Chapter 460: Fooling, and Then Fooling

"boom!"

With fire blazing into the sky and smoke flying everywhere, Sharki, the mountain giant king with his arms crossed in front of his chest, slid back several hundred meters, his feet plowing two deep ravines on the hard rock ground.

Looking at the broken skin and cuticles on his arms, as well as the two scars with deep visible bones, Xia Ji looked horrified.

Mountain giants are born with the protection of the earth, are infinitely powerful, and are best at defense. Their skin is as hard as rock, and ordinary weapons and spells are difficult to break through this defense.

As the king of the mountain giants, Sharkey was confident that his bloodline talent combined with his own power of the earth would prevent ordinary gods and artifacts from harming him.

But he didn't expect that the god of trickery and fire named Loki in front of him and the flaming sword in his hand were so powerful that he could be injured with just one blow.

No head-on contact!

Sharkey took a deep look at the figure walking out of the smoke with a sword, and immediately held up his right hand, summoned a huge ash wood wand, and waved it forward.

The ground suddenly shook violently, and sharp rock thorns burst out of the earth.

Lorne paused slightly, a protective triangle formed under his feet, and the rock thorns spreading around were crushed by the rising golden power.

Looking at the sacred symbol that suppressed his spell, Sharkey's expression became even more ugly.

Big Rune!

The current version of the runes circulating in the nine kingdoms is not complete, and there are various deletions and downgrades. Therefore, the power they can mobilize is limited, and they are simply not enough to resist the power of the main god.

Only the 24 original runes that Odin exchanged from the World Tree with sacrifices in the legend have the powerful power to control the laws of the world, so these are also called [Big Runes].

Obviously, the Asa god of trickery in front of him not only has superb swordsmanship, but also possesses a spell level that is not weaker than Odin.

However, it would be too naive to think of defeating this king!

Sharkey snorted coldly. The ash wood wand in his hand was wrapped in a layer of yellow-brown halo and he waved it quickly.

Hundreds of huge rock guns condensed by magic power were fired forward.

Lorne subconsciously swung his sword across, but the sword edge suddenly sank, as if it struck the invisible air. At the same time, sharp explosions appeared on his sides and feet. Taking advantage of his unstable body, he revealed his true strength. Killing move.

Illusion?

Lorne's eyes narrowed, and the divine power in his body exploded, crushing the incoming attacks from all around.

But before he could take a breath, Sharkey waved the ash wand one after another, and various attacks including falling rocks, rock spears, ground thorns, and swamps came at him.

The virtual and the real are hard to guard against.

Looking at Sharkey dancing and casting spells in the distance, it was like watching a gorilla dancing naked. Lorne, who was hurt both physically and mentally, had black lines all over his face, and he couldn't help but recall the story about this mountain giant king. Another legend:

One day, Odin, Loki and Heinir, the god of travel and mud, were barbecuing outdoors, but they couldn't get the meat cooked. At this time, the eagle transformed by the mountain giant Sharkey landed on a nearby tree. Sharkey told Odin and the other three that he had cast a spell to make the meat undercooked. If he could give him some meat, he would have to lift the spell. The three Odins who were teased had no choice but to agree, and the two sides formed a rift.

Judging from the above records, Sharkey is definitely not a fool who only grows muscles but not brains.

On the contrary, he is extremely proficient in illusions and spells, and even Odin, who has mastered the runes, cannot easily break his spells.

This also proves that the magical talent of Skadi, the winter god, may not come from the mother whose name is not mentioned in the myth, but from the father Sharkey.

It’s just that a good giant doesn’t engage in physical combat but engages in magic?

The spell casting skill of a halfway monk is actually better than that of Odin, a professional. Isn't this unscientific?

Soon, Lorne's mind moved and he vaguely thought of the answer.

Mimir's fountain of wisdom!

Sharkey and Skadi had probably drank from Jotunheim's fountain of wisdom, and then they had wisdom and spellcasting abilities that surpassed ordinary giants.

It seems that if you want to prevent the giant family from growing, it will be necessary to do something bad to that bad old man Mimir and the spring of wisdom he guards.

Lorne made up his mind, and the flaming magic sword in his hand suddenly exploded with a hundred meters of sword light, slashing forward.

Along the way, space is distorted, everything is melted, and all illusions disappear.

The "Sharkey" cast in front was broken simultaneously, and a tall figure appeared behind a blue-gray rock.

Found you!

Lorne smiled solemnly, and rushed forward with the burning flaming magic sword.

Shaki suddenly felt something bad, and immediately waved his ash wood wand, trying to use spells to slow down Lorne's attack rhythm, and used illusions to cover up his figure again.

However, as the magic power circulated, he soon discovered that his aura had been firmly locked by his opponent, and he could no longer escape with the help of illusions.

Seeing the blazing sword light hitting his head and face, Sharkey gritted his teeth and roared. He used the ash wood wand as a mallet and swung it towards the figure in the air.

Not only is he good at spells, he is also the majestic king of mountain giants, and he has never lost in a competition of strength!

The whistling wand shredded the flames and penetrated the figure in mid-air.

However, the helpless feeling of emptiness in his hand made Sharkey's expression change drastically.

Illusion?

At the same time, the pierced figure in mid-air turned into dots of starlight and dispersed, and blazing flames and heat appeared behind Sharkey.

"boom!"

The earth shook and the mountains shook, and flames shot out.

Lorne stood on the burnt black snow, pulled out the flaming magic sword inserted in the pit, and turned to look behind him.

Are there any experts?

At this time, a giant with frosty blue skin and a clumsy face stood majestically on the snow in the distance, with a hand on Sharkey's shoulder, and an obscure aura surged around him.

The majestic mountain giant king's hands were trembling, he was gasping for air, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he looked frightened, as if he was very frightened.

Obviously, it was this mysterious frost giant who took action just now and saved Sharkey at the critical moment.

After calming down for a while, Xia Ji calmed down his messy mind and saluted respectfully to the frost giant beside him:

"Sir, you, you are here..."

The voice was awkward, but also slightly filled with indescribable fear.

When Lorne saw this, his expression became serious.

According to the concept of giants respecting strength, the frost giant who can make Sharkey, the king of mountain giants, show such an attitude is definitely not a simple character.

Moreover, with his perception, he didn't realize when the other party arrived at the scene and when he took action.

This is a very dangerous thing.

Lorne narrowed his eyes and put on an extremely friendly smile:

"Who are you?"

"The temporary manager of Jotunheim and the current king of the frost giants."

The mysterious visitor answered with a smile and looked Lorne up and down, his eyes as deep as the abyss filled with meaningful colors.

"You can call me - Utgar Rocky..."

Hearing this familiar pronunciation, Lorne remained calm on the surface, but the fear in his heart reached its peak.

This is a character who appears in the Nordic mythological epic "Edda", but both his identity and the power he displays are very mysterious.

Legend has it that Thor, the god of thunder, was born in the Asa clan at that time. He had more power and power than Odin. After getting the throwing hammer Mjolnir, he thought he was invincible, so he roped in his uncle Loki. , and his attendants Shia Fei and Roskov, went deep into Jotunheim, trying to find bad luck on the giant.

They first came to a vast forest and continued through the woods until dark. The four of them found a place to spend the night and experienced an earthquake all night. The earthquake frightened all three of them, except Thor, who held the hammer tightly. After daybreak, everyone discovered that the place he was in was in the hands of a giant Skrimir. He snored all night, which caused vibrations all over his body.

In a rage, Thor tried to throw Mjolnir to kill the sleeping giant, but it missed every time and the giant always woke up. After the third time, Skrimir gave them advice. If they had to show their arrogance, it was best to try Urtgar Castle deep in Jotunheim. Then the giant walked into the forest and disappeared.

In fact, the giant Skrimir is Utgar Lodge. He already knew that Thor and others would arrive, so he waited in the forest, hoping to use his unfathomable strength to scare Thor and others away from the provocation.

But how could the young and energetic Thor be willing to admit defeat easily? He took the other three people and continued deep into Jotunheim. After killing the giants along the way, he came to a huge castle in an open area and entered it. According to legend, The giant Utega Lodge was sitting in the living room waiting.

Utgar Lodge stated that guests were not eligible to stay in the castle unless they could perform a feat. The proud and arrogant Thor naturally couldn't stand the excitement and decisively led everyone to challenge.

But in two consecutive games, Asa God's side suffered a complete defeat.

Because the challenges sent by Utgar Loki are enemies that they cannot win, such as Loki competing with "Logi" who is the incarnation of wildfire for eating, and Shia Fe racing and shooting arrows with "Shuki" who is the incarnation of thinking. The outcome of who wins and loses is self-evident.

Unable to bear it, Thor went on stage in person to show off his strength, but Utgar Lorch asked him to prove his strength by drinking large gulps of water, lifting a gray cat, and wrestling with the old woman Iri.

There is no doubt that Thor failed in all three attempts and was ultimately disgraced.

In fact, the horn cup he used for drinking water was connected to the sea, so Thor naturally could not drink the sea dry;

The gray cat was transformed from the earthly python Jormungandr, and has the power to support the entire atrium world. Thor can only lift one of the cat's front paws;

As for Iri, she is the incarnation of old age and is impossible to shake for the Aesir gods, because she will always come. Even the apple of youth of Iden, the goddess of youth, is only delayed, and the gods cannot escape the end of aging.

After enduring repeated blows, Thor finally learned to restrain his arrogance and no longer threatened to destroy all giants by himself.

A world-ending crisis in Jotunheim was thus eliminated.

From then on, until Ragnarok, the mysterious Utgar Loki never appeared again, as if he only existed to complete a mission.

Utgar Lodge...

The meaning of this name is actually "Loki outside the realm". It seems that because of the same name, a prefix was needed to distinguish him from Loki, the god of trickery from the Asa clan.

But in fact, this is a hint.

It implies that he has already seen through the identity and origin of a certain alien god.

Lorne stared at the mysterious giant in front of him, sneering secretly in his heart.

The other party saw through him, so why didn't he see through the other party?

Able to turn various abstract concepts such as "wildfire", "thinking", and "old age" into entities in the epic, and compete with Thor and his team;

Command the world snake Jörmungandr to turn into a gray cat, turn the ocean into wine and connect it to the horn cup;

And, recognized Lorne's outstanding insight from the God of the Outer Realm...

With all the signs, the identity of the giant in front of him is actually about to be revealed.

——The Time Giant Orlaug!

He is the master of all things, the eternal law of the universe, and the destiny without beginning or end. In the beginning, when there was no heaven, earth, or air in the world, and everything was nurtured in darkness, the invisible and unknown Orlaug had already dominated everything. All the epic stories of the Nine Realms were under his pen, and the three goddesses of Norn who interpreted fate were the extension of his will.

In the entire Nordic world, there is only such an existence that has such great power.

Lorne has never felt the obscurity and danger emanating from the mysterious giant opposite, even when facing the God King Odin.

In addition to the above, there is another thing that can verify the identity of the person in front of him.

Odin once engraved the 24 Great Runes he learned from the World Tree on a golden shield and gave it to the three goddesses of Norn.

However, Skadi and Shaki, who are giants, can also master runes, which is probably mostly knowledge learned from the three goddesses of Norn and the time giant Orlaug.

It is for this reason that Shaki, the king of mountain giants, respects Utgar Loki, the "king of frost giants".

Unexpectedly, the [Destiny] of the Nordic countries actually came out in person.

Could it be that he wants to lead the giants to start Ragnarok in advance?

Lorne narrowed his eyes and looked at the time giant Orlaug, who was aliased as Utgar Loki, and asked tentatively:

"You don't stay in Jotunheim, do you want to attack Asgard and become the God King?"

"I'm not interested in the position of God King."

Orlaug smiled and shook his head, and his eyes fell on Lorne meaningfully,

"I'm quite interested in you. I heard that you did a lot of things in Asgard, and a large number of giants who attacked Asgard died in your hands."

Lorne's heart tightened when he heard this.

Sure enough, this old guy didn't come for Odin, but targeted him, a foreign god from outside the domain.

When he first came to the Nordic world and gave birth to the world tree, he felt the existence of a mysterious world will, which allowed him to comprehend 24 Great Runes through resonance with the world tree.

That might be Orlaug, the Nordic law of eternity at work. And when I first came, Orvig hadn't paid too much attention to me, but now it's not certain.

Realizing that something was wrong, Loen's eyes wandered and he laughed dryly:

"So it's for this? You should have said it earlier. There's no need to mobilize so many troops. They were the first to start, and I was defending myself! How about this, you let the giants withdraw their troops first, and after I sort out the affairs of the Asir, I will definitely visit you in Jotunheim in person, and we will discuss the future of the coexistence of the two tribes."

"You won't go."

Orvig smiled and exposed the lies of a certain trickster god, and then changed the subject and asked playfully.

"However, I heard that you claim to be the son of the giant Laufey and the descendant of the frost giant?"

"Haha, that's right, a family, all a family. Although my parents died in the flood a long time ago, I always remember my blood and have been committed to the peaceful coexistence of the two tribes..."

Loen laughed dryly and perfunctorily, directly throwing the blame on the flood caused by the ancestor giant Ymir, and canceling the accounts of his two non-existent parents.

Orlaug smiled even more warmly after hearing this:

"Since we are a family, how about returning to Jotunheim? Although your parents are gone, as the king of the Frost Giants, I can also be your parents and elders. After I abdicate, the whole of Jotunheim will belong to you. At that time, as long as you ascend the throne of Jotunheim, you can reconcile with the Aesir and let the nine kingdoms coexist. "

However, after hearing such generous conditions, not only was Loen not tempted, but he cursed inwardly.

This is not recognizing a son, it is clearly forcing him to bow to fate.

As long as he agrees, he will probably really become the original Loki in the myth, embark on a predetermined fate, and completely become a part of the Nordic God Age, with his godhood and divinity absorbed by the Nordic destiny.

But if he refuses directly, the result may be worse. This is the [Destiny] of the Nordic world, and he may not be able to win on the other side's territory.

So, why not...

Loen's eyes turned and a plan came to mind.