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Chapter 850 Li You's Ritual, Li You's Gate of God
Tyr's fighting style is another one altogether.

As he demonstrated, this Nordic war god was proficient in a variety of weapons and tactics.

Whether it's the versatile spear and shield, the heavy and powerful Marquawet, the swift and swift paired scythes, or even the Japanese longsword, Tyr wields them all with consummate skill and can employ completely different fighting styles and techniques.

Both Tyr and Li You possess a variety of weapons and abilities, but Li You has integrated these into his own combat habits, and his core combat strategy remains unchanged.

Tyr, on the other hand, would completely replicate his fighting style by using the weapon exactly as it was originally used when changing weapons.

Therefore, he is both similar to and different from Li You.

However, these are all minor details. During his fight with Tyr, Li You's most direct feeling was that Tyr's fighting style was truly flawless.

Regardless of the weapon used, Tyr's attacks were relentless and his defense flawless. After several rounds of fighting, Li You failed to inflict any effective damage, not even in a direct confrontation.

Although he knew that Tyr's fighting style would not be the same as in the game, Tyr's performance still surprised Li You, who wondered where Tyr's limits were.

"Dang Dang Dang——"

Tyr swung his two scythe-shaped swords so fast they became afterimages as he slashed down at Li You, who then unleashed a golden-red fiery tornado to deflect Tyr's twin swords.

However, Tyr had already seen this move before and knew that a counterattack would follow. So, his twin swords instantly vanished, and he returned to his previous form, Maquawit, and slashed heavily at the vortex of flames!
The fire tornado that could deflect the twin swords could not withstand the heavy Maquawit and was severed by Tyr's attack.

However, Li You had also anticipated this, and a flaming greatsword had already evolved in his hand, which he swung down at Tyr!

"clang!!"

With a loud bang, Tyr also produced a similar knife, which clashed with Li You's blade!
The two remained locked in a stalemate for a moment, then exchanged a glance. After that, Tyr voluntarily withdrew and retreated, his weapon vanishing without a trace.

"...That's about enough for this battle," Tyr said, looking at Li You. "It's time to move on to the next phase."

Li You was slightly taken aback, but then he saw golden light emanating from Tyr's eyes in the Rainbow Bridge Stone. When illuminated by that light, Li You felt as if his soul was being pulled away by something, almost to the point of leaving his body!
However, he immediately realized that he could remain unaffected by resisting even slightly.

But Tyr's voice came immediately afterward: "Trust me, do not resist."

Li You only hesitated for a moment before choosing to believe Tyr.

He immediately felt a part of his soul leave his body under the pull of Tyr's power, and then seemed to be taken to a strange spiritual space.

Li You "opened" his eyes and looked around. This was an illusory space, and the surrounding environment was incredibly deep, like a starry sky with almost no starlight.

His body was illusory at this moment, and even his soul was not complete.

And in front of him, Tyr was also floating there, looking at him.

"Where is this?" Li You asked.

Tyr replied, "You can think of it as a space formed by my special power, where I can reveal everything I want to show."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the surrounding environment rapidly changed!
Before Li You's eyes, in the previously empty darkness, suddenly two beams of light, one red and one blue, appeared. They collided and intertwined with each other, eventually forming a huge vortex.

From that ever-expanding vortex, countless stars began to be born, gradually adorning this dark night sky with dazzling brilliance!
Seeing the vortex gradually emerge, Li You seemed to understand: "This is... the birth of the Nine Realms? The collision of Muspelheim and Niflheim?"

Tyr nodded slightly from the side: "See."

Li You continued to observe, and soon, within the red and blue vortex, several exceptionally bright and enormous stars gradually emerged and coalesced, while Li You and Tyr were propelled forward by an invisible force, flying rapidly ahead!
In Li You's eyes, he was flying rapidly toward those stars, or to put it another way, it was as if those stars were crashing into him.

In the fleeting moment of colliding with them, Li You clearly saw that each realm, starting from its most primitive state, gradually sprouted life and became increasingly prosperous.

In those fleeting glimpses, Li You witnessed the gradual prosperity of various realms, and saw elves, dwarves, humans, giants... and of course, the rise of the Aesir and Vanir gods.

Finally, he and Tyr passed through all the stars and the central vortex. Looking back at the end, the Nine Realms system centered on Midgard had taken full shape, like nine stars embedded in the World Tree, which was too large to have been noticed by Li You before.

Li You roughly understood. What Tyr wanted to show him wasn't some mysterious "origin of the world," nor did he expect to suddenly have an epiphany and break through to the next level like in old novels where you just look at the process of the world's birth.

What Tyr wanted him to see was the gradual development of the Nine Realms, and the formation of the gods and pantheons of this land.

In other words, this is the history, or knowledge, of the Nine Realms pantheon.

—The most secret knowledge about how to be a god, even to the gods.

In the scene just now, Li You witnessed the birth and growth of the Aesir and Vanir gods, and saw how they gradually explored and utilized their divine power, eventually forming a vast pantheon.

Of course, Li You also saw some old friends.

This information was highly confidential yet extremely practical. Although it might not seem particularly lofty, it was the most helpful thing for Li You, who was only one step away from becoming a god.

Of course, it's also possible that Tyr wanted Li You to see the origin of the world, but Li You interpreted it differently...

In any case, this knowledge has already provided Li You with considerable assistance.

However, the scene was not over yet.

After reaching its zenith of prosperity, as is inevitable for all civilizations, conflict erupted among the inhabitants and gods of the Nine Realms.

The most important of these was the war between the Aesir and the Vanir, followed by the conflict between the Aesir and the giants.

As for the conflicts between various races under the gods, they are only shown in a few brief scenes here.

The scene continues to unfold, depicting events from Li You's known history, such as the intermarriage between the Aesir and Vanir gods, and the cessation of war. The brief peace lasts only a short time before it becomes essentially defunct.

Needless to say, the root of all this lies with the Aesir, with Odin, the king of the Aesir who murdered the father of all living beings and called himself that.

The scene jumped faster and faster, and finally a large part of the story in the middle was omitted. Li You only saw the bodies of two giants, one red and one blue, merge into one, transforming into the giant destroyer "Ragnarok," who then destroyed Asgard with his sword.

At this point, all the images ended, and darkness returned to the surroundings.

Li You and Tyr reappeared. Li You looked at him, suddenly realizing something, and said, "So that's how it is. Those were... records and prophecies left behind by the giants?"

Tyr smiled: "That's right. Before the giants left, they left behind temples and triptychs in various places. However, what ordinary people don't know is that behind those triptychs are hidden special spaces that only giants can open, containing everything that the giants recorded and foresaw."

"And I just demonstrated those records in my own way." Li You nodded; some of the scenes looked somewhat familiar.

“You are knowledgeable and may already know the prophecy that Ragnarok will destroy everything, but what I just showed you is not like that.”

Seeing that Li You understood, Tyr continued, "In the true prophecy of the giants, Ragnarok will only destroy Asgard, while the other kingdoms will prosper even more after the fall of Asgard—this is information that even Odin did not know."

Although this information was indeed top secret, Li You had known about it for a long time.

In the game's storyline, Odin disguises himself as Tyr and follows Kratos and Atreus to the altar hidden in the triptych, where he learns the true prophecy.

Seeing his expression, Tyr understood that Li You had long been aware of this as well.

Tyr was not surprised by this, after all, having seen the sights of the lower realm of Valhalla, Tyr understood that the country Li You came from was very different from what they had originally expected.

After confirming that Li You was aware of this information, Tyr nodded to him, then glanced slightly to the other side and said:

"These are the contents of the prophecy, but our plan aims to go further. Our goal is to overthrow the Aesir—and Odin's rule—while preserving Asgard and its innocent inhabitants. That is why we are making this trip to Valhalla."

Upon seeing his appearance, Li You realized something and immediately turned his head to look in the other direction.

Sure enough, on the other side of this space, a part of Kratos's soul also appeared there—he also saw all the scenes from before and heard everything Tyr said.

At this moment, Kratos said in a deep voice, "Why are you telling me this?"

Tyr said, “Because I have seen the complete prophecy of the giants, which says that a war god will lead the allied forces of the nine realms to overthrow Odin’s rule.”

Kratos remained unmoved: "What does that have to do with me?"

"Let me finish... The giants' prophecy also mentions you, and your son Loki."

Kratos: "...!?"

"I will keep some things about the future a secret for now, just in case, but in the prophecies I have seen, the god of war who will lead people to overthrow Odin is not me... but you."

Kratos: "..."

He fell silent for a moment, his face showing surprise and doubt. But he clearly had no interest in Tyr's prophecy that he would lead the Nine Realms to overthrow Odin.

Kratos wasn't against prophecy; he trusted himself more. Having been dormant in Norse mythology for many years, he had no desire to reclaim his former glory as the Greek god of war, and he had absolutely no interest in leading a war that spanned the nine realms.

So he began, "I have nothing to do with war..."

However, Tyr had already said in advance: "I know that you don't want war right now, nor do you want to regain your identity as the God of War. Don't worry, I won't force you."

"In fact, I told you the contents of the prophecy just to remind you."

"In the original prophecy, you, Loki, and Atreus were to be key figures. But now, these prophesied futures have changed, so there is no point in following the prophecy exactly."

Upon hearing him say this, not only Kratos, but even Li You looked at him with some surprise.

Tyr actually thought that?
Tyr then said to the two, "If I hadn't originally intended to change the prophesied future, I wouldn't have come here."

"But Kratos, you still need to be careful. Even though someone has taken the blame for you now, you and your father are still at the center of the storm. Even if we don't force you, other troubles may come your way, and you may need to prepare in advance."

After listening to Tyr's words, Kratos nodded solemnly. Although he didn't say much more, Li You could see from his eyes the gratitude he felt for Tyr's reminder.

Tyr's decision was naturally not told to him in advance, but Li You had no objection to it.

They had actually discussed this before, but neither side had made a definitive statement at the time. Now, Tyr is simply making a decision based on that conversation.

At the same time, Li You also understood why Tyr wanted to bring Kratos into this special space for a conversation.

What they just said is indeed top secret at this stage, and it especially cannot be revealed to Odin's side.

Therefore, even inside Valhalla might not be safe enough; entering this kind of spiritual space is the least likely place to leak information.

The conversation ended, and Tyr dispelled the special space, allowing everyone's souls to return to their bodies.

Li You felt as if he had only blinked, and his senses were pulled back into his body. The scene in front of him was still the square in front of the Gate of God.

Tyr was still standing not far in front of him, looking at him now: "You can now pass through here. This space must have been materialized from your past memories, so do you want to use this Gate of Ascension to complete the ritual?"

After listening to his words, Li You looked up at the tall, majestic, and solemn Gate of God before him. Though it was filled with withered, pale corpses, it carried not a trace of evil; instead, it was incomparably sacred. Finally, he said:

"If this space is a manifestation of my memories, does that mean I'm actually being asked to choose the final ritual?"

"In that case, maybe I can do this?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, his five fingers spread wide, and covered the Gate of God in front of him.

The flowing divine power swirled and surged around him, resonating with the entire space!
The Gate of God, which had always radiated a gentle and holy light, suddenly burst into golden light, and countless golden-red flames seemed to rise from the void, enveloping the entire Gate of God!

Under the scorching and purification of the flames, the countless bones embedded in the Gate of God gradually turned into ashes, drifting towards the distant horizon.

At the same time, the entire plaza shook, and the piles of corpses covering the plaza ground scattered. The entire plaza seemed to detach from the original Tower of God, rising straight up and rushing towards the boundary of the sky!
Finally, the entire Gate of God, along with the plaza platform beneath it, rose into the universe, with countless starlight illuminating the gate.

The once ubiquitous dried corpses have vanished without a trace, and the Gate of God has revealed its original mysterious patterns.

Perhaps because of the burning flames, the entire Gate of God has turned a golden-red color.

Looking at the drastically changed Gate of God and the starry sky above, Li You smiled and said, "Just as I thought."

He turned to Tyr and Kratos and said, "Then I'll have to wait for you to return."

Although both were somewhat surprised by the changes in the environment and the Gate of God, they naturally did not refuse Li You's request and nodded.

Li You then stopped delaying, ascended the platform of the Gate of God, and stepped through the two large doors into the space behind it.

From Kratos and Tyr's perspective, it was as if he had stepped into the endless starry sky!
(End of this chapter)