The Death Knell

Her long fingers fumbled around the door a few times, and the lights in the room were turned on.

Asgard is a place where technology and magic coexist. It relies on the energy of the World Tree to drive some technological products, but there are not as many entertainment facilities as on Sakaar.

The roots of the World Tree are like cables, densely distributed everywhere underground in Asgard. Almost all the technology of the Asa Protoss is developed based on it.

The bright light reflected the light on her armor. She lowered her head and sighed as she took off her cloak, preparing to take off her clothes and take a shower.

"Ahem!"

She heard someone coughing in the room, and immediately regretted that she was too careless. She had developed a drinking habit on Sakaar, and her fighting consciousness had dropped too much.

When she returned to Asgard, she subconsciously lowered her guard, but she didn't expect someone to sneak into her room.

Brunhilde looked intently and found Misty standing in the living room. A strange man sat on the chair next to her, looking at her expressionlessly.

Gin winked at her and smiled, indicating that there was someone else here, a man. Even if you want to take off your clothes, don't just stand at the door and take them off.

"How did you get out?"

Brünnhilde just frowned, a little confused, but she put the sword back into its sheath, and she took off her cloak and hung it on the shelf.

The display in her room was very simple, even there was only one chair, but there were a lot of animal skins used as carpets.

The most common things in the house were various wine bottles, broken pottery pieces and wine glasses. It seemed that she had been drunk at home not long after returning to Asgard.

In Asgard, wine glasses are consumables. When you are happy with your drink, you have to throw a few on the ground to hear the sound.

'Continued Cup! ’

He also shouted so loudly to appear bold and brave.

But looking at Brünnhilde's face now, she couldn't be said to be happy at all. She must have been so depressed that she became drunk and fell into a drunken rage.

Su Ming was looking at Brünnhilde, and he found that as Valkyries, they were not particularly strong or tall. At least Gin and she were not as tall as Diana.

Maybe the flying cavalry needs to be lighter, or maybe the evolution direction of the Aesir is different from that of the Amazons.

Moreover, Brünnhilde's image is extremely close to the comics, not the mixed-race black girl in the MCU.

The movie was made like that purely for political correctness, which Su Ming can understand.

It’s enough that Black Panther’s country is all black, but there are actually no black people in Asgard.

Brünnhilde has a standard Nordic appearance, with long blond hair, braided into two thick and shiny braids, hanging from her chest to her waist.

Her eyes are sharp, her blue eyes are as clear as spring water, her delicate nose is as delicate as white jade, and her lips are as warm as honey wine.

It's just that the combination of these facial features brings a unique heroic and determined temperament. As soon as you see her, you can tell that she is a warrior.

Su Ming felt that if she changed into a suit and a pair of glasses, she would definitely look more like a strong woman than Gin now. After all, Gin had been on earth for too long and her temperament seemed gentler.

It seems that life on Saka Star is not very easy. Is she still working to capture gladiators for Gao Tianzun?

Gin approached her, and the two of them slapped each other's shoulders and backs hard, calling each other by their past titles.

However, the expressions of both of them seemed a little unnatural, and they seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the etiquette of the Immortal Palace, which Su Ming found very interesting.

After a while, Gin pulled Brünnhilde over and introduced Su Ming to her: "I said, my boss will come to save me, and he is already here."

Brünnhilde looked at Su Ming and found that she couldn't see through this person at all. He looked like an ordinary human being, but if he appeared in Asgard, he must be anything but ordinary.

"I am Valkyrie, I am Brynhildr the Charger, what is your name? A warrior from Midgard."

She spoke seriously, using Old Norse.

Su Ming glanced at her with one eye, and a powerful aura spread instantly.

The golden spear instantly appeared in his hand, and he thrust it hard into the ground. Standing there, he relaxed against the back of the chair, holding the handle of the gun and replied calmly:

"I am Odin."

Brünnhilde's eyes widened, her mouth opened and speechless: "..."

She felt her scalp numb. The one eye, the spear, and the majestic temperament could not be faked at all.

Why is Mysty, considered a traitor by the Mother Goddess, always a close associate of Odin? What kind of power struggle is hidden behind this? Who is Odin planning to deal with?

All kinds of conspiracy theories ran through her mind. She had not seen similar situations on Sakaar. The chaotic society there taught her a lot.

The God King's mind was as deep as the sea. She found that she couldn't figure it out at all, and goosebumps suddenly appeared on her body because of fear.

She immediately wanted to kneel down and salute, but Gin stopped her.

Gin glanced at the boss angrily. It seemed like the transformation of the Godslayer had deceived the two princes, right?

Pretending to be a dormant Odin, it was really dark under the lamp. Even Heimdall did not dare to take a closer look at Odin's face. The boss was still so cunning.

"Stop it, boss, Brunhilde is my good friend."

"Just kidding, Odin really likes others to kneel down so much." Su Ming smiled, put away his momentum, and the spear instantly turned into a scimitar, which he put into his bag.

He took out a few more bottles of earth wine and motioned for Brunhild to sit down and talk.

"???" Brünnhilde looked puzzled. There were too many twists and turns, and she couldn't react.

But when she was pulled by Misty to sit down on the carpet and drank a few glasses of wine, her brain seemed to be functioning normally again.

This is not Odin, but Mysty's new master, a... weirdo who likes to play pranks, and who is also very bold.

Impersonating Odin is a serious crime.

But for Misty's sake, she didn't have to report it.

"Why don't you escape? If Odin wakes up, things will be in trouble."

"Escape is never an option. When Odin wakes up, I will still have to negotiate a deal with him."

Su Ming drank a glass of wine, wiped his beard, and showed a meaningful smile.

Brunhilde turned the wine glass in her hand. In fact, she also knew that Misty obviously had no intention of serving Asgard anymore.

Misty had always looked at her boss, even more admiringly than she had looked at Odin before.

When she came here, it seemed like she was just meeting friends. There was a feeling in her eyes that she was revisiting her old place, but she was not as confident as before in protecting this place.

"Then why do you come to me? Although I have a small spaceship, it landed on Sakaar."

Brünnhilde picked up the bottle herself and began to blow on the bottle, as if she was planning to get herself drunk.

"I am Slade, you can also call me Deathstroke. We are here because Gin wants to know what happened in Asgard and why he recalled your Valkyries without even caring about the secret of Hela. ”

"Gin?"

"Oh, that's my name on Earth." Gin added.

"Earth?"

"It's the Atrium, Midgard." Gin explained again.

Brünnhilde smiled bitterly. She placed the wine bottle on the ground, lowered her head and shook it, as if looking at the liquid inside through the brown bottle.

"I know, but you are now completely a human on Earth, and your words and actions are all... But I can't seem to get rid of my identity as a Valkyrie. Even if I pretend to be a black man on Sakaar, I still feel The shadows of the past hang over me.”

Gin obviously also recalled the original situation. They rode Pegasus and charged towards Hela, shouting slogans for Asgard.

But Hela waved her hand expressionlessly, and they were all destroyed.

Brünnhilde did not die because her girlfriend and deputy, Sigdrifa, blocked Hela's attack with herself.

Watching her lover die in her arms caused severe psychological trauma to Brünnhilde, not to mention the souls of these dead Valkyries fell into the hands of Hela.

Yes, Brünnhilde likes women. Although men are okay, women are better.

This is someone else's private matter, and not even Odin has anything to do with it. Even the love between women is quite appreciated by the God-King.

As a result, before Su Ming's information was revealed, the scene had turned into a complaint meeting for Brünnhilde. She cried silently while taking gin to recall the past.

Ginjiu could only comfort her first. It would be too cold to ask for information in this situation, not to mention that Ginjiu was very sad when thinking about the past.

Su Ming just sat quietly on the chair, waiting for them to calm down.

It was bright outside the window, and the World Tree could be seen still burning.

As long as the fire does not go out, it means that you have not been discovered. This is the best warning signal, a large torch that can be seen anywhere in the country.

He had plenty of time now, at least until Thor returned from Surtur, before he could possibly wake up to the difference between flames.

As for when they will realize that Odin is fake, it will probably take longer.

.....................

"Omen? Are you saying that the goddesses recalled everyone just because of some ambiguous omens?"

Su Ming raised an eyebrow, and sat on the carpet with Brünnhilde, looking at each other, thinking about the information the Valkyrie told him.

The wind outside the window brought some coolness in the late night, and there was also a faint smell of fireworks. He stroked the fur on the floor with his hands, feeling the Nordic style of Asgard.

In the prophecy, the Winter of Finbul is the beginning of all destruction, representing three long winters, namely the Winter of Wind, the Winter of Swords, and the Winter of Wolves.

The Winter of Winds has happened long ago. Balder, the God of Light, was killed by a spear made of mistletoe. Light no longer comes, and the nine realms including the earth usher in a long cold winter.

That happened during the last Little Ice Age, which lasted nearly 300 years from the 14th to the 17th centuries. Half of the human population in Northern Europe starved to death, and the other nine realms were not doing well either.

The Frost Giants attacked Asgard at that time, causing heavy casualties on both sides.

Logically speaking, the next one should be Winter of Swords.

The Winter of Swords means war. It is a massive melee in the nine realms that takes place in winter. Countless gods were predicted to die in that battle.

Finally, in the Winter of the Wolf, Odin will die at the mouth of the giant wolf Fenrir.

After these winters have passed, the next predicted order is that the World Tree will catch fire, the dead will rise, the Immortal Palace will crash, and the world will be destroyed.

Could it be that the Godmothers regard the world war that just ended in the Atrium as the beginning of the Winter of Swords...

For the time being, Su Ming didn't see how too many people dying on earth would have any impact on the other eight realms. After all, if they didn't believe in the Nordic gods, their souls wouldn't fall into the hands of Hela.

It cannot be said that Brünnhilde's information was completely useless, but Su Ming had to think about it carefully.