To keep it short. All I did was punch the bad guy then got punched by him then I was saved by Tae. For that, I get a free stay for a week, which could be longer if not for the damage that I caused. The woman that I helped is the daughter of the inn owner. Also, she is one year older than me. Apparently, without a beard, I’m not a man… That’s why she always calls me boy… When she was bandaging me she noticed the tattoo. She was surprised at first, that a “boy” has a real tattoo. Luckily for me, she didn’t recognize that it was a mark of Loki. At least now the villagers look differently at us. And yes I kept the promise to the merchant. Now that they know us and we know where the village is we borrowed a boat and didn’t have to move across the mountain. I want to avoid this monster for as long as I can.
[ Eric ]
“As I promised here you have five good swords, five silver each.”
[ Merchant ]
“Pleasure doing business with you…”
[ Eric ]
“Eric! Eric Hoffman.”
[ Galmar ]
“Galmar, son of Salmar.”
[ Eric ]
“By the way, I only sold my things to you but I never checked what you sell.”
[ Galmar ]
“Well… You can buy many different things in my stall. But I’m known for tools and ritual items.”
[ Eric ]
“Rituals?”
[ Galmar ]
“You don’t know? Where do you even come from?”
I wanted to answer that but Tae told me that people might fear me especially when I’m blessed by Loki. We other worlders are like mystical creatures to them.
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[ Eric ]
“Sorry! It’s my secret!”
[ Galmar ]
“Ok…”
[ Eric ]
“Then can you tell me more about the rituals?”
[ Galmar ]
“Every clan and village worship different gods so rituals are different. We all worship many gods but if we need something we can only ask one god. Like praying for a good harvest to Frejr.”
[ Eric ]
“Oh… I get that.”
[ Galmar ]
“Also some pray just to see a god.”
[ Eric ]
“How do you do that?”
[ Galmar ]
“You need to build a shrine. It doesn’t need to be big.”
[ Eric ]
“Do you have one?!”
[ Galmar ]
“Yes, I do. It's a shrine for Njord since my son is a fisherman.”
[ Eric ]
“So every shrine is for a different god?”
[ Galmar ]
“Yup. We don’t worship all the gods at the same time because it might bring a disaster. It’s like saying that you have a wife but you love every woman on the island.”
[ Eric ]
“I’ll keep that in mind… See you later.”
I don’t like Loki but since I was blessed by him I definitely will need to talk to him sometimes whether I like it or not. Why… everything stopped?
[ Voices ]
“Prepare” “It’s coming!” “Get ready” “Monster” “Ragnarok” “War” “Next test” “It’s dangerous” “It’s scary” “It’s strong.”
Said many voices all around me but I couldn’t see anyone. The voices were getting too loud. I covered my ears but they didn’t stop. Right before I screamed there was the last thing
[ Voice ]
“Wait for more signs… Eric…”
I remember that voice… Or at least part of it? This was like one person said it with the voices of a few people. I’m not sure if he blessed me or cursed me… Something is coming. But what! When? Why? WHERE? Some people were staring at me. I covered my face and left. The first place I needed to visit was the Inn. Especially Tae. I needed to inform him… or rather ask him about what just happened?