The Death Knell

Odin's throne is very spacious, and the whole body is made of gold, as if it is integrated with the golden palace.

But throughout the ages, no matter what country, thrones are almost always solid.

If there is a backrest, there is no seat cushion, if there is a seat cushion, the backrest cannot be reached, and if there is both, the armrests cannot be touched.

In short, this kind of thing exists just to make the king uncomfortable.

It is said that this is to make people prepare for danger in times of peace and handle state affairs seriously.

So when they see others sitting on the throne, some people will be very envious, but once they sit on it, they feel uncomfortable at all.

Just like governing a country, it looks easy but is difficult to do.

Loki is like this. He feels that Asgard is singing and dancing, and it seems that being a king is very comfortable. But when he actually sat on the throne, Asgard's old debts made even a smart man like him irritated.

Not everyone can be a qualified king, and Su Ming clearly knows that he cannot.

He doesn't like cumbersome things, nor does he like to be tied to the throne. In contrast, he prefers to use the existing social system to build small groups hidden in the dark.

Odin's brother is an unqualified king.

The serpent was once more powerful and ruthless than Odin. Wherever his destructive front pointed, it would be razed to the ground.

If Odin launched war in his early years for the purpose of domination and enslavement, then the purpose of Orochi's war was much simpler.

That is to exterminate everything.

He is the god of fear, collecting the emotions of fear as energy to make him more powerful.

The serpent can be said to be crazy, the kind of calm madness. He destroys everything he sees in order to prevent the prophecy of Ragnarok from coming true.

If the predicted enemies could be eliminated in advance, wouldn't everything be safe?

But Ragnarok is no ordinary prophecy. It was engraved in the rules of the world at the beginning of its creation.

The gods and the cycle of life are the basis on which the world operates.

Orochi failed to kill any future enemies, but his attacks turned many strangers into mortal enemies.

From another perspective, he also contributed to the fulfillment of the prophecy. After all, he himself and those enemies were all part of the prophecy.

It's like carrying the millstone of fate on your back and looking everywhere for a way to break it. In the end, you didn't find the method, only the other side of the millstone.

At that time, Odin worshiped the Orochi very much. He was brave, good at fighting, and fearless. The Orochi itself was a model of the Aesir warriors.

However, as time went by, none of the goals in his heart were achieved. Orochi's mentality became more and more urgent, and his methods became more and more cruel.

He would wipe out the babies of other races, or completely destroy a world.

In Odin's opinion, this was all unnecessary cruelty, and he felt that the snake might be sick.

So he sought answers from the World Tree, hoping to cure his brother's disease. The World Tree blew up the breeze and gave him a prophecy.

‘The son of Odin will fight the serpent and kill the serpent, but the son of Odin will also fall dead after taking nine steps. ’

There is no cure for the Orochi. His madness and killing cannot be stopped at all. Destruction of the world is his destiny, and the only way to stop it is death.

This is destiny, and the serpent cannot be killed until it fulfills its destiny.

Odin was not married at the time and had no children. He turned a deaf ear to the words of the World Tree.

But Orochi didn't see it that way. He heard that Odin wanted to 'cure' himself?

I don’t have any disease, so what does it mean to be cured? His brother must be trying to betray him.

So Orochi and Odin had a great battle, which soon developed into a civil war among the Asirs.

Unexpectedly, more people chose to help Odin.

Because Orochi led the Asgardians to constantly break through the lower limit, slaughtering unarmed people, destroying other people's homes, and torturing the enemy. This is not an act of honor.

Without glory, Asgardians have no purpose in life, and the troops rebel, helping Odin achieve victory in the end.

Odin was supported by the people and the army, as if he was wearing a yellow robe and was forced onto the throne.

He actually didn't want this, he just wanted to cure his brother.

But after the defeat, Orochi looked at Odin with outright hatred, and they could never go back.

Odin is not an ordinary person. He knows that things have reached this point and there is no turning back, so he simply kills his brother without stopping.

However, as the prophecy says, only the son of Odin can perish with the serpent.

Neither the Eternal Spear, nor the sword left by Baur, nor any means Odin could think of, could kill the serpent.

Although he was cut to death by these weapons, the big snake just couldn't die.

Odin had no choice but to imprison the serpent in the deepest part of the Mariana Trench on Earth, use a seal, and then collect all the poisonous sea dragons he could find to serve as guards there.

As time passed, Odin's wisdom grew, and Thor became his only biological son. He knew that the prophecy would be fulfilled in Thor.

But he was reluctant to let Thor face the serpent, so the matter was delayed.

The current snake should still be imprisoned at the bottom of the sea, cursing Odin every day.

The clues have been connected, and the appearance of Hydra here seems to be a sign. Is it possible that the daughter of the Red Skull is leading the Hydra troops?

Breaking the seal of the serpent requires a warhammer, the Warhammer 'Steele' of the Goddess of Winter. That magic weapon has been kept by Germany. The location where it crashed in the atrium is the North Pole.

Like Thor's hammer, there is a condition for lifting it, that is, only those who have no more hope in their hearts, like the cold winter, can lift it.

Both Mustache and Red Skull have tried, but neither of them can lift the weapon. They have great ambitions in their hearts, and they also have ideas for the future world, which are all hopes.

So Mustache ordered a building to be built on the Hammer and sent trusted SS troops to garrison it.

In the comics, it was Red Skull's daughter Guilty who raised the weapon and released the serpent, triggering the major event "The Origin of Fear."

But that will happen a long time later. In any case, Su Ming plans to return to the earth and go to the North Pole to find out whether the Winter Hammer is still there.

This will take some time, and the first priority is to stop the war in Asgard.

He rubbed the armrest of the throne, and the cold metal gave him a very subtle feeling. He looked at the queen and queen under the royal steps, and asked

"Do you remember Orochi?"

"Orochi!" Frigga's eyes widened and she lost her usual composure.

"Big snake?" Gurweger was confused. She didn't seem to understand what she was talking about.

Frigga obviously remembered it, with a shocked expression on her face, "But Odin said that the serpent was dead and died suddenly on the throne. That was a long, long time ago."

Su Ming waved his hand, and he called Gin and Brunhilde to come over. If they needed to face the big snake, they had to be mentally prepared.

"Obviously, Odin lied, because in the prophecy the serpent would die with Thor. He was reluctant to let go of his son, and he didn't want anyone to mention his attempt to kill his kin."

Frigga took a deep breath. She felt that the elements of Ragnarok were almost coming together. Except for the Wolf Winter, everything was gradually coming true. The characters in the prophecy were all in place. The fate of the gods Stormy.

"What should we do?" Frigga was at a loss.

"I can deal with the big snake, but this is not a free business. After all, this is something that even Odin can't do. Is it a deal?" Su Ming took out a cigarette, lit it skillfully with a lighter, and swallowed the cloud with Odin's face. Smoke up.

"Okay." Frigga did not hesitate.

"Very good, then go and use your magic to cure Heimdall. Gullweger will lead your people to guard the Golden Palace and block all the doors. You don't need me to teach you, right?"

Su Ming flicked the ashes from his cigarette and began to assign tasks to the two women as a matter of course.

"Then what do we do?" Brunhilde asked eagerly. Although she didn't know who the enemy of Asgard was, she sounded very interested because it sounded very strong.

"You are free, and you no longer have to serve Immortal Palace in the future. In exchange for my freedom, I need you to help me go to Sakaar and tell Gao Tianzun that Odin wants to make a bet with him."

Su Ming had a spear in one hand and a cigarette in the other, and seemed to be in a good mood.

Using someone else's identity, spending someone else's chips, and dragging the most gambling being in the universe to the gambling table doesn't feel too wonderful.

Gao Tianzun is one of the elders of the universe. He has infinite life. This life is too boring. He changes his tricks to learn the knowledge of fun.

He has mastered almost all game competition skills in the universe, and his favorite thing is betting. Odin's identity is enough to sit at the betting table with him.

Gao Tianzun is not bad in strength. He is immune to aging and all diseases, immune to physical attacks, and has strong regeneration ability.

His cosmic energy allows him to fly, control the minds of living things, shape or reorganize matter, and he also has the ability to jump through time and space.

Brünnhilde's emotions were indescribable. On the one hand, she was free, but on the other hand, she didn't know where to go after leaving Asgard.

Maybe if she goes to Sakaar, she won't come back.

But since Deathstroke asked for payment, she was willing to take the message for him, and we would talk about the rest later.

"What bet?"

"I bet he can't beat Mephisto as Arena Champion."

Brünnhilde thought for a moment, "The current arena champion is a half-human, half-machine horse-headed man who is very powerful. Mephisto is not known for his combat prowess."

It turns out that the current champion is Bill, so that would be even better.

"I know, but I'm betting on this. If Gao Tianzun wins, the crown prince of Asgard, Thor Odinson, will be a gladiator for him in seventy-two years. If I win, then Gao Tianzun In seventy-two years he will send his athletic champions to Asgard to serve as gladiators."

Su Ming told the bet, and he put Thor on the gambling table.

"Why seventy-two years later?"

Brünnhilde was a little confused. This number was not zero or incomplete, as if it was said casually.

"Speaking of seventy-two, I will think of changes. In short, don't care about these details. I think Gao Tianzun will like this gamble full of unknowns."

Su Ming blew out a puff of smoke, leaned back slightly, and leaned on the back of the throne.

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