"Nine nights hang from the windswept trees,

stabbed with a spear; I was sacrificed to Odin,

Sacrifice yourself to yourself, on a tree that no one knows!

There is no bread to satisfy hunger, no drop of water to quench thirst.

I looked down, picking up the rune text,

Picking up and shouting, falling from the tree. ”

The winds and frosts of Jotunheim are the sharpest of the nine kingdoms.

In addition to their solid and huge bodies, the ice giants born from the icy world, the Jotunheim wind and frost that can scrape flesh and tear bones and freeze bones have not stopped whistling on this continent.

A huge rift valley that looked down from the sky, like a scar, lay in the icy land, not frozen into ice, but bubbling with warm steam.

The spring was like a lake, next to the steep ice rocks of the towering ice, and the rhizome of a giant tree with a bright silver point of light was submerged in it, and the top of the root of the tree stretched as far as the eye could see, but it was as unreal as a phantom.

Loki, the god of trickery and king of the ice giants, swayed gently on the shore of the Fountain of Wisdom, chanting in a long Asgardian tune in a low voice about Odin's acquisition of the power of Rune's runes by hanging himself from the Tree of the World and through sacrifice.

The sound of the wind blowing the bells was a chain of thumb-thin iron clasps hanging from a branch of the World Tree, and a stout figure with long blond hair and beard hung from the bottom of it.

A trail of red blood flowed down Saul Odinson's long hair-hid face, and he was gently swayed by the wind with the long falling chains, and his red upper body had been imprinted by Jotunheim's Coldiron Debut.

I don't know how long it's been hanging on it.

Loki watched one of Asgard's most popular dance performances, his feet crossed on a frost-frozen bench, but his eyes looked at Thor without a hint of ease.

He still likes to use mischievous profligacy to hide his deep emotions.

"Today. It's the ninth day. I just hung it like this, and poked my next eye and threw it into the spring, which always felt a little unreliable."

Loki stretched widely, and he had just wanted to get up and get closer to see if Thor was alive or dead, but the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled, his red eyes constricted, and he dodged into the shadows of magic.

Only Thor remained silent, completing the sacrifice ceremony.

The vibrations of the earth are caused by the rush of tens of thousands of ice giants.

The throne hall of Jotunheim is a vast wilderness surrounded by mountains.

The wasteland consisted only of a chair as large as a building, and several massive pillars carved with totemic symbols, the scale of the Ice Giant.

Standing on this continent is desolate and lonely.

When the giant's court was pressed close by Sirius falling from the sky, the guarding ice giants beat the winter war drums, waking up and summoning the giants who were resting in the mountains and valleys, and the rocky ice cliffs.

"These ice giants are bigger than the flame giants of Musberheim."

"Archangel" Warren looked out of the starship, looking at the indigo giants above on the ground, and muttered to Kurt.

"In the history of Asgard, the Jotunheim Ice Giants are the most powerful race the Aesirs have ever encountered, and unlike Surtr, who only thrives on the Eternal Flame, each Ice Giant is strong and tough enough."

With the whispers of the Nightcrawler, the Sirius finally slowly hovered to a standstill, overlooking the Ice Giants from a height of tens of meters above the earth.

The Red Devil's spatial portal opened in the center of the Ice Giant's Court, and at the same time, Loki, who still had the power of a mage, also appeared through magic, carrying it in the palm of his back and holding the "Ice Treasure Box" with a halo of light.

The "Phoenix" and the "White Queen" walked out of the black and red light gate together, standing on both sides and watching the scene of the world from afar.

In the past few days, they have traveled to many strange and magical countries, as if it was a family outing.

A white robe like snow, solemn and noble. A black dress drags, and redheads dance wildly.

Loki looked at the two familiar and beautiful faces, and the banter that always hung on the corners of his mouth was also put away, and his face was the same as that of this cold continent, and only death was left in peace.

"It's you again. The people of Midgard—"

When James walked out of the light gate and stood between the two "queens" and looked at Odin's adopted son with his chin raised, Loki's words suddenly froze, and his constricted pupils widened.

"You're the one. Howlett! Odin didn't take you - no, how could the Eternal Flame not burn you! ”

Although James's hair had turned thick with silver frost and his stature had increased a few points, his appearance was still recognizable by Loki at a glance.

"What trauma did the Eternal Flame inflict on the Asgardians, and do you all care so much about the fact that I didn't die?"

James said helplessly, and also brought up a large number of ice giants with a more barren and atmospheric style, as well as the first time he saw them, living ice giants.

He found that even when these giants were alive, they were like hard blue and black ice cubes, just like the corpses found in the underground caves.

"Something familiar to you, Odin's youngest son?"

Looking at the giant crested with the scimick on his head, compared to the other leaders of the ice giants who almost only hid a fur skirt between their crotches, naked like uncivilized savages, James gradually connected this emaciated and delicate cyan face with the boy he had met and was stunned by him who played magic and illusions.

Loki also clearly recalled some unbearable memories, his right hand slowly held up the ice crate, held it high above his head, and the whining army of giants behind him finally moved.

The restless murmur was like the muffled thunder buried deep in the clouds during the thunderstorm, and Asazzo's steady light gate was high in the sky, unleashing the warriors of the Sirius Legion on the earth.

The Ice Giants didn't need to forge any weapons, their palms poked out, and a solid ice encased in condensed spikes or giant axes pressed up against the tiny humans who only reached their waists.

James didn't react to Loki and the Ice Giant's movements, he already felt the resonance of the power of the World Tree in the depths of Jotunheim.

As the seven worlds completed the "ritual" of conquest, the perception of the nine kingdoms became clearer.

It is no wonder that in Norse mythology, it is said that the god king Odin sat on the throne and could see the nine worlds.

At the same time as the ice crate emitted a blue-black torrent, the ice giants also launched a charge with their chests, and the torrent rushed straight towards James, who was standing with his hands in his hands, but paused a few meters in front of him, blocked by an invisible barrier.

Jean looked at Loki, who had changed his appearance with great interest, and even changed his racial bloodline, his palm poked out, and a phoenix flame rushed back to the power of the ice crate, and he glanced at Emma and said loudly:

"Go find the Fountain of Wisdom, and we'll play with Odin's youngest son."

James nodded slightly, "Don't play him to death." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a flame of golden light rose and rushed straight to the deepest part of the continental rift in Jotunheim, and in a few breaths he saw a glowing spring full of verdant.

And Loki and his army, who remained in the Ice Giant's Court, were suppressed by the power of the White Queen and the Phoenix who held the Mind Gem, as well as the ability output of many high-level mutant warriors, and started an unwinnable battle.

"Whew"

Saul seemed to have gone through a long sleep, and when James landed on the edge of the fountain of wisdom, he finally woke up from a big dream and let out a long breath and slowly opened his right eye.

"You imitated Odin and sacrificed one of your own eyes."

James approached and whispered, and he could feel that the power of the World Tree, which had not yet been completely cut off in Odin's bloodline, had been transferred to Thor.

James Howlett. I thought the first enemy I would face when I woke up would be my sister. ”

Bang!

The chain snapped without warning, and Thor stepped on the ground nine days later, and the cavity of the sacrificial eyeball in the left eye was gradually soaked with blue thunder, and then spread throughout his body inch by inch.

"Your sister has returned to Valhalla, but when the Aesir is no longer the Lord of the Nine Realms, and no longer has the power and curse of the World Tree, Valhalla will also become a true legend, Ragnarok. Or the gods, no more. ”

Bang!

The thunder light poured from the heavenly dome filled Thor's body, his fine red upper body was cast inch by inch with fine scale armor, and the crown of runes condensed by electric light was encircled around his head, and as he walked out of the thunder falls, he summoned Mjournir with his outstretched palm.

Thor's hammer, which was almost crushed by Hela, spread out ice-blue thunder light from the cracked cracks, and soon filled the entire warhammer, transforming into a form formed purely by the convergence of lightning.

Out of nowhere, two crows as big as falcons flew out of nowhere, howling hoarsely, and fluttered to a stop on Thor's shoulders.

"In the nine days and nights that I was hoisted from the World Tree, I saw the reincarnation of fate that my father had seen, belonging to the Aesir Protoss."

The raging thunder light was suddenly retracted by Thor in his body, and there was no trace of energy overflowing, only the eight-sided rune light cluster flashing on the Asgardian-style torso armor.

He walked towards James step by step with a thunderous warhammer, his right eye and the hollow eye socket on his left were filled with lightning, and he continued to say in a deep voice:

The twilight of the gods is the end and the beginning, and there have been many cycles of repetition. This battle, not for the glory of Asgard, not for the dominance of the Divine Domain, just because. As a warrior, I want to fight the defeated battle back! ”

As Thor's words fell, two bolts of lightning fell on the top of the two of them, and Thor disappeared from a flash of lightning, and then appeared from the lightning that struck James's head, and the warhammer had already been smashed down.

The shield of mystic magic with the eternal fire as the source stood in front of him, and the golden pillar of fire rose up, far away from the shadows of the generations of god kings behind Thor who appeared with the power of brilliant silver runes, the phantoms of Bulli, Pol, and Odin.

"Odin's power in his heyday, the Aesirs under the blessing of the World Tree," James whispered as he looked at the mighty Thor.

The inextinguishable light in the vitality field that fused all of James' power suddenly burst out, and Sen Bai's bone blade was filled with golden flames, and the flames outlined a fine secret armor clinging to his body.

As the claw blades clashed with Thor's hammer, the rift of Jotunheim collapsed and sank several meters.

"I am—the Rune King!"

Thor roared with thunder surging from his mouth, and his body was covered with runes of finely twisted thunder, smashing up one hammer after another.

The two Flame Giants didn't retreat from each other, their feet sinking as the ground rumbled and fell, facing each other with their claws and hammers.

In particular, Thor was scarred with golden flames scarred by the scars of his body and body slashed one after another, showing the oldest and most barbaric fighting will of the Aesir Protoss.

With each attack of James's fists and claws, a chain of arcane magic was placed on Thor's body, which was not obvious at first, but as the two of them attacked hard, the back and limbs of the "Rune King" Thor were soon entangled by dozens of finger-thick flame chains.

Rumble!

As James stomped down, Thor's chains tightened, and a pillar of light that seemed to be made of demonic metal and white magic exploded behind him, and then James slammed into the pillar with his elbow and locked onto it.

"I promised your mother that her children would return to their hometown."

The bone blades of both fists were withdrawn in unison, and James walked into the Thunder Prison with Thor as the center and a radius of dozens of meters, and slammed his fists at the "Rune King" tied to the pillar of light!

Bang! Bang! Bang.

Even the armies of both sides far away in the Ice Giant Court could hear and feel the rhythmic tremors of the earth and air.

Embedding the "Ice Crate" in his chest, Loki, the Frost King who became even more huge, was suppressed by the Phoenix Flame on the side of the shattered Giant Throne, he twisted his head in the direction of Thor a little bit, and several phantoms flickered but was seen through by the White Queen, and he could not get out at all.

Bang, he turned around suddenly, and as soon as he grasped the hammer of Thor that was summoned and thrown by Thor, the eternal flame scorched, and the hammer melted into a puddle of molten iron, which fell from James's fingers.

Two more punches to Thor's face, looking at the "Rune King" Thor who slowly stopped struggling, James walked towards the center of the Fountain of Wisdom and came to the root of the World Tree.

When the fingertips touch the roots of the tree, a realization, or "information", comes to my heart.

"Huh, let me sacrifice?"

James looked up at the sky with a cold face, and the faint shadow of the World Tree flickered dimly.

He walked from the trunk of the tree in the center of the spring to the pool, sinking inch by inch, and then the fountain of wisdom boiled from the bottom.

James, who was burning a flame under the spring, was like a furnace, steaming the whole pool of water, and he was about to boil it dry!

The World Tree, which runs through countless star clusters, began to flicker wildly, its rhizome was faintly yellow and black, and after a while, the boiling of the Fountain of Wisdom gradually stopped, and James walked out without a single stain of water, and came to the root of the World Tree again.

This time, the vast silver light poured down, and the rune on Thor's body gradually faded

A giant with gold and silver flames intertwined, and the phantom shadow penetrated through the sky, stepping on the continent of Jotunheim towards the galaxy, looking away.

(End of chapter)