Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Final Conversation
Just as the gods were preparing for an unprecedented Armageddon, the god-king Odin rode his eight-legged steed all the way to the base of the World Tree, where the three goddesses of fate were located, Uda Spring.
The Rainbow Bridge was broken, and he could only get there by crossing the human world. However, at this moment, the human world has been reduced to a vast ocean, countless fire giants and frost giants are raging in this ocean, and the flames on the bodies of those fire giants are almost boiling the entire sea, and it is natural to take great risks to pass through here.
However, as the creator of the Runi script, Odin naturally had his own way, but it was just a small spell, and he succeeded in stealing in front of these giants and monsters, and no monsters were aware of his existence, so he quietly avoided the many eyes and ears.
However, he didn't notice that in this unprecedentedly large army, the withered Loki's eyes looked in the direction of him intentionally or unintentionally, and those cold and indifferent eyes seemed to see through the disguise on his body, but he didn't say anything, just suddenly let out an inexplicable mockery and sarcastic laughter, mocking a certain god king who was still unwilling.
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"Tap ......"
Riding on the galloping eight-legged divine steed, the wind in his ears was like a sharp knife, and in front of Odin, the Wuda Lake under him had lost its former beauty, and after being contaminated by the flames and poisonous gases of the great snake and the demon wolf, the originally calm and pleasant lake had also become filthy.
The steed landed lightly on the grass, and the three goddesses of fate sat on the grass and sighed, and in their hands, the web that symbolized the fate of humans and gods had been corrupted and broken by fire and poisonous gas.
Looking at the net, Odin was silent for a moment, then spoke.
"What about Mimir?"
The Fateful Sisters didn't answer, but just pointed to the path next to them, looked at the path, and Odin walked into the jungle path.
After a while, he saw the wisdom giant Mimir who was leaning against the wisdom spring, and the white-haired Mimir seemed to have expected Odin's arrival at this moment, looking at Odin walking in front of him, calmly leaning on the wisdom fountain and saying.
"O God-King, what do you have to do here on the eve of Ragnarok and the destruction of the universe?"
Odin looked at him, first silent, then slowly.
"Mimir, you say...... Am I doing something wrong? What would have happened if I hadn't broken up with Loki?"
Mimir glanced at him, then chuckled slowly.
"Odin, you're weird...... You have imprisoned his two children for tens of thousands of years, exiled his young daughters to the world of death, his three wives have had to hide because of your decisions, two brothers of your own country have been cursed by you and killed each other, two daughters have been silenced and dare not squeak, and even he himself has been bound to an underground cave by you for thousands of years, suffering and tormented by the poison burning his face......"
"All his closest relatives have suffered because of you, and at this moment you want to ask me what would have happened if there had been no break between you and him? Odin, what should I say of you? ”
"I just want to save the world. ”
Odin said, the old giant on the other side was noncommittal.
"Yes, you are indeed trying to save the world, if you had not imprisoned and exiled Loki's three children, Ragnarok would have happened more than 10,000 years ago, if you hadn't tried to drive that black dragon Nidhogg out of the underworld, Ragnarok would have happened 30,000 years ago, and if the battle between the Asaph Protoss and the Warner Protoss had not been victorious, the universe would have been destroyed in that divine war...... Earlier, if the gods of Asaph had not established a stable order, the universe would have collapsed at the moment of its birth. ”
"Odin, you've really worked hard. ”
In the end, the old giant said with some approval.
"But I'm not good enough...... I didn't stop Ragnarok from coming. ”
Odin was stunned.
"Even if it's done well, what?"
Mimir shook his head and said, the old giant, who could see all kinds of possible futures and possible pasts, did not agree with Odin's words.
"Odin, you can see what has happened in the past and what will happen in the future, but I can see what has not happened in the past and will not happen in the future. ”
"Even though you and Loki have never broken up, even if the black dragon has been willing to obey your will, even if the three children have recognized your identity and status as a god-king, even if the frost giants no longer hate the gods, but obey the rule of the gods, even if the gods are united and have never been corrupted and degenerate, even if the Warner and Asaph gods have completely merged...... Even if all the hidden dangers are eliminated and you do everything you can to do your best, but, Odin, O sighing god-king, I still have to tell you bluntly that Ragnarok will come eventually. ”
"Odin, in that unseen future, the gods who have prospered to the limit seem to reign like gold for thousands of years, but after only 100,000 years, the fruit trees of youth will wither, and the gods who have lost their apples will fall into old age, and there is no way for the gods with the blood of giants not to grow old and not die. In the midst of struggle and despair, the gods will gradually pass away, the world without the gods to maintain order, the cold wind howling, the winter will rule the whole world, all life will die with it, and the last human will freeze to death on the ice field. The whole world will be in the midst of death and collapse. ”
Another possible future was calmly spoken by the giant of wisdom, and listening to this possible future, Odin's face was silent.
"In other words, I just chose a fate that was not very good, not too bad? ”
After a while, Odin's face showed some complexity, and then he laughed at himself.
In front of him, the old giant of wisdom looked at him silently and did not speak.
After a long time, Odin looked at the wise giant in front of him and said.
"I'd like to ask you one last question. ”
"Isn't that what you need to ask, don't you already know that? Are you still trying to overturn this fate?"
The old wise giant looked at Odin in front of him, and then chuckled.
Odin didn't answer, but continued to ask.
"Mimir, you can see all possible futures and possible pasts, and I want to know what is on my mind at this moment...... Will it be successful?"
As he spoke, the one-eyed giant stared at the giant of wisdom in front of him.
The wisdom giant in front of him was unexpectedly silent for a moment, and did not answer directly, but seemed to think for a while before speaking.
"Odin, the one thing on your mind...... I can't tell you the answer. ”
Mimir shook his head as Odin's gaze watched, the last sentence hinting at something in his words.
Can't you tell me the answer......
Odin seemed to have something in his mind, and then he glanced at Mimir and turned to leave.
When the god-king disappeared, the wise giant quietly looked in the direction of Odin's disappearance, and then said something as if to himself.