The Death Knell

Maybe it was because Jormungandr hated having its head touched, or it hated looking up at people, but in short it temporarily gave up on the defenders at the breach in the city wall and swam straight in the direction where Thor fell.

The dark green body is almost difficult to see clearly under the dark sky, but its two big glowing eyes clearly indicate its position, like car lights in the fog.

"Block it! Don't let him enter the city!"

Badr commanded the warriors around him to try to prevent the giant python from going deep into the Golden Palace, because once the central formation was breached frontally, there would be no way to stop the enemy troops behind the giant python from pouring into the city.

"Ouch!"

The Asgard warriors responded with a roar, using their bodies to form a line of defense.

Unfortunately, in many cases, reality will not be changed by people's willpower or wishes. Although the bodies of the gods are strong and their physical fitness far exceeds that of humans, monsters like Jörmungandr that emerge from the eggs of the past are In comparison, it's still far behind.

Like dominoes that were knocked away and crushed by a train, countless soldiers died tragically on the spot. The roar of their scales rubbing against the ground was continuous, covering up the screams together with the snowstorm.

Thor didn't have any major problems, but he had a severe concussion, fractures all over his body, and internal bleeding in multiple organs. After he was dug out from the depths of the ground, he couldn't stand with stars in his eyes. He could only be supported by Vostagg and Hogan, and he struggled backwards. Evacuate.

However, Jormungandr was already close at hand, the huge black shadow shrouded the ruins, the snake's head was upright, and its eyes were full of teasing.

The big mouth full of fangs opened, and its head was like a sea dragon with fan-shaped ear fins. The monster spoke with a smile, but its appearance only gave people fear:

"Thor Odinson, that was a very powerful blow just now, at least it was good for the bugs, but unfortunately, just swinging the ax will not let you win. Now it's my turn to hit you... .Embrace despair! Come to the mouth of Jormungandr, son of Odin!"

"Take Thor away, I'll buy time."

Fandral took out a bow and arrow from the quiver behind him and put it on the string. He didn't even have time to say anything more before he had to deal with the huge python head.

He had been active as Robin Hood on the earth for a long time, and at least his thinking was more flexible than Thor's. He chose to shoot the big eyeball that glowed like the sun.

The target was so big that it was impossible to miss even when running at high speed. He rushed towards the big snake. In order to get a better shooting angle, he also ran up to the towering ruins of the palace like parkour, jumped into the air, and fired continuously in the air. Three arrows.

Judging from the flight trajectory, these attacks will hit the target. After all, the sharp arrows fly directly towards the dark green glowing eyeballs, just like throwing a small stone into the sea.

There was a smile on Fandral's face. He was destined to have no turning back when he opened the bow, and his body had no place to use force to change direction in mid-air. The mouth of the earthly python was right in front of him, and he could even catch the reflection of his sharp teeth. I saw that throat.

But if you can shoot out one eye of such a monster, future poets will definitely mention your name when they talk about the last battle in Ragnarok.

This is worth dying for.

Unfortunately, before the smile could be fully revealed, the arrow landed on Jörmungandr's eye, hitting the seemingly transparent and fragile cornea, but it made a tinkling sound as if it had hit solid metal. There were three crisp sounds and it shattered on the spot.

Jörmungandr seemed to feel nothing and just bit it naturally.

The mustachioed archer fell into the monster's mouth and died heroically without even uttering a cry.

"Fandral!"

The loyal fat man let out an angry roar, and when he saw that Jörmungandr seemed to be still savoring the taste in his mouth, with a humanistic and critical expression on the snake's face, he became furious.

Is his brother's attack with his life and lifelong memory so insignificant?

The giant python was still tracking Thor, and its expression changed to one of cat and mouse playfulness. I don't know why, but I could see this emotion in its evil eyes.

Volstagg threw Thor to Hogan and took off the battle ax from behind: "Take the prince out of here quickly! Leave this evil long worm to me!"

Hogan nodded. Although he wanted to fight side by side with his brothers, he knew better that Fandral's sacrifice could not be in vain, so he simply picked up Thor, who was dizzy and vomiting blood, and ran towards the narrow alleys of the city in the distance.

Maybe you can find a place to hide there.

The giant snake followed, but Volstag's fat body like a big rubber ball suddenly jumped up, and the battle ax in his hand swung as the body rotated, splashing a string of sparks on the scales of Jörmungandr's chin .

It paused for a moment, raised its upper body again, and looked at the fat man in front of it:

"You seem to be more powerful than Thor. You are a strong insect."

"Bah! I am the warrior Volstagg, the lion of Asgard, Thor's martial arts teacher and close friend. If you want to lay a finger on him, you must get through me first!"

The fat man rolled on the ground. He looked a little embarrassed, but in fact he was only slightly out of breath. Obviously jumping dozens of meters was not difficult for him.

Jörmungandr spit out the message, the edge of his big mouth turned up, as if he was laughing, and the roaring sound was like the mountains moving:

"What is a lion? Is it delicious?"

"What a monster! You still want to eat me, grandpa?! Look at me, I'll kill you right now!"

Volstagg brandished his weapon again and charged forward, but he was actually not optimistic.

He saw that just behind the python in the distance, Badr was leading people. He only needed to delay for a little time, and maybe he could let the eldest prince form a defense line again.

Not to mention strength, even with this size, he is still far behind the giant python. I just hope Hogan can successfully take Thor far enough away.

"Watch out!"

Just when he was distracted and thinking, Badr's shout came from the distance. It turned out that while the big fat man was distracted, the giant python changed its attack method.

It secretly retracted and raised its tail, and then crashed down from the clouds towards the warriors of Asgard.

One of the characteristics of Jormungandr is that it is conceptually "infinitely long" and most parts of its body are within the clouds and mist. However, it is said that it can easily wrap around the earth several times and burst the earth like an apple.

That's why it's called the Midgard Serpent, or the Earthly Serpent.

"boom!"

With another violent earthquake in Asgard, only a deep groove remained where Volstagg had been standing a second ago. At that moment, the fat man was completely wiped out.

Jormungandr tilted his head and curled his lips with a sneer, as if to say: ‘What a weak god’.

Then it lowered its tail, hid its body in the clouds again, and continued to chase Thor.

Feeling the huge movement behind him, even without looking back, Hogan knew that he might not be able to escape, but he remained calm and calm in the face of danger. Instead, he wisely took off Thor's red cloak and hid the person on the road. Inside an empty house nearby.

Then he deliberately held the cloak sideways, as if there was a person on his shoulders, changed direction and started running away, preparing to divert the monster's attention.

"Hogan..." Thor, who was unable to move due to a severe concussion, shed tears. He painfully called the name of his best friend in the ruins of the house. However, it was difficult for him to even stand up and now he could not even crawl. Go up to the window and look at the back of your friend.

In fact, it was useless to watch, because just a few seconds later, Jörmungandr caught up with Hogan and Red Cloak, and then took a bite.

A chunk of the ground was missing, and the sound of chewing filled the air.