Following the Valkyries led by Brunhilde, Todd and Huggins walked through a massive cavern to a granite tunnel.

Todd looked at the walls of the tunnel by the light of the torches, and the large gray fossils were exposed, half embedded in the stone walls, stretching from the entrance to the depths of the tunnel.

He carefully observed the structure of the fossils, spinos, pyramidal spines, spine ...... The creature resembled an oversized serpent with some towering dorsal fins above it.

Feeling the ground getting steeper and steeper beneath his feet, watching the Valkyries go underground little by little, Todd finally couldn't bear such a wordless journey anymore.

"Where are we going?"

Brunhilde turned his head: "Keep up with me, and soon you'll know." ”

"Has anyone else been here besides me and you?"

"In my memory, you were the first outsider to walk into this tunnel. ”

Hearing this, Todd was surprised and said, "I'm the first?!I don't understand, why do you trust me so much?"

"Trust?" Brunhilde paused, his eyes tingle in the darkness, "Listen, Lord of Twilight, it's not about trust. I have never left this land since I was born. I have been guarding my village, guarding this ruin, for a full hundred and twenty years......"

"One hundred and twenty years?!" Todd exclaimed, his feet slipping, and if it weren't for Huggins' timely support, he might have fallen straight to the ground.

Ignoring Todd's words and actions, Brunhilde continued: "...... For so many years, as Valkyries, my sisters and I could not see the miracles of the gods or hear their instructions. Faced with only such a cemetery made of bones and stones, we who have long been tired of all this want an answer!"

Todd looked at the Valkyrie standing facing him and swallowed, "Answer?"

"We are warriors, servants, not grave keepers! We want to know the meaning of our existence! If you are indeed the rumored 'alchemist blessed by the gods', then please tell us the truth. With that, Brunhilde turned around and continued his journey.

Todd steadied himself, following the steps of his predecessors as he held his chin and pondered Valkyrie's words.

The group advanced for another twenty minutes, and just as Todd looked at the fossilized serpent still stretching forward in the wall, wondering how long the monster was, the Valkyries stopped.

The relics of the gods have arrived.

In front of me was a huge space in the shape of a cylinder 100 meters high, and a metal triangular cone similar to a pyramid broke out of the earth and stood straight towards the sky. On the walls around the cylindrical room, all kinds of fossils of creatures are scattered everywhere. There was a skeleton of a giant about four meters high, the remains of a strangely shaped beast, and the skeleton of the giant serpent was embedded in the walls of the cylindrical room from the exit of the tunnel, spiraling upwards and disappearing into the high roof.

Todd has been surprised too many times today, and the scene in front of him made him, who had already been mentally prepared, not show too much discomfort.

"This room existed a long time ago. Each generation of Valkyries has been given the mission to protect this place at all costs. Brunhilde walked over to the triangular metal cone in the center of the room and motioned for Todd to come closer, "Come, alchemist, come to me." First of all, I want you to tell me, what is this thing that looks like a spire?"

Todd walked in front of the metal spire, first looked at the outside, the part of the spire exposed to the ground was about eighty centimeters, the surface looked smooth and textured, and with the help of the light, some strange patterns could be faintly seen "floating" in the metal.

Todd looked at Brunhilde, an inquiring look on his face.

The latter stretched out his right hand and responded with a pleading expression.

Todd turned his head and tried to touch the surface with his fingers, the metal was cold and piercing, but the moment he touched it, he had the illusion that his soul seemed to be trapped in it.

Todd leaned in and tapped the metal surface with his knuckles, but surprisingly, there was no response. On closer inspection, the object was completely different from all the metals he had in his impression. Then, he crouched on the ground and used his hands to pick up the dirt where the metal body joined the ground, and there was still the metal under the dirt, and it looked like the minaret should have risen from the ground.

"Alchemist, how's it going?"

The answer Brunhilde got was only a helpless shake of the head.

The Valkyrie bowed her head in frustration.

Todd began, "I don't have any lab equipment with me, and if I can pry a sample out of this, maybe I'll know what it is." ”

Brünnhilde shook his head, "Don't waste your efforts, no weapon can leave a single scratch on it. Come on, alchemist, I have another thing for you to see. ”

Climbing to the corner at the end of the cylindrical room, Valkyrie grabbed the man-tall stone and moved it aside. A room resembling a showroom appeared in front of everyone.

Patches of golden sand obsidian stone slabs lay flat on the stone platform, and old drawings and difficult words appeared in the stone slabs.

Brunhilde led Todd to stand in front of the first stone tablet, pointed to the words inside, and said, "These are Rune, which is said to have been created by the main god Odin after he took out his left eye in exchange for a spoonful of the Fountain of Wisdom. ”

"There is a theory about the origin of these drawings and words. On Odin's shoulders once stood two crows, one named "Wisdom" and the other "Memory". After Ragnarok, Memory found the remaining deities, the daughter of the sun and moon gods, and asked her to make the tablets. ”

Todd listened to Brunhilde's words and looked carefully at the first drawing.

"A god in golden helmets and armor armed with spears and golden rings has slain a giant. Above the sky, a pattern of triangles with upper arrows and lower triangles shimmers. The Valkyrie read the "Rune Script" in the tablet: "He gave weapons and armor to my master, Odin, and instigated him to kill Ymir, the ancestor of the giants." ”

Second picture: 'Odin is on one knee, the triangle of arrows floating in the air, and the body of the giant lying quietly on the ground. The Valkyrie reads, "My master, Odin, swore an oath to it, and it planted a seed in Ymir's body. ”

The third picture: 'An ash tree grows from the corpse of a giant. Valkyrie: "The seed sprouted and blossomed, and grew into the World Tree."

Fourth picture: "The World Tree bears fruit, and the spring water irrigates its roots. Valkyrie: "The tree of the world bears golden apples, and clear springs emerge from the roots, and the gods eat the fruits and drink the water, and they do not grow old and die, and gain infinite divine power." ”

Fifth picture: "The World Tree is surrounded by all kinds of creatures, gods, elves, dwarves, giants, and monsters, and the arrowhead triangle floats in the air, looking down on all things. Valkyrie: "After drinking the spring water at the root of the World Tree and eating the fruits of the branches of the World Tree, all beings in the world have power and madness, and more and more creatures have mutated into monsters who are sick and sick." When war, devouring, mutation are everywhere, it just watches it all. ”

Sixth picture: 'Odin exchanged his left eye for a ladle of spring water with one hand, and raised his spear with the other, pointing at the arrow triangle in the air. Valkyrie: "My master exchanged an eye for the fountain of wisdom, and after drinking the water, under the guidance of the sage giant, he saw through its intentions and resolved to defeat it." ”

Picture 7: 'Odin crouched on the ground, picked up a pinch of water, and lifted it to the sky. Valkyrie: "With the help of the three goddesses of fate, my master has discovered the weapon to defeat it." ”

Picture 8: "Flames and seas churn, the universe collapses, time flows turbulently, the gods and enemies sink to the bottom of the sea in the war, and the triangle of arrows shines in the sky. Valkyrie: "It saw through everything in advance, my master failed, and Ragnarok came as promised." ”

The ninth and final picture.

"Huge triangles of arrows fill the screen. 』

The Valkyrie read the rune word by word: "It foresees the end, plots the fate, bewitches the living, and erases the traces." Ignorant and small beings, we created you, but who created us?"

Todd looked at the triangle of arrows on the last painting and was silent for a long time.

Brunhilde didn't bother him, just waited quietly.

Todd looked up at the Valkyrie, "If you allow me, I'd like to take some soil, rocks, and water from the ruins as samples for experimentation." ”

"And then, can you give me the truth?"

Todd looked at the pattern in the slate and nodded slowly, "I think, I'm getting closer to the answer a little bit." ”