"Yijun, tell us more about the twilight of the gods!"

Alice expressed curiosity about what the twilight of the gods in Norse mythology was all about. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes, Yijun, tell us!"

Everyone looked at Jian Yi expectantly.

"Well, okay, let's see how good I can tell stories!"

So Jian Yi began to explain the twilight of the gods to everyone.

In Norse mythology, gods are not perfect and not omnipotent. The constant conflict and struggle between the gods and the giants will surely lead to the final battle between the two major forces.

Eventually, not only will all visible creation be destroyed, but even the inhabitants of the "Land of the Giants," the "Land of the Elves," and the "Atrium," and the gods of the "Kingdom of the Gods" and the "Land of the Dead" will be destroyed along with the world in which they live. The end of the world, Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods, is inevitable in any way.

And before this terrible day of destruction is coming, there is actually a foreshadowing. The first sign was that the atrium world inhabited by humans would face a harsh winter like never before. The snow kept falling, the frost froze the earth, the bitter cold wind howled in the dark sky, and the storms and rains continued without sunlight.

There were three miserable winters like this one in succession, and there was no summer in between, and every day was a miserable day. All the hopes of summer were disappointed. The snow kept falling, and it was freezing everywhere.

In the bitter cold, the universe is filled with the shadow of war and conflict, and the beasts of the wilderness wander around in search of food. People no longer forgive and help each other, fratricidal, father and son, kill each other in an ugly competition of lust.

It is a world of sin and terror, where even the earth trembles and the sea withers and the earth cracks. There were too many dead to count, vultures swirling in the air to eat the dead, sin rampant, blood staining the land. The souls of countless sinners fought across the River Styx, and even the color of the river was obscured.

At the top of the World Tree (Yggdrasil), the golden-crowned rooster of the "Kingdom of the Gods" has been crying hoarsely, and the red flame rooster responds with a sharp cry from the bottom of the "Land of the Dead".

On the hilltop of the Iron Forest (Arnvid), the Tempest's Vulture Eagle flapped its wings and roared as the storm roared, the sky darkened, and the wolves chasing the sun and moon swallowed their target, the earth cracking and roaring.

Fenrir, the strange wolf who could open his mouth to devour the heavens and the earth, had now broken free from the spell that bound him, and the whole world trembled with it. The World Tree shook from its roots to the treetops, and the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, and the gnomes living in the caves in the mountains fled in panic, unable to find the entrance to the cave.

The poison dragon Nidhogg had also hollowed out the deep roots of the World Tree at this time, and the tree was already dying. At this time, the great serpent Jormungander, who surrounded the "Atrium", Midgard, also woke up from the mud bed of the seabed, tossed its huge body, and its long tail set off huge waves to engulf the mountains of the "Atrium", and the sea water rushed straight into the sky of the "Kingdom of the Gods".

From the mountain-like waves, the serpent raised its huge head, its whole body covered with poisonous spots, and the breath that erupted from its mouth turned into flames that scorched the sky.

At this moment of upheaval, an army of flames poured in from the southern land of fire (Muspelheim), and they rode the waves of fire under the leadership of Surt. Surt holds the sword of victory in his right hand and a raging flame in his left.

At this time, the evil god Loki also broke free from the chains of eternal punishment and joined the camp of the enemies of the gods, and Fenrir followed him and ran together to the "kingdom of the gods".

From the east, the giant Rymer took the helm and rowed towards the "kingdom of the gods" with the serpent Jormungander. Garm, a blood-stained hellhound, stood on a rock facing a dark and sad abyss and barked.

Hela, the half-flesh-colored and half-blue queen of the "Land of the Dead", stands on a large ship made of dead man's nails, and the ship is loaded with an army of frost giants heading towards the "Kingdom of the Gods".

The giant army crowded the Bifrost Bridge, the noise shook the universe, and the majestic and gorgeous Hongqiao finally collapsed and shattered under the ravages of the enemy. Mountains cracked, and rocks were scattered in all directions.

Heimdall, the guardian of the Celestial Yard, takes out the trumpet Gjallarhorn, hidden in the shadow of the World Tree Yggdrasil, and blows an emergency signal to summon the gods and heroes. The sound of the trumpet resounded through the sky, clearer than thunder, to report the unfortunate news to the "kingdom of the gods".

The army of the gods quickly took their weapons and rushed out of the "Valhalla" with 540 gates, set up a formation in the field, and began to meet the giants, round shields clashing with round shields, sharp spears flying in the air, like dense showers, shouting to shake the heavens and the earth.

On the eve of the decisive battle, Odin went to the Well of Destiny alone. I saw the three goddesses of fate sitting silently beside the withered tree of the world, with only a broken net by her side. Odin turned to Mimir the Wise, and after a few words in his ear, he turned and hurried back to the battlefield.

Both sides are here, and countless years of hatred will be resolved at once.

The first to clash is the great god Odin and Fenrir, the vengeful troll who has broken the cursed locks and opens his massive jaws to cover the sky, spewing flames into the air, and his eyes swoop down on Odin with lightning bolts.

Odin raised his spear, the Eternal Spear, and his shining golden helmet, his dark blue cloak undulating behind his shoulders like a blue flame, stepped down and rode a Pegasus faster than the wind, worthy of the Lord of the Gods in the "Kingdom of the Gods". Unfortunately, he had bad luck and died under the fangs of Fenrir's wolf.

When Odin's son Vidar saw his father's tragic death, he immediately jumped at Fenrir's wolf, grabbed its jaw and tore it in half, and then stabbed a spear through the wolf's throat into the heart to avenge his father's murder.

Frey commands the undead heroes of Valhalla to charge towards Surt, but Frey's usual weapon, the Sword of Victory, is in the hands of his enemies, and he only has a deer antler as a weapon. Frey was finally struck by the sword of victory in the hands of his enemies and finally died.

Garm, the Hellhound, licking his blood, rushed towards Tyr, the god of war, and after a fierce battle, both Tyr and Garm were seriously wounded and died.

Loki's opponent was Heimdall, who guarded the bridge, and after a long period of torture, Loki was horrific in appearance, his face was as pale as death, and his long hair and beard stood unkempt and looked like strange horns.

Heimdall's sword quickly cut off the ugly head, but strangely enough, the severed head bounced off the ground and stabbed Heimdall in the chest, killing him.

Thor and his arch-nemesis, Jormungander, engage in a fierce battle, with the serpent's massive body tumbling and cleverly dodging Thor's mallet while spitting poisonous juice at Thor at the same time.

Thor was furious, and threw the Thor's mallet at the head of the serpent, and in an instant, the thunder roared and the thunder was dazzling, and the serpent rose up and spurted blood into the wilderness before falling to the ground and dying.

But Thor was also poisoned by the snake, shaking and letting out a thunderous moan of pain, and after taking nine steps, the first warrior of the "kingdom of the gods" also died of anger.

The battlefield was littered with the corpses of gods and giants, and the plains had turned into a sea of blood, and the black dragon "Despair" Nidhogg flew over the battlefield, his wings making terrifying noises, greedily gnawing on the blood-stained corpses.

The sky glowed as dark red as blood, dyeing the sky and the earth crimson. There are very few figures standing on the battlefield. At this time, Surt, who killed Frey, threw the flames in his hand into the sky, and in the raging flames like red lotuses, the entire universe was destroyed.

The "Atrium" has become a sea of fire, the pillar of fire runs through the universe, the smoke sweeps up the top of the mountain, and Yggdrasil, the world tree that supports the universe, is also engulfed in flames and collapses.

The stars fell from the firmament, time was gone, and the charred ground shook and sank into the raging sea. As far as the eye can see, there are only monstrous waves, and the universe is only a dead silence and eternal darkness.

The world is ruined!

……

To the extreme south of the already destroyed universe lies another endless blue sky where no one has ever been.

The storm of the end of the world passed, the heavens and the earth were destroyed, and the few gods who were still alive fled to the south, and a human man and woman survived by hiding in the hollow of Yggdrasil, the tree of the world, drinking the morning dew.

Time passed, and new earth emerged from the sea beneath their feet. The dead god of light, Blader, and the god of darkness, Hoder, are also resurrected.

The land is more beautiful than the ruined old world, the greenery is deeper, the fruit trees are thick, and the sound of gurgling water can be heard in the fresh morning air. In the far south, the beautiful plains still exist as before, and the surviving gods walk through the green grass of the plains, and in the grass, they seem to see the golden years they have spent in the past.

With deep joy, the gods seemed to find the remnants of the collapsed palace of Odin and Valhalla in this new world of peace. They vaguely seemed to have entered the hall of the "Valhalla", the surviving gods looked at each other, and were surprised and delighted, everyone had endless nostalgia in their hearts, everyone couldn't help but cry with joy, determined to rebuild the palace in their memories so vividly, to rebuild a new world of happiness......

After that, the black dragon "Despair" Nidhogg sprang out of the pile of corpses, and it flew heavily and slowly across the earth, its black wings covered with bones. Soon it fell far away, disappearing into the bottomless abyss at the edge of the universe.

Although the catastrophe destroyed the universe, it also burned away all evil, and a new order was re-established, and the new world will be even better!