The Death Knell

It started to snow in the sky, and the black snowflakes were like embers floating from nowhere, swirling and flying in the strong wind.

They hit the cliff and were shattered to pieces, but they also gradually dyed the white snow-capped mountains black.

Badr, who was still crawling towards the top of the mountain, obviously noticed these snowflakes, and he should have realized something at the same time, but he did not hesitate at all. He just glanced at the snowflakes on his golden armored shoulders, and then accelerated his climbing speed.

His face was still resolute, even though the strong wind poured into his empty eyes through the rags and gave him a headache, his sense of responsibility for the Immortal Palace had turned into endless motivation.

'I must rush back to Asgard as soon as possible. Loki's behavior after succeeding as God King has become more and more ridiculous. He actually imitated the prophesied Ragnarok and rained black snow on other countries. This is too much for a prank. A portion! ’

Although he was thinking this, a few minutes later he still paused on the cliff, stepped on a protruding stone platform, turned around and breathed into the palm of his hand.

The snow in Mimir Mountain has never melted for thousands of years, and the rocks that make up the cliff are also bitingly cold. When you look down, you can't even see the sea in the distance. You can only see the air vortices made of black snow in the strong wind. .

Losing one eye has had a big impact on him. Specifically, it is now difficult for him to lock on to high-speed moving objects. Several times, broken ice or snow fell from above his head. He reached out to block it, but it was misplaced. question.

It's like the hands don't follow the instructions of the brain. It's obvious that something is there, but it's just a hair's breadth when reaching out.

He stopped on the cliff and thought about what Odin had done in the past. After his father traded his eyes for wisdom, how did he ensure that his one eye would not affect his combat effectiveness?

The answer is magic.

Odin never fights alone. He also has two crows, one named Fujin representing "thinking" and the other named Wuni representing "memory". They share their vision with him.

You think Odin is on the first floor and has only one eye, but in fact he is on the fifth floor and has five eyes. Everything he sees is three-dimensional. The crows are his eyeballs, and they can even fly out and see enemies hiding behind bunkers or in the shadows.

But now it's a little late for Badr to understand this. Where can he find pets now? What's more, he doesn't know that kind of rune magic.

After thinking for a while, he still had no answer. Perhaps the only way was to ask Yggdrasil to grow another eyeball.

He sighed. Even though the human who dug out his eyes had been killed by the demon, and the grudges were supposedly settled, why was he still feeling empty in his heart?

Shaking his head, he turned around again and climbed towards the top of the mountain, because there is a saying in Asgard that the road to the river forms its own bridge. As long as you don't stop, there will always be a way. When you get back When you get to Asgard, your mother and friends will definitely help you.

The wind and snow were getting bigger and bigger, and more and more ice blocks were falling from the cliff. From time to time, he had to use his hands to protect his head, and he would move between the rocks like acrobatics.

After all, it was the body of a god. Although the one eye caused some inconvenience, his movements did not slow down much. He reached the top of the mountain in about the time of a pack of cigarettes.

There is a huge open space here, and the roots of the World Tree are here. The wind and snow seriously hinder the view, but the roots of the World Tree, like pillars holding up the sky, break through the space and take root here. No one can fail to see that.

Against the strong wind, Badr headed towards the roots of the trees, and soon he saw a lake filled with green bubbles.

Even though the wind was howling, the snowflakes were flying, and the water in the pool was rippled, the bubbles seemed to be sticky and still tenaciously emerged from the bottom of the pool. After a long time, they would not burst until they were frozen.

This is a poisonous pool. Nidhogg is in the cave under the tree roots in front. He brings a large nest of various poisonous snakes to chew the tree root cage endlessly. At the same time, they will naturally leak out the venom in their mouths.

The saliva flowed out of the cave and gradually gathered here to form a poisonous pool. In the past, one of the most severe punishments in the laws of the Immortal Palace was to use the venom obtained here to infuse criminals.

Oral administration of these venoms diluted with snow water will not directly kill someone, but will render them mute, destroy the vitality in the body, and turn a strong warrior into a frail old man who can hardly walk.

However, after Odin obtained the wisdom of the runes, he never used this kind of torture on anyone. The most severe punishment in Asgard today is to be imprisoned underground in the Golden Palace for life.

Badr covered his nose and walked far around the poisonous pond. At the same time, he still had a question in his mind: why was it so quiet today?

In the past, he once secretly took Thor to see the black dragon captured by his father, and stood at the entrance of the cave to take a look at it from a distance.

The cave was filled with venomous snakes of all sizes. They surrounded the black dragon like a king, coiled around it, and gnawed at tree roots with it.

And what about the Black Dragon himself? After taking a few bites, he would rest for a while, leaving his mouth free to curse or roar, curse Odin and his family to death, and vow to feast on the corpses of every Asgardian god in the future.

It also saw the two brothers at that time, called Baldr and Thor the vicious sons of Odin, and also made a reservation to eat their tenderloins during Ragnarok.

In fact, considering the size of the Black Dragon King, the two brothers are no different from Sai Ya's meat scraps, and they cannot eat such fine meat at all.

But the young Thor was frightened by it. Facing the mountain-like black dragon, he stood trembling at the entrance of the cave and could not say a word.

Although Badr took him away in time and comforted him, "Knowing that fear does not mean the loss of glory," Thor probably didn't listen. He was ashamed of that incident and desperately pursued glory in the years to come. As a result, he often appears extremely reckless and always wants to prove himself through fighting.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered something. The time he came to take a peek at the black dragon, he was unaware of it, but in the end, Loki, whom he had forgotten to bring, reported it to Odin.

‘Badr took Thor to see the big black dragon! ’

He said this to the God King, so Odin beat up the naughty child who had just returned home and put the three brothers in solitary confinement.

The God of Light and the God of Thunder were imprisoned because they disobeyed the orders of the God King's father and risked their own lives; while the God of Mischief was imprisoned because he betrayed his brothers and behaved despicably.

"Strange, why didn't Nighold curse today?"

The God of Light walked along the lakeshore toward the big tree and listened, but he could only hear the howling of the wind and the sound of footsteps falling in the snow.

Creaking, creaking, the black snowflakes were compacted by the soles of his feet, and he stepped closer to the huge hole like a sinkhole, hiding behind the rocks, and peering inside.

The bottom of the cave was still as dark as ever, and the sea of ​​snakes was still slowly squirming. Fortunately, as the weather changed and the temperature dropped, they looked unusually sluggish, as if they were about to hibernate.

But even so, how could thousands of cold and heartless eyes look at the gods in the snowstorm at the same time.

Badr's face sank like water. He raised his hands to cover his eyes, trying to quickly go around the pile of snakes and grab the tree roots hanging in the hole at the top of the cave, because the black dragon was gone, and the walking doomsday was gone. Get out of trouble!

However, at this moment, his body became stiff, because he felt the smelly breath blowing on his back, and the huge black dragon came behind him silently under the cover of the strong wind.

"Are you looking for me?"

The thunderous dragon language sounded, and when the God of Light subconsciously turned his head... he only saw a pair of huge green eyes in the darkness!