13. Vanity Schemes

"As for the future of Asgard, I have my plan, so don't come up with any more crazy ideas."

At the last moment of the God-King's Dream, Odin decisively rejected Merlin's genius idea, and Merlin didn't insist on the decisiveness of the God-King.

He said with regret:

"Well, actually, I think Thor and Loki are really a good match"

He looked at Odin, and he said:

"If you had picked up a girl in the temple in Jotunheim, how could there be so much trouble now, don't you think?"

"Well, indeed."

The god king's white hair was blown by the sea breeze, and there were golden arcs dancing on the pale hair.

He said:

"If Loki was a girl from the beginning, then her union with Thor was destined, but unfortunately, God failed."

The God King stood up from the stone, and he said to Merlin:

"As for me, my thinking belongs to the more traditional type. I can't accept two sons together. This is too shocking."

"So it's a pity."

Lord Raven smiled, and did not insist any longer.

But when he left the dreamland, he remembered one thing, he turned back and said to the King of God:

"I told you before, about the possibility of Asgard migration"

"I've thought about it."

Odin looked at Merlin. Indeed, a long time ago, when the Dark Alliance was almost formed, Merlin had just been resurrected.

He asked Raven Muning to convey his thoughts to the God King.

Maybe Odin should prepare in advance. If the battle situation is not good, at least he can use the powerful teleportation ability of the Rainbow Bridge to send part of the land of God's Domain and the Asgardians to other worlds.

This task sounds shocking, but in fact, given the size of Asgard's continent, it is not impossible.

tell the truth in this world

Really tiny.

It was just a reminder at first, but after Merlin took a job from God, the reminder turned into a strategy.

Even a hint.

"I know you want to cover everything, Lord Raven, I can understand your thoughts."

God King frowned and said:

"But if things go well, things don't get there."

"Yes, if everything goes well, we really can't get there."

Merlin flicked his fingers, he looked at Odin, he said:

"But I prefer to have a backup plan, Your Excellency the God King, you should be able to understand that, no matter how perfectly designed a plan is, there will always be various accidents when it is executed."

"Tor and I are friends, and my resurrection is also a favor from you. I am full of goodwill to the beautiful world of Asgard. I don't want to see it sink in the flames of war."

"This is also the reason why I intervened in this war and chose to help you."

"But Odin, we have been thinking about victory. I think we should also consider the possibility of failure once in a while. You said it yourself. The members of the Dark Alliance are all troublesome guys. We can't underestimate them, just in case"

"I mean, what if they have some secret weapon that hasn't been made public?"

Merlin blinked, and he said to Odin:

"If the war turns around at the last moment and our alliance falls into the possibility of failure, I don't care. I come from hell. I have many ways to leave with my army, but what about you?"

"Where are your people?"

"Setting the decisive battle in Asgard is to defeat the enemy at once. This is to lure the enemy to go deep, but the life of your people and the entire Asgard world depends on this victory."

Raven shrugged, and he persuaded:

"A backup plan that can save the lives of the vast majority of Asgardians is a must."

"At least in my opinion, a piece of land that can be transferred at any time is taken from the mainland of Asgard to ensure that your godheads will not be broken. That is the last hope under disaster."

"If you want to win, you have to have enough cards in your hand to be able to play a tiebreaker at any time."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, and he waved his hand as a gesture of farewell.

He said:

"Of course, it's up to you to decide, I'm just making a suggestion."

After finishing speaking, Merlin's figure disappeared into the God King's dream, watching Merlin leave, God King Odin's brows did not loosen.

Merlin's reminder sounded fine.

As a king, he should indeed give priority to ensuring the safety of his own people under any circumstances, as well as those who retreated to the God's Domain to take refuge in other worlds under the threat of war.

Merlin's suggestion also sounds reasonable.

But the God King always felt that there was something tricky about it, as if, after Lord Raven's suggestion, there were still some small thoughts that belonged to him hidden.

Is he taking this opportunity to weaken Asgard?

No, it shouldn't.

He is in hell, and there is no conflict of interest between him and Asgard. So, is it really only from the perspective of the people of Asgard that he made this suggestion?

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Is it true that Merlin suggested that Odin make a migration plan in advance just out of kindness?

No!

of course not.

Just like other people who join this war have their own purpose and thinking, Merlin Riley also has his own needs for this war.

Although there is nothing malicious about it.

With the help of the Archangel Gabriel, Merlin has observed the system of the World Tree star field at close range several times. In this indescribable concept galaxy located at the symbolic level, there are incomprehensible powers.

Just as the nine kingdoms are located on different branches of the world tree, they once existed in the tenth realm here.

That is, the world that was torn off from the branches of the World Tree by Odin in anger, and thrown into the void, is still under the blockade of the World Tree star field.

To rescue those exiled angels from the void, Merlin needs to break the blockade of this conceptual power first.

Under normal circumstances, this cannot be done.

Odin wouldn't allow Merlin to unleash the angels who killed his daughter, and Merlin didn't want to turn against Odin.

He has to find a suitable opportunity.

"The power of the seal rests on the world of Asgard itself. If this world can be moved from its current position, the conceptual power of the World Tree can be unbalanced."

Lord Raven walked in Odin's golden palace like a ghost with his hands behind his back.

He thought about the problem he was facing now.

"A short migration can create a perfect opportunity. Before God's Domain returns to its original position, I will have enough time to release the angel and get the Spear of Destiny."

"But it has to be done seamlessly."

The king of vanity's eyes were full of thinking, and he said softly:

"Any mistake will make Odin stand on the opposite side of me again. It's not that I'm afraid of him. It's just that at this moment when every second counts, I really don't have time to fight with the God King again."

"You can fight, but you don't have to."

He shook his head, looking at the treasure house at the end of his vision.

Odin's Vault, Eternal Flame and Surtur's Skull are all kept here.

"Maybe, this task can be completed by the Lord of Fire. As long as it makes a big enough noise, it can force Odin to start the preparations for world migration! No, this is too clumsy."

Merlin quickly dismissed the idea, saying:

"It can't be so straightforward, I need a surprise factor, or arrange a just-right surprise."

"hum"

While talking to himself, Lord Raven's figure darted into Odin's treasury without disturbing the Golden Palace guards guarding outside the treasury at all.

The treasure house of the god king is magnificent.

As the royal family ruling Asgard, Odin's fathers left many precious collections, and Odin himself also had his own collection during his long reign.

The rare treasures of these stars are placed on the stone platforms on both sides of the futuristic and mysterious treasure house.

The stone pillars made of obsidian are of different heights, and they look no different from ordinary exhibition stands, and various objects emitting various colors of light are placed on them.

In the dim halo of the treasure house, a halo like a sea of ​​stars was outlined.

The treasure house in front of Meilin's eyes is like a super-large museum, walking on the frosted road, from those priceless exhibits, Meilin can even clearly feel the changes of time and civilization.

But Odin definitely wouldn't just throw his treasures here so simply. Under the invisible halo, these stone pillars are densely packed with warning runes.

The thieves who broke into this place and couldn't control their own hands would definitely die a miserable death, and the guards of the Golden Palace didn't even need to do it.

But these treasures couldn't fascinate Merlin's eyes. After all, he is a hell lord, so he still has the style he should have. What's more, Merlin also has his own "treasure house".

Although in most cases, he would call that place a storage room.

"This place is too big, it must be inconvenient to clean."

"Well, there are too many things, but it loses its proper style. So many things are thrown here casually, and there is no unified style at all."

"Although there are many things, most of them are clichéd, and there are no refreshing collections."

"There is still a lack of managers, yes, a beautiful treasure house manager is missing."

Merlin walked in the treasure house of the god king, commenting on Odin's treasure house from time to time.

Comparing it to my own small storage room in the mystery house, my tone was full of the sour taste of eating a big lemon.

Indeed, he said he didn't care, but in fact, he was still a little envious in his heart.

When will my own storage room be as worthy of the name as Odin's treasure house?

"Well, I found it."

Merlin walked to the end of the treasure house, and saw a brazier placed there like an ornament.

There is an orange flame burning on the brazier, which looks no different from an ordinary brazier, but this is where Odin is cunning. This brazier is probably the most precious thing in the treasure house.

Eternal fire, the flame that brings life.

Odin's most prized trophy.

"swish"

Merlin raised his hands and put them on both sides of the Eternal Brazier. He didn't need the flame, what he needed was the cosmic force contained in the flame.

Just like the power extracted from the ultimate mother box.

The orange power of vanity entwined around Merlin's fingertips.

The first time was raw, the second time was familiar, in just a few seconds, the blue energy like the halo of stars was "grabbed" out of the flames between the fingers of Vainglory Maharaja.

It rolled in Merlin's fingers, just like an active slime, it was extracted from the eternal flame, and then it was put into the Raven Book at his waist while the raven's fingers were spinning.

A gleam of light from the stars flickered on the dark red book.

Another cosmic force has arrived!

"Burn it, burn it."

Merlin glanced at the eternal flame burning in front of him. He turned his head and searched for the obsidian stone pillars on his left. Soon, he found his next target.

The skull of Surtur the Fire Lord.

After losing the blessing of flame and magma power, the skull of the Lord of Fire resembles the helmet of some kind of steel creature.

Like a skeleton, there are y-shaped horns on both sides, and there is nothing in the black eye sockets, as if they have been burned in flames, covered with black ash.

Overall it looks rusty.

This thing is the highest level of spoils captured by the Asgardians in this war. After the death of one of the leaders of the dark coalition forces, the powerful King of Fire, such a thing is left.

It was less than 10 meters away from the eternal flame that would bring Surtur back to full power.

but

Without the help of a third party, the distance of 10 meters would be an insurmountable distance.

"You're certainly not stupid enough to send yourself to your death."

Lord Raven's fingers touched the cold rusty skull, and when his consciousness was diving deep, he said softly:

"You have an internal response in the golden palace. Let me guess. The internal response prepared for you by those powerful dark elves will throw your skull into the eternal fire at the right time."

"The Lord of Fire will wake up in the flame of creation, and then exert his destructive power on the land of God's Domain, bringing the real Ragnarok to Asgard."

"Everything is just a plan, everything is going according to plan, a plan that has lasted for thousands of years, and now it is finally time to execute."

The consciousness of the Vainglord dived into a scorching world filled with magma and flames. He hovered in the airspace of the burning world, watching the huge, scorching soul undulating in the magma sea below.

He raised his left hand, holding a howling soul in his fingers, and said softly:

"But a small problem is that your internal response has been killed by me."

"One small link is missing from the big plan, no one will help you throw your skull into the eternal fire, you will be trapped here to die, and Odin will laugh at your stupidity and self-sacrifice from his throne snare."

"Roar!"

This angered Surtur.

The entire burning world of flames rolled up at this moment, and the raging waves of the lava sea accompanied Surtur's rise, like a sun exploding.

The black flaming giant sword roared and slashed towards the King of Vainglory in the air.

The latter did not evade, he said:

"And I am happy to do it for you"

"hum"

The scorching blade stopped in the air in front of Raven's eyes, and Surtur's astonished face was reflected in the mirror formed by the tumbling flames.

"Don't be so surprised, burning friend."

Maharaja stretched out his hand and flicked the Twilight Branch in front of him.

In the swaying and rolling of the flames wrapped around the blade, he said:

"I didn't come all the way here to ridicule you, and I'm not interested in seeing a giant lose its temper. The reason why I killed your nephew is because I really want to help."

"I mean, when you need to, put your skull into the eternal fire, so that you can complete the mission of Ragnarok."

"certainly"

Merlin chuckled lightly. He pinched his two fingers together and made a "little bit" gesture. He said:

"I need a little kindness from you in return."

"A small favor."