34. Father and Son
"kuang"
In far Jotunheim, the realm of the frost giants of the Nine Kingdoms.
The god king Odin, who galloped across the sky on an eight-legged steed, waved the golden spear in his hand, and dazzling lightning bolts turned into his weapons, tearing apart the gloomy sky of the ice kingdom.
Under Odin's indifferent gaze, those dancing thunderbolts blasted the battlefield below in a sweeping gesture, knocking down those still stubborn frost giants to the ground.
The long war is coming to an end.
The Asgardian warriors, commanded by the God King himself, drove the rebellious frost giants from the Frost Court of Jotunheim all the way to this desperate ice cliff.
With the support of Asgard's Sky Chaser formation, one hundred thousand capable fighters attacked the last stubborn frost giants from all directions on the ground.
It's like a pair of fists hitting the already decayed gate ruthlessly. Perhaps in the next moment, the defense line of these frost giants will be completely torn apart.
The God King looked down at the earth in the sky, and he could see the king of the frost giants, the fiercest and most cunning one, Laufey, who was wearing the traditional armor of the frost giants.
The terrifying king of giants is brandishing an ice hammer, driving his wildling-like giants to their death.
Laufey is at the end of his rope, just as it ended the war it tried to invade Midgard more than 1,000 years ago.
Odin will crush the ambition of the giant king again, and then defeat the rebellious giants, making them submit to Asgard's rule again.
But even though the victory was right in front of him, the God King still did not let go of his frown.
Although the Frost Giants have been known for their rebelliousness since their birth, this riot came in a bit too weird.
There was no sign of it. It took less than a year between when Odin heard that the frost giants began to regain their worship of the winter goddess Skadi, and when large-scale riots and wars began.
These savage frost giants seem to be really blessed by that illusory belief, and they have become tougher, more violent, and more difficult than before.
Moreover, the God King also noticed that during this war, the number of frost giant shamans has greatly increased, which is also a bad omen.
The spellcasting ability of the frost giants is not worth mentioning. Most of them can only use superficial innate magic, but the shamans who believe in the goddess Skadi are different. They are a group of people who are best at using ice magic in the Nine Realms.
The number of shamans is increasing, which shows that the society of the frost giants has indeed undergone changes in the level of belief that the god kings are not aware of.
Could it be...
Does the winter goddess Skadi, who never appeared in history and is worshiped by frost giants, really exist?
"Quack, boss, you're distracted."
On Odin's left shoulder, a raven very similar to Munin reminded loudly:
"That big guy on the ground is trying to sneak up on you!"
"boom"
In the next second, Odin, who had regained his senses, flipped his wrist, and the golden spear of judgment, Gungnir, danced a few times in the palm of his hand. With the dancing dazzling lightning, he smashed the huge ice hammer from the ground into pieces in the air.
Odin pulled up the reins of the eight-legged pegasus, and narrowly dodged the ice debris flying around. He looked down and saw that Laufey, the king of frost giants, was roaring at him on the ground.
The fierce old rival was provoking him.
"Thanks for the reminder, Hu Jin."
The God King thanked the raven on his shoulder, and he turned his attention to Laufey, the king of frost giants.
He lowered his body, and the eight-legged steed under his crotch felt the master's will. The legendary steed neighed, and rushed to the ground carrying Odin.
Amid the shouts and cheers of the soldiers on the surrounding battlefield, the God King wanted to defeat Laufey with his own hands, as a sign of the end of the riot.
However, at the moment when the lightning brought by the God King's Judgment Spear was about to hit the body of the Frost Giant King, Odin's face suddenly changed drastically.
He didn't even bother to respond to Laufey's challenge, but turned into a blue lightning and disappeared into the sky of Jotunheim.
"Heimdall, you take over the command!"
The god king's roar resounded on the battlefield, mixed with a trace of undisguised solemnity.
Odin's sudden departure made the Asgardians and the frost giants stunned at the same time, and the entire battlefield fell silent at this moment.
The cunning King of the Frost Giants was already ready to die generously, but seeing Odin disappear, a hint of surprise flashed in King Laufey's eyes.
It looked back at the battlefield that had been unable to return to heaven, and then led its most loyal subordinates, quickly rushed out of the battlefield along the mountain road of the ice cliff.
"woo woo woo"
Heimdall, the general of God's Domain who has followed Odin for thousands of years, blew the keel horn on his waist. In the desolate horn that represented the final offensive, the Asgardian legion seemed to be alive and continued to march towards the world again. advance forward.
Whether or not the God King is on the battlefield will not affect the victory of this war.
In the territory of the Nine Kingdoms today, no enemy can stop the Asgardians from winning one victory after another on the battlefield.
But even the most loyal and fearless gatekeeper, Heimdall, couldn't help raising his head at this moment, looking at the gloomy and gloomy sky of Jotunheim. He also had doubts.
Where has your own monarch gone?
Why is there a hint of consternation in Odin's voice?
What the hell happened to this...?
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In Niflheim, on the foggy road leading to Hades, a dazzling bolt of lightning descended from the sky, turning into the god-king Odin in full armor.
And before his eyes, at the end of the mist, Thor's soul was standing there, his body illusory, and since he had appeared here, it meant that Thor had experienced the worst accident.
"Boss! That's Thor!"
Raven Hujin on Odin's shoulder screamed:
"Why is he here? Still in the form of a soul..."
Thor's soul stood there blankly, even before Odin arrived, there was not much expression on his extremely pale face.
Odin, with a serious face, checked his son's spirit body, but found nothing abnormal.
Odin said to Hujin the Raven:
"Because Thor died, in Midgard, he was involved in an accident... an accident that should not have been his fault."
The god-king looked at his son and said:
"This is not his fate...it shouldn't be like this, someone interfered with it..."
"What do you mean? Boss?"
Raven Hu Jin asked suspiciously:
"Mu Ning told me how Thor contradicted you and was expelled to Midgard. Mu Ning would not lie to me, but now you say that, is there something behind this death that we should not Do you know the secret?"
"Of course there is."
There was a glimmer of sadness in Odin's one-eyed eyes, and he said softly:
"Hu Jin, you and Mu Ning have been with me for so many years, do you really think that my son's ridicule will make me lose my mind?"
"Do you really think I'm going to leave Thor to fend for himself on Earth?"
"No, you stupid raven, if I do that, Thor's mother will kill me, she loves Thor so much, and there is the tragedy of Angela and Hela before.. .and I can no longer allow myself to lose my third child."
"Then this exile..."
Raven Hujin was a little confused by the words of the god king. It jumped on Odin's shoulder and asked:
"Boss, stop playing charades and tell me quickly. You know that my mouth is the strictest, and I won't go around talking about secrets that shouldn't be told like Mu Ning."
"Hu Jin, you should still remember that before Thor was born, there was a prophecy about Thor in God's Domain."
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The raven's eyes widened, it croaked twice, and it said:
"Oh, I remembered, when you went to experience the king's trial with the big snake Kur, the prophecy you saw in the fountain of wisdom..."
"I also saw that Thor will fight endlessly with the big snake that came back from hell. He will pierce the big snake's head, save the Nine Realms, and then walk nine steps and fall... The giant Ymir said, that is Thor fate."
"Yes, that's it."
Odin cast a glance at his son's bewildered soul, and said:
"After Thor was born, Frigga and I have been worrying about that prophecy, but Thor has grown up healthily for more than a thousand years, I thought that prophecy would never appear again."
"But not long ago, the sign of the prophecy had appeared, and the power of the big snake was revived in Midgard. It made me feel panic. I didn't want to lose Thor, so I tried to use this time of exile to help Thor escape. through that calamity."
"If Thor is no longer Thor, then maybe you can escape that sad fate."
"But someone interfered with it..."
Odin clenched his fist, and he said to Hu Jin:
"Someone has seen through my plan, and someone is forcing Thor to become Thor again!"
"This death, this is a hateful conspiracy. Maybe the big snake really woke up. Before we knew it, it had set its sights on us for revenge..."
"Uh, boss, with all due respect."
Hujin the Raven hesitated for a moment, and said to Odin:
"This may not be a conspiracy...I mean, if it is Thor's established destiny to die with the returning serpent, then the death that Thor encounters now may be a self-correction of fate."
"You love Thor too much. You try to help him escape his fate, but you ignore the power of fate itself. Boss, maybe Thor's accident is fate's warning to you."
Compared to the unrestrained Mu Ning, the raven Hu Jin seemed very intelligent. It said to Odin:
"If that's Thor's fate, then no matter how much you and Miss Frigga protect Thor, he will also enter that fate."
"And instead of letting Thor drift in Midgard as a mortal who is powerless to resist disaster, it is better to give him back his strength so that he can protect himself in times of crisis."
"I have to do it now."
Odin looked at Thor's soul, and with a long sigh he said:
"God's word brought him to me, and I still have a chance to redeem him. The return of Thor's power to his body will allow him to survive this death. My son will be reborn on Earth...in the name of Thor. "
"Ah, so boss, you have already prepared?"
Hu Jin quacked:
"Did you already guess that something would happen to Thor?"
"I'm just in case."
Odin waved his hand, and on the earth, in the desert of New Mexico, the oracle on the surface of Thor's Hammer fixed on the earth emerged.
Under the surprised gaze of "The Executioner" Skolchi, who had been using the Hammer of the Guardian God for several months, the Hammer began to vibrate rapidly, as if awakened from a deep sleep.
Under the watchful eyes of the prince's guards, the divine hammer broke away from the stone seat and hovered in the magic barrier. It seemed to be identifying the position of its master, and then turned into a shining arc, rushing into the dark sky.
"Midgard is no safe haven... Boss."
Surrounded by the mist of Niflheim, Hookin the Raven watched Thor's soul being sent back to Midgard by the God-King, and said to Odin:
"Maybe Thor should be allowed back home."
"No."
In Odin's one eye, the picture on the earth was reflected. He watched Thor's hammer fall into Thor's hand, and watched his son regain the power of Thor in the flash of thunder, so as to resist accidental death.
The old God King shook his head, and said softly:
"What you just said reminded me, Hu Jin, that I want to change Thor's fate, but not in such a coercive way."
"Just like a balanced balance, if you want it to tilt toward Thor, you have to keep adding more weight to the tray."
"He wants to continue the experience of the king, right here on Earth, let him find more friends, get in touch with more tempering, so as to continuously fill his destiny with more things..."
"Until those forces are finally heavy enough to reverse his fate."
"What about us? Boss."
Hu Jin asked:
"Should we just do nothing?"
"No, of course we have to prepare in advance, it is a war that may lead to the complete destruction of Asgard."
Odin breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back at the sky of Niflheim. The planets in Asgard's domain were like the most beautiful stars hovering in the dead night sky. The God King looked at his hometown, he said :
"The serpent has the power of fear. It feeds on fear. As long as there is fear in the stars, it will never die. The more fear there is, the stronger it will be."
"If it must return..."
Odin clenched Gungnir in his hand, and said in a deep voice:
"Then I will fight again, no matter what I do, no matter what the cost, I will push it back into its grave."
"This time, I won't give it another chance to recover."