Chapter Twenty-Eight: Better Without You (5,500 Words)
"This lady came in without my permission, I'm sorry Jason, do you need me to ask her out?" said the female clerk in charge of the front desk, who said with some apologies. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Forget it, I know her. Li Jie waved his hand to signal that there was no problem, and asked the front desk reception to go out first.
"Okay, who are you?" asked Li Jie, looking at the woman in front of him, who was obviously from Asgard again.
"Valkyrie, the Valkyrie of Asgard. Thor's face moved, and he introduced it in place of Valkyrie.
"Yes, as Thor said. Valkyrie nodded.
The image of this woman does have the demeanor of a Valkyrie, although she is very beautiful, but she is heroic. A very well-fitting lady's suit is worn on her, and she looks smart and capable.
"So, Valkyrie, why did you come to Earth?" Li Jie leaned back on his desk and chair helplessly, and now the Asgardians really regard this place as Asgard's foothold on the earth.
It seems that the decision to take over the two Thor brothers was the worst decision of his life.
"Naturally, it's for Thor. Valkyrie's expression was calm, but he looked at Thor with a bit of amusement. "You went to Van Odin very angry privately, and Loki was also implicated in your affairs and was imprisoned. ”
"Loki, how's he?" heard the news that Loki was being held by Odin, and Thor stood up with some excitement and asked.
Is this supposed to be a brotherhood?" Li Jie thought to himself, looking at Thor.
"I've been in that prison, and it's not a good taste inside. Thor felt uncomfortable thinking about the place where he was being locked up by Odin.
The cold cellar, the bitter alkaline water, and the food of only a few loaves of bread a day, plus the fact that I could only sleep on the haystack.
Thor's time in that prison was hard, so he couldn't help but think of Loki, who couldn't bear this kind of suffering.
"Don't worry, Loki's days are fine. Speaking of Loki's prison, Valkyrie's face twitched.
What kind of prison is there, it's obviously a luxuriously decorated dormitory, and something as luxurious as the Golden Fleece has been woven into a carpet by Loki.
Know how many goddesses in Asgard want to have a coat made of golden wool and can't get it.
That damn Loki actually trampled this good thing under his feet, and knitted such a big piece so extravagantly.
I don't know how many goddesses who are proud of their Golden Fleece coats will feel after knowing that Loki has trampled the Golden Fleece, which they are proud of as a treasure, at random feet.
Perhaps Loki was really inherently incompatible with the gods of Asgard.
"And the Mother of the Gods has helped Loki intercede, and he's now out of prison. Valkyrie's words relieved Thor.
Little did Thor know that his brother had not been in prison at all, but had been given a good job.
"Well, Loki is still in Asgard?" Thor still cared about Loki.
"No, I'm here to tell you about it. Valkyrie looked at Thor with a mocking tone, it seemed that Thor's relationship with the many goddesses of Asgard was indeed very ordinary.
"Malekith has a tendency to invade the Elven Kingdom, spearheaded by some Frost Giants. "The news that Valkyrie brought is not good news.
However, the war in Asgard is too far away from the earth, and Li Jie should now listen to Valkyrie tell the latest news about Asgard as if he were a story.
"The Elven Queen has begged for help like Asgard, if the Dark Elves join forces with the Frost Giants, the forces of the Elven Kingdom will not be able to withstand their attack. ”
"It's really not good news. Is Asgard ready for battle?" Thor was a little excited at the mention of war, he liked to wear armor and carry a great axe. The thrill of charging into battle and slashing the enemy.
"The first armies have begun to settle in the Elven realm, and Asgard will never leave anything to his allies, you know, Thor. Valkyrie answered in the affirmative.
"I have to go back to Asgard, I have to go back. The army needs a commander, and how can the war with the Dark Elves and the Frost Giants be fought without me. "Thor can't wait to return to Asgard now.
Since many years ago, Odin has not been fighting in the north and south with his robe.
The war in Asgard has been led by Thor for so many years, and his repeated victories have established him high prestige in Asgard.
This is also Odin paving the way for Thor to succeed him to the throne.
"No, I said Thor, you haven't been recruited to Asgard yet. Valkyrie reached out and pushed Thor back to the table and chair, who had stood up and was about to rush out.
"You still have to stay in the atrium for a while, the seal that Odin gave you will not take the initiative to help you lift, if you still don't understand what you lack, I guess you will have to stay in the atrium in the future. ”
"Who's going to lead the army?" asked Thor as he leaned back in his seat.
"Loki. Valkyrie had a smile on his face. "Now Loki is the co-commander of Asgard and the elven kingdoms. ”
"He will command the battle, with more than 30,000 of God's Domain's most elite warriors and elves under his command. Valkyrie said that when Loki commanded the battle, the thought that he had ruined the Golden Fleece out of jealousy of Loki disappeared in an instant.
On the contrary, there was more admiration on his face, and his tone of voice became more steady.
"Loki? No, he can't. He never fought a hard battle, and in every battle I was in front of the charge. Thor refuted the decision without even thinking about it.
"Loki had only been in battle as my lieutenant before, and he had never been in command alone. ”
Thor seems confident in his record, but Li Jie doesn't believe that war can be solved by brute force alone.
While it's not wrong that Thor is a god, don't forget that the opponents he fights against are also gods.
Li Jie lifted Erlang's legs, holding his chin with his hand to see what Valkyrie would say next, he always felt that Thor was on bad luck today.
"Loki doesn't have the ability?" Valkyrie heard Thor's words as if he had heard a big joke. "No, no, no. She said no three times in a row.
"Thor, you're overestimating yourself. Valkyrie's smile made Thor a little uncomfortable.
"Loki has commanded the warriors in a fight with the Dark Elves' minions in the Borderlands. Valkyrie's words revealed that Loki had begun to really command the battle.
"Loki had a beautiful campaign, although the charge without a boss didn't seem bloody enough, and it didn't give the army a morale boost. Valkyrie was talking about Thor's usual way of fighting.
"But Loki fought a very beautiful battle, we only lost twenty-five men, but annihilated the Dark Elves' army of nearly three thousand servants. "Valkyrie's exploding death ratio is simply staggering.
"Cool!" Li Jie couldn't help but let out an exclamation, Loki seemed to be really talented, and he seemed to be stronger than Thor in terms of strategy and strategy.
"This, this can't be. Thor was still a little incredulous.
"Let's face it, Thor, we now know how you fought those battles. Valkyrie said lightly.
"You like to charge, and the Valkyrie of Asgard likes to charge, and that's not bad, because we're all warriors, and warriors shouldn't hold back, they just follow orders and move forward. ”
"But don't forget, Thor, you're still a commander. And he is also the future king of Asgard. You can't be like us Valkyries, you are proficient in combat, but you can't be proficient in combat alone. Fighting is not all that a good leader possesses. ”
"Loki is so much better than you in this regard, I bet. In those battles before you, if you didn't have Loki as your deputy to help you clean up the mess, many of Asgard's warriors would have returned to the battlefield. Valkyrie's words became cold at the end.
"Under his command, we are confident that we will inflict the most brutal blow on the Dark Elves at the lowest cost, and let them know the majesty of Asgard. ”
"Loki is much better than you, Thor. Accept it, you're not a good leader, you're not even a good warrior, and until now you can't even pick up Thor's hammer. Only Loki still has a sword of truth. Valkyrie's words were cruel.
It was like a hammer hammering down on Thor's heart.
Li Jie looked at Thor, and now the once high-spirited Thor was a little depressed. He has always been proud of his undefeated fighting career.
But today, Valkyrie's words shattered Thor's pride and confidence. Loki is better than himself? Yes, he's smarter, he's more cunning and stratageming.
But Thor always thought he was the one who led Asgard to victory, but today it seems like everything is broken.
As it turns out, Asgard's army may be better off without Thor, the god of thunder, and Loki is the best commander of this army.
Li Jie looked at Thor with a devastated look, pursed his lips and shook his head, he didn't want to get involved in the love-hate relationship between the two Thor's brothers, this was a very dangerous thing.
"So, Ms. Valkyrie, are you here today to take Thor to live somewhere else?"
Thor is by his side, and Li Jie has no sense of security at all.
"Hello, friendly atrium man. I've heard your name from Loki. Valkyrie smiled, and instead of answering Li Jie's question, he looked at him left and right.
This gave Li Jie a sense of foreboding.
"Maybe I'll need to trouble you for a while during my days in the Atrium, you know we're not familiar with the Atrium. Sure enough, Li Jie lamented.
"But Loki said you'd be embarrassed to be in trouble for a long time. "Ah, it turns out that the Asgardians will be embarrassed, Li Jie thought they were all cheeky.
"So, Lokito and I'm bringing you a gift as reward for Thor being cared for in the Atrium during this time. "Well, I love to hear that, at least not as a day job.
It's just that what will Loki give me? I can't think of any special products in Asgard besides a hammer, could it be that he gave me a hammer?
"The gift is here. Li Jie only now noticed that Valkyrie had come with a box on his back, which was not large, only about a meter long, and it was in the shape of a long bar.
Is it really a two-handed hammer? No, I refuse to use this weapon. Li Jie didn't want this kind of thing in his heart.
"Loki said you're also a warrior, so I'm giving you a special weapon. "It's still a hammer.
"This is a weapon crafted by the finest dwarven craftsmen and blessed by elven mages. "So it's a particularly powerful hammer.
"Made of rare Uru alloy, tempered by the fire of death, and integrated into a small thunder pool as the core. "Sounds like a hammer with a lot of character.
"In the end, the masters of the elves and dwarves jointly engraved the runes and created this sword. "Well, it's a hammer as expected.
No, Li Jie said. "What do you say, not a hammer?"
"Why a hammer?" Valkyrie was a little confused. "If you prefer a warhammer as a weapon, it may take some time, and we'll need to reforge this sword. ”
"No, I like knives, not hammers. Li Jie hurriedly said, the hammer should be left to Thor.
Li Jie has never had any love for the hammer, even if it is Thor's hammer. As long as you hold it in your hand, you will always want to find a red-hot piece of iron to knock on.
Valkyrie placed the box he had brought with him on Li Jie's desk.
Huge bang~!, a small box has a weight that is not proportionate to the volume.
The sturdy oak table creaked and looked a little overwhelmed.
Opening the box, an unpretentious long knife lay inside the box. Ulu Alloy, Asgard's finest magical metal, has a plain appearance that doesn't match its fame.
The color of the ash flutter is not pleasant, even if it is also made of Uru alloy.
The shape of the knife is somewhere between a traditional machete and a Middle Eastern scimitar. The blade has a certain curvature, but it is not very curved, and the ridge part of the knife has obvious strengthening, which is very suitable for chopping.
The gray blade didn't show anything extraordinary, the knife that hadn't been overly decorated, Li Jie couldn't recognize what material it was made of, and it looked gray, but it was a little deeper.
The handle is made of wood, but it is still wood that Li Jie does not recognize.
But Valkyrie next to him helped explain. "The hilt made from the fallen branches of the World Tree is an excellent magical ingredient that many mages like to use to craft their staffs. ”
The more I listened, the more I felt that this knife was very high, although Li Jie didn't understand what Loki's intention was to send this weapon to himself, but Li Jie still wanted to pick it up and play with it when he put it in front of him.
This knife, which is only 110 centimeters long with the handle, weighs unusually heavy, Li Jie estimates that it is more than 200 kilograms, and maybe 300 kilograms.
No wonder it almost collapsed when it was thrown on the table.
However, holding it in his hand, Li Jie didn't notice any difference in this knife except for its weight, and he asked Valkyrie with his eyes.
"You need to use energy to activate the weapon. Valkyrie probably understood what Li Jie's eyes meant.
Okay, Valkyrie just said that this knife has been fused into a small thunder pool? Li Jie decided to use his purple thunder qi to introduce the knife and give it a try.
When the purple thunder qi poured into the blade, the originally dusty knife seemed to be activated in an instant. A huge electric current spreads from inside the blade.
Valkyrie seemed to already know what would happen to Li Jie's first attempt, and she crushed the crystal that had been prepared for a long time and engraved by the elven mage. A magic shield formed around Li Jie so that the current would no longer spill out.
The powerful energy of the sword body far exceeded Li Jie's imagination, forged by the dwarf clan, and then blessed by the mage of the elf clan.
Inside the inconspicuous sword, a small thunder pool is also fused as the core, although it is not as perverted as Thor's hammer fused into an entire star.
But the shock that this knife brought to Li Jie is still indescribable, when the power of the knife body continues to emerge, and then constantly feedback on Li Jie's body, Li Jie feels that his whole person's strength is about to explode, he has never felt so powerful.
[Found A-rank items, Uru alloy and world tree plus a war knife forged by Thunder Pool, which can be exchanged for special points, whether the host can redeem it. 】
The system that had been silent for a long time reappeared, this time it seemed that he wanted Li Jie to sell this knife, but Li Jie did not lack the heart to this point, this knife was sold to the system, and he couldn't find a second one.
[The Thunder Pool War Knife locates A-level items, and the magic energy is continuously fed back to strengthen the host energy. The host rating has been upgraded to C+. 】
When Li Jie held this war knife and just began to receive power, the system commented.
[The energy feedback continues to improve, and the host level evaluation is upgraded to B-level] This is after a while.
[The energy continues to increase, and the host level evaluation has been increased to B.] Now Li Jie already felt that his body was about to be filled with the energy of the knife blade.
[When the energy level reaches the upper limit of the host's tolerance, the host level evaluation is upgraded to B+, and it is recommended that the host not receive energy feedback.] 】
At this time, Li Jie felt that his body was about to explode, he didn't know how to turn off the energy feedback of this knife, and he didn't seem to be able to put this knife down.
It's like glue sticking to your hand, and you can't shake it off. When Li Jie felt that his body was about to explode, the energy fed back by the blade suddenly calmed down.
stopped here like this, and did not continue to strengthen Li Jie's body.
And the system's rating evaluation of Li Jie has also stabilized at the B+ level.
"It's incredible, it's unbelievably powerful. Li Jie exclaimed as he held his sword.
He had become somewhat accustomed to the powerful power in his body, and he tried to swing the blade of his sword within the magic shield, and each slight swing brought a purple thunderbolt of light.
This lightning attracted Valkyrie's attention, and even Thor, who was still depressed just now, forgot about the frustration and looked at the purple arc seriously.
However, it was obviously not a good idea to experiment with such a powerful weapon in his own office, and it was fortunate that Valkyrie had prepared for it.
Otherwise, my company may have been ruined by my own current, Li Jie was a little afraid, he seemed to be a little reckless just now.
Obviously, the ability of this knife has not been fully exerted, but just like this, it has forcibly improved Li Jie's ability from the ordinary C-level to the B+ level.
It's a leap forward, but there's a downside to it. It seems that this knife can only improve the ability of purple thunder qi, which makes the energy imbalance in Li Jie's body very serious.
When holding this knife, you can only use the purple thunder nine strikes, which can be regarded as the knife controlling the person, not the person controlling the knife. Li Jie thought like this, it seemed that only by truly improving his ability, at least to the B+ level could he truly control the full power of this sword, Li Jie felt that there was still power in the blade.
When Li Jie put down the sword, the majestic energy like the sea disappeared from his body in an instant.
It was like the feeling of suddenly coming ashore after an hour of soaking in the pool, and the body instantly became very heavy.
[After leaving the Thunder Pool Battle Knife, the host level evaluation fell back to C-level, which tells us that there will always be a day when the plug-in will be blocked. 】
Well, Li Jie is used to the system's complaints. (To be continued.) )