After winning a great battle that almost took them to the battlefield, Tae Kyung and his friends celebrated their victory in Valhalla. They stood before Valkyrie Reginleif, who praised them for their contributions in defending Asgard and the nine planets. Their fighting spirit was so strong, and it was reflected in the words Tae Kyung shared with Salveig.Tae Kyung nodded his head while asking Bjorn, one of his fellow warriors in Valhalla, about something he had noticed. He was curious if female warriors were rare in Valhalla, considering there was only one female captain named Alvtr there."Um, actually, yes. But it's an extreme case," Bjorn replied, nodding. "If you look at all of Valhalla, the ratio of female warriors is 1 in 30.""That many?" Tae Kyung was surprised to hear that number.Although the majority of warriors in Valhalla were men, Alvtr was the only female warrior there. The difference between 1 in 2000 and 1 in 30 felt significant to Tae Kyung.Bjorn laughed in respons

After Jin Tae Kyung agreed, Brunhilds placed her palms back on Jin Tae Kyung's chest. She closed her eyes as if reading runes, then smiled brightly and said, "Are you evenly distributing them?""It seems like I need all of them," Jin Tae Kyung replied."You're thinking wisely. Let me put it this way: you're more of an all-rounder warrior, so it's better to do what you're doing rather than focusing on one thing."In a game, one would choose between a damage tree or a defense tree based on effectiveness, but this was reality. Furthermore, Brunhilds was contemplating slow growth that implied evenly increasing all abilities rather than dramatic growth."Actually, after facing what I faced yesterday, I thought about focusing on health."Because if your health becomes stronger, it appears that your resistance to surprises also becomes stronger. However, Brunhilds shook her head."That's not bad initially, but don't invest all your runes there. You should always remember that you'll be fight

Ransgrids, the leader of the army, carefully placed the map on the empty table next to the altar. The map appeared small as most of the territory was dominated by the imposing Black Fortress."We are currently here. Initially, our main objective was to recapture this fortress, but the situation has changed," Ransgrids said, pointing his finger towards the Black Fortress."There is an enemy force approaching from the west. Given their speed, we will be engaged in battle within a few days."A soldier sitting among them asked, "Should we send out reconnaissance units?"Ransgrids shook his head gently. "No, that task will be carried out by our Valkyries. Reginleif has just departed."They had just received information about the approaching enemy forces. As Ransgrids looked towards the gate, he saw Reginleif leaving the fortress with determined steps."What I want to provide you with is the location of the dwarf mines."Ransgrids' finger moved again, indicating the position of the mines to

Just as Avtr felt it was safe to continue their journey inside the dwarf mine, an arrow came flying towards them. They quickly followed one of the dwarves named Isaac, who appeared and gave them directions."Let me go!" shouted a wounded soldier with an arrow in his thigh, while another soldier pulled him, yelling."Silence!" came a firm command from a leader among the soldiers."Quick!" cried a desperate kobold who opened a door. Arrows started raining down as if his cry was a signal."Ah! I've been hit!" exclaimed one of the soldiers."Run!" shouted another.With agility like a squirrel, Avtr slipped through the door and leaned against the door frame, pulling out the bow and arrows strapped to his back."Shoot!" he called out.Their target was not to drive away the enemy but to protect themselves.As Avtr released a second arrow, Jin Tae Kyung and Salveig rolled together and entered the building. Tae Kyung felt relieve

Ten Valhalla warriors and twenty dwarf warriors were inside the fortress, the remnants of their forces after three Valhalla warriors and five dwarves were injured and unable to fight. The dwarves carried round shields, swords, and axes, while the Valhalla warriors who had lost their shields in the rain of arrows received new ones from the dwarves.After the preparations were complete, Alvtr, one of the Valhalla warriors, counted the time. Midday was approaching."Let's go!" Isaac, one of the Valhalla warriors, exclaimed, urging the warriors forward and standing at the front line. Alvtr followed them from behind.The dwarven fortress consisted of underground corridors connecting mines and the surface fortress. Their meeting place was not underground, but on the top floor of the fortress."I'm certain we won't encounter enemies until we reach the summit. But from then on, we must fight with all our might," Isaac trembled. Alvtr nodded in agreement and whispered softly to Jin Tae Kyung,