroying corpses is often to cover up certain traces. Special parts usually have special purposes.

If his guess is correct, he probably already knows the true face of [Rheingold].

The meeting with the Dwarf King ended and it was already late at night.

After Lorne handed over the rest of the mess to Freya who was accompanying him, he moved to the small courtyard provided by the Chamber of Commerce, preparing to take a breather.

Since his teammates were still on their way back to Turin, the place seemed very quiet.

However, as soon as he entered the door, a lazy voice came from the courtyard:

"Back?"

A certain canine goddess with wolf ears and long brown hair is sitting comfortably on a chair, with two long smooth white legs raised on the table, gnawing an apple in her mouth, covered with dust. The jade feet swayed leisurely, completely treating this place as their own wolf den.

Lorne couldn't help but touch his face, which was not under illusion, and looked at Holo in surprise:

"You don't seem surprised?"

"Dad, you don't think your disguise is very clever, do you?"

Holo pointed to her beautiful nose, feeling quite proud.

Turns out it was because of the smell.

Lorne understood his omission, then shook his head and pulled away another chair, sat down across from the stone table, and raised his hand to rub his sore temples.

Seeing this, Holo dropped the core in her hand and asked:

"It seems like things didn't go well this time?"

"There was an accident."

Lorne replied in a deep voice, and then roughly told Holo what happened.

After listening to the narration, Holo frowned and asked:

“So, what exactly is [Rheingold]?”

"A ring."

Lorne took a sip of tea and answered leisurely.

According to the records of Nordic mythology, the dwarf Andvari owns a magical ring-[Andvaranot].

It means "Treasure of Andvari", also known as "Gold-attracting Ring", which has the magical ability to "make gold split and multiply" and "lead the holder to find gold mines".

Under the influence of this artifact, he accumulated a huge amount of wealth, but it also brought disaster.

——The great god Odin took his treasure and ring and gave them to another dwarf as compensation for accidentally killing his son.

Yes, this dwarf is the father of the two brothers Fafnir and Regin, the unlucky man who was killed by two filial sons to seize the treasure.

After that, the two brothers Fafnir and Regin took the treasure and the ring and fled to the north, where they were captured by the Dulin family.

In order to survive, they handed over the treasure. The magical ring that can explore gold mines and allow gold to divide and multiply also fell into the hands of the dwarf prince.

However, the Nordic world follows a universal law of destiny - everything has a price.

Although that [Gold-Absorbing Ring] can bring massive wealth to the holder, it also contains a terrible curse. Excessive use will lead to serious consequences.

For example, [Dragon Syndrome]!

If your guess is correct, this is probably the cause of the [Dragon Disaster] in the Dwarf Kingdom.

"Andvari..." Holo chewed the name in his mouth and muttered meaningfully, "We have been doing business with the dwarf country for so long, but we have never heard of such a person among the seven major clans."

As the goddess in charge of trade, if the dwarf country really has such a wealthy and powerful character, she should be impressed.

Immediately, Holo paused, picked up an apple, looked at his adoptive father, and said quietly:

"That [gold-attracting ring] sounds a bit familiar to us. However, it is not in the dwarf country, but in Asgard. The official name should be-"

"Dropnir Golden Ring..."

Lorne murmured, raised his head and drank all the tea in the cup.

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Legend has it that this thing is a symbol of wealth. It will replicate itself eight times every nine days, allowing the holder to have inexhaustible gold.

The original original was worn on the hand of his good brother Odin.

Looking at Holo who was still chewing the apple with relish after saying this, Lorne rubbed his sore temples:

"You guessed it a long time ago?"

"Almost."

Holo took a bite of the apple and looked at her adoptive father with a smile.

"Although that person did it perfectly and left no evidence, you taught me that whoever benefits the most is the most suspicious. Just when the seven major dwarf clans showed signs of unification, a [Dragon Disaster] that swept across the entire dwarf country broke out, and even the next heir died in this dragon disaster. Don't you think it's too coincidental?

In addition, I heard that the god of poetry Bragi brought people to quell the dragon disaster this time with conditions - he wanted to marry Eden and represent Asa and the dwarves to get married."

Lorne sighed: "Do you have to do this? "

"If not, how can we hold the power of the dwarves in our hands?" Holo looked at the palace and said with a joking smile, "The kingdom has experienced a great chaos, and his own son has died. The old dwarf king will probably be exhausted and will not be able to hold on for long. When he reports to the underworld and marries Iden's poetry god Braki, he will be the most legitimate heir to the dwarf kingdom."

"Killing the other party's son, forcibly marrying the other party's daughter, and annexing the other party's clan power, killing people and destroying their hearts is nothing more than this. This method is too cruel." Loen shook his head and commented.

As a witness, he understood the hardships of the rise of the Aesir, so he did not object to Odin's use of power to fight for the interests of his own people, but some things should not be done too radically.

"Cruel?"

Hero looked at his adoptive father when he heard the voice, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Dad, why do you think he is kind?"

Lorne opened his mouth, speechless, and could only refute:

"At least he was not like this before."

"No, he has always been like this!"

Holo shook his head and denied, and proved one by one,

"He exchanged hostages with the Vanir by fraud, causing the Vanir to lose three powerful gods;

Spread rumors, instigated internal strife between the light elves and the dark elves, and let them consume each other;

He tricked the giants into building a fortress for the Aesir with benefits, but then broke the contract and killed them... These are all good things that His Majesty the God King has done.

And now, the Vanir, the elves, and the giants have all been weakened by him directly or indirectly, and it is not surprising that it is the turn of the dwarves."

Then, Holo looked at her adoptive father faintly:

"Dad, he is such a person, he will do anything to achieve his goals. As long as you stand in his way, it doesn't matter whether you are kind or not.

Some things can be cheated on others, but don't cheat yourself in the end."