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Chapter 812 Creating Your Own Ragnarok?

"Valhalla—!!"

A roar echoed across the mountain, which was filled with flames and sulfur, and yet another Valkyrie swung her red-glowing scepter and slammed it hard into the ground!
A visible wave of magic spread out, instantly engulfing the distant opponent.

"Boom-"

Needless to say, standing opposite him was Li You, whom he had found from Midgard.

Of course, there's also Yuzu and V to help out.

However, Yuzu had just used her third-stage avatar and was in a weakened state, while V was too fragile; both of them were just support characters.

Faced with the oncoming magic wave, Li You did not dodge. Instead, he exhaled and transformed the spiral sword into a long-handled hammer. Flames ignited on the hammerhead, and he smashed it into the ground!

"Boom——!!"

A wave of fire erupted and surged forward, shattering the Valkyrie's magic wave and sending boiling lava billowing up, leaving large scorch marks on her body.

"Ahhhhh!!"

The Valkyrie let out a high-pitched scream, but her movements became even faster as she fearlessly flapped her wings and charged towards Li You!

Today, Li You has also changed his fighting style from the past. He no longer relies on his advantages in combat skills, but simply wields his hammer and fights the Valkyrie head-on!

He didn't even use Trenguwa.

"boom!!"

This Valkyrie is named Grendel. She has fiery red feathers, and her helmet is decorated with both horns and wings.

She was originally imprisoned in a secret room in Faye's garden near Kratos's house, but later a reckless raider sneaked in, resulting in his own death and the release of Gerndale.

After that, she ran to the top of the Trial Mountain in Muspelheim and stayed there ever since.

...until Li You came looking for them.

Among her active colleagues, apart from the Valkyrie Queen, Grendel's combat prowess is basically second to none. Only the one remaining in Niflheim can rival her.

This can be seen from the fact that she managed to escape from the secret room and reach Muspelheim on her own.

However, upon waking up this time, she encountered an unreasonable opponent.

"Boom boom boom——"

Li You is now going all out. He is learning the fighting style of the Norse gods, using all his divine power to empower himself and unleashing it without reservation!
All of Gerndale's attacks were smashed back by Li You with superior force, and even if she wanted to defend, she couldn't withstand the burst of power from Li You's hammer. Throughout the battle, she was suppressed by Li You!
"Boom!!"

With a final, muffled thud, Li You smashed his hammer into Gerndale's head, causing her helmet to spin 180 degrees, and she collapsed limply to the ground.

"call--"

With one hammer blow, Li You ended the fight, then slammed the hammer against the ground and let out a long sigh.

He was tired too.

The battle just now seemed overwhelming, with Li You in control from the start to the final blow, but it also took a lot of energy.

After the brief battle, Li You's divine and magical power were almost depleted, and his physical strength was also greatly exhausted. If Gendel had persisted any longer, it would have turned into a war of attrition.

Of course, it wouldn't be a big problem if that happened. Yuzu and V were just waiting there as a precaution.

After regaining some strength, Li You looked at the soul of Gerndar that had emerged from the dead body and had a brief conversation with her.

Having challenged so many Valkyries, even those who knew nothing about them before, Li You could piece together the general outline of the events from their fragmented memories.

In short, all the Valkyries' memories are unclear, but they all vaguely remember one thing: that they were given a physical body by the Valkyrie Queen, Sigriun, and that she was imprisoned.

Knowing only this information might still raise doubts about the Valkyrie Queen, but Li You knew very well what the real facts were.

After Genndal's soul departed, Li You picked up the items left behind by her body after her death, including materials such as perfect Asgardian steel containing powerful magic, making the trip worthwhile.

After everything was over, the familiar footsteps sounded again, and Tyr arrived near Li You and the other two.

"Your fighting style has changed quite a bit. If I didn't know the reason, I would almost think you really hate Valkyries."

Li You turned to look at him, took a breath, and laughed, "Then you probably can't stand watching Kratos fight, otherwise you'd probably think he's a brutal and cold-blooded villain."

The reason Li You changed his usual approach and fought head-on was due to the influence of his previous confrontation with Thor in Asgard.

Li You still vividly remembers that thunderous hammer blow that seemed to fall from the sky.

Although he was only a clone of the teardrop at that time, and only had about 70 to 80% of the combat power of the original body, he was greatly exhausted when facing Thor, which is why he was almost powerless to fight back. But it is also a fact that Thor's divine power is terrifyingly strong.

This kind of opponent is someone that only Kratos, the protagonist of the original game, could defeat head-on.

Hmm, or maybe Tyr could at least put up a 50/50 fight?

It was because he felt Thor's terrifying power that Li You began to feel a sense of crisis about improving his own strength.

The experimentation with different fighting styles was also aimed at analyzing Thor's power from different angles and finding ways to strengthen oneself.

He wasn't worried about attacking Asgard in the future; it was simply that Thor's power had aroused his instinctive alertness and great curiosity.

Even now, Li You is still a warrior with great strength, so it's perfectly normal for him to react this way to even greater power.

Li You arrived at the flattened mountain and looked down at the primitive landscape of Muspelheim, filled with hellfire and lava. Tyr came to his side again.

As for Yuzu and V, after seeing that Li You had successfully dealt with Gerndar, they went down the mountain on their own.

This mountain is Surtr's proving grounds. There are six arenas from the foot of the mountain to the summit, each with a giant sword used to trigger the trials of Muspelheim.

According to the game's setting, only by clearing each level of trials can one finally reach the summit and meet the Valkyrie. This is also one of the game's challenging levels.

But clearly, Li You didn't care about any of that; he flew straight up.

While the Muspelheim Trials are challenging, they are not very meaningful to Li You at this point. In the game, Kratos only uses them as a way to train Atreus and acquire resources.

However, this was useless against Li You, but his companions were very interested. Yuzu and V both wanted to try it out, and even Edge wanted to get out and move around. So, now that Li You no longer needed cover, Yuzu went to the training grounds with V.

After they left, Li You also got down to business with Tyr.

“…Li You, I’ve considered your previous idea. To be honest, I still think it’s a bit far-fetched.”

Tyr said seriously, “But after seeing ‘that,’ I feel that this crazy idea might actually be possible.”

Li You then said, "You hope to avoid disrupting Asgard's overthrow of Odin's rule, and you also hope to minimize the damage caused by Ragnarok, right? In that case, this may be the only way we can."

Tyr remained silent for a long while before finally nodding and saying, "Alright, let's go. I'll take you to Surtr."

Li You could fly, which saved a lot of trouble. He gave Yuzu and V, who were fighting in the training ground, a few words of advice, then lent the defensive teardrop to Tyr, letting it transform into wings, and then headed with Tyr towards Surtr's location.

In the new God of War game, Kratos also brought Atreus to Surtr, but that was near the end, and Surtr did not welcome them, even releasing a large number of monsters to stop them from advancing.

This time, perhaps because Tyr was leading the way, the two of them made very smooth progress and arrived at Surtr's cauldron without encountering any obstacles.

It is called a crucible, but it is actually another cliff. Weapons that have been made and then carelessly discarded are scattered all over the ground. At the end of the cliff is a huge stone anvil and an open-air furnace that burns forever.

Li You recognized this place; it was the location where he found Surtr in the five Kratos games.

However, at this moment, there were only weapons scattered all over the ground, but Surtr was nowhere to be seen.

Tyr folded his silver wings and landed on the ground first. He glanced at the empty cauldron, then raised his head and called out in a clear voice, "Surtr—!!"

There was no response at first, but after waiting a while, the two heard a voice coming from a high place:

"...Is it really you?"

Li You and Tyr both looked up and found the source of the sound.

—A burning, drifting fireball.

The fireball drifted down and stopped in front of Tyr and Li You. The flames flickered a few times, as if they were watching and sizing up Tyr.

"Tyr? You're still alive?"

Tyr nodded: "Long time no see, Surtr."

A flash of fire, and the fireball transformed into the image of a man not much shorter than Tyr, whose body seemed to be cast in steel, and whose limbs were still glowing with fire.

Although his body seemed to be cast from steel, he had a steel beard, and the parts of his body without firelight showed the original color of metal.

From his appearance, his skin matches the decorative style of the greatsword in the proving grounds.

This is Surtr, the first fire giant and the destroyer in Norse mythology who will bring about the end of Asgard.

In mythology, Surtr will unite with his wife Simara, and the two will become one, transforming into the most terrifying monster in the history of the Nine Realms—the end known as Ragnarok.

This monster will answer the call of the Galar Horn, destroy Asgard, and utterly destroy Odin's rule.

This is the most famous prophecy about Ragnarok, and it is because of this prophecy that Kratos and his son came to find Surtr in the fifth installment of the story.

At that time, after Odin broke off relations and killed Brock, Kratos and his son decided to take revenge on Odin.

However, unlike the prophecy, Surtr in the game does not welcome Kratos and his son. He also wants Odin to die, but he is unwilling to sacrifice himself.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to sacrifice himself, but rather that he was unwilling to sacrifice his beloved Simala.

Surtr and Zimara in the new God of War, though in love, are forced to separate forever because they know the prophecy of Ragnarok. They each imprison themselves in Muspelheim and Niflheim, respectively, so that on the day they meet, the forces of fate will turn them into Ragnarok.

To alleviate the pain of missing him, Surtr and Simara exchanged hearts. The heart that beats in Surtr's chest is that of his lover Simara, which contains the power of frost, while Simara's heart is the opposite.

The two stayed together in this way, spending countless years together.

Then Kratos and his son found Surtr.

Atreus knew that they needed Ragnarok's help to defeat Odin, so he tried to persuade Surtr to join them, but Surtr refused.

However, his words about fate and the future did indeed move Surtr. When the fire giant saw Kratos's twin blades, he had a new idea.

The Blades of Chaos contain primordial fire, and Surtr believed he could infuse the flames into the twin blades, then have Kratos plunge them into his chest, through his body and into Zinmara's heart.

In this way, he was also united with Simara in a different way, and should be able to summon the giant that destroys everything, Ragnarok.

And they did just that; Surtr sacrificed himself to give Simara a chance to live, thus changing her fate.

However, this is only relative.

Because the fusion was incomplete, the giants that appeared at Ragnarok were completely irrational, not only unable to distinguish friend from foe, but also completely out of control.

Its indiscriminate slaughter of Asgardian warriors and civilians forced Kratos's side to send Frey—Freya's younger brother—to stop Ragnarok's greatsword from destroying Asgard, allowing the innocent to escape.

In the very end, Frey even sacrificed himself so that others could escape.

So Li You wondered why Kratos and the others forced Surtr to his death, but in the end, Ragnarok not only failed to become their ally, but also turned around and killed their own people.

Isn't this a complete case of harming others without benefiting oneself?

Of course, from Kratos's perspective, they had no idea that their awakening of Ragnarok would lead to such a result.

On the other hand, Frey's death was also to restore the original Norse mythology, but Li You still found this result unacceptable.

So he had an idea.

Kratos's Chaos Blade can absorb Surtur's flames, so his Spiral Sword should be able to as well.

But Li You did not intend to kill Surtr to awaken Ragnarok; he wanted to go further.

Although the Spiral Sword originates from the power of the Primordial Flame, it also possesses the ability to absorb various powers.

If he could absorb Surtur's flames with the Spiral Sword and then further incorporate Simara's power, ultimately finding a vessel for both powers, then perhaps he could create a Ragnarok that wasn't insane.

(End of this chapter)