The Greece Antagonist-Chapter 921 - 61: It’s Okay to Deceive Brothers, Just Don’t Deceive Yourself

His friends who often killed knew well that mutilating a corpse is often done to conceal certain traces. Targeting special parts usually has a specific purpose.

If his guess was correct, he probably already knew the true nature of the Rhein Gold.

After concluding his meeting with the Dwarf King, it was already late into the night.

Luo En left the remaining issues to Freya, who accompanied him, and moved to the small courtyard provided by the guild to recuperate.

Since his companions were still on their way back to Turin City, the place was very quiet.

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

“Back already?”

A canine Goddess with wolf ears and chestnut-brown long hair was comfortably sitting in a chair, with her long and fair legs propped up on the table, leisurely munching on an apple, her dust-covered feet swaying leisurely, treating the area as if it were her own wolf den.

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Luo En involuntarily touched his own undisguised face, looking at Heluo in some surprise:

“You don’t seem surprised?”

“Old man, you don’t think your disguise was very clever, do you?”

Heluo pointed to her delicate nose, quite smug.

She had detected his scent.

Luo En understood his oversight, and shaking his head, pulled over another chair to sit down across the stone table, lifting his hand to rub his sore temples.

Seeing this, Heluo threw down the apple core and asked:

“It seems the matter did not go smoothly?”

“There was an unexpected issue.”

Luo En replied in a deep voice, and then briefly relayed the incident to Heluo.

After hearing the narrative, Heluo furrowed her brow and asked:

“So, what exactly is the Rhein Gold?”

“A ring.”

Luo En sipped his tea and replied leisurely.

According to the records of Nordic Mythology, the dwarf Andvari had a magical ring—Andvaranaut.

Its name meant “Andvari’s treasure,” also known as “the gold-drawing ring,” possessing the magical power to “make gold multiply and propagate” and “lead its holder to gold mines.”

Under the influence of this Divine Artifact, he accumulated a vast wealth, but it also brought him disaster.

—The Great God Odin forcibly took his treasure and the ring, giving it to another dwarf as compensation for accidentally killing that dwarf’s son.

Yes, that unlucky fellow was the father of the two brothers, Fafnir and Regin, who killed and robbed him out of filial piety.

Afterwards, Fafnir and Regin, the two brothers, fled to the Northern Realm with the treasure and the ring, where they were captured by the Durin Clan.

To save their own lives, they handed over the treasure. That magical ring, which could probe for gold mines and multiply the gold, also ended up in the hands of the Dwarf Prince.

However, in the Nordic World, there exists a pervasive law of Fate—everything comes at a price.

The Gold-Absorbing Ring, while it can bring its holder vast wealth, also contains a terrible Curse; overuse leads to grave consequences.

For instance, the Dragon Disease!

If my guess is correct, this is probably the cause of the Dragon Disaster that has struck Dwarf Country.

“Anvari…” Heluo pondered the name in her mouth, murmuring thoughtfully, “We’ve been trading with Dwarf Country so long, but I’ve never heard of such a person among the Seven Dwarf Clans.”

As a Goddess responsible for trade, if such a wealthy figure really existed in Dwarf Country, she should have an impression of them.

Immediately after, Heluo paused and picked up an apple, looking toward her foster father and said faintly:

“But that Gold-Absorbing Ring, it does sound somewhat familiar to me. However, not in Dwarf Country, its official name is—”

“Droprnir Gold Ring…”

Luo En muttered softly, tilting his head back to down the tea in his cup in one gulp.

Legend has it that this object is a symbol of wealth, reproducing eight copies of itself every nine days, granting its holder an inexhaustible supply of gold.

The original piece is worn on the hand of his brother Odin.

Watching Heluo continue devouring her apple with relish after saying all that, Luo En rubbed his aching temples:

“You guessed it already?”

“Pretty much.”

Heluo took a bite of the apple, gazing at her foster father with a smile,

“Although he did it perfectly without leaving any evidence, you taught me, the one who profits the most is the most suspicious. The Seven Dwarf Clans just showed signs of unification, and then a Dragon Disaster swept across the entirety of Dwarf Country, and even the next successor died in this disaster. Don’t you think that’s too much of a coincidence?

Plus, I’ve heard that Poetry God Bragi had a condition for coming to quell the Dragon Disaster—he wants to marry Eden, signifying an alliance between the Asa and the Dwarf Clan.”

Luo En sighed, “Is it necessary to go this far?”

“How else can the power of the Dwarf Clan be gripped firmly in hand?” Heluo looked toward the Royal Palace, smiling sardonically, “The Kingdom is in turmoil, and his own son has died. The Old Dwarf King is probably worn out and won’t last much longer. Once he departs for the Netherworld, Bragi, who has married Eden, will become the most legitimate successor to Dwarf Country.”

“To kill a man’s son, to forcibly take his daughter, and to absorb his Clan’s power—such malevolence is truly like stabbing the heart. These methods are a bit too cruel,” commented Luo En, shaking his head.

As a witness, he understood the hardship of the Asa Divine Race’s rise, thus, he didn’t oppose Odin scheming for his Race’s interests, but some things shouldn’t be done too ruthlessly.

“Cruel?”

Heluo turned to look at her foster father with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

“Old Dad, why would you think he’s kind?”

Luo En opened his mouth, at a loss for words, and could only retort sullenly:

“At least he wasn’t like this before.”

“No, he has always been like this!”

Heluo shook her head, denying it point by point,

“using deceit to exchange hostages with the Warner Divine Race, causing them to lose three powerful Chief Gods;

spreading rumors to instigate internal fighting between the Light Elves and the Dark Elves, leading them to deplete each other;

luring Giants with promises of gain to build fortresses for the Asa Divine, but then breaking the agreement and killing them… All of these are the ‘good deeds’ His Majesty the King of Gods has done.

Now, the Warner Divine Race, Elf Clan, and Giant Clan have all been weakened directly or indirectly by him, it’s not surprising that the Dwarf Clan is next.”

Then, Heluo looked earnestly at her foster father:

“Old Dad, that’s just the kind of person he is, unscrupulous in achieving his goals. Whoever stands in his way doesn’t matter if they’re kind or merciful.

Some lies might work on others, but in the end, don’t deceive yourself too.”