Chapter 403 My Value (5,500-Word Chapter)
war. This term is not unfamiliar to any nation or civilization. But all races and civilizations that can stand tall in the forest of the world have withstood the test of blood and fire.
There can be no peace and rights without bloodshed and sacrifice. This is an irrefutable truth for many civilizations. Even gods are no exception. Those legendary battles of the gods, the battles between good and evil in those stories.
No matter what method is used to beautify and modify, its essence is cruel and bloody. Asgard won the Frost Giant, but this does not mean that Asgard will never have enemies.
The universe is so big that no one knows where the boundaries of the territory are. The universe is very small, too small to allow several civilizations to coexist in one star field.
Asgard has enemies to destroy, for there will always be worshipers calling on the gods for help. Those believers enslaved by evil gods live in the abyss.
They prayed to their gods for salvation. Odin no longer puts on his war robes to fight. Since the last time he completely defeated the Frost Giants, there is no enemy worthy of his own hands.
Now Asgard's military power has been entrusted to his son, Thor! He will inherit the throne in the future, and he needs qualifications and prestige. Otherwise, what would he use to convince the other gods.
Asgard is a powerful god system, and this power is based on Odin's many years of fighting in the north and south. The pile of evil gods he beheaded is enough to fill an asteroid.
Thor also needs to use the same means to prove himself. For example, what he is doing now is leading two thousand elite Asgardian fighters to attack an evil god of the Death Star.
Asmodeus, the god of desire, this is the name and priesthood of this evil god. As the God of Desire, he himself is much more influenced by priesthood than ordinary people are influenced by desire.
When he himself sinks into the sea of desire, he becomes a terrible evil god. He is as strong as his desire is. The Death Star was originally a planet dedicated to him as the Lord God. But now it has become a desert. No more life in sight.
And this wasn't the first planet Asmodeus had destroyed. Odin was guided by the believers, and he sent Thor to lead the army to attack Asmodeus.
On the solar boat, Thor was leading his newly caught flying goat as he proudly walked in front of Luo Ji: "Lo... Loki! Look, this is my new flying goat. Do you want to try riding it? My friend After a few days, I finally tamed it completely, and now I don’t have to worry about getting hurt when riding it!" He looked like he was coming to praise me.
Thor was often praised by other Asgardian gods for catching this flying goat. Because the flying goat has a violent temper and moves quickly, not many gods can really tame this creature to become their own mount.
Luo Ji glanced at Thor, and said listlessly: "Congratulations, my brother." She sat on the deck of the solar boat, reading the magic book lazily.
"Um." Thor was very hurt by Luo Ji's indifferent attitude, and he didn't know how to continue the topic. Fortunately, his messenger came to help Thor out of the siege: "We are almost at our destination."
Hearing the orderer's words, both Thor and Loki stood up. They sailed in the universe on a solar boat for nearly three months (the speed of the solar boat is close to the speed of light), and finally arrived at the target they wanted to attack this time.
A khaki-yellow planet appeared in everyone's field of vision, with the broken atmosphere and the refraction of light. Let the surface of this planet have a strange feeling when viewed from space. It's hard to believe that a few years ago this was a green and vibrant planet.
At that time Thor also visited this planet with Odin, but now this planet is lifeless.
"Asmodeus, the god of desire. He is proficient in mind magic and has a strong ability to confuse people. It will arouse the most instinctive desires, including greed, lust and killing and other negative effects." Luo Ji closed it The magic book, seriously.
"That's why Father asked me to help you, right, Thor." Luo Ji squinted at Thor. Thor nodded: "That's right, because in Asgard, except for the queen mother, you are the best person for using spiritual magic."
"Okay, I understand. Thor, you help me build a defensive formation, and I can quickly deal with Asmodeus. The evil god dominated by desire is not difficult to deal with, just..."
Before Luo Ji finished speaking, she was interrupted by Thor: "No, you will not participate in the war."
"What?" Luo Ji was a little puzzled: "If I don't participate in the war, let me leave Asgard so far to help you cheer? It's ridiculous."
"I need you to build a barrier of spiritual magic for everyone, so that you won't be affected by the God of Desire later." Thor looked at the dead and silent planet, and answered Luo Ji like this.
"Just for this?" Luo Ji said in an unbelievable tone: "I can solve Asmodeus in a simple way, just once..."
"No! You can't join the battle!" Thor interrupted Luo Ji roughly.
"Why?" Luo Ji stared at Thor and asked without giving an inch.
"You know why!" Thor didn't give in at all to Luo Ji's question. But the orderly on the side couldn't figure out what charade the two brothers were playing.
The commander of this battle is Thor. Naturally, they are what Thor says they are. Moreover, Thor has won many battles and cultivated considerable prestige in Asgard.
He strongly stated that Luo Ji does not need to participate in the war, but only needs to help everyone maintain their spiritual defense on the solar boat. Rocky finally gave in to Thor, though she felt she had a better way to resolve the fight.
But in order to maintain Thor's authority, she is not opposing anything. She just pulled Thor aside and quietly made a few suggestions.
"Impossible, the way you said it is too embarrassing. This terrible way to win the victory is not what I want." Rocky's way is to let Thor trap Asmodeus.
The power of the god of desire comes from desire. He is as strong as his enemies can provide it with desires. Loki asked Thor to trap him, and then Loki locked everyone's minds shut. In the way of a war of attrition, grind repeatedly until the God of Desire is grinded to death.
Ugly way of fighting, this kind of fighting is more heroic than anyone else. But more careful than anyone else. Thor instinctively doesn't like this way of fighting, he is Odin's son. He should fight like Odin, that's how he was taught by those around him since he was a child.
Odin would not win in such a cowardly way, even if he won in this way, it would be disgraceful. This kind of battle will not be written into poetry and sung by the gods!
The young Thor urgently needs to prove himself, to prove that he is a good king of Asgard. Defeating or even killing a real god is the best way for him to prove himself.
He didn't take Luo Ji's suggestion, he was confident that he could defeat the God of Desire in his own way! He's going to win an epic victory! He wants Thor's name to spread in the universe!
When he left with two thousand soldiers, Luo Ji could only wait for the solar boat to rely on the magic circle to provide everyone with a spiritual barrier. The battle was very intense, even if the solar boat stayed in outer space, Luo Ji could feel the intensity through the atmosphere.
The ground of the planet is shaking, and the air is full of killing and despair. Luo Ji knew that Thor did not fight according to his plan, he used his most usual way to fight.
The eye of the storm hovering in the center of the planet is the best proof. Thor is the god of storm and thunder, when Thor used all his divine power to build a lightning storm. The eye of the huge storm enveloped a third of the size of the planet.
Thor used two hundred percent of his strength to fight. The eye of the storm lasted as long as three planetary rotations (approximately equal to one and a half times the Earth's rotation.) before slowly disappearing.
When Thor held the head of the God of Desire and led the soldiers back to the solar boat again, Luo Ji was relieved.
"Is this the price of your victory, Thor? Three hundred and eighty-one corpses, 335 people were seriously injured, and 720 people were slightly injured." On the same day, the solar boat began to return to Asgard. .
But Luo Ji didn't attend the celebration reception after the soldiers' victory. She just called Thor to a place where no one was around, and asked him in a cold tone.
That tone upset Thor, figure it out! Now the battle is won, not lost! They took out an established deity. What is Luo Ji's tone? Does Xingshi question the guilt?
Thor was a little upset, but he still tried to keep calm and said: "There will definitely be casualties in the war. We are dealing with an old-fashioned god. This kind of casualty cannot be regarded as a big Luo Ji." Because no one was around, Thor called Luo Ji Ji's real name.
"I said, if I join the battle, or follow my method, we won't win so ugly at all!" Rocky didn't give Thor any face. She thought Thor was stupid enough to choose the worst when there were better options.
Just like the elven sword he gave himself back then, it could be obtained at a reasonable price in a store opened by the elves, but it was bought in the most stupid way—killing a big evil salamander. It seemed to Loki that both things were irrational.
But Thor doesn't think so, or his thinking mode is fundamentally different from that of Luo Ji. It's like certain things, he thinks it is necessary, even said it is necessary. Like how to win. Thor didn't find his way of winning ugly.
"Ugly?" The corner of Thor's mouth was twitching: "Do you know how powerful the God of Desire is? You just maintained magic on the solar boat when we were fighting bloody battles! What right do you have to accuse me?!"
"I said, I can join the battle. I have a way to deal with the God of Desire! I only need to use mind purification, only once! He will lose the ability to resist!" Loki said his own method, but this angered Thor.
"Enough! I know you are outstanding! You have always been excellent, and you have been smarter than me since you were a child! But you can't tell me everything. You can't join the war!" Thor said decisively.
"Why?" Luo Ji was also on the verge of going berserk, if Thor didn't give a reasonable explanation, she would make Thor look good.
"Because you're a girl!" Thor's words made sense. But it completely angered Luo Ji.
Magic power surged in her eyes, and a huge palm appeared in the void. bang~! The huge palm was clenched into a fist and hit Thor fiercely. Thor had no way to evade the attack because of his exhaustion from fighting the God of Desire.
He was smashed to the ground, was knocked into the air tens of meters away, and smashed into several walls.
"Thor! You are the most shameless bastard I've ever seen!" Luo Ji only cursed, and the person was gone. She decided to report this incident to Odin after returning to God's Domain.
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In God's Domain, Odin and his wife are waiting for the return of Thor and Luo Ji. Thor flaunts the head of the God of Desire as a trophy and parades in the realm of the gods. Countless gods and people cheered for him.
And Rocky had no interest in taking part in such a cruise. She thought this kind of thing was stupid. This way of fighting is stupid, the way of celebrating is stupid, and the people who celebrate are even more stupid!
Odin and Frigga also did not participate in the parade, which belonged to Thor's stage. They need to let Thor do the show himself. The couple had been waiting for Luo Ji's return early in her bedroom.
"Do you think she will like this gift?" Odin asked his wife Frigg with a small bamboo basket in his hand.
"She will like it. Thor has a flying goat as a pet, and she needs one too. This black cat sent by Taikoo Taiqiu is just right. This is the best pet for a wise mage." Frigg patted the palm of my husband.
For the girl Luo Ji, Odin and Frigga's love is immeasurable. What Thor has, Loki will have. And it will only be better than Thor, not worse than Thor.
And what Thor doesn't have, Loki will still have. In the entire Asgard, the only ones who knew Luo Ji's true gender were Odin and his wife, as well as Thor. So although everyone clearly felt that Loki was favored, Thor was never jealous. Because letting his sister go is a matter of course in his thinking.
When Luo Ji returned to Asgard and saw Odin and Frigga. I couldn't help but tell all the things that happened on the road: "Thor's decision is too stupid. This is a waste of the lives of Asgard warriors!"
Luo Ji's words made Odin and his wife silent. It was a while before Odin said, "You think Thor did something wrong?"
"He is too arrogant. He always thinks that bravery can solve all problems. But this is betting on the lives of Asgard's outstanding fighters. Everyone will die with him. He can't go on like this, father! "Luo Ji said seriously.
"I know that Thor is the future king of Asgard, but he can't act so easily and hastily. I request that I be allowed to lead an army alone in the future. I don't ask for more power than Thor, but I want to let He knows that there will always be a suitable way to fight. He can't joke about Asgard's future!"
"Do you know what you're talking about? Luo Ji?!" Odin looked at Luo Ji with some surprise. "Do you know what this means? If you do this, others will think that I want to make you king!"
"Why not?" Luo Ji didn't think there was anything wrong with this: "Could it be that I will do worse than Thor? At least I will not use the life of a soldier to fulfill my glory! This is absurd and Wrong thing!"
Odin and Frigga were silent at this moment, if Luo Ji was really her own son, not her niece. What Odin said was to train Luo Ji instead of Thor. Loki was better and wiser. In contrast, Thor is more suitable as a Valkyrie than a God King.
But there is no such thing as what it said. Leaving aside Luo Ji's life experience, just her identity as a woman cannot inherit the throne of God King of Asgard. You must know that although Odin is in control of Asgard, those ancient gods have set the rule that women should not be kings.
They made the original rules that women were not allowed to inherit the throne. This is nailed to Asgard's rules like an iron rule. And Odin doesn't think women are suitable to be god kings. So he replied almost without thinking: "Asgardian women cannot be kings!"
"Shouldn't being a king be based on ability? If Thor is really capable, why do you have to worry about it, my father!" Luo Ji seemed very attached to this matter.
"Rules are rules." Odin loved Luo Ji very much in other matters, but he would not give an inch in this matter. Because things are too complicated here.
In fact, the seeds had already been planted when he and Frigga lied to Loki. Whatever you sow, you will reap the fruit. The reincarnation here remains unchanged for thousands of years.
The conversation between Loki and Odin ended unhappy. Only Frigga was left with Luo Ji. She hugged Luo Ji and gently patted her on the back and said, "Your brother just needs a little time to prove himself."
Luo Ji lowered her head and said in a sleepy voice: "He has time to prove his worth, so what about me? Will I be treated like a waste and follow Thor for the rest of my life?"
Frigga didn't know how to comfort Luo Ji. She is smart and excellent, but there is no stage for her to display. This may be the saddest thing for her.
Odin is gone, but the bamboo basket he brought is still there. The pure black kitten jumped out of the basket. It seemed that it recognized Luo Ji as its owner the first time it met.
It jumped onto Luo Ji's shoulder and licked Luo Ji's earlobe with its small tongue. Luo Ji took a look at the solid black cat and hugged it into her arms. Luo Ji lifted her disguise, revealing her true face as a woman.
Her long black hair and sapphire-like eyes are her signature. Frigga gently stroked her daughter's long hair and looked at Luo Ji sullenly, but she had no choice. Suddenly, Rocky's long, manicured hair snapped at the length of the shawl.
"Luo Ji!" Frigg knew that Luo Ji did it herself, and she used magic to cut her long hair short. But Frigga didn't understand why Rocky would do this.
"Mom, they are all wrong." Luo Ji said softly holding the kitten in her arms: "Asgard cannot be destroyed by Thor in this way. Give me some time, and I will prove myself!"
Luo Ji's eyes were firm, and Frigga could only hug her beloved daughter tightly and support her in this way.
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Holding the sword of truth in his hand, Li Jie saw Luo Ji's face. He was a little absent-minded, and he felt that someone must be joking with him now. Wait, is this Loki's new magic? In fact, I was confused by Loki from the beginning?
The more Li Jie thought about it, the more possible it became. He wanted to loosen his grip on the sword of truth. But the contract was being made, and he couldn't do it halfway.
It wasn't until the contract was signed that Li Jie let go of the sword of truth.
Now that Li Jie has seen it, Luo Ji also generously took off the disguise: "I think we should get to know each other again. I, the princess of Asgard, Luo Ji."
"Ah, ha, ah." Li Jie could only utter a burst of speech with unclear meaning, and he felt that his three views were about to shatter.
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