"Village Chief! We must find a way. If this continues, the people in the village will starve to death sooner or later!"
"What can you ask me to do? There are only so many natural resources nearby. The further away from the village, the higher the risk of hunting. Have you forgotten how Anka disappeared?"
As soon as he approached the village hut, Skadi heard a fierce argument coming from inside the house.
"Dong dong~"
Skadi knocked on the door politely, then turned around uneasily and looked in the direction where Lu Xiao, Yongzhen and others were.
Lu Xiao's thumbs up received a disdainful look from Skadi, but Yongzhen's encouraging smile put a smile on Skati's face again.
Lu Xiao's expression was a little stiff: "...Isn't this too discriminatory?"
"Be content, brother."
Mimir gloated and said: "At least she can still face your existence and not completely ignore you as a transparent creature."
"Shut up."
About five minutes later, Skadi walked out of the village chief's hut and waved to a few people.
The mayor of this small village is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his 30s, but of course his actual age is certainly not that number.
"Welcome travelers to Langmu Village, I am the village chief Langmu."
From the names of the village and the village chief, you can guess that the village was founded by the village chief.
Lu Xiao and others politely saluted the village chief, and most of the nearby giants looked at them with curious and expectant eyes.
'What's going on? This attitude is a bit strange.'
Langmu saw the doubts of Lu Xiao and others, and explained with a smile: "Please don't worry, we have no ill intentions, we are just happy because the prophecy is about to come true."
"prophecy?"
"Yes."
Langham said solemnly: "This village was established more than 100 years ago. After Jotunheim was closed to the outside world, our life has been very difficult."
"I once traveled a long distance to Ymirheim to ask for the help of sages. One of the sages told me that in the future, a woman of the same race will lead her fellow travelers to solve the problem that has troubled us for a long time."
Lu Xiao raised his eyebrows and exchanged glances with Mimir on Fenrir's back.
In Mimir's words, Lu Xiao, as an outsider, would not be directly predicted, but could only appear in the prophecy indirectly.
It now appears that Skadi's resurrection has long been predicted by the giant sages, so the prophecy about her was told to the village chief of Langham by the sages.
"Right."
The village chief remembered something, left Lu Xiao and others and walked to the cabinet to look around.
"The sage also gave me a rune stone back then and asked me to give it to the female compatriot in the prophecy after the situation was resolved."
Compared to outsiders such as Lu Xiao and Yong Zhen, Skadi, who grew up in Jotunheim, has long been accustomed to the chattering of the giant sages.
"Okay, what trouble are you in? We will follow the sage's predictions to help you solve the problem."
…
If it weren't for the mysterious prophecy, Lu Xiao felt like they were playing an RPG game to complete tasks and get rewards.
The crisis in Langham Village is not difficult for Lu Xiao and others.
A wild boar that was not even smaller than the giant prototype was entrenched in the nearest hunting ground outside the village, forcing the hunters in the village to avoid the wild boar and hunt farther away.
The hunting ground behind Langam Village was personally selected by the village chief, Langam, and is also the foundation of Langam Village.
Without this golden hunting ground, the risk of hunters traveling far away to hunt has increased dramatically. A few years ago, a skilled hunter mysteriously disappeared while out hunting.
The village chief of Langham also thought about gathering all the hunters to hunt down the giant wild boar, but even if they risked restoring it to its original form, there was nothing they could do against this wild overlord with a large number of magic patterns carved on its body.
As a last resort, the village chief of Langham traveled to the Giant King's Court to seek help from the sages, and received a vague prophecy from the sages.
The prophecy did not clearly indicate the name of the destined person or when he would arrive. The village chief of Langham could only tell the villagers about the pie drawn by the sage to encourage them to continue to persevere.
After all, the effect of chicken blood injection has its limit. Under the extremely real pressure of life, even the village chief of Langham doubted whether there was something wrong with the sage's prediction.
The arrival of Skadi finally sealed the conclusion of the prophecy, and the villagers of Langham Village finally waited for the prophesied hero.
When it comes to hunting, no one can match Skadi's skills.
She readily promised the village chief that she would hunt down the magic pig, and received an excited and kind hug from the village chief of Langham.
Needless to say, the result was that the village chief who violated the taboo was thrown to the ground by Skadi's conditioned reflex over his shoulder. He looked confused and thought about how he had offended her.
In the Nordic world, hug-like contact between men and women is usually to show friendship. The Nordic people with strong folk customs are not as conservative as Tamamo Mae and Nagama from the East.
Seeing Skadi poking out the trap, Lu Xiao hurriedly explained the existence of Langham, who was lying on the ground doubting his life, with an apologetic face.
"Sorry, your compatriot is a little... allergic to men due to some past experiences."
The village chief of Langemu was also a veteran. Under Lu Xiao's hint of winking, he immediately showed an expression of astonishment.
"Oh! So that's it, I was too reckless."
Skadi stared at Lu Xiao's back with cold eyes: "I always feel like you are talking bad about me."
Lu Xiao suddenly felt a chill in his vest, "How could you have guessed this?! The giant's intuition is so terrifying..."
After receiving an expectant farewell from the people left behind in Langham Village, Skadi started a new hunting trip with confidence.
Lu Xiao, Yong Zhen and others are just amateurs in hunting. If they go there, they can only hinder Skadi. They might as well stay in the village and wait for good news.
However, Fenrir, who was originally Mimir's "mount", was temporarily borrowed by Skadi. After Lu Xiao took off Mimir's head, he left the village one man and one wolf and quickly disappeared into the snow.
Fenrir was running freely in the forest, and Skadi was able to follow Fenrir closely without being left behind.
With Fenrir's help, Skadi found the traces left by the lord-level demon pig.
"Hiding in a cave?"
Following along, Skadi discovered a huge cave next to a small lake.
Langham is located at the foot of the Yarki Mountains, and the continuous peaks separate the frozen soil north of Jotunheim from the plains where the core settlement is located.
This continuous mountain range blocks the cold wind from the north, causing the climate of the plains behind the mountains to be completely different from that of the tundra zone to the north.
Judging from the size and structure of this cave, Skadi is basically certain that it is unnatural.
"Did the magic pig dig it out?"
Skadi looked thoughtfully at Fenrir, who was on guard next to him, and combed the hair on his back.
"Xiao Fen, help me to lure that magic pig out."
"roar!"
Under Skadi's surprised gaze, Fenrir, who rushed out of the woods, quickly grew in size.
"Ouch!!"
The loud howling of wolves sounded beside the small lake, and the distant sound spread to the village of Langham several kilometers away.
Yongzhen, who was helping Tamamo-mae take care of his tail, changed his expression. He formed a seal with his left hand to establish a direct connection with Fenrir, extracting Fenrir's vision and presenting it to everyone in a live broadcast.
"Boom! Boom!"
Fenrir's provocative roar quickly received a response, and Lu Xiao and others could feel the vibrations coming from the ground even though they were far apart.
A huge wild boar, one circle larger than Fenrir, walked out of the hole. The sharp tusks looked very oppressive, and the magic patterns on its body made Skadi feel the pressure in front of him.
But this kind of pressure caused a rather coquettish and competitive smile on Skadi's face.