"Why am I here?"

Constantine carefully recalled, "Shouldn't I have been eaten by Fenrir?"

Euler said: "To be precise, it devoured the part of Odin's soul imprint on your body, but it failed to devour your soul, and now standing here is the real you." ”

Constantine was puzzled and asked, "Why? Odin's soul is so strong that Fenrir can devour it, why can I survive when I am weak?"

"On the contrary, it was because you were so weak that you survived. Euler said.

Constantine was puzzled.

Euler did not answer, but waved his hand, and a magnificent picture unfolded in front of Constantine.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, out of nothingness, was born the World Tree, which records all the laws.

In this World Tree, ancient ancestors known as the gods appeared, including powerful ancient creatures that were the ancestors of all dragons, demons, titans, elves, and humans.

"The ancestors ruled the World Tree for countless epochs, and there were occasional battles between them, but the gods, led by Odin, who wielded the power of the law, were able to foresee their fate in advance and always won wars time and time again. ”

In the picture, the figure of Odin appears, an ancient deity, standing in front of a huge palace, holding a spear that shines all over the world, Kungunir, sitting down and riding an eight-legged Pegasus, standing majestically at the top of the kingdom of God, his right eye is blue and deep like a nebula, as if he knows all fate.

Exactly as Constantine remembers.

That was Odin's initial gesture. Euler said.

"The first stance?" Constantine was a little surprised, but quickly reacted, "You mean that Odin will appear in a different form?"

Euler looked at Constantine calmly: "Think of Faust, and your mother, for God, a secular name is just a code, and it doesn't make a difference whether there is or not. ”

Constantine was shocked.

He suddenly remembered that until now, he didn't know his mother's name, only that it was a mysterious and beautiful woman in white.

Maybe it's because she doesn't have a name in the first place, or maybe she knows that it means nothing to her.

"Odin's existence has nothing to do with the physical form, but with an inner endowment of the soul. ”

Euler said, "Those who have certain qualities deep in their souls have a good chance of becoming Odin. ”

Constantine suddenly remembered the meaningful words that the Pope had said to him in the Temple of Radiance after winning the championship of the martial arts competition that year.

"Faith is essentially a choice, and no faith is naturally sacred and necessary, not because the gods ask the worldly beings to believe in them, but the beings who actively choose the part of the gods that are similar or desired to themselves. ”

"To believe in the gods is to believe in ourselves. ”

Euler said: "You are not the only one, in the long course of time, those who have inherited the true name of [Odin] in countless planes have shared a similar trait, such as a desperate desire to control their own destiny and have great power. ”

Constantine was silent.

Yes, that's what he thought when he was younger, when he left Winterfell on that burning night and wandered into the abyss.

So in the decades that followed, he became a bloody bounty hunter, a magician, sharpening himself coldly, operating with precision and ruthlessness like an alchemical pocket watch.

Because only if he is strong enough can he restore his kingdom, and he will be able to defeat the enemy who made his mother fall.

"The individual's desire to know his or her own destiny formed the law of fate, which shaped Odin. ”

Euler said: "This is how the World Tree exists. ”

"The ancient ancestor who first obtained the true name of [Odin] saw endless chaos at first sight, which caused a great fear of the unknown, so he gained power from the World Tree and created the eternal starry sky universe to protect the World Tree. ”

"In this closed universe, everything is predestined, all things run according to established laws, and the fate of the ancestors is predestined from birth, participating in war, childbirth and creation, just like the movement of the stars, eternal and unchanging. ”

And the birth of brilliance is the turning point of everything. Euler said. "Unlike the gods of the Ancient Era, it has no substance, but it is more powerful. ”

Constantine said, "What is the brilliance?"

"I can only guess that the radiance is part of the ontological will of the World Tree. In Euler's eyes, a deep light flowed uncertainly, "It is a sign that the World Tree has evolved to a certain stage. ”

"Have you ever seen the Radiant Body?"

"Yes. Euler was unequivocal. "I have tried to describe its structure mathematically, and have come to the conclusion that its ontology is beyond our dimension, in a form that we cannot recognize, and that the only thing that can evolve to this extent is the World Tree. ”

At this stage, the World Tree gave birth to its own consciousness and decided to abandon its original body. ”

"It no longer needs the parasitic ancestors to protect itself, and it has the ability to create more perfect and better servants, which are called angels. ”

"The ancient gods, on the other hand, have been abandoned by the World Tree. ”

Hearing this, Constantine shuddered and felt a chill swell up in his heart.

"However, perhaps Odin has long felt the change in the World Tree. So he took something from the World Tree to perpetuate his fate of destruction. ”

Constantine suddenly woke up: "Branch of the World Tree, Kungunir!"

"Exactly. Ola said, "Odin sealed his soul in Kungunir and broke it into several parts and scattered them everywhere to ensure that the heirs of their true names would one day become complete Odin. ”

"The Inheritors will have their fates intertwined with the World Tree Fragments because of their true names, and the more power they receive from the World Tree Fragments, the more they will lose themselves and become part of Odin's soul, allowing Odin to return from the river of fate. ”

"But these efforts, judging by the results, all ended in failure. ”

Ora said lightly, "Since the Twilight Era, including you, all the inheritors who have awakened Odin's true name have not been able to become complete [Odin] again, although Odin has been reborn, he can never recover to the most intact and powerful state, and can only be reincarnated again and again, repeating the fate of being destroyed." ”

"It's like an ant crawling on a ring, never getting out. Out of nowhere, Euler pulled out a thin strip of parchment, twisted it one hundred and eighty degrees, glued the two ends together, and joined them into a ring-like object. "There is no beginning and no end. ”

"But, to my surprise, of all the true name inheritors I've met, your sense of subjectivity is the one that is most thoroughly preserved. ”

Euler stared at Constantine, "In other words, you are not very connected to Odin's soul, unlike Faust and your mother, there is always a power in your self-consciousness to resist Odin, unlike the previous successors, who were very decisive and even gladly merged with Odin's soul in order to gain greater power, giving up most of your self-consciousness, but you did not. ”

"Compared to Odin's soul power, your soul power is too inconspicuous, like the difference between a star and a speck of dust, a star can be destroyed, it can fall, but the dust will never, no matter how small, will never die. ”

"That's why you survived from Fenrir's mouth. ”

Constantine was thoughtful.

"You're free now. Euler said. "Because you never gave up on your sense of self, you were given a chance to survive. ”

Euler placed something in Constantine's hands.

It was an elongated crystal, now tarnished.

Constantine knew that this was the fragment of the World Tree, the Pocket Watch of Destiny.

It's just that there is no soul mark belonging to Odin on it.

Constantine looked at the crystal silently and sighed softly.

After learning the truth of everything, Constantine was no longer attached to Odin's power.

If what Euler said is true, then the path that Odin chose was indeed wrong.

Even if in the end, he became the real [Odin] and obtained supreme power, that kind of ending was not what he wanted.

The vast starry sky looks brilliant and beautiful, but that's about it.

Thinking about this clearly, Constantine seemed to have something broken in his heart, leaving a piece of clarity.

After a long time, he looked up at Ora and said, "Who the hell are you?"

"Maybe it won't be long before you know," Euler said. ”

Constantine said, "I can probably guess that you are the enemy of radiance, so what are you after?"

"What I am looking for is eternal freedom. Euler said succinctly.

"Now, it's time for you to go back, someone has been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Without waiting for Constantine to answer, Euler waved his hand, and the light engulfed Constantine's body.