Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 845 Gale didn't come, only Thor.

In the yellow sands at the end of the world, in Felynor's bedroom.

Li You sat on the edge of the bed, feeling the warmth of the campfire, and meditated quietly.

However, this campfire was not originally there; he created it himself using the Spiral Sword.

The Ringed City in front of us is mostly the same as the one in the game, except that there are far fewer campfires than in the original. There are only two campfires: one inside the ring wall and the other at the Cilianor Church. There isn't a single one in the bedroom area.

Fortunately, Li You could set up a makeshift campfire himself.

In the end of his battle with "Hila" not long ago, he was somewhat injured and exhausted.

Although he doesn't know who awaits him ahead, he will definitely wait until he is fully recovered before taking on the challenge.

A moment later, Li You opened his eyes. His meditation was over; it hadn't taken much time.

He stood up, sheathed his spiral sword, and walked outside.

The Darkmoon Sword badge at his waist glowed. Gwyndolin didn't appear, but he still spoke up to remind Li You:
"I sense it. There's a power ahead that doesn't belong to this world... Be careful."

Li You's heart stirred slightly, but he nodded and headed towards the square.

Around the center of the square, eight broken stone thrones are arranged in a semi-circle; these are the thrones belonging to the Dwarf King.

Around the throne lay several scrambled corpses, each with a different appearance and a gaunt, lifeless look.

They were all dressed in robes and wore crowns, their flesh and blood so withered that they seemed to have no flesh or blood at all, and had completely lost their life force.

These are the dwarf kings. Although they are now just corpses, it is clear that they were alive not long ago.

Unlike in the game, where the Dwarf King in the original story was found by Gale, who cut his neck, drank his blood, and stole the Dark Soul, the Dwarf King's corpse here did not die from being cut and bleeding.

Li You casually grabbed the corpse of the dwarf king leaning against the throne and looked at it. Most of his withered head had been smashed by an external force, and the remaining blood and brain matter were splattered all over the throne.

Upon closer inspection, Li You also discovered scorch marks on the body caused by the instantaneous burning at high temperatures.

"This wound is..."

Li You frowned slightly as he casually set down the dwarf king's corpse.

A flame ignited in his hand, burning away the slight dirt he had picked up from touching the corpse.

Looking at the other bodies, the fatal wounds were all similar, except for the different parts of the body that were attacked, suggesting that the killer acted completely arbitrarily.

Li You didn't sense any aura of dark souls from them, so he stopped touching the filthy corpses and instead walked towards the small hill made of gravel on the other side of the square.

The small hill made of gravel had a very loose structure, and it would take an ordinary person a lot of effort to climb it. However, Li You simply used magic to create steps under his feet and easily stepped over it.

He can now use these little tricks with ease, almost without any cost.

Beyond the hill lies a vast expanse of sand, and on a clearing not far below the hill, the remaining two or three mutilated corpses of the dwarf kings lie there.

Most of the corpses here were smashed beyond recognition, but Li You quickly estimated the size of the dwarf kings and compared the volume of their flesh to confirm that the remaining dwarf kings were also here.

Amidst the scattered limbs and broken bodies covered in a layer of yellow sand, a burly, red-haired fat man with a bare torso lay fast asleep, while an iron hammer, faintly crackling with lightning, lay carelessly tossed on the ground.

"...Sol".

Looking at the man lying in front of him, Li You sighed softly.

He had already suspected something when he saw the dwarf king's corpse, and now it was just that his prediction had come true.

But why Thor? Just because he happened to break into Valhalla?

When Li You approached within a certain range, Thor was still fast asleep, but Mjolnir, who had been thrown to the ground, floated up on its own, flicked out a thin bolt of lightning, and struck Thor, waking him from his slumber.

"Hmm...huh?"

Thor slowly sat up from the ground, his eyes still unfocused. He rubbed them hard before he could see Li You in front of him.

"...It's you? When Odin told me you weren't dead, I didn't quite believe it. I never thought you were really still alive."

Thor got up from the ground. Compared to before, his body had grown by more than one size, now matching the size Li You had first seen him in.

Naturally, Lapp's armor was nowhere to be found; it was no longer on him.

Li You looked at him, his brows furrowing slightly: "You still remember me?"

His question had a deeper meaning, but Saul, as if still hungover, was somewhat dazed and simply nodded casually.
"Of course I remember you! Last time I watched you be struck by my lightning and shattered to pieces, but you actually survived and even sneaked into Valhalla. You are quite interesting, no wonder Odin values ​​you so much."

“But I’m not interested in you, and I’m not interested in any of these troublesome things. When I came to Valhalla, Odin gave me only one task: to kill every living thing.”

He glanced at the scattered pieces of corpse beside him and said, "But I don't know what happened. I opened my eyes and found myself in this godforsaken place, and these idiots claim to be some kind of dwarf king, demanding that I kneel down. Pshaw!"

He reached out and beckoned, and Mjolnir flew into his hand.

"I've never seen them before, but these mere dwarves dare to yell at me? So I sent all these idiots to Hel, ha! Anyway, Odin sent me here to kill people!"

Upon hearing this, Li You was completely certain that the Thor before him had no memory of the adventures he had shared with Lapp when he was disguised as Lapp.

He didn't know the reason, nor did he care to find out, because Thor looked over at this moment, his eyes filled with undisguised and genuine killing intent!
"Those idiots are dead, and I even had a good night's sleep. Next up is you!"

"...So, you're willing to be Odin's killing machine, abandoning all thought and your own ideas, just to do all sorts of dirty work for him?"

Seeing Thor's menacing demeanor, Li You sighed, but didn't intend to persuade him with words. Even as he sighed, he drew his spiral sword.

At this moment, Thor has no memories of being Lapp, so it's pointless to talk to him.

Even if you really want to persuade him, you have to do it after you've beaten him down!
Thor had already lifted Mjolnir, leaped across a distance of more than ten meters, and smashed it down on Li You with a sky full of lightning!
"Boom——!!"

……

Meanwhile, inside Valhalla, in a special space.

Kratos, who had broken into Valhalla to rescue Li You and Tyr, suddenly opened his eyes.

He scrambled to his feet, looking around with extreme vigilance, his hand gripping the handle of the Leviathan Axe tightly.

However, no enemy attack came. He was in a dimly lit space, with nothing around him and only impenetrable darkness all around.

"where is this place?"

A voice then came from the ground: "Good question, brother, I'd like to know the answer too."

Kratos turned his head and saw Mimir's head lying on the ground, his back to him, almost swallowed by the darkness. He picked up Mimir's head and asked, "Mimir, do you know where this is in Valhalla?"

Mimir replied, "I'm sorry, brother, even I don't know much about the internal structure of Valhalla."

"Moreover, as you heard before you came in, the Hall of Heroes has undergone serious changes. Even if Freya or Siegrun came here, they probably wouldn't know what our situation is now."

"Hmm..." Kratos frowned slightly, mumbled something, and was about to say something when he suddenly caught a faint call.

"Ok?"

"...Listen...to me...this..."

The sound was intermittent and extremely faint. Had Kratos not possessed such keen senses, he probably would have missed it entirely.

"Did you hear anything?" Kratos asked Mimir instinctively, but didn't wait for his answer. "Over here."

As he spoke, he picked up Mimir and walked toward the direction from which the sound came.

When walking in the dark, one's perception of time and distance becomes blurred. Therefore, even Kratos and Mimir did not know how long they had been walking.

It felt like an incredibly long time had passed, yet it also felt like only a blink of an eye, before the two arrived at a brightly lit place.

Here, a faint light dispelled the darkness. In that light, two wooden high-backed chairs were placed facing each other.

From Kratos's perspective, there was clearly someone sitting in the high-backed chair with its back to them.

The call came from him.

So Kratos stopped. Holding Mimir's head in one hand and Leviathan's axe in the other, he asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

The person sitting in the chair chuckled softly and said, "We have finally met, God from a distant land... Kratos of Sparta."

Upon hearing this, Kratos instantly became alert, but Mimir had already recognized the man: "Tyr! I knew you were alright!"

Tyr didn't intend to keep anyone in suspense; as he spoke, he had already stood up and turned towards Kratos.

He was tall, but not muscular; in fact, he appeared slender in comparison to Kratos's physique, yet his aura and presence were in no way inferior.

Tyr, whom we haven't seen in a long time, was wearing a battle robe with a double wolf emblem. Although he wasn't wearing full armor, he still looked ready for battle.

After he stood up, he first nodded to Mimir, then looked at Kratos:
"I've heard so much about you, Kratos."

Kratos simply looked at him and asked, "Tyr? Are you alright?"

Tyr nodded: "If you mean my personal safety, then I am indeed fine. However, I am indeed trapped here and unable to leave."

"And unfortunately, I'm afraid you two will also be temporarily trapped here with me."

Kratos frowned immediately. Mimir asked, puzzled, "Even you're trapped here... Do you know what happened in Valhalla?"

Tyr shook his head: "I don't know either. I originally entered the Hall of Heroes ahead of time to wait for Li You at the final checkpoint, hoping to help him take the last step towards godhood."

"However, after Li You entered the Hall of Heroes, a peculiar power merged with the Hall of Heroes, causing a change in its internal rules."

"After that, I was sent to this place and could not leave, nor could I communicate with Sigrun or Valhalla."

After explaining the situation, Tyr looked at Kratos and Mimir's pale faces and said, "However, I think you don't need to worry too much."

"Hmm?" Kratos looked at him. "Explain yourself."

"It's actually quite simple. After all, I arrived much earlier than you. During this time, I've roughly figured out the rules of this space."

Tyr, showing no displeasure at Kratos's tone, explained carefully:

"Although the Hall of Heroes has undergone changes, its essence remains the same as before: it was created for trials. Even now, it is operating according to its own rules."

He explained the current situation to Kratos and Mimir in detail, interspersed with his own speculations and analysis.

However, Kratos did not understand what he was saying, while Mimir roughly grasped his meaning.

Seeing that Kratos didn't quite understand what he meant, Tyr simply invited him to sit in the high-backed chair opposite him.

"You'll see once you sit on it."

Kratos was somewhat skeptical, but with Mimir's assurance, he sat down opposite Tyr.

Then one of them saw a phantom water mirror appear before him, and in the image displayed in the water mirror was Li You in battle!
Kratos: "!!"

"This is……"

Tyr nodded: "As you can see, sitting in this chair you can see Li You undergoing his trials in Valhalla."

"And if I'm not mistaken, I, and of course you later, should also have been used by Valhalla as one of his trials. Once he breaks through to the current upper realm of Valhalla, he should come here."

Mimir was astonished: "...So, you mean that after that external force merged into the Hall of Heroes, it changed the original trial content, just to provide a trial for Li You?"

Tyr nodded: "In my opinion, that's right. Li You himself probably didn't expect this to happen either. He's also trapped here."

"Such a thing actually happened..." Mimir was indeed extremely shocked.

Kratos, however, was more focused on the scene reflected in the water mirror: "That guy fighting Li You, isn't he...?"

Tyr nodded: "Yes, he is Thor, the god of thunder. It seems that he is Li You's last opponent in the Upper Realm of Valhalla."

Kratos frowned slightly: "...Can he win?"

Having fought alongside Li You so many times, Kratos has a good understanding of Li You's strength.

Although Li You had a variety of methods and possessed all sorts of unique abilities, he was still significantly inferior to him in terms of direct combat capabilities.

Thor, on the other hand, was clearly a god of the same caliber as him.

If Li You cannot defeat Thor...

However, Tyr wasn't nervous; he simply smiled and said, "Don't worry, Kratos. Unlike us old fogies, Li You is a young warrior with limitless potential."

"He has learned a great deal and grown considerably during his journey in Valhalla. Now, he is fully capable of defeating Thor; we just need to wait patiently."

"—Next, it will be you and me who face his challenge."

(End of this chapter)